"Exactly, but if my northern army is pressed too hard, the Xiongnu troops will also unite to resist our army." Guo Jia nodded and said.

"En" Liu Tai closed his eyes, responded lightly, and said after pondering: "Isn't Qiangqu ready to take the initiative to go south to fight a decisive battle with our army and recapture the territory around Meiji?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Lord, now that Qiangqu is too busy to take care of himself, although he has the heart to go south, but the other departments are in chaos, how can he lose his troops to the south?" Now that 200,000 soldiers and horses have been gathered, it is just self-preservation, putting on the appearance of wanting a decisive battle with our army, and vainly trying to frighten our army. ”

Liu Tai nodded, then glanced at the officials present, and asked with a serious expression: "Do you think that our army is waiting for work in the United States, or is it taking advantage of the internal instability of the Southern Xiongnu to go north to fight a decisive battle with the Southern Xiongnu?" ”

There was silence in the tent, all of them bowed their heads and pondered, and did not speak rashly, after all, if they went north, they would have to fight a head-on battle with the Southern Xiongnu, and even if they were defeated, the losses would be great.

"It's not appropriate to go north, if you go north, our army will fight to the death with the Southern Xiongnu, and when the Northern Xiongnu and Xianbei take the opportunity to attack, won't our army suffer from the enemy on the back?" Tian Feng shook his head and said with a disapproving expression.

Xi Zhicai, who had not spoken, listened to Tian Feng's words, squinted his eyes, and said: "Yuan Hao is worried about the same as loyalty, but if our army is on an expedition, if we don't end the war early, it will inevitably drag down the political situation in northern Xinjiang, and even cause dissatisfaction with the imperial court. ”

"Oh? What are the high opinions of Zhicai? Seeing that his chief military advisor Xi Zhicai finally spoke, Liu Tai asked with a happy expression.

Xi Zhicai arched his hand at Liu Tai, and said solemnly: "In the opinion of loyalty, the lord does not need to fight the Southern Xiongnu head-on, he should take a dividing strategy, and now the Southern Xiongnu are internally unstable, just so that our army can divide and eat!" ”

"How do you divide and eat?" Liu Tai's face was puzzled, and he didn't know what Xi Zhicai meant.

Xi Zhicai looked at Liu Tai with a smile and said: "Zhongyi asked, I wonder if the lord must let all the people of the Southern Xiongnu fall into a place of no return?" ”

"This" Listening to Xi Zhicai's inexplicable question, Liu Tai was full of question marks, but the policy towards the Hu people had been set a long time ago, although the policy of dealing with the Hu captives had changed a little because of Tian Feng, but the general direction had not changed much.

"Wang Zhicai made it clear that if it is contrary to Tai's ideas, as long as the Southern Xiongnu can be defeated, Tai Zidang will appropriately change the countermeasures." Liu Tai frowned and said to Xi Zhicai.

"Yes." Xi Zhicai nodded, and then said: "In fact, with the current strength in the hands of the lord, it is not difficult to defeat the Southern Xiongnu, but the difficulty is that the lord does not want to lose too many soldiers and horses, and the Northern Xiongnu and Xianbei are eyeing each other on the side, in the view of loyalty, it is better for the lord to privately recruit the leaders of the Southern Xiongnu and propose certain benefits, of course, after these leaders surrender, they can no longer survive alone outside the lord's power, nor can they privately support the army, so that as long as some leaders are willing to serve the lord, the leaders within the Southern Xiongnu will definitely be suspicious of each other, causing the Southern Xiongnu to collapse without a fight! ”

Liu Tai closed his eyes and didn't answer, in fact, Xi Zhicai's suggestion is very clear, that is, to move the Southern Xiongnu people into the Han Dynasty and marry the people of the Han family, after many generations, who will remember that he is a Huns?

"With the intention of ambition, what benefits should be tempted?" Liu Tai did not agree or refuse, but asked out loud how to tempt those tribal leaders to willingly give up their military power.

"It's not difficult" Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "In fact, those Hun leaders, in the past two years, will enter my northern Xinjiang without permission and enjoy the new things under the rule of the lord, as long as the lord threatens these tribal leaders to exterminate their families after the defeat, and at the same time lures them with money and grain mansions, glory and wealth, and guarantees that under the rule of the lord, there will be no disasters in their lives, how dare these tribal leaders not surrender?"

With a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, the meaning of Xi Zhicai is so simple, Liu Tai also understood it instantly, but how to contact these leaders is a big difficulty.

"Okay, since that's the case, let Zhicai and Xiao Jiazi do it, as for the benefits, since you want to give, then give more, Tai is not short of those money and food, but the important point is that all the leaders of the Huns serve my northern Xinjiang, we must dismiss all the military and political affairs, and hand over the people to my northern Xinjiang arrangement." After Liu Tai thought about it for a while, he spit out and instructed Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia.

"No!" Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia stood up at the same time and bowed to Liu Tai in response.

After the two returned to the throne, Liu Tai looked at Tian Fengfa and asked, "Yuan Hao, how did the envoys sent by the Xiongnu to the imperial court handle it?" ”

Tian Feng heard Liu Tai's question, and hurriedly got up and replied: "Lord, these Hun envoys have been pressed into Jinyang death row, and they are waiting for the lord's fate." ”

"En" Liu Tai nodded, and then said: "Give these Hun envoys to Zhicai and Xiao Jiazi, it should be of great use to divide the Huns." ”

"Thank you, Lord." Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia looked overjoyed, stood up and bowed to Liu Tai, originally the two of them wanted to send these envoys over, but there was no good excuse, and now Liu Tai took the initiative to give them away.

"About the construction of the city of Meiji, it will be put aside for the time being, and after the destruction of the Southern Xiongnu, return to Huacheng to do negotiations, but this matter should be well publicized in the area where the merchants gather in Huacheng, in order to make the merchants contribute money and efforts, Tai decided that whoever comes forward to build the city can share the three-percent of the ten-year tax paid by the city, and reward him with the title of city lord, ten years for a period, those who have made great contributions can be re-elected, protected by the northern Xinjiang, and can be passed on to three generations, the same county, can raise a guard of honor, do business in the two states of northern Xinjiang, and reduce the tax by one percent." Liu Taiyu said out loud without being shocked, which made all the officials present stunned for a while, such a big preferential policy can be described as a rare occurrence in a thousand years, even if they are battlefield generals, they have the idea to do business.

Liu Tai glanced around at everyone, and then continued: "In Tai's opinion, in preparation for a large-scale foreign war in the future, when the people are encouraged to do business on a large scale, drive the economy and efficiency of the two states in northern Xinjiang, and alleviate the surplus money in the hands of the people now, as long as there is enough chamber of commerce, it can not only drive the economy of the two states, but also solve the survival problem of countless landless displaced people, and guide the depressed displaced people in the two states, I don't know what the public thinks?" ”

"The lord can't, businessmen pursue profits, and they can't afford to be early if they don't make profits! The natural surname of a businessman is profit-seeking, so as long as there is a businessman, it is instinct to get the maximum benefit! They only know how to make money from the people, but they don't know the hardships of the people, and there are often illegal traders who accumulate and send money, disturbing people's livelihood, and so on. How can business be encouraged! If so many benefits were given to the merchants, it would definitely make hundreds of people abandon agriculture and do business, resulting in the desertion of land in the two states, food shortages, and displacement of the people. Ponder again! Tian Feng stood up with a shocked face, and shouted at Liu Tai, looking nervous, so he almost stepped forward and pointed at Liu Tai's nose.