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Chapter 771 Waiting for your triumph

"Sir, the emperor of the Central Plains has always been the foundation of governing the country with generosity and benevolence, what does Mr. think of governing the country with generosity and benevolence?"

In the slightly swaying carriage, Ye Huaixi asked while making tea.

In the past few days, he has been reading books about Confucianism, and his thinking has been more or less affected. What Confucianism advocates and what he sees and hears on the grassland are fundamentally different things. For a moment, he was even in a trance. It seems that the strategy of governing the country with leniency and benevolence in the Central Plains is the real power technique, and the emphasis on absolute strength on the grassland is a bit rough and barbaric.

"Literally, it makes sense to govern the country with leniency."

Li Xian took a sip of tea, pondered for a while, and said, "But if you know enough about the dynasties of the Central Plains, you will find that the so-called Kuanren is just a disguise. As a king, he holds benevolence in one hand and punishment in the other, but those wise emperors of the past generations have infinitely magnified the side of leniency and hidden the side of punishment. Often, the more the emperor who flaunts leniency, the more people kill. Because the flaunting is to cover up the blood in his hands. ”

"It's a bit hypocritical."

Li Xian smiled self-deprecatingly, and when he said this, he couldn't help but think of himself.

"Everyone has two selves, one is true and the other is hypocritical."

He looked down at the teacup in his hand and felt the temperature in his palm: "Blindly being lenient will only make everyone think you are weak." And blind punishment will make everyone think you are savage. All the countries of the Central Plains have flaunted such things as benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. And these things seem to have some magical power, that is, the foreign peoples who live in the Central Plains for a little longer will become full of benevolence and righteousness, and claim to be orthodox. ”

"It's nothing more than a means of ruling the people, but it's not as refreshing as you steppe people."

"What does Sir admire is the way the steppe people govern the country?"

Ye Huaixi asked with some puzzlement.

"Statecraft ......"

Li Xian shook his head: "I don't want you to forget your origin because you have learned a lot of things from the Han people in the Central Plains." This set of things of the Central Plains people may not be useful when they go to the grassland. The peoples of the steppe are a people who worship power, and if you want to become a ruler, you have to make yourself the most powerful person. ”

Ye Huaixi nodded, but he still couldn't help but think that if he governed the grassland with benevolence and righteousness, would it make the people on the grassland become docile?

"Each place has its own different culture, and the people of the Central Plains have always said that the grassland people are barbaric. But why are the steppe people savage? Have you ever wondered why as a king on the grassland, you have to be strong enough, and it is often the one who kills the most people who kills the most is the king? ”

This is because for thousands of years, the people of the Central Plains have emphasized benevolence and righteousness. The people also regard this kind of thing as the most reasonable, and the grassland is different, for thousands of years, there are many ethnic groups on the grassland, each of which does not belong to the ...... Without a ruthless murderous heart, how can these equally violent peoples be brought to their knees? By reward? By reason? ”

"No...... Still rely on the scimitar. ”

"The scimitar of the steppe man...... It's the same thing as the benevolence and righteousness of the Central Plains people. ”

Li Xian's words jumped a little, but Ye Huaixi still understood what he meant.

"Adapt to local conditions?"

He asked.

"Because of the person"

Li Xian said softly.

"Sir, how long do you have to get to the ground in Hebei?"

Ye Huaixi asked a more practical question.

"It's going to take about half a month."

Li Xian put down the teacup in his hand, was silent for a while and asked, "If you are asked to command hundreds of thousands of horses to attack Hebei and win the battle...... So how do you settle and deal with these people? ”

Ye Huaixi thought for a while and said, "The people are still the people, and there will be no change." If you want to stabilize the people's hearts, you only need to give a little more than Dou Jiande. And as for the surrender...... When the system is disrupted, it is dismantled and integrated into the various armies, and there are veterans of the Yanyun Army who are above the team. And the vassals...... It's better to kill more than you can. ”

"Why?"

Li Xian asked again.

"Because they're in a high position."

Ye Huaixi said: "They are under Dou Jiande, for generals, for each other...... And if Dou Jiande is defeated, even if they fall, it will be difficult for them to restore the glory they had when they were under Dou Jiande. And when a person reaches a certain position, he will have ambition, and this ambition can be suppressed by no means other than killing. If, after they are converted to Mr., their status is lower than before, they will be dissatisfied, and they will be dissatisfied, and over time...... It is inevitable that there will be a sense of disobedience. ”

Ye Huaixi concluded: "Instead of this, it is better to kill more to deter people." Mr. said, break and then stand. ”

"Break and stand?"

Li Xian smiled, not commenting on the rights and wrongs of Ye Huaixi's words.

What he thought of was that in his previous life, he knew this history, Li Shimin captured Dou Jiande, and the Great Xia Kingdom was destroyed. Li Shimin's generals entered the Hebei counties and acted harshly, and finally forced Dou Jiande's old generals to rebel, Liu Heimin took advantage of the situation and recovered Hebei in just one year. Then the Tang Dynasty made another expedition, with Li Jiancheng as the commander...... Li Jiancheng used another means, bribe, co-opt, and appease, which was obviously more useful than the strength of the generals under Li Shimin.

But the current Datang is no longer the Datang he saw in books.

"Mr. ......"

Ye Huaixi looked at Li Xian and asked, "What I said is wrong?" ”

Li Xian shook his head, still thinking about Hebei in his heart.

The generals sent by Li Shimin to Hebei to suppress the old generals under Dou Jiande were indeed wrong. But they are not necessarily at fault for their ruthlessness...... Maybe it's wrong...... Their hearts are still not ruthless enough.

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Maintaining stability is Li Jiancheng's strategy for Hebei.

There is no doubt that he succeeded.

But in the era in which Li Xian lived, there was no Li Jiancheng, no Li Yuan, no Liu Heimin, and even no Li Shimin...... According to the history that Li Xian knows, although Wang Fubao is a general under Dou Jiande, he does not have such an important position in history as it is now.

Is Wang Fubao in history inferior to Wang Fubao in this era?

No!

It is because there is no one else available under Dou Jiande in this era, if those old ministers under him are still there, it may not be Wang Fubao's turn to carry the Jiangshan Sheji of Great Xia. There is no doubt that Wang Fubao's military exploits are the most among Dou Jiande's ministers. But the historical Wang Fubao was already dead at this time...... Died at the hands of Dou Jiande.

Because of his great merit, the other generals were jealous. framed him for rebellion, Dou Jiande didn't even interrogate, and directly sent someone to arrest Wang Fubao and cut off his head.

If Su Dingfang was still there, Yin Qiu, Shi Zan and others were still there, maybe Dou Jiande would still kill Wang Fubao without hesitation.

But now, these people are dead.

Who does Dou Jiande use if Wang Fubao doesn't need it?

And when a person is forced to reach a position, he can often unleash his full ability. Even, he can squeeze out some abilities that he doesn't have. Wang Fubao is the one who was forced to that position, and now Daxia can only rely on him.

The snow night hit Wei County, and Wang Fubao fought beautifully.

But because of this battle, the faint trace of love and talent in Li Xian's heart is gone. As a person who came here from another world, and there are many tiger generals and ministers in this world that he was familiar with in his previous life, how could he not be moved by this opportunity to let these tiger generals and these famous ministers become his courtiers?

But this heartbeat does not mean that he has lost his mind.

Wang Fubao is a person who is impossible to subdue.

Therefore, when the news of the loss of Wei County from the Military Inspection Office was sent to the army in the north, Li Xian only thought of one word in his mind.

Kill.

"Xue Wanche is in Fanshui, why didn't he counterattack?"

Li Xian frowned slightly and asked the military inspector in front of him to summon the secret spy: "No matter how fast the news of the Military Inspectorate is transmitted, it will take at least three or five days from Fanshui to the lonely army, and if Xue Wanche leads the troops to kill it immediately, Wei County should have taken it back." ”

"The Lord"

The messenger spy lowered his voice and said, "General Xue is not in Fanshui. ”

"Huh?"

Li Xian glanced at the secret spy, and the secret spy continued: "When the subordinates received the news from the flying pigeon, General Xue had already left Fanshui with the army, but he did not go in the direction of Wei County. The people in the Military Inspection Office have never been able to participate in military decision-making, and General Xue has sealed the news, and the generals and colonels below don't know where the army is going. Fanshui's spies only make inferences based on the direction of the army's advance, as for whether it is true...... The subordinates are not sure. ”

"Say"

Li Xian commanded.

On the night when the news came from Fanshui, General Xue left Fanshui County with 40,000 horses and horses. All the way to the northwest, not the almost due north direction where Wei County is located. The 10,000 horses left behind in Fanshui were heavily guarded, which should have been made to show Xia Jun. ”

"Northwest ......"

Li Xian pondered for a moment and unfolded the map on the table.

"Xue Wanche wants to play a big game of chess......"

Li Xian suddenly smiled, and his slightly frowning brows slowly relaxed: "You go down first, the people from the Military Inspectorate don't interfere in military affairs, which is very good." But if Xue Wanche wants to win this battle, it is extremely difficult without the intelligence information provided by the Military Inspectorate. If you summoned the secret spies in Xue Wanche's army, if you resist because Xue Wanche did not tell them the purpose of this march, you will not tolerate it. ”

"Whoa!"

The messenger answered, turned and left.

Ye Huaichong, who was sitting next to Li Xian, looked at Yutu and couldn't help but shake his head: "Xue Wanche...... It's risky. ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "Do you remember that Gu once said that Li Daozong will not have a big victory or a big defeat when he uses troops, and he is decent." And Xue Wanche used his troops, either a big victory or a big defeat...... Since he has the courage, Lone accompanies him to gamble on this game. ”

Ye Huaisleeve's face changed, and a worry immediately rose in his heart.

Sure enough, Li Xian's next words made her worries come true.

"Come on, please Luo Shixin, Cheng Zhijie, and Pei Xingyansan come over to discuss matters."

Li Xian waved his hand and commanded, and there was a light in his eyes that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Wang Fubao killed 4,000 orphaned elite soldiers in Wei County, and threw their corpses into the wilderness without burying them...... It's been a long time since Lone hasn't been angry because of the war, but this time ......"

The words he said didn't come out, but the chill in his tone was colder than the north wind outside.

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Hebei

In the wilderness, a few scouts hiding in the grass and snow looked at each other after watching the men and horses not far away pass by, and the scouts led by moved their almost frozen bodies, and the corners of their mouths provoked a touch of murderous intent: "Go back and tell the general, the men and horses of the Yanyun Army are really going in the direction of Huanshui!" ”

"Team, what about you?"

A scout asked in a low voice.

The scout team took a few breaths of hot air and warmed his hands and said, "I'll take the others and continue to keep an eye on Yan Yunjun's movements, you go back to Wei County quickly!" ”

Just before dawn, the scout who reported the news finally rushed back to the Xia army camp in Wei County. told Wang Fubao exactly what he saw last night, and after he finished speaking, the scout's body was still as cold as ice. Wang Fubao untied his big coat and draped it on him, nodded and said, "I know, you go back and rest." You have made great contributions, and I will not forget your contributions in the future. ”

The scout saluted gratefully and turned away.

Wang Fubao sat down in front of the table, looked at Wang Roar beside him and asked, "Roar, what do you think?" ”

Wang Yan looked at the map and sneered: "It's just a small skill of carving insects...... It can be seen that Xue Wanche is just a reckless man, not attacking Wei County but attacking Huanshui, nothing more than trying to block us, and then unite with Zhang Liang and Xu Shiji's men and horses to surround us on all sides, in order to fight a decisive battle in advance and trap us to death in this small Wei County. But he's just an idiot after all...... The snow covered the ground, even if he sneaked away at night, could he remove all the footprints left on the snow? ”

"How?"

Wang Fubao asked after glancing at Wang Roar appreciatively.

"Even if Xue Wanche is dispatched by the whole army, there are only more than 50,000 people. He also had to leave enough troops to hold Fanshui, no more than 40,000 at most. Er is willing to lead an army to kill from the flank, capture Xue Wanche alive, and sacrifice the Great Xia soldiers who died in battle. ”

"Don't be underestimated."

Wang Fubao: "This battle is very serious...... You need to be careful. ”

"The child knows!"

Wang roared and straightened up and said, "Father, give the child 20,000 horses, and you will kill Xue Wanche!" ”

"I will give you all the cavalry I brought this time, and give you another 20,000 elite infantry."

Wang Fubao patted Wang Yan's shoulder and said, "Go, I'm in Wei County, waiting for your triumph." ”