Yan Gaocai's words implied infinite murder, and the civil and military officials who originally advocated the safety of the prince as the first priority were suddenly silent, and could no longer say a word of opposition.

You threatened the court with the surname of the prince to cede the land and ransom, so that Du Zhangman could establish himself as the king? Do you know how the Ming Dynasty dealt with the 'Tumubao Change' in the past, when the orthodox emperor fell into the hands of the Wara Taishi?

Of course, Ahabe didn't know, but who among the civil and military officials present didn't know? After the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was taken captive, the court discorded and first discussed any conditions for losing power and humiliating the country, and finally took the initiative to lower the standards, only asking for wealth and not land, and the Ming court did not pay attention to it at all, and would rather set up a new monarch. The queen had no choice but to send her own private money plus some gold and silver raised from her mother's family, hoping that the emperor would be released.

Let's ask if the Ninety-Five Supreme of the Great Dynasty was taken captive, and the court did not bargain with Wara, so as the Duzhang Barbarian under the Ming Dynasty tried to rebel and take the prince of Shu as a hostage, can the court agree to any conditions to fuel your arrogance?

Yan Gaocai's words were very questioned, he was not asking Ahabe at all, but questioning the civil and military officials present, even if Yang Ling, the Qincha, intended to release the water, the officials did not dare to openly advocate and negotiate the conditions with the capital, compromise and concession, and sacrifice the interests of the court and the local government in exchange for the freedom of the prince.

Seeing that the civil and military officials were silent, Zhu Rangjin looked anxious, and his forehead was already sweating, but on such an occasion, with his identity and the people represented behind him, it was even more inconvenient to ask for a compromise.

Yang Ling was originally unwilling to make tens of thousands of troops afraid and subject to many constraints for a prince who only knew how to implement the appeasement policy and was automatically sent to the door to be taken hostage. The life of the son of the world is fate, isn't it the fate of those big-headed soldiers who carry guns to defend the country?

Now that he had a justifiable excuse, Yang Ling no longer had to worry about the face of the King of Shu, and his tone became tougher. The surname of the barbarian is straightforward, and the negotiation will not be sharp, Ahabe insisted that the imperial court must cede Xuzhou, otherwise he will never release the prince.

Yang Ling saw that there was no room for negotiation with them at all, so he simply said straightforwardly: "Ahabe, go back and tell you that Chief Ah Da is patrolling the world at the behest of the emperor, and he is in charge of being reckless and reckless, and he has made a big mistake, and I hope he will turn back in time, release the prince of Shu, and ask Ben Qincha for the guilt."

Ben Qincha still said the same thing, although he sacked several counties, killed people without calculation, and committed many crimes, as long as he turned back in time, was willing to go down the mountain and returned to the village, and no longer stubbornly resisted and became enemies of the imperial court, Ben Qincha could still forgive his sins on behalf of the imperial court, and he was not to blame in the past. He is still a hereditary Tusi recognized by the imperial court, and his personal interests will not be lost in any way. This was the greatest concession the imperial court could make. ”

Yang Ling slowly stood up, walked down the handsome case step by step, and said awe-inspiringly: "The tens of thousands of troops of this official will not wait indefinitely, go back and tell Ah Da that Ben Qin is limited to seven days, since the Ming Dynasty, after seven days, Ah Da will not release the son of the world, and if he does not go down the mountain to surrender, it will be the period for the official to suppress bandits and quell the rebellion!" ”

Ahada and these people have been so accustomed to being tolerated and restrained by the imperial court in the past that no one is in their eyes, and they can't help their brilliant achievements with the 200,000 troops of the imperial court during the Chenghua period, so they don't care about Yang Ling's threat at all, Ahada sneered contemptuously, pouted and arched his hands, and led the subordinate to swagger out of the handsome tent and leave.

Yang Dashuai met Huadang, Boyan and Huo Sieve in the northern Xinjiang, destroyed tens of thousands of Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River, recruited the four major pirates, and recovered Manraka in the southeast, the Portuguese naval commander begged to surrender to him, and the king of Manraka was respectful and grateful, how could he have thought that in this small Xuzhou, he was so despised by the subordinates of a small Tusi, and his guards were on fire, but Yang Ling looked calm and didn't care.

It wasn't until Ahabe's figure had gone away that Yang Ling said with a smile: "Yan County Order, I heard that this place was also subordinate to Yelang Country during the ancient Han Dynasty?" ”

Yan Gaocai is really talented, and he replied fluently: "The adults are very knowledgeable, and the capital of Yelang is in today's Guizhou, but the territory of King Yelang has indeed extended to some areas of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, so he is arrogant and asks, "Who is the Han and me?" "The words make the world laugh for thousands of years."

Yang Ling raised his head and laughed when he heard this.

The laughter stopped, Yang Ling stretched his sleeves and turned around, walked back to the front of the handsome case, snapped the startled wood, and shouted loudly: "Civil officials and military generals, go back to prepare for the war, after seven days, the handsome will be promoted." Scattered! ”

At the end of the Shuai Tent discussion, Yang Ling left Yan Gaocai alone to discuss with him alone.

Yan Gaocai was secretly happy in his heart, seeing that he had finally received the attention and appreciation of Lord Yang. He just sat there in a daze, precisely because there was a difficult problem in his heart, and at this moment, he knew that Yang Ling must still have a rebellion and wanted to consult him, so he happened to turn to Yang Ling for help in this matter first.

When all the officials withdrew, Yan Gao straightened his official hat, bowed down and saluted: "My lord has not been removed from the post of lower official, and the lower official is still the county commander here." After the looting and arson of Duzhang, many people were homeless, without food and clothing, and with the influx of refugees from neighboring counties, the food stock in the lower official office has been exhausted.

If the rice and grain are not allocated in time, the lower officials are worried that the people who are already resentful will make trouble, and this difficult matter, the lower officials will ask Lord Qincha for mercy on behalf of the people who are suffering on this side."

"Oh? Oh, the pacification of the displaced refugees was originally a big deal. Leave aside the rest in advance, and the official will go with you to visit these victims and understand the situation." Yang Ling was stunned at first, and then said.

He walked to the tent, thought about it, and then instructed the guards: "Call Commander Li, Feng Shenzheng, Su Yushi, and Feng Zhizhou, they are also the parents and officials of Shudi, and they should go and see."

At that moment, Yang Ling ordered someone to go to the back tent to summon Wu Hanchao and Song Xiaoai, and a pair of small enemies came to the front tent. Song Xiaoai still pursed her cherry lips, and looked at Wu Hanchao with a non-answering expression, but the style of the eyebrows and corners of her eyes seemed to have disappeared most of her anger.

Yang Ling was a person who came over, but he just smiled, and ordered the two of them to lead the guards to accompany him and Yan Gaocai, Lord Feng and other officials out of the barracks.

Yan Gaocai hurried back to the county government first and summoned the third class of officials. In a hurry, he ordered the team leader to call someone quickly, and then he arrived at the second courtyard, and hurriedly shouted when he entered the courtyard: "Master Li, Master Li, how much food have you got?" ”

This is a small county, each yamen is mixed with the county yamen, these two courtyards are the treasurer, at this time the library door is open, and a yin and yang strange voice inside said: "I said Lord Yan, this treasury can't even raise a mouse now, how can there be rice to feed people?" Those Diao people, who usually don't take the county lord in their eyes, why should they care so much."

As he spoke, a short and chubby middle-aged man walked out of the warehouse, with two whiskers and a smooth face, which was probably the 'swimming fish in the Huan Sea' that Yan Gaocai said in the handsome tent.

He squinted and walked out with a big grin, and saw a bunch of people standing in the courtyard at a glance, a slender person next to Yan Xianling, with a python robe and jade belt, and a large group of officials behind him, and the birds embroidered on the clothes, all of which looked dazzling, this person couldn't help but be startled.

His mind turned quickly, and he immediately realized who was in front of him, he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on the ground with a "poof", kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said: "Xiaguan Li Yong meets Lord Qincha and meets all your lords."

Yang Ling looked at it slightly, and saw that this person's robe was neat and clean, and he knew that he was also in the warehouse just now, and he had never thought of a way for the people at all, but Yang Ling had worked as a post clerk, and he also knew that even if this master was willing to work hard, the little food that swept the bottom of the warehouse was indeed not enough for a few people to eat.

He waved his hand and said: "Get up, Yan County Order, it seems that the warehouse really can't make up the relief grain, so let's do it, Lord Li, how about asking Feng Zhizhou to make an IOU, first borrow a part of the military rations, and then return it when the state government allocates the relief grain?" They must not be made hungry. ”

He arched his hand and said: "The king of Shu is benevolent and loves the people, I believe that if the prince is here, he will definitely agree to save the people from fire and water with this expedient measure."

Feng Shenzheng wanted to point out that this was not in line with the system, but when he heard this, he swallowed it back. Li Sen naturally did not disobey Yang Ling's words, and immediately owed himself, and ordered his own soldiers to rush to transport grain immediately with that Master Li.

When the military rations arrived, Yan Gaocai accompanied Yang Ling and other officials to visit the people in the disaster relief soup sheds, most of these victims gathered in the City God Temple, Water Dragon Temple, and Grain Drying Field, and the victims had just fled for a few days, and the weather was not cold at this time, so although they were unkempt, they looked pretty good.

It's just that these people all looked blank, their eyes were indifferent, and after watching this county magistrate busy before and after, Zhang Luo asked people to hurry up to cook porridge and give porridge, and greeted the people with warmth, but they didn't have the slightest sense of gratitude and closeness, and they stayed away from this high-ranking official.

Su Yu'an reprimanded in a low voice unhappily: "The customs of the people here are really stubborn, and the parents and officials of a county rushed forward and ran forward, and opened a meal for them, and Lord Qincha personally came to visit, but he was so ungrateful and unreasonable."

"At the end of the day, who is raising whom? Who should be grateful? Yang Ling heard it in his ears, but he only shook his head slightly and did not make a sound.

At this time, a young man held a big bowl and asked the yacha to hold a bowl of gruel, nodded and said "Thank you, official", and before the words fell, a man in a rough robe next to him took the bowl, pulled his wrist and left.

As he walked, the man scolded viciously, "Little rabbit, thank you? If it weren't for these things to appease and connive at lawlessness, can our home be burned? Can your cousin's family be killed? What thank you they give you for a bowl of porridge? They give others a piece of meat, and they don't appreciate it. Bah! ”。

The man walked as he spoke, and his voice was not loud, but several officials around Yang Ling heard it clearly.

"This bold Diao people", Feng Jianchun pointed and shouted.

"Governor Feng", Yang Ling called lazily.

"The lower official is here", Feng Jianchun hurriedly lowered his hand and said softly.

Yang Ling didn't speak again, just walked forward slowly, and with the delivery of the grain cart, he silently watched Yan Zhixian and the county officials, the chief bookkeeper and the third-class officials who worked harder than anyone else at the moment.

After walking around the relief sites and finally coming out of the barnyards, it is estimated that the total number of refugees is about 30,000, many of whom are still injured. Yang Ling paced onto a wooden bridge, on which the clear water was murmuring, the abundant aquatic plants gently rippled in the riverside water, and several trickling tributaries flowed from the side and merged into the clear water.

Yang Ling stared at the water for a long time, and all the officials surrounded him and stood silently aside. Yang Ling raised his head, looked at the depressed market, and moved to the left side of the road that had just been blackened by the fire, and then said to the civil and military officials around him: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official is on an errand in the inner factory, and the old team of the inner factory is the left sentinel of the Shenji Battalion. This officer fought in Jiangnan, and my main force was 20,000 elites who had been trained in the battle. A yamen, an army, and even a country always have its main stream and tributaries.

If you want to be peaceful, you can only work hard to bring the tributaries to the mainstream. If the tributaries are compromised by harming the mainstream, and the mainstream loses its cohesion and loyalty, where will the tributaries go? Guarding the west with etiquette and religion, Huai'en Fuyuan is my Ming national policy, and it is not my Han people's true nature to suppress and deter obedience by force.

However, there is one thing: to protect them from being bullied by the big clans, to set up local officials to govern them, and to give priority to relief in case of disasters. However, in terms of government affairs, law, economy, and education, they must not be allowed to break away from the existence of the Ming Dynasty and put the rights of the tribe above the court, otherwise they will only deliberately remind them that they are superior to the Han people and do not mix with the Han people. At the same time, it will make the Han people jealous and disgusted with them, wishing that they would not live with themselves.

Hundreds of rivers and seas are the trend of the times, and artificially made a clear distinction, and in the end they can only fall apart. This is a lesson that has never gone away in the past 100 years of conflict, but unfortunately no one has paid attention to it.

Zi said: Those who have a country and a family do not suffer from widowhood but inequality, and do not suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety. There is no poverty, no widowhood, and no inclination. So, everyone, what about this duke? Where does injustice come from? Only by not discriminating against or conniving at any clan will everyone live in peace and be like a family, so that they will feel that they belong to the same country, have common interests, bear common responsibilities, and have a sense of belonging as the people of the Ming Dynasty. I hope that we can work together to solve this problem and benefit one side once and for all. ”

His gaze swept over the faces of the officials one by one, and although the officials were silent, what they saw and heard today obviously touched them deeply, so no one spoke out against them.

Yang Ling suddenly saw Song Xiaoai and Wu Hanchao standing on the street corner with seven or eight guards each, vigilantly scanning the four directions, and his heart couldn't help but warm.

Song Xiaoai is also a Tusi head, and Tuoba Yanran, the daughter of Tuoba Yu, the Tuoba Yu of the Wusi Tibetans, has a close relationship with the Shu Wangfu and is friendly to each other. The other not only got along well with the Han people, but also undertook obligations for the imperial court and repeatedly made military exploits in the Jiangnan crackdown, and was respected and welcomed by the people of Jiangnan.

It can be seen that as long as the relationship between them is handled properly, they will be like brothers with the Han people and have the same sense of cognition of the imperial court. However, the Shu officials adopted a very inappropriate policy against Duzhangman, an ethnic group whose exclusive surname is too strong, and it will lead to such evil results.

In fact, did the Han people think that the barbarians were ignorant, and despised and contemptuous or even bullied them? There must be, and there are a lot of them. Xiao Wu's father is so opposed to his son and Xiao Ai's relationship, it is not because he has this mentality.

It is the same as the discrimination between the rich and the poor, between the scholars and the merchants, and so on, and if this problem is to be completely resolved, it will by no means be achieved in a moment's time, and I am afraid that it will be protracted for a long time, but at least if we make efforts, we will be able to weaken this contradiction, and no matter how bad it is, we will not engage in war, and then there is hope for it to be dispelled.

Yang Ling knew that some other tribes were also about to move, but unlike those with strong offensive surnames and exclusive surnames, the ordinary people of those tribes got along with the Han people and were willing to interact.

On the contrary, the high-ranking Tusi and chieftains were worried that with the gradual increase in their contacts with the Han people, they would weaken their power over the lives of those half-slave clansmen, so although the court was extremely generous to them and treated them like princes, they still tried their best to cause some trouble to expel the Han people.

However, because their clansmen had frequent contacts with the Han people and were friendly with each other, their rebellion lacked a mass base, and it was much more difficult to make trouble, so they pinned their hopes on the rebellion of the Duzhangman, hoping to fish with their hands and put pressure on the imperial court through the affairs of the Duzhangman, and demand greater rights and benefits.

Du Zhangman, a small chess piece, affects the stability of the entire Bashu behind it, and it is impossible to be cautious between ups and downs. Thinking of this, Yang Ling sighed secretly: It is easy to raise an army, and it is difficult to turn jade silk.

Back in the camp, Yang Ling summoned Yan Gaocai alone. Yang Ling put his hands behind his back, looked at the topographic map of the Xuzhou area hanging on the wall, and said without looking back: "Lord Yan, I have listened to your eight strategies today, and this official has benefited a lot. It seems that you are here as a county magistrate, although due to the special situation, you have no political achievements, but you have not done nothing, and you are still very much planning for the imperial court in your heart. ”

Yan Gao knew that Yang Ling had specially summoned him, of course, not to praise him, so he just listened quietly.

Yang Ling said again: "In my opinion, they are all arrogant, they don't suffer any losses, and they will definitely not bow their heads and admit defeat." After seven days, Du Zhangman would never release the prince according to his words and took the initiative to beg for surrender. This rebellion can only be quelled by encirclement and suppression by force. What the officials of Shu are most worried about is that the prince is safe, but after thinking about it carefully, he feels that they may not be able to kill the prince."

"Oh? Why are you so sure? ”

"Or because of the Han people", Yang Ling turned around with a smile, returned to the table and sat down, pushed his glass to him, and said: "According to the information I have received, a long time ago, there were Han refugees, bandits, and military criminals who fled into the territory of Duzhang Barbarian and joined them.

Although the Duzhang barbarians are brave and good at fighting, they are like fish in water in the jungle and mountains, and they come and go freely. However, they are ignorant and backward, lack scheming, and fight straightforwardly, and they don't know how to use deception at all. During the Chenghua period, the imperial court sent troops to appease, and nearly 300 chiefs of the Duzhang barbarians were killed by the stupid imperial envoy, and then the Duzhang barbarians would pre-set up ambushes, and then command the envoys to Guizhou to surrender and kill more than 5,000 people, which was the strategy of the Han people used by them. ”

"The official is sure that they will not kill the prince because of the existence of these people. In the eyes of the Duzhang barbarians, since we can't use the son of the world to coerce us, he will lose any value, and he will probably kill him to vent his anger. But those Han people must know that one living son is better than a hundred dead sons, and they will not be reconciled, so they will definitely dissuade the barbarian chieftains. ”

Yan Gaocai frowned and said: "In this way, don't we still have to cast a mouse trap and can't do our best?" ”

Yang Ling shook his head and said, "Otherwise, we can't fuel their rebellious ambitions for the sake of the prince's promise to them, so we can only act decisively." You know about the seven captures of Meng Huo, right? If the barbarians are completely subdued, it will be difficult for them to rebel again.

Duzhang was arrogant and lawless, and repeatedly rebelled, making the people of all ethnic groups around him miserable, and it was because of the imperial court's routine encirclement and suppression, which mostly ended in failure, that they had nothing to fear. We just want to let them know that the officials and soldiers of the court are invincible, and when they have no way out, they can only choose the way to surrender, which may be the only way to save the life of the prince."

Yan Gaocai nodded thoughtfully. Yang Ling said again: "You are most familiar with the local area, and this official is about to use soldiers, do you have any good strategies to offer?" If it can be used properly, it may be able to achieve miraculous results and reduce the casualties of officers and soldiers."

Yan Gaocai said with a smile: "Every time the lower officials suffer from the nest and break the nest case, they return to the back house and scold them, and they often imagine that the officers and soldiers of the court can suppress their arrogance and unruliness, so they have also thought of some methods.

The adults use soldiers like gods, and they are invincible, but the lower officials do not know how to use soldiers at all, but they only make some assumptions based on the situation of the barbarians and the feelings of the people in the counties, and I don't know if they are of use to the adults."

Yang Ling said happily: "This is exactly what this official lacks, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, let's just discuss it privately, and it's not a discussion of the military situation in the commander's tent, although Lord Yan speaks freely,."

Yan Gaocai arched his hand and said, "The lower official obeys the order", he took a breath, and squinted his eyes habitually, and that appearance was quite sinister in Yang Ling's eyes.

"My lord, the imperial court sent 200,000 troops during the Chenghua period, and it can't help it, is it not as good as them? Otherwise, it's just that the place where they are entrenched is inherently dangerous, and the dangerous villages echo and support each other, and the imperial army cannot enter the door, and the army is obviously superior, and in the [***] array-like mountain, they can't show their strengths, but are controlled everywhere, which leads to failure. Xia Guan pondered and meditated, and came up with a few strategies, please refer to them to see if they can be used."

Yang Ling perked up, walked back to the table and picked up the pen and said, "You said, the official wrote it down."

Yan Gaocai groaned: "First, organize the local Han, Miao, Yi and Qiang immigrants to organize the people, they are not only familiar with the terrain and the Duzhang barbarians, but they have also been oppressed by the Duzhang barbarians, if they have the support of the imperial court, they will be able to participate enthusiastically." With the help of these locals, the army can reduce the risk of getting lost and suffering from the miasma plague, and the capital can take advantage of the geographical advantage by half. ”

Yang Ling nodded and said, "Well, this plan is very good, and the official has written it down."

Yang Ling said secretly while remembering in his heart: "This trick, I still thought hard about the bandit movies I watched back then, and then I remembered to make full use of the local people. Although this person is from a two-rank jinshi, it is not without benefit that he has worked hard in this small county for two years, at least not like those rhetorical officials and imperial envoys, and he is very pragmatic. ”

Yan Gaocai said again: "Second, those who are left in the village are all barbarians, old and young, many of them are their eyeliner, and whenever the imperial court encircles and suppresses, it will secretly send grain and vegetables to the mountains, so that they have nothing to fear, if they want to completely defeat this group of rebels and make them cornered, they will have to cut off their people and advantages to help the barbarians."

When he said that he was cutting off his help, he deliberately lengthened his voice, and Yang Ling couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart when he heard the smell of blood. From a purely military point of view, Yan Gaocai is not wrong, there are these people who are under their own noses to ventilate and report information, transport grain and grass, and they are all in charge of the danger and defend it, and it is not a problem to guard it for ten or eight years.

Yang Ling naturally did not talk about 'benevolence and righteousness' in the ruthless bloody battlefield, and learned from Song Xianggong, who was once evaluated by the great leader as a "stupid pig-like military strategist", and in a sense, these old and weak women and children are equivalent to scouts and supply soldiers who are all in charge, and they are also warriors, but after all, they are defenseless old and weak women and children, do they have to use this method?

More importantly, I want to conquer their ambitions, so that they will no longer be a party to the calamity, and bring them under the jurisdiction of the imperial court's legal system.

Yang Ling suddenly remembered that in his later memory, there was no nation of Duzhangman, and the special funeral ritual hanging coffin of Duzhangman was still known as a mysterious existence. So in history, this nation should have been extinct a long time ago, and in the history of not coming and affecting it, is it because of their barbarism and arrogance that they exhausted the patience of the imperial court, and finally led to the fate of the dead race?

I am now saying that I will lead the army to encircle and suppress all the barbarians, and I cannot use such cruel means to drive them to a dead end, this ethnic group that should have been annihilated in the long river of history, let me continue it.

Yang Ling wrote down this one, drew a long horizontal line underneath, and said quietly: "Keep talking."

"Third, the terrain where the rebels are hiding is dangerous, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the power of swords and guns is not great, and the artillery is difficult to be effective, but although the subordinate officials do not read the art of war, they also know the principle of using water in depressions and using fire in the forest, one fire and one poisonous smoke, if these two are used without permission, they will have a miraculous effect."

Great minds think alike! Yang Ling was happy in his heart. In the past, the 200,000 troops could not win the rebellion, and he only led 70,000 soldiers, why did he dare to be ambitious and vow to take the capital? Yang Lingda didn't think of using conventional tactics against this miraculous natural danger at first. It is really a good idea to use manpower to resist natural dangers. It is much easier to deal with the rebellion of this extremely backward barbarian army with fireworks and fireworks.

Yan Gao saw Yang Ling nodding again and again, his expression was delighted, and he couldn't help but be greatly encouraged, and said: "Fourth, we have many soldiers, and the mountain roads are rugged, so we can't use them at all.

Yang Ling put down his pen and smiled: "Wonderful! This official has this intention, I look at the various key points that are guarded by the Duzhang Barbarians, and think that if they want to completely defeat the Duzhang Barbarians, they will break the Nine Silk City; And if you want to break the Nine Silk City, you must break the Lingxiao City; If you want to break through Lingxiao City, you must cut its wings, clear the periphery first, break the dangerous points such as Yuwang Mountain and Dudu Village, step by step, urge it to concentrate and force it to fight a decisive battle, but it coincides with Lord Yan."

Yan Gaocai listened to the repeated search on the map with his head raised, savored it, and only after a while was he shocked and said: "My lord, in the past, when soldiers were used, officers and soldiers were often subjected to the enemy on their backs and were controlled everywhere. ”

Yang Ling shook his head and sighed: "It's not subtle, this official only came up with this trick after reviewing the files of the previous repeated attacks and carefully analyzing the reasons for their failures, speaking of which, it was their failures that paid a huge price, and this official knew how to avoid the same failure."

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, stretched his waist and said: "With these four strategies, combined with the idea of this official, the odds of winning are a few points greater, Lord Yan, your strategy is very good, according to me, at least thirty percent of the losses of soldiers and horses can be reduced, which is a great achievement."

Yan Gaocai ate and said: "My lord, the lower official hasn't finished talking yet."

"Huh? Also, talk about it! Yang Ling was surprised and hurriedly urged.

Yan Gaocai walked to his table, grabbed a cup and took a sip of tea, and said with a somewhat strange expression: "Xiaguan is presumptuous, I see that the adults have considered everything, but they have forgotten a little, but this point is very important."

Yang Ling said movingly: "What's the matter?" ”

Yan Gaocai said: "Military heart! Morale! ”

Yang Ling couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Yan Gaocai said: "The atmosphere of the guards is tired of being soldiers and war-weary, and the guards have very little training, and their combat strength is worse than that of the people in some places, and now they have come to such a steep mountain, and they have long heard that these barbarian rebels have defeated the 200,000 army of the imperial court, how many soldiers dare to fight and want to fight?" ”

Yang Ling gasped: This point is indeed the most important, all conditions for fighting are important, but the most important thing is still people. If these soldiers have no intention of fighting, even if Zhuge Liang is invited to set a hundred and ten clever plans, what is the use?

And Yang Ling because he came from modern times, he was a little too accustomed to the army's obedience to command, and often inadvertently forgot to pay the most attention to this article for the generals.

Thinking of this, Yang Ling stood up solemnly, bowed deeply to Yan Gaocai, and said: "When this official came to the southwest, he really forgot that this army is not a brave and good fighting force in the north, nor is it the elite soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River that I personally brought out, so I take it for granted that they can completely carry out the orders of this official and fall into some big mistakes that lead to failure. Yang Ling thanked Lord Yan for his guidance. ”

The dignified and noble lord treated him so politely, Yan Gaocai felt that he had already known it, and he was busy and politely said: "Don't dare, don't dare, eat the court, you should share the worries of the court, the lord is so courteous and gracious, it really makes the officials panic."

Yang Ling smiled slightly and said: "What are you afraid of, Lord Yan does have real talent and real learning, and it is difficult to achieve his ambition here, it is really a pearl covered with dust." The counterinsurgency is over, and the official still has a heavy responsibility to entrust him."

It has become, the nobleman is not light, Yang Ling's words were exported, Yan Gaocai knew that he was backed by Mount Tai, facing the sea, and the future was immeasurable.

He happily thanked Yang Ling and said: "The big war is imminent, if you want to train the army in a whole way, it is simply too late, to quickly gather the morale of the army and the courage to fight, at this extraordinary moment, the only way to use extraordinary methods." ”

He licked his lips and said word for word: "First, the cool law, those who retreat without permission to avoid the war, there is no forgiveness for killing!" ”

Yang Ling nodded and said, "It should!" ”

Yan Gaocai said: "The property obtained by the second soldier in the attack of Duzhang Barbarian is all owned by the individual and does not need to be handed over."

"Huh?" Yang Ling glanced at Yan Gaocai: "Scholars seem to know the truth that people die for money and birds die for food, and I remember that the famous general Zhou Peigong of later generations seems to have used this trick to turn a group of lazy and lazy slaves into an invincible death squad in just a few days." ”

At an extraordinary time, with an extraordinary method, in the Napoleonic era, the soldiers' cultural level was quite high, and the British and French armies were not still fighting all the way to war and robbing all the way, what consciousness can be expected of the current soldiers?

Yang Ling sighed, nodded slowly, and said, "This also makes."

"This last strategy is not for this battle, but for the end of the war after this battle", Yan Gaocai already regarded himself as Yang Ling's staff, so he did not reserve his authenticity.

As a staff member, you have to give full play to your strengths and come up with all the methods you can come up with, and whether the Lord will use it or not is not within your consideration. If a person who is a staff member has to look ahead and backward when making suggestions, and weigh and consider my strategy will leave a benevolent impression on me in Shangguan's heart, and my strategy will make Shangguan think that I am insidious and cunning, then it will be difficult for him to show his strengths. There is no stupid person who can be the master, you can't think about what he can't, think about what he can't think, how can he reuse you?

Yan Gaocai smiled and said: "I heard that when the lord patrolled the northwest, the emperor gave the lord the privilege to mobilize the officers and soldiers within the three guards at any time, and also have the right to recruit wolf soldiers?" ”

Yang Ling's heart jumped: "Could it be that there are more than 2,000 wolf soldiers of Song Xiaoai hidden in our army, and they are all seen by him?" How can this be reasonable, and high talents can't be high to this realm, right? Isn't this the living of Zhuge Wuhou? ”

Yang Ling replied in amazement: "Exactly, how?" ”

"That's it", Yan Gaocai said happily: "Please give an order immediately to recruit wolf soldiers from the surrounding Qiang, Yi, Miao, Tibetan, Hui, and Tujia tribes, but it doesn't take too much, just send two or three hundred people from each clan."

Yang Ling hesitated and said: "In such a short period of time, they are afraid that they will not be able to draw it out, but if there are so few people, it will not be of much use, besides, some of these tribe Tusi are loyal to the imperial court, and some are still half-hearted, waiting and seeing, hoping to profit from it, let him send people, I am afraid that he will not send the warriors of the clan."

Yan Gaocai said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if it's a warrior or not, it doesn't matter if it's just a group of women and children, as long as he sends someone to help quell the rebellion, that's enough."

"Ahh Yang Ling woke up at one o'clock, and his heart couldn't help but suddenly brighten: "The six main tribes of Shu are all included, the important thing is not how much role they play in this battle, even if he is a symbolic surname, it has different meanings for themselves, for dozens of other small tribes, and for Duman.

This plan is not only focused on the battle of Xuzhou, but also for the long-term stability of the entire Shu region, and for the toasts who have reading ambitions. This Yan Gaocai is a bit like Jia Wenhe, the villain strategist in the Three Kingdoms, a good plan to kill three birds with one stone! ”

Yang Ling said again and again: "Good idea, this official immediately passed down the golden approval order and ordered all departments to send wolf soldiers to help fight within seven days." Your plans are very good, but the second one is open to discussion. ”

Yang Ling said: "Cut off the enemy's support and eyes and ears, and don't use this cool method." Moreover, this not only made the rebels in the mountains more hostile to the imperial court, but also did not contribute to the situation in Xuzhou after the rebellion was pacified. This official has a plan, which can not only achieve the purpose you said, but also avoid these two troubles, and can also resettle homeless refugees everywhere, and at the same time play the effect of mixed naturalization. Do you think so? ”

Yan Gaocai said in surprise: "My lord, please speak, and the lower officials will listen to you."

Yang Ling said: "Barbarian villages, old and young, and personal property are not allowed to be violated by the imperial court. At the same time, the officer took advantage of the efforts of the past few days to order the officers and soldiers to assist in the evacuation of the refugees, and to live in the villages where all of the above places are in charge, and to help them build houses and reclaim the wasteland, where there are many wilderness, and it is easy for each family to carve out one or two acres of land, so that they can live in peace of mind.

At the same time, the government stepped forward to set up Baojiali Zhenghe Township Soldiers in each village and village to maintain local law and order, one to prevent the mixed people from seeking provocation and retaliation, and the other to monitor the nearest neighborhood to prevent those with bad intentions from going up the mountain to send letters and food.

This is only an expedient measure at present, after the rebellion is quelled, the official also wants to adapt measures to local conditions, appoint elders among the old people living in Duzhangman and other ethnic groups, educate and pacify the locality, and at the same time set up a mobile yamen, and when there are cases of picking quarrels and provoking troubles, murder and taking money in various mixed villages, the yamen will send people to the village to try them in public, and ask the elders of Baojia Lizheng and the village to observe, and be sure to be fair, honest, and impartial. In this way, it is believed that in just one and a half years, local law and order will be greatly improved. Of course, these are just preliminary thoughts, and I haven't thought about them completely, hehe, and now I'm just revealing them to you."

Yan Gaocai's eyes were full of brilliance, and he said continuously: "This method is indeed much more clever than the lower officials, and the lower officials admire it so much!" Adults are really talented,".

Yang Ling smiled and said nothing. This kind of armor protection system, mobilization in the village, public trial, and deterrence of illegal tactics are used more in the post-mortem, and the effect ~~~ is indeed good.

Moreover, the fair and kind treatment of the old and young women and children in charge of the capital can reduce the hatred caused by both sides, and even influence some of the rebels who have fled into the mountains, which is very beneficial to the court while using soldiers to appease them. The only pity is that the foundation of the imperial court here is still shallow, and the consciousness of the people of the Duzhang barbarian tribe is too low, otherwise if a group of old men and aunts of the Duzhang barbarian tribe can be mobilized to shout and shout in the mountain col and engage in psychological warfare, it will definitely be more miraculous to divide the rebels and counteract their resistance and fighting spirit.

Yang Ling said: "These are just the preliminary ideas of this official, if they are really implemented, the original county and state, and state and government jurisdiction method may not be suitable for this place." These officials are not only thinking about how to lay down these mountains, but also thinking more about the future.

Borrowing from your 'Eight Strategies for Pacifying Barbarians', after the official prepares to quell the rebellion, he immediately handles matters such as the relocation of people and the management of the garrison, etc., if these things belong to different yamen, and each county reports them in turn, and then waits for the reply from the boss, it will delay many things.

In accordance with the practice that the imperial court can send temporary officials such as governors and governors to control local military and political affairs and make overall arrangements in special areas and when special matters arise, this official wants to write to the emperor and set up a barbarian governor in the counties near Xuzhou to unify and control all the important tasks of military and political law and education here.

Yang Ling's foresight and resolute courage certainly convinced Yan Gaocai, and this appreciation and reuse made him even more excited. Yan Gaocai stood up, looking at Yang Ling with a red face, his eyes were bright, but he couldn't say a word for a long time.

The local government of Xuzhou took urgent action, and the officers and soldiers of the imperial court assisted the people in building houses and reclaiming the wasteland, which was really unprecedented, and the homeless people were surprised and inexplicable. These guards are worthy of being peasant soldiers who have been stationed in Tuntian for more than 100 years, and they are still good at opening land than fighting, and the people see the emergence of new homes and land in hand, and their perception of the imperial court has gradually changed.

At the same time as the Yamen moved the people, he elected Baojia Lizheng in the village, and selected young and middle-aged people from the people who followed the rules to establish a township regiment, the primary task was to prevent the people from retaliating against the old and young who were left in the village, Yan Gaocai was indeed a good hand at managing civil affairs, coupled with the strong deterrence of the army, no one of the people dared to resist the incident, after a few days of hard work, it was also beginning to see the scale.

After seven days, Ah Da did not send any news.

Qin sent Yang Ling to beat the drum and gather generals, self-appointed commander, commanding the armies, with Li Sen as the deputy marshal, and ten people including General Li Ze as partial generals, and the political envoy Feng Daren, the imperial envoy Su, and the Zhizhou Feng Daren branch were responsible for the affairs, and governed the rear, and 70,000 troops gathered outside the city of Xuzhou.

When it was said, the sun was shining, and there was no sign of a major war. Yang Ling python robe and jade belt, holding the Qinchajie seal and Shang Fang sword left and right, accompanied by the deputy marshal Li Sen and the political officer Feng, boarded the temporary erection of the two-zhang point general platform, ready to swear to send troops!

(To be continued)