"Steppe cavalry?" Li Su looked at Wang An in the study with some doubts. As soon as Wang An came back from Dengzhou today, he immediately ran to tell him that there was a grassland cavalry that could be used for himself, which made Li Su a little puzzled for a while, and couldn't understand why Wang An suddenly mentioned the matter on the grassland to himself?

Seeing Li Su's puzzled expression, Wang An smiled slightly, and explained in detail what he had learned from his previous meeting with Duer, especially focusing on the tragic situation of those tribes that were not allowed by the Tang Dynasty. And Empress Li was also very excited, and finally slapped the table and said, "Wang Fu, I agree to this matter!" ”

However, as soon as Li Su's words fell, he thought of a question again, and immediately frowned and said: "I really lack troops in my hands now, these grassland people are a good sword, but they definitely can't stay on the grassland anymore, so it is also a trouble to settle them." ”

Dur's tribe hindered the Tang Dynasty's grassland plan, so there was no place for them on the grassland, and Li Su wanted to use them as his own war knife, and he would never allow their tribe to stay on the grassland anymore, only by completely controlling these tribes in his own hands, Li Su could use them at ease.

But Wang An had already thought of this problem, and saw him say with a smile: "Your Highness, this matter is extremely simple for you, there are many islands overseas, as long as those steppe tribes are put on a suitable island for life and allowed to multiply, they are not allowed to master any shipbuilding and sailing skills, only when men become adults, they will be conscripted into the army immediately, and they will be allowed to reunite with their families every once in a while." The rest of the time you have to stay in the army, so you can. Your Highness has an inexhaustible supply of troops, and as long as the island is within our grasp. Then don't worry about any backlash from them! ”

Hiss~, Li Su gasped after hearing this, and looked at Wang An with a strange gaze, people say that it is the most poisonous woman's heart, but now it seems that the most poisonous thing is the heart of a scholar like Wang An. The method he proposed was so poisonous that it was like keeping these steppe people in captivity like livestock, except that unlike livestock, they had to pay for their own lives to their masters. Bloody fight for the master.

Seeing the expression on Li Su's face, Wang An immediately guessed what he was thinking, but he didn't show any embarrassed expression, but smiled and said: "Your Highness, the grassland Hu people have always been the henchmen of my Central Plains Dynasty, and they have long formed an indissoluble enmity with our Han people for thousands of years, and now the imperial court wants to destroy this feud in one fell swoop, so as long as those who dare to resist, they will definitely not be able to escape the end of destruction." Even a large part of Xue Yantuo can't do it, so the demise of their tribe can be said to have become inevitable, and now if His Highness can save his life, he will naturally ask for some of the rewards he deserves! ”

Li Su also nodded after hearing this. Anyway, the tribes of Dur will perish sooner or later, and he might as well use them and become a war knife in his own hands. In this way, their tribe will be continued, and even after they have gone overseas. Maybe their living environment is much better than on the grassland, at least they don't have to worry about the heavy snowfall at every turn.

Come to think of it. Li Su finally came to his senses and began to discuss with Wang An which island to put the dependent grassland people on? This is a big problem, if you want the grassland people to have no rebellion, then this island can't be too close to the mainland, but it's too far and not conducive to Li Yu's control, and the area can't be too small, after all, those grassland people are not only Duer's Luoyun Department, but also some other grassland tribes, these people together, I'm afraid there are not a few, if the area is too small, it can't accommodate them at all.

So many requirements, which made Li Su and Wang An not think of a suitable place for a while, and finally the two took out the map, and discussed one place at a time, first of all, Taiwan must not work, there is one of Li Su's scheduled base camps, and these steppe people will not be allowed to live at all, and Luzon is a big island, but the status and location there are too important, there will definitely be many ships coming and going in the future, and it is not safe to put the steppe people there, in case the other party backs up, you can immediately control a large number of ships, The other large islands in the South China Sea are a little too far away, so it seems that none of them is a suitable place.

At this time, Li Su and Wang An both scratched their heads a little, and finally when Wang An's fingers moved to the Wa Kingdom, he suddenly said with some regret: "The Wa Kingdom is a good place to settle them, but unfortunately it is too close to the mainland, and it is only separated from Sanhan Prefecture by a strait, and when the weather is clear, a sampan can be crossed, which is really not suitable for the placement of those grassland Hu people." ”

Well? Li Su was stunned when he heard this, but Wang An's words reminded him that there was a place in the Wa State that was very suitable for resettling those Hu people, to be exact, it could not be regarded as the territory of the Wa State, and it should be called Ezo.

Ezo is also known as Hokkaido, which is the second largest of Japan's four islands after Honshu Island, located in the northernmost part of the Japanese archipelago, and is also Japan's main livestock production area in later generations, and Ezo is also quite far from the mainland, if the strait between Ezo and Honshu Island is blocked, then it will become almost an isolated place, coupled with the remote location, few ships will go there, it can be said to be a very ideal place to settle.

"This is it." Thinking of this, Li Su suddenly slapped the table and pointed to the northernmost road of the Wa Kingdom on the map. However, there is a blank there, because Ezo still belongs to the Wa Kingdom, and even few people in the Tang Dynasty know that in the northernmost part of the Wa Kingdom, there is a very huge island, and it is precisely because of this that Wang An did not mention Ezo when he mentioned the Wa Kingdom.

Wang An looked at the blank space of Li Su's fingers but was puzzled, thinking to himself, does His Highness want to throw all the Hu people into the sea? If that's the case, then it's better to leave them alone and let the people of Durr fend for themselves.

Seeing Wang An's expression, Li Su couldn't help laughing proudly, the so-called knowledge is power, no matter how wise Ren Wang An is, it's a pity that he doesn't know that there is a big island in the north of the Wa Kingdom, so even if he wants to break his head, he can't think of a place to place the Hu people.

And when Wang An heard Li Su's explanation, he was also a little surprised at the moment, he thought that it was a difficult problem to settle the Hu people, but he didn't expect that there was no way to be endless, and there was a big island in the far north of the Wa Kingdom, and it seemed that even God was helping His Royal Highness King Qi.

After discussing the resettlement of the Hu people in the grassland, Li Su summoned Duer again, asked about the situation of their tribe, and also gave a general account of his own arrangements for them, telling them that if they wanted to live, they must listen to their own arrangements and leave the grassland, and as for their future going to Ezo, he did not tell them for the time being.

Dur is a very self-aware person, and he also has a very clear understanding of the predicament faced by the tribe, so he agreed to the conditions proposed by Li Su without any hesitation, after all, in his opinion, compared with the disaster of extermination, the conditions proposed by His Royal Highness the King of Qi are undoubtedly extremely generous. In addition, Dur also said that he would do everything possible to contact other desperate tribes and try to persuade them to follow His Royal Highness King Qi.

Li Su also admired such an interesting Duer, and told the other party very bluntly that as long as they could gather 100,000 people from the Luoyun Tribe, then he would appoint the Luoyun Tribes as the leaders of these tribes and manage these tribes on his behalf.

Hearing this assurance, Dur immediately shook his spirits, knelt down and promised to do his best to gather people. And Wang An also smiled, thinking that His Royal Highness's methods are really powerful, as soon as this promise comes out, the Luoyun tribe will definitely try their best to win over other tribes, after all, the more people there are, the better the people managed by their Luoyun tribe, and the greater the benefits they will get from it.

These steppe tribes are undoubtedly an army that fell from the sky for Li Su, who is now short of troops, and these Hu people are different from Silla, Baekje, and those slaves they bought, these Hu people are much stronger in combat than Silla and Baekje soldiers, and their families are in their own hands, so Li Su can fully trust these people and treat them as a war knife for himself to open outward, just like the Cossack cavalry in the hands of the Russian tsar in later generations.

Such an important thing, Li Su naturally couldn't just let Duer's Luoyun tribe do it, and Wang An also understood the significance of this matter to Li Su, so he took the initiative to ask Ying and deliberately went back to the grassland with Duer.

Although Li Su is very reluctant to Wang An's arm, there is really no more suitable person than him, after all, their Taiyuan Wang clan has a great influence on the grassland, and Wang An is also very familiar with the situation on the grassland, so if he comes forward, it can have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

Due to the above considerations, Li Su finally agreed to let Wang Andur go to the grassland, but in order to protect his safety, Li Su divided the palace guards around him into 500 people. This made Wang An very grateful, and after preparing some things, he left Siyu by boat the next day, and went directly into the Yellow River to Taiyuan, and then reached the grassland through Taiyuan.

At the same time, Li Su wrote a letter to Li Shimin in his own handwriting, explaining the difficulties he wanted to face and his plans for the steppe tribes of Duer, hoping that the emperor's father would provide some convenience and not attack these tribes of Duer for the time being.

After Li Su wrote the letter, he immediately sent it to Dengzhou, and then sent it to Chang'an in the form of flying pigeons, at such a speed, presumably when Wang An arrived at the grassland, Li Shimin's order would also be issued to the Tang army on the grassland, and it would not delay Wang An's recruitment of the grassland tribes.

As for whether Li Shimin will agree to this matter, it is not in Li Su's consideration, firstly, his emperor father is very supportive of him, and secondly, he recruited those grassland tribes away, which can be regarded as helping Datang solve a trouble, after all, if it really raises troops to attack, Datang will also have to pay a certain price, and now he can send those grassland Hu people away without spending a penny, Li Shimin has no reason to refuse. It's just that Li Su didn't know that Chang'an had already quarreled because of one thing. (To be continued.) )