Chapter Ninety-Eight: Swinging the Army to the North

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For the refusal of these natives to cooperate, Guo Xixian has already rushed on the spot several times, but because Mao Geng is the person presiding over the negotiation, he is just a military general, so he has to force himself to suppress his anger, and wait until the negotiation is over, then he said to Mao Geng:

"Along the way, there are only a few hundred people who can fight, Mr. Mao, it's better to fight and destroy them, and you won't have to worry about it."

Mao Geng frowned and said:

"Brother Guo, Taiwan is so big, they can't fight, they can hide, they can run, my army has just arrived, the terrain is not familiar, there are forests everywhere, you can't burn all the forests. Besides, if they really want to run and run into the mountains, will our army still follow into the mountains to exterminate them! This is not something that can be done in a year and a half. ”

When Guo Xi heard this, he was deeply frustrated, and muttered:

"Mr. Mao, we occupy this piece of offshore land, which is all saline-alkali land, not suitable for sowing, and we have to advance inward 6 in depth to reclaim fertile land."

Mao Geng saw Guo Xixian's worried appearance, and he could quite understand his thoughts, and comforted him at the moment:

"The saline-alkali land is also good, you can grow sugarcane, and, in addition to this way, although you can advance in other directions, such as to the south and north, you can avoid them for the time being."

Guo Xi first heard Mao Geng say this, and it was not good to say anything at the moment, but Guo Xixian's feelings were really not high, Mao Geng saw it in his eyes, and understood in his heart that this should be the idea of most soldiers, and it took so much effort to finally succeed in climbing 6, basically everyone thought that they should take advantage of the victory to expand the results of the battle, and at least they should rely on their huge military superiority to wipe out the barbarians who dared to fight against the Great Song Heavenly Soldiers in one fell swoop.

Mao Geng returned to Penghu and reported the unfavorable situation of the negotiation to Zhao Luan, Zhao Luan was angry at that time, and Zhao Luan's first reaction to this group of natives was to be beaten up, since they were not beaten, then they didn't do it, they didn't stop, just give a thunderous blow and wipe out these guys who don't know what to do.

Han Yanxuan also said that he could not let the natives openly ignore the power of Huanghuang Tianwei, and this group of natives who did not know each other could just kill them as the Great Song Dynasty sacrifice flag. is still the same sentence, if you don't use thunderbolt means, how can you show the heart of the Bodhisattva!

Mao Geng highly understands Zhao Luan, what Zhao Luan wants is great military exploits, and he also understands Han Yanxuan, what he wants is a battle decision. Neither of them wanted to do this, but in the face of these two people, Mao Geng had already thought of a rhetoric:

"Guogong, the lower officials think that our army has just arrived, the water and soil are difficult to adapt, the terrain is not familiar, it is easy to expel the natives from all walks of life into the mountains, but it is not easy to exterminate them, and we don't know whether these natives still have the same clan, if we want to exterminate it, it is not a temporary effort. Even if it is expelled by force, but it attracts the natives to hold grudges, if he is the Great Song Dynasty to open up the wasteland and farm, it will be difficult to protect himself from the attack of the natives, so how can the people of the Great Song Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment! As the saying goes, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves! Unless the grass is cut and the roots are eradicated, there will be endless troubles. ”

Zhao Yan thought about it, Mao Geng's concerns were not unreasonable, these natives occupied the right time and place, and I don't know how many people in a clan there are, and how they are distributed, it is really impossible to talk about cutting grass and eradicating the roots, but when the army goes out, how can it be interrupted, so he frowned and said:

"The natives along the way are fighting against the Great Song Heavenly Soldiers like this, can they not be allowed to be presumptuous!"

For the natives who don't know how to do it all the way, of course, there must be a countermeasure, Mao Geng has already thought about it before coming, so he said calmly:

"The following officials observed that the natives along the way were stubborn, mainly because their leaders were extremely fierce and unreasonable, and the others more or less harbored the idea of making friends with the Great Song Dynasty, so as long as this person was killed, their fighting spirit could be broken, and with a little guidance, they would also become the Great Song Shunmin."

Mao Geng was in Qujiatong that day, and he already felt a lot, without Qu Laisan, the other leaders of Qujiatong immediately gave up the idea of rebellion, which is the best example.

Zhao Yan smiled:

"That evil can be killed! It is said that he is very cunning and well-guarded, so how can Mr. Mao be able to take his rank among the ten thousand armies! I had to raise a hot air balloon to shoot him! No way? ”

Mao Geng also smiled when he saw Han Yanxuan, and he also smiled at the moment, and said:

"Yes, Xia Guan does have this idea, but it will take some time, as long as a year, as short as half a year, and it should be able to get rid of this person. Moreover, if he were to die inexplicably, their people would not even be able to figure out how the person had died, so as not to cause confrontation. ”

Zhao Yan and Han Yanxuan couldn't help but be curious, and Han Yanxuan immediately asked:

"Oh, I wonder what you have in mind?"

Mao Gengxin said, there is no clever plan, but I have my own method, I expect that within half a year, I should be able to build the first rifled musket, and snipe the arrogant leader within two or three hundred steps, it should not be a big problem. The slash must also be done in secret to receive the best results. Imagine that when the natives saw no bow and arrow, but only a bullet hole, they would not understand how people died.

As soon as Mao Geng heard Han Yanxuan ask, he had no choice but to say vaguely:

"Xia Guan thought, we might as well first deal with the natives of this road, and exchange markets with other aborigines who accept our compensation conditions, buy furs from them, or hire them to work, so that they can have money to buy food and clothing for the Great Song Dynasty, so that the lives of other aborigines will get better and better, and the stubborn natives on this road will have accidents. If they continue to be stubborn, they can provoke them to fight with other natives, and second, they can take advantage of their internal discord and resort to force, as long as they take the opportunity to get rid of the evil, and the rest is not to worry. ”

Zhao Lian listened, nodded, and let the natives fight each other, but it was the quintessence that the ancestor of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was familiar with, and it was also useful in Taiwan. But Zhao Lian couldn't help but feel a little reluctant in his heart, so he said:

"If you don't get rid of the natives along the way, you will always feel like a fish in your throat, and you can rest assured that you can cultivate and farm! There are also cement and timetables, Benjue is a little worried, and Mr. Mao promised his father that he is afraid that he will also be affected by this. ”

For Zhao Lu's worries, Mao Geng was even more prepared, Mao Geng came to the side of the sand table, pointed to the Taiwan terrain on the sand table and said:

"If you want to talk about reclamation and farming, the best place should be further south, where the rice should be harvested three times a year, and the aborigines along the way to the south have a very friendly relationship with us, and the negotiations with other aborigines are their mediation, so we can rest assured that we can push south, just this place, let 200,000 people go into the land reclamation and farming, it is not enough to reclaim all the land. Lord Guogong, this matter of reclamation and cultivation can be arranged as soon as possible, whether it is rice or sugarcane, it can be planted. ”

As soon as he heard that there was too much wasteland in the south to use up, Zhao Yan felt much more relaxed this time, and Han Yanxuan showed his excitement.

Mao Geng turned to the north of Taiwan and said:

According to the records obtained by Shizun, the north of Taiwan is rich in minerals, including gold and silver, as well as copper and coal. To make a timetable, you have to have copper, and to burn cement, you have to have coal, so the place that Xia Guan is most interested in is the northern tip of Taiwan. The lower official asked the prince to march as soon as possible to occupy this area, and the lower official began to arrange the firing of cement and the production of the timetable, and so on. ”

Although Mao Geng has not been to Taiwan in later generations, but the tourist attractions in Taiwan have been noted, Keelung is famous for its abundance of gold and black gold, many of which have become tourist attractions, to develop industry, in this era, coal is the most indispensable energy source for primitive industrialization. Therefore, from this point of view, the target of one's choice must also be the treasure land at the northern tip of Taiwan.

As soon as Zhao Lian heard that there were gold and silver mines in the north, he was immediately moved, and pretended to be dissatisfied:

"There's gold and silver here, why didn't you say it earlier?"

Mao Geng hurriedly said that Xinhua had been listed as a suspect, but he only said that this was what Master Shizun said, and he didn't know if it was true, so he didn't dare to make a mistake.

Although Zhao Lian knew that Xinhua did not dig out gold and silver, he dug out a lot of coal mines, even if the northern end of Taiwan could not dig out gold and silver, and could dig out coal mines, it was also a great achievement, because not only to burn cement, but also to burn bricks, tiles, glazed tiles, etc.

The young man thought that there would be a great reward immediately, and Zhao Lu did not hesitate to make a decision at the moment, and went north the next day.