Seeing Deng Yue's solemn face, Hua Anxin was slightly surprised, paused, and said, "Deng Tingshi, if you take a pacification strategy, do you think it is feasible?" ”

"Oh, what a pacification." Deng Yue asked casually.

"Treat the captives well, reduce their taxes, and entrust them with important responsibilities for those who are talented." Hua An spoke his mind.

Deng Yue smiled slightly, shook his head, and said, "These methods have been used by the old man, and the effect is not good!" ”

"Oh, I want to hear about it."

Deng Yue stroked his beard and said slowly: "The old man has been guarding Jiaoguang Erzhou for many years, the Nanyue people in Jiaozhou are fierce and barbaric, and there were often small-scale rebellions in the past, appeasement and tax reduction will only make them feel that the Great Jin is weak and can be bullied, and give their leaders the title of official, but they are small officials, and they are at the same level as the old man, this official is not small!" In the final analysis, the strength of the Great Jin Dynasty is insufficient, and it is difficult to restrain these frontier barbarians! ”

"What Deng Jianshi means is that only by completely defeating the rebels of the Nanyue clan can it be possible for them to surrender to the Great Jin Dynasty with sincerity." Hua An heard what Deng Yue meant, which was also what Hua An'an thought.

"That's right, that's exactly the case, if these barbarians are not completely defeated, they will not honestly submit to the Great Jin." Deng Yue replied.

Hua An nodded, and said confidently: "Don't worry, Deng Tingshi, my Northern Expeditionary Army came to Jiaozhou to completely quell the rebellion, and the general is sure enough to subdue the rebels." ”

"That's very good, when does General Hua plan to enter the army." Deng Yue asked.

Hua An thought for a while and said: "The new formation requires the soldiers to adapt to a period of time, and they can enter the army in five days, can Deng Tingshi help me." ”

"What are these words, the old man is the assassin of Guangzhou, the governor of the military of Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, and the suppression of the rebellion in Jiaozhou is a matter of responsibility, how can General Hua go alone, five days later, the old man personally led the army and General Hua to the south to suppress the thieves." Deng Yue said excitedly.

"So very good, it's just that 30,000 elite soldiers of Shu are stationed in Xinggu County in the west, only more than 500 miles away from Jiaozhi City, if you and I pour our army south, Jiaozhi City may not be guaranteed, once Jiaozhi City is lost, our army will be cut off from retreat, the consequences are unimaginable, we have to leave a force to defend Jiaozhi City, and be responsible for the supply of materials on the front line." Although Hua'an was anxious to go south to quell the rebellion, he did not dare to take the 30,000 elite soldiers of Shu lightly.

When Deng Yue heard this, he lowered his head and muttered for a while, and said loudly: "What General Hua said is extremely true, the old man has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, leaving 20,000 to guard Jiaozhi City, and the old man himself led 20,000 troops to the south with the general. ”

"Okay, that's a deal." Huaan said loudly.

After discussing the date of the expedition, the two men worked with the generals to study the specific route of the march, and analyzed the cities that the rebels might defend and what they might do to resist.

After some heated discussions, the specific course of action was decided, and the generals dispersed and returned to the camp to urge the soldiers to hurry up and adapt to the new formation.

Five days later, the main force of the Jin army totaled more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, marching southward, the 3,000 men and horses of the Jiaozhou Legion were relatively familiar with the terrain, as the vanguard of the army, the 30,000 horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army of Hua'an followed closely as the Chinese army, and the 20,000 troops of the Guangzhou Legion as the rear army, walking at the back of the team under the leadership of Deng Yue, the assassin of Guangzhou.

A few days later, the army arrived at the city of Ding'an on the north bank of the Red River, the city of Anding was easy to attack and difficult to defend, the rebels saw the main force of the Great Jin Dynasty coming, did not dare to resist, abandoned the city, and retreated to the south bank of the Red River.

After the Jiaozhou Army entered Ding'an City, the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Guangzhou Army entered Ding'an City in turn, and the army needed to stop and rest and wait for the grain and grass in the rear.

Standing on the city wall of the south gate of Ding'an City, you can clearly see the surging Red River in front of you, the momentum of the Red River is comparable to the Yellow River in the Central Plains, and these two big rivers are named after colors, the Yellow River is yellow, and the Red River is also red.

None of the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army had ever been to the Red River, and they were all surprised at first sight of the color of the Red River, which was the same color as human blood.

"Big brother, why is this water red, will there be anything weird." Wang San was the first to ask.

"Yes! I've heard that 'blood flows like a river', but how many people's blood is enough for such a big river! Thunderstorm's forehead condensed into a pimple.

"Such a big river, it's definitely not human blood, I don't know if this river has only turned red now, or if it has always been red." Zhao Wu muttered to himself.

Hua'an naturally knows that this river is the Red River, which is the largest river in Vietnam in later generations, and the reason why the Red River is red is naturally because this river flows through the tropical red land, and the water contains laterite particles, which is the same as the Yellow River in the Central Plains is yellow.

"It's the Red River, it's always been red, it hasn't changed for thousands of years." Hua An said lightly.

"Big brother, how do you know so much." Iron Bull frowned.

Hua An glanced at Tie Niu and said, "When you have nothing to do, read more books, and you will naturally know more things." ”

Iron Bull stuck out his tongue and said no more.

The army rested in Ding'an City for two days, and the follow-up grain and grass had been transported into Ding'an City, and the Jiaozhou Legion, which was responsible for the vanguard mission, had also collected nearly 1,000 ships of all sizes.

Early in the morning of the third day, the Jiaozhou Corps crossed the river first, followed by the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Guangzhou Corps, crossing the Red River.

In the process of crossing the river, the soldiers can get close to the red river water, many soldiers leaned over and scooped up a handful of river water with their hands, looking at the red liquid in their hands curiously, as if full of curiosity about it.

Hua'an is even more intently admiring the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Red River, these are the beautiful rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty, and every inch of land is the land of the Great Jin Dynasty, which cannot be discarded.

After a whole day of crossing, except for the Guangzhou Army, which left 1,000 men and horses to guard Ding'an City, the rest of the more than 50,000 men and horses all crossed the Red River.

Arriving at the south bank of the Red River, it also entered the sphere of influence of the Nanyue people, the people here are almost all barbarians dominated by the Nanyue people, and the Central Plains people are almost not seen.

From the south bank of the Red River to the south, there is no city that can stand on it for a hundred miles in a row, and some of them are tribes and dock forts built by some barbarians, and these dock forts and tribes are extremely unwelcome to the arrival of the main force of the Jin army, and nearly half of the dock forts are inextricably linked with the rebels.

In this regard, Hua'an can only order his subordinates not to disperse, and at the same time strictly order his subordinates not to disturb the nearby dock forts, for the soldiers captured in the conflict, Hua'an also released a part of them according to the situation, and at the same time, sent envoys to each dock fort to convey the goodwill of the Jin Dynasty court, and asked the owners of each dock fort not to be enemies of the Great Jin.