Volume 7 Getaway Chapter 3 Fuyao (4 Middle School)

Although he knew that the topic he said would not make anyone happy, Cui Qian still continued it. He deliberately ignored Li Xu's face, and deliberately didn't look at everyone's expressions. For the current Six Counties, Li Xu is the supreme lord here, and he is Li Xu's courtier. As a courtier, it is his duty to advise the lord and keep him awake at all times, rather than to please the other party with clever words.

"According to the traders, the grasslands were green late this spring. In April, there was another snowstorm that killed many livestock. If they find out that the Tiger Rider has moved out of the way to the south, they will definitely not be polite to us! ”

"Come on, who's afraid of whom?!" As soon as Cui Qian's words fell, Wang Xuba immediately stood up and made a statement. A few years ago, he was invited by Yang Guang to "stuff the distinguished guests" who did not leave a good impression on the people of the border counties, and he was asking for the opportunity to fight with them.

"The best ones are cavalry, we are short of horses!" Guo Fang's words caused a burst of knowing laughter. Due to the continuous expansion of the army of the princes in various places, the price of horses among the people has been raised to an unacceptable level. The Boling Army did not have much money, and if thousands of good horses were sent to their doorstep, everyone would not be unwelcome.

But the two of them obviously did not know how strong the Turks really were. Even the previous year, the Turks surrounded Yanmen and then retreated. In the eyes of Lü Qin, Zhang Jiang and other generals who had experience in fighting with the Turkic wolf cavalry, the situation was not as optimistic as Wang Xuba thought. The last time the Turks invaded the Kou, the Great Sui Dynasty concentrated nearly half of the Central Plains' forces before expelling them. Now, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu and others have become vassals of the Turks, and Li Yuan has also declared himself a vassal to the Turks.

"The brothers are fighting one after another, and there is a lot of attrition!" Looking at Li Xu's face, Zhao Ziming reminded in a low voice. "Our Boling army is now mainly foot soldiers, and it is indeed a bit difficult to deal with the tactics of Turkic wolf cavalry!"

"Then I'm not afraid of them, isn't there an outer Great Wall to rely on?" Hearing Zhao Ziming say solemnly, Wang Xuba put away his proud expression and discussed with the other party with a smile.

"It's not a question of fear or not, it's a question of whether it's necessary to start a war." Cui Qian quickly interjected. "The Great Wall is already in ruins, full of openings, and it is impossible to use it as a barrier. But if we don't settle the displaced people on the banks of the Sanggan River, and the Turks come in, at most they will kill the inner Great Wall and Baihua Mountain, and Luo Yi will immediately be unable to sit still! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Wang Xuba was a little dizzy by Cui Qian's words, and asked with thick eyebrows.

Cui Qian smiled slightly, and spread out the official documents in his hand on the shore of the table, one part representing Youzhou and the other part representing Boling, piled up into a pair of horns. Between the two forces, he left a large gap, and everyone didn't need to check the map, and they knew that it represented a small half of Zhuo County. "The purpose of his withdrawal of the Tiger Horse is to lure the Turks south, so that we can be weakened by the hand of the wolf horseman. But after the Turks killed the Sanggan River, they continued to go south or east, and they couldn't control it! ”

In the heyday of the Great Sui Dynasty, the power penetrated deep into the grasslands. Therefore, Zhuo County, which is close to the border, covers a very large area. On the map drawn with the same scale, the area of Zhuo County alone is larger than the other five counties under Li Xu's rule combined. In this vast land, there are deserts, grasslands, and the Great Wall that has stood from the Han Dynasty to the present. There was also the second Great Wall defense line established next to Laishui, Baihua Mountain, and Xishan when the Central Plains Dynasty was weak.

Cui Qian's meaning was very clear, he did not agree with Li Xu's investment of too much manpower and material resources in the land between the inner and outer Great Walls like the construction of several other counties. In fact, during the long period from the decline of the Han dynasty to the beginning of the establishment of the Great Sui, all the local princes who ruled the Hebei region, including some of the imperial courts established by the Hu people, pursued such a strategy. Officials called it the inside and the outside, and once the robbers on the steppe invaded, they let them plunder between the inner and outer Great Wall. When the robbers have robbed enough and are tired of plundering, they will naturally retreat to their hometown. The princes and even the lords of Hebei don't have to fight with the ignorant savages, and there is no need to lose their strength for the sake of a few border people.

They want to retain their strength to chase the Central Plains. A few deer on the side plug have been skinned, and it's really insignificant!

"You mean let the Turks grab whatever they want?" After understanding Cui Qian's original intention, Guo Fang, who was originally from Zhuo County, was very angry and asked with his eyes wide.

"I mean, we can't afford to spend too much on it!" Cui Qian looked at Li Xu, then at the rest of his colleagues, and explained calmly. "If we fight the Turkic wolf cavalry again this fall, even if we win, we will be greatly damaged. If Luo Yi goes south again next spring, it will be difficult for us to support it in terms of military strength or material resources of the six counties! ”

Between temporarily showing weakness to the Turks and being wiped out by Luo Yi in one fell swoop, everyone naturally had to choose the latter. The previous battle with Youzhou had taught the generals of Boling a vivid lesson. Their strength is not the strongest in the world, and they may not be invincible forever. With the current situation of the Boling Army, everyone is not qualified to go to the Central Plains. They need to keep their heads in the dark and gather stronger strength before the bigger challenges come. Survival comes first, and only by ensuring that we are not wiped out in a short period of time can we make long-term plans.

The atmosphere in the council chamber slowly became oppressive, and I thought of the Tiger Rider who might come back at any moment. Even Wang Suba, Lü Qin and others, who were the most hot, didn't dare to jump up and say cruel things about letting go of the Turks. But if Boling really follows Cui Qian's suggestion to "be real inside and outside", he will face the problem of a large number of displaced people having nowhere to resettle.

After two years of reclamation, the ownerless barren fields in Shanggu, Hengshan, and Boling have been allotted seventy-seven-eighty-eight. Even if there were wastelands in the counties, the officials and the common people were reluctant to give them to those who came after them. They can sympathize with the plight of displaced people, but they cannot tolerate the slightest damage to their interests.

Moreover, the influx of displaced people has indeed brought too many problems to the security of various places. It is difficult for people to maintain etiquette and rationality when they are hungry, and the people of the six counties who have just come out of the nightmare of hunger will not show mercy to the offender in order to protect their belongings. In the past half month, small-scale fights have occurred from time to time near villages near Hedong. If the government does not take any further measures, a larger riot will inevitably ensue.

"If we close the passes leading to Hedong in the Jingcheng and Zanhuangling areas, we can force the displaced people to move elsewhere!" After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ziming suggested in a low voice.

Recently, the exiles who fled to the six counties for refuge came from Hedong. Of course, there was also a small number of people from southern Hebei who entered Zhao County and Xindu. However, because the latter also belong to the same Hebei villagers, the local people do not reject them as much as they do to the Hedong people. Hebei and Hedong are separated by a natural barrier of 900 miles of Taihang, and there are only a few checkpoints that can be used for large-scale people to move. As long as Li Xu was ruthless and ordered the soldiers to close these checkpoints, the exiles in Hedong could only turn around and transfer to other counties.

As for whether they will become starvation on the side of the road after turning around, that is no longer something that the officials of the six counties can take into account. Their primary concern now is self-preservation, followed by morality and conscience.

"The subordinates agree with Zhao Sima's suggestion." As if afraid that Li Xu wouldn't understand, Cui Qian quickly took over Zhao Ziming's topic. "Close the passage between the six counties and Hedong, since Tang Gong is going to fight for the world, he must take care of his stall. If he can't even govern Hedong well, why should he fight for thousands of miles! ”

"The displaced people who have fled, we can disperse to the counties as soon as possible. Lest it drag on for too long, and the number of people will gather more and more! Zhang Jiang thought about it and added.

"In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures must be taken!" Zhang Jiuyi, the Boling County Shou of the Bainin heirloom, was as ruthless as he was, slapping the low table in front of him and suggesting loudly.

"We cultivate for the future, not for the sake of marrying others!" Fang Yannian pretended not to see the disappointment in Li Xu's eyes, and expressed his position on behalf of the staff members from the imperial examination.

Civil and military officials spoke one after another, and most of them believed that the plan proposed by Zhao Ziming was feasible. I only talked about a few, and I thought it was too cruel to do so. But their words were soon drowned out by a wave of questioning, and only saints and fools would look before they could take care of themselves.

And everyone is not qualified to be a saint. Including Li Xu. Although he had been expecting more compassion from his generals, through the whole controversy, he found that it was a luxury that could not be accepted.

That's the price of building a paradise. Everyone can accept Li Xu's idea of temporarily not sending troops to compete with the heroes before he is sure, but they can't let him continue to be a good person. The six counties of Boling have no obligation to feed the people in Hedong who lack clothes and clothing, and Li Yuan, who only has the world in his eyes, will not be grateful to the six counties for this.

Asahiko listened quietly, and the forced smile on her face stiffened a little. It was not the first time that he had found himself more suited to be a general than a prince. What everyone said made sense, all for the sake of the overall situation, but he couldn't settle down and sign such an order.

He couldn't close his eyes, pretending not to see the ragged outcasts who were as honest and cowardly as his father and uncle. He couldn't plug his ears, pretending he couldn't hear the cry coming from the wind, though it had a completely different accent than his hometown.

But if he forcibly does something beyond the ability of the six counties, he may not be able to protect anything in the end.

"The duty of a military commander is to guard!" He clearly remembered Zhang Xutuo's teachings. The old man's smile that day weighed on his shoulders like a mountain, but he didn't have any more strength in his body.

At this moment, he finally realized that he was actually very weak.

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