Legend has it that the Mongols are the descendants of the Murwei people, until hundreds of years later, they were still under the power of the Jurchens, until there was a great Genghis Khan, when the Jurchens adopted a policy of reducing the Mongols, every autumn they would send troops into the Mongolian steppe to kill all the adult Mongol men they could meet, Genghis Khan also almost became the ghost of the Jurchens, it can be imagined that the strength of the Mongols is actually very weak, such a weak nation can sweep across the Eurasian continent, the reasons are many

Liu Ziqiu remembered that Genghis Khan seemed to have adopted an extremely cruel method at that time, he gathered the local young and middle-aged people every time he laid down a place, and called them death squads, and when he fought, these death squads charged in front, Liu Ziqiu of course could not do such a cruel thing, but those soldiers who surrendered to the Great Sui were also holding high the righteous banner of reviving the Great Sui, and these soldiers should contribute

However, Liu Ziqiu also had another set of policies for these degradies, and he announced loudly: "I, the Great Sui, from now on, will set up thirteen levels of titles, dukes, marquis, four levels of earls, and five levels of earls, which can be inherited from generation to generation, and those who have no military merits can not be knighted, and those who have no merit can be assigned to the first echelon, and those who have military merits can be incorporated into the second and third echelons by voluntarily, and those who have no military merits can only be used as the first echelon, and they can only be used as the first echelon, and they should not attack the county of Douhe and Ru as pioneers."

If they don't fight forward on the battlefield, there is only a way to die, and it will also involve their families, if they fight bravely to kill the enemy and attack the city, as long as they make military achievements, they can also receive the title, as long as they receive the title, they will officially step into the aristocratic class, and they can be inherited from generation to generation, which is a great temptation for the pawns living at the bottom of the society, they are cheap, rather than being executed as a coward, it is better to fight to the death, this is Liu Ziqiu's cleverness, if you blindly use the strong, it will provoke a mutiny, so that these soldiers can see a way out, but it can make them more desperate

Seeing that his speech had an effect, Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "Gui Hai begs Liu to appoint you as the commander of the thousand commanders now, and lead these five thousand recruits, give you three days to train strictly, and after three days, the troops will be sent to pour the river county."

In order to take care of the emotions of these 5,000 soldiers, Liu Ziqiu deliberately called them recruits, after all, these soldiers were ordinary people with flesh and blood, and Liu Ziqiu did not use them as cannon fodder, but purged and trained them, and at the same time chose to guard the relatively empty Shuihe County as the object of the first training

Who wants to be an ordinary soldier for a lifetime, Gui Haiqiu also hopes to progress, he is full of joy, as for whether these five thousand soldiers can survive on the battlefield, it depends on their own creation, if they don't feel at ease in peace, training on the battlefield and being afraid of dying, just afraid of dying faster, since ancient times, Ci is not in charge of the army, Liu Ziqiu has never been a good person, and being able to do this step is already considered benevolent and righteous

After disposing of these 5,000 soldiers, Xiping County is basically stable, and even if the other forces have any ideas, it is difficult to make big waves, Liu Ziqiu smiled and said: "Da was stunned to inform the caravan of Weiding City that it can come to Huangshui."

Knowing that Yu Wenzhi and the secret ambush soldiers robbed the passing caravans, and also wanted to kill Wang Xingming, who stayed in Weiding City, Xie Laosi and others have all used the excuse to open shops in Weiding City, stagnant, if the trade routes between the east and the west can pass normally, in Weiding City to grab a prime location, open a shop, of course, it is a good thing, but there are not many permanent residents in Weiding City, now opening a shop must be a loss-making business, these caravan shopkeepers of course know that it is just to lose money or lose their lives, which is more important, their hearts are even brighter, where can they hide this thought, Liu Ziqiu is just Liu Ziqiu, originally wanted to use the power of these caravans to prosper the economy of the West Sea, and naturally happy to see it

However, if the goods cannot be circulated, it will naturally not be of much significance, which is also the main reason why Liu Ziqiu made up his mind to Xiangyu culture and use troops, now that Xiping County has been defeated, Liu Ziqiu of course wants to let these caravans come to Huangshui, his plan is to let the caravans come to where every county is captured, and as these caravans gradually move eastward, Liu Ziqiu's name and military exploits will naturally be spread in all directions

Da was stunned and left, Wen Hao hurriedly asked: "How to deal with the county officials and Taishou of the lord, let them be used by me, or choose another meritocracy, please ask the lord to publicize it?"

The purpose of attacking Xiping is not to loot, but to occupy, after the occupation, there is a problem of how to govern, said that the implementation of Liu Ziqiu's generals who are good at charging into battle is quite a few, but there are only a handful of Wenchen who can govern the county, Wen Haotian xìng good martial arts naturally can't think of this, but Fan Lihua followed Yang Guang for a period of time, but she knew that Wenzhi and martial arts were indispensable

Of course, Liu Ziqiu didn't know that it was Fan Lihua who asked Wen Hao to ask, but he praised it repeatedly: "Shibei Sanrì should be impressed, Wen Hao, you have improved."

After speaking, Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "Bring them here, I want to see what their attitude is."

Soon, Linghu Zhengxing, Shao Dong and the other five county commanders were all escorted in in a disgraced manner, although they had been reduced to a prisoner Linghu Zhengxing, but he always held his head high and refused to even look at Liu Ziqiu, but Shao Dong and the others were all groveling, if they had a tail, I am afraid they would have to wag on the spot

Liu Ziqiu glanced at Linghu Zhengxing and no longer paid attention to him, but turned to Shao Dong and the others and said: "Your county commander, Lord Liu, intends to reinstate your officials, and there are still many things to rely on in the future, I don't know if your lords are willing to help Liu."

Shao Dong and the others originally only thought that they could save their lives, even if they were lucky, they didn't expect that Liu Ziqiu would be willing to let them continue to be officials, it was really unexpected, everyone nodded and slapped their chests to show their loyalty, Shao Dong even exaggeratedly bowed three times and knocked nine times, and said loudly: "Xia Guan is willing to die for the Lord's liver and brain."

"In this case, Liu is relieved," Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "You each go back to the government as usual, act as usual, and raise food and grass for the three armies, there must be no mistake, your family members are all in the county government, there are soldiers guarding it, no one dares to go to sāo to disturb you, you can rest assured."

This is a winner-takes-all era, the defeated side often becomes destitute, they will not only lose their land, houses, and even their wives and concubines and children can not be saved, from the moment they were captured, the fate of their families has become uncertain, and now with Liu Ziqiu's words, everyone has breathed a sigh of relief

But I heard Liu Ziqiu say again: "But Liu still has an ugly thing to say, after you go back, you should act in strict accordance with the laws of the imperial court, if there is corruption and favoritism, Liu will not be spared."

These people may have a loss in integrity, but they can become county commanders, and they have some ability, and if the water is clear, there is no fish, Liu Ziqiu does not expect that his subordinates are all Qing officials, all of them are morally noble, as long as they can perform their respective duties, then they are qualified talents, even so, Liu Ziqiu will still beat the side drum for them from time to time, these words are just jǐng told him that in the future, he will also send people to conduct open investigations and secret visits, and they will never be allowed to do too much, in the Linqiang County Yazhong, Liu Ziqiu found a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, and several other county Yali property is not a few, this situation is a thing of the past, Liu Ziqiu can not blame the past, but under his rule, it is absolutely not allowed to happen

Just when Liu Ziqiu was about to deal with Linghu Zhengxing, he suddenly saw Shao Dong pointing at the corner of his finger and said loudly: "The lord and the official are willing to sacrifice his wife to this general."

Liu Ziqiu's face was stunned for a moment, and suddenly yīn sank and shouted: "Jiao Liyan, what's going on?"

Jiao Liyan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Hui Lord's subordinates know that they will never dare to take the lead in violating military discipline, and will not do anything to defile women, please check it out."

A sinister smile appeared at the corner of Shao Dong's mouth, and he said firmly: "Why does this general want to deny the lower official, but I saw it with my own eyes."

After he was captured, although he lost zìyou, but he was not abused, and there was no shortage of food and clothing, which was very different from the treatment he imagined, after the soldiers who took care of him inquired about Shao Dong, he learned that Liu Ziqiu's army was strictly disciplined, and it was forbidden to rob property, not to abuse prisoners, not to defile women, and not to kill innocent people, any of them were violated by beheading, Shao Dong was a villain, he began to think about using this opportunity to avenge the humiliation, just now Liu Ziqiu mentioned the family members of the county commanders, and he took the opportunity to tell the matter

Jiao Liyan knew that when the thirteen small tribes merged into the Xihai tribe, he had coveted Tuoba Qianyu's beauty, so he left Liu Ziqiu with a good name, if Shao Dong caught this matter and didn't let it go, he was yellow mud falling in the crotch of his pants, it was not, it was, Jiao Liyan suddenly changed his face, and said in a loud voice: "The lord's subordinates really didn't do anything, just to deceive him, he made this decision, if the lord didn't believe it, his subordinates were willing to confront Shao County's wife face to face."

Shao Dong only sneered secretly, he already had a calculation in his heart, even if he was confronted in person, he had another explanation, in short, in his eyes, the corner of the corner was already a dead man

Most of Liu Ziqiu's subordinates are herdsmen from nomadic tribes, although these herdsmen are not extremely vicious, but many of them have also participated in the attack on the border of the Great Sui, it is inevitable that they will do some things of burning, killing and looting, Liu Ziqiu has to rely on them to march into the Central Plains, but he does not want them to bring suffering to the people of the Central Plains, so he formulated such strict military regulations, although in the previous battles to pacify the West Sea, Jiaoli Yan has made great contributions, but if he does something that violates military discipline, Liu Ziqiu can only kill a hundred in tears