Chapter 182: Conquering the Barbarians

Lu Wan stood on a high place, watching the rolling Yongjiang River flow away, and countless people carried pieces of wood like ants and knocked them into the Yongjiang River.

Since that meeting, the three armies have gone their separate ways. Lu Wan was the first to act.

He is backed by the most densely populated Yongnan area in Yongguo, although there are still some immigrants who have just settled here, but compared with the immigrants from Beigang, these immigrants can be regarded as taking root in Yongnan. The wasteland in many places has also been planted for a season, and there are more or less harvests, which is enough to make the people settle down and use them for the use of Yongguo.

At this moment, Yongnan's strength is also the largest.

As Lu Wan saw now, countless people were like worker ants, weaving wood into rafts and smashing them into the water. On the Yongjiang River, a pontoon bridge was erected.

Lu Wan said: "Shixian? You have been under His Highness for a while, what kind of person do you think Your Highness is? ”

Shixian is Qi Jingtong's character, and Qi Jingtong is different from the others in Yongguo. The rest of the people in Yongguo are either close to Zhu Houhuang, or they come from all over the country to defect to the scholars, there are not many people who really mess around in the Ming officialdom, but Qi Jingtong is alone. He once served under Lu Wan and was Lu Wan's old department. Under Lu Wan's acceptance, he naturally got closer to Lu Wan.

Qi Jingtong said: "In other aspects, the last general does not dare to say anything, but His Royal Highness's insight above the military system makes the last general have to admire." ”

Lu Wan said: "This is Taizu's way of taking the world. But I don't want to recreate it today. ”

Qi Jingtong felt in his heart that his ancestor was an old man who followed Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, so he had this hereditary title, and some stories from the beginning have also been handed down. As for how Zhu Yuanzhang took the world at the beginning, he naturally would not shallowly realize that Zhu Yuanzhang was diligent in cultivating virtue and politics, and even returned to the heart of the world.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's use of people's power is very thorough, in the Ming Taizu period, can launch hundreds of thousands of expeditions, several times there is no hard look, in the time of Chengzu, there are also hundreds of thousands of soldiers to attack the grassland, but now in the Zhengde years, Zhengde can launch less than 100,000 people to conquer, and it is very difficult, as Lu Wan, who has worked in the center of the Ming Dynasty, is more clearly aware of this.

The national strength of the Ming Dynasty was far inferior to that of the beginning of the country, and it was impossible to do such an expedition as Zhu Houhuang.

The earth is as good as it is, and the people are as good as it gets. The whole country is unanimous, although the Yongguo is small, it can also conquer tens of thousands of troops.

Lu Wan observed the system formulated by Zhu Houhuang, the king of Yong, before that, although he understood that he could do this, but it was one thing to know, and it was another thing to really see it.

Lu Wan couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: "Yongguo has a shallow foundation now, but a few counties, less than 100,000 strong men, can send tens of thousands of people, almost all the folk strong men are recruited, if Yongguo has a million strong men, then how many soldiers can be recruited." ”

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Wan's heart sank, and he didn't dare to think about it deeply. It's just that he knows that he is involved in the rebellion of the vassal king, and in the political future of the Ming Dynasty, it is not at all. Unless he wants to go home to retire, he can also follow King Yong.

At this moment, I feel that King Yong's future is great, but I feel a sense of happiness in my heart.

There is a relationship between him and King Ning, but if he knows that King Ning has a bad heart, he will never hand over with him, at this moment, King Yong may not have a bad heart, but if there is a bad force in the future, what should he do?

Lu Wan was curious.

Lu Wan's voice changed, and he stopped talking about this topic, and said: "Shixian, at this moment, you are my deputy general, and you are fighting for the barbarians, but is there anything you can teach me?" ”

"The last general will not dare." Qi Jingtong bowed his head and arched his hand.

"Hey, what's not to dare, you and I are both old people, and we met here again, isn't it fate, and you have been in Dongyong for a long time, and you have been dealing with the big belly from time to time, how can you not pay attention?" Lu Wan said.

"Then the general will have the courage to speak." Qi Jingtong said: "Although our army is large and powerful, with thousands of county soldiers and as many as 20,000 people, when the people cannot be requisitioned and besieged the peasants, they must be released in two months at most. Therefore, the fighting must end within two months. ”

It's not just the people, although the county soldiers are full-time soldiers, they are generally only responsible for guarding the county and collecting thieves. Because there are many people in Dongyong now, and there is a lack of young people in various places, it is really a common thing that when the farmers are busy, the county soldiers from all over the country go home to help.

When it was really time to be busy with farming, only Zhu Houhuang's personal soldiers could be dispatched.

Lu Wan thought so deeply and said, "What does Shixian think should be? ”

Qi Jingtong said: "Hit steadily." ”

"What does it mean to be steady?" Lu Wan chewed on these four words slowly and continued to ask.

Qi Jingtong said: "The last general was stationed in Qi's family, and he also sent the north bank of the Yongjiang River at night to survey the road. It's just that the time is still short, only to the north of the Yongjiang River, dozens of miles of terrain, the rest of the places have not been surveyed, the end of the general thinks, after crossing the river, it is not suitable to march quickly, but to step by step, survey the road, first advance north. The last general knows that the so-called big-bellied savages have no rules at all, and we have just crossed the river, because last time they crossed the river and went south, they were taught a lesson by the last general, and they will be cautious at first, but the more we go north, they can't help it, and they will definitely come out to provoke, but they will fight hard, defeat it in a battle, and then sweep Xiaoxiao, and reach the victory. ”

"Okay, that's exactly what I want." Lu Wan couldn't help but glance at Qi Jingtong.

Qi Jingtong's thoughts were similar to Lu Wan's, and Lu Wan said secretly: "I don't want this Qi Jingtong to have a few talents, but I didn't find out before." ”

I can't complain that Lu Wan didn't find Qi Jingtong's generals, when the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi was pacified, Qi Jingtong probably didn't even have the qualifications to stand in front of Lu Wan.

However, Qi Jingtong actually didn't understand why the potbelly tribe would definitely face the battle.

Although the potbelly tribe also has some arable land, it is illegal to cultivate it. The annual harvest is simply not enough to feed the entire tribe.

Hunting was an important source of food for these primitive tribes. It's just that if you want to have enough harvest in hunting, you need to have a hunting ground that is bigger than enough. Otherwise, the prey that was simply brought would not be enough to feed the entire Potbelly tribe.

Fishing and hunting require more space than farming.

In Qi Jingtong's opinion, they would attack because they couldn't hold their breath, it was just an illusion on his part, but he didn't know that the pot-bellied tribe would never tolerate the hunting ground being taken away, so they would inevitably fight.

It's just that although Qi Jingtong didn't think of this, his keen sense of smell as a general smelled this point.

Lu Wan said: "This battle depends a lot on Shixian. ”

"The last general will not dare, and the last general will still rely on the guidance of Lord Shangshu." Qi Jingtong said with a look of sincere fear.

"I'm old, and I'm not as good as I was at the beginning, so it's better to leave this war to young people." Compared with Lu Wan, who is nearly sixty years old, Qi Jingtong can also be regarded as a young man.

However, Lu Wan was not wrong, he had no interest in presiding over this battle, only the final victory. Lu Wan had never seen any big battles, a barbarian tribe, he didn't care about it at all, so he simply let go and let Qi Jingtong do it.

Qi Jingtong couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Thank you Lord Shangshu for cultivating." ”

Qi Jingtong played a role in quelling the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, but he really didn't have the experience of commanding tens of thousands of troops.

Lu Wan unknowingly, he completely pulled Qi Jingtong onto his boat and became the backbone of Lu Wan's lineage. Lu Wan gently patted Qi Jingtong's shoulder and said, "Go ahead, don't let me down." ”

As he spoke, a burst of cheers came, and hundreds of people on both sides pulled at the same time, and several rafts that had been floating on the water, which had been broken tightly like the mouth of a bowl, were also aligned together to form a complete pontoon.

The Yongjiang River is not a big river, and this technology of building a pontoon bridge has been very perfect in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Qi Jingtong bowed heavily to Lu Wan and said, "The last general will definitely not disappoint Lu Shangshu. Then he got up and walked to the other side on the pontoon.