Chapter 719: Changing the Defenders of the Subject State
According to Li Xiang's idea, the general should continue to reason with himself, so that he will have a chance to convince him at the end, who knows that the general silently drank all the wine in his cup, and finally let his subordinates return to the barracks.
"It looks like Your Highness shouldn't have achieved his goal."
Yu Chi Baolin didn't follow him just now, but his eyes were not very good when he saw Li Xiang coming back, this was obviously not his goal, it was not so easy to divide a person, although General Kang Ying was separated from his own army, but this person still had a very important strategic position for Li Xiang, after all, this person had a high reputation within the Turks.
"Just take your time, anyway, the most critical moment in the Western Regions has passed, the rest of the time initiative is in our hands, the strength of our side is slowly growing, and their strength has reached the peak, and now it is slowly declining, one after another, we are not far from the day of victory."
Li Xiang's words also made Lord Zhao next to him nod, and Cheng Chumo went out to patrol the camp, so there was only Cheng Chuliang here.
During this period of time, Gaochangguo's army has not been idle, we have already formed an army of more than 20,000 Gaochangguo, but the grassroots officers are all Datang people, although their combat effectiveness is not very good, but they can already perform some simple tasks, but Li Xiang does not think about this.
"Does Your Highness believe them?"
When Cheng Chuliang made a report, Li Xiang shook his head vigorously, now the locals manage the locals, which is a big hidden danger for stability and unity, so Li Xiang thought about mobilizing the troops of these client states.
"It's really good now, but it's hard to say what it will look like in the future, I think we should exchange them, for example, Goguryeo's army goes to Xue Yantuo, Xue Yantuo's army goes to Gaochang, and Gaochang's army is returning to Goguryeo, and they are different from each other, and they are all handed over to them for some dirty work, if something really happens, kill them, and give an explanation to the local people."
Li Xiang has always had a huge question mark in his heart about the locals managing the locals, and all regions were in chaos at that time, so Li Xiang did not carry out large-scale transfers, and now it is in a stable state, even in Gaochang country, which has just been defeated, has already succumbed and is already in line with such a transfer.
"The scale of this matter that Your Highness said is huge, if we are not careful, it may cause us a series of problems, and now that the places are very stable, we might as well continue to increase the work on these people."
Lord Zhao is relatively conservative in doing things, and in the past, the people in Gaochang also resisted very strongly, but Li Xiang introduced a term called ideological work, and they also began to brainwash the soldiers in Gaochang country, especially many soldiers still have the blood of the Tang Dynasty.
During this time, this work is very good, many people are positive, and they also hope that they can become a Datang person, and it is very simple to become a Datang person, that is, you usually work hard, as long as you have half of the colorectal bloodline in your body, then you may become a Datang citizen in the future, of course, there are not many open qualifications, but there are one or two every year, just to let these people work hard.
"I don't think it's appropriate, I remember His Highness said before, non-our race will have different hearts, these people can listen to us now, that's because our strength is also relatively strong, and when we go downhill in the future, they may not and will not abandon us, so it's better to rotate, although rotation will cause all kinds of problems, but it's better than their own people taking care of themselves."
Wei Chi Baolin expressed another attitude, let them take care of their own people, these people may not be reliable, after all, they have lived in the local area for so many years, and the people around them are also their relatives and friends, and now they have not been allowed to raise the butcher's knife, if one day the people stand up and resist, let them raise the butcher's knife, can these people lift it?
Not only can it not be raised, but it is also possible to turn the spearhead and aim their broadsword at the Tang army, the Tang Dynasty cannot set up too many troops in various places, it is now a time of war, there are so many troops, once we wait until there is a war in other places, then we must rely on these local troops, so that whether it is for military spending or other transfers, it is extremely simple.
"I also think His Highness's idea is correct, otherwise let's swap it first, first transfer Xue Yantuo's army to Gaochang, and then transfer Gaochang's army to Xue Yantuo, so that the impact will be relatively small."
Cheng Chuliang drew a line on the map, if there were only the troops in these two places, it would be seven or eight hundred kilometers at most, and it would not be too far, and the living habits between the two sides were similar.
"This can't be done, if it is transferred, then it must be farther away, Xue Yantuo's people go to Tuyuhun, Tuyuhun people go to Goguryeo, Goguryeo people come to Gaochang, and people from Gaochang go to Tuyuhun."
Li Xiang drew one arrow after another on the map, which belonged to each other, and even if these people below wanted to collude, they had nothing to do with it.
"And in these armies, only 70% of them can be used, you must tell me that 70% of the generals below is a red line, and the remaining 30% must be our Datang people, if anyone dares to cross this red line, they will not be forgiven."
Li Xiang remembered the Anshi Rebellion in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, when it was because there were too many Hu generals appointed that caused this war.
Li Xiang set the ratio of soldiers at seven to three, as for the ratio of officers, I am afraid it is even higher, at most only one layer of foreign officers can be appointed, and the rest of the people must all be from the Tang Dynasty.
Lord Zhao looked at this plan from the side, with a gloomy face on his face, he must have been worried in his heart, such a large-scale transfer, I don't know how many things will happen along the way, His Royal Highness is still young in the end, the upper lip touches the lower lip, which makes so many people change everywhere, it really makes many people embarrassed, if the court knows, there will definitely be many people who stand up against it.