The Soviet side was inextricably fought, and three rebels appeared at once, and the rebellion spread to half the country.

Even among these rebels, there is not a single innate grandmaster. Even those who participated in the rebellion were local people, and not many officers and soldiers participated.

But don't forget, the previous State of Su imitated the policy of the State of Chu.

Not only did he train 50,000 elite forbidden troops in the central government, but also 50,000 prefecture and county soldiers. In addition, the local militia system has been launched, and every year when the farmers are slack, they are called on local villagers to conduct certain military training.

This system began in the eighth year of Hongdao and the return of the Northern Expedition. It's been almost four years since it was implemented.

It's been a long time, and the results have been somewhat effective.

Therefore, even if the Soviet Union is an ordinary person at the bottom, he cannot simply regard him as an ordinary person, but also a militia with a certain military knowledge.

Now Guangchang Dao, Duchang, and Qidao will raise troops, and the three families add up to 1670,000 people.

With so many people, even if they are just militiamen, it is a force that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, Gu believes that if the Soviet Union wants to suppress this turmoil, it should be no problem.

After all, the Soviet Union has 50,000 elite soldiers, and these soldiers and horses established with the Zhou soldiers from the north as the backbone have been trained for so many years, and their strength is somewhat there.

Counting King Su, the innate grandmaster, it is not difficult to suppress the rebellion.

Even with the land of a county in the Soviet Union, if you move quickly, you may be able to calm down in March or May. ”

Lu Yuan looked at the two important ministers in front of him and said his opinion: "But the rebellion can be suppressed, and some things are not so easy to solve. Along with the local riots, most of the people involved in the rebellion were ordinary people who were angry.

The suppression of the rebellion by the Soviet Union is tantamount to slaughtering its own people.

Regardless of whether it was a victory or defeat in the end, the Soviet Union had already lost the hearts of the people, and since then it has been restless. ”

When Lu Yuan said this, he was really emotional.

At this time, the recent situation of Su Guo, if you talk about the game he played in his previous life, is stable minus three, and then comes with a series of negative effects, and the duration is still the kind that starts in twenty or thirty years.

Su Xuange killed these hundreds of thousands of rebels today, implicated the relatives of these rebels, and affected millions of people.

But how many people is there in the entire Soviet Union?

However it will be two million.

No, after so many years of tyranny and harsh government, the Su State fled to the Japanese people year after year, and on the border between the Chu State and the Soviet State, in a few years, it received more than 10,000 fugitives.

The state of Chu is already like this, and how many fugitives should there be on the border between the Su country and Jiuzhen County, the South China Sea country, and even the southwest Yi country?

Even in the Soviet Union, how many people fled into the mountains to avoid paying taxes?

At this time, in the Soviet Union, I am afraid that there are already two million people.

Now a rebellion has turned millions of people into traitors.

If the Soviet Union continues to fight like this, how many people will be left in the end?

That's really a problem.

However, with the Triple Alliance of Chu, the Soviet Union, and the South China Sea, which has now drifted apart, the alliance is becoming more and more reckless, and the ambition is gradually growing, and the Soviet State, which has begun to be restless, is not necessarily a bad thing for the Chu State and the South China Sea State.

No, after reading the news and hearing Lu Yuan's emotion at the same time.

Cui Changqing, the left minister next to him, not only didn't think about whether to send some assistance, but immediately said: "King, the civil strife and rebellion in the Soviet Union are stacked, and this is the time when people's hearts are in turmoil. Together, the local people of the Soviet Union must be panicked.

In order to escape the war, I am afraid that I will have to move around.

Especially in the three northern prefectures of the Soviet Union, there were the most rebellious people at this time, and they would definitely suffer the most slaughter in the future.

In order to avoid the blood of the sword soldiers, they were afraid that they would flee north one after another.

The minister asked the king to dispatch a forbidden army to immediately defend the border between the two countries.

If a person who has fled north is found, he will be immediately retracted, and the latter will be placed by a division.

In this way, it will not only prevent the localities from being influenced by these Soviet fugitives, but also make them fall into bandits and disturb public order. It can also collect a large number of fugitives and make them fill the domestic household registration.

It's the best of both worlds. ”

Well, after several years of immigration work, at this time, when Cui Changqing heard about the war and the fugitives, he subconsciously thought of the place where immigrants were enriched.

And that's exactly what he's been doing.

And in the past three years, it has achieved great results, not only has the income of Chu doubled, but the national strength has also become more and more prosperous.

In the past, due to the war, the withered two counties of Dong and Tingxichuan also became more and more prosperous because of the enrichment of local household registration.

After eating so many benefits, it is natural that this leftist will inevitably form a stress reaction to this matter, and he will never forget it.

Anyway, according to Cui Changqing's conservative estimate, this wave of people from the Su State can add another ten or two hundred thousand people to the Chu State, to say the least.

That's about the total population of a lower province.

It doesn't take a lot of effort, but it adds another population to the country, why not take advantage of this kind of cheapness?

As for the state of Chu openly sheltering the fugitives from the State of the Soviet Union, will it offend the State of the Soviet Union?

Honestly.

After such a turmoil, even if the Soviet Union can be pacified, its national strength will inevitably be greatly reduced. The few signs of strength that were originally obtained because of the oppression of the people and the recklessness of the army will also be completely interrupted.

In this case, how dare Su Guo talk to Chu State because of this matter?

Or even take a step back.

Su Xuange's brain is really abnormal, he really wants to ask Chu State for an explanation, as far as his strength after he just put down the rebellion, he can really take it, how can Chu State not succeed?

Send troops to the Northern Expedition, do you dare?

In the end, it's not like swallowing this breath and eating this stuffy loss.

Therefore, Cui Changqing was not afraid of Su Guo's reaction. There was just one thing that made him feel embarrassed.

But after seeing Cui Changqing say the above strategy, he said with a bitter face: "It's that the Su country has suffered from this chaos, the household registration has been greatly reduced, the people's livelihood has withered, and the place has become more and more impoverished. Originally, the two million taels of silver and one million stone of grain that the Soviet Union provided every year were afraid that there would be a shortage of a few catties, or even not allocated at all.

And without this money, the king wants to mobilize troops next year to crusade against the Great Changhe Kingdom, and in terms of money and food, I am afraid it will be a little difficult. ”

Recently, Lu Yuan summoned Cui Changqing and Li Liang to discuss with these two supreme leaders of the city's Chinese martial arts, which was naturally an important matter.

That is, Lu Yuan plans to start officially sending troops to the Great Changhe Kingdom next year, that is, the fourth year of Shenwu, to intervene in this civil strife of the other party.

Together with the soldiers, how to supply the money and food in the rear, which soldiers and horses to withdraw, and who to keep in the country to guard, these must be properly handled.

So it is logical to find Cui Changqing and Li Liang and let the two of them help come up with a plan.

I just didn't expect it.

Before the three of them could discuss a specific plan, Su Guo sent such a "surprise" first.

It's okay to say that the grain.

With the Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake, there is no shortage of food in the Chu State.

But without the two million taels of silver supplied by the Soviet Union, the military expenses of Lu Yuan's 100,000 troops would be left with only three million taels of silver from the South China Sea.

Although three million taels of silver can also ensure the minimum use of the army.

But at the very least, everything is tied, what is the meaning of this battle?

Lu Yuan fought a battle to destroy the country, at least he went to the goal of capturing a county.

If you fight a war at this level, what good results can you get in the end?

Is it possible to use the inner library in the end? ’

Lu Yuan thought so in his heart, and while sighing, he looked at the important minister in front of him, but his face was still calm: "This is worry-free." This year, the aid of the Soviet Union and the South China Sea has been lost, and five million taels of silver have been put into the treasury.

With this amount of silver, even if it starts next year, only three million taels of silver aid from the South China Sea Kingdom will be able to keep the army up for three years. ”

When Cui Changqing heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, and then said helplessly: "It's just that in this way, the king's crusade against the Great Changhe Kingdom this time can't delay the war for too long, and it is best to end it within three or four years." Otherwise, if the time drags on, the DPRK and China's finances will not be able to support it. ”

It's just that although he said this, Cui Changqing didn't have much hope for this.

The war of annihilation can be ended so easily.

With the size of Dachang and the country, the state of Chu wants to swallow the other party, and if it is not ready to fight for three or five years, or even ten years, it will not be finished.

After all, Dachanghe is located in the southwest, and the situation there is too complicated.

At present, there is civil strife in the other country, and he is inseparable, so naturally not many people care, because this is a family matter of Southwest Yi.

But if Lu Yuan, who represents the power of the Dongyang people's regime, leads the army to kill him, the meaning of this is different.

The other two Southwest Yi overlords, Dali and Nanzhao, can they not have other thoughts?

Will they think that the Chu State sent troops to the Great Changhe State, because the Dongyang people finally began to stretch out their hands to the southwest Yi after they eliminated the Miao, Qiang, Man, Yue and other tribes one after another, wanting to exterminate them.

And if you think about it this way, it is of a very different nature.

All of a sudden, it has risen from a simple national struggle for hegemony to a struggle for race, culture, and survival.

At that time, it is not impossible for these two countries to send troops to intervene in Dachang and civil strife, and then the three countries join forces to fight against Lu Yuan together.

So this battle has never been a crusade against the Great Changhe Kingdom, and this is not the point at all.

The focus is on the Dongyang forces represented by Lu Yuan, after thousands of years, finally broke the original tacit understanding, began to meddle in the territory of the Southwest Yi, and began to attack them.

This is the key to this war.

It is precisely because of this weight that Lu Yuan has always been worried about sending troops to the country and the country.

Not only is there no money and food, but I am also a little worried that once the war starts and starts at this beginning, it will never be able to end.

At that time, a big war will last for ten years, and it is really not a lie.

After all, Lu Yuan was facing the entire Southwest Yi force, led by the Three Kingdoms of Southwest Yi, with a vast territory of six or seven counties and a population of more than 10 million.

Fighting with the other party is no less than starting a war with Ning Guo at this time.

The two sides are forces of the same size.

The only thing in the southwest is worse than Ningguo, that is, the population is smaller, the soldiers and horses are not so elite, and the territory is not rich enough. At the same time, it is not a whole, but divided into three shares, each of which is not so united.

But even if there are many problems, with the size of the Chu State, if you want to compete with such a behemoth, the pressure is also extremely great.

If it weren't for the fact that the financial revenue has doubled now, Zhou Qing would have to be born, and at the same time, Sun Siwen is also stepping up to catch up, and the soft and hard power of Chu State is rapidly expanding, Lu Yuan would not dare to make this decision easily.

And now that he finally made a decision, Su Guo gave him such a "surprise" again, and this setback before the expedition was really unlucky.

Lu Yuan, who knew that this was a world of cultivating immortals and had cultivated the way of luck at the same time, was a little skeptical at this time, whether his decision was correct.

However, before he could think carefully along this line, Li Liang, a disciple next to him, after listening to the conversation between the two, put forward another train of thought: "King, what Zuo Xiang said is indeed reasonable. Without the military assistance of the Soviet Union, this expedition added many difficulties.

However, in Yichen's view, the loss of winning money is actually not important.

The current civil strife in the Soviet Union may also be a good thing for us to crusade against the Great Governor and the country. ”

Meddlesome?

Hearing Li Liang's remarks, Lu Yuan was stunned, and then asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Liang saluted and said, "Great King." From the perspective of the ministers, this loss of civil strife is essentially just the reason why King Su oppressed the local people too much in order to raise the 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Therefore, the fundamental solution is either to reduce the number of soldiers and horses, so that the government does not spend so much, and the people can naturally be cultivated.

Either they will expand their territory and find another place to support the army that the Su State cannot afford.

The former, with the temperament of King Su, is mostly impossible.

But the latter is debatable......"

Speaking of this, this Lu Yuan disciple looked at the two of them, and then said with a smile: "The king of Fang Cai is discussing with his ministers, isn't he worrying, if the three Yi countries in the southwest are united, how should my Great Chu fight?"

The state of Chu is weak, with only one king, and 100,000 soldiers and horses.

But around the Chu State, there are allies.

King Su has both strength and ambition, and his ambition to expand his territory has undoubtedly been revealed.

That being the case, anyway, we have to fight Dachang and the country, why didn't the king invite Su Guo to join him?

Even though there was this rebellion, with the power of King Su, there was no problem in pacifying. After this chaos, the Soviet Union's finances have plummeted, and I am afraid it will be more difficult to support the 100,000 army.

I'm afraid that King Su is also worried, how to deal with this matter, right?

At this time, the king invited him to send troops together to attack the Great Changhe Kingdom. King Su, who urgently needs to occupy new land and increase taxes, will definitely agree.

At that time, the king will attack from the east, and the king of Su will attack from the south, and under the attack of the two countries from the north and south, how can the great Changhe country resist?

Even not only the Su country, but also the Xichuan country, but there are also territories that intersect with the Southwest Yi.

Xichuan is poor, the country is narrow and the people are outnumbered, and the strength is weak.

Didn't the king of Xichuan want to expand his territory and spread the Dharma to the southwest?

These two countries are all people who can be fought for.

And if you can get the help of the two countries, this time you plan the southwest, and it will be easy. ”

After Li Liang finished talking about his strategy, he made a summary.

And in front of him, after Lu Yuan and Cui Changqing listened, they suddenly opened up one by one.

That's right.

Relying on the power of Chu alone, it is indeed impossible to help the southwest.

But if you count the Su State and the Xichuan State, and the three countries send troops together, then this matter is promising.

First of all, on the side of the Soviet Union, even after this civil strife, its strength has been greatly reduced. But in the end, there were 60,000 or 70,000 elite soldiers left, and this kind of was no problem. Even if the rebels were to be co-opted, the soldiers and horses might continue to swell.

Therefore, in this Northern Expedition, even if you want to leave people to guard it, Su Guo has already said that you can draw 50,000 elite soldiers out.

Counting Su Xuange himself, this strength is no longer weak.

And Nishikawa is on the other hand.

Although the national strength of this country is weak, it even had to send 20,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed in Han China all the year round to help defend against the threat of Zhou.

But even if the Xichuan Kingdom can only send 10,000 soldiers, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, Lu Yuan didn't expect that the other party would have many soldiers and horses.

What he really values is Ji Hui, the innate grandmaster.

As long as Ji Hui can also participate, then their camp will instantly have the power of the three innate grandmasters.

In terms of soldiers and horses, there are also more than 100,000.

With this kind of strength, to conquer the southwest, even if the other three countries join forces, they will not be without the strength of a battle.

It's not even just these two countries.

Jiuzhen County is also close to the southwest.

If it can be said that Wu Ping Hou Xie Ning is with him, then there are 50,000 elite soldiers of the imperial court under the other party, and this victory can be even greater.

The only question is whether Shainin will agree?

'Fame and fortune are what people want.

Xie Ning has been guarding Jiuzhen County for ten years, and has been holding great power in the local area, killing and killing names, and handling it.

Now that the imperial court is thousands of miles away, Xie Ning is surrounded by the Southwest Yi and our Triple Alliance, and it can be said that he is alone.

On this occasion, I don't believe that he didn't think about it, for his own sake?

There are these examples of us in front of us, tearing the earth and sealing the king, calling the lonely and widowed, founding the country, and standing in this world with a dynasty with one surname and the foundation of everything.

Isn't it better than him to be a vassal to the imperial court, and then be an ordinary martial marquis who has not been in a generation? ’

Lu Yuan didn't believe it, so Xie Ning is really a saint?

He is so tempting and promising so much, and the other party is not impressed?

And as long as this person's heart is moved, then everything will naturally fall into place.

Thinking like this in his heart, all kinds of plans have been said, and some of the original confusion and worries in Lu Yuan's heart have all dissipated.

Raising his head again, looking at the two important ministers in front of him, he smiled and said: "Li Liang is right, not only to open up the territory for the descendants of my three emperors, but also to send troops and contribute only to my Great Chu country?"

Other Su countries, Xichuan countries, and Jiuzhen counties also need to contact each other. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Yuan said to Cui Changqing: "This matter will be handed over to Zuo Xiang." You ask the Honglu Temple to send more envoys to these three countries and invite them to send troops together. It's important to make this happen. ”

Cui Changqing commanded: "The minister respects the order." ”

Lu Yuan nodded slightly, and then said to his disciple with a smile: "Li Liang, you are not bad, you can come up with this plan, it can be said that it makes me suddenly enlightened." Over the years, it seems that you have also made great progress, and I am very pleased to be a teacher. I can take on more responsibilities. ”

These words are not kings and ministers, but masters and apprentices.

For the disciples who can help him a lot, Lu Yuan has always appreciated and valued them, and he does not hesitate to reward them.

Li Liang heard the meaning of appreciation and promotion in his master's mouth, and while he was happy in his heart, he also hurriedly said humbly: "This is all taught by the master, and the disciples dare not speak out." ”

Saying this, he began to think.

Chu Wei, who is at the same level as himself, is now the head of the water division, and there is a faint rumor of being promoted to General Wei.

Now that General Wei's position is occupied, he wants to be promoted again, and the only ones left are the two generals of the chariot and hussar.

This is the dignity of a general, but it is not comparable to General Wei.

If he can be born to this position, then what Chu Wei will be trampled under his feet in an instant.

At that time, except for the senior brother Zhou Qing, who was raised by the master, who else in the same family can match him?

As soon as he thought of such scenery, Li Liang's heart was surging, and he couldn't wait for the war to come as soon as possible, and he would be rewarded for his meritorious service.