This is indeed the truth, at that time, silver was expensive, and a family with fifty taels of silver could indeed be regarded as a well-off family, selling dozens of acres of thin fields, marrying a wife, and indeed living a paradise-like life. ［>

Tang Chao said loudly: "This matter is true, you don't have to doubt, after the fifteenth, the whole army competition will be held in this school field, the promised silver and silver will be cashed in time, the winner will stay, and the loser will retreat, this section is the highest notary of this big competition, we must be fair and fair, and select a new army with combat effectiveness!" ”

Selecting and training the new army was the purpose of this reorganization of the Tang Dynasty. With his understanding of Lingnan during this time, the armament of these mine owners is actually very sophisticated, because they have money, and because of the same hatred of the enemy, many mine owners are armed to support each other, one side meets the enemy, the rest support, the implementation of the division of troops and joint attack, and the Tang army is mostly lone in the depth, the mine owner is cowering in the hole, consuming the Tang army's food, waiting for reinforcements, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, internal and external attack, it is indeed a very powerful trick, which also makes the mine owners dare to rebel from time to time, what can be done, gold and silver confuse people's eyes, so much gold and silver, In the eyes of these Yi people, it is their own private property, and now the Tang Dynasty has sent a large army to forcibly occupy it, and they all feel that the Tang Dynasty is a predator, and one nation oppresses another, and the most direct way is often war!

These are all uncivilized peoples, and the most direct way to deal with foreign aggression is actually war, which is why there will be national wars here every few years because of the resistance of the mine owners. Lingnan was essentially the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but because of its distance from the central government, it was not taken seriously, and the people's customs were stubborn, which made it seem that the place was still an independent kingdom. But to tell the truth, because of Zhang Jiuling, the Tang army and the indigenous peoples Yi, Bai, Gaoshan, and Jingpo have become mortal enemies.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Zhang Jiuling, he wants to be promoted to official wealth, how can the gold and silver mines occupied by those mine owners not be "nationalized"? So it is bound to form mortal enemies with these people, Zhang Jiuling, although he does not know martial arts, but he is strategic, good at leading troops, and it only took less than ten years to establish a new army and sweep away all rebellions in Lingnan. Zhang Jiuling's ability is well known to the court, but to tell the truth, if he hadn't bribed a large number of people to bribe the eldest princess Yuzhen and Gao Lishi and others in power in the imperial court, he would not have jumped from the Lingnan Festival to become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and open a new generation.

Although this is a bit overdone, it is certain that if Zhang Jiuling hadn't mastered the gold and silver mines in Lingnan and was rich in the world, he would not have become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty so easily!

In fact, gold and silver mines are not unique to these places in Guangdong, but it is undeniable that the productivity at that time was low, people's level of understanding was limited, and large-scale operations could only be formed in the easiest places to mine, so Guangdong became a paradise for gold and silver.

It's like the oil in Africa now, where the living conditions were extremely harsh, but because of the oil extraction, those places are so rich that they are getting rich.

The worship of gold and silver is unstoppable, because it is so precious.

It was also at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty that gold and silver were already popular in Guangdong.

It is true that even if these sergeants get fifty taels of silver, they will still not live very well in Guangdong, but if they move to the vast Hanzhong Plain and Shaanxi to these places, fifty taels of silver will definitely be regarded as a well-off family, so these words of the Tang Dynasty are indeed full of great temptation.

Guangdong produces more gold and silver, but it all goes into the pockets of those toasts, and then there are those who go into the pockets of Zhang Jiuling, these officials, who dominate one side, where will they be willing to give money to ordinary soldiers. The combat effectiveness of the Tang army is not strong, and it has a lot to do with the lack of military pay and the lack of military morale, otherwise, with the strength of the Tang Dynasty, it is possible to kill all these indigenous peoples.

When the United States carried out the westward expansion movement, the bloody primitive capitalists spread out by killing the local indigenous people and forcibly occupying their land, so don't look at the current Rockefeller and Morgan consortiums in the world, who knows if their founders are robbers?

However, Zhang Jiuling did this matter, he had also taken the practice of killing prisoners and exterminating the clan before, but he immediately felt that it was wrong, these natives, more than one million, with the national strength of the Tang Dynasty and the weapons conditions at that time, if they wanted to kill all the ethnic minorities in Lingnan, they had to use the power of the country, and the land outweighed the loss, which was equivalent to the price paid for attacking Goryeo and Tubo. Zhang Jiuling knew that if he wanted the wise Li Longji to do this, it would be a luxury to continuously replenish his troops and military expenses.

Who is willing to fight to the death with these wild people who don't lay eggs, and the world is unpredictable, who can guarantee that when the Tang army goes all out to exterminate the indigenous people in Lingnan, the border passes of the Tang Dynasty will still be as stable as before?

Therefore, such a thing is really a risk, and it is also an unworthy game, Zhang Jiuling finally chose not to slaughter, but to adopt a policy of restraint.

This has placed a huge trap for those who will be the envoys of the Lingnan Festival in the future.

The indigenous peoples, the most particular thing is that they will repay their kindness and snow if they have revenge, so they regard the Tang Dynasty court as a flood beast, thinking that they have appropriated the money bag that should belong to them, and rebellions from time to time cannot be prohibited.

The purpose of the Tang Dynasty now is to learn from Zhang Jiuling and learn from him to organize and train the new army.

He also sent someone to inquire about the news, these mine owners in Lingnan live in caves, the caves are all set up according to danger, there is plenty of fresh water in them, and there are countless cave soldiers to protect them, that is, they insist on guarding for a year or two, as long as they can't attack it, it's not that they can't be eliminated?

These are the descendants of the barbarians after Zhuge Liang pacified the Southern Barbarians, Tusi, as the leader of the indigenous people who led the people of their own nation, implemented the patriarch responsibility system, formed an independent kingdom one by one, and was a natural soil emperor, and the central court was in harmony.

Barbarians have a common characteristic, that is, they are foolish and loyal, brave, and it is difficult to separate, in fact, to tell the truth, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang's description of the Southern Barbarians is basically fictional, and the barbarians have a simple temperament, are loyal to their own nation in everything, and have a belief that is almost totem worship, so it forms a solid force.

The Tang Dynasty knew that if the Tang Army really formed combat effectiveness, it could only rely on the trick of enhancing combat effectiveness, after all, saying a few good words, playing Zhang Jiuling's brand, or using the edict of the imperial court, for these indigenous peoples, it could only be a joke, and the only way was to drive these mine owners out of the caves that could produce a large amount of gold and silver, as for the extermination, it was almost impossible, what the Tang Dynasty had to do now was to defeat the Meng Xiao Chieftain Department in Liuzhou and the Tiexin Department entrenched in the Pebble Valley, these two forces were extremely powerful, Only by defeating these two places and occupying the gold and silver mines under their control can they dare to report to the Tang court, and when the time comes, it will be possible for the Tang Dynasty to leave this place where birds do not lay eggs, return to the court, and be his Huangmen squire, with Zhongshu Men Pingzhang, do his prime minister's affairs, and show his ambitions, just as his master said, for the sake of the common people in the world.

During these 15 days, the Tang Dynasty, together with Sheva and others, rode lightly and made in-depth observations and understandings of many important military sites in Lingnan, mainly the caves where the two mine owners were entrenched.

The Tang Dynasty always believed that there was no right to speak without investigation and research, and the chairman's teachings had been deeply imprinted in his mind in his previous studies.

It was a day when the whole army was engaged in a great contest, the drums of war were beating, and the army was assembled.

The Tang Dynasty suddenly felt interesting, grabbed the drummer in front of him, grabbed his hammer, and personally beat the drum, the sound was like thunder, and there was really a thunder to stir the mountains and rivers.

This drum is made of the toughest rhinoceros skin in the Lingnan Mountains, when beating with a big wooden stick tied to the sponge, the momentum is very big, this drummer is a strong general in the army, the strength is amazing, when a beating, it is very powerful, but when I saw the momentum of the Tang Dynasty drumming, I was shocked and admired, the Tang Festival made the real god and man, and it was so powerful!

As he stood nearby, he could feel the sound of the drum as if it were tearing his ears, making his head dizzy with a thud that almost knocked the tough rhinoceros skin apart.

What a strong internal force!

As soon as the three armies heard that today's drums were so majestic, they were all in awe, entered the big contest, and selected their opponents for the first round according to the draw.

The Tang Dynasty was very happy to see the army's appearance and purge, dropped the drum stick, grew on a high platform, and announced majestically: "I announce that the whole army will compete in martial arts, start now!" ”

Next, the Tang Dynasty ordered Sheva, who was parachuted into the military headquarters as a high-ranking official, to preside over and announce the start of the first round of martial arts.

With such a big official in the Tang Dynasty, and with the emperor's seal, so the Lingnan officials did not dare to raise objections, although he directly parachuted Zhuan Ren and others into generals with troops, the officers in the army still did not dare to have any objections, because Sheva only showed his martial arts a little, so that none of these generals dared to say a word.

He didn't really do anything, just punched an officer who was rude to him dead on the spot.

My God, even the Tang Dynasty was worried when he saw such a might, he knew that his current martial arts were far from reaching the point of killing people in the air, let alone these officers and generals who were usually above the top.

The most admired by the soldiers is the master of martial arts, seeing Sheva showed such a hand, they all know that he has real talent, Zhuan Ren and others arrived with him, when he was also a strong martial arts person, so the military heart immediately changed, and the Tang Dynasty immediately had a huge authority, which was able to implement this army-wide competition without hindrance.

At the end of the first round of the competition, the losers were all depressed, knowing that the high bonus of fifty taels of silver could not be obtained, so they had to go home very depressed.

What can be done about this, in the past, everyone was afraid of being a soldier and afraid of dying on the battlefield, but now with the strong stimulation of money, it has become an honor. There are many eliminated soldiers who still choose to watch the excitement on the side, indeed, such a contest has never been, only the Tang Dynasty can easily come up with millions of taels of gold and silver, in order to have such a big spending, military expenses do not wait for the imperial court to deliver, and they can arm an army at their own expense!

What made the Tang Dynasty happy was that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers was not as good as they imagined, and Niu Xianke actually lied to the imperial court about the military situation, what is the reason for this?

It turned out that the Tang Dynasty was greatly surprised that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers was somewhat similar to the soldiers of the Wolf Zhengxuan Mansion that he had contacted in the Nanzhao Rebellion before, all of them were elite and abnormal, even if they did not choose one of the two, they could be regarded as elite soldiers, but the strange thing was that when Niu Xianke handed over to himself, there was no dissatisfaction on his face, with a person like him who had made great contributions in Huifu before, his hard work was handed over to the Tang Dynasty in vain, would it not be heartbroken?

It's strange, why does he suffer defeat repeatedly?

Perhaps, this guy lied about the military situation, but why did he do it?

This is a big disadvantage to himself, he is now in Beijing as a prince, although his reputation is high, but he has no real power, where is it more comfortable than calling for wind and rain in the local area?

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