Chapter Ninety-Five: Wu Luo (II)
As for the abandonment of the city......
That would be tantamount to acknowledging the weakness of the imperial court and bowing the knee to the barbarians. It is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to agree to such a thing. Moreover, Cangxu City has a special location and belongs to the outpost in the west, so it has a very important position militarily.
Once the future imperial court prepares to launch a full-scale attack on the western barbarians, this is a very good front-line sentry. It is absolutely not permissible to give up.
Not to mention, at the beginning of the ceasefire agreement between the imperial court and the barbarians and the opening of border trade, Cangxu City was once prosperous, and attracted a large number of merchants and civilians because of border trade.
After nearly a hundred years, there have been a lot of people there. Many people were born and raised and have settled down. It is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to give up these people.
So back and forth, the problem of Cangxu City dragged on and on, and there was never a solution.
Yang Ji heard from the people who came back from the merchants there that Cangxu City was still in charge of the governor. And even this captain has changed several times.
Now that night is coming, everyone in Cangxu City is closed, and they dare not go out when they hear the screams.
This situation is simply incredible, and it is unique in the various borders of the Han Dynasty. The small Cangxu City was even placed in front of His Majesty the Emperor for a time.
Never been able to find the right person to solve the problem.
In the western Taishang Continent, Cangxu City almost represents the typical dilemma faced by various cities. This is not just a border problem, but also a policy problem of the imperial court.
The imperial court was always hesitant in its treatment of the barbarians. War is not, and peace is not. And every time they are held accountable, the nine barbarian tribes also pass the buck to each other.
So much so that the entire western frontier has no good way to deal with this difficulty. There is only passive defense. It's just that the city is too big, and the barbarians have birds and beasts, and they are attacking at night.
The effect of passive defense can be imagined.
"I want to set Liuhe. Settle on the barbarians first. If you want to determine the barbarians, you must first determine the ruins", this is not just talking, but the result of Yang Ji's careful consideration.
"A leaf falls and you know the meaning of autumn", the problem of Cangxu City is not just a city. He's involved in too many things.
It is linked to the great policies of the entire imperial court.
Yang Ji's pen kept coming, and all kinds of classics that Shengping read came to mind. As well as "Wujing" and "Wuluo", all of them are integrated and linked.
In Yang Ji's view, the policy of the imperial court, whether it is war or peace, is actually problematic. Including Wang Tai's "Wu Strategy", although he vigorously stated the danger of the barbarians, he also advocated an all-out attack to exterminate the barbarians.
But a military general is a military general after all, simply commanding thousands of troops, and killing on the battlefield is okay. But when it comes to specific policies. It's not just war.
In Yang Ji's view, the strategy against the border wasteland, in addition to strong soldiers and horses, in addition to strong attacks, also includes post-war business follow-up.
In fact, this involves post-war agriculture, logistics, the rational layout of city buildings, early vigilance, and defense...... and so on. This is by no means just a battlefield of two armies facing each other.
The victory or defeat of the war is important, but the consolidation of the results is even more important!
Wang Tai only focuses on attacking. The more ferocious the better, but he never thought about consolidating the results of the battle. In Yang Ji's view, this is where he failed.
If you want to consolidate the fruits of victory, it is far from enough to rely on the imperial court and the army.
"However, the soldier is the major matter of the country. The way of death and life, the time, place, and people, must not be ignored. It is foolish to think that on the barbarian border, the one feared is nothing more than the jungle. I want to pacify the barbarians. The jungle will be destroyed. And to get rid of the jungle—"
Yang Ji paused, and wrote the most important words first:
"Must first - 'Tuntian'. ”
As soon as these two words fell, above the examination room, the air roared, and a chaotic air flow swept the scene.
"Yu Yu Yu!"
In the dark, there seems to be the neighing of war horses, and there seems to be drums and loud noise, and the armor vibrates each other. A strong sand atmosphere, accompanied by the smell of blood, swept the scene.
"Buzz!"
In the Tianzi room, the seventh senior brother of Baitou Mountain was suddenly confused, and he was so disturbed by this overwhelming evil aura that he couldn't even write an article.
"It's that kid! How could a disciple of his sect make such an article?"
The seventh senior brother of Baitou Mountain was shocked.
Wu Luo's article is done well, or like Jin Tie Ruiming, or like the white tiger roaring. There are few like Yang Ji, who actually reveal the tragic atmosphere of thousands of troops between the lines.
This is the difference between a puppet and a thousand troops.
Looking at the world, only those military gods of the imperial court would make it when they were young. For these military gods, the court's comment is only one line:
"There is the sun and the moon in the eyes, and there is the universe in the chest"!
That's a very high rating!
Later, these characters all held heavy weapons in their hands and achieved the point of dominating the national policy of the imperial court.
But Langya County is just a small frontier, and it is hard for the seventh senior brother of Baitou Mountain to believe that the article made by Yang Ji has reached this point and can determine the national policy of the imperial court.
The neighing of war horses and the noise of drums, Yang Ji is not a person who loves to kill, but this article is aimed at the barbarians' hundred-year plan.
"If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached?" "Without the jungle, the barbarians are the phoenixes that have plucked their hair, and the tigers who have gone to their minions, no matter how many people there are, they can't beat the imperial court.
As long as we concentrate superior forces, after the First World War, we can solve the worries of a thousand years.
And Yang Ji's policy is aimed at the endless and tenacious plants in the barbarian jungle.
"One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and a pool cannot accommodate two dragons", as long as the forest is constantly cut down, and then the peasants are sent to farm the land, and the army is sent to defend it.
No matter how powerful the plants of the wild jungle are, all the nutrients are absorbed by the crops, and they can't make waves. One year, two years, three years, as long as the forest is cut down and the area of farmland is expanded.
The area of the wild jungle will continue to shrink, and without the cover of the jungle, the barbarians are just helpless weeds. If Yang Ji's plan is carried out, it is not just aimed at Cangxu City, but against the desperate plan of the nine barbarian tribes.
Ten years, one hundred years, one thousand years...... , as long as you follow the plan. Not only can a buffer zone be erected for the western border, but also a single soldier can be wiped out without abandoning a single soldier, and the barbarians can be wiped out once and for all.
Such a desperate plan, the slaughter is so fierce, and the evil aura is so thick that it is conceivable to die. Once successful, the death is indeed not a hundred thousand, a million, but an endless number of dry bones.
Yang Ji's pen is a dragon and snake, and the killing atmosphere in the article is getting heavier and heavier. Even the handsome young man in black with the pseudonym "Caodian" changed his expression slightly, and he was pressed down by Yang Ji.
"Buzz!"
At the south end of the examination room, feeling this breath, Wang Taihuo opened his eyes, and a dazzling light burst out of his eyes.
"Little Langya, there are such characters?!"
Wang Tai's silkworm-like eyebrows trembled, and he suddenly looked at Yang Ji's location. (To be continued......)