[I'm sorry to all book friends, I have something to go out during the day on Sunday, and the first shift at noon can only be made up tomorrow.] 】

Li Xian recovered from his illness, his steps were still a little vain, and when he walked towards the big tent of the Chinese army, his body was still shaking, but the guards behind him reached out to help him, but they were all pushed away by him. After being ill for many days, he could only entrust his own errands to others, which was enough of a failure, and if he was carried to walk, how could he still have the face to step into Zhang's tent.

"Lee bears."

"Bear it."

"The villain has seen the endurance."

Despite this, Li Xian still enjoyed enough respect in the camp of Annan - despite his official position.

Along the way, when they saw him, the generals and soldiers immediately avoided and saluted to the side. There were also some who did not wear military robes, but they knelt on the ground from afar, and did not dare to raise their heads. Of course, it is not the forbidden soldiers in the battalion, but the supporting army. The forbidden army is all rich and has military status, and no matter how many people rob it, they can't grab a position, and the prisoners who are convicted of military crimes are doing heavy chores in the barracks. Illegal exile, the first class is Shamen Island on the sea, and the second class is Lingnan. There are not many other military camps in Lingnan, that is, there are many prisoners who are equipped with troops.

There is a distance of nearly one mile from the Tianwang Hall in the northwest corner of the military camp outside Yongzhou City to the big tent of the Chinese army where the Zhangdun Festival is located. Li Xian set out from Tianwangtang to participate in the military conference presided over by Zhang Dan.

The Tianwang Hall is dedicated to the northern Duowen Heavenly King, that is, Bishamen Heaven. However, now the Tianwang Hall in the camp, except for the main hall, has been occupied as a sanatorium, but only the sick generals are arranged, and Li Xian has been lying in it for seven or eight days.

Li Xian, as an internal servant, was the chief manager of Annan's economic strategy to bear and handle official affairs, and the lengthy name represented his eyes and hands, which could touch every corner of Annan's camp. But he went south from the capital one step earlier than Han Gang, but he fell ill halfway through and recuperated in Guizhou for half a month. When his condition improved a little, he hurried to Yongzhou, but as soon as he reached the ground, he collapsed again. It took ten days to be considered almost good, and it was lucky to catch up with the last time to send troops to fight.

Participating in the military conference and meeting all the civil and military officials in the camp of Annan, Li Xian was the first time. Li Xian looked at the faces crowded with the huge tents of the Chinese army, some of them had visited the Tianwang Hall, but more of them were very unfamiliar faces. Especially the barbarian cave masters with tattoos on their faces, there were as many as seventy or eighty people.

Li Xian thought to himself, it seems that Zhang Dian and Han Gang are not going to set up a few big leaders in the Thirty-six Barbarian Tribes, but they plan to treat everyone equally, regardless of size, otherwise they should choose a few reliable or powerful tribes instead of letting them crowd the big tent.

Zhang and Han's approach, Li Xian can't assert whether it's good or bad, both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, that is, there are too many people in the tent, and it looks like a vegetable market.

The arrival of the prison army means that this last pre-war military conference can finally begin.

Today, the last military meeting will be held, and tomorrow we will swear to go on the expedition.

"This is Huang Tuanlian in Guangyuan Prefecture." Han Gang stretched out his hand and introduced the leader of the barbarian tribe with an official position to Li Xian. The generals of the camp and the officials of the Economic Strategy Recruitment Department who were originally in Yongzhou and Guizhou basically visited Li Xian with the permission of Zhang Dian and Han Gang.

"The last will meet and bear." Huang Jinman, who rushed to Yongzhou before the war, saluted Li Xian.

It's just that Huang Jin is full of regular regimental training envoys, and his official rank is even above Zhang Dian and Han Gang, not to mention Li Xian. I saw him hurriedly return the salute: "Li Xian has seen Huang Tuanlian." "It's just that my heart is full of doubts, for what kind of gold dare to come to Yongzhou at this time, I am not afraid of Jiaozhi or Liu Ji and others copying his lair.

"The four leaders of Guangyuan Prefecture, Shen Jinggui and Wei Shou'an, have all surrendered, and only Liu Ji is still hesitant and refuses to surrender." Han Gang followed up and explained the question in Li Xian's heart, "Now Wei Shouan himself has gone to Yongzhou with Huang Tuan, and Shen Jinggui has also sent his son to show his sincerity. After the military discussion is over, you can invite them in for questioning. ”

"No wonder......" Li Xian nodded, very emotionally The methods of Zhang and Han, "Strategizing in the middle of the battle, winning the battle thousands of miles away, and before they go out of battle, I am afraid that there are not many tribes left." ”

"According to today's estimates, there are only 50,000 soldiers left in Jiaozhi, and unless Jiaozhi can recruit all the Ding Zhuang in the initiating country, it will not be able to compare with the army that is about to go south in terms of numbers." Han Gang just wanted to preach Jiaozhi's current predicament in front of everyone, and he loudly introduced the barbarian leaders to Li Xian: "These are the masters of the various caves who are willing to obey the order, a total of seventy-eight families, a total of 60,000 soldiers, and 20,000 soldiers and horses in Guangyuan Prefecture, they will set off together at the same time as the official army goes to war." ”

Lakh! The total strength of the officers and troops in the current Annan camp is 100,000.

Even if you discount it, there are as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people.

At the beginning, Li Changjie came to Guangxi with the cave barbarians of Jiaozhi and Guangyuan, but now the officials and soldiers are using the cave barbarians to fight back. It's just that the quality is not high enough, and this group of robbers is far less vicious than the two captives in the northwest.

"One hundred thousand!" But Li Xian still smiled exaggeratedly, praising Zhang Dian and Han Gang's methods: "With the addition of the official army, there are already 100,000 troops!" There are 100,000 troops waiting for the end, so what's the point?! Turning around, he lectured to the cave masters, "You should work hard, if you have merit, the court will not hesitate to reward you!" ”

Zhang Dian and Han Gang, who were sitting in the coach's chair, quickly exchanged glances, and the corners of their mouths condensed a sneer, Li Xian's two words of instruction were to take the opportunity to establish his position in the account, but he would take advantage of the situation.

Where would the barbarian cave masters think so much, and bow their heads together to be taught. Long Li, the lord of the frozen state cave, said respectfully: "The imperial court has rewarded the population and land of Jiaozhi, how dare the villain and others be greedy for more?" Surely he will die and swear to break the thief! ”

"I will die and swear to break the thief!" Under the leadership of Long Lihe, the cave masters swore in unison, "I will die and swear to break the thief!" ”

Li Xian seemed to be satisfied, nodded and turned around with a smile. It was just that when he saw the smile on Han Gang's face with a chill, his heart was first cold, and then he found that the focus of Han Gang's eyes was not on himself, but on him.

Li Xian immediately understood that this was not aimed at himself, but Long Lihe, who seemed to be planning to reunite with the barbarians. The imperial court will not allow a core to appear in the 36 mountains of the left and right rivers, and if anyone has this ambition, they will definitely be targeted.

Han Gang withdrew his dangerous look and continued to introduce several barbarian generals to Li Xian, along with Nong Zhigao's younger brother Nong Zhihui.

Li Xian kept nodding and smiling, matching the names and appearances one by one, but in his heart, he was praising the methods of Zhang Dian and Han Gang.

To be able to gather so many barbarian leaders, they are basically afraid of the might of the official army, and of course they also want to get a piece of the pie when they conquer the south. But it is impossible for the imperial court to let them follow the officials and soldiers smoothly to pick up cheap, and they must have a strategy to deal with it.

It is definitely not for them to go into battle to fight with the Jiaozhi army - if they really want tens of thousands of barbarian troops to fight, they will not be allowed to be scattered like this, and they must be integrated. Now that they are independent, the main force of the battle will only be the official army, and the barbarian troops will only scatter out and plunder the place. In order to prevent these barbarians from taking advantage of them too much, the so-called execution should be a very important means.

In fact, Li Xian was thinking like this when he heard that Han Gang coerced the cave masters to torture the captive people in order to control them, and now the barbarians who are full of tents have been confirmed.

Just from the point of inflicting the punishment on the cochins, it is not a bad thing, at least even if the barbarians get the men of the cochins, they cannot use them to expand their power, and can only use these waste people as agricultural laborers.

Moreover, the main target of these people who have been tortured will not be the Song army who will evacuate after the battle, but will definitely be the left and right Jiang barbarians who will meet day and night in the future. The barbarians got the land for a while, but it will be a mess in the future, either the Jiaozhi people will rebel, or they will kill all the Jiaozhi people. And if the barbarians want to get the land and Dingkou, they must first fight desperately with the slaves they are scheduled to make—presumably during this time, the matter of the punishment has already been spread by the Department of Strategic Recruitment.

It is the official army that confronts the Jiaozhi army head-on, and it is the barbarians who plunder the prefectures and counties and villages on the periphery, and the hard work seems to be done by the officials and soldiers, and the barbarians can avoid the heavy and take advantage of the light, but the resistance of the Jiaozhi people will inevitably be very fierce. However, the main forces supporting them are all fighting against the officers and troops, and defeat is inevitable, but once they are angry, they will not be able to attack lightly, and it is really difficult to say how much the barbarian troops can gain at that time. This effectively ruined the possibility of anyone taking advantage of the land of Cochin in the next few decades.

It is no wonder that the Son of Heaven agreed with the opinion of the Economist Division and distributed the hard-earned land to this group of barbarians. After all, sooner or later, it will be your own property, and it will be very easy to get it back, and the court does not have to bear the infamy, that is, there will be some nerds talking nonsense in the Shilin.

Knowing a group of barbarian generals, standing in his position, looking at Zhang Dian and Han Gang's side face in the center of the big tent, Li Xian secretly sighed, "What a means! ’

Zhang Dian stood up, and the tent fell silent.

Zhang Dian did not change into a battle robe, and looked elegant. But the sharp and calm eyes can only be possessed by important ministers who have been tempered repeatedly: "Today, there are 5,000 officers and troops in the south, plus the troops that Guangxi can use, a total of 12,000 soldiers and horses. This is a real number, and it is not taboo to spread it to the outside world. ”

Zhang Dian smiled slightly, he didn't mind telling the actual number of soldiers and horses under his hands, and he didn't intend to claim tens of thousands of dollars. Because there are past records, and the deterrence of Yaowu from the previous day is completely sufficient.

"The 1,000 officers and horses, paired with the 5,000 men and horses trained by Huang Tuanlian, beat Li Changjie's 100,000 troops and fled in disarray. Nowadays, there are 12,000 officers and soldiers, and a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses from Zuojiang Zhutong and Guangyuan Prefecture. However, the imperial court has always been mainly safe in its use of troops, and there are still 20,000 elite soldiers from Shaanxi who are about to arrive in Guangxi, but it will not be until the first month of next year. But now is a good time to use troops, and Ben Shuai does not want to delay, and plans to open the road to Thang Long Mansion first. ”

Soldiers don't get tired of deceit. There will be no more reinforcements in the later stage, and this matter is highly secretive, and only a few people at the highest level know about it. Li Xian looked at Han Gang, Yan Da, and Li Xin, all of whom looked as usual, taking this lie as true.

Zhang Duan raised his finger and pointed at the barbarian cave master behind the most difficult part, and continued: "The mountain road in the northern frontier of Jiaozhi, due to the hard work of the cave masters, is no longer an obstacle now. As long as the Menzhou is pulled out, the official army can go straight to the plain. The next plan, I think you should already know the way, and Ben Shuai and Vice Marshal Han have also said it many times. But in case anyone forgets, Ben Shuai repeats it now. It's very simple, it is to search the mountains and seas, plough the court and sweep the holes. ”

"With the limit of one month, we will first target the prefectures and villages north of the Fuliang River, and try to force the Cochin army out of Thang Long Province for a decisive battle." Zhang Dan's smile tightened, and his tone was cold: "If Li Changjie plans to trap Shenglong Mansion, north of the Fuliang River, don't think about leaving a village!" ”