Yang Guang was slightly stunned, and a trace of doubt flashed on his face: "Is that all there is to it?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, as long as these are fine, for the Khitans, the rewards can't be too much, and they can't not be ungiven, just keep a posture that makes them leave immediately, don't rebel or help, it's okay." ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked: "What does this mean?" Can't I give them more money and let them send troops to help in the war? The Turks excused themselves for a long distance, they didn't come last time, if there were Turkic cavalry to help, we might not lose like that, now there are Khitans as help, why not? ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Your Majesty Shengming, the Khitan Eight Divisions, and the Beji people, is also constantly conflicting, fighting, last time Goguryeo paid a lot of money, took out two to three years of grain reserves, distributed to the Khitan and Goguryeo tribes, let them send troops together, these barbarian servants are all here, otherwise if the Khitan and Beji people who are mortal enemies of each other do not come at the same time, the requisitioned tribe will definitely worry that their hometown will be attacked by hostile tribes, and they will not fight to the death, the reason why the Turks do not come is precisely this reason, I don't want to leave the enemy a chance to copy my hometown. ”

"And in the last battle of Pyongyang, our army was certainly annihilated, but the cavalry of Khitan and Beji also suffered heavy losses, they fought on the front line, facing the strong bows and crossbows of our army's palace troops, although they won in the end, but they also lost three or four out of ten, and most of the trophies were not caught except for some equipment, it can be said that the gains outweigh the losses, which will have a dislike with the Goguryeo people, Beji's Tudiji wants to surrender and annex, and the Khitan Eight Divisions are also with Yuan Taizuo's ape and horse, and they don't want to help anymore."

Yang Guang nodded: "Wang Aiqing, I heard what you meant, you mean that even if I give money and things again." These Khitans have also lost their will to fight, and they will be like the Turks, and they can't shirk it for some reason, right? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "If they come, it may be a bigger problem, Yidi has a human face and a beast's heart." Non-my race has always been afraid of power and not virtue, and if they are given benefits, they will come, and if they see that our army is unfavorable, they may have different intentions, take advantage of the fire to rob, and even rebel in battle. ”

"The reason why Goguryeo hid their barbarian servant cavalry last time and did not release it until the decisive battle was that they would rather lose their own soldiers and horses in a series of battles before. It's not because of how good they are to these barbarians, but because they know very well that these barbarians have no faith and righteousness, and when they see the wind and steer the rudder, they will follow and kill when they have the advantage, and they may rebel at any time when they are unfavorable, so they want to leave them in Pyongyang City, and then let them take the lead in the face of our tired and hungry soldiers who have been tricked. In this way, there can be such a great victory. ”

Yang Guang's brows furrowed: "So to speak." I can't use these barbarians yet? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, if you fight Goguryeo again, their tactics will still be the same old-fashioned, closing the city and defending it, dragging down the logistics of our army, and they will never dare to do it at the beginning of our army." When the grain road is not endless, they go out of the city to fight a decisive battle, so these barbarian cavalry can't expect them to attack the city and pull out the village, which is actually of little use, but has to spend a lot of food and salary to feed. It will only add tens of thousands of mouths to eat in vain, and it will be half the effort. ”

Yang Guang's eyebrows raised: "Then if I don't let them rush to the front, but let them protect the grain route in the rear, and don't let them come into contact with the Goguryeo people, there will be no chance of rebellion." In this way, wouldn't I be able to save a lot of military strength to escort grain and grass and throw it into the front war? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head and continued: "No, the barbarian character is greedy, and when he sees the grain, grass and ordnance, he may become greedy and plunder, and our army must send more than twice the military strength to watch them, so that they will not have bad intentions, and the consumption will only be greater." ”

Yang Guang gritted his teeth: "I can't imagine that it would be so troublesome to gather these barbarians to fight, or not, Wang Aiqing, since these Khitans are useless, then what do we have to buy them for?" Wouldn't it be okay to directly send troops to escort Tudi Ji back to his tribe? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Suddenly, Di Ji came to request to be attached, this is the first time that these servants who originally belonged to the Goguryeo barbarians, Wei Chen is foolish, Your Majesty must let them move the tribe to my Great Sui to settle down, reward them with rice and grain, and allow them to choose grazing or arable land as an example." ”

Yang Guangqi said: "Demonstration? To whom to demonstrate? I want these barbarians to come to help the heavenly soldiers fight, don't I treat these people as uncles, Wang Aiqing, don't you understand this? ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, those barbarian tribes have always been afraid of power, and they did not border with my Great Sui before, so they will surrender to Goguryeo, and now they have seen the strength of my Great Sui, and they have been cut off from Goguryeo by the Great Sui, and they will begin to think about changing their courts and surrendering to the Great Sui, and the reason why they hesitate is that they are afraid that in the last battle of Pyongyang, they will kill and injure many of our troops, and Your Majesty will use the power of thunder to destroy it, so they will wait and see and dare not surrender. I will not ask Your Majesty to surrender the annex. ”

Yang Guang nodded: "I thought that Tudiji was admiring it, but when you say this, it is really desperate to come, since I can't recruit these barbarians to recruit, then I don't think there is any need to keep them, give this Tudiji some money and food, and send him away." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Your Majesty should know the allusion of the daughter buying the bones of the horse, when the King of Yan bought the bones of a thousand miles of horses for thousands of dollars, he did not hesitate to buy the bones of a thousand miles of horses and put them on a high platform, and then someone offered a real thousand miles of horses." And this Tudiji, is this horse bone, his tribe is small and weak, but he is the first to take the initiative to vote for the head of the Beji tribe, if His Majesty treats him favorably, so that the other barbarian tribes know the benefits of returning to the Great Sui, then these barbarian tribes in the homeland of Khitan and Beji will definitely compete to join and no longer become a threat. ”

Yang Guang first instinctively grinned, then suddenly thought of something, and shook his head: "But isn't it too much to feed these hundreds of thousands of barbarians?" If they all come to the interior, I don't have so much money and food to feed the front line. Wang Aiqing, this land outside the border in Liaoxi is already desolate, even the garrison of our Yingzhou has to rely on transporting grain from Zhuo County and Huaiyuan Town, how can it still feed these hundreds of thousands of barbarians? I can't do it. ”

Wang Shichong smiled confidently: "Your Majesty, Weichen didn't say that he wanted to feed them, Weichen just wanted to make them feel that they would have a better future if they took refuge in the Great Sui!" (To be continued.) )