"The combat effectiveness is not strong......," Yan Da pondered, and asked, "But they have even defeated the Tang army." ”

"Nanzhao defeated the Tang army twice, and the Tang army suffered huge casualties in both defeats, but who led the Tang army?"

"Yang Guozhong and Xian Yu Zhongtong."

"That's it, you let the prime ministers of the court, the prince and the Duke of Wu, come down and lead the army of Guangnan, whether it is to conquer Jiaozhi or Dali, what will be the result?"

Yanda finally laughed.

But it is true that the commander's command ability is also an important factor in the victory or defeat of a battle.

Wang Ju said again: "And that was when Nanzhao was unified, when the national strength was rising, but the main force of the Tang army was in Hebei, becoming a subordinate of An Lushan, or confronting Tubo in the hands of Geshuhan in Qinghai, or in the hands of Gao Xianzhi in the Western Regions to open up the river (this river refers to the Central Asian region between the broken leaf water, the Zhenzhu River, and the Wuhu River), and the commander is incompetent, one is strong and the other is weak, how not to fail miserably?" ”

"Also, there are some similarities with Guo Gong this time......"

"It's very similar, they all sent troops in a hurry, but Guo Gong is better than Yang Guozhong, General Yan, you are assisting from the side, and the Jiaozhi people are weaker, otherwise this time it will not be a fiasmal victory, but a fiasco. However, the current Dali has not used troops for a long time, or has not carried out large-scale battles for a long time, so although the native soldiers of each province look fierce, they are not good at fighting. These brutes are a miniature version of Dali, or to use an analogy, they are just a herd of sheep in wolf's clothing. It looks like a wolf, but it's actually a sheep. ”

This is not to ridicule the poor combat effectiveness of the barbarians, but the Han soldiers and the soldiers.

Just like Hedong in Hebei, he didn't practice fighting for a long time, and then the Jin people went south. Without a hitch.

There are also two roads in Gyeonggi. That is, Henan and Shandong. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the soldiers in these two places were so powerful, but in the Tang Dynasty, they didn't practice fighting for a long time, and An Lushan came, and it was like a bamboo.

The Liao State is a "Fan Hu people", inheriting the peace for a long time, the Jin people rising, and what is the weakness?

Or such as these soldiers on the West Guangnan Road, it turned out to be just a group of brute soldiers. But after Yanda's actual combat training for more than half a year, the combat effectiveness is different.

"So Dali heard before that an army of 200,000 troops was dispatched to attack Jiaozhi, but Jiaozhi was defeated, and Jiaozhi also offered sixty war horses to Zhenzong to show military merits. Not only that, but I heard the news from the scouts that it was the backward little Bagan country in the south, and at one time forced Dali to reconcile with them. This refers to combat effectiveness, and besides, there is that Gao family......"

"Hahaha, why didn't the Gao family usurp the throne?"

"The people are not willing. Don't dare to usurp. ”

"Yes, it's a small country after all. It cannot be compared with China. ”

But even a sheep in wolf's clothing can kick people, and Wang Ju led the army to conquer these stockades, which will inevitably produce some casualties.

Of course, the casualties of the people in the village were greater, but this fight against local tyrants won back the hearts of some of the villagers.

After Yan Da left, Huang Hua whispered: "Shaobao, why does General Yan have so many questions?" ”

"No, think about it, if you change to a heavy general with good conduct and conscience, will you resist going to the other side to train like that?"

Huang Hua was silent.

"Think about it again, I tried to use troops in Dali without the permission of the imperial court, and even the two countries had no complaints, would Yan Da have any ideas in his heart?"

Huang Hua was silent again.

"This is what he trusts me very much, otherwise he wouldn't have asked, just execute, and in the end, he will have merit and responsibility, wouldn't it be better?"

Moreover, Yanda's talent is also very important to Wang Ju.

In fact, there are many good generals in the Song Dynasty now, but because of the strange system of the Song Dynasty, the talents of these good generals cannot be fully played.

If Wang Ju wants to reverse this situation, he has to give these important generals room to play, how can he doubt it without reason?

The sweep continued, and this kind of sweep was no longer Pan Shu's conquest of Meishanman, and even some of the people were eager for the officers and soldiers to go. The surrounding heroes and powerful lords came to visit one by one under the fright. Of course, Wang Ju didn't really want to fight the landlord and divide the land.

came, and met one by one.

Several requirements can be put forward, such as obeying the management of the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty in the future, even this can not be taken seriously, and at the same time requiring them to dispatch some villagers to build roads, this is true, with a decent road, the villages will not be so closed, but also laid the foundation for future management. There is a big difference between fetters and fetters. The second is to send troops, each village must send a certain proportion of Ding Zhuang, but it is not for them to go out in vain, as in the previous recruitment, give them a certain percentage of commercial goods, as a soldier's salary...... This is a pit.

But these owners and village owners don't know, and they are all happy when they hear it.

As for the rest, Wang Ju didn't mention it.

Then he handed over this matter to Yanda to preside, raised enough native soldiers, and then took these native soldiers back to train. Wang Ju left first and took Huang Gonggong to see the Great Wall.

In fact, the so-called Great Wall is a very long courtyard wall.

Huang Gonggong was very disappointed.

Wang Juyou touched the wall with his hand and said, "Lieutenant Envoy Huang, don't underestimate it, in the future, it is very likely that it will be notorious." ”

"Huh?"

"Please bring me a few more words to the official family. I said that I would kill and I would save people. But if it is only for the glory and wealth of this life, I don't need to kill so many people, then the reputation will be better, the controversy will be smaller, and with the trust of the official family, at least I can be guaranteed to enter the two mansions in the future. ”

"It is inevitable that Shaobao will enter the two governments in the future." Huang Gonggong said.

Not to mention anything else, with political achievements like Quanzhou, the governors of several states are mixed, and when the age is reached and the qualifications are available, they can enter the two prefectures.

For Wang Ju, it's really not difficult.

Of course, if you want to be prime minister, you need to work harder.

Wang Ju's voice changed and said: "I disdain such an official with mixed qualifications, but it is very difficult to do practical things. Just like Jiaozhi, if it is not extinguished, there will be many troubles in the future. And not only Jiaozhi, but also Dali in the southwest, and some powerful barbarian tribes, such as Luo, such as Tian. Now that the two clans are split, their strength is not strong, so they will not form a dangerous hài, but what if there is a heroic figure like Li Jiqian? ”

"These brute ......"

"Don't look down on them, don't underestimate them, this time it looks easy. I had expected it. Let General Hu Guanglin lure them to that empty meadow area. And the season is just right. Otherwise, it will be difficult to exterminate it when it enters the mountains and forests. ”

Huang Gonggong thought of those vast mountains and couldn't help nodding.

"What I mean by this is that my talent is limited, and I am sure that I can really defeat Jiaozhi, but I am not sure that I will let the imperial court govern Jiaozhi, I will take you to see ......" Wang Judao said.

Saying that, they took Huang Gonggong to a real tropical rainforest, and the Great Wall they saw was Sumaozhou. Beyond the Great Wall, there is a dense network of rivers, and as long as it is undeveloped, there are large areas of tropical rainforest.

Standing in the dense rainforest, Wang Ju said, "Huang Gonggong, this is most of the terrain on the other side of Thang Long Mansion. It is more complicated than the terrain on the other side of Ziqi Road, if the enemy learns from Li Jiqian's approach, how can they really defeat them? ”

"We get it."

"So for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, in order to eradicate the scourge of Jiaozhi, I can only kill people. Although it was not killed by my own hands, it was not even me who ordered the officers and soldiers to kill them. But these people did die because of me. Every day has night and day. At the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, the country was plagued by disasters, the army was weak and overwhelmed, the treasury was in arrears, and the country was so ill that it was impossible to govern it gently...... The same is true for the military. It's like twelve hours a day, and the country has fallen into darkness since the old age of Renzong. If you want the Great Song Dynasty to see the light of day again and revitalize again, there must be some people who will break the night. These people wander between day and night, inevitably carrying a butcher's knife in one hand and a Buddha's heart in the other. ”

That's all Wang Ju has to say, let Zhao Ji think about it.

Let's do this, not for ourselves, but for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, it is equivalent to for the sake of your Zhao family's imperial industry.

In short, whether Zhao Ji was suspicious or not, or some systems of the Song Dynasty tied his hands and feet, which had made Wang Ju more and more irritable.

Huang Gonggong quickly rode back and reported the situation one by one.

Zhao Ji listened to Huang Gonggong's report, and he also heard that Wang Juluo was a little resentful, and Wang Ju said that he was allowed to act cheaply.

It's a bit stupid to ask.

Asking is tantamount to making it public.

But Guan Jian really can't be exposed, the best way is to pretend to be stupid and crazy, even if he is the emperor. Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Don't divulge this." ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the slave will take care of this mouth."

"Well, he said he would give me a bigger surprise?"

"Got it."

"What surprise?"

"Wang Shaobao said that he is not sure yet, and he can't say it for the time being, and the slave maid is not easy to ask, but the slave and maid guess that Wang Shaobao may occupy the city with soldiers."

"Champ?" Zhao Ji was reminded by Wang Ju and also knew that the Song Dynasty was used by Zhancheng this time. And Wang Ju also reacted to one thing, after Guo Kui withdrew his army without full success, Zhancheng was finally afraid, did not pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, and even did not let the maritime merchants exchange grain, but last year he ceremoniously sent envoys to pay tribute to Jiaozhi, and did not mention the land of the three states that were invaded.

However, Champa is different from Cochin, which has been a territory under Chinese rule since ancient times, but Champa is not, and it is so far away from the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ji thought for a while and asked, "Is it strict or not that the toe is damaged this time?" ”

"The slave maid came back from Ziqi Road, went to Taipingzhai, and then went from Taipingzhai to Luzhou, from Luzhou to Sumaozhou, and then watched the Great Wall, and Shaobao took the slave and maid out of the Great Wall and saw the real tropical rainforest. The two groups of displaced people did not cross the north of the river, and the southern shares were also annihilated by Jiaozhi, and the northern shares were also compressed to the border between Jiaozhi and Dali, and they were about to be annihilated. I heard that the Jiaozhi people are very cruel and chop many Kunlun slaves into meat sauce. ”

"Leave them alone and go on." Zhao said.

Whether this group of Jiaozhi people is cruel or not, the Yongzhou tragedy has been proven. Besides, this time the scourge is so great, with the character of Jiaozhi, there is nothing that can not be done.

"There is no danger to where to go, although the slave and maid saw some people, they can be regarded as living and working in peace, but when they saw Shaobao coming with a team of cavalry, they were frightened one by one. If the toe is damaged, the slave will not know. But come to think of it, the damage must be strict. ”

"Densely populated locals?"

"Okay...... Is it the migratory people of Shaobao? ”

"Exactly, this Wang Ju, does he want to empty the households below the fifth grade in the southeast?" Zhao Ji also laughed dumbly. Zhao Ji will not object to this migratory people, because it is Jiaozhi who is migrating, not overseas. But the question is how to move so many people?

After migrating over the years, the actual population pressure in the southeast is not as strict as Wang Ju said.

And how to place it.

When there are people in the area, there will be conflict.

Gonggong Huang suddenly scratched his ears and said, "Your Majesty, will there be another batch?" ”

"That's what I thought." Zhao said. If there is another batch, the cochin will be over. In fact, it is not difficult to guess, although Wang Ju said it vaguely, he actually said it, but it was just vague. Moreover, it can also be estimated in time, if there is no next batch, then Wang Ju will do it this year, and he will do it now, the season is just right, it is the time when the miasma is the lightest, Jiaozhi has also passed the rainy season, the weather is not so hot, Jiaozhi is miserable in the country, and the national strength is weak.

Wouldn't it be stupid not to use troops at this time, but to delay the use of troops after the autumn of next year?

But Zhao Ji walked a few steps and asked, "Is he continuing to recruit native soldiers in Ziqi Dao?" ”

"Yes, it can recruit more than 5,000 native soldiers, and this native soldier recruitment will play a lot of role." Huang Gonggong told Wang Ju about beating the local tyrant again.

With the strong and powerful gone, there is no one to lead against the government, and it will be easy to govern.

Zhao Ji thought about it, felt that something was still wrong, and said, "So, can he use so many soldiers?" ”

"That's right, if there is a batch of Kunlun slaves to cripple next year, I believe that Jiaozhi will not destroy the country, and it will soon be destroyed. With the power of the king, the troops in his hands are sufficient. "Huang Gonggong also felt that something was wrong, this was recruitment, not conscription. Besides, Wang Judu was so anxious to ask the court for support. And if it's all like this, why should the state pay 10 million?

Then he said: "Wang Shaobao really wants to deal with Champa? ”

"It's still not right, if you deal with Champa, why buy so many war horses and train so many cavalry?" Zhao said. Wang Ju deliberately took Huang Gonggong to see the real tropical rainforest, and Huang Gonggong also talked about the horror of the tropical rainforest. This is to make the court understand that Jiaozhi is not so easy to destroy, so Wang Ju used some bad means.

This is the case with Cochin, it will be more difficult on the side of the city, how much can the cavalry be useful in this kind of terrain?

Equipping a cavalryman requires a lot of money, not only to buy horses, but also to raise horses in ordinary times.

Huang Gonggong suddenly remembered the avenue in front of his eyes, and screamed: "Your Majesty, big, big, Dali? ”

Zhao Ji is also pondering, that is Dali, the area is larger, there are more soldiers, and the terrain is also complicated. Is it possible?

Gonggong Huang was surprised, and said, "Your Majesty, no." (To be continued......)