Although Zhuge Liang didn't say it explicitly, Li Li still heard that he was not enthusiastic about healing Kebineng, or that he didn't intend to treat Kebineng, and was ready to let him fend for himself.

"Save him, he's useful to us right now." After a pause, Li Li turned his head to look at the mountains and forests in the west at night, and explained softly: "After this battle, the elite of the Kebineng tribe has been lost, and it is no longer a climate, but his prestige in the Xianbei tribe is still not negligible, his energy is not small, and he has quite appeal. And that's exactly what we need. After this battle, the Wuhuan tribe had no more usable soldiers, and more than seventy percent of the men in the tribe died one after another, and the rest were old and weak women and children, which was no longer to be feared.

After the defeat of Wuhuan, the next step is to subdue the Xianbei tribes, for which our army can surrender without a fight, and surrender the Xianbei tribe without blood. And this task will fall on Kebineng.

In addition, Budu Gensu, the leader of the Western Xianbei, is friendly with our Han people, which means that he can be used by me and is a target that can be wooed. If Kebi Neng and Budugen can both be used by me, then it will be easy to subdue the Xianbei tribe. As he spoke, a meaningful smile appeared on Li Li's face.

Zhuge Liang immediately understood, and said thoughtfully: "Now it has been confirmed that Kebineng is the initiator of this bloody battle in White Wolf Mountain, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the culprit." In this battle, the casualties of the coalition army dominated by Wuhuan were as many as 120,000, and if you add the casualties of the barbarian army in the battle of Lulongsai, the adult males of the Wuhuan tribe are afraid that more than eighty percent of them have been killed in battle.

Now, in addition to the thousands of Wuhuan defenders who guarded Liucheng and the more than 30,000 barbarian troops who fled, the Wuhuan Zhuangding is almost dead. That's why. Weichen is worried that the Wuhuan people will have a grudge against the lord, and if they are not appeased, it may not be conducive to the long-term peace and stability of Youzhou. Therefore, Weichen built yì. The truth of the battle of White Wolf Mountain was made public, and then Kebi Neng was killed to calm the anger of the public, so as to appease the Wuhuan tribes. I don't know what happens under the Lord's will? ”

It goes without saying that Zhuge Liang did not agree with Li Li's statement, and tried to use Kebineng's life to resolve the hatred of the Wuhuan people, so as to settle the dispute. This is the usual method used by the Han people to conquer and suppress barbarians in the past, and to suppress and appease them at the same time. The two-pronged approach ultimately achieves the goal of maintaining stability in the border counties and calming the people.

There is nothing wrong with this method in itself, as has been done by successive rulers of all dynasties. This is true not only in foreign warfare. Even if the internal counterinsurgency is the same, give a sweet date in the face, appease while conscripting and suppressing, and turn the big thing into a small thing. In the end, the matter is settled. Everyone was happy. Who's to say there's anything wrong with this approach? After all, this is the most practical and effective method that the sages have come up with after repeated practice.

What's more, Li Li also knew that the rulers of the past had a two-way standard in terms of counterinsurgency at home and warfare abroad. It is often very ruthless and harsh on internal counterinsurgency, and it is resolutely suppressed unless it is forced to do so; In terms of foreign warfare, it is very weak. It's best not to fight. It's nothing more than the loss of some gold and silver, fine and beautiful singers; As long as we can make peace, we will resolutely not go to war. Even if it is low, compensation for land cession is not hesitated. In order to calm down the scourge of war, things like turning war into jade silk have emerged in an endless stream, and they are not uncommon.

Perhaps, "turning hostility into jade silk" is the diplomatic method of the Han people to treat the barbarians of Fanbang, and it is also a true portrayal of ancient diplomatic affairs. After all, what can be done with money, brocade and beautiful women is not a problem, everyone today has this kind of thought, let alone the ancients? The wisdom of the ancients is not inferior to that of today's people, and even surpasses it, so it is no wonder that they were able to come up with such a diplomatic method of "turning hostility into peace". (The words of one family are for reference only, and do not need to be true.) ）

Is it wrong to turn hostility into jade? Absolutely. It has been used since ancient times, more things are better than less things, endure the calm for a while, how can there be a mistake?

But Li Li disdains it, and there is no need to calm down. This is the style that a strong man should have, strong and domineering.

As far as he is concerned, there has never been a so-called peace of mind, and it is impossible for anything like turning a conflict into a jade silk to happen to him, unless he is the one who accepts the jade silk, there is no need to talk about it.

In dealing with the aftermath of the Wuhuan tribe, Zhuge Liang's pacification strategy is understandable, but his starting point is wrong, or the pity of the Confucian scribe in his bones has begun to flood again. Mistakenly treating barbarians on the same level as the Han people, mistakenly treating foreign warfare as internal counterinsurgency, and spreading mercy and sympathy needlessly, thus forcibly turning a victor's war into a peaceful coexistence of peaceful people. It is really a mistake to put the cart before the horse, and kindness and tolerance are used in the wrong place. It is not an exaggeration to say that this move is pedantic.

Of course, this is also the reason why Zhuge Liang followed Li Li on the expedition outside the Saiwai for the first time. If Guo Jia and Jia Xu had gone on the expedition with the army, they would definitely not have asked such an almost naïve question, because they were well versed in Li Li's methods and strategies for dealing with the surrounding barbarian tribes, and the previous barbarian tribes such as the Tu tribes, the Qianghu, the Yueshi and the Southern Xiongnu had clearly and unmistakably expressed Li Li's own attitude.

However, Zhuge Liang followed Li Li for a short time, and he was still relatively conservative in dealing with the barbarians of Fanbang, and still advocated the strategy of suppressing and appeasing at the same time, based on the war, and then appeased, so that the border troubles could be pacified.

There is nothing wrong with this method in itself, it has been like this for 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly. However, the difference between this time and the past is that Li Liqin has led the army to completely wipe out the living forces of the Wuhuan tribe, and even the Xianbei tribe has suffered heavy losses. At this time, if we do not further completely conquer and annex it, and adopt pacification measures, it is undoubtedly the most pedantic and pedantic. If you miss today, once you let Wuhuan and the Xianbei tribe ease up, they will definitely be a disaster for the border county again in the future, endlessly attacking the border, and even raising tigers, and finally attacking the Han.

?????? After being silent for a long time, Li Li was not angry because of Zhuge Liang's construction, and said softly calmly: "Kong Ming may have misunderstood what I meant. I have never said that I want to appease the Wuhuan people, not to mention that the Wuhuan people do not need to be appeased, they do not need to be appeased. For them, they have long been prepared to be defeated and killed. At this point, they are more conscious than our Han people, and they never leave anything to chance; Because they have long been accustomed to burning, killing and looting, they are naturally often robbed and killed by others. ”

"Huh?" Zhuge Liang heard the change in color, and groaned in surprise, mistakenly thinking that he had heard it wrong, and said in an uncertain whisper: "The lord said that the Wuhuan people don't need to be appeased, and they don't need to be appeased, I don't know what this means?" Could it be that the lord ?????? Do you really want to exterminate them all, slaughter and exterminate the tribes? Zhuge Liang's tone was not good, his expression was melancholy, and he was quite stubborn.

Li Li said quietly: "The battle of Lu Longsai and the bloody battle of White Wolf Mountain in front of us, there are as many as 300,000 soldiers of the two armies who died in these two battles, how can we add more killings?" Heaven still has the virtue of a good life, let alone people? So the killing ends here, and thereafter avoid unnecessary casualties as much as possible, and do not kill indiscriminately except by necessary means of deterrence. Li Li avoided the important and did not answer Zhuge Liang's question directly, but his promise not to kill again finally made a big stone that was pressing on Zhuge Liang's heart fall to the ground, and his face couldn't help but relax.

After relaxing his mind, Zhuge Liang's heart moved, and he finally remembered the resettlement method of the barbarian tribes around Xiliang before.

After many years, there are no so-called barbarian tribes in Xiliang. All the barbarian tribes that submitted to Li Li were scattered and settled in the four prefectures and counties under Li Li's rule, and on average, two or three thousand people were placed in each county, so that hundreds of thousands of barbarian tribes were dispersed and digested, so that they could be completely integrated into the Han people. Unified registration, dispatch of special personnel to strictly supervise and supervise, a few years later, there is no barbarian in Xiliang, all ordinary people.

His mind turned sharply, and Zhuge Liang suddenly realized, and finally knew the true meaning of what Li Li said that there was no need to be appeased. It turned out that the purpose of Li Liqin's expedition to the east was to completely conquer the surrounding barbarians, rather than simply pacify the border troubles, and since it was a conquest, there was no need to appease. The so-called conquest is to completely occupy the barbarian territory, occupy the grassland, subdue its tribal people, and confiscate their weapons, ordnance, war horses, tents, cattle, sheep, livestock, money, and other utensils.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang was secretly ashamed, and he felt quite ashamed. Compared with Li Li's broad mind that embraces the world, he Zhuge Kongming prides himself on being superior in strategy and intelligence, but he is far inferior to the lord Li Li in terms of mind and long-term strategy, and he does not have the courage and courage to swallow mountains and rivers that Li Li has, and has insurmountable limitations on some issues.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are short-sighted and have lost their long-term strategic vision while only caring about their immediate interests. And this is also a common problem of all Confucian scribes nowadays. When he is strong, he puts on the high posture of a senseless victor, lifts it high and puts it down gently, is excessively benevolent, and sells his reputation; When he was weak, he regretted it too much, and moaned in pain under the iron hooves of the barbarians.

In contrast, what Li Li pursued was a profound summary of the great men of later generations: "It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to become famous and learn from the overlord." "Strike when it's time to act, never tolerate, and never miss the opportunity, so as not to regret it for life in the future.

Whether it is cruel or violent, Li Li never cares about such false names, what he wants is real war benefits, otherwise the bloody battlefield of more than 100,000 soldiers under his command will be meaningless, which is equivalent to needless casualties. However, as long as the enemy is completely conquered, his territory is occupied, and his tribesmen and all their property are confiscated, so that the blood of the Han soldiers will not be shed in vain, and only after the war can they have the ability to sympathize with their parents, wives and children, and only then can their heroic battles on the battlefield be in vain.

This is Xiliang Li Li, a person is like his name, he values real profit and is not good for false fame. It is precisely because of his sympathetic subordinate commanders that the Xiliang soldiers under his command are brave and good at fighting, move forward bravely, are not afraid of life and death, and follow him without regrets.

Why bury bones, why do you need mulberry ground, where is life not green mountains.

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