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"The combat power is not strong..." Yan Da said in contemplation and asked again: "But they have even defeated the Tang army."

"Nanzhao defeated the Tang army two times, and the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, but who led the Tang army?"

"Yang Guozhong and Xian Yu Zhongtong."

"That's it. If you ask the Prime Minister of the Court and Duke Wu to come down to lead the Guangnan army, whether you conquer Jiaozhi or attack Dali, what will happen?"

Yan Da finally laughed.

But indeed, the command ability of the head coach is also an important factor in the victory or defeat of a battle.

Wang Ju said again: "And that was when Nanzhao was unified and when national strength rose, the main force of the Tang army was in Hebei and became An Lushan's subordinates. They either confronted Tubo in the hands of Geshuhan in Qinghai, or opened up the river in the hands of Gao Xianzhi in the Western Regions (this river refers to the Central Asian region between the Broken Yeshui, Zhenzhu River, and Wuhu River). The head coach was incompetent, and one was strong and the other was weak, so how could he not lose a crushing defeat?"

"Also, it's a bit similar to Mr. Guo this time..."

"It's very similar. They all send troops in a hurry, but Mr. Guo is better than Yang Guozhong. General Yan, you assisted from the side. The Jiaozhi people were weaker. Otherwise, this time it would not be a miserable victory, but a miserable defeat. But now Dali has not used troops for a long time, or has not held a large-scale battle for a long time, so the local soldiers of each prefecture look fierce, but not good at fighting. The barbarian soldiers of Ziqi are a smaller version of Dali, or to give a metaphor, they are just a group of sheep in wolf's skin. They look like wolves, but they are actually sheep."

This is not a ridicule of the barbarian soldiers' poor combat effectiveness, the same as the Han and the foreign soldiers.

Just like Hebei and Hedong, he had not been accustomed to war for a long time. Later, the Jin people went south and were unobstructed.

There are also two routes of the capital, namely Henan and Shandong. During the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the soldiers in these two places were so powerful, but when they were not familiar with war for a long time, An Lushan came, and his momentum was unstoppable.

The Liao Kingdom was a "Ban and Hu people", and it was a long time to survive. How could the Jin people become weak when they rise?

Or, like the soldiers from Guangnan West Road, they were just a group of barbarian soldiers, but after Yan Da’s practical training for more than half a year, their combat effectiveness was different.

"So Dali used to hear that he had dispatched 200,000 troops to attack Jiaozhi, but was defeated by Jiaozhi. Jiaozhi also offered 60 war horses to Zhenzong to show his military merits. Not only that, I heard from the scouts that it was the backward little Bagan Kingdom in the south, and once forced Dali to reconcile with them. This refers to combat effectiveness, and there is also the Gao family..."

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

"The people do not follow their hearts and dare not usurpate them."

"Yes, it's a small country in the end and cannot be compared with China."

But even sheep in wolf's skin can kick people. Wang Ju led his army to conquer these villages, and some casualties will inevitably occur.

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

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

"Not right. Think about it, would it be a good general who has good moral integrity and conscience go to the other side to train troops, would it be resistant?"

Huang Hua was silent.

"Think about it again, I did not have permission from the court. Even the two countries tried to use troops to Dali without any grievances. Will Yan Da have any thoughts in his mind?"

Huang Hua was silent again.

"This is what he trusts me very much, otherwise he wouldn't have asked. Just execute it, and he will not be missing in the end. Isn't it better if I have taken responsibility?"

Moreover, Yan Da's talent also attracted Wang Ju's attention.

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 utilized.

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

The sweeping continued. This sweeping was no longer the time Pan Su conquered the Meishan barbarians. Some of the people in the cave wanted the officers and soldiers to go. The powerful cave lords around came to pay their respects one by one in fright. Of course, Wang Ju didn't want to really fight the landlords and divide the fields.

I'm here and I'll meet you one by one.

But several requirements were put forward, such as obeying the management of the Song Dynasty's officers and soldiers in the future, and even this was not taken seriously. At the same time, they were asked to mobilize some villages and build roads. This was the real thing. With a decent road, each village would not be so closed, and it laid the foundation for future management. There is a big difference between the throne and the throne. The second is to send troops. Each village must send a certain proportion of the throne, but it is not for them to be spared. Just like the previous recruitment, a certain proportion of commercial goods will be given as military pay... This is a pit.

But these cave lords and village lords didn't know about it, but when they heard it, they were all happy.

As for the others, Wang Ju didn't mention them.

Then he handed over the matter to Yan Da, recruited all local soldiers, and then took these local soldiers back for training. Wang Ju left first and took Eunuch Huang to see the Great Wall.

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

Eunuch Huang was very disappointed when he saw it.

Wang Juyou touched the wall with his hand and said, "Huang Zhongzeng, don't underestimate it. In the future, it is very likely that it will be infamous."

“Huh?”

"Please give me a few more words to the official family. I said that I will kill people and save people. But if I don't need to kill so many people just for the sake of glory and wealth in this life, then my reputation will be better and the controversy will be less. With the trust of the official family in me, it will at least ensure that I enter the two palaces in the future."

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

Not to mention anything else, with political achievements like Quanzhou, there are several state magistrates who have survived. Once they get older and have qualifications, they can enter the two prefectures.

It's really not difficult for Wang Ju.

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

Wang Ju changed his voice and said, "I disdain this kind of official who is familiar with qualifications, but it is very difficult to do practical things. Just like Jiaozhi, if it is not destroyed, there will be many troubles. Moreover, not only Jiaozhi, but also Dali in the southwest, but also some powerful barbarian tribes, such as the Luo family and the Tian family. Now that the two families have split and their power is not strong, they will not cause harm. But what if there are heroes like Li Jiqian?"

"These barbarians..."

"Don't look up to them or underestimate them. This time it looks easy, but I had expected that General Hu Guanglin lure them to that open meadow, and the season is right. Otherwise, it will be difficult to wipe out the mountains and forests."

When Eunuch Huang thought of the vast mountains, he couldn't help but nod.

"What I mean is that my talent is limited and I am sure to truly defeat Jiaozhi, but I am not sure that the court will manage Jiaozhi smoothly. I will take you to see..." Wang Judao.

As he said that, he took Eunuch Huang to a real tropical rainforest. The Great Wall they looked at was Su Maozhou and left the Great Wall. It was a dense river network area. As long as it was not developed, there would be a large area of ​​tropical rainforest.

Standing in the dense tropical rainforest, Wang Ju said: "Eunuch Huang, this is most of the terrain on Shenglong Mansion. It is more complex than the terrain on Ziqi Dao. If the enemy learns Li Jiqian's approach, how can they really defeat them?"

"Our family understands."

"So for the sake of the Song Dynasty and to eliminate the disaster of Jiaozhi, I could only kill people. Although it was not my own killing, or even my orders to let the officers and soldiers kill, these people did die because of me. There were night and day every day. When His Majesty ascended the throne, the country suffered many disasters, the army was weak and overwhelmed, and the national treasury was incredible. The country had many ills of ills, and it was impossible to manage it gently... The same is true for military affairs. It was like twelve hours a day. Since the old age of Renzong, the country had fallen into the night. If the Song Dynasty saw the sun of day and revitalized again, there must be some people who could push the night away. These people wandered between day and night, and they must carry a butcher knife in one hand and a Buddha's heart in the other."

That's all Wang Ju wants to say, let Zhao Xu think about it.

We do this not for ourselves, but for the Song Dynasty. For the Song Dynasty, it is equivalent to the royal property of your Zhao family.

In short, whether Zhao Xu was suspicious or whether some systems of the Song Dynasty tied up his hands and feet, Wang Ju had become more and more irritable.

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

When Zhao Xu listened to Eunuch Huang's report, he also heard that Wang Ju was a little resentful, and Wang Ju promised that he would be allowed to act cheaply.

This is a bit stupid.

Asking is about to be made public.

But it really cannot be exposed. The best way is to pretend to be stupid and crazy, even if you are the emperor. Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Don't disclose this matter."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will keep this mouth firmly."

"Well, will he give me a bigger surprise if he said it?"

"Sayed."

"What surprise?"

"Wang Shaobao said he was not sure yet, so I can't say it for the time being. I am not very interested in asking, but I guess that Wang Shaobao might use troops to occupy the city."

"Chancheng?" Zhao Xu also knew after Wang Ju reminded him that the Song Dynasty was used by Chameng this time. Moreover, Wang Ju also responded to one thing. After Guo Kui withdrew his troops without his full contribution, Chameng was finally scared and did not pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, nor even let the maritime merchants exchange food. However, he solemnly sent envoys to pay tribute to Jiaozhi last year, and did not mention the occupied three states.

However, Chameng is different from Jiaozhi. Since ancient times, Jiaozhi has been a territory under China's rule, but Chameng is not, and it is so far away from the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xu thought about it and asked: "Is Jiaozhi severely damaged this time?"

"I came back from Ziqi Dao, and went to Taiping Village, and then from Taiping Village to Luzhou, and from Luzhou to Sumaozhou, and then watched the Great Wall. Shaobao took me out of the Great Wall and saw the real tropical rainforest. The two refugees did not cross the north of Qiujiang River, and the southern stocks were also annihilated by Jiaozhi, and the northern stocks were also compressed to the border between Jiaozhi and Dali, and were almost annihilated. I heard that the people of Jiaozhi were cruel and chopped many Kunlun slaves into meat sauce."

"Don't worry about whether they are cruel or not, keep talking." Zhao Xu said.

Whether this group of Jiaozhi people is cruel, the Yongzhou tragedy has been proven. Moreover, the disaster this time is so great that with Jiaozhi's personality, there is nothing that cannot be done.

"It probably didn't harm anything. Although I saw some people, I lived and worked in peace. But when I saw Shaobao coming with a team of cavalry, they all looked so scared that they looked like earth. I didn't know whether Jiaozhi was severely damaged. But I thought, the damage must be serious."

“Is the local population dense?”

"It's okay... Your Majesty is talking about the migrating people of Shaobao?"

"That's right, Wang Ju, do you want to empty the fifth-class and below households in the southeast?" Zhao Xu also laughed silently. Zhao Xu, the migrant citizen, would not object, because it was Jiaozhi, not overseas. But the question is how to migrate so many people?

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

And how to place it.

If there are people in the local area, conflict will occur.

Eunuch Huang suddenly scratched his ear and said, "Your Majesty, will there be a group of people?"

"I'm thinking too." Zhao Xu said. If there are another batch, Jiaozhi will be finished. In fact, this is not difficult to guess. Although Wang Ju said it vaguely, he actually said it, but it was just a vague statement. Besides, it can be calculated in terms of time. If there is no next batch, Wang Ju will take action this year and will take action now. The season is just right, and it is the time when the miasma is the lightest. Jiaozhi has passed the rainy season, the weather is not so hot, Jiaozhi is in a state of misery and the national strength is weak.

Wouldn't you be stupid if you don't use troops at this time and you will delay using troops until after next autumn?

But Zhao Xu took a few steps and asked again: "He is continuing to recruit local soldiers in Qi Dao?"

"Yes, it can recruit about 5,000 local soldiers. Recruiting this local soldiers will play a lot of role." Eunuch Huang said again about Wang Ju's defeat of the local tyrant.

If the powerful are gone, and no one leads the leader to fight against the government, it will be easier to govern.

Zhao Xu thought about it and felt something was still wrong, and said, "Does he need so many soldiers?"

"Yes, if there are still a group of Kunlun slaves coming to urge the destruction next year, I believe that Jiaozhi will never destroy the country, and it will soon be destroyed. With the power of Wang Ju, the troops in his hands will be enough." Eunuch Huang also felt that something was wrong. This is recruiting soldiers, not serving soldiers. Besides, Wang Ju was so anxious that he asked the court for support. And if it was like this, why did the country pay 10 million?

Then he said: "Wang Shaobao does want to deal with Chameng?"

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

This is true for Jiaozhi, and it will be more difficult to Chameng. How effective can cavalry be in this terrain?

Equipping a cavalry requires a lot of money. It is not only the money to buy horses, but also the astronomical number of raising horses.

Eunuch Huang suddenly remembered the avenue and screamed: "Your Majesty, big, big, Dali?"

Zhao Xu was also thinking that it was Dali, with a larger area, more soldiers, and a complex terrain. Is it possible?

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

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Chapter completed!