"Wuchuge, your name was given to you by your parents who begged me. You are willing to be thieves and running dogs, so let my blood be stained on your hands; Wuchihai, who gave you the knife on your waist?
If you have the guts, take this knife and give me a good pleasure..."
As the wooden stick was struck hard, Wu Chihu's back was already bloody and bloody, but he still couldn't hold on for a breath and cursed hoarsely and hoarsely.
However, Wu Chihu soon fell to the ground and could no longer scream. He was panting violently, and blood and foam continued to spurt out from the corners of his mouth; Wu Chi Chi Ji and Wu Chi Zhen Chuan had already breathed their last.
"Look at the people of the Wuchi clan who are watching, there are many people with twinkling eyes, and there are also many who are resentful. They must think that Wuchihai, Wuchige and others are bewitched by us..." Xu Wuqi
His eyes were sharp, and when he was executing the cane punishment on Wuchi Hu, Wuchi Chiji, Wuchi Zhenchuan and other leaders of the Wuchi clan, he kept staring at the Wuchi clan members outside the execution ground to observe.
Although Wuchi Hu, his father and son Wuchi Zhenchuan and his younger brother Wuchi Chiji have been domineering and causing trouble in the clan over the years and have done a lot of evil, but not all the Wuchi clan members hate their evil deeds with righteous indignation.
At that time, there were even many people who were dissatisfied with Wu Chihai, and Wu Chige and these people were "acting as the accomplices of the tiger".
Xu Huai was not much surprised by this.
The Han-Tibetan conflict between Yan and Yue border states has not been particularly acute for a long time, but since it was deliberately intensified by Ge Boyi and others before the northern expedition against Yan, it will not be easy to ease it in a short period of time.
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That requires a stronger, more widely recognized authority.
Wu Chihu did many evil things within the Wuchi clan, but after all, not all members of the Wuchi clan suffered from it, and there were even many people who followed Wuchi Hu and gained some benefits.
How could Xu Huai expect that all the Wuchi clan members would change their minds and join them sincerely in just three or four days?
Three days ago, he moved most of the Wuchi clan members to the bottom of the plain, leaving only Wu Tiehai and other first batch of more than a hundred Wuchi clan members and their children who stood up to express their willingness to atone for their sins on the plain, so he considered
Here's the difference.
The first batch of more than a hundred Wuchi clan members to stand up and express their willingness to atone for the sins of the former, no matter how many of them are greedy for life and fear of death, how many are opportunistic, or how many are filled with resentment towards the upper class of the tribe deep in their hearts,
But for now, these people can at least be used by them.
And these more than a hundred members of the Wuchi clan will jointly determine the guilt and punishment of Wuchi Hu, Wuchi Chiji and others, and a common will will be formed among them, prompting them to follow the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain.
As for the other members of the Wuchi clan, Xu Huai had no extravagant thoughts at all.
"There are so many people who are uncertain, and our foundation in Shuozhou is not deep. It is really a problem to control them!" Xu Wukun said with some worry.
"We will try to absorb some more Tibetan people on the basis of people like Wuchige and Wuchihai, but the vast majority of the Tibetan people within the Xishan area, including most of the Wuchi clan members, will be expelled.
——I didn’t even think about conquering or controlling them. Why should we carry this big burden when we have nothing to do?” Xu Huai said.
"Where to expel them?" Guo Junpan asked, "It is okay to expel other people, but basically all the people and livestock of the Wuchi clan have been slaughtered. If they are driven out, there will be no way to survive; but if we really want to drive them all out by force, those who remain will be killed."
People’s minds will also be unstable.”
"Master Ya used to be a bandit, so he wouldn't think about such trivial issues!" Xu Huai said with a smile.
"Aren't we all now the generals of the imperial army of the Dai Viet Dynasty?" Guo Junpan said with a smile.
In the early years of Tongbai Mountain, those who fell into the trap of being bandits were either criminals who were wanted by the state or county, or they were desperate. Most of them had no way to protect themselves, and it was difficult to care about their families and clans. But at this time, they wanted to truly absorb a group of people in Xishan.
It is not enough to criticize and use the talented people of the Tibetans for one's own purposes, just to take them into their families.
Xu Huaizhi, the soldier of Tongbai Mountain, seemed to have strict enforcement of military law, but he fundamentally abandoned the cruel way of running the army.
Although Pan Chenghu and Guo Junpen have spent half their lives as bandits, their way of thinking has quietly changed without even realizing it.
"To drive them out, first of all, they cannot be driven towards the Yinshan Mountains, where they will be used by the Red Husbands in the future; nor can they be driven in a chaotic manner to the territory of the Dangxiang people in the west - the Dangxiang people may not accept them and suppress them on the border and let them fend for themselves.
"Destroyed, this will cause them to unite again and counterattack Xishan," Xu Huai said, "However, I think Xiao Linshi's side should be capable and willing to digest these Tibetan people..."
"Going towards Yingzhou?" Guo Junpan asked uncertainly.
"Well," Xu Huai said, "the traces of the Chihu people's intervention are already quite clear. Regardless of whether Dai Viet will send troops to Yun Shuo again, the main force of the Chihu people's cavalry will probably be unable to restrain themselves and move south this autumn. Shuo
I will also arrange for the Hu women and children in the city to be evacuated south in batches or on the spot as soon as possible. We must try our best to ensure the mobility of the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain and should not be dragged down by the large subordinate population——"
"That's right, when we first marched into Xishan, our purpose was to open up the Xishan Passage. However, the battle at Houerwu went too smoothly, so our thoughts couldn't help but become a little hazy," Guo Junpan said with emotion, "Maybe this is the way to go.
This is a big taboo for military strategists! We have been fooling around for most of our lives, and we can’t even think through these simple principles!"
"Throughout the ages, how many people have been able to think things through, while the vast majority of people have lived in a hazy state?" Xu Wuqi said with a smile.
The roots of Tongbai Mountain Soldiers are in Tongbai Mountain. When the Red Guards Cavalry swept over unstoppably, Xu Huaineng led the vast majority of Tongbai Mountain Soldiers to successfully jump out, which was a victory.
Xiao Linshi is different from them.
The Khitan has actually been destroyed, and the Xijing and Nanjing roads seem to be still alive. They even want to establish a new emperor in Xijin Prefecture, but Han people in Yanyun states, Bohai people and various Tibetan tribes already account for the vast majority.
There may only be tens of thousands of remnants left who truly belong to the eight tribes of Khitan.
Xiao Linshi wanted to preserve the bloodline of the Khitan clan, so he only led three to four thousand Khitan soldiers and more than 10,000 Tibetan soldiers to escape. What was the point?
What Xiao Linshi and the others are secretly preparing at this time is to lead more tribesmen who are accustomed to living by the water to move westward; and since they digest and absorb the Xishan Fanhu, they naturally have a much stronger advantage than the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain.
At this moment, Xishan Fanhu still claimed that he was harassing Shuozhou on the orders of Xijing. Xu Huai did not kill innocent people indiscriminately and drove Xishan Fanhu to Yingzhou, which was still nominally one with Xijing. No one could blame him.
Although the people of the Wuchi clan have lost their livelihood livestock, they will receive relief after arriving in Yingzhou, and the Wuchi clan members such as Wuchige and Wuchihai who stay will not feel that they are cruel or guilty.
As a result, my mind is shaken.
"If it is possible to absorb more Tibetan soldiers, it will be very beneficial to us to enhance our strength, so I do not plan to rush to break up Wu Tsing Ge and Wu Tsing Hai and split them into each battalion. I want to add a new one independently.
"The Tibetan barracks," Xu Huai told Xu Wuqi, Xu Wukun, Guo Junpan, and Pan Chenghu about his thoughts, "If Lord Crow doesn't find it hard, will you come to command this Tibetan barracks?"
"..." Guo Junpan knew that commanding a Tibetan military camp of more than a hundred people was actually much more difficult than commanding the other three to five hundred Tongbai Mountain soldiers, but he scratched his head and agreed.
Xu Huai saw that Wu Chi Hu and others had died after being tortured with the cane. He beckoned Wu Chi Ge, Wu Chi Hai and others to come to him, and said: "We will definitely help those members of the Wu Chi clan who are willing to follow us.
Proper arrangements have been made, but we have also seen the trial of Wu Chi Hu and others, and many members of the Wu Chi clan are dissatisfied. I am not talking about this to liquidate or purge these people. Although I am not afraid of killing.
, but I will never kill innocent people indiscriminately. I just think that forceful melons are not sweet. Some members of the Wuchi clan are unwilling to join us. If we force them to stay, everyone will not be happy. I plan to open the monkey now.
Take the exit in the direction of Wu and let them go to Yingzhou—what do you think?"
"The military lord is merciful!"
Wu Chige, Wu Chihai and others also knew that most of the livestock that they relied on for a living had been slaughtered. Even if Xu Huai did not carry out a large-scale purge, even if he just left the Wuchi clan members alone in the Western Mountains, most of them would be destroyed.
Most people will die of hunger and starvation.
Letting them go to Yingzhou can be said to be the greatest kindness.
Wu Chige and Wu Chihai had no intention of asking Xu Huaihui to take in the resentful tribesmen, but they could not bear to see these tribesmen starve to death in the wild.
Xu Huai said: "Since you all have no objections, I will arrange for those Wuchi clan members who want to leave to leave with some transportation and dry food in the next two days. In addition, I will ask the peak for orders to recruit new soldiers in the tenth compartment of the Tianxiong Army.
Increase the Tibetan barracks, with Guo Junfan as the commander, and you two as the generals, leading the Wuchi Tibetan soldiers to be under control - I will also arrange two military Yuhou to assist you in rectifying military discipline. You must understand that in Shuozhou,
Even if I violate military discipline, I still have to accept punishment. The Tibetan barracks don't have much time to reorganize, and you may be dispatched in the next two days and directly enter the lower reaches of the Pianguan River."
Since he wanted to drive the remnants of the Xishan Fanhu tribe eastward to Yingzhou, Xu Huai of course wanted to block their escape routes from the west and the north...
