Chapter 3 Fuyao (No. 4 Middle School) Although Cui Qian knew that the topic he was talking about would not make anyone happy, Cui Qian still continued it. He deliberately ignored Li Xu's face and deliberately did not look at the expressions of everyone. For the current six counties
Generally speaking, Li Xu is the supreme master here, and he is Li Xu's minister. As a minister, his responsibility is to make suggestions for his lord and keep him awake at all times, rather than to use clever words and tricks to please the other party.
"According to the merchants, the grasslands turned green very late this spring, and there was a heavy snowstorm in April, which froze many livestock to death. If they find out that the Tigers and Horses have cleared the passage south, they will definitely not be polite to us!"
"Come on, come on, who is afraid of whom?!" As soon as Cui Qian finished his words, Wang Xuba immediately stood up and expressed his opinion. The "distinguished guests" invited by Yang Guang a few years ago did not leave a good impression on the people of the border county.
The opportunity to fight with them was what he was looking for.
"It's best to come with cavalry. We are short of war horses!" Guo Fang's words caused a burst of knowing laughter. As the princes from various places continued to expand their armies, the price of private horses had been raised to an unacceptable level. The Boling Army was not well-off.
, if thousands of good horses are delivered to your doorstep, everyone will not welcome them.
But the two of them obviously don't know how strong the Turks are. They don't even know how the Turks surrounded Yanmen and then retreated far away the year before. Lü Qin, Zhang Jiang and others had experience fighting against the Turks' wolf cavalry.
From the perspective of the generals, the situation was not as optimistic as Wang Xuba thought. The last time the Turks invaded, the Sui Dynasty concentrated nearly half of the Central Plains to expel them. Now, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu and others have become
The Boling Army became a vassal of the Turks, and Li Yuan also surrendered to the Turks. When the Wolf Cavalry went south again, the most likely situation the Boling Army would face was to use the power of six counties to resist the opponent's overwhelming army alone.
"Brothers are fighting one after another, and the losses are huge!" Looking at Li Xu's face, Zhao Ziming reminded in a low voice, "Our Boling Army is mainly infantry now, and it is indeed difficult to deal with the tactics of Turkic wolf cavalry!"
"Then we're not afraid of them. Isn't there the Great Wall to rely on?" After hearing Zhao Ziming's solemn words, Wang Xuba put away his proud expression and discussed with the other party with a smile.
"This is not a question of whether we are afraid or not, but whether it is necessary to trigger a war." Cui Qian quickly interjected, "The Great Wall has long been dilapidated, with holes everywhere, and it is impossible to serve as a barrier. But if we don't attack the Sanggan River in a big way,
After resettling the refugees, the Turks invaded and killed them as far as the Inner Great Wall and Baihua Mountain. Luo Yi immediately became unable to sit still!"
"What do you mean by that?" Wang Xuba was a little dizzy when Cui Qian said it, and he frowned and asked.
Cui Qian smiled slightly and spread out the official documents in his hands on the table. One part represented Youzhou and the other represented Boling. They were piled up into a pair of horns between the two forces. He left a large gap so that everyone did not need to compare the map.
, and also know that it represents a small half of Zhuojun. "He withdrew the Tiger and Ben Iron Cavalry in order to lure the Turks southward so that they could weaken us with the help of the Wolf Cavalry. But after the Turks killed the Sanggan River, they continued to go south.
Xiangdong cannot be controlled by Luo Yi!"
During the heyday of the Sui Dynasty, the power of the Sui Dynasty penetrated deep into the grassland, so Zhuojun, which is close to the border, occupies a very large area. On the map drawn with the same proportion, the area of Zhuojun alone is larger than the other five counties under Li Xu's rule combined.
In this vast land, there are deserts, grasslands, the Great Wall that has been standing from the Han Dynasty to the present, and the second Great Wall defense line built next to Laishui, Baihua Mountain and Xishan when the Central Plains Dynasty was weak.
Cui Qian's meaning was made very clear. He did not agree with Li Xu, who invested too much manpower and material resources in the land between the two Great Walls, as he had done in the construction of other counties. In fact, from the decline of the Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the long period
In the years of 1941, all the local princes who ruled the Hebei area, including some dynasties established by the Hu people, pursued such a strategy. Officials called it real inside and weak outside. Once the bandits on the grassland invaded, they were allowed to fight both internally and externally.
When the bandits have looted enough and are tired of looting, they will naturally retreat to their hometowns in Hebei. The princes and even the lords do not need to fight with ignorant barbarians, nor do they need to lose their strength for a few border residents.
They want to save their strength to compete for deer. A few deer on the frontier fortress of the Central Plains were skinned, which is really insignificant!
"You mean to let the Turks rob you at will?" After understanding Cui Qian's intention, Guo Fang, who was originally from Zhuojun, was very angry and asked with his eyes wide open.
"What I mean is that we can no longer waste too much strength!" Cui Qian looked at Li Xu, then at the other colleagues, and explained calmly, "If we have another battle with the Turkic Wolf Cavalry this fall, even if we win,
If Luo Yi goes south again next spring, it will be difficult for us to support him in terms of military strength and the material resources of the six counties!"
Between temporarily showing weakness to the Turks or being wiped out by Luo Yi in one fell swoop, everyone could only choose the latter. The previous battle with Youzhou had taught the Boling generals a vivid lesson. Their strength was not the strongest in the world.
, may not always be invincible. With the current situation of the Boling Army, everyone is not qualified to compete in the Central Plains. They need to hide their capabilities and bide their time. They need to gather stronger strength before the arrival of greater challenges. Survival is the first priority. Only by ensuring that they are not short-term.
Only by being eliminated within time can we make longer-term plans
The atmosphere in the meeting hall slowly became depressing. Thinking of the possibility of the Tiger and Knight cavalry charging at any time, even the most fiery Wang Xuba, Lu Qin and others did not dare to jump up and say that they would give it a go with the Turks.
Cruel words, but if Boling really follows Cui Qian's suggestion of "reinforcement inside and empty outside", he will face the problem of a large number of refugees with nowhere to resettle.
After two years of reclamation, the ownerless wasteland in Shanggu, Hengshan, Boling and other places has been allocated in various ways. Even if there are still wastelands in each county, officials and people are not willing to give them to the newcomers for free. They can sympathize with the outsiders.
The experiences of refugees, but they cannot tolerate a little damage to their own interests
Moreover, the swarms of refugees have indeed brought too much trouble to the public security in various places. It is difficult for people to maintain etiquette and rationality when they are hungry, and the people of the six counties who have just come out of the nightmare of hunger are trying to protect their own
property, and will not show mercy to offenders. In the past half month, small-scale armed fights have occurred from time to time near villages near Hedong. If the government does not take measures, larger-scale riots will inevitably form.
"If we close the passes leading to Hedong from Jingxing and Zanhuangling, we can force the refugees to move to other places!" After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ziming suggested in a low voice.
Recently, most of the refugees fleeing to the six counties are from Hedong. Of course, a small number of people from southern Hebei have also entered Zhaojun and Xindu. However, because the latter belong to the same Hebei hometown, the local government does not treat them as well as Hedong.
People are so repulsive, and Hebei and Hedong are separated by the natural barrier of Taihang, which is 900 miles away. There are only a few checkpoints that can accommodate large-scale movement of people. As long as Li Xu can make up his mind and order the soldiers to close these checkpoints, the refugees in Hedong can easily
We can only turn around and transfer to other counties.
As for whether they will become starving people on the roadside after the U-turn, that is no longer what the officials of the six counties can care about. Their first priority now is self-preservation, followed by morality and conscience.
"My subordinates agree with Zhao Sima's suggestion." As if he was afraid that Li Xu wouldn't understand, Cui Qian quickly took up Zhao Ziming's topic, "Closing the passage between the six counties and Hedong. Since Tang Gong is going to fight for the world, he must take care of his own business."
If he can't even manage Hedong well, why should he fight for thousands of miles of land?"
"We can disperse the refugees who have escaped to various counties as soon as possible to avoid delaying it too long. The number of people will gather more and more!" Zhang Jiang thought for a while and added
"In emergencies, extraordinary measures must be taken!" Zhang Jiuyi, the governor of Boling County who is the heirloom of Bai Ren, also got angry sometimes. He slapped the short table in front of him and suggested loudly.
"We cultivate ourselves for the sake of the future, not to marry others!" Fang Yannian pretended not to see the disappointment in Li Xu's eyes, expressing his position on behalf of the staff who came from the imperial examination.
The civil and military officials spoke one after another. Most of them thought that the plan proposed by Zhao Ziming was feasible and only a few of them thought it was too cruel. However, their words were quickly drowned out by the sound of questioning. When they had no time to think about it, they only had to talk.
Only saints and fools will put others first
No one is qualified to be a saint, including Li Xu. Although he has always expected his generals to have more compassion, through the entire dispute process, he found that it was an extravagant hope that could not be accepted at all.
This is the price of building a paradise. Everyone can accept Li Xu's idea of temporarily not sending troops to compete with the heroes until he is not sure, but they cannot let him continue to be a good person. The six counties of Boling have no obligation to feed the people who lack clothing and clothing in Hedong.
Li Yuan, who only has eyes for the world, will not be grateful to the six counties for this.
Xuzi listened quietly, and the smile he put on his face became a little stiffer. This was not the first time that he found that he was more suitable to be a general than a prince. What everyone said made sense and was all for the sake of the overall situation, but he
But I couldn't bring myself to sign such an order.
He couldn't close his eyes and pretend that he couldn't see those ragged refugees who were as honest and cowardly as his father and uncle. He couldn't plug his ears and pretend that he couldn't hear the cries carried by the wind, although the cries carried the same sound as his hometown.
completely different accent
But if he forces himself to do something beyond the capabilities of Six Counties, he may not be able to protect anything in the end.
"The duty of a general is to protect!" He clearly remembered Zhang Xutuo's teachings. The old man's smile was like a mountain pressing on his shoulders, but his body had no stronger strength.
At this moment, he finally realized that he was actually weak
