Liu Yu said seriously: "So, the three Hus in the north cannot be our main help in attacking the Northern Wei. Relatively speaking, Hu Xia is the most likely to attack the Northern Wei?"
He Lanmin said calmly: "Yes, in essence, Hu Xia was a Xiongnu regime based on the grassland. They were brutal and violent, made a living by attacking and looting, this is the result of He Rouran and Bei Yan.
It’s different because Rouran is too far away from the Northern Wei Dynasty and can’t grab anything.
But to the south of Hu Xia are the prosperous Guanzhong and Ganliang. These Han farming areas in the Later Qin are more suitable for their attack targets. This is why Hu Xia has never dared to conflict with the Northern Wei Dynasty, but he kept
The reason why they attacked the Later Qin Dynasty and even wanted to destroy them."
Liu Yu frowned: "But even if Hu Xia can obtain the land of Guanzhong and destroy Hou Qin, there will not be more large-scale cavalry legions."
He Lanmin smiled and said: "With Guanzhong and a lot of money and food, we can recruit a lot of Qiang and Di people's cavalry from places like Longyou and Ganliang in the Hexi grasslands. There is no shortage of war horses in these places, but the tribal Qiang people are relatively inferior to them."
The tribes on the northern grasslands are not that powerful. However, with Helianbo's ferocity and the Huns' military training methods, as long as they take
With these places, there is a chance to unite Rouran and Northern Yan to pose a substantial threat to the Northern Wei. Especially if the main force of the Northern Wei is trapped elsewhere and Monan is empty, then Hu Xia will definitely send troops to loot it without hesitation.
Monan grassland and plundering the cattle, sheep and horses of various tribes in the Yinshan area actually destroyed the war potential of the Northern Wei Dynasty."
Liu Yu nodded: "I understand. You have already mastered the intelligence of the north very well. It seems that I should not just authorize you to contact Beiyan and Goguryeo. How about this? The Hu Xia and Ganliang countries
, if you can start collecting intelligence now and establish contact with them, I can also let you start."
He Lanmin said calmly: "But the connections and transactions with these places, including the collection of intelligence, have always been in charge of Lu Zongzhi from Yongzhou. If you ask me to intervene directly, how should I explain to him? If I are asked to do this secretly
Sooner or later, we will encounter Lu Zongzhi's men during the mission, and even have conflicts. How will we deal with them then?"
Liu Yu frowned: "Lu Zongzhi has been operating in these places for many years. I remember the situation in Guanzhong. He is very familiar with it. His spies are also all over Longyou Ganliang. This is what Liu Muzhi and I reported
, Therefore, Lu Zongzhi can always quickly grasp the information of when Hou Qin can attack him, and can even make peace with Hou Qin through some secret agreements. However, since the last time Huan Qian
Judging from the fact that He Gou Lin's tens of thousands of troops could pass through his defense area and directly invade Jingzhou, and almost captured Jiangling, I can no longer trust Lu Zongzhi, and I no longer regard Yongzhou as something that Jin can directly govern.
In this case, I need to rely more on you to establish an intelligence system for Longyou in Guanzhong. It is best to have someone who can directly talk to the rulers of these Hu countries."
He Lanmin frowned: "These Huru countries, in your Jin Dynasty's court meeting, were designated as traitors who usurped power and established themselves. Why, you, the most powerful official in the Jin Dynasty, now want to establish direct contact with them?
Does that mean we need to give them various titles?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "You can't give any status now, otherwise it will be equivalent to admitting that they can rule these places. What I mean is to establish underground connections first. You can try to do business with the locals through the caravan model first.
When you get bigger, you can secretly trade some of the ordnance and armor they need in exchange for their war horses and other materials we urgently need. When you get to this point, you should be able to make friends with some local dignitaries and even monarchs.
Alright."
He Lanmin smiled slightly: "Of course I am familiar with these. It is an old routine for establishing liaison stations when we engage in intelligence. However, these underground transactions require your authorization, and these trades, according to your statement,
If it's to make friends with the local chiefs, rather than make money, I'm afraid it will cost Jin Dynasty a lot of money, and it may not be rewarded immediately, because in a transaction involving war horses, the war horses will most likely not be able to get through in the end.
The forces may intercept and kill them in the middle. The reason why Xiang Rouran fell out with the Northern Wei Dynasty was because he stole the war horses from other tribes as tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty. Even if these war horses arrive in Yongzhou, I'm afraid Lu Zongzhi will not sit idly by."
Liu Yu curled his lips and said: "If the trade route is blocked, then you don't have to use the war horses for the time being. You just need to establish contact first. As for the lost money, it will be used as the funds of the Fengming Society and I will provide it to you directly.
Yes, you can just proceed with this matter secretly, because many of your subordinates are barbarians, and it is not easy to arouse suspicion by taking the caravan route."
He Lanmin shook his head: "You Han people are so self-righteous, thinking that as long as they are not Han people, they are all Hu people, and there is no difference. Many of my subordinates are Hu people from the grasslands in the east or due north, but over there in Longyou are the Qiang people.
There are mostly Di people, so how can they be the same kind of people? The difference between them is no less than the difference between Han people and these Qiang people. If I want to establish a local intelligence organization, I have to select my subordinates from among the local people. This may require
I will go there in person and it will be effective after two or three years."
Liu Yu frowned: "Does it take so long? It will take two or three years to establish contact with Hu Xia and Zhuliang countries?"
He Lanmin nodded: "It's good to be able to establish contacts in three years. Moreover, in these places, I have to start from scratch and build a complete intelligence organization without any foundation. This is not easy.
, it requires a lot of money, cloth, and whatever they want. These countries are also at war with each other, and I have to carefully handle the relationship with them. Another point is that the random killing of innocent people you prohibited me from doing before will not work in the world.
In the territory of Shanxi, I can reluctantly agree to you, because the requirement of the mission is to only monitor intelligence and not to take action. But in these places, I must take action, and the means of doing things cannot be in compliance with national laws. If you don't agree with me, I will use
If I have my own way of doing things, then I will not accept this task from you."
Liu Yu gritted his teeth and said: "I can give you authorization, but can you promise me that when you act, try to avoid hurting innocent people? If you really have to, please try to control the scale and scope as much as possible. I will be in these places in the future.
If we want to take over the Jin Dynasty to rule, the people in these places, whether Han or Hu, will become our people sooner or later. Please understand this." (End of Chapter)