"Your Majesty, I think that since Changwuhou is on the front line, he must know and master much clearer information than I and other ministers who are far away from the frontline. Changwuhou can make these three plans because he and the generals must have
Zuo's analysis is included..." After the three staff ministers discussed it, they said to Liu Che: "Based on the few words given by Marquis Changwu, I can't judge..."
Liu Che nodded as he listened. What Zhidu sent back this time was a memorial delivered by carrier pigeon. Since carrier pigeons conveyed information, the content of the memorial was naturally limited and could only be as brief as possible.
The real detailed combat plan should be on the way now. I am afraid that when Zhidu sends troops, they may not be able to reach Chang'an.
However, now Liu Che must make a judgment with only this information and intelligence.
Which plan should be approved? Or should it be left to Zhidu's own on-the-spot judgment?
Liu Che thought for a while and said to the three people: "Based on the intelligence and information currently available to you, please analyze for me which of Zhidu's three plans is better? In other words, do you have your own opinions?
You might as well say it all! I have always advocated that staff officers should talk more, make bold predictions, be careful in assumptions, and deduce seriously. Don't be afraid of taking responsibility. The mission of the staff officer is to put forward your own opinions! "
Since the Battle of Mayi, Liu Che and the Han Dynasty have tasted the benefits of staff officers and have continuously strengthened the construction of staff officers.
All major field armies have established staff officers at the level of captain.
In Liu Che's view, the construction of the Han family's staff corps at this time was at least as high as that of Prussia during the Napoleonic period.
The structure of the General Staff Headquarters is already in its infancy.
In the future, it is not impossible for the Han family to have a general staff officer parallel to the Taiwei.
The three staff ministers looked at each other, and then one of them bowed: "Your Majesty, I feel that Marquis Changwu may have forgotten or missed an issue..."
"Huh?" Liu Che looked at this person. He recognized that this was Yin Buhai, the Minister of War History who he had just appointed three months ago. This person's ancestor was City Father Yan Hou Yin Hui. However, the current City Father Hou Guo had already
In the third year of Yuande, he was accidentally affected by Liu Che's AOE and was deposed. The contemporary city father was directly taken away by Tingwei and sent to build the Great Wall, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.
But Yin Buhao's relationship with the Yin family has long been estranged.
Starting from his grandfather, the family has been separated from the Yin family of the city father.
Of course, for any Chinese, shining a bright light on their family background, or reviving their family reputation, is their goal and direction in life.
Yin Buhai is no exception. His biggest goal in life now is to return home.
Restore the glory of our ancestors, continue the broken incense, and re-establish a Yin clan kingdom.
Therefore, he is very expressive.
As early as when he was training in Wuyuan, he attracted the attention of many people and was eventually recommended to Liu Che.
After Liu Che read his resume, he gave him the official position of Minister of War History.
Let him be responsible for managing, sorting and editing all recorded military files and combat histories of the Han army.
You can think of this as a kind of tempering, but you can also think of it as a kind of suppression.
Because, Liu Che has seen too many people like Yin Bushi who are full of expression.
There was Zhao Kuo in ancient times, Ma Su in the future, and now there is a person in the palace... Yan Yi...
Young, proud people who have never encountered setbacks without going through hardships will eventually be smart but misled by their cleverness.
"Yin Shangshu, please give me a try..."
However, Yin Buhai raised his head carefully and chose his words carefully. His eyes were full of hot sparks. He knew that this was a rare moment for him to show himself in front of the emperor on military and national affairs. He must seize it.
!
"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to be the Minister of War History, to check the war history records of various ministries and the battlefield records of generals and generals above the Sima..." Yin Buhai kowtowed and said: "I discovered that all the Sima lieutenants, generals, and the captured Xiongnu nobles
, the generals all once mentioned together that the people who lead the bow live in pursuit of water and grass, and they make the town their home. When they unite, they gather like birds, and when they lose, they scatter like clouds..."
"Well...there is such a record..." Liu Che nodded and looked at Yin Buhai: "What does Aiqing want to say?"
"But... after thorough research, I found that the structure of the Xiongnu, or all the people who lead the bow, is not what our Han family imagined!" Yin Buhe bowed deeply: "I, the Chinese, have always thought that,
The so-called towns of the Xiongnu are our households in China, the so-called clans of the Xiongnu may be the clans of our country, and the so-called tribes of the Xiongnu may be the prefectures and counties of China..."
"But that's not the case..."
"The towns and villages of the Xiongnu are not our households in China, the clans of the Xiongnu are not our clans in China, and the tribes of the Xiongnu are not our counties in China!"
Liu Che seemed to understand something as he listened and nodded.
Chinese people do have a bad habit of thinking in other people's shoes.
I always feel that how we think, others should also think, how we live, others should also live like this, and what we pursue, other people’s pursuits should be the same.
And this is dead wrong.
Yin Buyu was overjoyed to see this situation, and became more confident. He continued: "After I checked countless files and records, and also specifically asked the princes of Guiyi, I believe that the settlement of the Xiongnu cities is not so much
A family is not like a family of beasts bound together. It is not based on virtue and filial piety, but on strength and weakness..."
There is no need to prove this.
The Huns, including all other nomadic peoples of this era, did not know how to provide for themselves in old age.
Not to mention respecting the elderly.
If a person is old and has no labor force, he can only fend for himself.
There will be no one to take care of and support him, because it is difficult for others to even support themselves!
The bizarre step-marriage system of the Ying Gong people and the popular clan system of the Huns gave the Chinese scholar-officials ten thousand reasons to criticize them as beasts.
"As for his clan, it has nothing to do with my Chinese clan. At least most of the same clan are descendants of other tribes or even enemy invaders who have no blood relationship at all!"
When Liu Che heard this, he finally felt a little interesting.
What Yin Buyu said is right, the nomadic tribe has never been a nation bound by blood.
Maybe their high-level nobles are like this, but the sources of the members below are diverse.
Maybe they were robbed, or maybe they came here on their own initiative.
This is all normal.
Historically, it only took the Huns more than ten years to grow into the overlords of the entire grassland. They punched the Han Dynasty, kicked the Yueshi, and crushed the Donghu.
Before the Huns became famous, their tribe might have only numbered in the tens of thousands.
In just a dozen years, it has expanded into a giant that controls 400,000 strings and suppresses the world.
During this process, the Huns absorbed Yuezhi, Donghu and even Han refugees, probably several times more than themselves.
Moreover, it is amazing that when a steppe empire dies, its defeated people usually join the victors without hesitation.
For example, according to records in the Han Dynasty, the rise of Wuheng and Xianbei in history was based on eating the Xiongnu.
Especially the Xianbei people were the most powerful. They once ate more than hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu tribesmen at one time.
What does this mean?
Liu Che stood up excitedly and said to Yin Buhao: "Qing is very good! Very good!"
He walked to the map, filled with infinite confidence. For the first time, he had full confidence in completely solving the Munan problem.
because……
The national characteristics of the nomads determine that they will not be a group of loyal and unyielding people who will follow their masters to the death.
On the contrary, nomads are masters of survival.
It can even be said that every living person is a winner in survival.
Since you are the winner of survival, you can throw away all your self-esteem, pride, pride, etc. (Of course, it is not ruled out that some people have this idea, but at least most people do)
What can a person do to survive?
Liu Che has seen in the news of later generations, examples of survivors of earthquakes/shipwrecks or hurricanes surviving by eating bugs, drinking urine, or even cannibalizing human flesh.
If this is still the case for later generations, then in this pre-Christian world, what choice will a group of survival masters make when faced with a life-and-death dilemma?
Does this still need to be considered?
Instead of emptying the pot of pulp to welcome the king's master, could he still shout that I am a bow-drawing people and refuse to be friends with you people with crowns and belts?
This is unrealistic!
After eliminating countless impossible hypotheses, the only remaining explanation is that the retreat of the troops in Munan to the east and north is not actually threatening the Han Dynasty at all, but that these scum have a guilty conscience and are afraid of the Han army's arrival.
, their tribesmen would scatter and flee. In order to protect themselves and maintain their status, they chose to flee.
This explains why all the ministries are evacuating, but in different directions!
This also explains why the various tribes in Makunan, which had always been in disarray and even fought fiercely, chose to run away at the same time.
Yin Buhuang was very happy to be praised, but he still said modestly: "This is my job. Your Majesty ordered me to sort out the war history, so I paid special attention to the composition and structure of the Xiongnu ministries.
Way……"
Liu Che patted the other party's shoulder and said: "I hope Aiqing will continue to work hard and strive to complete the editing work of the war history as soon as possible!"
War history is the history of the army and the soul that carries it.
Since the Battle of Mayi, the Yulin Guards and the Huben Guards took the lead in establishing their own war history recording system. Each captain's unit, each Sima unit, and even each team leader has its own unique number, logo and history.
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These histories and honors will inspire every newcomer and let them understand what kind of glorious army they are joining!
However, establishing the combat history of other units is relatively complicated. After all, many veteran units have even undergone reconstruction several times.
That's why Liu Che established this war history staff officer to assist each ministry in establishing its own war history.
On the other hand, if you are familiar with the history of war, you will also be familiar with the organization and basic structure of the army, and you will also have read through a famous book called "How to Fight".
Historically, Prussia's most outstanding general staff chief, Moltke, was a genius who came out of the War History Department.
After receiving the emperor's encouragement, Yin Buhai hurriedly bowed and said: "Since your majesty will not abandon you and I have been trusted by you, I will work hard and be your majesty's eagle and dog lackey..."
The establishment and compilation of war history is a great honor in itself.
When Yin Buhai first accepted this position, he almost couldn't sleep.
"Aiqing seems to have something to say?" Liu Che said with a smile, "Then tell me quickly..."
"Your Majesty Sheng Ming Wu Guo..." Yin Buhai bowed, "I haven't finished what I just said..."
"Well, let me continue..." Liu Che touched his head and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, I think that the tribes in the southern part of the country may not have formed any alliance or alliance at this moment..." Yin Buhao said: "I think that the tribes in the southern part of the country, maybe the big tribes, will think that we, China, are tigers and wolves, but among them
For small tribes, this may not be the case..."
"Your Majesty might as well order the Marquis of Changwu to lure them with benefits, show them favor, buy horse bones with a thousand gold coins, and make one or two loyal tribesmen their lords. In this way, the tribes in the south of the curtain will not attack but will be in chaos!"
After listening to Yin Buhai's words, Liu Che tapped his fingers on the back of his hand and felt that it made sense.
For China, the importance of the Munan region is beyond doubt.
But the problem is that even if the people were repatriated and the people were organized into households, the Han family did not have so many grassroots administrative officials, especially those who could establish themselves on the grasslands to establish counties and counties.
Strategically speaking, for the Han family, the current top priority is to achieve comprehensive and effective control and management of Munan.
As for the sinicization and assimilation, it will take time to gradually improve.
Originally, in fact, even if Zhidu suppressed all resistance and suppressed all dissatisfaction, in the end, Liu Che would still choose to use the plan of using the people who lead the bow to rule the people who lead the bow to make the transition.
The most they can do is to arrange for a large number of soldiers from the Loufan Army and the Zhongyong Army to disarm and return to herding and become local officials.
However, these people can only control the core and important areas at most.
There must be many dark corners under the sun in the corners and corners.
In the next few decades, these places may be in a state of bondage, but no one will be able to challenge the rule of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, what Yin Buhao said is indeed feasible.
Throw away a few so-called princely positions, and give a few princely states to a few loyal losers to serve as templates for others.
Distinguish those tribes that are not hostile to the Han Dynasty and can still be saved from those tribes that are hardcore anti-Han tribes.
"Who is my enemy? Who is my friend?" Liu Che thought in his heart, and suddenly felt relaxed. He called Yan Yi and ordered: "Shang Shucheng, make the edict according to Yin Shangshu's wishes.
The imperial edict was immediately sent to the capital of Zhi by flying pigeon, so that the capital of Zhi would act according to the plan. In addition, he also gave me a message: If you can find your way back after getting lost, surrender to the Han, and accept the arrangement of the general who protects the Huns, you will forget the past and be able to lead your people back.
If so, I should commend them even more. Based on the number of people they lead to surrender, if they are less than a hundred, they will be given land, houses, and money. If they are more than a hundred, they will be allowed to travel around. A thousand people can be county magistrates, and ten thousand people can be county guards, and they can be granted the title of marquis within the pass!"
Liu Che didn't believe it. How could the Kuhaha people on the grassland endure this temptation?
Especially those nobles from the middle and lower classes!
Their surname is not Twins, nor are they the master's heirs, so why don't they bring someone back?
Of course, this is just a political and psychological offensive, just a means of agitation. To really solve the problem, I am afraid that the military will still need to decide the outcome in a decisive battle!
