"Lord, we can send envoys with gold, silver and food to the Qiang and Di tribes to implement the strategy of connecting horizontally and vertically. I believe that many tribes will vote for us."
Han Sui thought for a moment and then expressed his thoughts.
The Qiang and Di tribes are not monolithic. They have never stopped fighting among themselves. Many more people died at the hands of their own people than at the hands of the Han people. As long as they can send envoys to attack, they will definitely be able to win over many tribes.
support.
"I don't have time to engage in any combination of vertical and horizontal alliances. What I want now is speed. I want to pacify Xiliang as quickly as possible.
I announce that from now on our goal has changed. Next, all ministries will aim to clean up the Qiang and Di tribes.
Those who follow can live, but they have to be like Bingzhou and migrate to Hebei, Qing, Xu, Yan and other places, and those who don't follow will be killed without mercy."
Han Sui's strategy was actually the method adopted by Han generals, including Dong Zhuo, the original overlord of Xiliang, to win over some, attack some, neutralize some, and divide the strength of the Qiang and Di tribes in order to completely control them.
But doing these things requires a lot of time and financial support. Otherwise, why would you ask the Qiang and Di tribe to help a Han?
Yuan Shu lacks nothing now, what he really lacks is time.
Yuzhou and Yangzhou may erupt at any time. He cannot waste time here. This will be a big test for the Jizhou Army.
After all, once a war breaks out there, your own side will definitely be involved. Fighting on two fronts is not a good thing for anyone.
Liangzhou is remote and cannot be compared with Yuzhou and Yangzhou in terms of relative importance. What's more, there is Cao Cao in Yangzhou. He absolutely does not want Cao Cao to stand up.
He rushed to Liangzhou non-stop in order to solve the problem here as quickly as possible.
At this stage, the cavalry in Liangzhou was basically all the cavalry under his command. Relying on such powerful troops and horses, he wanted to capture Liangzhou as quickly as possible so that he could concentrate on facing the southern princes.
"Zhao Yun obeys the order."
"Gao Lan obeys the order."
"Wen Chou obeys the order."
As soon as Yuan Shu finished speaking, the generals of the Jizhou Army's headquarters did not hesitate at all, and stood up directly to Yuan Shu to receive the order. On the other hand, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others were a little dumbfounded.
"What's wrong?
What do you think?"
Yuan Shu glanced at the Xiliang general, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.
Maybe they don't know the rules of the Jizhou Army. They can discuss, question, and even refute before there is any result. But once they give the order, no matter what the generals' opinions are, they must follow it unconditionally.
Your own orders are the most important thing in the Jizhou army. If anything is compared with your own orders, you have to give way.
"Lord, it's not that we have any objections, but if we do this, we may encounter strong resistance from the Qiang and Di tribe, which will cause our troops to suffer huge losses."
To be honest, Han Sui is now the biggest talker in the Xiliang Army here. After all, he defected to Yuan Shu earlier than anyone else, and Yuan Shu was able to enter Liangzhou with Han Sui's strong support, so now he is the only one qualified to raise questions.
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"There is no way to fight without suffering losses. You are all so afraid of losses. The fear of losing the support of the Qiang and Di people has led to Xiliang's current corrupt state.
I, the Jizhou Army, have nothing else but that I am not afraid of war or losses. If the Qiang and Di tribe really want to have a fight with me, then I will accompany you to the end.
Also, the rules of the Jizhou Army are that you can have objections before making a decision. Once I decide something, it must be implemented unconditionally no matter what. If someone still expresses doubts after I issue a military order next time, they will be treated as disobeying the military order. Do you understand?"
Yuan Shu glanced at Han Sui and the Xiliang generals around him, and the coldness in his eyes was like a knife blade, piercing into their hearts.
"Han Sui will obey the general's order."
Hearing Yuan Shu's words, Han Sui couldn't help but feel a chill in his body. This time Yuan Shu might even say that if he does this next time, he might really be dragged out and stabbed.
"Ma Teng obeys the order."
Compared to Han Sui, Ma Teng somewhat admired Yuan Shu's decision. After all, the Qiang and Di tribes were powerful, with a population of hundreds of thousands, and a single army of at least 200,000. If they really wanted to fight, it would be very likely.
The vitality of Yuan Shu's Jizhou army was severely damaged.
However, he dared to order an extermination and pacify Liangzhou in one battle. This courage was not something they could match. He did not regret losing to Yuan Shu.
At the same time, he still has some hope. The people of Liangzhou have been tortured by foreigners for a long time. At the earliest, he held the belief of pacifying the Qiang and Di and pacifying the people.
However, with the passage of time and understanding of the strength of the Qiang and Di, I realized that it was simply impossible for me to achieve these things, so I changed my strategy, from wanting to pacify the Qiang and Di to uniting with the Qiang and Di.
Anliangzhou,
If Yuan Shu can really do what he said, those who follow will live and those who resist will die, and completely bring the Qiang Di under his command, it will indeed be a great blessing for the people of Liangzhou.
"Ma Chao obeys the order. I am willing to serve as a pioneer to help the leader to settle the Qiang and Di fairly and bring peace to the people of Liangzhou."
Ma Chao thought differently from Ma Teng. He believed from the beginning to the end that the Qiang Di were the scourge of Liangzhou and even the Han Dynasty. Although his father had to befriend the Qiang Di for strength, he did not agree with it.
Now that Yuan Shu actually dares to start a war with the Qiang and Di, what else does Ma Chao have to say? Just do it.
Moreover, if you start a war with the Qiang and Di, you will have to go through a lot of fighting. Isn't this an opportunity for you to rise?
He may not be good at conspiracy and conspiracy, but when it comes to the real ability of marching and fighting, Ma Chao is not afraid of anyone, even Zhao Yun, Gao Lan and other veteran generals like Yuan Shu, he will still compete with them.
"Yang Qiu obeys the order."
"Cheng Yin obeys the order."
"Li Kan obeys the order."
As Xiliang generals clasped their fists and made promises, Yuan Shu's goals were completely synchronized, from being the Han enemies of Ma Teng's line to facing the entire Qiang and Di forces entrenched in Liangzhou.
"Okay, I will issue a military order next, Zhao Yun."
The first person Yuan Shu named was his beloved general Zhao Yun.
"The end will be here."
Yuan Shu pointed to himself first, Zhao Yun, and without hesitation, he took a step forward, cupped his fists and accepted the order.
"I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, responsible for cleaning up all the Qiang and Di tribes west of Guzang, but any resisters will be killed without mercy."
"Take orders."
Hearing that he was the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, he was not surprised at all, and there was only boundless fighting spirit in his eyes.
"Ma Chao, Yang Qiu, Candidate, Zhang Heng, Cheng Yin Yanxing, Nangong Bo."
The commander of the Northern Route Army has been determined, and the next step is to fill in the troops.
"The end will be here."
The seven people whose names were called all stepped out and came to Yuan Shu to clasp their fists.
