Han Shizu

Chapter 1598 Anton Development 4
No matter how open Liu Xu's policies and effective measures are in Anton, they are based on two foundations.

Firstly, it was the recognition and support of the imperial court. Without this premise, no matter how many ideas Liu Xu had and all the strength in his body, he would not be able to use it with confidence.

Leaving aside other things for the time being, let’s just say that the most powerful, basic, and powerful guarantee in the Anton area, the [-] garrison soldiers, are firmly in the hands of the imperial court, and the cost of raising the army is also from the central government. The finances are paid, and the military supplies and logistics are also dispatched by the Ministry of War.

The second is to maintain a relatively stable environment and situation. If the Andong area is always in a state of turmoil, then no matter how good the policy is, it will become a castle in the air.

In fact, in the past five years, there was no peace in the Andong area. The source of the turmoil was the local aborigines and remnant forces scattered in the mountains and forests.From armed immigrants to armed caravans, without a certain basis of force, it is impossible to engage in normal agricultural and commercial activities in Andong. This can also prove the local situation from the side.

Of course, this was not unexpected, and it was even within the expectations of the Governor's Mansion. Regarding this, Liu Xu discussed with Gao Huaide and formulated a basic and long-term security policy.

A basic goal is to ensure the safety of the main towns under the jurisdiction of the Dudu Mansion, the stability and stability of armed immigrants, and the safe and smooth flow of business routes. Obviously, this is complementary to Liu Xu's Anton development plan.

It took nearly two years for the Andong Garrison Army to manage to wipe out the indigenous barbarians around the main line of communication.

Of course, this is also why the aborigines had to choose to retreat under the strong advance and suppression of the Han army, and hid in the mountains and forests, which turned into a complete attack and harassment.

There were basically no forces that fought head-on with the Han army, and those who dared to fight head-on were almost destroyed when the Han army advanced into Andong.

In fact, there was such a short period of stability in Andong, and a fragile tacit understanding was reached between the Han people and the aborigines, that is, the Han people occupied the towns and plains, and the aborigines occupied the mountains, forests and swamps.

But this fragile balance was quickly broken as the scope of activities of the Han Chinese continued to expand.The most fundamental contradiction between Han and barbarians lies in the conflict of living space. With the influx of Han troops, Han people, and Han merchants, the impact on the original state of the local area is significant, and it also fundamentally invades their living space. Soil.

It is not that the large and small tribes in the Anton area have not been conquered by outsiders, but for thousands of years, they have been in a state of rise and decline, annexation and annexation, conquest and subjugation.

The most recent one was the Khitan Liao Kingdom, but under the rule of the Khitan people, they still have great autonomy. The white mountains, black waters, mountains, wilds and dense forests are still their territory, their clan land.

But these Han people were obviously different. They opened their gluttonous mouths and brandished steel knives and fangs, but they wanted to completely wipe them out, not only occupying their land, destroying their homes, but also enslaving their tribesmen.

There is no doubt that the slavery in the Andong area is a practice that breeds hatred and intensifies conflicts. However, the expansion of a nation obviously cannot be accompanied by peace and harmony. It must be supplemented by iron and blood methods. It is often disaster and destruction. Even the "gentle, kind, courteous and thrifty" Han people also become greedy and cruel when they arrive in Anton. This is a contest between survival and destruction.

Either for retaliation or for resistance, the local barbarians have never stopped intruding.The Han army didn't dare to provoke them, so they had to deal with the Han people and Han merchants.

In fact, even if there is no other reason, the barbarians will continue to harass the Han people as usual. After all, these Han people have too many good things, such as food, cloth, salt and iron, tea and wine. The barbarians in the world are always scarce resources for survival. In order to survive, it is normal to burn, kill and loot.

By the 16th year of Kaibao, due to more and more frequent barbarian aboriginal raids and more and more Han merchants and Han people suffering losses, the Anton Governor's Mansion once again organized a large-scale military campaign.

This time the campaign is not only larger in scale, but also more in-depth. According to the plan of the Dudu Mansion, it is to go deep into the mountains and forests to crusade, resolutely and completely wipe out those annoying barbarians, so as to restore Anton's life. Maintain normal order and ensure the safety of officials and people's lives and property.

Of course, as the main force of the campaign, the lives of the soldiers of the Han army were precious, and the governor's office (mainly Gao Huaide) was also reluctant to let the sons of the big Han go deep into the complicated and dangerous mountains and dense forests to fight against the barbarians at home.

Therefore, the minion of servant cannon fodder came in handy again.The law of things is always like this. If there is resistance to the rule of the great Han, there must be obedience. Whether it is Liaodong or Anton, there are a large number of tribes that depend on the court to survive, such as Yiwanyan, Dalu Gu and others represent the Jurchen ministries.

Conscripting and dispatching battles is also the way these tribes rely on the big men to survive. For the 16 years of Kaibao's sweep and suppression, the Anton Governor's Mansion directly promised that all the spoils will belong to the attacking tribes, and set up some temporary troops in the towns behind. The discussion field is specially for them to trade and digest war supplies with Han merchants.

At the same time, the cannon fodder soldiers who participated in the mopping-up operations can also receive combat rewards from the Dudu Mansion and the supply of weapons and military supplies. New clothes, new shoes and new weapons to use.And the tribes that have grown up can also get the benefits from the Governor's Mansion, especially the trading licenses of various materials.

Using profit to lure them, using barbarians to control barbarians, this strategy, Liu Xu played very skillfully in Anton, no doubt, this was also influenced by Emperor Liu.

Therefore, in the 16 years of Kaibao's Anton Great Suppression, the development of the war is like this. The servants are responsible for exploring and attacking. The dirty work, hard work, tiring work, and dangerous work are all servant troops. The big Han army came in from behind to support them, to guarantee the bottom line, and to do some finishing work. They didn't even do the finishing work, they just held the formation, almost watching a show.

But in the rear of the campaign, in the temporary battlegrounds, there was a state of war and prosperity.At the end of each combat mission, the servants and soldiers also took the trophies they had seized and traded with the gathered Han merchants in exchange for materials such as salt, tea, wine, cloth, and even copper coins commonly used by Han people.

Among them, the most valuable ones are obviously those captives, whether they are young and strong barbarians, women or children, they are all in high demand.Those Han nobles, merchants, and even ordinary Han people were very interested and willing to spend money to buy materials.

After several years of development, not only the honorable children or merchants who came to Andong are buying people, but also those armed Han people are also participating in it, and are also expanding the scope and scale of their own cultivation. Farming alone is too hard , the harvest is too slow and too little, increasing labor is the most effective way.

Morality still exists in the land of Anton, but it only targets Han people of the same race.

In fact, by the 17th year of Kaibao, it can no longer be said that Anton is short of people. Compared with young and strong laborers, women are more scarce. Still high.

(End of this chapter)