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Chapter 362 Liaodong advance map?
After reaching a deal with Xue Rengui, Yunchu felt that something was not right.

Because Xue Rengui has never been a whim, the reason why those veterans like this person is really because he is a loyal person.

The so-called loyalty in the mouths of the veterans, the first condition is to be obedient and not self-assertive.

Since Xue Rengui is not a person who likes to make his own decisions, looting the eight Khitan tribes should be a strategy of the Tang army.

Because when Emperor Taizong conquered Goguryeo, he went to Goguryeo Xiangping, Wugu, Jian'an, Gaimu and other ten cities. Only Anshi City could not be attacked for a long time, so the weather was cold and the food supply was poor, so he was forced to withdraw his troops.

After the Tang army withdrew, Xiangping, Wugu, Jian'an, Gaimu and other ten cities were recaptured by Goguryeo.

At that time, the Khitan, Xi, Mohe and other tribes accompanied Emperor Taizong's eastern expedition. At the beginning, they were considered desperate, but after Emperor Taizong returned, these tribes took refuge in Goguryeo without shame.

Taizong didn't take it seriously at the time, and said that because of Goguryeo's great power, these small tribes were not good at being human, and instead of convicting them, he decreed to promote the heads of tribes such as Bohai, Khitan, Kumoxi, Mohe, and Shiwei.

They are allowed to communicate with Datang in the name of Songmo Dudu's Mansion, Bohai Dudu's Mansion, Heishui Dudu's Mansion, and Shiwei Dudu's Mansion.

It's a pity that the only one who is willing to accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty is the Governor's Mansion of Songmo in Khitan.

This made everyone in the Tang Dynasty hate it deeply, and they all felt that the barbarians here were unreliable.

Therefore, there were no aliens from Liaodong in the army on the Eastern Expedition this time.

In other words, Li Ji had to deal with not only Goguryeo, but also the barbarians here in this expedition.

Yunchu didn't understand how to deal with these barbarians on the land of Liaodong. These barbarians were either shepherds or hunters. Except for the Bohai people who knew how to plant a little land, the rest of the tribes couldn't find it even if they wanted to.

Could it be said that the purpose of sending a large army to burn down some temporary settlements built by those people?
Li Ji is not a fool, what Yunchu can think about, he must be able to think more long-term.

And Xue Rengui firmly believed that he would be able to get the Khitan people's cattle and sheep, which can only show that this matter is very feasible.

Exchange three days of military rations for three days of meat and cheese, this business should be really possible.

After reaching a deal with Xue Rengui, Yunchu quickly returned to his camp. He felt that the level of information between himself, Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian was very asymmetric.

The former director of the Palace Gate Bureau, Lao Huang, ran out to socialize for a while, and when he came back, he told Yunchu that Qibi Heli's forward team had left Yanzhou, and the target was not Goguryeo, but the Khitan Eight Divisions that were close at hand.

The reason why they set off in a hurry when the army was running low on food and grass was because it was spring and the Khitan people's pastures were nearby. Moreover, two of the eight Khitan tribes had already secretly defected to the Tang Dynasty, and they were willing to provide for the Tang army. The location of the remaining six departments.

Yun Chu couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly, the army is an army after all, and he himself is a powerful violent group.

Li Ji never thought that the army would be hungry when it was full of people. As an old bandit, he never thought that preparing food and grass for the army was only a matter for the local government. A good army must be able to A good army is one that feeds on the enemy.

After all, everything the army does must aim at attacking and weakening the enemy.

When Emperor Taizong couldn't attack Anshi for a long time, resulting in a shortage of food and cold clothes, he had to return, and when he handed over all the results of the previous battle, he, Li Ji, was one of the partial divisions.

Now that he himself has become the coach of the army, how could he repeat the same mistakes.

Therefore, on the way to Goguryeo, the Tang army still has an important mission to make Liaodong into a no-man's land.

That is Li Ji's claim to make Liaodong safe for 20 years.

Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated. If the existing barbarians are cleaned up again, Liaodong will be restored to its prehistoric state, and it will be safe and sound.

After another 30 to [-] years, the army will come to clean it up again, and after repeating this several times, no one wants to live in Liaodong.

This is the standard military thinking. They only have one tool in their hands, and that is the hammer. The function of the hammer is to flatten or kill all the things that are not pleasing to the eye or that will hurt themselves.

As for how to govern and develop Liaodong, that is the business of civil servants, and has nothing to do with soldiers.

Wen Rou came back, and when he came back, he not only brought back two thousand dans of grain and ten thousand bunches of fodder, but also three people.

All three of them were surnamed Wang, the eldest was called Wang Zhao, the second was called Wang Du, and the third was called Wang Cheng.

These are three thieves who are very eager to obtain a permanent residence in the capital.

In order to achieve this goal, they were not only willing to donate all the food stored in the family to Yunchu, they were also willing to donate a very important topographic map of Liaodong.

According to Rourou, this map almost marked the pastures of most of the tribes in Liaodong, as well as Maodong Land, and a large number of seasonal trading venues that only these locals know.

It can be called a priceless treasure.

Yunchu didn't care at all about the three brothers' status as robbers, because their business was in Liaodong, not in Hebei Province.

Now, the youngest of the three brothers is 40 years old, and he is tired of licking blood with knives. He hopes to go to Chang'an City and use his savings over the years to become a rich man in peace.

He also wanted to whitewash his identity so that his descendants would be freed from the identity of thieves and become the upper family of Datang from then on.

Facing such useful people, Yun Chu naturally treated them with courtesy, pretending not to see their status as thieves, anyway, no one was as big a thug as Li Ji was when he was a thieves.

After An'an accepted the bows of the three brothers, the elder Wang Zhao took out a parchment scroll from his arms and dedicated it to Yunchu.

"General, what is recorded on it is the pastures of various tribes in Liaodong deliberately described by the next three brothers and their father and grandfather when they were doing business in Liaodong, and how to steal the path of the Goguryeo city pass."

Yun Chu took the map and tried hard to confirm it with the map of Northeast China in his mind, and asked two lieutenants Zhechong to compare these road maps with Datang's military map, and found that it was very credible.

In the evening, Yun Chu, who had been busy with copywriting work all day, had a re-interview with the three Wang brothers.

He rubbed his eyebrows and said to Wang Lao Dao wearily: "I won't tell you false words.

The map you brought has been confirmed by military counselors to be more than [-]% reliable. As long as it is tested in practice, then it is feasible for your brothers to use this map to exchange a stable life in Chang'an without being disturbed.

I’m also telling the truth, give me the food and the map, and after the three brothers and your army have confirmed the final authenticity of the map, our deal will be concluded.

However, for the sake of safety, your family members of 220 and seven must leave for Chang'an Wannian County from now on.

There will be a house and various arrangements. If you brothers want to do business in Chang'an, Wannian County will also provide you with great convenience.

If there are disciples in the family who are the seeds of reading, it is not difficult to recommend them to study in the four schools.

So, what we have to do now is to thoroughly verify your map. At this time, you are going to go through Liaodong with the army. What do you think? "

Hearing this, the three brothers looked up at Yun Chu and said, "The villain guarantees that this map is real with the heads of the whole clan.

But I don't know how the county lord can ensure that your promise to my three brothers is true, and how to ensure that our three brothers will not become meat on the chopping board when we arrive in Chang'an. "

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Since you have contacts with people who do business in Chang'an, I think you have heard of my reputation for keeping promises.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have found Chang Shi and entrusted me with your wealth and life so easily.

I despise the family wealth you have accumulated with your lives for several lifetimes. A two-story small building in Chang'an can accommodate a family of ten, which costs 250 guan.

There are more than 200 people in the whole family. Just the money to buy the small building basically emptied your family.

And the most important thing is that all the small buildings you bought were built by me. That is to say, I don't need to plot against you, your money will still go into my pocket in the end.

Now, you don't need to think about whether this official will plot against you, you only need to consider how to get more benefits with this official's army.

After all, Chang'an is big, and it's not easy to live in. There will be many places that will need money in the future. As long as you can lead us to find the thieves' lair, then you will definitely have a share of what the army gains. "

Wang Zhao hesitated, and immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Sure, but our brothers still have a hundred companions, I hope the general will allow our brothers to take them with us when we are doing business.

There are a lot of old brothers who have just returned from doing business there recently, and the paths are very familiar. "

Yun Chu said indifferently: "No matter how many of you there are, in the end, you can only share [-]%. I'm not being stingy, but preparing for the army's eastward march."

After discussing with his two brothers for a while, Wang Zhao immediately said to Yunchu: "Okay, our brothers will hand over the hundred catties to the county lord. I just hope that the county lord will not blame me."

After listening to Wang Zhao's words, Yunchu and Rourou looked at each other and smiled, and Wenrou said to Wang Zhao, my county lord has always wanted to achieve a win-win result when doing things. "

The three Wang Zhao brothers also laughed when they heard the words. After all, they learned from fellow villagers who went to Chang'an for business in Hebei Road that the words of the county magistrate of Wannian County can really be used as money in Chang'an.

After receiving Yunchu's hint, the two Zhechong captains boldly took the three brothers of the Wang family to dinner.

I believe that they will be able to mingle soon. After all, sometimes officers, soldiers and robbers are the people who have the most common words.

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