A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 768 The wings are hard
Huang Cheng remained silent.

Huaiyu smiled and shook his head, and said to Shi Shouxin, "Send him to a prisoner of war camp with his men. Remember to tell the guards to treat the prisoners preferentially. They must take care of two meals a day, one dry and one empty."

Wu Huaiyu treated the prisoners preferentially. He would neither kill them nor plan to release them. Of course, he would not keep them in vain. These more than 200 prisoners were his first batch of prisoners and they were captured by him personally. He still had many prisoners. Great use.

"Let the injured ones be treated by the camp hospital."

"Let them assist the supply camp every day,"

Huaiyu waved his hand, and Shi Shouxin took Huang Cheng down. From now on, Huang Cheng is no longer the governor of Tongzhou and the former military governor. He is just a prisoner in a prisoner of war camp. Although he has two meals a day, he will also receive medicine. Treatment, but daily labor is also indispensable.

He, the son of the false king, did not receive special treatment.

"Aren't those beasts too cheap?" Shi Shouxin asked.

Huaiyu invited Shitou to eat spiced braised beef with him. There were a lot of buffaloes here. Although cattle were important livestock, there were not as many cattle as in the Central Plains, and there had always been a tradition of eating beef.

If buffalo meat is fried, it is not as delicious as yellow beef, but after marinating, it is not bad.

"The rebellion of the raccoon barbarians and the suppression by the imperial court are all necessary, but if we want long-term peace and stability, we have to find a deeper problem. There are so many raccoon barbarians in Lingnan, and their number is even far greater than that of the Han people. If we blindly conquer and attack If you kill, you will never have peace.
Because when there is oppression, there must be resistance, especially when there are more oppressed than rulers,
We need to find a better way. "

War is only temporary. At any time, war is just the outbreak of conflicts, not the origin and result.

In the final analysis, it will return to the essence.

The essence is domination.

Whether they are Xiyuan barbarians or others, many of the barbarians in Lingnan, from the pre-Qin period to the present, are indeed native, but more have been migrating, and many have even migrated from the original hinterland. Many have been defeated in battles. The tribes continued to migrate, and there were constant wars, annexations, and integrations along the way.

But generally speaking, the main body of the Central Plains is the Chinese Han nationality. The Han nationality was also merged and merged through continuous wars. They inherited and continued the Chinese culture and used culture as a link to form such a powerful civilization that is passed down from generation to generation.

In comparison, today's Baiyue in Lingnan seems to be much scattered and chaotic.
Although the Yongzhou side seems to be united now, in fact it is just a temporary situation. If the imperial court relaxes a little, then they themselves will fight more fiercely.

In the final analysis, these barbarians still cannot have a complete cultural inheritance like the Central Plains Dynasty.

"After fighting this battle, we still have to fight, so now we have to strike hard and quickly defeat these rebellious barbarians, but at the same time we have to pay attention to the impact. What we want is to defeat them, make them surrender to our rule, and become As part of the rule of the Tang Dynasty, we should make them a common people, rather than causing greater hatred and making them hate us forever."

There is actually a big difference between the Xiyuan barbarians in Left and Right Creek and the barbarians on the other side of Yunkai Mountain.

Although Yunkai Mountain is also deep in the mountains, the Central Plains has stronger control over it, and there are also many wealthy Han people who have moved south.

On the other hand, this side of the left and right streams is a thousand-mile river basin. Once you leave Yongzhou and go to the west, there is no longer any political power of the Han people. They are all Jizu tribes.

In particular, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau further to the west was also an area beyond the reach of the imperial government, so in fact it had always been the wild southern frontier of the Central Plains Empire.

The people here do not regard themselves as subjects of the Central Plains Empire.

The submission of each tribe is actually superficial.

After Huaiyu was suppressed on the Yunkai Mountains, the punishment was more severe, but on the Zuoyouxi side, the punishment was gentler.

Of course, that was all after the war.

Now, for Wu Huaiyu, what was more important was to defeat the rebels head-on, especially the seven Jisi governors, Dadong Lords, who had already arrogated the title of king. They were already on Wu Huaiyu's execution list.

There must be a thunderous operation in Zuoyouxi, which is different from Hou Junji's robbery.
Wu Huaiyu's this time was a famous crusade. He had to be thunderous and decisive, and he had to kill ruthlessly.
Only by killing them ruthlessly can their rebellious will be completely broken.
Only then can conditions be created for subsequent comfort.

"Jinji Mountain is now demoralized. Even the main general has been lost. This is a good time for us to attack. We will send troops to attack at night tonight. We must capture Jinji Fort. I will send the Shenji Battalion and the Engineer Battalion to assist." "Send the Water Battalion again. Responsible for intercepting the Zuoxi River and preventing reinforcements from Longzhai."

Although Jinji Fort is located in a commanding position, it is somewhat easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But now there are only [-] dejected barbarians left in the fort, and there are still a thousand people in the camp on the riverside at the foot of the mountain. Even if some are transferred from the camp on the riverside to garrison on the mountain,
But after all, there are only 500 people in the West Coast.

Wu Huaiyu is currently stationed ten miles away, but there are ten times the number of troops here.

Blockade Zuoxi and eat the 500 people here in Jinji Mountain first, thus cutting off an arm of Longzhai.

Although it is a feint attack this time, it must be launched with momentum. The better the attack here, the more Huang Jiadong's main force can be mobilized, making Xi Jun's sneak attack on Gao Rong's side smoother.

Fortunately, Wu Huaiyu has a Shenji camp and a firearms unit, so attacking a small village is not a big problem.

"That Huang Cheng is very tough. If he is willing to submit to the imperial court and let him persuade the barbarians to surrender, it will save a lot of effort."

"Don't worry, he is tough now, but when we take down Huang Jiadong, will he still be tough again?"

In Wu Huaiyu's plan, both suppression and appeasement were used.

After the first wave of suppressive thunder operations, the Seven Anti-Kings were killed. Next, they must still appease the barbarians. It is impossible to say that they all were killed. This is unrealistic.

Dominance is not killing.

The best strategy is to find some upper-level barbarians who are willing to join, support them as agents, grant them official titles, and let them rule the barbarians for the court.

Of course, after the military suppression and conquest by the imperial court, they will definitely not be able to be given complete autonomy. They will definitely have to gain more voice and actual rule here.
For example, establishing post stations, establishing garrison forts in some important places, garrisoning troops in fields, etc., and even placing some officials from the imperial court in the official positions of Jisizhou County.

And let these barbarian leaders hand over more of their children to the Central Plains or the Governor's Mansion as hostages.

"This time we are conquering the rebellious king's division. We are a division of justice. We must not loot and kill like Hou Junji again. We must maintain strict military discipline.

Otherwise, if we want to end this war quickly, it will be far away, and we cannot afford to delay it."

Shi Shouxin admired the teacher Wu Huaiyu very much, and he really learned a lot in the past few years.

"Teacher, let me participate in tonight's night attack battle,"

"Okay, be careful and pay attention to your safety."

Shi Shouxin nodded excitedly and thanked loudly, "I will definitely work hard and live up to the teacher. I will live up to the teacher's teachings just like An Lushan, Yuwen Chengdu and other senior brothers."

An Lushan and Yuwen Chengdu were both adopted sons of Wu Huaiyu. They had made many meritorious deeds while staying in Yanyun, and now they are all famous frontier generals.
Shi Shouxin has always admired these two senior brothers and hoped that he could achieve such an achievement.

Wu Huaiyu was not too worried about this battle. Although the enemy still had 500 people and occupied a dangerous position, today he easily defeated 500 enemies with only [-] cavalry, killing more than [-] and capturing more than [-]. The enemy Only a few dozen escaped, which shows that the brutal fighting ability is not strong.

Even if they defend, Wu Huaiyu has firearms to help him, so there is no need to worry about this battle. Shi Shouxin has been following him for a long time, so letting him go to the battlefield is also a matter of experience, and he can achieve some military exploits by the way.

Just now Shitou mentioned An Lushan and Yuwen Chengdu, and Huaiyu also missed these two brothers. These two guys have been at Youyun Frontier Fortress, and now they are serving in the Xi and Khitan Governor's Mansion. These two guys have indeed made a great name in the Frontier Fortress. , a rising star in the frontier fortress,

It is said that An Lushan and King Xi are now brothers, and Yuwen Chengdu is also a powerful figure in the Eight Tribes of Khitan.
Perhaps, we can consider transferring these two people to Lingnan to help. After being apart for a long time, Wu Huaiyu was also worried that these two adopted children would lose control like wild horses. After all, they were too young.

When he left the two of them in Beizhai, he didn't expect that they would have such abilities and fame. Their wings were already hardened.

(End of this chapter)