Horse on the World

Chapter 302 Strategy and Prisoner Exchange

Qingfeng stood up, sat down in front of Li Qing, and asked crisply: "May I ask the general, do you want to exterminate the barbarians or put down the barbarians?"

Li Qing smiled and said: "Naturally, we must calm down! There are many barbarians. There are tens of thousands of people living in Bayan Hara alone. If you add the shepherds scattered everywhere, the entire barbarian tribe may not be less than a million. How is it possible?" Extinction?"

Qingfeng nodded and said: "Bayan Hara won't last long. After Bayan Hara is defeated, the grassland regime will be wiped out, but it will be very difficult for us who replace them to gain a foothold on the grassland."

"Yes, the hatred between the two families has lasted for hundreds of years, and it cannot be resolved overnight. If it takes us a few years to defeat the barbarians, it may take dozens or hundreds of years to naturalize the barbarians." Li Qing felt the same.

"The general wants a stable grassland, not a muddy quagmire full of gunpowder and bandits after the retreat of the army. General, how we can effectively rule the grassland is probably what we will face in the next few years. The biggest problem." Qingfeng spread his hands and said.

Qingcheng stood up dismissively, walked in front of Qingfeng, and said with a sneer: "Wherever the great Chu war horses and bows and arrows go, there is effective rule. For the barbarians, those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish. What's the matter?" Difficult to deal with!"

Lu Dalin glanced at Qingcheng in astonishment. He never expected that Princess Qingcheng would be so decisive and a typical violent faction. Hearing these words would really make people excited. As a general, he certainly likes this kind of type very much. But as a mature politician, he also knows that killing is only a means, and it is impossible to solve the problem in the end.Li Shuai would definitely not agree with this approach.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Li Qing frowned.If the political situation in the Great Chu is stable, and the ruler is wise and the ministers are wise, as the commander of the border, he can of course adopt a rougher approach to solve the problem, but now the Great Chu is full of heroes, competing for the deer. If Li Qing cannot quickly stabilize the situation in the grassland, it will be If the entire barbarian tribe is brought under effective rule, then most of his energy will inevitably be involved, so what is the point of marching into the Central Plains?

"Qingcheng, what you said is not appropriate, why don't you listen to what Qingfeng has to say?" Li Qing said calmly.

"You..." Qingcheng turned her head to stare at Li Qing angrily, and returned to her seat angrily.

"If you follow what the princess said, then the grassland in the future will inevitably be full of wars and unrest every day. In order to maintain our rule on the grassland, we need to maintain a large number of troops on the grassland. This is extremely detrimental to our Dingzhou. In fact, it is impossible for us to do this." Qingfeng said.

"Since Bayar is defeated, the grassland will be mainly appeased, so how to resolve the hundreds of years of blood feud between the grassland and Dingzhou has become the biggest problem."

"Since it's a blood feud for hundreds of years, how can it be easily resolved?" Qingcheng sneered.

Qingfeng shook his head, "Otherwise, the so-called blood feud and more interest entanglements, as long as the interests are large enough, these so-called hatreds will be worthless."

Li Qing said with interest: "Okay, then tell me how to deal with their interests?"

"First of all, what we need to solve is the bottom-level herdsmen with a huge number of barbarians. These people are the source of the barbarian army, the bottom of the pyramid. Among the barbarians, these people are only better than slaves. They don't have many cattle and sheep. And wealth, on the contrary, they have to pay a lot of taxes to the nobles, even if it is earned from the battlefield, they can only keep one-third. In fact, these herdsmen still have a very hard life. General, if in the future, you What can be given to them is much more than what they are getting now, will they still rise up to resist? It is likely that in their view, it is just a change of master, and the current master is much more merciful and generous than the previous one. "

"It makes sense, but the common people have a lot of blind obedience. For a long time, their tribal leaders and nobles have accumulated enough prestige in their hearts. Even if we give them a better life than before, maybe These aristocratic gentlemen are still very attractive to them!" Li Qing said.

"Yes, the influence of these aristocratic leaders must not be underestimated, so our second step is to deal with these aristocratic leaders, generals, these people are divided into several types, one is the die-hards, of course we must kill them all Those who are extinct, the second type is the profit faction, like Fusen, we have to win over, it doesn’t matter if you seal up an official and make a wish, the third type is the fence-sitting faction, this type has the largest number of people, they can be left or right, but these People all have a common characteristic, that is, they are greedy for pleasure, lazy and lazy, and generals. These people are the best to deal with. Once these people see Dingzhou's mature business system, they know that they can earn more without going to war. When they see that they can get a huge amount of wealth by sitting at home, will they still step on their horses and pick up their horses? These people are greedy for pleasure, and the commander moved them to Dingzhou. How many times have I lived in the comfort zone for a few years, I really doubt whether these people can still climb on the horse?" Qingfeng laughed.

Li Qing applauded softly, "Well said, Qingfeng, what you mean is that after the war, we must let these fence-sitting factions still have their previous wealth. After the state, they have the capital to integrate into the commercial civilization of the entire Great Chu, right?"

Qingfeng nodded and said: "Yes, General, although seizing their property can allow the Dingzhou Army to have a huge amount of wealth in a short period of time, it is more in the long-term interests of Dingzhou to let them continue to hold. There are detailed information, and I will submit it to the general later!"

"Okay, it seems that you have been thinking about this question for a long time, and you have even prepared the corresponding materials. These are two good moves. To achieve these two points, you must first let the barbarians have a basic trust in us. Point, we have to have an entry point to do these things, that is to let the barbarians, whether they are nobles or ordinary people, understand that we will not kill them all, let alone treat them like they treat us. At this time, The importance of the marriage between Lu Dabing and the barbarians is reflected, right?" Li Qing laughed.

"Exactly!" Qingfeng smiled.

"Da Bing himself is the general's favorite general, and his brother, General Lu, is an important military commander in Dingzhou. His marriage with the barbarians is an attitude in itself, and it is a promise of our Dingzhou to deal with the barbarians after the war!" Qingfeng two Eyes sparkled, "General, after the war is over, we can make a special arrangement for the soldier's wedding, and invite all the barbarian nobles, chiefs, and leaders to attend."

Li Qing smiled and said: "It's just that, it's cheaper than that bastard Fu Sen!"

Qingfeng smiled and said: "General, Fusen himself is an important chess piece for the commander-in-chief to rule the grassland in the future. If he is cheap, it is also cheap for us!"

Li Qing laughed loudly, "General Lu, you should have heard clearly, Da Bing has a marriage contract with Fu Sen's girl, what is her name, Dong Rina, not only has no fault, but also has merit, why don't you let him go ? After the war is over, we will hold a grand wedding for them in Bayan Har, and I will be the officiant, hahaha!"

Surprised and delighted, Lu Dalin untied Lu Dabing's rope in twos and twos. Lu Dabing turned over and knelt down in front of Li Qing, "Thank you, Commander, thank you, Commander. The soldier will be heartbroken to repay the favor of the Commander!"

"Get up!" Li Qing said with a smile, "Well, since that's the case, soldier, you don't need to go back to Changsheng Camp, I have another task for you."

"Yes!" Lu Dabing said respectfully.

"Okay, this matter is discussed here for the time being. The specific matters need to be discussed with Mr. Shang and Mr. Lu before the specific plan can be determined. Well, since you have done so much homework, Qingfeng, you will discuss with Shang Lu after you return to Dingzhou. My lord, let's talk about it and come up with a workable plan!"

"Yes, General!" Qingfeng nodded slightly.

"Okay, now let's talk about this Princess Neveu!" Li Qing said.

Lu Dalin said: "Commander, tomorrow we will start to sweep out the outer positions of Bayan Hara. This Nafu has a high status, but she was born into our hands. Why don't you take her to the battlefield tomorrow? If it is one, it will definitely drop the morale, and if it is another, it will be of great benefit to our army's attack!"

Lu Dalin is going to use Neveu to threaten the barbarian army.

"No!" Qingcheng said loudly.

"No!" Qingfeng on the side also flatly objected.

It was rare for the two women to reach a consensus on this issue, and they were quite surprised when they glanced at each other.

"Why not? Qingcheng, tell me your opinion?" Li Qing asked.

Qingcheng sneered and said: "It's too shameless to act like this. Threatening the other party with a weak woman is a total loss of face. General Lu, you are also a military general who has studied books. How did you come up with such a bad idea?"

After being reprimanded, Lu Dalin blushed immediately.

"Qingfeng, do you think so too?" Li Qing asked.

"As long as there is a means to achieve the goal, there is no such thing as being shameless. General, if General Lu's move can be effective, of course I support it, but I think this move is bound to be counterproductive. The general also knows how Bayar is." People, how can we be coerced by us because of this matter? If General Lu really does this tomorrow, I dare say that the first arrow of the barbarians must be to shoot Neveu. With grief and indignation, the momentum will rise, and our army will be defeated tomorrow." Qingfeng said: "This is one of them!"

"Secondly, there are tens of thousands of slaves in the city of Bayan Har. They are all our comrades. If we can use Nafu as a shield today, then tomorrow, the other party can tie up tens of thousands of slaves as a shield. .”

"That's right, General Lu, you're indeed a little careless, but this Neveu can still be put to good use." Li Qing said.

"What does the general mean?" Lu Dalin asked.

Li Qing knocked on the table and said: "The words of Qingfeng just reminded me that it is of no use to keep Neveu here, and there is no threat to us if she is put back. Why not use her in exchange for slaves? She is like a princess." , can still be worth a lot of slaves? Well, General Lu, you go down and do this, and send someone to tell Bayar that there are 1 slaves to exchange for his beloved daughter!"
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I have been unwell for the past two days, so I may have to ask for leave, sorry!
(End of this chapter)