Chapter 878 Drawing Policy

Li Xiang is still very satisfied with Zhang Jiuli's performance. Many officials today only know a few subsets of literature and history, but do not understand many things in society. If they were not born into wealth, I am afraid that eating would be a problem in their lives. If you can’t tell the difference between grains and cereals, how much more can you expect from them?

Zhang Jiuli is a person who came up from the bottom, and he still understands the surrounding situation to some extent. Although he often spends time with the common people, he still has some understanding of the surrounding situation during his free time, so as to save foreigners. He didn't know when he came in.

Luo Sheng, the king of Nanzhao, is definitely not a simple person. When he was young, he could go to Chang'an City thousands of miles away, and now he has become the king of Nanzhao. He is naturally a bit capable. According to the history that Li Xiang is familiar with, this When he was in power, he did not launch a war against the Tang Dynasty, but his descendants were different...

Of course, we can’t blame other people’s descendants for this. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in a precipitous decline, and any small country wanted to step on it. This was also related to the fact that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji, favored Yang Yuhuan. After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty still had the ability. ?

But Li Xiang is not here to explain this now. He wants to nip all dangers in the cradle. You can still easily win them now. If you are given a few more years to develop, maybe your population will be smaller by then. It can be doubled. Doubling the population means doubling the army. If we want to capture you again, it will take a lot of effort.

"Make a guess in your mind. Now that the four chieftains have surrendered to us, how many soldiers can we draw from their strongholds? What I mean is to draw them away to fight here."

Zhang Jiuli still found it difficult to accept Li Xiang's straightforward statement. However, as he spent more time with Li Xiang, Zhang Jiuli also knew Li Xiang's character. He never liked to beat around the bush, so it was okay to say such a thing. It's normal.

"After the chaos among the four chieftains, Chieftain Adu and Chieftain Longchuan should not be able to recruit many people. They are all licking their wounds. But Chieftain Shatus and Chieftain Longquan are different. The two of them can at least Send more than 30,000 troops, especially the Longquan chieftain. He has a bad relationship with Nanzhao. If our family takes advantage of it, he can send 30,000 troops himself."

At this point, Li Xiang seemed to have heard something interesting. Could it be that the chieftain of Longquan had a grudge against Nanzhao?

"Speak clearly."

Chieftain Longquan only has 30,000 people at most, and now they all belong to the imperial court. If they are forcefully recruited, these people will probably not be able to work hard, so there is no use in bringing them here, but if Chieftain Longquan is If you go to the front line in person, some things are hard to say. If there is enmity between the two sides, then the combat effectiveness will be immeasurable.

"It should be eight years ago that a caravan of Chieftain Longquan went to Nanzhao. Later, for some reason, he offended Luo Sheng's nephew and immediately detained the caravan. Your Highness, you also know that the chieftains on the mountain are watching. Money is relatively heavy, and this caravan is worth at least 100,000 guan, so Longquan Chieftain will definitely not suffer a loss and will immediately take the people to ask for them..."

The following story is more cliched. A war was triggered by a caravan. At the beginning, the two sides fought with only a few hundred people, but later it gradually developed into tens of thousands. In the end, thousands of people were killed or injured. The caravan He didn't want to come back. This can be said to be the most painful memory for Longquan Tusi.

Of course, this is also a normal conflict between the two countries. It would be a bit far-fetched to say that there is hatred, but in this war, Longquan Chieftain's only sister also died in the battle.

There are only two brothers and sisters in Longquan Chieftain, so the relationship between the two brothers and sisters is very good. After he died in that war, Longquan Chieftain even wanted to gather all the soldiers in the village to avenge his sister. If the elders persuade the two sides, the scale of the war between the two sides may become even greater.

Although no large-scale war broke out later, Chieftain Longquan sent killers one after another. He himself stayed on the mountain stronghold and was able to eradicate all the killers in Nanzhao by going up and down the mountain. But Nanzhao Zhao had no such good luck.

As long as it has something to do with the original war in Nanzhao, basically every big family has been assassinated. In the past few years, a total of more than 200 people have died. These are not 200 ordinary people. , they are all respectable people in Nanzhao.

So when it comes to hatred, these two hundred heads are no joke. Nanzhao was also very dissatisfied with Longquan Chieftain, and subsequently launched a series of attacks, but Longquan Chieftain also tasted the sweetness, anyway, with If people are on the mountain and cannot come down, you can attack at the bottom of the mountain if you want, as long as you can handle the logistics.

Even the Central Plains dynasty couldn't bear such logistics, let alone a small border country like Nanzhao, so in the end it was settled, but the hatred between the two sides really remained.

"I really didn't expect that there was such a thing. Fortunately, you remembered such a thing. If it weren't for you, maybe I wouldn't know about it. You should go and collect evidence in this area immediately, and be careful not to walk with the news. This time we are really going to get married. Even if we want to attack, we can never choose this time."

With the opportunity available, Li Xiang will never be idle. Since Zhang Jiuli does everything with caution, Li Xiang is still prepared to leave this matter to him. As for Longquan Chieftain, he will not do it for the time being. If he has great achievements, wait until he comes back from the capital.

"There is another matter, please Rong Chen report..."

When Zhang Jiuli was about to exit, he suddenly thought of a rumor he heard before. Of course, it may not be true, but since Li Xiang is so interested now, Zhang Jiuli has to tell everything he heard. , when Zhang Jiuli said that this was just a rumor, Li Xiang also motioned for this guy to speak out.

It turns out that the inheritance of the throne of Nanzhao is not stable. Luo Sheng's mother, who is now the Queen Mother of Nanzhao, is still there. What this person loves most is his youngest son. He wants to let the brother of Nanzhao finally succeed, but Nanzhao The inheritance of Nanzhao is similar to that of the Central Plains dynasty. Basically, sons inherit their father's inheritance. If the younger brother succeeds, the king of Nanzhao himself is not willing. Although the younger brother is a relative, can he kiss the son?