Chapter 39: Alien Loyalty
After Pei Min issued the order, he felt inexplicably glad.
Kang Daibin's methods are extremely powerful. He has incited more than 40,000 people to rebel with him in just one and a half years. Is that going to be more than a few more years?
His gratitude is very reasonable. Kang Daibin is indeed the number one figure in history. He secretly won over fellow foreigners from Liuhu Prefecture, recruited soldiers, and pulled nearly 100,000 troops in one breath, occupied Liuhu Prefecture in one fell swoop, and advanced to Xiazhou. He claimed to be Ye Hu, intending to help the Turks seize a land in Shuofang. Although he failed in the end, it caused great damage to the Tang Dynasty.
But this kind of thing is just a matter of mention in history books, and Pei Min is not a history expert.
He knew the deeds of some famous figures such as Wang Zhongsi and Li Bai, but he could not know about Kang Daibin's rebelliousness.
Pei Min went directly to the backyard to say goodbye to Pei's mother and Jiaochen.
Pei's mother looked worried and said, "I'm going out to fight again? Didn't it mean that there will be no war in the short term?"
This is also the reason why she refused Pei Min as a military minister at the beginning. Who can be more worried than his mother in the battlefield?
Whenever Pei Min goes out to war, she can't help but pray for the gods and pray for Pei Min. This concern is in her heart and it is difficult to sleep peacefully.
Jiao Chen couldn't help but show a hint of worry, but relatively speaking, she hid very well.
Pei Min smiled and said to the two: "There is nothing wrong in the world, but there are always some blind people jumping out. Don't worry, only one or two thieves intend to rebel. At most, the child will come back in one month."
Pei's mother was a little relieved.
Jiao Chen said, "I'll be back soon. It won't be long before Xiaoqi and Xiaoba will speak. I don't know if they call their father first or mother first."
This sentence was said directly and he was in his heart. Pei Min smiled and said, "Everyone calls his father and mother, it's even better if you can shout in front of you."
After leaving the Jiedushi Mansion, Pei Min led the personal guards directly north to Liuhu Prefecture.
Shanzhou where Pei Min is located is not far from the six prefectures of Lu, Li, She, Sai, Yi and Qi. Pei Min quickly rushed to speed up. In the early morning of that day, he had reached the border between Longyou and Liuhu Prefecture.
Pei Min did not understand the situation of the six states, and more than a hundred personal guards under his command could not stop thousands of troops. He did not rashly enter, but chose to camp outside the state and wait for Shi Yan and Zhang Jingshun's cavalry team.
As for Li Yide and Xia Shan, they had already entered Liuhu Prefecture.
After Pei Min learned that Kang Daibin had a strange intention, he immediately made them ready for battle.
"Ship Pei! Inspector Wang is here!"
Pei Min received a report from the pre-war guard and asked someone to invite him into the account: "Thank you for your hard work, what's the situation now?"
Inspector Wang is naturally Wang Xiaobai.
Wang Xiaobai is very skilled in martial arts, especially his leg skills, and is extremely skilled. He is the best candidate to inquire about information and convey reliable information.
Wang Xiaobai bowed and said, "The Liuhu Prefecture is in chaos, and everyone is in danger. Generals Li and Xia sent people to appease the prefectures and counties under the orders of the Shuaishou, and followed Kang Zhibin. Kang Zhibin had no intention of fighting, but just ran all the way."
Pei Min said with a bit of contemptuous smile: "I had expected this move, and their conspiracy made us notice in advance. We had to raise our troops in a hurry. It was the limit to be able to have such momentum. At least half of these 40,000 people were women and children. The soldiers who could fight were only 20,000, and most of them were untrained new recruits. If they were not fully equipped, what else could they do except run? But... How could we be the Tang Dynasty come whenever they wanted to come or leave whenever they wanted?"
If you want to go north from Liuhu Prefecture to join the Turks, the nearest road is to pass through Shuofang, exit Shuofang and pass through Jiuyuan, and enter the Turks.
However, Wang Jun was not surprised and was already waiting for the battle in Shuofang.
The next morning!
Shi Yan and Zhang Ing-shu's cavalry team have arrived at the front line to meet with Pei Min.
Seeing Shi Yan and Zhang Jingshu's cavalry team was quite powerful, Pei Min nodded with satisfaction and praised: "The soldiers are strong and brave, and they will not fall into the majesty of the Longyou Army."
After being recognized by Pei Min, the two generals were also deeply honored and patted their chests and said, "Don't worry, with your military equipment support, all the brothers are full of morale. They dare not say that they should be ten. Even if they encounter enemies of more than multiples, they will never admit defeat."
After the gathering in Shanzhou, they were very respectful of Pei Min.
Now after the locusts eradication, the Longyou military's status in the hearts of the people has risen sharply and has been treated like a hero. After Pei Min became the governor, there has never been any material problems.
Especially the replacement of military equipment, to be fair, let alone Wang Junxian, even Guo Zhiyun did not have such treatment at the beginning.
The generals of Longyou have long been convinced and there is no resistance.
Shi Yan couldn't wait and said, "Ship Pei quickly order it, so that the broth will not be allowed to be eaten by Li and Xia. We will come here for nothing."
The shadow of the famous tree of Li Yide, as the commander of the cavalry of the First Army of the border, was always the most powerful general of the Shence Army before Li Siye became famous, and his military achievements were brilliant. As for Xia Shan, the strength of this female Yasha, they all saw with their own eyes, and they were full of female tomboys. If they were playing the vanguard, they were too late to go, so I was really worried that they would not be able to eat meat.
Pei Min was not anxious at all, and smiled easily and said, "Don't worry, when you eat meat, if you are lucky, most of the thieves will belong to us."
Instead of joining Li Yide, Xia Shan and the others, he advanced his troops into Luzhou, among the Six Hu Prefectures, rested and stood by in Luzhou to appease the people.
Most of the people in Liuhu Prefecture are aliens, some come from the Western Regions, some come from the Turks, and some even Tuqi Shi.
Not all aliens are willing to follow Kang Tiebin to rebel. Some of them are used to the comfortable life in Liuhu Prefecture, without worrying about food and drink day and night, or fighting hungry wolves on the grassland for their livelihood.
Faced with Kang Daibin's rebellion, they chose to stay.
But their situation was very miserable. When Kang Kaibin left, he took all the cattle and sheep away, and did not give the people who were willing to stay, ignoring their life and death.
The Tang army was angry that they rebelled and killed the officials of the court, and they had no good expression on them, just like steamed meat on a knife board.
Seeing this, Pei Min ordered the soldiers to distribute some excess food to them.
Shi Yan and Zhang Jingshun were unwilling to hear this, and the military orders were as good as a mountain, but they could only take the order down.
Pei Min knew their thoughts and smiled and said, "It's not that I am kind-hearted, but that we are just watching their life and death. It will only lead them to a dead end, but it will be unfavorable to us. Since they choose to stay and not be enemies of our Tang Dynasty, what's wrong with giving them a way out. What's more, when people die, there is nothing left. Only those who are alive have value and can help our Tang Dynasty."
Shi Yan said in a muffled voice: "Pei Shuai is kind, I am afraid that these wolves and hearts will not be grateful, but will stab us in the back. If you don't rebel today, you may not rebel in the future."
Pei Min narrowed his eyes and smiled, "The general really thinks that the emperor is ignorant? After this incident, we can see the shortcomings and flaws of the storage system. Too generous to these foreign races will not work. The emperor will definitely change the policy method again. There are only two ways to deal with them. Or they will kill them all, or they will truly become us Tang people, instead of letting them retain their customs and become foreigners in the Tang Dynasty. If we really want to kill them, there are more than 800,000 Turks now, and millions of Tubos are added. If the Western Great Food Kingdom and Byzantine countries have a population of over 100 million, they are not my race. Could it be that they will be killed and exterminated?"
Shi Yan seemed to understand, but when he heard that he was massacred hundreds of millions of times, he couldn't help but feel cold on his back.
He was a fierce general on the battlefield and nodded only by killing people, but he couldn't help but be frightened when he thought of slaughtering more than one million people.
"So, blindly killing may not have the ideal effect. As for whether they will be grateful? Why do I need them to be grateful?"
Pei Min had a conclusion on how to deal with these alien people.
To destroy a nation, besides the extreme means of killing all of them, the most convenient way is to destroy their culture, cut off their foundation, destroy their customs, and go to their backs.
It won’t take long before there will be no foreigner in Liuhu Prefecture. They will all forcibly break up and move to Jiangnan and completely integrate into the Tang Dynasty.
They were in a different place and surrounded by Tang people, so they had no choice but to choose to integrate into it.
After a few generations, who knows who their ancestors are?
This method is a bit decisive, so you still need to do it in terms of face and effort.
Not only Shi Yan, but Zhang Jingshun personally distributed food.
Pei Min also came forward to appease the people.
After robbery by man-made disasters, Luzhou City seemed to be empty, and only more than 3,700 households were left in the city.
Entering the streets of the town, the doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the loess road were closed: their fear of war had reached its peak. Under the wall were some hungry and cold foreign refugees, among them, some were still trembling and breathing, while others had become lifeless, and no one paid attention to it.
Pei Min asked someone to collect the bodies and bury them. Although summer has passed, you should still be careful of the plague.
Suddenly Pei Min realized that someone was watching him in the crowd. Looking back, he saw a thin young man from a foreign race. He was naked and had several trauma from his body. His face was pale due to excessive blood loss, but his eyes were still bright and his eyes were full and he had an unyielding intention. He should not be an idiot.
Pei Min couldn't help but feel curious, so he leaned over and asked, "How did you get this injury?"
The young man said: "Of course I came from fighting?"
Pei Min asked again: "Who is fighting with?"
The young man said with his teeth: "The thief rebelled and wanted to steal my horse and sheep. How could a man be seven feet tall and sit still?
"Good man!" Pei Min praised with a smile: "How many have you killed?"
The young man said with a bit of arrogance: "My family of five killed ninety-three thieves." As he said that, he lowered his head and said: "It's just that there are too many of them, so he still snatched the cattle and sheep."
Pei Min put away his smile and said movedly: "That's a big deal for twenty. I'll pay you back how many cattle and sheep you have lost."
The young man clenched his fist and shook his head, "I don't want cows and sheep, I want to take revenge. My uncle is dead, my father broke his arm, I want to avenge them. I hope the Duke of the State can accept me and I can help you capture Kang Daibin!"
He said and knelt on the ground.
Pei Min asked curiously: "How do you help me?"
The young man looked around and said, "This is not a place to speak."
"Okay! Come with me!" Pei Min was very skilled and brave, and he walked towards the city lord's mansion without any doubt.
The young man followed behind.
Shi Yan reminded Pei Min to be careful. Pei Min nodded and smiled, accepting his kindness.
As for Pei Min's personal guards, they were not very concerned about them.
As Pei Min's personal guards, they knew their strength to protect the targets. When they often encountered changes, Pei Min took action personally, but they had no place to use it.
After entering the city lord's office, Pei Min looked at the young man in front of him.
The young man said: "The Duke of the State stationed troops in Luzhou, but he planned to block Kang Daibinxi from fleeing the Tenggeli Desert?"
Pei Min unexpectedly glanced at the alien young man in front of him and said, "Continue talking?"
The young man nodded respectfully and said, "Kang Daibin's rebellion was no sign of rushing troops. The people didn't know what the reason was. But it is not difficult to analyze from the speed of the Duke's dispatch of troops. Kang Daibin's rebellion is not to be punished. For the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, there is no reason to let him escape. The Duke did not pursue him, but stationed troops in Luzhou. It should be that he was sure to win. I believe that Shuo can block Kang Daibin's breakthrough, and I also believe that the two generals of Xia will definitely win. A flat horse in Liuhu Prefecture is most suitable for cavalry escape. Even if the Duke wins, it is not easy to capture the thief's head alive. Kang Daibin faces the net of heaven and earth, and there is no way to survive except to choose to venture into the desert. Luzhou is closest to the Tengger Desert, and it is just right to send troops to stop it."
Pei Min couldn't imagine that his intention would have been seen through by the young man in front of him. He couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Then do you think this method is feasible?"
The young man said: "It is natural to destroy the rebels. But it is not easy to capture the thief's head alive. The road to entering the Tengger Desert is too wide, and the cavalry in the hands of the Duke is far from enough to take into account every place."
"Then what good way do you have?" Pei Min asked for a moment of contemplation.
The young man said without hesitation: "Escape from Luzhou, he met with the two generals Li and Xia on the surface, and sent troops deep into the Tengger Desert behind his back to control the oasis in the desert, waiting for his leisure. In the desert, as long as their water sources are cut off, they can only destroy them all the way."
"In this way, are you very familiar with the Tengger Desert?" Pei Min thought about the pros and cons in his mind.
The young man replied: "Tengri Desert is my Tieler family's home, and I am no longer familiar with it."
Pei Min asked, "By the way, I have said so much, but I haven't asked your name yet! Are you a Tieler? What's your name?"
"Pu Gu Huai'en!" the young man replied!
Pei Min closed his hands without saying a word and said, "I will follow your plan, come and lead the way!"
He knew that Pugu Huai'en was from the Pugu tribe of the Tiel tribe, and the entire tribe had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty as early as the Zhenguan period.
Pugu Huai'en was brave and courageous, and was the best in the army. What is even more rare is the loyalty and martyrdom of the whole family. In the war to quell the Anshi Rebellion in history, Pugu Huai'en's family sacrificed for 46 people for the country. The Anshi Rebellion was quickly quelled, and his contribution was second only to Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. Although he was a Tieler person, he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!