Chapter 358: The Island That Settles Hu People
"Prairie Cavalry?" Li Yan looked at Wang An in the study with some confusion. Today, Wang An had just returned from Dengzhou and immediately came to tell himself that there was a grassland cavalry that could be used by him. This made Li Yan a little puzzled for a moment. He couldn't understand why Wang An suddenly mentioned the matter on the grassland with him?
Seeing Li Yan's puzzled expression, Wang An smiled slightly and explained in detail what he had learned about his previous meeting with Duer, especially focusing on the tragic situations of the tribes that were not allowed by the Tang Dynasty. Li Yanyue was also very excited and finally slapped the table and said, "Fu Wang, I agree to this!"
However, as soon as Li Yan finished speaking, he thought of a question and immediately frowned and said, "I really lack troops in my hands now. These grassland people are a good battle knife, but they must not stay on the grassland anymore. In this way, it would be a problem to resettle them."
Duer and his tribe hindered the Tang Dynasty's grassland plan, so there was no longer a place for them to stand on the grassland. Moreover, if Li Yan wanted to use them as his own sword, he would never allow their tribe to stay on the grassland again. Only by fully controlling these tribes in his own hands can Li Yan feel at ease.
But Wang An had thought of this problem for a long time, and he smiled and said, "Your Highness, this matter is extremely simple for you. There are many islands overseas. As long as the grassland tribes are placed on an island suitable for life and let them reproduce, they are not allowed to master any shipbuilding and sailing skills. Only men will immediately recruit them into the army when they become adults and allow them to reunite with their families every once in a while. You must stay in the army at other times. In this way, Your Highness has an inexhaustible source of troops, and as long as the island is in our control, then you don't have to worry about any backlash!"
Hiss, Li Yan took a deep breath after hearing this, and there was something strange in his eyes when he looked at Wang An. People said that the most poisonous woman's heart was the heart of a scholar like Wang An. The method he proposed was too poisonous. It was simply to raise these grassland people like livestock, but unlike livestock, they had to give their lives to their masters and fight bloody battles for their masters.
Seeing the expression on Li Yan's face, Wang An immediately guessed what he was thinking, but he did not show any embarrassment, but said with a smile: "Your Highness, the Hu people in the grassland have always been a confidant of my Central Plains dynasty. They have long had an indelible hatred with us Han people for thousands of years. Now the court wants to destroy this feud in one fell swoop, so as long as those who dare to resist, they will definitely not be able to escape the end of destruction. Even the majority of people like Xue Yantuo cannot do it, so the demise of Duer and their tribe can be said to have become inevitable. If Your Highness can save his life, he will naturally have to ask for some due reward!"
Li Yan nodded after hearing this. Anyway, Duer's tribes will perish sooner or later, so he might as well use them and become a sword in his hand. To continue their tribe, and after they go overseas, their living environment may be much better than on the grassland, at least they don't have to worry about the heavy snow disaster that they encounter at any time.
Thinking of this, Li Yan finally felt at ease and began to discuss with Wang An about which island to put the dependent grassland people? This is a big problem. If the prairie people do not have the intention of rebellion, then the island cannot be too close to the mainland, but it is too far and not conducive to Li Yan's control, and the area cannot be too small. After all, those prairie people are not only the Luoyun tribe of Duer and others, but also some other grassland tribes. These people together may be of a small number. If the area is too small, they will not be able to accommodate them at all.
With so many requests, Li Yan and Wang An did not expect a suitable place for a while. Finally, the two took out the map and discussed one by one. First of all, Taiwan would definitely not work. It was one of the base camps that Li Yan booked, and it would not allow these grassland people to go up to live. Luzon is a big island, but its status is too important. There will definitely be many ships coming and going in the future. It is not safe to put the grassland people there. If the other party backfires, they can immediately control a large number of ships. The other large islands in the South China Sea are a bit too far away. In this way, it seems that none of them is a suitable place.
Li Yan and Wang An were both scratching their heads. Finally, when Wang An moved his finger to Japan, he suddenly said with regret: "Japan is a good place to accommodate them. Unfortunately, it is too close to the mainland. It is only a strait from the Three Hanzhous. When the weather is clear, a sampan can cross it. It is really not suitable to accommodate those grassland Hu people."
Hum? Li Yan was stunned when he heard this. Wang An reminded him that there is a place in Japan that is very suitable for resettlement of those Hu people. To be precise, it cannot be regarded as the territory of Japan, and it should be called Essay.
Hokkaido, which is later in the Hokkaido, is the second largest island among the four islands in Japan after Honshu Island. It is located at the northernmost end of the Japanese archipelago. It is also the most important livestock industry in Japan in later generations. Moreover, the Hokkaido is quite far from the mainland. If the strait between Honshu Island is blocked, then it will almost become an isolated place. In addition, it is remote and few ships will go there. It can be said to be a very ideal resettlement.
"It's here." Thinking of this, Li Yan suddenly slapped the table and pointed to the northernmost road of Japan on the map. However, there was a blank space, because the Essay still belongs to Japan now, and few people even knew that there was a very huge island at the northernmost point of Japan. It was precisely because of this that when Wang An mentioned Japan, he did not mention the Essay.
Wang An looked at the blank of Li Yan's pointing, but was puzzled and wondered, thinking that Your Highness wanted to throw all the Hu people into the sea? If that were the case, it would be better to ignore them and let Duer and others die on their own.
Seeing Wang An's expression, Li Yan couldn't help but laugh proudly. Knowledge is power. No matter how wise Wang An is, he didn't know that there was a big island north of Japan, so even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of a place to accommodate the Hu people.
When Wang An heard Li Yan's explanation, he was also a little surprised. He thought that relocating the Hu people was a difficult problem, but he didn't expect that there was a way out. There was a big island in the far north of Japan. It seemed that even God was helping His Highness the King of Qi.
After discussing the resettlement of the Hu people in the grassland, Li Yan summoned Duer and asked about the situation of their tribe. He also briefly explained his arrangements for them, telling them that if they want to survive, they must follow their arrangements to leave the grassland. As for the matter of going to Españo in the future, they did not tell them for the time being.
Duer is a very self-aware person and has a very clear understanding of the difficulties faced by the tribe. Therefore, he agreed to the conditions proposed by Li Yan without any hesitation. After all, in his opinion, compared with the disaster of extermination, the conditions proposed by His Highness of the King of Qi are undoubtedly extremely generous. In addition, Duer also expressed that he would do his best to contact other desperate tribes and try his best to persuade them to follow His Highness of the King of Qi.
Li Yan also admired Duer, who was so tactful, and told the other party very bluntly that as long as their Luoyun tribe could gather 100,000 people, he would appoint Luoyun tribe as the leader of these tribes and manage these tribes on his behalf.
Hearing Li Yan's promise, Duer was immediately shocked and knelt down and promised to do his best to summon people. Wang An also smiled and thought that His Highness's methods were indeed powerful. Once this promise was made, the Luoyun tribe would definitely win over other tribes. After all, the more people they were at that time, the better the people they managed by the Luoyun tribe, and the greater the benefits they gained from it.
For Li Yan, who is now in short supply, these grassland tribes are undoubtedly troops falling from the sky. Moreover, these Hu people are different from Silla, Baekje, and the slaves they bought. The combat power of these Hu people is much stronger than that of Silla and Baekje soldiers, and their families are in their own hands. Therefore, Li Yan can fully trust these people and treat them as a sword for his own exploration, just like the Cossack cavalry in the hands of later Russian tsars.
Li Yan naturally could not just let Duer's Luoyun tribe do such an important thing, and Wang An also understood the significance of this incident to Li Yan, so he volunteered to go back to the grassland with Duer. With him, Wang Fu, the Luoyun tribe could be more confident when convincing other tribes.
Although Li Yan was reluctant to leave Wang An's arm, there was indeed no one more suitable person around him. After all, the Wang family in Taiyuan had a great influence on the grassland, and Wang An also knew very well about the situation on the grassland, so if he came forward, he could achieve twice the result with half the effort.
For the above considerations, Li Yan finally agreed to let Wang Andur go to the grassland, but in order to protect his safety, Li Yan divided the escorts of the royal palace around him into 500 people. This made Wang An very grateful. After preparing some things, he left Siqi the next day, entered the Yellow River channel and headed towards Taiyuan, and then went through Taiyuan to reach the grassland.
At the same time, Li Yan wrote a letter to Li Shimin himself, explaining the military difficulties he wanted to face and his plans for the grassland tribes such as Duer, hoping that the emperor's father would provide some convenience and not attack Duer and other tribes for the time being.
After Li Yan wrote the letter, he immediately sent it to Dengzhou, and then sent it to Chang'an by sending a letter from a flying pigeon. At this speed, I believe that when Wang An arrived at the grassland, Li Shimin's order would also be issued to the Tang army on the grassland, which would not delay Wang An's reunion for the grassland tribe.
Chapter completed!