"Not a tool!"

At this time, someone shouted, and Luo Xin turned his head and saw Hu Zongxian walking towards him under the protection of several personal soldiers.

"Brother, are you in good health?" Luo Xin and He Xinyin went up to meet him.

"Nothing is serious." Hu Zongxian looked at Luo Xin and said, "No, I will enter the mountain with you."

"No!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Brother, your body has not been healed yet. Although it is not serious, you have also entered Lao Lin and know that the environment in Lao Lin is dangerous. Your body does not have the conditions to enter Lao Lin now, so you stay outside. I will leave you 10,000 soldiers to encircle the thieves who ran out of Lao Lin."

"No equipment..."

"Brother, you are also the commander-in-chief. I know that sometimes I am unwilling to be angry."

"I……"

“And it’s also very important to stay outside.”

Hu Zongxian showed a hint of displeasure on his face and said, "If you don't have a weapon, don't fool me. You said that, I used to be the commander. Wouldn't you know whether it's important to be outside the mountain?"

"Not what you thought!"

Luo Xin waved his hand and retreated with his guards. He Xinyin thought for a while. It was probably Luo Xin who wanted to say some private words to Hu Zongxian, so he nodded to Hu Zongxian and Luo Xin and retreated aside. Hu Zongxian also waved his hand, and his personal guards also retreated, leaving only Hu Zongxian and Luo Xin.

Luo Xin closed his eyes, and the afterglow of the sun fell on him, as if he was covered with a layer of golden armor.

Hu Zongxian stood aside, and the surroundings were silent. Hu Zongxian gradually felt the pressure coming from Luo Xin. He had not felt this feeling before. When he met Luo Xin just now, Luo Xin was just a seventh-grade maritime steward. At that time, Luo Xin was a fly that could be slapped to death in front of Hu Zongxian.

He watched Luo Xin step by step and reach a high position, now he is the strategy of the entire South. However, because he is very familiar with Luo Xin and has made friends since Luo Xin's late period, he has never felt the pressure from Luo Xin. Moreover, Luo Xin has never had any airs in front of him, just like two old friends.

but……

Now he felt the pressure, and the Adam's apple squirmed for a moment, and he spoke dryly:

"No equipment..."

Luo Xin also opened his eyes, looked up at the afterglow in the sky, and said softly:

"Brother, what do you think my purpose in entering the mountain this time?"

"I think you will slaughter the Eighteen Villages. They killed you and sent the messenger. There is no need to surrender."

"Not bad!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "I will slaughter the Shiba Village and find Zhang Daoyuan's nest. But, brother, do you know how many people really live in the Shiba Village?"

“How many are there?”

"There are four or five thousand people in the small village, and twenty or three thousand people in the big village. However, there are less than 300,000 people living in the village in the 18 villages. However, the total number of mountain people exceeds one million."

Hu Zongxian nodded with a serious expression and said, "We also suffered this loss at that time. After entering the mountains and forests, we found that we were completely at a disadvantage. Not only did we not occupy the right time, place, and people, but we were not as many as the other party."

"If there is a village, you can't escape. So, I can destroy the Eighteen Villages, but I can't destroy the nearly one million mountain people who are not in the village. The mountain people are too scattered, and they just look for a place to build a small village. Each village has only a few dozen people, and the most is only a few hundred people, and it will be a headache place."

"Then how are you going to?"

"If I destroy the Eighteen Villages with thunder this time, then follow the clues to find Zhang Daoyuan's nest, and destroy Zhang Daoyuan's last power. Then I will return to the court. Then, a few years later, the Eighteen Villages will rise again."

"Do you want to take this opportunity to solve the problem of the mountain people together?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded.

"Then do you want to completely wipe out the mountain people? That's more than one million, and in the deep mountains and forests, as you said, there is a copycat, you can't escape. But those small villages with dozens or hundreds of people don't have one at all. They can build a copycat by just running around in a random place. It's not impossible to wipe out the millions of mountain people, but it takes a long time.

No, we don’t have that much time.”

"I didn't want to wipe out all millions of mountain people, so wouldn't I become a butcher?" Luo Xin said calmly: "To treat these ignorant mountain people, we must pay equal attention to suppression and appeasement. For example, like the Eighteen Villages, we have absolute prestige among the mountain people and stubbornly oppose the Ming Dynasty. We must resolutely encircle and suppress them and slaughter them all. In this way, although the remaining mountain people are large in number, they have become a piece of loose sand. When they see that the Eighteen Villages they feared in the past were all massacred by our Ming Dynasty, they will be afraid. At that time, it is time for us to comfort them and we cannot force them to the opposite side of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise more and more mountain people will be attacked, and we will fall into the quagmire of bandit suppression."

"In fact, this large-scale war has caused very serious consequences for the mountain people. Among the 18 villages, only 300,000 of them were the 18 villages, and only some of the 18 villages have stored food.

And brother, the war you launched against mountain people and thieves before has affected their spring seeds. It can be said that by autumn, they have no gains. They can only rely on hunting, but can they maintain the survival of millions?

The relationship between Shibazhai and Zhang Daoyuan is complicated and close. However, the remaining nearly one million mountain people probably already hate Zhang Daoyuan in their hearts, because this disaster was brought to them by Zhang Daoyuan.

This can be used even when we attack the 18 villages."

"Not a weapon!" Hu Zongxian said worriedly: "If you massacre the Eighteen Villages, aren't you afraid that the officials of the court will impeach you?"

Luo Xin frowned, then nodded and said, "One of the masters and officials in the capital is education, especially those censors.

These censors played a very important role in cracking down on corruption and abuse of power in the history of the Ming Dynasty. They did not fear power and uphold justice. They had a glorious image in the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and then received worship from the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and finally gained the right to dominate public opinion.

If they really target it, it would be really troublesome!"

"Yes! No, you have to be careful!"

"Then you have to prepare in advance!"

“What preparations are made?”

"Preparation to dominate public opinion! Brother, don't worry about these things for now. Stay behind and bring ten thousand people outside the forest. Don't look at the mountain people who have strong combat power in the forest. Once the old forest is out, you will not be able to compete with our soldiers at all."

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