“That’s natural.”

"By the way, I will leave all six thousand cavalrymen to you."

"With these six thousand cavalrymen, if the mountain people and thieves dare to walk out of Laolin, there will be 100,000, and I will slaughter them all."

"Can't slaughter!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "All the tough ones will be killed, and those who surrender will be educated first."

"What is ideological education?" Hu Zongxian asked curiously.

"It is to induce them to complain and accuse them of being bullied by Shibazhai in the old forest. Don't worry, the rule of the mountain people is primitive and rough. Shibazhai will definitely bully other mountain people, so that those mountain people have great hatred towards Shibazhai, and don't be surprised if they even hate killing their father and taking their wives."

"It's wonderful!" Hu Zongxian couldn't help but stroking his hands and said, "In this way, they have drawn a clear line between the Eighteen Villages. In the past, they just hated the Eighteen Villages in their hearts, but now they say it out."

"Yes, then instill a thought in them, that is, if the thief did not enter Lao Lin, if the thief did not collude with the 18 villages, the court would not have war with the mountain people, and they would not have suffered this disaster. All this was brought to them by the thief and the 18 villages. Finally, let them expose each other, who has done evil things, who has done good things, and who is the thief hidden among them."

"We will kill those who were exposed, and the remaining people will be comforted." Hu Zongxian's eyes gradually lit up.

He failed at the last moment of suppressing bandits this time. However, if he could solve the problem of mountain people that had not been solved in the history of the Ming Dynasty, even if he could not lose his merits, he could reduce his guilt, right?

"Brother, so it's very important that you stay outside."

"I understand!" Hu Zongxian waved his hand and said, "I'll stay outside. Don't worry, I guarantee that no one who escaped from the old forest can escape my palm."

"Okay!" Luo Xin said happily: "I feel relieved if I have my brother outside."

"No, as for the dominant public opinion you mentioned just now, do you need your brother's help?"

"No!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "I have been in the capital for so many years, but I have not been in vain."

Hu Zongxian nodded. Even if Luo Xin wanted Hu Zongxian to help him, he wouldn't be able to help him. His power was in the south and he really had no power in the capital.

"Then you transfer ten thousand people to me, and we will go and do our own things." Hu Zongxian said simply.

"good!"

After Luo Xin assigned 6,000 cavalry and 4,000 infantry to Hu Zongxian, he returned to the big tent and wrote four letters, one for Emperor Jiajing, one for Zhang Xun, one for Wang Cuiqiao, and one for Huang Jin, and sent them to the capital for 800 miles.

The next day.

Luo Xin led 80,000 people into the old forest. With Hu Zongxian's lesson, Luo Xin naturally would not make the same mistake again. The 80,000 people were divided into the front army, the left army, the right army, the rear army and the central army.

Moreover, the most important reason why Hu Zongxian failed was that Zhang Daoyuan and others were luring him in front. Hu Zongxian was eager to pursue him, and the team was too long and out of touch. Moreover, Zhang Daoyuan deliberately failed many times, which made Hu Zongxian chase him even more urgently, and eventually led to failure.

However, Luo Xin prepared very well this time and brought enough food. The marching speed was not fast and he was in every step. According to Luo Xin's words, it doesn't matter if the marching speed was slow, and safety was the first priority. Don't give the rebels and mountain people the opportunity to attack the army.

He did not believe that Shibazhai would easily give up the management of the counterfeit villages for many lifetimes. Once he gave up, he would become a vagrant in the old forest. Without the protection of the counterfeit villages, he would not only lack food, but also lose the protection of the counterfeit villages. At that time, Luo Xin would burn all the 18 villages with several fires, and the rest of the time would be to slowly search for these mountain villagers in the old forest. Luo Xin believed that his army would take steps forward and eventually force these people to nowhere to go.

Luo Xin believed that he knew this, and the Eighteen Villages also knew this, so they would never give up on the copycat unless they had to.

Since they refused to give up the copycat, Luo Xin was naturally not in a hurry. As long as they approached the copycats step by step for the camp, they could unplug them one by one.

The locations of these parables are easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if Hu Zongxian pulled out three villages, he lost a large number of soldiers. However, Luo Xin firmly believed that he would not, because he brought explosive packs made of black gunpowder. At this time, he carried them on the servants of Wandaquan.

Luo Xin's army did not walk a line and disperse the team. When he saw the mountain, he would definitely send people to go to the ridge first and occupy the commanding heights, so along the way, he did not give the rebels and mountain people a chance to attack the army.

After three days of entering Lao Lin, Luo Xin's army was also attacked by mountain citizens and thieves, but it could not cause any harm to the army. Although some were shot by cold arrows, they were also shot and killed the soldiers on the outermost side. They could not get close to the inside of the army at all, and those mountain citizens also suffered casualties.

Even if they ambushed in advance, because of Luo Xin's care, they would occupy a favorable position every time they move forward, such as commanding heights, and the thieves and mountain people were ambushing in these places. So every time they were before the army arrived, those ambushed people were driven away by the vanguard, or they saw that they could not do anything, so they took the lead and quietly retreated.

In this way, Luo Xin led his army to approach the first copycat step by step.

When they entered Lao Lin on the first day, the soldiers' emotions were very unstable, and Luo Xin could see fear in their eyes. He left tens of thousands of people here and fled in a hurry. This fear cannot be eliminated in a short period of time, and may even become their lifelong nightmare.

Unless they can get up where they fall.

However, five days passed in a row, and these soldiers saw Luo Xin as they were in camp step by step, and their army had no casualties. Their terrified hearts gradually calmed down. During these five days, Luo Xin concentrated the generals on the first day, analyzed the reasons for the last failure to them, and told them that as long as we were not in a hurry to achieve success and as we worked step by step, we would definitely be able to achieve the final victory. Then, let these generals pass these words to the soldiers layer by layer, and further stabilize the soldiers' emotions.

In five days, significant results were achieved. Although Luo Xin could still see a trace of fear in the eyes of the soldiers, it was no longer obvious. At least, even if he encountered an emergency, he would not be defeated immediately.

Luo Xin felt a little relieved!

good!

Just a little relieved, after all, these soldiers still have fear in their hearts, even a little bit. Once they encounter a mutation and Luo Xin cannot win in a short period of time, that fear will amplify in people's hearts.

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Chapter completed!