Dragging the barbarians into the final battle is definitely great news. This means that the war in the south is finally coming to an end. This has greatly improved the mood in all aspects of the Jingji Dynasty.
Only when there is no war will everyone be able to live in peace and contentment, and their attention will return to the Jingjiu Dynasty's own three-quarter acre of land.
However, it is still unknown how long it will take for the war to end completely. Because even if they win a decisive victory, the hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops cannot be wiped out all at once. They will disperse all over the barbarians and become scattered forces. They will use their familiarity with the barbarian areas to wander around. This trick greatly increases the difficulty of settlement.
This is not a random guess, but a situation that frequently occurred in previous wars against barbarians. So sometimes the war will be dragged out for two or three years because it is too difficult to annihilate.
Of course, if the Jing Dynasty is determined to completely wipe out the barbarians and leave no one behind, it is not impossible. It can be done as long as it takes ten years and a huge amount of money and food, but it is extremely uneconomical to settle the accounts. .
As for whether Zuo Yuliang could seize the opportunity to fight against the barbarians, Shen Hao did not dare to guess. He could only say that the battlefield was changing rapidly and any outcome was possible. However, according to the current situation, the Jing army has an absolute advantage. Whether it is morale, weapons and equipment, or even the combat capabilities of the military formation, as well as the monks accompanying the army, they have obviously suppressed the barbarians, and the possibility of losing is very low.
But no matter what, the decisive battle in the south has begun, and the winner will be decided within two or three days. Even if it is delayed, it will not take more than five days to reach a conclusion.
After closing the battle report, Shen Hao picked up the note from Jiang Chenglai that he had read before. It asked him to read the battle report in detail and then go to Jingxi Town Fushi Yamen to see him tomorrow. That should be for this battle report. thing. Is it about integrating all the black flag battalions of the country after the war?
To be honest, Shen Hao himself felt that he was promoted too quickly. If the National Black Flag Battalion is integrated into his hands this time, he will be promoted by half a level and enter the same fourth grade position as Jiang Cheng. There should be no changes in job positions. The post of Black Flag Battalion Commander is a new creation. , just enlarge the scope of power.
Thinking of this, Shen Haocheng couldn't help but put a smile on his face even if he was very deep in the city. Because he knows very well how much contribution he has made from the beginning of the war in the south to the present, and these contributions will soon enter the conversion stage. For example, in the military, we promoted "cool white tea" and "first aid teams", as well as some detailed strategies for disinfection and heat relief, etc. These things are a great contribution to the military, and they are definitely no worse than killing generals and capturing flags on the battlefield.
In addition, there are also his achievements in the "big exam". First, there was the case of King Qian, and then the cases of King Lu and King Jing. In between, they also uncovered the conspiracy of King Yang Wenguang of Jin and found the heirs of Yang Wenguang who were hiding in the court.
Every case here can be written down in one's resume as an "important deed". If anyone else could have one such great achievement, it would last a lifetime, but Shen Hao had several of them.
Even if Shen Hao calculates his merits this year based on the lowest merit reward, it is definitely enough to be promoted to half a level, and even enough to break the barriers of his seniority and age in the Xuanqing Guard, and these merits can be displayed All those who disagree, shut up.
Another point is that there is someone above Shen Hao.
Both Jiang Cheng, the governor of Jingxi, and Pang Ban, the commander of the Xuanqing Guards, both admired and valued him. Jiang Cheng has even been his teacher and has taken great care of him from the beginning of his official career. And his luck is also good. In addition to being promoted to the top, he also won the "big test".
At least judging from the previous incident of rescuing Lianxiang, it seems that Crown Prince Yang Shu is kind and tolerant towards Shen Hao. Otherwise, such a crude method of changing identities will inevitably have consequences. Pretending not to see it is actually Yang Shu's attitude. the most direct reaction.
There were people above him, and he had the confidence and merit to support him. Shen Hao knew that he would basically not have any accidents if he climbed half a level this time.
In the afternoon, Shen Hao summoned Tang Qingyuan, Chen Sheng and Wang Yiming, and also called Wang Jian to participate. Together they reported the new information about Heishui, and for the first time publicly asked Heishui to join the three black flag camps. Action, coordinated action.
"Preaching comes first, both overtly and covertly, to expose the opponent's tricks to deceive the public. The use of force should not be too direct, be more roundabout, and focus on intimidation first. Once you grasp the handle or the loophole, you should strike with thunder and try to leave as many survivors as possible. , parades in the streets, or public beheadings, can all have some effect.
In addition, we need to step up contact with local government offices to bring elementary schools to those villages as soon as possible. If one village doesn't work, just choose a central spot among several villages to build one. While enlightening people, we should preach the dangers of evil monks and the clues that arise. . This is also an achievement for the local government. "
After Shen Hao finished speaking, Tang Qingyuan made a comment and said: "Sir, everything else is easy to talk about. Even if you are a Mongolian student, it is probably not a big problem, but you may not know that the more remote places in the mountains, the more unruly the people are. Simply use missionary education to go there It will probably be difficult to open up the situation by taking the lead. You might as well allocate some force to the missionary mission. It would be more convenient to take action directly when encountering stubborn people."
Tang Qingyuan's words made Shen Hao frown slightly. He glanced at Wang Yiming and Chen Sheng who were present and found that these two people agreed with Tang Qingyuan's words and must have the same idea. Only Wang Jian seemed to twitch the corner of his mouth.
"The more unruly the people are, the less force they can use! Unless they dare to attack the Black Flag Camp, otherwise they will focus on preaching and use force to intimidate. You must be clear, this time is to punish evil, not for you to punish For the people, whoever dares to kill without regard to orders just for the sake of convenience and simplicity will have his head chopped off. You will check it yourself. If there is a problem, you can't run away!"
Just kidding, Shen Hao went to kill evil spirits, and the purpose was to break the foundation of the evil monks' existence in remote areas. If Tang Qingyuan put this idea into action, it would definitely make the evil monks laugh while they were sleeping. Besides, raising a butcher's knife at one's own people just because of "unruly folk customs", if even a little bit of news leaks out about this, it will be a big deal, and it will most likely cost one's head.
But Tang Qingyuan's idea also reminded Shen Hao that the Xuanqing Guards in this world have long been accustomed to direct and rough methods, and have almost never played "Huairou". They should be given some supervision before they can do missionary work, otherwise it will be very difficult. Accident prone.
So Shen Hao turned to Wang Jian and said: "You keep an eye on them, missionary is missionary. If they do anything for convenience, just write it down and tell me as soon as possible."
Wang Jian quickly responded. Although he was also a member of the Xuanqing Guard, he had been working at the bottom, and later he was in charge of Heishui. Most of the people he came into contact with were the people and things at the bottom of the market and the Jingjiu Dynasty. So unlike Tang Qingyuan, Chen Sheng and others, people who work in intelligence don't like the rough and straightforward approach, and they agree with Lord Shen's opinion.
