Zhou Xiao was dumbfounded.
He thought Han You was crazy.
The Confederate army could not leave the border because the mountains were high and the forests were dense.
Trees are natural bunkers for aliens outside the pass. They don't even need to fight. The deeper the border troops go, the higher the battle losses will be, non-combat losses.
Zhou Xiao felt like he was crazy again.
Because he found that what Han You said was reasonable, very reasonable, so damn reasonable.
This is a simple "addition and subtraction". Trees grow. It is very likely that the trees cut down by the border troops do not grow as fast or as much as the trees in the mountains and forests.
But it doesn’t matter. The trees in the mountains and forests are not for the foreign minister. Just start cutting down from outside the pass and move forward bit by bit. If a thousand people can’t cut it all, then ten thousand people will cut it down, and ten thousand people will cut it down. If you can't cut it all in one day, then cut it in a year. If you can't cut it all in one year, then cut it for a hundred years. A hundred years is not enough. Thousands of years will sooner or later force the barbarian aliens in the mountains and forests to come out. It doesn't matter if they surrender or fight to the death. They will always be forced out, and they will continue to compress their living space and occupy their territory. Sooner or later, all problems will be solved.
Han You snapped his fingers, and Wang Hai took out the map.
Han You roughly swept the leftovers on the table to the ground, and Wang Hai laid out the map.
"Your Highness, the eldest prince, tell me what you think."
"I..." Zhou Xiao hesitated for a long time: "You didn't play tricks on me?"
"What do you think."
"Okay, then I will accompany you to have some fun."
Zhou Xiao rolled up his sleeves and said without thinking: "From outside the pass, the border troops and the Fanman who surrendered to the imperial court began to cut down the trees. All the places that could be burned were burned. The areas that could not be burned were cut down."
Zhou Xiao waved his finger on the map: "Establish sentry camps five, ten, fifteen, twenty, and thirty miles away from the logging site. Once enemy troops are discovered in one of the sentry camps, a warning will be issued immediately. If the enemy troops are few, they will not dare to get close; if there are many enemy troops, they will not be able to hide from the sentry camp; if a large number of enemy troops appear, then the logging army..."
Han You said: "Return to the pass."
"Back off." Zhou Xiao said with a ferocious smile: "Kill them!"
Han You nodded: "Continue."
"Although the frontier troops are good at defending, if they fight against the barbarians in the mountains and forests, they will attack with short attacks and attack with long attacks. After cutting down the trees, there will be open areas. Open areas..."
The smile on Zhou Xiao's face became more ferocious: "Let's charge the formation with cavalry. If one thousand is not enough, we will use three thousand. If three thousand is not enough, we will use five thousand. If five thousand is not enough, we will use 10,000, 30,000, 50,000." , 50,000 cavalry, even if they are just light cavalry, and even if there is a barbarian coalition in the 100,000-strong mountain, who would dare to fight!"
Han You didn't ask how much it would cost, but nodded slightly and motioned for Zhou Xiao to continue.
"This cavalry can't be trained with practice. Avoid its sharp edges outside the pass. If the sentry camp warns, the logging army will retreat to the city pass. At worst, the barbarians will destroy all the wood. Anyway, there are many trees in the mountains and forests. .”
The more Zhou Xiao talked, the more he realized it was feasible, and his eyes began to shine with a strange light.
"The logging troops retreated to the pass wall, waiting for the foreign barbarians to leave. If they don't leave, they will be stationed. The army can be stationed outside the pass for one day, or ten days. How can it be stationed for a hundred days, or a thousand days? They can't afford to waste it, and it has taken a long time. The frontier army is just waiting for work, so why not go out and rush to kill."
Zhou Xiao's expression became more and more excited: "No, the army should not be allowed to cut trees. Instead, the Fanman from the Eagle and Wolf tribes should be allowed to go out to cut trees. Except for the archers who guard the city, everyone else in the army should be trained. They are all trained as cavalry soldiers, but I, Zhou Xiao, am the best at training soldiers, special forces, and cavalry!"
At this point, Zhou Xiao suddenly stood up, as if he was mentally ill, his eyes were red, and the corners of his mouth started to drool. He didn't know what he was thinking in his mind, muttering to himself, about tens of thousands of fine knights, being invincible in the world. , sweeping through the eight wastelands and leaving a lasting name in history.
Just when Han You was about to ask Zhou Xiao if he needed any medicine, the latter suddenly grabbed Han You's arm.
"How much money do you have, how much money can you convince the court to give out?"
Han You scratched his forehead: "The imperial court can spend at most several hundred thousand guan."
With a "plop", Zhou Xiao sat down on the stool, and the light in his eyes disappeared without a trace.
Han You: "But I can take out two to three million strings. I can take out this much in the beginning. We will see later."
Zhou Xiao suddenly stood up: "How much food and grass can the imperial court dispatch?"
"Just schedule it normally."
With a "plop", Zhou Xiao sat down on the stool.
Han You: "However, I have a lot of land in my hands. I have raided more than 30 aristocratic families, large and small, and let the common people breed. It is no problem to use 30% to supply the border troops. I can use it as a rent collector. I have enough meat tubes and a security camp. There is plenty of food in the mountains and forests.”
Zhou Xiao suddenly stood up: "How many war horses can the imperial court raise?"
"One or two thousand horses."
With a "plop", Zhou Xiao sat down on the stool.
Han You: "But I can take care of the important points of the horse family in Beidi. Ma Rulong still owes us the horse farm. If there are ten or twenty thousand horses, it shouldn't be a big problem."
Zhou Xiao stood up suddenly, grabbed Han You's sleeve tightly, and swallowed nervously.
"Then...then, then, then, then...then, does Brother Han have anyone to train as a cavalryman?"
"can you?"
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, I'm too...little brother, I'm so damn okay!"
Zhou Xiao started to flirt, which made Han You feel sick.
The excited Zhou Xiao's face suddenly darkened: "But...but this king is still a rebel, so what..."
"You can call me Han Xiao from now on."
Han You snapped his fingers, and Wang Hai took out the imperial edict and shouted at the top of his voice: "By God's will, the emperor looks for the sun. Han Xiao, the brave captain of the Southern Army, fights bravely. He is the bravest of the three armies. He is a rare general. Yi. Twenty-seven people including Sword Guard Commander Han You, Nanguan Commander Ren Canglin, and Deputy Commander Tang Qingfeng jointly recommended Han Xiao as a fourth-grade guerrilla general..."
Wang Hai paused and looked at Han You: "Master, would you like to polish it a little more? According to what you said, this imperial edict doesn't seem to be true."
"Oops." Han You took the blank imperial edict and threw it directly to Zhou Xiao: "Fill it in yourself, declare it yourself after filling it out, and then receive the edict yourself. By the way, don't forget to thank you. Don't burn out the sense of ceremony."
"Up here..." Zhou Xiao looked at the blank imperial edict and was dumbfounded: "Why is there only a big seal? Could it be..."
Zhou Xiao was shocked and couldn't help shouting: "You want to rebel?"
Han You: "..."
His Highness Can Gui ran out at the right time: "Brother, my father gave them to me. I gave them about twenty sheets. They are all blank and stamped. Just let Shao Yin fill them in randomly."
Zhou Xiao grinned: "Could it be that the second brother is joking?"
Zhou Tong said happily: "When did the second brother deceive the emperor brother?"
Zhou Xiao's face was full of vigilance: "What kind of character do you have? With this casually written imperial edict, if you secretly bribe Marshal Nanguan and get the seal of commander, wouldn't you just rebel if you rebel?!"
"What do you want to do with Cang Lin's handsome seal?" Zhou Tong took off the three military talismans hanging from Wang Hai's waist: "This is not a hundred times more useful than that handsome seal."
Zhou Xiao: “…”
Han You yawned and said calmly, "Do you have any other questions?"
Zhou Xiao opened his mouth, and it took him a long time to say: "Why does my father trust you so much?"
"Because His Majesty already suspected that something might be wrong with you, he gave me the three military symbols and the imperial edict."
Zhou Xiao lowered his head and sighed: "You think this king is really going to rebel, right?"
"No, what your Majesty means is that at any cost, even if everyone's military power is taken away, you must be safe and sound, and no one is allowed to hurt you."
Zhou Xiao was struck by lightning, and his whole body seemed to have been cast a restraining spell. He was stunned for a long time. Gradually, the eyes of this unruly and unruly eldest prince, who was like a lunatic, gradually became filled with mist, filled with regret and self-blame. A look of guilt flashed across his face one by one.
Zhou Tong and Wang Hai took a deep look at Han You at the same time, with incomprehensible expressions on their faces.
Han You shrugged.
Lao Ba never said such a thing, but that’s what Lao Ba probably thought at the time.
But these are no longer important. At least Han You "thought" his father thought so. At least Han You let Zhou Xiao know that his father thought so. That was enough.
