Although he had listened to Qin Huaiyu's report, Li Xiang was still a little worried, so he took Qin Huaiyu and Chang Sun Chong on horseback to check out the nearby military camp.
Because these people were reorganized from the army on the mountain, Li Xiang's safety was also very important. In addition to the two generals beside him, the forty guards followed him closely. Although Li Xiang knew that doing so was a bit disheartening and made the army on the mountain feel that he did not trust them, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Even though Li Xiang was brave, he still had to make the necessary preparations.
After all, he single-handedly destroyed the empires of the four great chieftains and turned them into ordinary wealthy families. No matter whether they surrendered to him or opposed him, they now have very little power. In order to maintain stability, the old man Xiao Yu almost took away all the power in their hands, so it is inevitable that some people will hold a grudge. It will not hurt for Li Xiang to pay more attention to his own safety. When Xiao Yu returned, he kept reminding Li Xiang of this matter.
Although we have taken many measures, these people just don't agree with you, so some things can only be resolved with time. This time we go to Nanzhao to do business, and we also hope that they can quickly integrate into the Tang army. Once they have the honor and benefits of the Tang army, I believe most of them will not miss their previous chieftains.
The Tusi army still had a very good military appearance. At least when Li Xiang inspected them on horseback, he did not feel that these people were unreliable. Instead, he felt that the combat effectiveness of this army should be very strong. If the Tang army did not have those special weapons, not many people could defeat them.
Fortunately, nothing happened during the one-hour inspection, and Qin Huaiyu was relieved. If something had happened within this hour, then his work in the past few months would have been in vain. At that time, these people would be listed as untrustworthy people, including their family members, and they might all suffer bloody disasters.
If you dare to assassinate the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, then you should know how great the price will be. Not only will you and the soldiers around you die, but also the people in your family will die. If this is investigated further, there may be thousands of heads at stake, and the relationship that has just eased will become tense in an instant.
At that time, let alone taking these people to Nanzhao Kingdom to do business, these people may immediately become an unstable factor in Sichuan.
"I've seen the situation on the mountain, and it's really a bit too crowded. How are you doing with relocating the people down from the mountain?"
After returning to his military camp, Li Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. This army had already arrived here. If Li Xiang had ignored it and not investigated, it would have been a setback for these soldiers. Now this result is the best. After the soldiers met the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, they are equivalent to the real Tang Dynasty army. Moreover, Li Xiang had just made a speech, saying that he would treat them equally as long as they fought and killed the enemy on the battlefield.
"Lord Xiao is working on this, but the results aren't very good. My idea is to just give them orders directly, but the Chengdu government has its own way of doing things, and I, a military officer, can't interfere too much. I heard about this when I came here. About 30,000 people have been relocated."
Qin Huaiyu had a bad relationship with Xiao Yu because of this incident, but Xiao Yu was a veteran of two dynasties, and Qin Huaiyu did not have deep roots in the court, so Xiao Yu simply did not listen to his words.
According to these young people, as long as you draw your sword, no one in the mountain will disobey you. Now you want to move them with words. They have lived in the mountains for several lifetimes. What you are doing now is to make them leave their homes. Without a strong imperial decree, can they listen to you just by relying on emotions?
"This is how the old scholar does things. Give him some time to mess around. Once the Nanzhao issue is resolved, if we can't stop messing around with him, we can use some coercive measures. Anyway, we can't exacerbate the local conflicts right now. This is the most important thing. A peaceful Sichuan is not easy to come by."
Li Xiang also did not approve of Xiao Yu's approach, but since Xiao Yu was allowed to be in charge, he had to be given enough power. You cannot interfere in everything. If you want to get involved in everything, once you make this old man angry, he might just quit your job. What can you do to him?
Speaking of the peaceful Qin Huaiyu River in Sichuan, Chang Sunchong nodded. This place is too close to Chang'an. If something happens here, the whole Chang'an may be shaken. When Li Xiang dispatched the four chieftains, there were many voices of opposition within the court. Li Xiang had to make a guarantee. If you cannot guarantee victory, then it may shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Xiang ignored these people at that time. Fortunately, Li Xiang's action was successful. If it had failed, the four chieftains would have gathered a large number of troops and then marched north to Chang'an. Don't think that such a thing will not happen. It's just that we planned better and reduced the probability to the lowest. This is why we have a peaceful Sichuan today.
The next task is to store military rations. More than 20,000 people have arrived at the border, and the daily food, drink, and defecation are not a small number. Many roads in Sichuan are under repair, and some are newly built, so the transportation speed is a little slower, but it is enough for everyone to eat.
Fortunately, Li Xiang could still exchange a lot of food here, so the soldiers would not starve. When the situation in Nanzhao was unclear, Li Xiang asked his men to build several huge granaries here to store military rations for them. After the army went to Nanzhao, it would be much better to transport the food directly from here to the south than from Sichuan.
The imperial court basically did not care much about Li Xiang's memorials.
It turns out that there are always a lot of people who oppose Li Xiang no matter what he does, because they have never heard of what he did before. Now you suddenly want to take action against Nanzhao, they also want to stand up and oppose it, but think about what Li Xiang did before, in the end almost all of them succeeded, whoever opposes is a clown, and even the emperor will settle the score later and push some of the people he doesn't like back home, so no one wants to be the clown this time.
