hsntnovel Chapter 2026: The Plan of Extermination
Chapter 2026: The Plan of Extermination
The next day, the team broke camp early. Li Shen climbed onto the carriage in a daze and continued to sleep. When he woke up, the team had already passed the checkpoint.
While they were having their meal, Wang Xuance came over.
"Your Majesty, there is news from the northwest."
"Hmm? Tell me quickly." Li Shen stuck his head out of the carriage and asked quickly.
Wang Xuance immediately reported:
"The spies just reported that Xizhou is indeed very unstable right now. The rebels are becoming more and more rampant, and they don't even take the defenders seriously.
Frequent activities outside the city are deliberately conducted for training.
The rebels are still constantly recruiting soldiers and even kidnapping people. We have heard of at least three such incidents so far.
They captured the men and forced them to join the rebels.
They also destroyed a tribal settlement. By the time the government troops arrived, the tribe had already fled, taking many people with them.
Now the people in Anxi Protectorate are in a panic and the common people dare not travel.
The major tribes have also begun to form protective personnel, ready to fight against the rebels who may come to do evil at any time."
“Humph, I told you it’s not that simple, and you said that I should be the one to take charge, but the rebels have already started to act so blatantly.
He also said that by the time Guo Xiaoke returned, the rebels in the northwest would have been strong enough to take over. What would happen if civil unrest broke out by then?
By the way, how is the food supply at the front line? Are there any problems?"
Li Shen snorted and asked.
He knew that it was not a good thing for him to come, especially his father's attitude at the end, which made him expect that Anxi's fortune was not simple.
But I didn't expect that the situation had become so chaotic that the rebels actually dared to attack the tribe, so their number must be more than just a few hundred.
"Your Majesty, there is no news that the rebels have intercepted food supplies. My army has already begun to march towards Yanqi and Qiuci.
The food and fodder were only transported there once, and I don’t know when we can start the second time.”
Wang Xuance replied.
Hearing that the food and grass were fine, Li Shen felt relieved. The Western Expedition was the most important thing. If it failed due to lack of food and grass supply, he would be guilty.
He just didn't understand. Given the situation, why did they send him? Wouldn't it be better to send someone who understood government affairs?
Or we can send a general over to wipe them out.
There's no point in coming here. All I can do is suppress rebellions and kill people, and pacify the people.
Wait! Li Shen suddenly seemed to have thought of something.
Appease the people, quell the rebellion, kill people, these three words together, Li Shen suddenly remembered something.
Li Shen lowered the curtains of the carriage, opened the door and got out.
"Xuan Ce, I have thought of something. Let's get in the car and discuss it in detail."
After hearing this, Wang Xuance dismounted and jumped directly onto the shaft without even stopping the carriage.
Li Shen's carriage was divided into an outer room and an inner room. The outer room was for drinking tea, eating, or for servants to rest.
At this moment, Li Shen asked Wang Xuance to go to the outer room and asked Shitou to make tea.
"What has your Highness thought of?" Wang Xuance asked curiously.
"Xuan Ce, I was just thinking about a question. The situation in the northwest is so chaotic now. Why do you want me, a person who knows nothing, to be in charge of Anxi?
But then I remembered that I had given Your Majesty an idea before. " Li Shen said softly.
"What idea?" Wang Xuance asked cooperatively.
“I told Your Majesty at the beginning that if you want to cut off the foundation of the rebellion, it is actually very simple.
As long as the rebels pretend to be rebels and declare that not joining the rebels is a capital crime, and then slaughter several tribes, constantly burning, killing and looting everywhere,
All of them were under the slogan of rebellion and national restoration.
It won't be long before the people will hate the rebels so much that they will turn pale at the mere mention of them and no one will dare to have contact with them.
At that time, as long as we release the news that we are going to wipe out the rebels on a large scale, the people will enthusiastically provide us with information.
Our team disguised as rebels will also secretly contact various rebels, familiarize themselves with their range of activities and lairs, and finally catch them all in one fell swoop.
I was just joking because slaughtering civilians would damage one's virtue, but today I suddenly felt that Your Majesty really wanted me to use this method to eliminate the rebels in Anxi Protectorate."
Li Shen said solemnly that when he first proposed this method, he defined the rebels as terrorists, and no one wanted to associate with terrorists.
He sent out fake people to contact the rebels and inquire about their hideouts, and finally wiped them out with the help of both inside and outside forces.
However, this method is too cruel. In order to achieve the goal, the people need to hate the rebels, and killing is the best solution.
Because of this, Li Shencai was just talking, but now he suddenly felt that his father sent him here to do this.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty would not be like this. His Majesty has always loved the people like his own children and is a benevolent emperor."
Wang Xuance was shocked when he heard the strategy that Prince Ji had just mentioned. This was the first time he had heard Prince Ji talk about this.
I didn't expect that Prince Ji could come up with such a plan to wipe out the entire family.
But to be honest, Wang Xuance also thought that this plan was a good one, although it was a bit too cruel.
But for those in power, thousands of lives are insignificant compared to the stability of the entire country. Not to mention thousands of people, even tens of thousands of lives are worth it.
But Wang Xuance felt that Li Shimin should not do such a thing.
"Benevolence? Haha, there is no benevolent emperor in history who loves his people like his own children? He can even kill his own son, so is he really that loving to his people?"
Li Shen almost laughed when he heard that his father was kind. He couldn't say anything disrespectful, otherwise he would seem too unfilial.
What a vengeful person his father was. The Khan of the Turks danced in public. How did his own uncle die in Xuanwu Gate?
There was not a single male left in my grandfather and uncle's family; even the male dog was killed.
They are all brothers and nephews from the same mother.
How many people did my father kill when he led the army to suppress the rebellion? Back then, my father massacred Xia County.
这么狠的一个人，居然还有人说他爱民如子，连自己儿子都揍呢。
"Uh..." Wang Xuance was speechless. It was too disrespectful for King Ji to speak like this to his father.
It seems that Prince Ji is still brooding over the beating and holding a grudge, so he shouldn't take any revengeful actions.
"Your Highness, His Majesty has always been diligent in his work and has loved the people. Please don't say that again," Wang Xuance advised.
"Tsk, okay, but do you think what I said is possible?" Li Shen curled his lips.
Wang Xuance pondered for a moment. Although he didn't want to say it, he had to admit that what King Ji said was indeed possible.
"Your Majesty, I think this is a real possibility, but..."
Wang Xuance paused and asked from the bottom of his heart:
"But does the prince really intend to use this strategy?"
(Qin Wang Li Shimin led his army from Jinzhou back to attack Xiaxian. On the 25th day of the 11th month, he massacred the people. - Zizhi Tongjian
I forgot to upload it, I just remembered it. It's a bit late~
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