Cecil led the Military Intelligence Bureau, and the intelligence from the front line of the legion was quickly delivered to Gao Wen.
Seeing Byron's report of building a temporary prisoner-of-war camp on the spot and receiving farm granaries from the nearest farm to maintain the consumption of prisoners of war, Gawain showed a satisfied expression: "Byron is a talent... he can think of how to let those prisoners of war The idea of building a camp and locking yourself up, five thousand axes solved the problem."
Amber, who was standing by the side, couldn't help rolling her eyes: "As soon as I heard it, I knew that this idea must match yours... I don't know how such ideas came out of people like you..."
"The battlefield is changing rapidly, and only those with the same flexible thinking can take the initiative." Gao Wen said seriously.
"All right, all right, you're an expert," Amber said in a very perfunctory manner, and then showed a slightly emotional expression, "But having said that, this is really a long chase... At Crushed Stone Ridge, Philip used a lot of We defeated the coalition of nobles in two hours, but then we spent more than a dozen days circling those fleeing enemies... I thought it would take at most two or three days."
Gao Wen smiled and shook his head: "I deliberately gave Philip the order to prolong the pursuit battle as long as possible, not to put too much pressure on the enemy, not to chase too closely, and always use the 'Persuader' railgun Intimidating at the boundaries of the range of the enemy, and harassing with light infantry from time to time, in order to maintain the chase for more than ten days."
Amber was confused when she heard this: "Why?"
"Otherwise, how can 3,000 people take down an enemy of 30,000 to 40,000?" Gao Wen looked into Amber's eyes, "It is true that the coalition forces of the nobles will be defeated at the first touch, but this is only a difference in frontal combat power. In terms of numbers, they still have three or four There are more than 10,000 survivors, and there are 30,000 to 40,000 people who are physically strong and clear-headed. Among them, the extraordinary professionals who are leading the formation may even retain a certain willingness to resist, because those who are in the rear of the team may not even see it. The scene of artillery bombardment In this case, the combat regiment led by Philip can defeat them head-on, but there is no way to wipe them out completely, and there is no way to prevent them from escaping, let alone capture them while ensuring their own safety."
It was only then that Amber came to her senses: "That's why you let Philip chase those rout soldiers with shells for a full dozen days?"
"The mountain people in the north will hunt red mountain wolves before winter. They use 'sound arrows' and gongs and drums that make loud whistles to drive away red mountain wolves on the entire mountain. They drive day and night, and they take turns entering the mountain to rest , can drive the Red Mountain Wolves, which are more numerous than people in the northern mountains, to a corner, jumping off the cliffs in pieces, and those noble coalition forces... Their willpower is no match for the Red Mountain Wolf, and it only takes more than ten days to drive them away Alright," Gao Wen shook his head, "Only by exhausting their willpower to the limit, exhausting their physical strength, slowing down their thinking, and losing their most basic ability to judge, can Philip's 3,000 men take over the 30,000 to 40,000 prisoners of war safely, otherwise Why do you think Byron gave those prisoners of war five thousand axes, so they could just cut down trees and build a prisoner-of-war camp to lock themselves up?"
Amber looked Gao Wen up and down with an expression of admiration, and couldn't help sighing: "As expected of a 700-year-old rice dumpling, it's so sophisticated..."
Then, before Gao Wen casually found something from his side and slapped her on the wall, she hurriedly changed the subject: "But having said that... the pursuit of the past ten days, let alone the gang of noble soldiers, I am afraid that the entire Ansu One has seen it... After all, you are the first in history not to accept a truce in a noble war."
"I accept the truce. After they are completely wiped out or surrendered, the war will naturally end," Gao Wen said casually, "and I believe that day will not be too far away."
"Speaking of which, what do you plan to do next?" Amber looked at Gao Wen curiously, "The coalition forces of nobles are completely finished, and their lords are staying in a prisoner-of-war camp on the edge of Earl of Hosman. Ten aristocratic territories are waiting for you to receive them; on the other hand, according to the information I have obtained, one-third to one-quarter of the allied nobles escaped the pursuit of Philip Knight in the plains, and these people probably dare not return. In their territory, if they wander around, it might become a big problem."
Although he is a carefree and unreliable guy on weekdays, after all, Amber has worked as a guard next to Gao Wen for a year, and is now the leader of the Military Intelligence Bureau, so he has accumulated some experience in doing serious things. , At this time, the analysis is still reasonable.
"Of course I will take over the land in the southern border..." Gawain stood up and walked to the huge map of the southern border hanging in the office while speaking, "but we still need to think about the specific receiving plan. As for those who escaped Guy... As expected, after all, Knight Philip's manpower is limited, and he can only let go of so few people is beyond my expectations. Don't worry about the nobles who have run away and their remnants, they will be clearly arranged .”
While talking, Gao Wen's gaze moved up along the map, and finally stopped at the top of the map.
Rock Fortress, the northern gate of the southern border fell in the center of his sight.
After staring at the fortress for a while, Gao Wen withdrew his gaze and glanced over the collars of the nobles in the southern border, large and small.
"Send a messenger to the Hossman prisoner-of-war camp and ask Philip and Byron to escort all the noble lords and transcendents in the prisoner-of-war camp back to the territory. The prisoner-of-war camp will be taken over by the Valdeperic knight. In addition, we will inform Hetty and all of the internal affairs department Officials, go to the government affairs hall to gather, I have something to discuss with them, although the southern border has not been settled, but it is time to take over part of the land."
The war was not over yet, and some remnants of the nobles were still fleeing, and even among the nobles who had been captured, there were still many people holding the naive idea of "noble war games", waiting for Gao Wen to negotiate with them , waiting for the ransom from the territory to redeem himself and continue to be the lord, but on Gawain's side, he never considered "negotiating" with the aristocratic order in the southern border from the very beginning.
The situation he requested must be realized, and now that the forces that can hinder it have been defeated by him, he is going to proceed with the next plan.
Soon after, Gao Wen appeared in front of everyone in the government affairs hall located in the center of the territory.
The officials of the government office rose collectively, and then saluted their lord with awe.
This war has lasted for more than ten days. Through the convenient newspapers, bulletin boards and other channels in the territory, almost everyone knows about the two overwhelming victories at Crushed Stone Ridge and White Water River and the follow-up Cecil soldiers. The "Great Pursuit", the result of this war not only shocked the enemy, but even the Cecilians themselves. Except for Gao Wen who had expected such a result, almost no one thought about the war in the new era It turned out to be like this. Their awe is not only for Gao Wen himself, but also for all the changes brought about by Gao Wen, and for this new era.
Before telling his plan, Gao Wen first learned about the changes in the territory during this period of time.
"Ancestor, the current territory is running smoothly, and the social order is as usual," Hetty, as the top director of the internal affairs department, reported the situation she knew. In particular, Mr. Godwin’s commentary was very popular. In addition, due to the newspaper’s good publicity of front-line news, the new round of training recruits went smoothly and has reached the expected goal.”
Gao Wen felt that he should be grateful for this age when people's wisdom was not developed. The role of "newspaper" in the territory even exceeded his imagination. People are "authorities" in their minds, so they almost unconditionally believe what the newspapers say. In all fairness, this situation is not what Gao Wen originally wanted, and even the advanced stage of his opening up the wisdom of the people happened to break this "authority monopoly", but at least at the current stage, the influence of newspapers on the people is what he needs most. of.
After learning about the recent situation of the territory, Gao Wen cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, this war is not over yet, some nobles escaped our pursuit, and will disappear into the northwest wilderness with their remnants. Finally, we will find them and eliminate them, but before that, it is time to make arrangements for the aftermath of the war. First, the mass migration of the population... "
Gao Wen explained his plan in detail, and this plan will undoubtedly surprise everyone present, even stunned.
He asked all the population in the southern border to migrate to several major cities, and nearly one-third of the population should be concentrated in the Cecil region, and the remaining two-thirds should be concentrated in the Horsman region, Leslie region, Glenn region, The four areas in the Kant region are the center for redistribution.
"...all the villages far away from the city, the knight settlements in non-grain-producing areas, farms, and villages and towns damaged in this war...are included in the relocation list, and they will be moved to the major cities I just mentioned according to the principle of proximity, and Establish a second-level government affairs office in the local area. The second-level government affairs office is led by officials and clerks trained by Cecil, and local intellectuals are recruited for training in the later stage to supplement the manpower of the government affairs office; all the migrant population in the southern region will move in. Cecil, placed in the North Shore pioneer, forming a new city... "
Gao Wen talked about his plan one by one. Of course, there are countless details and specific implementation methods in this large-scale population migration plan, including the securing of cultivated land, resettlement of the relocated population, food and material consumption, specific plan implementation time period, Countless issues such as publicity and appeasement work, details of the establishment of the new government affairs department, urban construction, etc. are waiting for him and his team of officials to solve, so what he proposes here is actually just a draft, which is his " request", and after making these, it was the "question time" he left for the people in the government affairs hall.
"My request is roughly finished, and now everyone can ask questions."
Gawain put his hands on the table, his gaze slowly swept around, but for a full half a minute after he finished speaking, no one at the scene spoke.
It seemed that everyone hadn't reacted yet. They first felt astonished, and then exchanged glances with each other. Some of them seemed to be thoughtful and thought of some key points, but no one really asked a question.
None of them knew where to start.
Gawain had anticipated this situation a long time ago, and he waited patiently until two minutes later, Heti was the first to break the silence: "Ancestor... I want to ask, why do you want to carry out this population migration?"