Chapter 404 Cleaning and Rectification

Cecil Leader, the Military Intelligence Agency, the information from the front line of the legion was soon sent to Gao Wen.

Seeing Byron's report on the construction of a temporary prisoner of war camp on the spot and receiving the nearby farm granary from Hosman Land to maintain the consumption of the prisoners of war, Gawain showed a satisfied expression: "Byron is a talent... He was able to come up with the The idea of ​​a prisoner of war building a camp to lock himself up, five thousand axes solved the problem."

Amber, who was standing next to him, couldn't stop rolling his eyes: "I knew this idea must be the right number for you as soon as I heard it... I don't know how this idea came out of people like you... "

"The battlefield is ever-changing, and only those with equally flexible thinking can take the initiative." Gawain said seriously.

"Xingxingxing, you are an expert," Amber dealt with a few words very perfunctory, and then showed a somewhat emotional expression, "But then again, this is really a long chase... In the gravel ridge, Philip used The noble coalition was defeated in less than two hours, but after that, it took us more than ten days to go around in circles with those fleeing enemies... I thought it would take two or three days at most."

Gawain smiled and shook his head: "I deliberately gave Philip an order to let him prolong the chase as long as possible - don't put too much pressure on the enemy, don't chase too hard, always be the 'persuader' The range boundary of the railgun is intimidating, and light infantry is used to harass from time to time, in order to maintain the pursuit for more than ten days."

Amber looked confused: "Why?"

"If not, how can three thousand people eat thirty or forty thousand enemies?" Gawain looked into Amber's eyes, "It is true that the allied forces of the nobles will collapse at a touch, but this is only the difference in frontal combat effectiveness. In terms of numbers, there are still three or four of them. There are 10,000 survivors, and there are 30,000 to 40,000 people with strong physical strength and clear thinking. Among them, the extraordinary professionals who are in front of the line may even retain a certain willingness to resist, because those in the back of the team may not see it at all. The sight of artillery bombardment - in this case, the combat regiment led by Philip could defeat them head-on, but there was no way to destroy them all, and there was no way to stop them from escaping, and there was no way to capture them while ensuring their own safety."

Amber just woke up: "That's why you let Philip chase those defeated soldiers with cannonballs for more than ten days?"

"The mountain people in the north will hunt red mountain wolves before winter. They drive the red mountain wolves from the whole mountain with 'sharp arrows' and gongs and drums that emit loud whistles. , can drive the Red Mountain Wolf, which has more people than people in the northern mountains, to a corner, jumping off the cliff in pieces, and those noble coalition forces... Their will is no better than the Red Mountain Wolf, and it takes more than ten days to drive them away. Almost there,” Gawain shook his head, “Only by exhausting their will to the limit, exhausting their physical strength, slowing their thinking, and losing their most basic ability to judge, can Philip’s three thousand men take over the thirty or forty thousand prisoners of war without incident. Otherwise why do you think Byron gave the prisoners of war five thousand axes,

Can they obediently go down trees and build a POW camp to lock themselves up? "

Amber looked at Gao Wen up and down with an expression of admiration, and couldn't help but sigh: "It is indeed a seven-hundred-year-old zongzi, but it is experienced..."

Then, before Gawain casually found something from his side and patted her on the wall, she quickly changed the subject: "But then again... Let alone those noble soldiers in the pursuit for more than ten days, I am afraid that the whole of Ansu will be destroyed. No one has seen it... After all, you are the first ever to not accept a truce in a noble war."

"I accept the truce. After they are completely wiped out, or all members surrender, the war will naturally end," Gawain said casually, "and I believe this day will not be too far away."

"Speaking of which, what are you going to do next?" Amber looked at Gawain curiously, "The coalition of nobles is completely over, and their lords are staying in prisoner-of-war camps on the edge of the Earl of Hosman. Ten noble territories are waiting for you to receive; on the other hand, according to the information I have obtained, one-third to one-quarter of the noble coalition forces escaped the pursuit of Knight Philip in the plains, and these people probably dare not return. In their territory, if they wander around, maybe it will become a big problem."

Although he is a careless and unreliable guy on weekdays, no matter what, Amber has been a guard by Gawain's side for a year, and now he is still the leader of the Military Intelligence Bureau, which can be regarded as having accumulated some experience in doing business. , At this time, the analysis is fairly straightforward.

"Of course I will receive the land in the South..." Gawain said, standing up and came to the huge map of the South hanging in the office, "But the specific reception plan still needs to be thought carefully. As for those The guy who ran away... As expected, after all, Knight Philip has limited manpower, and it is beyond my expectations that he can only let a few people away. Don't worry about the nobles who have escaped and their remnants, they will be arranged. clear and direct."

While speaking, Gawain's eyes moved up the map, and finally stopped at the top of the map.

The rock fortress, the northern gate of the southern border fell in the center of his sight.

After staring at the fortress for a while, Gawain withdrew his gaze and swept past those nobles in the southern border who were divided into large and small.

"Send a messenger to the Hosman prisoner of war camp, and let Philip and Byron escort all the noble lords and extraordinary people in the prisoner of war camp to return to the territory, and the prisoner of war camp will be taken over by Knight Wald Perich. In addition, inform Hetty and the Ministry of the Interior. All officials, go to the Political Affairs Office to gather, I have something to discuss with them - although the southern border has not been settled, it is time to take over a part of the land."

The war is not over yet, and some nobles' remnants are still fleeing, and even those nobles who have been captured, there are still many people who hold the naive idea of ​​"aristocratic war games" and wait for Gawain to negotiate with them. , waiting for the ransom on the territory to redeem himself and continue to be the lord, but on Gawain's side, from the very beginning, he never considered "negotiating" with the noble order in the southern border.

The situation he asked for must be realized, and now that the forces that can obstruct it have been defeated by him, he will go to the next plan.

Not long after, in the government affairs hall in the center of the territory, Gawain appeared in front of everyone.

The government officials stood up collectively, and then saluted their lord with awe.

This war has been going on for more than ten days. Through the convenient channels of newspapers, propaganda boards and other channels in the territory, almost everyone knows that the two overwhelming victories that took place in the gravel ridge and the Baishui River and the follow-up Cecil soldiers fought. The result of this war not only shocked the enemy, but even the Cecilians themselves. Except for Gawain who had long expected such a result, almost no one thought about the war in the new era. It turned out to be like this-their awe was not only the awe of Gao Wen himself, but also the awe of all the changes that Gao Wen had brought, and the awe of this new era.

Before stating his plan, Gawain first learned about the changes in the territory during this period of time.

"Ancestors, the territory is running smoothly and the social order is as usual," Hetty, as the top director of the interior department, reported what she knew. "The newspaper has played a great role - it brings the most timely information to the people and avoids All kinds of unprovoked nervousness and panic, especially Mr. Godwin's commentary, was very popular. In addition, it was also due to the good news of the front line in the newspapers that the new round of recruiting of the trainee went smoothly and has now achieved the expected goal. "

Gao Wen thought that he should be grateful to this era when the people's wisdom was still undeveloped. The role of the new media "newspaper" in the territory was even beyond his imagination. People are "authorities" in their minds, so they believe what the newspapers say almost unconditionally. In all fairness, this situation was not what Gawain wanted at first, and even when he started the advanced stage of people's intelligence, it was precisely to break this "authoritative monopoly", but at least at this stage, the influence of newspapers on the people was exactly what he needed most. of.

After learning about the current situation of the territory, Gao Wen cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, this war is not over yet, there are still some nobles who have escaped our pursuit, and will disappear into the northwest wasteland with their remnants of their defeated soldiers— - Soon, we will find them and destroy them, but before that, it is time to make arrangements for what will happen after the war. First, the mass migration of the population..."

Gawain explained his plan in detail, and this plan will undoubtedly surprise everyone present, even stunned.

He asked all the population of the South to move to several major cities - nearly one-third of the population should be concentrated in the Cecil area, and the remaining two-thirds should be located in the Horsman area, Leslie area, Glenn area. The four regions of the region and the Kant region are the centers for redistribution.

"...All the villages far away from the cities, the knight's settlements and farms in non-grain-producing areas, and the villages and towns that were damaged in this war... are all included in the relocation list, and they will be relocated to the major cities I mentioned just now in accordance with the principle of proximity. , and established a secondary government affairs office in the local area. The second-level government affairs office was established under the leadership of officials and clerks trained by Cecil, and local intellectuals were recruited for training in the later stage to supplement the staff of the government affairs office; all migrants in the southern region were Moved into Cecil, settled in the North Shore development area, and formed a new city..."

Gao Wen talked about his plan one by one. Of course, there are countless details and specific implementation methods in this huge population migration plan, including the securing of arable land, the resettlement of the displaced population, the consumption of food materials, the specific plan implementation time period, Countless issues such as propaganda and appeasement work, the details of the establishment of the new government office, urban construction, etc. are waiting for him and his team of officials to solve, so what he proposes here is actually just a draft, it is his " request", and after making these, it was the "question time" he left for everyone in the Government Affairs Office.

"My request is almost finished, and now everyone can ask questions."

Gawain put his hand on the table, and his eyes slowly swept around, but for half a minute after his voice fell, no one spoke at the scene.

It seems that everyone has not yet reacted. They first felt shocked, and then they exchanged glances with each other. Some of them seemed to be thoughtful and thought of some key points, but none of them really asked questions.

They didn't know where to start.

Gawain had anticipated this situation for a long time, and he waited patiently, until two minutes later, Hetty was the first to break the silence: "Ancestor... I want to ask, why did you carry out this kind of population migration? "