243 Investigate Martial Arts
Richard was still very confident in suppressing the Tantric rebellion and even uprooting Tantric Buddhism. His golden fingers were dedicated to serving the war and were not afraid of An Lushan's main force, let alone a mere group of Buddhist soldiers and the so-called Tianshan faction?
However, suppression takes time. As long as Tantric Buddhism and Tianshan Sect are not fools, they will never concentrate all their strength to fight Richard. Moreover, Tantric Buddhism’s nest is unknown, Tianshan Sect’s nest army cannot reach it, and Richard cannot do it once and for all as if he is sieging the city and plundering the land...
The martial arts sects in East Asia may also be afraid of the power of the court. Their lairs are all built on high mountains and ridges. Not to mention the army, it is difficult for ordinary mountain people to climb up!
This is also one of the reasons why the Tang Dynasty failed to control the martial arts world in its hands during its heyday.
Unable to go straight to Huanglong, this suppression battle will inevitably delay for a long time. An Lushan is not a fool. In addition, he withdrew the population and army, he will definitely set up a new line of defense. It is not impossible for An Lushan, who has reduced his strength, to start a war on both sides...
After all, after occupying the entire northwest, Richard also had to face some attacks from the south, and also faced the problem of fighting on both sides.
In other words, if Richard wants to quell the riots caused by Tantric Buddhism and Tianshan Sect, he must mobilize the main force to suppress them and lose the opportunity to march into the Northern Zhili area in later generations.
If Richard ignored it and insisted on his own, the three field legions would likely be destroyed by Tantric Buddhist soldiers and Tianshan Sect, and the occupied northwest region would also be trapped in the continuous uprising of Buddhist soldiers...
"Your Majesty, once the Tantric Buddhism and the Tianshan Sect gain power, other small sects may also flock to you."
After seeing Richard's thoughtful expression, Han Li spoke again.
After hearing this, Richard suddenly woke up. He had only considered his own pros and cons before, but forgot about the public opinion in the northwest region!
The debt exemption order of the Juntian government received support from ordinary people, but offended a group of people with swordsmanship!
The reason why only the Tantric Buddhism and the Tianshan Sect jumped out now is that the Ming army is strong enough, and the landlords, senators and small sects who are not strong enough can only admit defeat.
Once the Ming army shows up, will those whose interests are damaged still accept their fate?
In any case, if you want to swallow the Great Northwest into your stomach, you must remove all the unstable factors here and show the determination and force of the Ming Dynasty to the people in the Great Northwest!
"Well, I understand. Next, I will change the established strategic plan. However, the martial arts world in the martial arts world has never been a monolithic. The Tianshan Sect and the Tantric Buddhism can dominate the world here in the northwest. It must have offended many people. If you send people to pay attention to collecting the information about the martial arts world, it is best to talk to the hostile martial arts world sects of the Tianshan Sect and the Tantric Buddhism and win over it!"
After Han Li left, Richard naturally would not put all his hopes on an alien general. He immediately issued a series of orders, and all the Ming army's intelligence departments and informants began to collect information about the Wulin sect in the northwest region.
Forget it, the small sects are not allowed to confront the giants like the Tianshan sect and the Buddhist Tantric sect. Even if they join, it would be no different for Richard from the scattered warriors who entered the Ming Dynasty.
The leaders of small and small sects in Jianghu often only have the ability to cultivate the muscles and bones, not to mention their disciples...
The most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty's finances were not rich because of Richard's military and military behavior and could not afford a lot of money to hire ordinary warriors.
Rather than recruiting a group of ordinary warriors who spend a lot of money, Richard would rather exchange for system warriors that can be assured.
For example, the commander of the Jinyiwei who reached the acquired realm!
The top of the Tianshan Mountains is an insurmountable natural danger for ordinary troops, but it is like walking on flat ground for the acquired warriors.
Of course, Richard did not intend to use the Jinyiwei commander to attack the Tianshan faction, and the losses would be too great.
Richard plans to investigate the hostile forces of the Tianshan faction in the Northwest region and have a certain background, and then attack the Tianshan faction together.
The Tianshan Sect is the number one sect in the northwest rivers and lakes. It is famous for its swordsmanship and internal skills. If the Tianshan Sect is gone, other martial arts forces can naturally step on the corpses of the Tianshan Sect to take over!
In order to attract cannon fodder, Richard didn't mind winning the honor of the number one sect in the martial arts world.
The most important thing is that there are real benefits for the large sect to attack the Tianshan sect, and Richard does not have to pay high commissions for this.
In this era, the government's power to collect intelligence was undoubtedly the strongest. Even though Richard did not establish a perfect intelligence organization similar to that in his previous life, he still collected information on the well-known martial arts sects in the Northwest region in just a few days.
They are Lingjiu Palace, Guangmingding, Kunlun School and Baituo Mountain.
Originally, the Northwest region also included a Xingsu Sect, but the prefecture where the Xingsu Sect was located had not been captured by the Ming army, so it was difficult to contact us for the time being.
In addition to the name, the basic information collected about major factions was transferred to Richard's desk.
Among them, Guangmingding has the most disciples, but the quality of disciples is the worst.
Because the disciples of Guangmingding are mixed with fish and dragons, they often do things that are angry and resentful among the people, and are extremely protective of their shortcomings, they are called the Demon Sect in the martial arts world.
Guangmingding, the Demon Sect, has always been an isolated sect in the martial arts world, not only with the Tianshan Sect, but also with all sects...
The most important thing is that Guangmingding has been attacked by the government before, so he has a very poor impression of the court. Obviously, the court here also includes the Ming Dynasty, which had just entered the northwest region...
Because Guangmingding has a very poor relationship with the government, it is almost regarded as a bandit mountain, so Guangmingding has few acres of land and its main source of finance depends on gray income.
There are even rumors that Guangmingding’s disciples once worked as mercenaries!
As for robbery, there are countless things...
It can be said that the name of the Demon Sect is worthy of...
However, because Guangmingding did not have much land, the Ming army's equal land debt exemption made Guangmingding not care at all, and naturally there was no intention to attack the powerful Ming army. Instead, because of the arrival of the Ming army and the collapse of social order, Guangmingding made a big profit, and the number of disciples under his sect ushered in a burst of explosive growth...
After reading the introduction information of Guangmingding, Richard directly excluded it. This kind of sect that is hostile to the imperial government and has a reputation as a sect, it would be nice not to send troops to wipe them out!
Soon, Richard picked up the second document Lingjiu Palace.
"Huh? This Lingjiu Palace is the old enemy of the Tianshan Sect. It has always been suppressed by the Tianshan Sect, which claims to represent the famous and upright sects. Moreover, the method of controlling subordinate sects is also good.
Chapter completed!