Chapter 1129 Weakness
It was not until an hour later, when tens of thousands of people from Ji County had left, that Shi Luodie led the grassland tribal leaders, who were full of doubts, back to the Khan's tent.

As soon as they sat down, the beasts on the grassland started talking to each other.

Among them, Basilulu, the leader of the Tongluo tribe, said excitedly: "Khan, what did I see just now? There are people from the Tang Dynasty coming to us, oh... no..."

"They are kneeling down to the Khan. This is unbelievable."

Basilulu sat there, his face flushed. It was obvious that the scene just now had excited him so much that he could not control his dancing and said to everyone: "Everyone, I, Basilulu, have followed the great Khan Jie Lixian to invade the south since his time."

"Every time I faced the desperate resistance of the people of the Tang Dynasty, I still remember that in the third year of Zhenguan, I attacked Suizhou with His Highness, who was still the Crown Prince at the time. That was the only time the Tang people there knelt down to us."

"This is the prince threatening the lives of the people in the city with a scimitar."

"The governor named Fan Xing took the initiative to open the city gate. I thought he was going to surrender, but later I found out that he was actually sending a warning to the Tang court, disrupting the Khan's plan to besiege the city and attack its reinforcements."

"There was also an official in charge of the warehouse in Suizhou. In order to guard the official treasury with only ten copper coins, his arm was chopped off by His Royal Highness. You can imagine how proud and stubborn these Tang people are. The Khan said before that we can kill them, but we cannot conquer them."

"But today, I saw not only one civilian kneeling down on his own initiative from the tower, but also at least several thousand of the 60,000 or 70,000 people below the city."

At this point, Basilulu looked at everyone excitedly: "You saw it too, right? There are so many people, it's impossible that you didn't see any one?"

Seeing that everyone was silent and puzzled, Basilulu stood up, touched his chest and bowed deeply to Shiluodie at the top, with his forehead touching his knees: "My honorable Great Khan, this is what the previous Great Khan could not do in his entire life."

"You did it so easily. If it hadn't happened right before my eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. Please tell your most loyal servant, Basilulu of the Tongluo tribe, what kind of magic did you use and how did you do it?"

After saying this, Basilulu looked at Shiluodi expectantly. The question he asked was also what most of the tribal leaders in the tent wanted to ask. Before, they used steel knives to drive away the people, and although they were terrified, they did not surrender to them.

After we let them go today, they actually bowed their heads on their own initiative.

The people of the grassland were simple-minded and did not see the money and treasures given to them by the Khan. They just bowed their heads when dozens of large wooden boxes were burned. How did this magic trick work?

No matter how stupid they were, they knew that if the people of the Tang Dynasty all treated them in this way, they would be invincible in the territory of the Tang Dynasty and would never be resisted by the people who would perish together.

Seeing the undisguised desire of the crowd, Shi Luodie took a deep breath and told them about his actions of dividing the land on the city wall. Finally, he explained earnestly: "Everyone, this Khan was trapped in the Khan's court by the Right Wise King for ten years."

"During the past ten years, I have pretended to be addicted to alcohol and sex to hide it from outsiders."

"In fact, I have been studying the people of the Central Plains and the people of the Tang Dynasty. Why were they able to establish a powerful dynasty and keep my nomadic people out? Why do they fight to the death every time our army marches south?"

"Finally, I discovered a fatal weakness of the Central Plains Dynasty. As long as we master this weakness, we grassland people will completely conquer the Central Plains people. We can treat the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Central Plains as if they were our own pastures and come and go freely."

The beasts suddenly opened their eyes wide and stared at Shi Luodie, eager to know what this fatal point was.
If I can control it, I can get endless benefits. I can treat the Central Plains as my own granary and take as much as I want.

"Would you like to receive instruction, Great Khan?" All the beasts stood up and bowed respectfully to Shi Luodie, expressing their wholehearted obedience.

Shi Luodie sighed deeply. He knew that revealing this secret today would open up a new path, which would bring endless troubles to the Central Plains.

At the same time, it is also the key to the Central Plains Dynasty's phoenix desire to break out of its cocoon and be reborn. Only by constant oppression from external troubles and internal spurring can the aristocratic families of the Central Plains Dynasty restrain themselves and leave a way out for the people.

Once there are no external enemies, the people will be of no use, and these people will oppress and exploit them without any bottom line.

"Please sit down, I will tell you the reason behind this."

Thinking of this, Shi Luodie made up his mind and said, "I have discovered that the weakness of the Central Plains Dynasty lies in their land. The people of the Central Plains make a living by farming and weaving, just like the herdsmen on our grasslands raising horses and sheep."

"How important is the pasture to us?"

"Does this need to be said?"

Zhuolibuhua added: "Grassland is the lifeblood of us grassland people. Only with grassland can we have more cattle, sheep and horses. With cattle and sheep, we can survive; with horses, we have the weapon to conquer the world."

"Only then can we reproduce and pass on the bloodline of our ancestors forever."

Upon hearing this, all the beasts nodded silently. This was a very simple truth. Each of their tribes was desperately trying to expand their territory and pastures. Only in this way could the tribe grow stronger. If the pastures were lost, the tribe would perish.

Shi Luodie continued: "The love of the people in the Central Plains for the land is the same as our love for the grassland. They are both the basis for survival."

"But the noble families in the Central Plains are too greedy. They use their power and authority to seize the land of ordinary people. They make the people their slaves and tenants. Tell me, how can the people not hate them?"

The reason is very simple. Even if people are illiterate, they can understand that if someone steals their pasture and occupies their tribe, they will fight to the death with the other party.

"The Central Plains dynasty is like the grasslands. There are nobles and wealthy families. Of course, the majority are ordinary people who are like weeds."

Shi Luodie tried his best to speak in a way that everyone could understand: "The rich and powerful took away the land that ordinary people depended on for survival. As a result, a large amount of land and wealth were concentrated in the hands of the nobles. At this time, a large number of contradictions accumulated among them."

"There is a conflict between a small number of powerful nobles and a large number of people who have lost their land. If someone could take back the land lost by those people and return it to them, tell me, how would those people treat these people?"

Zhuolibuhua immediately said, "Of course, they are my great benefactors. I can even give my life to them."

"Well said."

Shi Luodie looked at him with admiration. This was a man who was accidentally reborn on the grassland and had an extraordinary talent for supporting roles. It would be a bit of a waste of his talent to fight in a war.

Shi Luodie retracted his attention and continued, "This is what I am doing now. In the past, when we went south, we encountered strong resistance from the people of the Central Plains. Why is that?"

"It's because we kill people indiscriminately, no matter if they are rich or poor, as long as they are from the Central Plains, we kill them without any discrimination. As a result, the poor people, who make up the vast majority, hate us to the core. In fact, they are the ones who are really fighting with us?"

"They have nothing but their lives. If we take it away now, will they not perish with us?"

Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, Shi Luodie said sternly: "Since the wealth is in the hands of the nobles, our enemies are actually the nobles. Once they lose the help of the poor."

"The so-called nobles and their guards are no match for our army."

"So, we have to change our strategy in the future. We should not kill the people randomly, but mainly target the rich and powerful. We should take their money and food, enjoy them ourselves, and then spend them generously on others."

Shi Luodie stood up and stretched out a finger: "This Khan will now tell you a way to conquer the Central Plains. As long as you master this trick, the Great Wall and the pass in the Central Plains will not be able to stop our iron hoof."

As everyone's eyes sparkled with anticipation, Shi Luodie slowly said, "The trick is just three words: 'divide the land.'"

"Dividing the land?"

The leaders of many tribes looked at each other, some scratched their heads and looked forward to each other, as if they understood, but they didn't think so innocently. The Khan taught them a lesson today, and seeing with their own eyes the ordinary people were grateful to them, they also realized that this move was very powerful.

"Distribute their land to the people who have lost their land, so as to gain their favor and prevent them from resisting us."

"Of course, this trick won't always work. It depends on the land distribution pattern of the Central Plains Dynasty."

Shi Luodie said coldly: "Whether we can defeat them with this trick depends on the extent of the Central Plains Dynasty's land annexation. If this extent is only 30%, then our chances of defeating them will be less than 30%."

"If this level exceeds 50%, we will have a 50% chance of defeating them."

"Finally, if the Central Plains Dynasty has annexed more than 80% to 90% of its land, then we can easily defeat them 80% to 90%. How effective this move is depends on them, not us."

“The real chances to beat them were given by them.”

"In fact, once all the land of the Central Plains people is concentrated in the hands of the nobles, they will still collapse even if we don't intervene."

There was a "boom".

The leaders of the various tribes on the grassland were instantly excited. Some who understood were beaming with joy, as if they had found the weakness of the Central Plains Dynasty. Others who were a little dumber began to ask questions, hoping to understand these principles.

(End of this chapter)

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