As the sky gradually darkened, Shao Xun went up to the Tucheng on the mountain ridge.
This city is nestled in a forest and is quite cool in summer, so it is not wrong to call it "Liangcheng".
The grass in front of the city was already filled with tables, utensils, soldiers, and servants, who were busy making tea and cooking.
Shao Xun sat cross-legged and looked at the map handed over by Zhang Bin.
From Yanmen Pass to Yanchi for hundreds of miles, there is an endless stream of grain trucks, and the transportation is endless.
There are 600 left Feilong guardsmen in the Yin Pavilion, and now there are more Wufang right Jinwu guardsmen, including more than 4,000 soldiers. There is no problem in guarding this general grain platform.
Shao Shen led Zuo Xiao's 3,000 cavalry guards to garrison in Shan Wu and the surrounding areas, with a total of 6,000 soldiers. It was not difficult to defend this key place - Shan Wu was a major food garrison area for the former enemy.
Thousands of Liu Run's cavalry were moving in Luo County, Wucheng's hometown was between Zhishanwu, and they were protecting the grain road.
Yi Congjun, Zhuosheng, and Luoyan armies re-adjusted their deployment. The former was transferred to Tailuoshui, and together with the thousands of men recruited by Liu Zhao, the prefect of Kelan, they suppressed the disobedient people.
The Luoyan Army has already moved to Shengle and is under the command of Jin Zheng. The Shengsheng Army has been transferred back and is rushing to Yanchi.
Thirty-six hundred soldiers from the Puyang Prefecture were responsible for guarding the transportation of military supplies and equipment in the Yanchi section of Shanwuzhi. More than three thousand soldiers from the Puyang Prefecture were stationed in the ancient city of Woyang to accumulate food, grass, and military supplies.
The first battalion of the Huangtou Army was marching north and was about to arrive at Yanchi. The other two battalions were left behind by Shao Xun in the Yin Pavilion. In the interim, one battalion built a stronghold to collect grain and the other battalion escorted the soldiers to transfer grain and grass.
As for the troops and horses led by the generals in each town, some were sent to Shengle, and the other were stationed near Pingcheng, under the command of Wang Queer.
It can be seen from this troop deployment that after the war came to an end, Shao Xun's mentality obviously changed. He began to be more wary of the Wang family and his son who had reaped a wave of war dividends.
He likes to put himself in others' shoes. From Wang's point of view, it is not appropriate to fall out with him at this time, because it is very likely that she will make wedding clothes for others. After all, the only people she can really rely on are the bodyguards and soldiers - not all of them may be reliable.
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The other is the Wuhuan power in Guangning, the original county controlled by his brother Wang Feng.
Although there are internal conflicts among these people, the overall interests are the same. They will stand behind Wang. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are her base.
But what about the local Wuhuan people? Not necessarily.
There are also various Xianbei, Xiongnu and Zahu tribes. Wang has a moderate control over them, and they just obey her out of righteousness.
But Wang herself is a woman, so it is difficult for people to be completely convinced. These people may rebel.
Not to mention the newly defected western tribes, they are even less loyal and may run away or even rebel at any time.
Shao Xun will not give them a chance.
After reading the map, he put it away, handed it to Zhang Bin, and said in a low voice: "Let Wan Sheng's army deploy 5,000 men to garrison in Mayi, and Wu Zhou's army will set up fences along the way. Everyone who comes and goes will be questioned, and there will be no mistakes."
"Yes." Zhang Bin bowed and turned to leave.
Shao Xun looked forward again, and nobles from various tribes came over one after another, sitting cross-legged like him.
The bonfire was lit, and the aroma of meat wafted out, making everyone's tense nerves relax a little.
Shao Xun raised his eyes and looked around.
Oh, Mrs. Wang was "willing" to bring Shi Yijian out for the show.
This woman is sometimes very smart, but sometimes she has a chronic disease that is difficult for women to overcome: she is easily blinded by small benefits.
Most of the time when she was trying to appease the adults in the west, she would be the one to contact them, blending various interests, and only then would she pay homage to Shi Yiqiang.
What's more, today he even asked, "Am I worthy of you now?"
What does this sentence mean?
Others may not understand, but Shao Xun knows it all too well. This means that only the position of queen is worth it for her to abandon the interests of her country and go to the Central Plains.
In other words, she is now Dai Guotai's wife. She has Pingcheng, Shengle, and Dongmugen Mountain. She can send out 150,000 cavalry in a big attack. This power is enough to overwhelm mountains and seas, and can help Shao Xun conquer all dissatisfactions. .
If Shao Xun dares to marry her, make her a queen, and make their child an emperor in the future, she will bring the Xianbei nobles to the Central Plains. Everyone will have an official position and be rich. They will no longer have to live the hard life of the grasslands and can enjoy the past. I have never heard of the luxurious life of heavenly beings.
After Shao Xun refused, Wang mocked him as a "cowardless person", but Shao Xun said nothing.
If you only care about immediate benefits, you can indeed do this, but in the long run, this will not be the case in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Hu and Han people did not go through three hundred years of mixing and integration, and the Central Plains scholars had limited acceptance of the Hu people. After his death, The country cannot be stabilized.
Of course, the current situation is actually very difficult.
Perhaps, in the history of the three hundred years of melee between the Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, integration is always unavoidable and cannot be solved in one sentence.
You have to go through this, you have to experience this, but Shao Xun wants to keep the intensity of the turmoil caused by the integration down so that a full-scale war will not break out, so that his successors can have time to digest it slowly.
To be more precise, he wanted to exchange time for space, suppress this huge stress in a long time dimension, and slowly release it, rather than explode all at once, just like the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms in history.
This is what Wang doesn't understand.
The male protagonist of the Liang Kingdom in the Central Plains married the grassland female protagonist as his queen. She is still so young and beautiful. Is it a loss to be your wife?
The Xianbei nobles were stunned by the wealth that fell from the sky. They were so happy that they would surely unite closely with their husband and wife. At that time, the nobles who did not dare to kill would dare to kill, and the Tian who did not dare to save would dare to save. What's wrong with that?
This woman!
Shao Xun retracted his thoughts and looked at the Wang mother and son who were gradually approaching.
"Father." Tuoba Shiyiqian bowed and saluted.
Shao Xun sat still and said with a smile: "Shi Yijian has grown up again and will become the master of martial arts in the future."
Shi Yiqian's face was expressionless, while Wang secretly glanced at Shao Xun, his eyes seeming to say that you have bad intentions.
"Sit down." Shao Xun pointed to the bed beside him and said.
Wang's mother and son then sat down.
Shao Xun stood up and paced.
The whispers gradually stopped.
"How is the harvest in the fields and orchards this year?" Shao Xun suddenly asked.
Everyone looked at each other in shock, but no one answered for a moment.
Wang's eyes indicated.
Soon, Sun Rui, the lord of the Changsun tribe who lived in the southern border of Yunzhong and the acting minister of the country, stood up and said: "The five fruit flowers were frosted when they were in full bloom, and they have no children. I am afraid there will be few fruits."
"How did you protect yourself in the past?" Shao Xun asked.
"Often, weeds and dung are planted in the garden to keep away the frost all night long."
"Why not?"
"When the war breaks out, the troops are in chaos, the people are exhausted, and there is no way to start. The generals of Hoda are the same, and they are all in trouble."
Shao Xun sighed and said, "What a pity."
"It's not just the fields that are being used, but the orchards are also frosted." Duan Fan of Yangzhen sighed: "From Pingcheng to the west, to Yangshui, Wuzhouchuan, and Yanchi, I can see that many pastures are beaten, trampled, withered, and wilted by frost when they are earing and budding in May.
By June, the newly emerged grass is very sparse and low, and I don’t know how to survive the winter this year.”
Shao Xun nodded frequently, and the ministers looked sad.
This is all true and cannot be deceived. The harvest in the orchards this year is not good, and the pasture is relatively sparse. I am afraid there will be fights over the competition for hay before and after winter.
Thinking of this, everyone looked at Shao Xun eagerly.
Whether you hate him or like him, it doesn't matter at this moment. Asking for food from him is more important.
It was impossible for him to transport the millet and wheat that had been transported thousands of miles from the Central Plains back again. The loss on the road would be too much to bear, so he would inevitably leave most of it in the country of Dai.
But the question is, who has the right to distribute food?
"You are all in such trouble. Where are the tribes in Mobei and Hexi?" Shao Xun asked again.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone's expressions became even uglier.
Damn, there are wild dogs coming to grab food. The key point is that these wild dogs are still in groups, and they are very fierce. They will do anything to survive.
"Needless to say?" Wang Feng sneered and said: "The tribes in Mobei and Hexi that were conquered by Yi Yi will definitely go south and east. Even the tribes in Henan must be ready to do something. This kind of thing has not happened in the past twenty years.
When will it be missing?"
The climate is unpredictable and extremely cold. Of course, those fierce and aggressive tribes in Mobei will go south. They are still nominally Tuoba subjects, that is, the "Ten Surnames of Tuoba", the third layer after the "Allied Tribes": "Sifang"
"Ministries".
Apart from anything else, isn't the Hedouling tribe from the Mobei Gaoche tribe? It's just that they have been south for a long time and call themselves Xianbei.
On the other side of Hexi, there are a large number of Zahu strongholds, Xianbei, and Xiongnu, as well as the high-nosed and deep-eyed species that migrated from the Western Regions, heading east in batches in pursuit of more abundant water and grassland.
The Xiding Lingzhai Rat tribe is a typical example. Tens of thousands of people moved eastward. Good guy, they arrived in Zhongshan County, Hebei Province in one stroke from the Western Regions. With such a long migration, the children before departure might have grown up by the time they arrived at the destination.
"It's not easy!" Shao Xun said with emotion.
Everyone is confused. Your mother’s cat is mourning for a mouse. Are you laughing at us?
Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes at him.
Shao Xun avoided her eyes. This woman, once she is favored, will slap her nose in her face.
Shao Xun's fault was that he was still lecturing this woman at first, but after she cried with her child, he softened his heart and hugged her.
He hugged her, breathing heavily, then untied her robe, took a few mouthfuls, and competed with her son for food, and this woman became proud.
You scolded me so fiercely just now, don't be so impatient as to crawl on me at night - However, Wang secretly said that Liu Ye is also very pretty, and it's not always possible to be a bitch.
"Has anyone been to Beiyi Mountain?" Shao Xun stood still, looked at everyone, and asked.
"Your Majesty, I have been there." Dou Qin, the leader of the Hedouling tribe who was still grazing in Wuyuan the year before last, stood up and said: "In the past, I attacked Liu Hu and chased him all the way to Shuofang. Some of them went south to the low mountains, and I personally led them.
People pursued him for more than a month."
"How is this place?" Shao Xun asked.
Dou Qin thought for a while and said: "At that time in August, strong winds were blowing, and the sky was filled with dust. If you look closely, you can see that the wind and sand are mostly blocked by the mountains. The wind is not strong on both sides of the Yellow River, and the natives even plant land and grow fruits.
, feel at ease."
When Shao Xun heard this, he smiled and said: "General Dou has indeed been there. There are mountains in the west of Beiyi Mountain that block the wind and sand, and the Yellow River flows in the east. There are marshes all over the land, suitable for grazing and farming. It is bitter cold elsewhere, but not here."
"Beiyi Mountain is full of vegetation, and it looks as green as dye from a distance. It can be used for grazing and wood-cutting."
“Thousands of miles of fertile fields are under the mountains, and the water is sweet and the soil is lively. You can get great profits by growing millet and wheat, and you can even grow rice.”
"Among the mountains and swamps on the southern edge, there are herds of yellow sheep, wild deer everywhere, and jackals, tigers and leopards living in the mountains, making it a great place to hunt."
"There are also many rare trees, exotic flowers, good medicines, and bamboo groves, all of which are valuable resources."
"Wild horses, wild boars, eagles, and falcons can be seen everywhere. If you just go into the mountains, you can easily find deerskin, horsehide, white feathers, black feathers, white glue, and various sinews. Haha, it makes me want to go hunting."
After that, he clapped his hands and asked someone to bring a map and hold it up. Then he pointed to the several-shaped Yellow River on it and said: "Henan is a big land. Shengle is a good place. Wuyuan and Shuofang are also good places."
, but they are not as good as Bei Yishan. In the past, the Helan tribe was stationed here as pastoralists, right? If it had not been for the marriage with the Tuoba family, they would not have gone north or east. This is a good place, and it is worthy of being 'blocked to the south of the Yangtze River'."
"Storm Jiangnan?" Everyone was a little surprised.
"Can I still deceive you?" Shao Xun's face fell, and he said unhappily: "If you don't believe it, send someone to Yixin Mountain and ask the people of the Helan family."
The Yellow River has many evils, but only one thing is rich.
So, which one is better, Qiantao where Hohhot is located, Houtao where Bayannaoer is located, or Xitao where Ningxia is located? Shao Xun thinks Xitao is better.
Because when the Yellow River flows through here, canals were opened to divert water for irrigation, most of which are artesian canals, so there is no need to build water trucks. The soil fertility is very good, and there is Helan Mountain to the west to block wind and sand, so the conditions are really good.
During the other Little Ice Age in history, that is, during the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty, the Dangxiang people farmed and herded here.
After the founding of Xixia, a lot of rice was planted. It can be seen that in pastoral areas with relatively scarce water resources, Ningxia is really a unique treasure.
As for the Xianbei people, they have never set foot in this area.
In the early years of the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu moved many Wuhuan tribes inland and allocated grazing land to each of them. Because it was Shengle at that time, the Wuyuan area was directly controlled by the imperial court, so it was not divided out.
After the Eastern Han Dynasty's border defense system shrunk, Shengle and Wuyuan were abandoned, leaving these two places with a vacuum of power. It happened that Tuoba Xianbei went south and seized the window of time to seize these places before the Wuhuan people and the Huns.
Both places were captured.
Shengle can be said to be the "Longxing Land" of the Tuoba clan, but as they grew stronger, they first set their sights on Pingcheng, which was also abandoned by the Han Dynasty, that is, they moved east instead of west.
At that time, the Qiang had been in chaos for many years, and the three auxiliaries were in chaos. The Eastern Han Dynasty court was in the west, but the north could no longer bear it. It collapsed and shrank. Guanzhong was even home to a large number of barbarians. The Xianbei people may have felt that there was no point in going south to contact Guanzhong, so it was better to annex Wuhuan.
Wang Kuren's territory came into contact with the Central Plains through Taiyuan.
Therefore, they have not yet considered cleaning up the entire Henan area and unifying the various miscellaneous tribes.
Shao Xun gave another idea: instead of always thinking about harming the Central Plains, wouldn't it be better to go to the Hetao area to do some good?
Well, it's not very good for the noble people of Xianbei. Because those Diao tribes are barbaric and ignorant, they are quite fierce and not so easy to fight.
If they are just fierce and barbaric, it is not impossible to deal with them. The problem is that those tribes are poor and cannot grab much. They are boring and not as good as "Nantu".
Of course, Nantu is also very difficult now, because there is a Shao thief in the Central Plains.
Really in a dilemma.
As soon as Shao Xun saw their expressions, he roughly understood their thoughts.
After thinking for a while, I heard him say: "The land in Henan is extremely vast, with abundant water and grass. There are countless places suitable for grazing and farming. I only take one piece of land in Shangjun and give the rest to you. After winning the battle, the land is
Yours, the imperial court will issue a decree to confer a title, and I will also be rewarded with cloth and silk. If you feel that the salary is not enough, you can also exchange people for it."
Chapter completed!