Jiang Gan was silent, but the others laughed out loud.
Zhou Yu patted Jiang Gan on the shoulder, pulled him to his seat, and then attached himself to his ear and said, "Ziyi is a little restless. Lu Boyan is a boy, it's easy to deal with it. He annoyed Yu Jijiu, but it's not very good."
After hearing this, Jiang Gan couldn't help feeling guilty and glanced at Yu secretly, but didn't dare to speak again.
He was not afraid that Yu would be better off, but that Yu would be hard with his fist.
Yu Fan, who can preside over the martial arts lecture hall and gets obedient and sticks to the group of martial arts men, can't be blamed for anyone.
When everyone was there, Liu Xie signaled Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang stood up, announced the beginning of the meeting, and first introduced the situation roughly.
Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan were ordered to go on an envoy. It took nearly a year to go deep into the desert for more than 5,000 miles. Not only did they see the wild wolf tribe that plagued the border, but they also went north of the North Sea to visit many barbarians who moved from the north.
More serious than expected.
The purpose of holding this meeting is to prepare for the future and prepare in advance.
The first agenda is to introduce their specific itineraries and experiences by Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan.
After listening to Zhuge Liang's introduction, many people were surprised.
Although they had seen the hanging map of the Western Regions, they still did not expect that the focus of this meeting was not Jizhou, which was close to him, but the northern border and the Western Regions thousands of miles away.
Zhou Yu stood up, looked around and bowed, and began to tell the story.
He had already told Liu Xie once before, knowing which places need to be described in a key way and which places can be described in one sentence. This time the explanation is clearer.
Zhuge Liang handed him a cinnabar pen. Zhou Yu said, marking the location and tribe name, approximate number of people, and the name of the leader on the map.
As Zhou Yu told him, everyone's expressions gradually became solemn.
The situation in northern Xinjiang is far more serious than they think.
After the emperor patrols the border, he severely damaged several Xianbei tribes. In recent years, the northern border was very peaceful and there was almost no war that could be mentioned. Some people even think that it was unnecessary to set up the Youyan Protectorate and then set up the Yanran Protectorate.
It is better to waste manpower and material resources than to siege Yanran’s Protectorate to besiege Jizhou in order to win quickly.
But this suggestion was directly rejected by Liu Xie.
Now after listening to Zhou Yu's introduction, looking at the red circles, and seeing these circles gradually connecting into lines, many people realize that the hidden dangers of chaos in the northern border are far from eradicated, and they can never be eradicated.
This will be a problem that the big man has to face all the time.
Zhou Yu talked for half an hour, drew dozens of circles of all sizes on the map, and finally drew a horizontal line.
"Roughly speaking, the northern border can be divided into three areas. One is the southern desert, which roughly starts from Junji Mountain in the west and extends to Yinshan in the east. It borders our border, and the cavalry will enter the border in three or five days. Once there is a
If the loss is lost, the people in the Senezuela will inevitably suffer.”
Then, he drew another horizontal line, starting from Yanran Mountain in the west, passing Langjuxu Mountain, and heading eastward.
"This is the northern part of the Mo River, the place where the barbarians rest on the grassland, and it is about one month away from the Han territory. Once they are frustrated in the south, they will retreat here to lick their wounds, accumulate energy, and get up again.
The lush water and grass can make them grow stronger, but they cannot provide for more household registration. However, everyone in the barbarians are soldiers and are mainly cavalry. Once they approach the border, they will inevitably cause disaster."
Finally, he drew a line at the top of the map and passed through the North Sea in the middle.
"The Beihai is the place where Su Wu shepherds sheep, and can feed some tribes, but life is difficult and the population is limited. It is very far from the border, and it is about two or three months away."
Zhou Yu put down his pen and wiped his hands with a wet wipe. "There was no need to worry about it here, but recently there have been many barbarians from the northern forests. They kept moving south and had many conflicts with the Xianbei people who were defeated by our army. No matter who they were
Whoever wins, they will all merge together to form a larger tribe and then go south.”
He raised his head and looked at the people in the big tent. "Even if he does not invade the border, he will threaten the trade route to the Western Regions."
Everyone looked at each other and understood why the emperor had to hold this meeting.
It is secondary to the barbarians' disturbance of the border. With Yanran's Protectorate guarding, the possibility of these barbarians attacking the border on a large scale is not high.
However, their discussions on the attack of the Ranger will have an adverse impact on the revival of the Han Dynasty.
One of the core of the new policy is to revitalize industry and commerce. The profits of industry and commerce are ten times more important than farming, and silk exports are the most important. If this trade route is haunted by barbarians, most of the profits will fall behind barbarians. People from the Central Plains have grown mulberry trees and raised silkworms.
The silk-reeled fabric ended up being cheaper than the barbarians.
The barbarians have no foundation and profit, and will come like flies and cannot even drive away. They sucked the blood of the Han Dynasty and became stronger, but they would not be grateful to the Han Dynasty and would only attack the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, the offensive may be more fierce than the previous Huns and Xianbeis.
Because of the trade route to the Western Regions, they gained more benefits.
In other words, if this problem is not solved, the result of the new policy is to cultivate a stronger enemy for itself.
There was silence in the big tent.
Liu Xie coughed, telling everyone not to be scruples and speak enthusiastically.
Cui Yan stood up first and said, "Your Majesty, I take the liberty that I think the war in Jizhou should be resolved as soon as possible."
Liu Xie turned to look at Cui Yan.
Cui Yan bowed and said, "Expeditions outside the border requires a lot of money and grain. It is difficult to transport money and grain, and it consumes too much. Departure from Jizhou is one of the most labor-saving ways. Only by pacifying Jizhou can you expeditions outside the border and eliminate the threat of barbarians in the face of the situation.
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Before Cui Yan finished speaking, Pang Tong stood up to express his objection.
"Jizhou is indeed closest to northern border and has a wealthy household registration, which is one of the best foundations for the Northern Expedition. But if Jizhou cannot promote land and most of the land is in the hands of aristocratic families and does not pay taxes, the material resources that the court can obtain from Jizhou
It is still limited and not enough to support the army's expedition to the north of the desert. Instead of hastily ending the war in Jizhou, it is better to completely solve the problem of Dutian in Jizhou."
Cui Yan was a little helpless. "Even if Jizhou fully implements Dutian, can it be expedition to the north of the Mobei? Fenglang Juxu and Le Ming Yanran is indeed very strong, but it is not a long-term solution. If you want to stabilize the northern border, you still have to rely on the wolf cavalry.
The cavalry went to the north of Mo to clean and sweep them every year, so that the barbarians would not have the opportunity to grow. Jizhou could not provide money and food for expeditions to the north of Mo to support elite cavalry like Wolf Cavalry."
"Since it is for the wolf cavalry, not to go directly to fight, why not spend one year or two years? After the landing, Jizhou can provide more money and food..."
Liu Xie was secretly happy while listening to the debate between Cui Yan and Pang Tong.
Although Cui Yan wanted to end the war in Jizhou as soon as possible, it was desirable that he proposed to harass Mobei with wolf cavalry and not give the barbarians a chance to grow.
With the current technical conditions, even if it is a cavalry, it is unrealistic to attack Mobei on a large scale. Small-scale cavalry attacks and slowing down the growth of those tribes as much as possible is still the lowest cost method.
However, such a tactic makes it possible for only a few soldiers who can be competent, and most of the children of the gentry cannot endure such hardship. As a scholar, Cui Yan cannot not realize this. He can accept such a view, which shows that
His mentality has changed.
As a middle-aged man, it is gratifying to have such progress after only two or three months of entering the martial arts lecture hall.