Han Dao world

Chapter 871
Jiang Gan was dumbfounded, but the others laughed out loud.

Zhou Yu patted Jiang Gan on the shoulder, pulled him into a seat, and whispered in his ear, "Zi Yi, please be safe. Lu Boyan is a young man, so it's easy to deal with. It's not good to annoy Yu Jijiu."

Jiang Gan couldn't help feeling guilty when he heard this, he secretly glanced at Yu Fan, and didn't dare to speak again.

It's not that he's afraid of Yu Fan's words, but he's afraid of Yu Fan's hard fists.

Yu Fan, who can preside over a martial arts lecture and make a group of warriors obedient, is not someone who can be messed with.

Seeing that everyone was here, Liu Xie signaled to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang stood up, announced the start of the meeting, and first briefly introduced the situation.

Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan were envoys under imperial edict. They went into the desert for nearly a year and went deep into the desert for more than [-] miles. They not only saw the wild wolf tribes that harassed the frontier fortresses, but also went to the north of Beihai to visit many barbarians who had moved from the north. more severe than previously expected.

The purpose of holding this meeting is to plan ahead and make preparations in advance.

The first agenda is for Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan to introduce their specific itinerary and knowledge.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's introduction, many people were surprised.

Although they had already seen the hanging map of the Western Regions, they still did not expect that the focus of this meeting would not be Jizhou, which was right in front of them, but the Northern Xinjiang and Western Regions thousands of miles away.

Zhou Yu got up, looked around and saluted, and began to tell.

He had already told Liu Xie once before, and he knew which places needed to be described emphatically, and which places could be mentioned in one sentence.

Zhuge Liang handed him a cinnabar pen. Zhou Yu said while marking the location, the name of the tribe, the approximate number of people, and the name of the leader on the map.

Following Zhou Yu's narration, everyone's expressions gradually became dignified.

The situation in northern Xinjiang is far more serious than they thought.

After Tianzi patrolled the border and severely injured several Xianbei tribes, northern Xinjiang has been very peaceful in recent years, and there have been almost no wars that can be talked about.Some people even think that it is redundant to set up the Yanran Protectorate after the Youyan Protectorate, which is a waste of manpower and material resources. It is better to transfer the Yanran Protectorate to besiege Jizhou in order to win quickly.

It's just that this suggestion was directly rejected by Liu Xie.

Now, after listening to Zhou Yu's introduction, looking at the red circles one by one, and seeing these circles gradually connecting into a line, many people realize that the hidden danger of chaos in northern Xinjiang is far from being eradicated, and may even 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, and drew dozens of large and small circles on the map, and finally drew a horizontal line.

"Roughly speaking, northern Xinjiang can be divided into three areas. One is Monan, which roughly starts from Junji Mountain in the west and extends eastward to Yinshan Mountain. This borders our frontier fortress, and the cavalry will enter the fortress within three to five days. Once there is If it is lost, the people in Senai will definitely suffer.”

Then, he drew another horizontal line, starting from Yanran Mountain in the west, passing through Langjuxu Mountain, and heading east all the way.

"This is Mobei. It is a place for Hulu to recuperate on the grassland. It is about a month's journey away from the Han territory. Once they are frustrated in their southern invasion, they will retreat here to lick their wounds, recharge their batteries, and try to make a comeback. Here The water and grass are luxuriant, which can make them grow stronger, but they can't support more households. But the Hulu people are all soldiers, and they are mainly cavalry. Once they approach the border, it will be a disaster."

Finally, he drew a line across the top of the map through the North Sea.

"Beihai is a place where Suwu herds sheep. It can support some tribes, but life is hard and the population is limited. It is very far away from the frontier, about two or three months away."

Zhou Yu put down his pen and wiped his hands with a wet towel. "There was nothing to worry about here, but recently there have been a lot of barbarians from the northern forests. They keep going south and contact the Xianbei people who were defeated by our army. There are many conflicts. No matter who wins or loses, they will merge together and form a A larger tribe, and then headed south."

He raised his head and looked at the people in the big tent. "Even if it doesn't disturb the frontier, it will still threaten the trade routes leading to the Western Regions."

Everyone looked at each other and understood why the emperor called this meeting.

The barbarians harassing the frontier is secondary, with Yanran guarding the mansion, it is unlikely that these barbarians will attack the frontier on a large scale.

However, their use of rangers to harass the commercial roads will have an adverse effect on the great Han Zhongxing.

One of the cores of the New Deal is to revitalize industry and commerce.The benefits of industry and commerce are ten times that of farming, and the export of silk is the most important.If this trade route is harassed by barbarians, most of the profits will fall behind the barbarians.People in the Central Plains planted mulberry and raised silkworms, reeled silk and weaved cloth, but in the end they made it easier for the barbarians.

The barbarians have no capital and no profit, and they will come like flies upon hearing the wind, and they will not be able to drive them away.They sucked the blood of the big man and became stronger, but they would not be grateful to the big man, they would only attack the big man.

And the offensive may be more violent than the previous Huns and Xianbei.

Because of the trade route leading to the Western Regions, they got more benefits.

In other words, by failing to address this problem, the New Deal has created a stronger enemy for itself.

There was silence in the big tent.

Liu Xie coughed, telling everyone not to have any scruples and to speak enthusiastically.

Cui Yan got up first, and said: "Your Majesty, I take the liberty of thinking that the war in Jizhou should be resolved as soon as possible."

Liu Xie turned to look at Cui Yan.

Cui Yan bowed and said: "The expedition beyond the Great Wall requires a lot of money and food, and the transportation of money and food is difficult and consumes too much. Shipping from Jizhou is one of the most labor-saving methods. Only by calming down Jizhou can it be possible to expedition beyond the Great Wall and eliminate the threat of the barbarians. .”

Before Cui Yan finished speaking, Pang Tong stood up to express his objection.

"Jizhou is indeed the closest to northern Xinjiang, and has a well-to-do household registration. It is one of the best foundations for the Northern Expedition. But if Jizhou cannot carry out land saving, most of the land falls into the hands of aristocratic families, and they do not pay taxes. The material resources that the imperial court can obtain from Jizhou It is still limited and not enough to support the army's expedition to Mobei. Instead of hastily ending the war in Jizhou, it is better to completely solve the problem of land in Jizhou."

Cui Yan felt helpless. "Even if Jizhou fully implements Dutian, it will be able to conquer Mobei? Fenglang Juxu and Le Mingyan are fierce, but it is not a long-term solution. If you want to stabilize the northern border, you still need to rely on cavalry like wolf cavalry. Sweeping Mobei will not give the barbarians a chance to grow stronger. Jizhou cannot provide money and food for expeditions to Mobei, but it can support elite cavalry like wolf cavalry."

"Since it is to support wolf riders and not to fight directly, why is there a difference of one or two years? After going to the fields, 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 and objected to Dutian, he suggested that it is advisable to use wolves to harass Mobei and not give the barbarians a chance to grow stronger.

With the current technical conditions, even if it is cavalry, it is unrealistic to conquer Mobei on a large scale.A small-scale cavalry attack is still the cheapest way to slow down the growth of those tribes as much as possible.

However, such a method of warfare leaves only a handful of capable soldiers, and most of the gentry's children cannot endure such hardships.As a scholar, Cui Yan couldn't fail to realize this.He can accept such a point of view, which shows that his mentality has changed.

As a middle-aged person, it is gratifying to be able to make such progress after only entering the lecture hall for two or three months.

(End of this chapter)