A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 463: Wherever the canal is reached, it is all dry soil
Hehuang Valley, Xiping County.

The terrain here is relatively flat, the climate is cool, and the water and grass are abundant. It is very comfortable for the soldiers who have just arrived from the scorching heat of the Central Plains.The temperature here is much lower than that in the Central Plains. There are thousands of acres of fertile farmland around, flocks of cattle and sheep, and the sky is like a dome, covering the surrounding fields.

Since the imperial court's order, [-] troops have been mobilized from the Central Plains all the way west along the Hexi Corridor, and then turned towards Xiping County.Along the way, the ground began to slowly rise, getting higher and higher along the way.

When we arrived at Xiping County, it was already more than 2000 meters higher than the Central Plains.If you continue to the southwest, the mountains will be higher and you will experience symptoms such as dizziness and difficulty breathing.

At that time, the army expanded into the Western Regions and conquered the Xiongnu. In order to ensure the safety of the Hexi Corridor, Xiping County was established and five thousand troops were stationed here.This symptom appeared when the army wanted to continue to the southwest.

As many as half of the army was sick, so they had no choice but to withdraw to Xiping County.The local Qiang people all say that this is a curse from the mountain god, who does not welcome outsiders.

Since Daqian came to the Hehuang Valley, the local Qiang and Huns had conflicts with the Daqian people.You must know that Daqian snatched the original Xiping County from these tribes.

After a large number of Daqian troops fell ill, the local Qiang Huns immediately began to attack Daqian.What the Huns and Qiang people didn't expect was that the strength of Daqian's army was far beyond their imagination.

Even though half of the people were sick, the siege of [-] Qiang and Huns still failed to break through Xiping. Instead, they suffered heavy casualties due to the resistance of the Xiping defenders and retreated in embarrassment. Then they were pursued by a thousand cavalry and abandoned their helmets. A, fled in embarrassment.

Later, after the battle report reached Luoyang, the sacred capital, His Majesty the Emperor issued a special edict to commend him, and also informed him of the so-called curse of the mountain god.Solutions are also given.

That is, soldiers in the army are asked to go to the mountains to adapt. Soldiers with mild reactions are required to reduce their activities, rest more, and adapt for a period of time. Soldiers with severe reactions are pulled off for treatment.

At the same time, a large number of military officials were dispatched, and even three direct descendants of the Wang family were dispatched.

After studying the local diet and medicinal materials, these doctors and Wang's children began to help the Daqian garrison adapt to the plateau.After ten years of experiments, the Daqian imperial court came up with a relatively complete set of methods for quickly adapting to altitude sickness.

Through training and a special diet, soldiers can fully adapt to altitude sickness within one to three months.It's just that because the imperial court was busy exploring the Western Regions and marching into the grasslands at that time, there was no expansion here in Xiping County.

After the establishment of Xiping County, the imperial court would also trade with the Qiang and Huns who were willing to get close to them, providing food, farm tools, pottery, cloth, salt, wine, tea, sugar and other materials. Therefore, many Qiang and Huns tribes Be on good terms with Da Gan.

Even under the influence of Daqian, these tribes surrendered to Daqian. These tribes also provided cattle, sheep, milk and other materials to the Xiping garrison, and the exchanges between the two sides were quite harmonious.

Now that the imperial court decided to open up the Hehuang Valley, Xiping County, as the most important stronghold and bridgehead of Daqian in the Hehuang Valley, immediately received a large amount of resources.

The original garrison of only [-] troops was directly increased by [-] troops. After a period of rest and adjustment, these [-] troops will continue to march toward the northwest.

Although the land in the Hehuang Valley is not as fertile as the Central Plains, it has Huangshui and large rivers and abundant water resources, which is convenient for farming and herding horses. If managed carefully, it is easy to feed a population of 300 million people.The imperial court's [-]-strong army marched forward. After three months of adjustment, they adapted to the plateau environment and launched a full-scale war of conquest in the Hehuang Valley.Although the Qiang and Huns occupy the advantageous location, the Qiang and Huns living here have their own tribes. Even the Qiang themselves are divided into more than a dozen tribes.

With so many tribes and no strong figure, it is impossible for them to work together.In addition, the imperial court also did a lot of work to conquer the Hehuang Valley.The court of the tribes who were close to Daqian gave them benefits and allowed them to join. Some tribes even joined Daqian's army and became servants.

The Qiang and Huns do not have the concept of a country and only identify with tribes, so they do not care whether the enemy is a Qiang.After all, these Qiang tribes also have their own grievances among themselves. They have fought countless battles over pasture water sources, and their hatred is deeper than that between them and the Gan people.

With the Qiang and Huns leading the way, the [-] elite troops could be said to be overwhelming in the Hehuang Valley. With their overall superiority in population, training, war horses, and weapons and equipment, the scattered Qiang and Huns were no match at all.

If these Qiang and Huns unite and cooperate with the terrain here, they may still be able to fight.Now they can only be surrounded and strangled by Daqian's army.

Da Gan sent out light cavalry this time, equipped with iron-inlaid leather armor, crossbows, spears, horizontal knives and other equipment. Most of the Qiang and Huns they faced were unarmored and leather armored, with very few iron armor.

Facing Daqian's light cavalry, they couldn't fight head-on, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to. It took less than half a year to clear the Hehuang Valley.Next, the army did not stop and continued to march northwest, taking the area from the plateau to Dunhuang under its control.

Daqian controlled this area, but did not prepare a large number of garrison troops. The climate of this area was bitter and cold, and it was not suitable for farming. The imperial court controlled this area to prevent the Qiang and Huns from entering from the southwest of the Hehuang Valley from the plateau.

After the Hehuang Valley was occupied, Wang Xin immediately began to build a road from Jincheng County to the Hehuang Valley, and at the same time recruited people to immigrate from the Central Plains.

The Central Plains is a densely populated area. In the past, the imperial court distributed land to each household, with each household receiving thirty acres of land. But now this policy has long ceased to exist in name only.In fact, the imperial court is already considering canceling the policy of land distribution, or only implementing land distribution in newly conquered areas, or implementing land distribution through immigration.

One county in the Central Plains even has a population of one million, which is as large as the counties in the south or northwest combined.If such a large population cannot be accommodated, big problems will occur sooner or later.

Therefore, when the imperial court recruits people to go to other areas, even if it is difficult to leave their homeland, many people are still willing to go.

A large number of immigrants from the Central Plains passed through Guanzhong and entered the Hehuang Valley westward. At the same time, the court recruited a large number of people to start building Chidao. With the extension of Chidao, the Daqian court's control over the land here will become stronger and stronger.

For Daqian to conquer the land, the first thing to do is to build roads. If it is impossible to build Chidao, then it is necessary to build canals or water transportation.

The majesty of His Majesty the Daqian Emperor is also accompanied by the continuous expansion of roads.

From now on, wherever the sun and moon shine and the canal reaches, it will be dry soil.

(End of this chapter)