Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it came to May of the sixth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty.

A large number of convoys delayed the speed of the road, and the poor road conditions made the convoys have to be careful.

Set off in autumn, but winter came too early and too violently.

Fortunately, after the winter, the team had not completely left the Han Dynasty, so they were finally able to spend this winter peacefully in the territory of the Han Dynasty, until the weather was a little better, and then they started to rush again.

This time they were on the South Road, the newest path of the scouts.

The road is not very wide, at its narrowest point can only be passed by a horse-drawn carriage, and it is necessary to climb over the mountains.

Although I have avoided some steep peaks as much as possible, I still can't avoid them.

Although the road is long and difficult, there is still a way to go.

Zhao Tuo embarked on the journey to the west as he wished, and was successfully transferred to the Western Regions Economic Envoy.

On the way, he also kept thinking about a question, where should the Jingluo Embassy be placed?

According to Lu Jia's description, the countries of the Western Regions are not strong, and with the escort of a thousand people from the mission, they can walk sideways here, and the first batch of garrisons sent to the Western Regions this time has 15,000 people, and there is no reason to mix it up as Lu Jia.

And the most important reason why only 15,000 people were filmed is that this year is a turning point for the Han army.

And it's a very important year.

After the restructuring of the Han army, the first batch of Han army officers and soldiers will retire from active service in the autumn of this year.

Theoretically, there will be more than 300,000 retired soldiers.

Because the first batch was originally adapted from the old system, the number of people is also the largest.

At the same time, in order to avoid coming to such a place every five years, the imperial court plans to recruit 200,000 troops next year.

That is to say, theoretically, from the end of autumn to the beginning of next year's spring before the new recruits enlist, the Han army's strength gap is as high as 300,000 throughout the winter, and even if the new recruits enter the army next year, the shortage of troops is still 100,000.

The imperial court hopes to gradually offset the impact of the first batch of 300,000 retired soldiers by enlisting 200,000 recruits every year.

In other words, in the next three years, the total strength of the Han will not increase, and it will not increase by tens of thousands of troops until the fourth year.

The amount of subsequent increase is determined according to the actual situation.

The imperial court defined the number of Han troops as one million.

Although about 30,000 of these 300,000 retired veterans will remain, this is still not enough.

After all, the basic plate is so big, and troops need to be placed everywhere.

Therefore, unless there is some devastating disaster on the side of the Western Regions, it is impossible for the imperial court to send a second batch of troops over within three years.

And Zhao Tuo's task in three years is to sort out the southern part of the Western Regions, restructure it, and assimilate the people in the southern part of the Western Regions.

Of course, the fifteen thousand people who marched into the Western Regions were not at risk of retirement, because this batch was composed of two-year soldiers and three-year soldiers, and they could basically carry the second batch of main forces over and retire.

The only thing that made Zhao Tuo uncomfortable was that the control of this army was not in his own hands.

Instead, a separate Western Regions General's Mansion was set up, and in peacetime, the Western Regions General's Mansion had to obey the arrangements of the Western Regions Economic Envoy, and in wartime it was completely reversed.

It is not so much obedience as cooperation, because in terms of official rank, the generals of the Western Regions and the envoys of the Western Regions are of the same level.

The only thing Zhao Tuo can suppress the generals of the Western Regions is his own title.

But the knighthood is an honor in itself, and it does not represent real power.

Zhao Tuo is a smart person again, why did the emperor set it up like this? Obviously, it's to protect yourself, after all, you can be regarded as a person with a criminal record, so you have to guard against it.

In the face of his partner, although he was nameless, Zhao Tuo did not dare to be careless at all.

This young general named Yang Biao also belongs to the first generation of generals of the Han Dynasty.

Although the current statement is not so prominent, his resume is one that no one dares to ignore.

First of all, he is one of the five hundred heroes of the Xingyang camp, and the leader of these five hundred heroes is naturally the emperor himself.

And the next one by one is also very scary, the general of the Praetorian Guard Zhang Buyi, the general of Guanzhong Chen Tieshan, the Yingchuan county guard Song Yi and others.

Yang Biao has participated in all the wars of the emperor since his establishment, and in the territory of the Han Dynasty, it is the real roots.

When he destroyed Qin, he was under Guan Ying, and when he destroyed Chu, he was under Han Xin, and then he followed Han Xin to the north to form cavalry and participated in several combat missions against the Xiongnu.

Before becoming the general of the Western Regions, his identity was the deputy general of the cavalry of the Northern Army and the deputy of Han Xin.

Now that he has enough qualifications, enough experience, and enough military exploits, plus he is one of the five hundred heroes, and there are people in the court to support him, he naturally becomes a general of the Western Regions.

As the so-called tide of the times, no one can stop it, even if a pig stands on the cusp of the times, it will take off.

This sentence is undoubtedly the most appropriate for five hundred strong men.

Among these 500 people, more than 100 were killed in battle, and among the remaining 300 or so people, there were 11 people of the third rank and above, 27 people of the fifth rank and above, and 66 people of the seventh rank and above.

is still in the army, and the lowest rank is also the captain of the city defense.

And those who have long retired from active duty have also been arranged clearly, and the most important one is the chief officer of a department in the county.

For the more than 100 people who died in the war, the emperor took the lead, everyone participated, and each took out a part of the money and food to send to their families every year.

There are only these people who dare to play like this in the big man, mainly because the leader of the family is too strong.

In the same way, this group of people is also a staunch royalist, and they are the absolute henchmen of the emperor, although some of them are not of high rank, but they have formed three classes of upper, middle and lower levels, so that different classes have the qualifications to talk directly to the emperor, which greatly deters some people with bad intentions.

For Zhao Tuo, having such a partner is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing.

If you are honest, you will be good, I will be good, everyone will be good, and no one will lack credit.

But if he still made those thoughts in the early years, it is estimated that the emperor would not need to do it at all, and Yang Biao himself would have ended himself first.

"General Yang, can you consider governing the land?" Zhao Tuo finally found Yang Biao and asked for his opinion.

According to the emperor's arrangement, in order to facilitate communication, the Western Regions Economic Strategy Envoy Mansion and the Western Regions General's Mansion were to be in the same city.

As for how to choose a place, Zhao Tuo was in charge, but Zhao Tuo didn't dare to make this decision himself.

"It's good that Zhao Jingluo decided on this matter, Your Majesty has already explained, everything is based on Zhao Jingluo, and Zhao Jingliu has more experience in this kind of thing than me, so I won't mix this matter indiscriminately, so as not to disturb Zhao Jingluo's arrangement." Yang Biao replied in a friendly voice.

"......" Zhao Tuo felt a while in his heart.

It's a good thing to say, and it feels like it's a very easy to contact and a very friendly person.

But if I don't know your identity, I'm afraid I'll really be bluffed by you.

This group of people is very capable, although they are not the top ones, but they will definitely not lag behind when they do things.

You said that if he was to lead his troops to a decisive battle with the Huns, this might be a question mark.

But you said that you want him to control the entire Western Regions, that's absolutely fine.

After all, even if he is one of the five hundred strong men, the emperor will not mess around in this kind of thing.

Yang Biao has followed the emperor, Guan Ying, and Han Xin, not to mention that they have all learned their skills thoroughly, even if everyone only learns three points, it is enough to put it here.

As for where to choose, Zhao Tuo didn't think he had no ideas.

"I think this first step is to put it in Loulan first, here is the closest to the Han Dynasty, what is easy to communicate, it is not easy to be cut off from the back road, and then gradually advance to the west, according to the situation to decide whether to transfer the land, as for the final choice, I tend to end or Khotan, as for whether to choose the place, or build another city, but also wait until the place to see the situation to decide!" Zhao Tuo directly said his thoughts.

The emperor really delegated power to this matter, and he didn't ask him about these arrangements at all, and said that he would be responsible for it, that is, he would be responsible for it.

After getting the map of the Western Regions from Lu Jia, he has been thinking about this issue.

But if it is the entire Western Regions, it is naturally the best and most suitable to put it in the southern city of Luntai or Gumo.

However, the imperial court divided the entire Western Regions into two, and they were in charge of the southern region, so it was not appropriate to place Luntai or Nancheng in the middle.

Their territory could only be placed in the south, and the end and the south each had a river to the north, so it would be easier to connect with the north in the future.

But the problem is not impossible, and the distance is a little farther, but this river goes directly to the north, just enough to connect with the southern city of Gumo.

Moreover, the last river first went east to the territory of Loulan, and then went around behind Bailongdui, and then went to the northwest, and the distance around this circle was a little far.

"Militarily speaking, as long as these places are not in the desert, they are the same wherever they are placed, and administratively speaking, I can't intervene in this......" Yang Biao shrugged with a smile, although we have an identity and a backstage, we can't always use the backstage to suppress people.

Whether it was following the emperor or following the baby Han Xin, Yang Biao learned a truth.

As long as your skills are strong enough, even if you fart, they will say that it is fragrant.

But if you rely on your relationship to get to the top and shamelessly use your identity to oppress people, even if you roast a whole sheep, others will smell it.

Therefore, Yang Biao's use in this area is also handy, I only say my basic requirements, and the rest is up to you.

As a general's palace, the most basic requirement is naturally convenient transportation and convenient command.

Otherwise, the general's mansion will be put into the desert, and it will take a few more days to spread the news, so what a fart?

"That ......"

Zhao Tuo just wanted to speak, but was interrupted by a slightly embarrassed cavalryman.

"General, the Huns have been found ahead......"