Tong Yuan bowed to Jia Xu and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wenhe, for your guidance." ”

"In this way, our side should take Tianshui as the foundation and cut off the Hexi trade route that Han Sui relied on, and instead strengthen the trade route of Merging Prefecture, Hetao, Yinshan, and the Western Regions, and force the opponent to take the initiative to attack us."

Jia Xu smiled and replied, "The future of the lord is really limitless, so they are the ones who lose their morality and take the initiative to start a war." And we can completely control the timing of their attack and lure them into the battlefield of our choice. ”

Tong Yuan continued, "At the same time, we can bribe and divide the enemy, and divide these warlords who are already entrenched and detached, and then a war can be decided!" ”

Jia Xu no longer suppressed the surging in his heart, and he said like a cannon, "Our army only needs to be stationed in Hanyang County, control the two counties of Longxi and Wudu, exert Huairou on Bashu, and use Wei Qian to divide the warlords and Hu people on the other side with official positions." ”

Then they built the Longxi trade route in Hetao, Yinshan, Dunhuang, Qilian Mountain, and secretly established contacts and ties with some factions, thus hollowing out the old trade routes on which they relied so much. In a short time, the enemy will be in chaos, and we can choose the right time to exert pressure and force the other party to send it to the door himself. ”

Tong Yuan was overjoyed and had a good conversation with Jia Xu, but it was a little strange that he didn't say it just now.

Of course, Jia Xu noticed this, but in fact, he chose this way to avoid being too high-profile and causing unnecessary vigilance among the Hedong Shi clan.

In fact, he had long expected that no one in the Hedong Shi clan agreed to crusade against Xiliang, and even Wei Qi would choose the opportunity to fight again after contacting.

This is because the Hedong group itself relied on the Yinshan, Hetao, and Bingzhou routes, and in the eyes of most of them, Hexi was already regarded as a dispensable part, or even a potential threat area.

If the conquest is broken because of this area in Hexi, and other forces have the opportunity to attack and seize Hedong, it will naturally be more than worth the loss.

However, Jia Xu and Dong Jia have different positions. As the new lords of the annexed states, they are different from the previous Huns, Baibo army and Hedong Shi clan, their origin is in Yongliang and other places.

Like Jia Xu, who was born in Wuwei in Xiliang, and was also the most proficient in people's hearts and intrigue in this era, his understanding of the geographical pattern and the Qianghu Rebellion surpassed other peers at that time.

He didn't show much in this area before, just because the lord he served didn't have the strength and ambition, and although Tong Yuan rarely mentioned his own hometown, he was very perceptive, and it was certainly worth his dedication.

"So for Xiliang Han Sui, we have to fight, and we have to beat them. But not now, but when we have already controlled the other party, we will break it in one fell swoop. ”

Tong Yuan listened to Jia Xu's plan, and a sense of heroism stirred in his heart.

This is the top strategist, if this plan is successful, not only can annihilate the warlords in the northwest, but also can solve the stubborn disease of the Han Qiang Rebellion with the efforts of the tuntian system, opening trade routes, collecting the Hu people, and protecting the grassroots officials, and even march to the farther frontier.

After a while, Wang Yi came in person to inform him of the latest situation in Hexi.

Tong Yuan verified Jia Xu's judgment that Dunhuang was unharmed, and learned about Pang Shu, Zhang Gong, Yang Aruo and other righteous people.

He planned to ask Zhang Lu and Wang Yi to give a little more support to Zhao E's branch, so that Yang Aruo could gather troops and horses to fight against Huang Ang, and at the same time, he could win over a group of Qiang tribes to open up trade routes.

When the time comes, Zhao E's branch of the Four Seas Merchant Gang, which is temporarily hidden, can attract a group of local Han and Hu people to benefit from the trade routes with them, so as to add firewood to the discord behind.

Jia Xu also agreed very much with this arrangement, even if the other party had a strategist who could see through this strategy, it was very difficult to crack.

The construction of two new trade routes in the north and south will allow the current prosperous Hetao trade route to rely on, and second, to hollow out each other's core areas based on Yan'an and Longxi counties.

If the other side openly prohibits the trade between the various clans and the powerful and Guanzhong, it will directly damage their interests and intensify the already fierce internal contradictions. If they come straight at them, or are forced to attack two new trade routes, then they will play into our hands.

Jia Xu walked to the silk map again and added, "According to the information of Officer Wang, the Qilian Mountains south of Jiuquan will become the front line of the Dunhuang rebels, and the northwest of Longxi County is the West Sea, and the northwest of the West Sea is the Qilian Mountains. ”

Wang Yi asked, "Does Mr. Wenhe mean that a trade route from Dunhuang will pass through the Qilian Mountains and the West Sea, pass through Burning Dangqiang, and then arrive in Longxi County?" ”

"But although this road is a little closer than Hexi, the area it passes through is mostly the Qiang tribe, and it is adjacent to Jincheng County, where Han Sui, Song Jian and the Ju family are there."

Jia Xu closed his eyes slightly and thought, and then said with a slight heaviness, "I know that this trade route is nearly three thousand miles away, but if it is the lord, I believe it is not a vain obsession." ”

"False obsession?"

Tong Yuan smiled slightly, he hadn't heard of anything that could not be done by big infrastructure from later generations! Burdened with the pride of that era, he had no intention of retreating!

He looked at the West Sea, which was later called Qinghai Lake, raised his head and said, "Since Han Sui has attracted the Qiang tribe on his side, then let's let the scattered tribes on the shore of the West Sea merge into the arms of the Han Dynasty." ”

Jia Xu and Wang Yi looked at Tong Yuan with an indescribable look, "Where will the path he opened up?" What kind of light will there be in the distance? ”

Jia Xu responded, "That's great! If the trade routes of Qilian and Xihai lead to Longxi, we can connect it to Wudu County, and even further south to Bashu. ”

"As far as I know, there are many Di and Ba tribes in the northwest of Yizhou, as well as some Yueshi people who are skilled in mining and commerce. They used to rely on the Hexi trade routes, but now our new trade routes are closer to them and we are expected to win a lot of support. ”

Wang Yi added, "Although the Wang family is not familiar with this trade route, the Zhao family and the Yang family attach great importance to the business from Tianshui and Longxi to the south. ”

As the plan became clearer and clearer, Tong Yuan knew that he would either not do anything about it, or he would do his best to let the world know that he really revitalized Northern Xinjiang!

In the discussion the next day, Tong Yuan did not make this plan public, but mainly talked about the second new trade route in the north.

He believes that Zhang Ji and Xu Huang's plan is very good, and it is completely possible to build roads and arrange caravans from the two counties of Diaoyin and Haoyan in the western part of Bingzhou, and build roads and arrange caravans from the north to the other side.

He pointed to Lingzhou in the north of Beidi County, suspecting that this place was probably Ningxia in the later generations, and asked, "What is the situation around this place?" Who occupies it? ”