Lu Bu paused,

Turning his head to look at Lu Zhi,

Slowly spoke:

"In my lifetime, I hope to explore as many unknown places as possible, so that the light of my great man can shine."

Lu Zhi looked at Lu Bu with a shocked expression,

Although when it was just now,

Lu Busuo's words have been somewhat revealed,

But at this moment I heard him speak out of his own mouth,

Lu Zhi still felt the shock.

"No wonder ......"

Lu Zhi looked up at the roof,

Slowly closing his eyes, silent,

After half a pillar of incense,

"Hahaha, hahaha......"

Lu Zhi suddenly burst out laughing,

Laughter echoed in this study,

Even the sound of the festivities outside was drowned out at the moment.

Lu Zhi looked at Lu Bu,

The eyes are full of surprise,

"Lord, the last general understands, and the last general is willing to follow the lord and sprinkle the glory of my Han all over the world."

After finishing his words, Lu Zhi didn't wait for Lu Bu to reply,

Walking up to the map,

Sticking out his finger and pointing to a place,

Looking back at Lu Budao:

"Lord, there will be a plan in the end, which can help the lord."

"Oh?"

Lu Bu looked at the place where Lu Zhi pointed with interest,

It is the place where the great rivers flow,

As you can clearly see from the map,

The river bends here in a zigzag shape,

The place that Lu Zhi refers to,

It is the middle of the bend of the 'few', and the west.

Lu Bu blurted out:

"Hetao Plain and Hexi Plain?"

Nodding, Lu Zhi looked at Lu Bu and explained:

"Exactly. The last general suggested that the lord would firmly grasp the hand Zheng"

The Hetao Plain is located in the territory of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in later generations.

is an alluvial plain along the Yellow River,

In the Yellow River Bay in the shape of the Yellow River.

From the Yinchuan Plain (also known as the Xitao Plain) east of Helan Mountain,

Inner Mongolia Wolf Mountain, the Houtao Plain south of Daqing Mountain,

It is also composed of the Tumochuan Plain (also known as the Qiantao Plain).

The terrain here is flat and the soil quality is good.

It has the benefit of irrigation of the Yellow River.

Here is the Hexi area adjacent to it,

That is, the Ningxia Plain of later generations,

In later generations, it was collectively called Saishang Jiangnan.

As early as the Qin and Han dynasties,

So he started digging a canal to divert water here.

In the Western Han Dynasty, in the second year of Yuan Shuo (127 BC),

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once sent Wei Qing,

"Izumo to the west of Longxi, hit Hu Zhilou and the Aries King in Henan, and then take Henan."

Then the minister's father went to Emperor Wu,

"Sheng Yan Shuo is fertile, the river is blocked, the city of Mengtian is driven away by the Huns, the introspection is transferred to the Cao, the China is extended, and the root of the Hu is also destroyed."

Emperor Wu accepted this suggestion,

So Shuofang County and Gohara County were established that year.

Then in the fourth year of Yuanshuo, Xihe County was placed.

In the Hetao Plain, there are also some areas such as Yunzhi Dingxiang, Beidi and Shangjun.

Emperor Wu successively set up counties under the county,

At one time the number reached more than ninety,

At that time, the development of the Hetao area ushered in a leap forward in its neighborhood.

Later, during the period of Wang Mang usurping Khan, the Xiongnu Koubian,

As a result, this place was once again reduced to the land of the Huns grazing horses,

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the national strength weakened and gave up the Hetao,

In the twenty-sixth year of the establishment of the military (50 AD),

After the division of the Xiongnu, the Southern Xiongnu were annexed,

The Hetao was regained the control of the imperial court,

The Southern Huns were placed here.

Until the sixteenth year of Yongping (73 AD),

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty sent Dou Gu and others to attack in four directions,

The Northern Huns were dealt a fatal blow,

Then Dou Xian attacked again,

The Northern Xiongnu moved westward,

The Hetao finally truly returned to the Han court.

However, in the fifth year of Emperor Yonghe (140 AD),

Xianbei rises,

With the strong rise of Xianbei,

The Hetao Plain bore the brunt,

Become the target of the Xianbei people's plunder,

Once again, it was in chaos and desolation

Until Lu Bu set out to conquer the grassland,

Many parts of the state were gradually recovered.

But places such as the Hetao Plain,

It is still under the rule of the Southern Xiongnu and Qianghu.

"Not bad." Lu Zhi twisted his beard lightly,

Explained to Lu Bu:

"Previously, I had hesitated to make this suggestion. Guy didn't understand the plan of the lord, after all, the situation here was more complicated, first there were Huns, then Xianbei people, and then there were Qianghu people, resulting in the cluster almost becoming an autonomous place, Han people, Huns, Xianbei people, Qiang people mixed, and the court also lost control over the cluster. Now that the grassland has been subordinated to the lord, and Qianghu is on good terms with the lord, if the lord goes to occupy the cluster, I am afraid it will cause a backlash from the two clans, so it is better to slowly figure it out. However, if you look at it according to the plan of the lord, the cluster is bound to be won, and without further ado. ”

Lu Bu looked at the location indicated by Lu Zhi on the map,

Turning his head, he motioned for Lu Zhi to sit down and continue.

Only then did Lu Zhi open his mouth and continue:

"Since the time of Emperor Wu, the imperial court has immigrated to Tuntian in Tuan, and the land is fertile and convenient for irrigation, which is suitable for the development of agriculture. In addition, although the Hexi region is the land of the four wars, it is at the hub connecting the grasslands, the Western Regions and other places, if it expands outward, the cluster must be in the hands, one can become an important supply base, and the other is convenient for baggage transportation and soldier recruitment. ”

Lu Bu nodded in agreement,

The importance of Hexi is self-evident,

This place has always been a battleground for soldiers from ancient times to the present.

There is an ancient saying: "Those who get in the middle can get down." ”

It is because the geographical location of Guanzhong and the environment there are very suitable for development and expansion.

And the position of Hexi in the whole west,

It is equivalent to the status of Guanzhong in the entire Central Plains.

"If the lord wants to conquer the Western Regions and beyond, then Hetao and Hexi must be taken. Nowadays, although the state is developing rapidly, it is still barren in the face of the entire Central Plains. Although Guanzhong is now under the command of the lord, it has experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Dong Thief Rebellion, and now Guanzhong is not as good as before, and it also needs a lot of time to recover. Therefore, the lord needs to take precautions, otherwise it is very likely that the matter of entering the Western Regions will be abandoned halfway. ”

Lu Bu's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop,

A pair of sword eyebrows twisted into a pimple,

He never spoke.

Lu Zhi saw Lu Bu fall into deep thought,

and he will not open his mouth to interrupt,

Poured himself a cup of tea,

Moistened my thirsty throat.

After a long time,

Only then did Lu Bu open his eyes,

A fine light flashed in the depths of his eyes,

Opened his mouth and asked Lu Zhi for advice:

"If you want to take these two places, does Sir have a way to teach me?"

Lu Zhi put down the teacup unhurriedly,

Only then did he speak:

"If you want to take these two places, you should try them in different ways."

"Will the plan be released?"

Lu Zhi stood up again,

Walk to the front of the map,

First, he pointed to Hexi Road:

"The first conquest of Hexi, the cluster is dominated by Qianghu and Xiongnu, and most of the Qianghu here are tribes that were inclined to Han Sui at the beginning, in short, they are people who are two-hearted with the lord. Therefore, it can be attacked by violent means and with strong forces. ”

Lu Bu rolled his eyes and immediately understood what Lu Zhi meant,

So he added:

"One is to be able to clean up those tribes that are unstable, and the other is to show the prestige of our army, so that it is convenient to seize the land of the Hetao next."

"Hahaha, the lord is wise."

Lu Zhidi slapped Lu Bu on the back,

Then he added:

"As the lord said, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone. After attacking Hexi in the shortest time, you can take Huairou means to seize the land of the Hetao, after all, there are more Han people, and the development of the state in recent years, the surrounding area is the most intense, and it is also convenient for us to recover the cluster, and it is relatively easy to educate in the future. ”

Lu Bu got up and paced back and forth in front of the desk,

From time to time I look up at the map,

On behalf of the Hetao and the place west of the river,

Truth

Lu Zhi's suggestion,

It really made Lu Bu very excited.

As a time-traveler and a university professor in the Department of History,

He was well aware of what happened next.

Three Kingdoms period,

It is the most chaotic and tragic era in China,

Although many peerless characters have been born,

and has created countless iron-blooded stories and classic battle examples that have been passed down through the ages.

But for the whole Chinese civilization to come,

But it was an apocalypse.

Someone once made a statistic,

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, around 157 AD,

China's population has reached its peak,

At one time, the population of households reached 56.48 million.

But after a hundred years,

In the later period of the Three Kingdoms,

That is, in the year 236 C.E.,

The total household population in China is only about 7.67 million.

Compared to a hundred years ago,

Two out of ten,

This is still after the Three Kingdoms burned Liu Bei by Lu Xun,

The population of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu after a short period of recuperation.

Among them, on the eve of the destruction of Shu,

The Wei state had 4,430,000 people,

There are only 940,000 people in Shu,

2.3 million people in the state of Wu.

Of course, these are only the number of households.

Military and officials were not included.

But this also makes it clear that this period,

What a heavy blow to the entire Han nationality for the years of conquest,

The entire Han population, there is not one in ten,

Hunger is all over the wilderness and wasteland,

"The white bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, there are more than 100 people, and the thought breaks people's intestines."

It is also because of this period that

For the entire Chinese nation,

the loss of population and a large number of talented people,

made the late Three Kingdoms,

Especially during the Wei and Jin dynasties,

The surrounding alien races were able to rise,

not only invaded the Central Plains,

Hermes-Epitek even thinks of it as a "two-legged sheep" that walks upright.

"The head of the horse hangs in front of the horse, and the woman is carried in the back of the car."

Eventually, the Western Jin Dynasty appeared,

The tragedy of the "Five Nonsense Disorders".

Since the Han Dynasty,

There are Lakers who continue to migrate to the Central Plains,

Although the tolerant acceptance policy of multiple generations of emperors influenced,

But at the same time, it is also the reason for the sharp decline in the population of the Central Plains.

As a somewhat disgruntled historian,

In the Hereafter,

Lu Bu has always felt angry and humiliated because of this history,

By chance came down to this era,

even crossed over to become Lu Bu,

This also made him determined,

It is to prevent future generations from the tragedy of that time.

Because of this, he conquered the grassland several times,

And there are even greater ambitions,

That is to completely incorporate those alien races and countries into the territory of China.

He also knows very well,

This goal may not be accomplished at all in his lifetime.

But he's willing to work hard,

Like the fool who moved mountains,

This generation can't,

There is also the next generation, and there is no end to the children and grandchildren.

Thoughts flew a little far,

Lu Bu shook his head,

Leave other distractions behind,

groaned,

Only then did he say to Lu Zhi:

"Sir's plan is very good, I want to follow Mr.'s plan, but this matter is very involved, how about we gather everyone to discuss it carefully tomorrow?"

"As it should be."

Lu Zhi stood up, clenched his fists and bowed.

"The last general will retire first."

After Lu Bu sent Lu Zhi away,

Walking back to the map,

Looking closely at the map,

I didn't say a word for a long time.

Approaching the end of the year,

The land west of the river is getting colder and colder,

even pouring a basin of boiling water outdoors,

will also be in the blink of an eye,

Turns into a lump of ice.

Even the air that comes out of the mouth,

It's as if they're all carrying ice slag.

In such a cold air,

Whether it is a Qiang or a Han Chinese,

They were all nested in tents, unwilling to move.

In a Qiang tribe,

There was a very large tent,

With the fur of all kinds of animals,

Layer upon layer of tent enclosure,

so that the warmth in the tent does not dissipate.

In the tent, several people sat around a roast sheep,

Under the licking of tongues of fire,

The mutton is drenched with golden fat,

It has a seductive aroma.

"General Yan."

A Qiang man used a blade to lay a piece of mutton that was charred on the outside and tender on the inside,

It was handed to a Han general about 20 years old.

The young Han Chinese general,

Take this piece of mutton,

Throw it directly into your mouth,

Chew it up.

"General Yan Xing, are you sure?"

An old man of the Qiang tribe,

Staring at the mutton on the flames,

From time to time,

Or sprinkle with some spices,

The expression is very focused,

As if inadvertently, he asked the young general.

Yan Xing swallowed the piece of mutton,

casually wiped the grease on his mouth with the back of his hand,

Goo Dong Gu Dong drank half a pot of mare's milk wine,

Only then did he speak:

"Miwu-sama, but you don't believe me?"

As he spoke, Yan Xing's gaze at the old man of the Qiang tribe flashed with a strange cold glow.

Mi Wu ignored Yan Xing,

With a wave of his hand,

Motioned for everyone around him to stand down.

The Qiang people who handed the meat to Yan Xing,

wanted to stay, but was kicked out by the old man.

Suddenly looked up at the entrance of the tent,

Lang Sheng said:

"The wind and snow are so big, since you're here, why don't you come in and talk about it?"

After the others left,

At this moment, only Mi Wu and Yan Xing were left in the tent.

Migo seemed to be talking to the air.

However, at this time, suddenly the light turned on,

The tent curtain was pushed open,

A fierce cold wind blew in.

After the curtain of the tent fell,

The comer is revealed,

It was Yu Ji who had disappeared for a long time,

Still wearing a robe,

The appearance of a fairy wind bone,

It was as if the biting cold of the north had no effect on him.

After meeting Yu Ji,

Mi Wu and Yan Xing reacted differently.

Yan Xing hurriedly got up,

Salute respectfully:

"Yan Ming has seen Master Shizun."

Yu Ji stroked the long snow-white beard under his chin,

Nodded to Yan Xing.

Walking towards the two,

Yu Ji opened his mouth and said to Mi Wu:

"Old barbarian, is that how you welcome your old friend?"

Mi Wu ignored Yu Ji,

Bow your head and continue to concentrate on roasting the sheep.

Yan Xing was displeased when he saw this,

Just as he was about to speak,

was stopped by Yu Ji shaking his head.

"Give my apprentice a hand!" Yu Ji walked to Migo's side,

Opening.