As I said before, if you don't occupy a place like the grassland, you won't live there, and over time, there will naturally be other Hu people to fill it.

Xianbei ran away, and some of them ran to the Wuhuan side, maybe they merged with the Wuhuan people. In the past two years, seeing that the Han have not migrated to the grassland on a large scale, they probably feel that it is the same as before, just to beat them away.

No, I had the courage to start coming back again, after all, there was such a big grassland, why give up? Even Wuhuan itself, their pasture, is very insufficient.

"I remember that in the past two years, didn't the grassland immigrate about 10,000 people?" Liu Tao recalled.

One after another, since the Xianbei was driven away two years ago, more than a dozen settlements have been arranged along the river, and then the people who are eager for arable land, or more arable land, have been sent over.

The imperial court provided several livestock, as well as breeding techniques. Of course, you can also cultivate the land, and a fishing net is included. However, in this kind of ghost place, the soil quality is also suitable for growing grass, sorghum and pasture.

"Except for a few who are really not suitable for life over there, they have basically settled down in the local area." Hubu Shangshu Xun Yu came out of the list, "It's just that on this huge grassland, 10,000 people seem to be very rare." ”

Settlements can only be set up along the river, but the grassland is more pure grassland. Judging from the satellite photos of later generations, the huge Mongolian steppe north of Inner Mongolia is almost a desert-like yellow...... It wasn't until that area of Ulaanbaatar that you could see the green, and it was no surprise that someone else's capital was there.

For the Chinese people, living in the grassland, there is no way to really play nomadism like the Hu people, the time is short, it is okay, and after a long time, it has also begun to become Hu.

How many rivers are there? There are hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles in the middle. Can a river be used as a settlement? Where there is no river, there is a proper no-man's land.

For the railway on the other side of the grassland, after discussion? It was also built along the course of the river? After all, this is the only way to pass through the various settlements. Otherwise, how will the people stationed there live?

It's one thing to occupy the steppe? It's another thing to conquer here. The interior of Huaxia has not yet been built, and it is impossible to spend a lot of effort to build the grassland. Is it time to build up? As a result, it is cheaper for others.

Then? Jia Xu also added: "On the grassland, our soldiers only have a thousand, scattered all over the place, not so much to guard? It is better to use early warning as the main purpose. Wuhuan over there? There are tens of thousands of people who control the strings, and it is estimated that they have tried several times and found that the grassland defense is empty, and they began to gradually gain courage. ”

"They are the headquarters of the general of Zhenbei, don't they exist?" Liu Tao said jokingly.

Are these Wuhuan people really cute? If you don't hit them yourself, you should be grateful to Dade. Didn't expect to send it to the door yourself? I don't know who can't think of it so much.

"It's just that we can't go south, and we don't trade with them." Xun Yu reports? "The population of Wuhuan is increasing every year, and the food needs are also increasing."

Is the pasture no longer able to keep up with the increase in population? Rather than everyone else? It's better to give it a go.

For the steppe peoples? The grassland is their lifeline!

As Liu Tao once joked, the grassland people have been controlled by the grassland and livestock, and they are just slaves of the grassland and livestock. In the event of drought or snowstorms, grasslands have withered and livestock have frozen to death, and they are also in danger of drastic attrition.

Both horizontal and vertical are dead, and plundering south is the only way out, they can only plunder. If you succeed, everyone will live together, and if you don't succeed, at least you will die and your family will live. In the face of a group of beings who are not afraid of death, or who originally sought death, once the defenders are instigated, it is easy to be broken through by others.

Not to mention, in peacetime, those officers are dying again, and they only practice once in ten days and half a month, or even once a month. Usually one meal a day, but the Hu people only eat twice a day when they go south, can this weakened body immediately become an elite soldier?

There are also those who eat empty salaries, there are actually only twenty people in a hundred, and they all exist like this, how can they stop it?

"Remember two years ago, didn't you send someone to discuss with them and ask them to surrender to the Han?" Liu Tao said casually.

"Your Majesty, I did send someone over to say it at that time. Perhaps, after the surrender of Nuo, one country, two systems can be implemented. With the big man as their backer, life is definitely much better than before. Xun Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out, "But in the eyes of the other party, our surrender is like a provocation." ”

No, no, normally speaking, before letting the other party know how powerful the big man is, it is estimated that there will be a mysterious self-confidence.

Even if it is one country, two systems, the political structure will definitely need to change. was originally the leader and the king, but all of a sudden he was just a high-ranking official, or a mayor or something, of course he didn't want to.

"Your Majesty, speaking of which, the current leader of Wuhuan is the nephew of Qiu Liju in the past. Zhang Ju, whose whereabouts were unknown at the beginning, was very likely to be under his command. Jia Xu replied, although he was unwilling, but as a consultant of Jinyiwei, he could always know all kinds of information.

At the beginning, Zhang Chun was anti-Han, recommended Zhang Ju as the Son of Heaven, and led Wuhuan to the south, and the Wuhuan leader at that time was Qiu Liju. After Qiu Liju's death, his son Lou Ban was still young, and Qiu Liju's nephew Shan Dun became the leader.

After a pause, he continued: "It's just that since the beginning of this year, the Lou Ban has begun to grow, and the Wuhuan elders have begun to plan to support the Lou Ban as the leader again, and the collapse may abdicate. ”

It is estimated that not only abdication, but also the real retreat, but also worry about whether Lou Ban will liquidate him. There is a high probability that you want to leave Wuhuan and find another place to settle down. At least, it won't be attacked one day, and you won't know if your head is gone.

"Aiqing means that he came to the test, but in fact, he is the collapse department?" Liu Tao understood, it wasn't that people had any ideas, but that they had to come over.

"Exactly!" Jia Xu replied.

"After talking about it for a long time, you don't actually have to fight at all, right?" Liu Tao was slightly dissatisfied, and said that there was no reality for a long time.

"That's not ......," Guo Jia said, "what Jia Shilang means is that now is the most helpless time for Thanun, as long as we give him enough support to help him win the position of leader, maybe we can persuade him to accept one country, two systems." ”

That is, with very little material and military consumption, Wuhuan can be brought into civil strife and merged into the Han Dynasty.

"Your idea is good...... Liu Tao didn't deny it, "but don't forget, General Zhenbei's side is also sharpening his knife Huo Huo is planning to have a good fight, we can't let them down, right?" ”

After a pause, he added: "Wu Huan's sphere of influence is not large, and they are not worthy of our tactics. ”

Two years ago, during the court meeting, it was indeed said that the attacks in the other three directions would be temporarily suspended, except for the Western Regions. There are not enough people to migrate, and there is no point in occupying the places that have been defeated.

A year ago, it was proposed that when necessary, it was possible to intervene in the Siyi forces, support a pro-Han leader, and then gradually promote sinicization, and finally implement one country, two systems.

The ministers obviously remembered, so it seemed quite appropriate for Wuhuan now, so they proposed it. It's just that they haven't thought about it, and the strength of this Wuhuan is actually not that great.

The Liaoning area was active in the end, and then because of the defeat of Xianbei, it occupied part of Inner Mongolia. The number of people in the entire Wuhuan is only about one or two million, and it won't be many anyway.

Again, in the steppe, the number of livestock determines the population base of the tribe. As far as Wuhuan itself is concerned, there is no way to support so many people. In the early years, it was also inseparable from the Xianbei Eastern Alliance.

Because of this, they are very close to the Han Dynasty, especially Liu Yu opened border trade, and Wuhuan got a lot of materials, which is the main factor why they can fight against Xianbei. It was Liu Yu who opened the reward and wanted to reward Zhang Chun, but Wuhuan didn't say a word, so he dedicated Zhang Chun's head.

After all, if Liu Yu was unhappy and closed the border trade, then Wuhuan would not be able to survive the war with Xianbei at all.

"It's just that we can't let the other party harass our border ......" Liu Tao thought for a while, and then immediately ordered, "Order Wuhuan to be in Louban and let him stop the collapse." If he doesn't do it, then we help him! ”

"Yes!" Xun Yue stepped forward to receive the order, and diplomatic affairs were handled by the Ministry of Rites.

Facts have proved that Wuhuan was indeed very in awe of the Han Dynasty, and after the arrival of the holy decree, Lou Ban immediately sent someone to contact Shan Dun and asked him to stop entering the grassland, saying that it was the will of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

"Even if it's a large area, the big man didn't send anyone to occupy it, why didn't he give it over?" Of course, he was dissatisfied, and the most dissatisfied was that Lou Ban used the name of Shan Yu and Dahan to suppress him.

The angel said that that there was already the land of the Han Dynasty, and it was the spoils of war they got from Xianbei. It's not that they haven't sent someone to occupy it, but they haven't taken it yet. But the land is the land, and no force is allowed to approach with troops. Lou Ban repeated the words of the messenger.

"It was originally the place where we had a dispute with Xianbei, that is, it was supposed to be our territory." Crash retorted. The roads to the west and south were blocked, and if they wanted to develop, they could only go and fight with Goguryeo.

The problem is east and north, not to mention the bitter cold, it is still a mountain forest, not suitable for horse racing. This means that Wuhuan may have to change his lifestyle. For Wu Huan, it is clear that going west is the first choice.

Of course, it is best to go south, but the Han army is waiting for it, and it is not easy to provoke.

"yes...... Xianbei is gone, and as a result, the Han has taken our target. "Louban is also depressed, the tribe wants to develop, and it is not good to have enough pasture.

"Why don't you call over and have a look?" "At the beginning, 30,000 Xianbei people came to defect, and earlier there were also some Han people from the Jin and Yan kingdoms who came to join the army, and the soldiers on our side have reached 50,000 ......."

"Xianbei also sent 50,000 people to meet the battle, but it was over as soon as he saw it!" Lou Ban was more sober than Collapsed, "I can't help it, I'm joking with the future of the tribe and the lives of the tribesmen!" ”