"General, these Xianbei people have become more and more erratic recently." On the prairie, Huang Zhong was marching, and the deputy general Wen Chou complained.

It was quite early at first, after all, there were scrolls, and with the acceleration technique, the huge grassland seemed to have become the running valley of the Han army.

In a few years, more than a dozen large and small tribes should have been wiped out. Thousands of Huns were taken captive, mostly women and children. The men are very tough, and they fight to the end, anyway, the result reported by the border army is like this.

They didn't know that there were actually hidden guards of the Jinyi Guard lurking in the army...... It's just that Liu Tao turns a blind eye to this kind of thing, as long as he doesn't go too far.

After all, whether it is the five chaotic Chinese in history, the next five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the Yuan and Qing dynasties, or the Yuan and Qing dynasties, allow them to be slaughtered, and they are allowed to merge...... Just because it is the 'state of etiquette' in China, Huaxia is not allowed to take the initiative to integrate?

Liu Tao may be able to pay attention to Dahuaxia, but the generals below can't do it, and he can't forcibly correct it. Not to mention how strange this is, the courtiers below still have to complain about him: What are you doing so politely with a group of barbarians?

Why didn't you lay the grassland before, after all, the terrain of the grassland is not suitable for cultivation at all. For agricultural civilization, this kind of land with no obvious landmarks, cold weather, and no way to cultivate, don't do it!

Liu Tao's generation is different, Baiyun has discovered iron-rich ore, and Yinshan has also discovered a large number of veins. In particular, the successful experiment of concentrated farms has made the northern grasslands an untouched gold mine for merchants.

Those guys in the steppe are too lazy and only know how to herd, and the efficiency of such grazing is too slow, which directly leads to the high price of livestock. The price is high and the quantity is small, and after the transportation goes south, it can only be bought for the imperial court or wealthy families, and the price is not close to the people.

It's better to raise it yourself, a large number of concentrated breeding, anyway, there is a lot of forage. And it is not suitable for growing crops, but it is suitable for growing pasture, and grass sorghum can also be planted, which is the solution found in recent years.

Liu Tao asked to find a grain crop suitable for growing in the grassland terrain, and later others found grass sorghum. The production was not as low as in later generations, but at least it could be used as food. What is rare is that the environment of the grassland can also be planted!

With this crop, it means that the army can start to gradually advance towards the steppe and gradually live in the steppe. After all, down jackets and clay kang have also begun to gradually become popular.

As a result, the road was constantly repaired, and landmarks and various signs were also laid out one after another. The army began to penetrate and established one or two outposts...... But the question is their opponent, the group of Xianbei people, is getting harder and harder to find.

"The Xiongnu were like this back then, and some of them surrendered to the imperial court from this grassland by the Xianbei people." Huang Zhong lamented that the alternation of power on the grassland is actually very frequent, which is nothing more than the strong defeating the weak and then obtaining a larger grassland.

I haven't studied it before, but then I was stationed here, and I was usually idle and bored, so I went to get to know the grassland people seriously.

It was found that their civilization was very backward and they had always been nomadic. So there will be no fixed settlement. Their methods of animal husbandry are also very backward, that is, they are constantly migrating, allowing livestock to go everywhere to graze on the grasslands.

The whole tribe revolved around the livestock, not so much as their way of life, but they were forced to accept it.

When a tribe has more people, they need more food, but there is only so much pasture at home, so they either give up some children and population, or they can only fight with others to get more pasture.

From this point of view, these steppe peoples are simply slaves to livestock. Their survival and way of life are directly influenced by livestock.

Huang Zhong felt that perhaps the Han Dynasty's conquest of the grassland would be the best result here. After all, Dahan can bring a more stable way of life, whether it is planting pasture grass or grass sorghum, and then concentrating on breeding technology......

All these can make the people here settle down, and they no longer need to live in the water and grass. When their lives are stabilized, then what wolf nature and what law of the jungle will gradually fade, just like the Southern Xiongnu who were captive by the Han Dynasty.

Liu Tao also thinks so, others have no choice but to live such a life, and they can only go to war or prepare to fight in order to live. If you don't fight, you have to guard against others coming to you...... Why are there still people in later generations who envy and advocate such a life?

What is wolf nature? The wolf nature is that the boss can't make money and can't convince the public, so everyone fires him together. Then continue a new round of scramble until you can help the company make money and no one can help the upper position, which is called wolf nature.

In this way, the boss who brings the wolf spirit to the company can truly understand what it means to 'lure the wolf into the house'.

"What is the northern part of the steppe like?" Pound next to him was curious.

"I don't know, the grassland itself is untouched, who knows the north of the grassland?" Huang Zhong replied, "But those Hu people would rather go south than north, so it should be colder and the environment worse than here, right?" ”

"But now we have conquered the environment of the grassland. Where further north, can't we conquer it? Pound is full of fighting spirit.

"Haha, Your Majesty is in the prime of Spring and Autumn, maybe there is a way to conquer that side." Huang Zhong laughed, "But I may not see it, at most ten years, I should almost retire." ”

"In another ten years, the general will only be in his sixties, not yet seventy, and he will still be fierce!" Wen Chou hurriedly flattered.

"Your Majesty has expressed his intention to retire the generals at the age of sixty or seventy. Not only to give young people the opportunity to experience experience, but also to facilitate our retirement and teach the next generation. The old man's young son is also growing up, and he should go back to teach him martial arts. Huang Zhong laughed.

According to the will of the imperial court, probably next year or the year after, he will go south to Jiaozhou to guard for three years, return to Luoyang after three years, serve in the military department, and even Zhongshu Province, and finally retire.

Wen Chou didn't speak, he was only thirty years old, and he still had more than twenty years to serve. The higher he goes, the fewer the official positions, if Huang Zhong really relies on it, and he doesn't retire at the age of seventy or eighty, he may not be able to go up before the age of sixty.

In the long run, the retirement system is indeed a very good move for young people like them. It's just that Huang Zhong is now his boss, and if he comforts him, he still has to talk about it, so as not to be said to be unkind......

"General, find traces of Xianbei...... They're coming towards us! "At the end of the day, there have been spies back to report.

"Haha, if they do this, they won't have a chance to turn the tables around before they come together!" Huang Zhong was not surprised when he heard this, but laughed out loud.

In response to these erratic Xianbei people, Jia Xu's idea is to occupy all water sources. There are only a few rivers in the grassland, as long as the water source is occupied, I don't believe they won't come to the decisive battle!

Now it seems that Jia Xu is really like a god.