On the fifth day after the marriage, Li Xin had to leave the house. This time, he was going to patrol the border. Especially the various lines of defense that he explained last year, he has to go and see for himself how it is now. It just so happened that he returned with Zhou Tong and Li Erhei. This time, Li Xin only brought a small number of personal soldiers with him, and the focus was on the line from Xiaoguan to Xuanjuan, and then to the line of Encircling Anyuan Fort.

With the expansion of the territory, the increase in population and the improvement of the economic level, the road from Guanzhong to Xiaoguan has been completely recovered. Therefore, if you come this way, even if it snows heavily, it is still relatively smooth.

"Anding, Beidi, and Shangjun have been human since ancient times, and they have been focusing on this place until the Qin Dynasty was strong, and these three places are actually still very deep-rooted. It's just that in the last 100 years, there has been a perennial war here, which is why the original rich land has become a deserted place. If we can manage this place well, it will definitely bring great benefits! On the way to Xiaoguan, Li Xin inspected the situation along the way, which made him quite satisfied.

"These three counties are vast and not comparable to ordinary counties. Now the concern is only the lack of population, if there can be enough population to fill the place, in less than two years, the original prosperity will be able to be restored! Li Erhei replied on the side.

He's been around the area for a few years now, and the situation is all too clear to him.

"In fact, the same is true in Qinzhou, where the vast area and lack of population have led to the abandonment of many fertile land. In addition, many local people live by grazing, so the production of grain is much behind! Zhou Tong said on the side.

Whenever a war breaks out, the border areas are always the first to suffer. If you settle Beidi County, as well as the prefectures and counties of Qinzhou, this is basically the case. In addition, Guanzhong's status is special, so every time the forces compete for hegemony, they will choose to fight near Guanzhong.

In this way, even if it is not close to the border, as long as it is close to the county of Guanzhong, it is also unlucky.

At the beginning, it was the people of Hetao Shuofang and other places who fled south to Anding, Beidi, Shangjun and other places, while the people of Jincheng Xiping Land in Longxi fled to Wudu, Tianshui, Nan'an and other places.

But later, as the world became more and more chaotic and there were more and more wars, everyone moved south again. Basically, they either fled to Guanzhong, or they fled directly from Wudu and other places to Yizhou, Hanzhong.

As a result, this naturally led to a significant reduction in the local population. Although there were vague migrations of various types of people later, in fact, they did not return to their former state.

"The population problem has always been the most fundamental problem restricting the growth of our Huashan Army! This matter is not in a hurry, we can only solve it slowly! How was it this year? Of course Li Xin knew this, but he was helpless! Shaking his head, he asked.

This year is the first year of the implementation of the new land policy, and Li Xin has not yet fully understood the situation in various localities, because the situation of acres of land in various localities is still being counted.

"Overall still good! Other places don't know, but in various parts of Qinzhou, since the implementation of this new policy, the population has increased a lot. Some people who originally moved to Yizhou and other places in Hanzhong many years ago have also tried their best to return to their hometowns. But even so, after all, it is still not enough to enrich the entire Qinzhou! Zhou Tong thought for a moment before replying.

Qinzhou has been relatively stable in the past two years, especially close to Guanzhong and Hanzhong's generation. Therefore, the attraction to the people is relatively large. However, because there is a better choice next to it, most of the people who are really attracted to Qinzhou are those people whose ancestors are from Qinzhou.

"Beidi County is better here, after all, this side is closer to Guanzhong than Qinzhou, and the people are naturally willing to come here. However, because the north is inhabited by the Xiongnu and other Hu people, most people always have scruples in their hearts! According to the general's opinion, unless we can move the defense line north to tens or even hundreds of miles away, or completely remove the threat of the Hu people. Otherwise, I'm afraid these three counties will not prosper so easily! Li Erhei took over the conversation and said.

There is nothing wrong with this, after all, for ordinary people, the first and most important thing is to have food, and the second is safety. Otherwise, no one would go to such a place.

"The northward movement of the defense line is too difficult for us, especially when we are alone and have no county to supplement us. In that case, unless all our troops are transferred here, it will be impossible to achieve this goal! Moreover, we can't maintain such a large number of troops on this side all the time. As for completely removing the threat of the Hu people, it is simply impossible. With the martial power of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, it is just to deter them and make them surrender! Li Xin naturally understands Li Erhei's thoughts, but it is not realistic.

A few days after the group set off from Chang'an, they finally arrived at the place where Xiao Pass was.

The traces of the original war with the Xiongnu are now gone, and the walls have been restored, becoming taller and stronger. From here, you can follow the road when Liu Yantou came, and you can go all the way north to the grassland.

The way to the newly established Sanshui County is to go in this direction. From here, just head north, out of the mountains, and then turn west. Of course, all the way north from Wushi County, the road is relatively much easier.

Li Xin and the others took the road from Xiaoguan directly to the north, because what he wanted to see was the facilities outside Xiaoguan.

The establishment of a defensive line is not simply a city wall, in fact, it is also composed of a large number of beacon bunkers. These things are used for long-range early warning, and only in this way can the rear have more time to prepare once the enemy's tracks are discovered.

In the distance of more than 100 miles from Xiaoguan to the north to the mountain pass, beacons and checkpoints of different sizes were established in the vantage points of the hillsides on both sides of the valley road. Under each beacon were stationed as few as five or six as many as a dozen Huashan Army soldiers.

They formed a line in these places, extending from the mountain pass where Shao Zisong and his army had ambushed Liu Yantou's army to outside Xiao Pass. In this way, it is impossible for the Hu people in the north to kill directly from the north all the way to Xiao Pass as before.

"Erhei, I can see that you still use your brains! The setting of these beacon sentry cards is quite in line with the rules. It not only saves manpower and material resources, but also reasonably configures the vigilance system! It can be said that this is with the least amount of strength and the maximum benefit! Along the way, Li Xin boarded these beacons and sentry posts and expressed his condolences to the soldiers stationed there. After watching it all the way, he couldn't help but praise.

"Don't hide it from the general, for these things, the last general has not slept well for almost ten days! I had inspected them all in detail! Li Erhei smiled and said.

"Well, that's a good thing! Now you are all people who are generals, the higher the power, the more careful and cautious you must be when you do ~ things. Because what you are concerned about is not the safety of your own life alone, but also the lives of so many soldiers under you! Li Xin appreciates his attitude.

What people fear most is that they have no awe! This is especially true for those who are high up and in power. Because without reverence, everything seemed to him to be dust, and it was not worth looking at at all.

In this way, when he wants to do something, he will no longer have scruples at all! Although Li Xin said that he didn't particularly understand this, what he finally knew was that he was not just a person, he still had a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders, and he had to be responsible for countless people.

"The lesson of the great general is that the last general must be remembered!" Hearing this, Li Erhei, Zhou Tong and other accompanying generals bowed down in unison.

"It's good to understand! Let's go to Sanshui County to have a look! Li Xin nodded, and then said.

The location of Sanshui County is very special, if it weren't for this, Li Xin would not have restored such a remote place. After all, there are not even many people there now, so how can it be worthy of the establishment of a county!

The restoration of Sanshui County was actually considered by Li Xin in order to strengthen the control and security of the county. Because from Sanshui County to the east, less than 200 miles is where Xiao Pass is located, and to the west, it is less than 200 miles away from Zhujuan County.

From here, further south, you can go all the way to the counties of Wushi and Chaona in Anding County! In the past, the materials from the county had to be sent from places such as Anding Beidi, and the journey was particularly long.

Especially in winter, when the road is closed by heavy snow, the county becomes like an isolated island, and the connection with Guanzhong is almost completely severed. This is definitely not a good thing for the Huashan Army, especially for the garrison of Zhujuan County.

But with Sanshui County, the county can keep in touch with places like Xiaoguan and Wushi through here. It's like a relay point, and at the same time, it also completes the line of defense from Xiaoguan to Xuanjuan County.

In addition, part of the garrisons of Xiaoguan and Wushi County are placed in Sanshui County, so that whether there is a police in Xiaoguan or something wrong in Xiaojuan County, they can quickly rush to support from here.