There is no doubt about the role of the Hehuang Land in the Central Plains Dynasty, and throughout the ages, monarchs who have done everything have not wanted to expand their power to the Western Regions.

Even the dynasty that was weakened by later generations of the Song Dynasty spent several generations of efforts to carry out the feat of opening the river, but it is a pity that the accumulation of several generations was wiped out in an instant, which is embarrassing.

Yang Hao has more or less some understanding of these histories, and with the map of China in his heart, he naturally can't sit back and watch the Hexi Corridor being entrenched by others.

As the western frontier of the Qi State, Qinzhou has not been as prosperous as the capital area for nearly 20 years, but the population has undergone earth-shaking changes due to the long-term peaceful environment and the popularization of production tools.

Population meant that Qin was capable of dealing with the threat from the Zhou barbarians.

And what Yang Hao needs to do is to give full play to these powers.

To deal with these grassland barbarians, Yang Hao did not plan to use the power of the center, and after thinking about it, he exchanged opinions with the ministers, and decided to recruit young people from Qinzhou to supplement the problem of insufficient number of border guards.

And Yang Hao issued an order to let the villages and towns on the border of Qinzhou form villages and towns to protect themselves, and set up an organization similar to a militia to prevent the attacks of the western nomadic tribes, so as to save their lives before the imperial court rescue army arrived.

War is really a very distant thing for most of the ordinary people in Qi State.

When the people saw that the imperial army's troops had moved, they just thought that this was very ordinary military training.

But he didn't know that the military action of the imperial court this time meant that countless heads and corpses were everywhere.

The army that set out from Chang'an was only a small force of less than 500 men.

The leading general was a young officer in the Imperial Guards.

The main reason why he was able to serve as the commander of the barbarian tribe in Hexi was that his performance in the previous military training was extremely eye-catching.

This person's name is Xu Huang, and Xia Qi was born in the Bear Department in the year of his reign.

Hongwu has been in the army for 14 years, although he has not participated in relatively large battles, but he has also made contributions in small battles such as suppressing bandits.

With his extraordinary courage and outstanding military talent, in just four years, he has grown from an unknown soldier to the youngest battalion commander in the Qi State.

For using such a young man, Yang Hao was also a little worried in his heart.

However, in his plan, he also began to prepare to train some talented young officers.

After all, those generals who once fought the world with themselves have made too many contributions.

In order to prevent these guys from having some messy thoughts, Yang Hao could only weaken their rights as much as possible.

For example, the highest-ranking military general like Liyang has too much power.

In addition to the monetary reward, Yang Hao really didn't know what to give them.

Over the years, I don't know if these people in Liyang have realized this and are actively paving the way for their descendants.

Just like this time to quell the Hexi Rebellion, several children of the family took up the position of a pioneer and trained with the army.

Xu Huang, as the leader of the younger generation, followed him to play soy sauce, make friends, and come back with some credit, and his official position will always rise by a rise.

Yang Hao saw this very clearly, but he didn't intend to intervene in this, it was exactly what he wanted for these old ministers to have this awareness.

As for whether those second-generation officials are waiting for death, it is not what he cares about.

It's much better to raise a few more idlers than to draw a knife against your former brother.

He is not Liu Bang, nor is he Zhu Yuanzhang unable to do the kind of ruthlessness of flying birds and hiding their bows, cunning rabbits dying, and lackeys cooking.

can only learn from Song Taizu and try to treat these generals who follow him to fight the world in a more gentle way.

Although the chaos in Hehuang made Yang Hao a little unhappy, it was just a disease of ringworm and scabies, and he didn't worry too much in his heart.

With Qinzhou's current strength, there is still a great chance of winning against the fledgling steppe barbarians.

But for people like people living in the border areas, it is miserable.

The Qinzhou border is long, especially the Guanzhong Plain, which is not dangerous to defend, and the troops deployed here by the Qi court are limited, so it is impossible to guard against the nomadic cavalry that comes and goes.

These nomadic tribes did not clash head-on with the regular Qi army at all, attacked villages and towns, plundered people and supplies, and when the Qi army arrived, they often ran away.

Looking at the messy villages and towns, the Qi army had already hated those barbarians.

These steppe barbarians called the Qi people who only knew how to farm two-legged sheep, which was extremely insulting.

Those who were taken captive were extremely miserable, and those who had been away from slavery for a long time once again realized that in the slave era, human life was not as good as animals.

In the autumn of the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Xu Huang led the army and finally arrived at Luoyang, an important town in Qinzhou.

The imperial court came to calm the rebellion, which immediately made the whole of Qinzhou excited, which meant that the good days of the barbarians who harassed Qinzhou were over.

After listening to the report of the Qinzhou border army, Xu Huang was suddenly furious.

"How dare a barbarian be like this, no one cares about bullying me?"

"General! The barbarian is arrogant, originally I Qinzhou in the Guanzhong area of 10,000 acres of fertile land, the people are looking forward to a good harvest, this year can only watch the fields barren, I don't know how many people can not survive this winter. ”

The prefect of Luoyang said sadly.

Xu Huang said in a deep voice: "Governor Yin, rest assured, the king ordered us to come, just to return the people of Qinzhou to a peaceful place, the barbarians will not be destroyed, and I, Xu Huang, swear not to be a man." ”

After that, he got up and said: "On the order of the king, I will recruit 5,000 troops in Qinzhou, and I hope that the kings will fight the barbarians together, share the worries of the king, and give justice to the people who died." ”

When the people heard this, they stood up and bowed, "We will obey the general's orders and destroy the barbarians." ”

Conscription does not happen overnight, and even after it is completed, it takes a certain amount of time to train.

Xu Huang took advantage of this gap and personally went to the area that had been plundered by the barbarians to check it out.

Looking at the miserable scene in front of him, the officers of the Royal Forest Army, who were accustomed to seeing the prosperity of Chang'an, were furious.

"Damn the barbarians!"

Xu Huang was furious.

"General, the barbarians have tortured and killed my people of Daqi like this, if this clan is not destroyed, how can I return justice to the people of Daqi."

Fusheng, the eldest son of Fusheng, changed his old grinning appearance, and said through gritted teeth.

Xu Huang said: "Hmph! Since the founding of the country, we have always been people-oriented, and now the people here are being slaughtered here, and it hurts a lot. ”

After that, he turned over and dismounted, took out the saber at his waist and stabbed it in the soil, bowed deeply to the ruined villages and towns, and said: "You people testify that a certain Xu Huang is determined to kill all the barbarians, take their heads, and pay tribute to your souls in the sky. ”