By the end of this year, there should be a waterway that can connect Huiji in the south and Zhongli in the north, completely connecting Jiangnan and Huainan as a whole. Combined with the existing rivers such as the Great River, the Chushui, the Xiangshui, the Ganshui, and the Hanshui in the upper reaches of the Great River, the entire Han Dynasty seems to span thousands of miles, but at least the main areas of the south are connected by these flowing waters.

In other words, through such a water conservancy project, Dajiang has completely changed from the original moat to the current internal flow of blood in Dahan, continuously transporting goods from all over the country.

"Integration and assimilation" is actually the "racial stunt" that the Chinese people are better at than farming. The civilization created by China influenced people from all over the world, and China's advanced material production technology attracted these people to stay. It is in this process that the ethnic groups continue to communicate and merge, and finally re-form a larger and more diverse ethnic group, but in terms of cultural identity, they are no different from the original descendants of Yan and Huang.

Through this continuous flow of material and cultural exchanges, Li Xinchen believed that the Ba people, Nanban tribes, and Lingnan tribes who belonged to the Han Dynasty would be integrated into the entire Han Dynasty at a faster pace, and these people would naturally have a new name—the Han people.

Of course, even with the help of a major artery like the Yangtze River, Li Xinchen knew that this was not a short-term process, so he would never force these people to change anything. For these ethnic groups who have always liked to "rebel", Li Xinchen does not intend to let them fully integrate into the Han Dynasty in a short period of time, as long as they can gradually be influenced by the Han culture and have some changes.

However, these people are indeed different from some of the situations faced by the Ming and Qing dynasties in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the southwest Tusi in the Ming and Qing dynasties has completely formed its own system after years of development, and at least the Ba people and the Nanzhong tribes in this era are still in the era of slash-and-burn farming, and they do not occupy the fields under the mountain, Li Xinchen can give them land, give them more advanced cultivation technology, they are naturally inclined to obey the dispatch and arrangement of the Han Dynasty.

In particular, the leaders of the Ba people, led by Du Qi and Li Xun, are clearly aware of one point, that is, what the Han lacks now is the population, as long as these tribes can obey the dispatch of the Han and integrate into the society of the Han Dynasty, then the Han will definitely not hesitate to give them real power, and even let them hold important official positions in the court. This was absolutely impossible before, and it was one of the reasons why the Palestinians repeatedly wanted to rebel.

A great river flows, and the tributaries that divide out are like railways for later generations, connecting the land of the Han Dynasty and the hearts of people on both sides of the river.

"I don't need time, I need you to really do this." Li Xinchen said in a deep voice, Hangou is a strategic project from any point of view, and it is also for the future Han Dynasty to continue to extend the canal to the north for technology accumulation, so there must be no problems.

"Your Ministers obey!" Lu Zicai's uncle and nephew hurriedly said.

And Li Xinchen's gaze turned to fall on the young Lu Zhiwu: "Now that we are trading with the north, the white robe should also take this opportunity to learn more about the situation on the north shore, what does your military think?" ”

Lu Zhiwu's hand fell on the map: "Your Majesty, please see, now in fact, the defense of the entire Huaibei is not as airtight as we imagined, the key is because Wang Liang has to be ready to support Wei Chi Hui to attack Guanzhong at any time, and he can't use it for two purposes, plus we can also threaten his flank from Huaixi, so he can't concentrate on dealing with us." According to the news sent back by the white-robed spies, Wang Liang's defense in Huaibei still adopted the method of key defense, with Xuzhou in the north as the center to spread an arc-shaped defense line to the west. ”

Li Xinchen said with emotion: "With such a defense, you can attack and retreat, Wang Liang is indeed a general." ”

Wang Rail can be said to be Li Xinchen's out-and-out bitter master, he escaped from Wang Rail's men at the beginning, but thinking about revenge and revenge, Li Xinchen can't ignore Wang Rail's own ability. The defense line arranged by Wang Rail can be extended forward to oppress Huaixi and support the Central Plains, and retreating backwards can also protect Huaibei and cover Qingzhou, which can be said to be a quite flexible and freely retracted defense line.

Lu Zhiwu's hand finally fell to a point: "Therefore, General Wu and his ministers all thought that if they wanted to go north to break the king's track, they still had to focus here." ”

Li Xinchen raised his eyebrows and looked over: "Lu Liang? ”

It's really a place to stay awake.

"Yes," Lu Zhiwu said in a deep voice, "once we cross the Huaishui River and take the Luliang Mountains, we can attack Xuzhou with the sailors to the east, and we can directly join the armies of Huaixi and Nanyang to the west, and finally make the entire front come alive." ”

"Is that true?" Li Xinchen's voice couldn't help but tremble.

If Dahan really goes north from Luliang at that time, it will naturally be the best opportunity for Li Xinchen to be ashamed.

In fact, Li Xinchen has already seen that what Lu Zhiwu said is not unreasonable. The last time Wu Mingche went north, he chose the Luliang Mountains as another breakthrough after the attack on North Xuzhou failed, that is, he took a fancy to the importance of the geographical location here, once he took this place, relying on the favorable terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is equivalent to inlaying a nail in the enemy's henchman.

It's a pity that Nan Chen's stamina at that time was insufficient, and there was no way to send enough troops to support Wu Mingche from the east and west, resulting in Wu Mingche's army becoming a deep lone army, and after being unable to break through the enemy's defense line for a long time, Wu Mingche was surrounded by enemies several times his own, if it wasn't for the timely retreat at that time, I don't know what else would have happened.

But the current Han is completely different from the original Nan Chen.

As long as you cooperate properly, after breaking through Luliang, the sea is really wide and the sky is high and the birds can fly.

A chess game is settled, and the game is alive.

Li Xinchen considered it and said: "Whether it is successful or not, you write a concerto, and I will decide." ”

Lu Zhiwu hurriedly responded: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

He knew that Li Xinchen had actually recognized this strategy in his heart, Lu Liang was the place where Nan Chen fell, if the big man could stand up here, even if he had to pay some more sacrifices, it would not be undesirable, not to mention that it would not be a bad thing to take this place.

"After spring ploughing, I went to Zhongli." Li Xinchen said thoughtfully.

Since he came to Huainan, Li Xinchen simply directly determined the Huainan strategy. After all, Lu Zhiwu is just a young miscellaneous general, and it is actually Wu Huijue who can really make a decision, so Li Xinchen also wants to see how Wu Huijue analyzes this matter in person, and also look at the two Huai defense lines that have trapped the Southern Dynasty for a hundred years.