? The chieftain was cut down, the Qiang people were subdued, the enemy army was far ......away, Xiao Yi raised his eyes and looked around, no one dared to go against his will in the land of Xiliang, just like a clean white scroll, you can write new poems at will!

Five days after the horse set out, Xiao Yi also set off, commanding the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, the Trap Camp, and the Digger Army, a total of 20,000 horses, divided into eight teams, holding high the banner, each running to one side, going to receive the mountains, rivers, and grasslands left by the tribes, and officially included them in the territory of the Han Dynasty, recorded in the annals of history, and passed on to the descendants!

This is a very important thing, the folk landlord gets a piece of fertile land, but also rides a donkey, takes a dog's legs, circles around the edge of the ground a few times, checks the fat and thin of the land, and then inserts a few wooden stakes to declare his right of possession!

The same is true for the country, the boundaries drawn on the map are too abstract, if you want to take this land into your hands, you must walk around it yourself like the lion king patrolling the territory, leaving your own footprints, one is to show military power and show sovereignty, and the other is to clear weeds in case of accidents!

There are some stubborn herdsmen, who stubbornly hold on to this land and refuse to leave, they take their families, drive cattle and sheep, and quietly hide in the vast wilderness, like weeds to survive!

Don't underestimate these 'weeds', if you are not careful, they will take root and spread everywhere, and finally turn the field you have managed to reclaim into a wilderness again!

The survival ability of the nomads is extremely strong, as long as there is grassland, cattle and sheep, they will not starve to death, if the Han army let go, it will not be long, the scattered herdsmen will gather into a small tribe, use the local fertile water and grass, graze cattle and sheep, multiply, twenty or thirty years later, it will develop into a big tribe, there will be a new king, divide one side, and the Han court to fight, at that time, regret is too late!

The Huns in the north also have to guard against it, these steppe wolves are pervasive, and they are the best at picking up leftovers after them, in case they migrate over a few tribes and occupy the pastures here, forming a siege of the northwest territory of the Han Dynasty, which is more harmful!

The land that he finally grabbed was how could he make a wedding dress for others, Xiao Yi personally commanded the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to inspect the border, that is, to prevent trouble before it happens, the remaining 'weeds' must be pulled out, cut all of them off, not one is left, and the Huns must be more vigilant, they dare to stretch out their claws, cut off immediately, and show no mercy!

In ancient times, slash-and-burn farming, the front of the fire burned the plain, the back of hard work, only in this way, can completely occupy the land under the feet, now is the same, the Xuanjia Iron Horse is the fire of the plain, responsible for expelling aliens, removing weeds, following the cultivation behind, naturally is the diggers, their task is only one - to set up a boundary monument!

The family has a wall, the country has a boundary, occupies a piece of land, how can it be done without setting up a boundary monument, Xiao Yi led the men and horses all the way forward, every thirty or fifty miles, he would choose a high ground, and let the 'digging army' bury a boundary monument, which was engraved with the text: "The land of Yanhuang, the territory of the Han Dynasty, the barbarian aliens, the trespasser is dead!" ”

After the burial, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry patrolled around, once there was no migration of the nomadic tribes, regardless of men, women and children, cut them all off, not a single one was left, the heads were collected back, and placed next to the boundary monument, used to warn restless people, even if they don't know how to read, they should know what 'death' is!

Erect a monument as a boundary, swear sovereignty, this is also no way to do things, if you want to occupy a piece of land, in fact, the best way is to immigrate, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the military is mighty, the national strength is strong, after defeating foreign races, often migrate people from the interior, defend the frontier, occupy the living space!

After the people of the Han family arrived at the frontier, they built cities, cultivated fertile land, and multiplied, and it only took a few generations to completely digest the land under their feet, and then use this as the foundation to accumulate strength and continue to expand the territory, forming a virtuous circle, and China's territory continued to expand, relying on this method!

The ancestors are so clever that future generations should follow suit, but the problem is that there are no conditions now, and the reason is very simple - no one!

The decline of the Han family, the division of the princes, the wars on the land of the Central Plains, the years of scuffle, coupled with the continuous natural disasters, the plague is rampant, the Han population has decreased sharply, and it has reached a very dangerous point, such as Xuzhou under the rule of Xiao Yi, prosperous and rich, the original population of five million, known as the 'largest state in the southeast', more than ten years of war, the people are displaced, the population is less than one million, only one-fifth of the original!

In the states of the Central Plains, the situation is even more tragic, especially in Henan, Yan, Qing, Si and other places, wars are frequent, ten rooms and nine emptiness, and even there is a no-man's land within a range of hundreds of miles, 'white bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles, the people are left behind, and the thoughts are broken...... this is the truest portrayal!

During the Eastern Han Dynasty and the emperor's period, the population of the country exceeded 60 million, ranking first in the world, but now, there can be 15 million left to burn high incense, and the war is still raging, the population will continue to decrease, the vitality of the Han family is greatly damaged, the Central Plains and the interior are lacking manpower for farming, so there is more power to move to the frontier, so there is no choice, so the stone monument is set up, and the national border is planned!

"Quelling the war, recuperating, having more children, and restoring the vitality of the Han people as soon as possible is the first priority!" Xiao Yi secretly made up his mind, as the governor of the expedition to the west, he must practice himself, marry a few more sisters, and have more children, twenty or thirty is not too much, fifty or sixty have just passed, and the number of children is more than 100, so as to be worthy of the reputation of 'crossing the clan', worthy of the ancestors of the Han family!

In this way, marching all the way, marking all the way, burying stone monuments, digging trenches, carving cliffs, building barriers, ......etc., according to different terrains, changing various national borders, must be solid, eye-catching, and clear, especially in some important areas, Xiao Yi ordered - "Set up secret marks!" ”

Secret mark: It is a stone tablet on the ground, and a stone tablet is buried underground, even if the upper part is cracked, weathered, or destroyed by the enemy, after a thousand years, the descendants dig out the underground piece, which can still prove that this is the territory of the Han Dynasty!

In addition, there were some scribes with the army, and their task was to draw maps, record what they saw and heard, and the mountains, rivers, plains, forests, canyons, rare animals, exotic fruits, and ...... along the way, all recorded in detail, compiled into an atlas, and handed over to the imperial court to prepare for the future opening!

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"Chirp! …… Chirp! ”

.“ Twitter! …… Twitter! ”

At noon, people and horses come to a lake, as far as the eye can see, the water is clear, the swimming fish are in groups, the pasture is abundant, the beasts shuttle, and there are large groups of birds circling in the air, making a pleasant chirp, which makes people feel refreshed and happy, and the whole body is comfortable, it is really as if they have come to heaven!

It's a pity to enjoy such a beautiful scenery, Xiao Yi immediately ordered: 'People and horses live temporarily, camp and rest, borrow the lake water here, and clean the dust', in addition, he also gave this beautiful lake a name - Wuchou Lake - No. 23!

Why is the name so strange and the number added?

The reason is very simple, along the way, they have already passed by twenty-two lakes, there are too many of them, it is too troublesome to choose names one by one, and it is not easy to record, Xiao Yi simply uses his own name to sort, it is clear and easy to remember, and it also has face!

At the sound of the order, the soldiers immediately took action, set up tents, set up iron pots, and cooked the prey they caught along the way, and the fat fish in the lake and the birds on the shore were not spared, and they became a feast for the soldiers.

The bonfire was lit, the smell of meat was wafting, Xiao Yi jumped off the horse with his daughter in his arms, sat on the ground, took a roasted fat fish, removed the fish bones, and carefully fed his daughter, the little guy is healthy, half of the milk every day, half of the rice porridge, and a little meat, it is a standard snack!

If you can eat, you can grow, her daughter is more than a year old, weighs twenty-seven or eight pounds, far from children of the same age, and is extremely smart, enough to say some simple words, Xiao Yi's happiest thing is to coax her daughter to play every day, watching her grow up little by little, this is the joy of family!

The daughter is very cute, but her mother is not cute at all, looking at the beautiful Zhelan, Xiao Yi's little face suddenly sank, in recent days, this big chief of the Qiang tribe has demanded excessively, like a greedy little she-wolf!

At the beginning, Xiao Yi didn't care, the two lingered night and night, and they gave as much as they wanted, but after **, Zhelan always mentioned mountains, rivers, pastures, and ...... while being coquettish, it turned out that she also took a fancy to this land and wanted to get it into the hands of the Qiang people!

In this regard, Xiao Yi sternly refused, he killed all the Di people and the Qian people, and drove away the Hu people and the Huns.

Looking at Zhelan's charming eyes, you know that she will not give up, she must want to have a few more children, and then ask her father for a ranch with the child, this method can be described as clever!

However, the road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high, Xiao Yi also has a plan, it is good to have a few more children, make your own decisions in the future, divide the Qiang people equally, divide the Qiang people into seven or eight parts, and turn the big into the small, isn't it safe and sound, fight with my brother, you hundreds of thousands of Qiang people are not enough!

"Whoosh! …… Sou! ”

People are eating, the two 'partners' are not idle, a carving cry, 'ingots' wings vibrate, rushing towards the swans by the lake, it can be seen that today it is going to enjoy a big meal!

"Whew! …… Phew! ”

On the other side, after unloading the saddle, 'Cabbage' rushed to the lake, nibbled on the tender grass, drank the water, and jumped down to take a bath, making a cheerful hissing sound, and was very happy!

Saying that since the Western Expedition, it is the happiest, the farther west, the more excited the spirit, and often run up the high slope, looking at the sunset, hissing non-stop, Xiao Yi knows that his good brother is homesick, the Western Regions - in the territory of Dawan Kingdom, there is a holy mountain - is the source of sweat and blood!

It's a pity that he can't go now, but he has already ordered to give the horse, and when passing by Dawan, get some sweaty and bloody mares with good quality, and give 'cabbage' as a companion!

"Click! …… Click! Click! ”

The soldiers were feasting and drinking, and suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the Xuanjia army was well-trained, and immediately bowed online, the knife was unsheathed, and the formation was lined up, ready for battle, Xiao Yi hugged his daughter with one hand, pulled out the sword with the other, and looked ahead, Xiao Hei's face was full of murderous ......, "Could it be that there are really people who are not afraid of death, and they rushed to touch the tiger whiskers of the Han army!" ”