History is a grand proposition, and the creator sometimes leaves a name in history, and sometimes he does not know it. In any case, the people who made history are worth remembering.

But Li Yan doesn't take this kind of false name seriously, and in his eyes, how to successfully build this pass is his biggest concern at present. Since November last year, to now about half a year, he and the craftsmen in accordance with their own personal exploration and design and approved by Handan to build the pass drawings, now a circumference of about two miles, about three zhang high, three zhang wide base, two zhang wide at the top of the pass has been slightly rudimentary, granaries, barracks, houses are under intense construction, Li Yan's supervision, craftsmen are reinforcing work.

When Zhao Yong came to this pass under construction with soldiers and horses, he only saw the people who were repairing the city wall, and the shadow of Li Yan waiting in front of the city gate.

"How many people have been mobilized?"

"Your Excellency commands. Zhao Xiang launched 3,000 people on behalf of the county, and there were 2,000 people near Jinyang, Langmeng, and Yuci, and 5,000 people worked together to complete the foundation work of the wall. It is inconvenient to build in winter, but the weather has become warmer since the beginning of spring, which is faster than before. ”

"How's the food supply?"

"Daijun allocated 3,500 stones, twice a day, plus once in the cold, half a year, most of the consumption, Zhao Xiang decided to pay all the grain to his subordinates this year. This could last until next summer's harvest. ”

Zhao State is a multi-cropping system, that is, winter wheat is harvested in summer, and autumn crops are planted after mid-autumn. Therefore, when Zhao Yong raided Zhongshan, he returned in the autumn. According to Zhao Gu's meaning, it should be that after the winter wheat is harvested, Li Yan will be allocated for the purpose of building the city.

"It seems that Zhao Xiang is going to dig out his family money this time." Zhao Yong couldn't help but quip, and Niu Jian and the others who followed behind couldn't help laughing. This is also the effect of Zhao Yong's promotion of Juntun in Daijun and other places.

The Zhao State is hilly and has a small plain, and about half of the area is still a livestock breeding area, so the supply of grain is already difficult. According to the division of "Yu Gong", the soil of Jizhou, to which Zhao belongs, is white soil, which is the so-called saline soil, which belongs to the soil in the middle of the soil, which is also one of the natural conditions restricting the agricultural development of Zhao State. Zhao Yong was eager to come up with a few good ways to improve the soil environment for future generations, but he didn't have any research on this, so he could only give up.

In order to ensure the supply of war horses, it is very important for Zhao to maintain a good level of animal husbandry development, and the iron smelting industry, which is already strong, also makes Zhao have a strong commercial atmosphere. Later, Zhao Suhou reformed, emphasizing the importance of agriculture, and on this basis, Zhao Yong forced the promotion of the policy of heavy agriculture and suppression of business, and imposed heavy taxes on businessmen, so that Zhao's agriculture had a better development environment. I have to say that Zhao Yong's method that I can't change the natural environment and can only be guided by policies can be regarded as a kind of reform.

"Zhao Xiang also has no way. Driving out Sanhu is not only beneficial to Zhao State, but also more important to Daijun. Daijun undertook the heavy responsibility of raising horses in Zhao State, which is the foundation of the country and cannot be slackened; Sanhu knocked on the side, and Daijun hoarded heavy troops, which involved the pace of Zhao Guo's southward movement. And most of these problems can be solved after driving out the Hu people, at least the northern border of Zhao can sit back and relax. Therefore, this battle, even if you dig out your family's funds, you have to fight. Lou said slowly. In the past few years in Daijun, he and Zhao Gu have worked together, one to deal with government affairs, and the other to deal with ethnic relations, which also complement each other. Of course, he knew that he couldn't return to Handan, although there was the disgust of the officials in Handan for him as a foreigner, and it was also the reason why Zhao Yong deliberately put him here. Without him, as long as he can handle the affairs of Sanhu and does not return to Handan, he will still have a transcendent status in Zhao Yong's heart.

Everyone laughed all the way, and walked to the guard's mansion that had been built in advance, and the generals did it in stages, looked at Zhao Yong, and waited for him to make pre-war arrangements.

This is Zhao Yong's first command of the battle in the true sense, and he is facing the Hu people, although the combat effectiveness of the Hu people is not as good as that of the Zhongshan people, because they live in the grass, their own lives are problems, and the means of production and living are also relatively short, there are no chariots, foot soldiers and other refined troops, almost all of them are cavalry, so he can personally lead the troops out of the resistance is relatively small. But it was also a test of his command ability.

"Li Yan, how is the grassland moving recently?" Zhao Yong did not rush to give an order, but first asked Li Yan to report on the recent situation.

Li Yan came out of the queue and saluted: "Return to the king." According to the minister's Tanmalay newspaper. Now the situation in the steppe is very chaotic, and it is very suitable for our army to go on the expedition. ”

It is said that on the same day, the Huns' Qiulin Department went south, and according to Zhuoka's news, the Qiulin Department found out that Lou Yuan went to the fire and merged with the Guzhong tribe, and it was only with the best of his soldiers that the Qiulin Department could sneak attack. Qiu Linyue told her second brother Qiu Linduoa the news. Although Qiu Lin Duoa is a good woman, the purpose of coming out this time is to prepare for the Qiu Lin Department to occupy the fertile pastures, in fact, it is also for himself, don't always let his eldest brother steal the limelight, so when he heard the news of Lou Yuan, he immediately led his Hun soldiers to Guzhong's camp to ambush, and when the two sides were over, they suddenly killed and caught Lou Yuan off guard.

Even so, Lou Yuan is a soldier of a hundred battles after all, although the Huns of Qiu Linduoa are angry, but the strength is still slightly insufficient, but a surprise hit, Lou Yuan saw that the other party was menacing, and only arranged to withdraw the troops, and the two sides just fought a face-to-face, and then left.

After that, Lou Yuan convened the Lou Yuan tribes in Cloud City on the Great Black River to prepare for the invasion of the Qiu Lin Department. At the same time, there was also Lin Hu's Linghu tribe. At the same time, Qiu Lin Duoa saw that Lou Yuan was difficult to break for a while, and also retreated to the northern foot of Daqing Mountain, the grassland of the original Lou Yuan, while defending against the attack of Lou Fu and Lin Hu, and at the same time reporting to the Qiu Lin Department for reinforcements.

"Due to the fact that Lou Yuan was entrenched in Yunzhong City near the Dahei River, the range of activities of the Lou Nu and Lin Hu people began to expand to the place where the Daqing Mountain reached the Infinite Gate. This section of the area, crisscrossed by hills, the terrain is complex, and My Infinity Gate is right at the end of the hilly terrain. ”

Li Yan pointed to the area on the map, the Infinite Gate to the west to Daqing Mountain, and said, "This place was originally a war zone between me and the Hu people, that is, neither side could occupy it and regarded it as their own, but now with the eastward movement of Lou Fu and the northward movement of Lin Hu, this area has begun to have frequent Hu people's actions, which may not be a good thing for the defense of my Infinite Gate." What's more, the Hu people are haunted, and our army is unable to defend against it, and since last winter, many cities and towns have been plundered, and it is for this reason. ”

Zhao Yong looked at the place on the map, Zhao Yong pointed to, pacing slowly, it should be said that before this, the place Li Yan pointed to was the military buffer zone of the two sides, but due to the southward movement of the Xiongnu, Lou Yuan had to move east in order to accumulate strength, and increased his strength by harassing Zhao State, and recaptured the grassland occupied by the Huns.

That is to say, there are three forces in the grassland now: the Qiulin Department of the Huns, the Lou Nuan and the Linhu people, and the Zhao people.

Among the three forces, the Lou Nuan and Lin Hu people are the most powerful, the Huns are second, and the weakest is probably the Zhao people.

"General Niu Qian, how should this battle be fought?" Zhao Yong looked at Niu Qian, he can be regarded as the most senior military general here, Zhao Yong let him speak first, it may not be without respect.

Niu Jian wore armor, stood up, walked to the map in a few steps, studied for a while, and then said: "Fighting with the Hu people, what Lao Chen means is that he must not be led by the nose, but should give full play to the advantages of our army's strong concentration of troops, not divide troops to attack and disturb, but look for the opponent's main force for a decisive battle, and decide the outcome of a battle." ”

The Hu people's arms only have cavalry, and only in the movement can they have a chance of winning and an advantage, while the advantage of the Zhao army is the cooperation of multiple arms, both the defense of infantry and the impact of chariots, and the rush and assault of cavalry, the most suitable for fighting is a decisive battle. If the opponent is allowed to exert mobility, the Zhao army will fall behind, not only will they not be able to defeat the Hu people, but they will be exhausted by the opponent's attack tactics.

After all, Lou Furen was a person from the Central Plains, but their living habits determined that they had to run around the grassland, but the feudal form of the Central Plains could not be changed, the most prominent thing is that they not only had the lord of the tribe of Lou Fuwang, but also built a strong city to consolidate themselves. Even though he has been running around the grassland all year round, the city has always been an important place in the annoying life of the building. This is also the reason why the Huns could not completely annex Lou, because at this time, the Xiongnu were still loose tribal alliances, and there had not yet been the kind of male masters who roughly unified the grassland.

"The general's meaning is to besiege the annoying Cloud City with all his strength and force the opponent's main force to fight in Cloud City, right?" Zhao Yong said.

"Yes, yes."

Zhao Yong waved his finger on the map for a while, and said: "If this is the case, you will kill Hukou." ”

Since the last time Niu Jian said to kill Hukou, he remembered that he had watched a TV series called "Go to the West Exit", which was when the nursery became popular, and he had a very deep memory of the place of killing Hukou, and when he knew that Niu Jian was talking about "killing Hukou" instead of "killing Hukou", he knew the origin of this place.

"The Shenhe Mountain, which kills the tiger's mouth, is sandwiched between the two mountains, and the Cangtou River valley goes north along the mouth. Although it is not conducive to the march of the army, over there, Lou Annoying people have not built a pass to garrison, but not far from the exit, a Yuanyang City has been built. ”

Zhao Yong looked at the location pointed by Niu Jian on the map, and then saw Cloud City in the west, and then looked to the northwest, it was Jiuyuan City, and the three seemed to be not far apart.

"How long will it take to get from Yuanyang to Cloud City?"

"About two hours or so."

"What about the clouds to the Nine Plains?"

"Three hours."

Zhao Yong thought for a while and said, "In this way, the primary target of our army's action is this Yuanyang City!" ”

(End of chapter)