At the end of June, the three-way army met at the foot of Wolf Juxu Mountain.

Everyone was elated and harvested.

Gao Shun saw that the area increased by the system map was really limited, and after being out of the jam for so long, the increased area was only more than one million square kilometers, and the material consumption was very huge, so he communicated with Li Qiang and others.

Li Qiang said first: "My lord, it's too inconvenient to move with these outsiders, they are simply a burden, why don't you let them escort the captives and return them all, let's continue to expand north." ”

Ma Gui also supports this opinion.

Gao Shun thought to himself, if there were fewer people, it would be faster, so he agreed to Li Qiang's suggestion.

The next day, Gao Shun announced the return of the captives and booty escorted by the army.

It is their right to choose a woman from among the captives as a wife for single persons in the army, and it is their right to charge no fees, and they will also give them settling-in expenses, cattle and sheep, land, etc., which has long been a common practice.

Those older Xianbei were grouped up alone, and then with Gao Shundian, and after the team left, they were all disposed of, saving them from becoming a burden on the march, and it was not of much value to bring them back.

Gao Shun also explained that after returning to Yecheng, half of these Xianbei young men and women were set aside as official slaves, and the other half were auctioned off as slaves one after another; The seized cattle, sheep and horses are all sold, and they will be sold as long as they enter the plug, but they must first select good ewes, cows, mares and breeding sheep, breeding cattle, breeding horses, etc., and temporarily raise them in the Sili area and Chuzhou, and transfer some slaves to guard and graze.

After the explanation, everyone began to return.

Yan Liang is in front, Wen Chou is in the back, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are on the left and right, Cao Shan is in charge in the middle, and the judge, Feng Ji, and Chu Yan and others assist; The armies of Li Qiang, Ma Gui and others were handed over to Cao Shan to command.

The youth army returned to Yecheng with Cao Shan.

There were only 5,000 senior cavalry left on Gao Shun's side, as well as Li Qiang and Ma Gui, for fear of everyone's opposition, Gao Shun and the others only notified Cao Shan when they left, and left a letter for everyone.

Five thousand high-ranking cavalry, not carrying logistical baggage, was significantly faster.

All the barbarians who were captive, men, women, and children, were killed; Except for some spare materials, which are left in the system warehouse, the rest are exchanged for points.

Along the way, there was not a single barbarian within 500 miles of the left and right.

In just one month, Gao Shun and others reached the southern shore of the North Sea (Lake Baikal).

July is the most beautiful season in Beihai, and it is also the hottest season, but Gaoshun still feels very cool, there is a hint of coolness, this place is really not suitable for the development of agriculture, even if you build a city here, it will only be cheaper in the end.

Gao Shun thought for a while, such a harsh environment here, with the conditions at that time, could only be suitable for the life of nomads, not for the farming life of the Han people, and decided to use this place as a hunting ground and come to hunt at any time.

His responsibility now is to stake the land and kill as much as he wants.

The surrounding barbarians had already received the news of the arrival of the Han army, and they either fled west or east, and very few continued to flee north.

Due to time reasons, Gao Shun decided to go east and let go of Ding Lingren in the northwest for the time being.

However, if this is not allowed to let Ding Lingren go, Gao Shun selected a hundred young men from the captured Ding Lingren, and asked them to return to their own clan to report, one is to ask them to pay tribute, and the other is to ask them not to cross the Beihai to the east or south, Shannan is the territory of the Han people, otherwise there will be no forgiveness.

These people had long been frightened by the brutal killing of the Han army, and they were very lucky to be able to escape with their lives, and immediately returned to the tribe to report.

Ma Gui suggested: "My lord, why don't you use the same method to deal with the Xianbei people. ”

Gao Shun said with a smile: "Haha, we slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people, their strength is very weak, we don't need to explain, they will also be absorbed or destroyed by the Huns in the west, the Huns are not willing to let go of this good opportunity for revenge." ”

"It has strengthened the strength of the Huns, and it is not good for us."

Gao Shun smiled confidently: "Do you think the Huns still have the courage to go south?" They will only continue westward, the farther away from us the better. He remembered that it was because of the westward migration of the Huns that it brought disaster to the Europeans, and now the strength of the Han people is stronger than in history, and the Huns will definitely move westward earlier, hiding far away, to avoid the Han people looking for their trouble.

Gao Shun and others went east, arrived at the Heilongjiang River in later generations, and then turned south along the west of the Great Xing'an Mountains. Besides, in another month, the temperature will get colder, and he must rush back before winter arrives.

Although he did not reach the target of increasing the area to 10 million square kilometers, he was happy to increase the territory by more than 2 million square kilometers, and he should expand to the south after that, where it is more suitable for human habitation.

Sure enough, as Gao Shun thought, King Ding Ling and many tribal chieftains did not dare to wait for the news when they heard the news, and decided to send envoys to the south to pay tribute.

Even if the Han people are far away from here, but the Han people are different from the nomads, the war between the nomads, the victors will take the loser's family and cattle and sheep and other wealth, or just let them pay part of the tax, they can still live, waiting for the opportunity to rise again, but the arrival of the Han people, in addition to looting, is killing, men, women and children, no one is left, which makes them feel frightened.

The Han people may not come for a year, not for two years, and if they come once in ten years, it is not something they can afford.

Their territory is large, but the population is too small and very scattered, and the Han army concentrates its forces, even a few thousand cavalry, which their tribe can resist.

Cao Shan, Feng Ji and others triumphed, causing a huge sensation.

However, some people scolded Gao Shun for being cruel and killing excessively, which was contrary to mercy; Some people are busy buying cheap cattle and sheep, etc.; Someone was busy buying slaves.

The people are praying that the frontier is safe, they are safe, and I hope that the Duke of Wei will continue to be so strong, so that they will not worry about safety.

When they arrived in Yecheng, Gao Shun did not return, which made Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu very worried, and the judge and Feng Ji and others also blamed themselves.

Cao Shan and Sun Cheng were busy comforting everyone, the lord's martial arts are strong, plus Li Qiang is invincible in the world, and Ma Gui assists, where in the world can't he go? Will return safely.

When the young men went home and told their families about the trip and the positions they held, they were very proud, and they were the envy of those who did not have the opportunity to go.

When Li Ru and many scholars learned that Gao Shun led his troops out of the fortress and returned with a big victory, they were very envious, jealous, and hateful; When they learned that Gao Shun only led a small number of troops to continue killing in the grassland, they cursed Gao Shun that it was better to stay outside the fortress and never return.

In October, Gao Shun returned to Yecheng smoothly, and at this time, Ding Lingren's envoy had arrived in Yecheng for more than a month.

They brought with them a large number of tributes, mainly precious animal skins, the most precious of which was the skin of the snow fox, white as snow, without a single stray hair, very soft, light, but extremely warm.

Since they were willing to pay tribute, Gao Shun did not make it too difficult for them, but asked them to add a hundred Ding Ling girls to the tribute list agreed between the envoy and Xi Zhicai, and pay tribute once a year.

The envoy was very resolute at the beginning, that is, he did not agree to Gao Shun's request, if he paid tribute to a hundred girls every year, it would seriously weaken the strength of Ding Lingren.

It was only after Gao Shun promised to give them a large reward to the king and nobles that the envoy happily agreed.

Gao Shun asked them to pay tribute to the girl, and there was also a consideration to weaken the strength of Ding Lingren.

Xi Zhicai and the others knew that Gao Shun had a good impression of women of different races, so they did not stop it, and even made suggestions and made detailed requirements for the women who paid tribute to prevent them from being shoddy.

Unexpectedly, a month later, Gao Shun had an unexpectedly huge surprise.