In 390 AD, at the end of November, after Shuofang's victory, Shuozhou Assassin Shi Cui Hao, Governor Duan Ye, and General Wang Zhongde, together with 6,000 cavalry, entered Dailai City and began to perform the duties of the Assassin's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After settling Shuozhou, Wei Shuo, accompanied by Kang Long and Fuqu Nancheng, went north to inspect the Hetao.

This was the first large-scale patrol of the Han army since the loss of Shuofang County at the end of the Han Dynasty.

With the help of the Hexi Army's defeat of tens of thousands of Northern Wei iron cavalry, the momentum of this patrol was extremely huge.

Along the way, the leaders of various tribes offered BMW and beautiful women to show their submission.

Wei Shuo went out to patrol the Shuo Fang, on the one hand, to deter the Shuo Fang Zhuhu, and on the other hand, to investigate Qin Zhidao.

In order to resist the Xiongnu in the north, Qin Shi Huang built a military traffic avenue, namely the Qin Straight Road.

The excavation project of the straight road is very vast, starting from Yunyang Linguang Palace in the south, and reaching Jiuyuan County in the north, with a total length of 1,800 miles.

This was the most convenient road from Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State at that time, to the northern Hetao.

The Qin army set out from the garrison of Linguang Palace (now Chunhua), and went north through the Qin Straight Road along the way, and it only took three days and three nights to reach the foot of Yin Mountain.

Qin Shi Huang ordered the construction of the Straight Road and the construction of the Great Wall, which relied on each other to form a defensive whole that could not only directly block the southward movement of the Xiongnu, but also provide military reserves and military force to the front.

In the following decades, the Xiongnu "did not dare to go south to herd horses, and soldiers did not dare to bend their bows to repay their grievances".

Not to mention how Qin Shi Huang did not care about the people, in short, after the completion of the Qin Straight Road, it greatly strengthened the Central Plains Dynasty's control over the Hetao.

In the military campaign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to attack the Xiongnu, it played an extremely important role.

It was with this Qin Straight Road that the army of the Han Dynasty would suddenly appear in front of the Hun cavalry, taking them by surprise.

In 127 B.C., the Han hussar general Wei Qingbing divided into several routes, marched in unison, and inflicted heavy losses on the Xiongnu, thus relieving the Xiongnu of the threat to the northern border.

Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty also attacked the Xiongnu in the north along the straight road many times, inspected Shuofang, and showed off his strength.

For hundreds of years, although the Qin Straight Road has experienced wind and rain, most of the road surface is still well preserved.

There are only weeds on the hard roadbed in many places, and there are no arbors, and the cross-river approach bridge still exists, and the rammed earth layer is very clear.

Wei Shuo and his entourage started from present-day Ordos City, and went north along the Qinzhi Road all the way to the present-day Dalat Banner, which was about 160 kilometers long.

Looking at the landform of Ordos and the direction of the Qinzhi Road, it is not difficult to find that the route of the Qinzhi Road was obviously selected after extremely careful exploration.

The straight road is built in the low hilly area, a little further east is the high hilly gully area, and a little westerly is the swampy area, and the road is likely to be washed away during the flood season.

Even with modern technology, this is a huge undertaking.

I really don't know how the Qin people had the skills of land surveying and mapping in such a vast area just by relying on the compass positioning technology that had just been invented.

Even according to modern thinking, without specific technical support, it is absolutely unimaginable to complete such a large project in two and a half years in an area that is very unfamiliar in terms of geographical location and geological conditions.

Walking on the Qin Straight Road, Wei Shuo couldn't help but praise this ancient project.

He knew that with this existing transportation, Hexi would be able to easily control Shuofang without making a big move in the future.

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On the tenth day of December, Wei Shuo and his entourage arrived on the south bank of the Yellow River, and then crossed the river to the north to Hanzhiyang County.

Qiyang County was originally one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Wuyuan County (Qin Jiuyuan County) in the Western Han Dynasty, which was later occupied by Tuoba Xianbei and was not recovered by Hexi until today.

Knowing that Dadu Hu went north to inspect the Hetao Plain, Wang Zhenwei and Li Wei went south to meet them in Qiyang County early.

Along with them, there were still dozens of leaders of the Shuofang Zhuhu tribe.

"The minister and the king suppressed the evil, and the last general Li Wei was ordered to go north to manage the Hetao, fortunately, thanks to the prestige of the lord and the soldiers of the three armies, he has successfully recovered the original hometown of the former Han Dynasty and surrendered nearly tens of thousands of people."

"According to the custom of Hexi, the chiefs, chiefs, and nobles of the tribe have all been killed, and their pastures have been granted to those ordinary herdsmen in the name of the equalization system."

"The ministers are fortunate to have fulfilled their mission and have come to repay their lives to the lord."

"Okay, the two of you really lived up to expectations!" Wei Shuo was very excited, and stepped forward to pick up Wang Zhenwei and Li Wei.

Of course, he had reason to be happy, the results of the northward division were completely beyond his imagination, not only recovering the set goal of the Houtao Plain, but also taking the Wuyuan County (the western part of the Qiantao Plain, which is now Baotou), which was really a surprise.

"Lord, in front of you is Jiuyuan City, which was originally the seat of Qin Jiuyuan County and Han Wuyuan County, and now it has been recovered by Hexi."

"Well, the local Hulu are still honest, right?"

"Hmph, those who are not honest have been killed in the name of rebellion against the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the rest are naturally honest."

Wang Zhenwei whispered to Wei Shuo as he walked: "At present, through the Juntian system, the Hu clan leaders have successfully cut off the control of ordinary herdsmen, and the minister believes that after a few more years of Sinicization education, this will become a northern barrier against the southward movement of the steppe peoples." ”

"This time, we were able to successfully recover Wuyuan County, and Zuo Sima and Xuan Sheng contributed a lot." Wei Shuo was full of praise for Wang Zhenwei and Li Wei.

"Thanks to the lord's planning, all the soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and their subordinates dare not take credit."

"Hahaha, the two of you are too humble."

"Is there any reaction from the Northern Wei Dynasty?" Hexi's occupation of Jiuyuan City is equivalent to putting a knife at the door of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Wei Shuo does not believe that the Northern Wei Dynasty will not react.

"Hehe, of course the Northern Wei Dynasty was unwilling to be occupied by Hexi, and also sent soldiers and horses over, but unfortunately it was defeated by the ministers and Xuansheng."

"Later, there was news that the Northern Wei Dynasty was wiped out by the southward army, and Tuoba Jue fled north alone, and the Northern Wei Dynasty, which occupied the eastern part of the front set, did not dare to act rashly."

"Hahaha, that's the best." Wei Shuo did not want to start a full-scale war with the Northern Wei Dynasty for the time being, and temporarily maintained the peace of the Hetao, which was conducive to the recuperation of Hexi.

"However, the Hexi Army's recovery of Wuyuan and Shuofang counties will definitely make the Xianbei people of Hetao restless."

"On the one hand, you should not take the initiative to provoke the enemy, but work hard to maintain the peace and buy time for Hexi to integrate Shuozhou."

"On the other hand, it is also necessary to strengthen the defense of the Yellow River and Yinshan Mountains, and to resolutely and forcefully respond in the face of the enemy's invasion."

"In a word, Hexi will not take the initiative to provoke a war, but it will never be afraid of war either."

"The last general (minister) is commanded."

After staying in Jiuyuan City for a few days, and comforting the leaders of the Zhuhu tribe with kind words, Wei Shuo set off west again to inspect the Houtao Plain.

On the way, Wei Shuo once crossed the Yellow River south into the old Shuofang City, calling it the Old Shuofang City, because Hexi had planned to build a new Shuofang City in the area of present-day Ordos City.

Today's Shuofang City is not as windy and sandy as in later generations, and the earliest record of Kubuqi desertification in history appeared in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

At present, the area around Shuofang is a place where water and grass are abundant, and it is the area where Shuofang Zhuhu live intensively.

When a dragon-like army appeared in Shuofang, the entire Hetao shook.

Countless large and small tribal leaders and leaders rushed to Shuofang to meet Wei Shuo, and offered cattle, sheep and horses one after another to curry favor with the new Shuofang overlord.

Wei Shuo was very happy about this, and strongly invited everyone to settle in Guzang.

Regardless of whether everyone was happy or not, under the deterrence of the Hexi Army, all the tribal leaders had to obediently obey orders.

After getting rid of Shuofang Zhuhu, Wei Shuo crossed the river again and went north to inspect the Houtao Plain.

When the Yellow River flows through Houtao, it suddenly divides into two branches, north and south, and encircles the entire Houtao Plain.

After coming to the back set, Wei Shuo specially boarded the chicken deer plug to inspect.

Jilu Stop, is the Han Dynasty to the north of the pass.

It is adjacent to the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty in the north and Tushenze in the east, which is the northwest department of the Han Dynasty, and controls the traffic throat through Yangshan.

The cliff building of the city is made of stone, which is square in shape, and stands on the west side of the gorge.

Standing on the wall of Jilusaiguan, Wei Shuo pointed to the north and couldn't help but feel arrogant

"One day, Shuo will send 100,000 people to the north to attack Zhonghu and complete the unfinished business of Emperor Qin and Han Wu."

His ambition infected every Hexi general around him, and everyone expressed their willingness to help him realize his dream of sealing the wolf.

After inspecting Shuofang, Wei Shuo left Cui Hao, Li Wei, and Duan Ye to guard all parts of Shuofang, while he, accompanied by Kang Long, Fuqu Mengxun and other generals, went all the way south from Linhe City, passed through the Helan Mountain Xitao Plain, and returned to Hexi.

At this time, Shuofang's change has spread all over the world, and countless people are dumbfounded by this earth-shattering change.

Hexi is no longer a remote force that is not worth mentioning, and has become one of the powerful forces that can influence the situation in the world.