During the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, due to various reasons, groups of Xiongnu often belonged to the Han Dynasty, and the Han and Han governments adopted a relatively appropriate resettlement policy for them, the most important of which was to set up special residential areas for them: subject states. "Historical Records: General Wei's Hussar Biography" recorded that after the end of the second battle in the second year of Yuan Hunt, the Xiongnu Kun evil king led more than 40,000 people to surrender to Han, and Emperor Wu "is outside the five counties of the border of the migrants, and all of them are in Henan, because of their old customs, for the subject country." "That is, the establishment of five subject states to deal with it, this is the beginning of the subject state.

In the Hetao area of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow River had a gentle flow, and there were many tributaries and lakes in the riverside plains of Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, so there were abundant water sources and easy to use. The Hetao has an inland climate, natural precipitation can not meet the needs of crop growth, and agriculture is almost entirely dependent on irrigation, so the construction of water conservancy is an important measure for the development of the Hetao in the Han Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was an upsurge in the construction of water conservancy in the whole country, and although the Hetao was on the border, the situation of water conservancy construction did not decrease in the interior. "Historical Records and River Canal Book" said: "The users are arguing about water conservancy, and Shuofang, Xihe, Hexi, and Jiuquan all divert river water and river valley water to irrigate fields. "Pingzhun Book" and Yunyun: "Later, the department wanted to save the pillars of the Cao, through the Fen and river canals to irrigate the fields, and the author was tens of thousands; At that time, Zheng was going back to the Weicao Canal, digging a straight canal from Chang'an to Huayin, with tens of thousands of authors; Shuo Fang also crosses the canal, tens of thousands of authors, each calendar two or three periods, the end of the work, and the cost is also hundreds of thousands. From the above records, it can be seen that since the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Hetao has become a key area for the construction of water conservancy in the country, and its scale has been comparable to that of large-scale projects in the interior.

Later, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Hetao area was an important place for many political powers in the north. Because the water and grass here are abundant, it is suitable for grazing and farming. Moreover, the population is extremely large, compared with the Hexi region, which has a total population of less than one million, the Hetao at this moment has a population of more than 1.8 million.

Among them, even after several twists and turns, the Han population still has nearly 1.35 million people in the Hetao area, and most of the others are Turkic or various nomadic peoples.

“…… Since the Qin Dynasty, this place has been the land of China, and now, it is occupied by the Turks, and the water and grass here are abundant, which is suitable for both farming and grazing. Moreover, it is located in a key position, the east can directly point to the Eastern Turkic royal court, and the west can be connected with Lingwu County......"

Wei Yunqi's thoughts and ideas made me and the ministers quite excited. After taking this place, the Chinese Empire gained a large number of important strongholds for future control and attack on the grassland region, which increased the thickness and intensity of the defense of the pass.

"However, it won't be easy to take this place." Wei Zheng, the dean who had no military talent, pretended to look at the map and shook his head. "This is thousands of miles away from Yan'an County, where we are located."

"In the middle, there are not only Liang Shidu, but also a large number of Turkic people and other nomadic tribes in this area. In Yichen's opinion, if this area is attacked, then the Turks and Liang Shi will inevitably do everything possible to block it. I'm afraid I'll have to use a lot of soldiers and horses......"

Hearing this, Yang Gongren next to him couldn't help but smile. "Dean Wei, you forgot one thing, we have a boat."

Yang Gongren saw everyone's eyes light up, and couldn't help but show off very proudly: "My Huaxia Yellow River Naval Division now has more than 100 warships, and in the upstream Hexi region, there are more than 40 warships. In addition, there are more than 120 merchant ships in the upstream area. ”

“…… Our warships and merchant ships can all reach the upper reaches of Longmen from the Hexi area. In the past few years, because of our trade with the Eastern Turks, our ships have often roamed around this area, and they have not been alert, and in many towns north of the Eilechuan, our Han Chinese can still make up the majority. Therefore, the minister thought that if he wanted to seize the entire Eilechuan, he must first seize this place. Our warships are fully capable of cutting off the connection between the two sides of the Yellow River. Therefore, after we take the north, we can rely on warships to block the communication between the Turks in the Ulle River and outside the Yellow River. ”

"Brother Gongren's words are very good, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this policy is promising." Wei Yunqi's eyes lit up suddenly, and after standing in front of the map and comparing for a long time, he saluted Yang Gongren with admiration and said to me.

"More than one hundred and twenty ships, I'm afraid it's not enough, right?" Yang Shidao, who was next to him, stroked the three new strands of long beard and said with a puzzled expression. After working hard outside for several years, this guy finally returned to Chang'an, and now he is the secretary of the Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Jingzhao County. Anyway, if you want to do only one job, you have to work for at least another three years.

Wait for the middle and grassroots officials below to train brilliantly, otherwise, it is not a good thing for the country to suddenly rise to a high position.

I shook my head and jumped out to offer advice. "It doesn't matter, our warships, whether in the inland rivers or the seas, have no opponents. It's a big deal, there shouldn't be any problem with the soldiers cutting wood as boats, and having warships to support them. ”

"That's fine. The important thing is that we can mobilize our troops and horses to the land west of the river, and board a boat from the land west of the river and go down the river, so that we can avoid the eyes and ears. Wei Yunqi clapped his hands and high-fived, his eyes brighter and brighter.

However, when to launch the attack, this is a question, and where to send troops and horses from? It also needs to be considered.

In the end, it was decided to requisition one field army and two field divisions from the Bashu region, as well as one field army from Hexi and the Western Qin region, plus a garrison army from Guanzhong. With Wei Yunqi as the main commander, Shi Danai as the deputy marshal, and Han Xiong as the chief of staff.

Of course, it will take at least a month to wait for one army and two divisions requisitioned from the Bashu region to arrive in the Hexi region. During this period, an envoy delegation of the Chinese Empire headed by Tang Jian, the official secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, was sent to the Western Turks.

Naturally, it was to discuss the expansion of bilateral trade between the two sides, and to use the interests to try to hold back the Western Turks first.

By this time, twenty days had passed since the Huaxia Fuxing Army soldiers left Tongguan, compared to Li Mi, Liu Wuzhou, and Wang Shichong, who were beaten to the point of bleeding from their noses and mouths. Liang Shidu's life was much better, and he retracted into his nest, thinking about his next move.

After Dou Jiande was forced to return to Huaibei, Qin Qiong took the initiative to withdraw from the Huaibei region and returned to the south bank of the Huai River. This made Dou Jiande's 200,000 reinforcements run away.

At this time, Dou Jiande received news that the defenders who had stayed on the Yongji Canal pontoon bridge that had been erected were attacked and asked for rescue. Dou Jiande could only scold and slap his ass and rush back to Liyang, and then prepared to cross the Yongji Canal and set off towards Wei County, but when he came to the Yongji Canal, he was stunned, the pontoon bridge that had been erected before, and the 20,000 defenders guarding the pontoon bridge were all gone, leaving behind the remnants of broken wood after being burned by the fire, as for the 20,000 defenders, judging from the blood stains on the ground, I am afraid that it has been more auspicious.

Instead, the tall and majestic warship of the inland river division of the Chinese Empire was showing off its might in the Yongji Canal, and for this kind of giant ship, Xia Jun could only stare dryly, because this kind of tall and majestic solid giant ship was definitely not something that ordinary infantry could take.

Dou Jiande decided to give it a try, and the result was that the crossbowmen on his side had just approached the bank of the canal, and rows of small portholes were opened on the side of the battleship, revealing countless arrows. Immediately afterward, there was a trembling sound of crossbow strings, and the piercing screech of the crossbow arrows.

Rows of short arrows, like headless flies, sprang out, and then densely pierced the riverbank and pierced into the human body. The crossbowmen on the banks of the river, who had not yet lined up and lit the rockets, were all out of luck, and the ghost cried wolf and turned his head and ran backwards, trying to avoid the sudden and desperate rain of arrows.

Dou Jiande could only watch blankly, and then, suddenly, a black-looking iron ball shot out from the battleship, which landed more than two hundred meters away from the river bank, and then, in front of everyone's eyes, a ball of orange fire burst out, and there was a roar like thunder.

Frightened, Dou Jiande, who was not far away, almost fell under the horse with a dog chewing. Then, a few more things were made on the ship, which frightened Xia Jun and retreated nearly a hundred meters, and after that, the people on the boat shouted with a loudspeaker. Dou Jiande and Xia Jun knew that it was a propaganda leaflet that came from behind.

The meaning is very simple, Dou Jiande blatantly broke the contract after forming an alliance, and then dared to use his daughter to seduce the general of our Chinese Revival Army, Fu Gong Qi, all of the above, which made my Chinese Emperor furious, today, and give you a warning to Lao Dou, don't think about the idea of going to fight Shanxi, and immediately retreat back to Hebei, otherwise, my Chinese Empire will retain the right to use force.

almost didn't make Dou Jiande so angry that he vomited blood on the spot, but the problem was that Xia Jun, who didn't have ultra-long-range weapons, could only watch these tall and majestic warships show off their might and had nothing to do. In the end, Dou Jiande could only retreat back to the newly occupied city of Liyang, and then think about how to cross the Yongji Canal, after all, the sailors of the Huaxia Empire were really not a joke.

Its strong combat effectiveness and its hegemony over the inland rivers and open seas of the land of China also made Dou Jiande deeply jealous. In the end, Dou Jiande simply ordered the division of troops, intending to create the illusion of assaulting across the river from multiple places, and ordered a large number of boats to be built. Even if you can't compete with the warships of the Huaxia Empire, you have to have some warships to protect your army and cross the river.

In this way, it has completely become a stalemate stage, as for Wang Shichong, he was terrified in Luoyang, while increasing his troops for his elder brother Wang Shiyun, and on the other hand, he sent envoys over, and put on a very low posture, hoping that this prince would not be provoked by others and attack him, the harmless Emperor Zhengguo.

Ben Gongzi naturally also entrusted the virtual snake, and told this guy that the reason why I went out of Tongguan was because the soldiers of Zheng Jun peed in the direction of Chang'an in front of Tongguan, which was definitely a great insult to the Chinese Empire, so he would send troops to teach these guys a lesson.