In August of the third year of Taixing, as the cavalry unit used to fight on the plateau completed its training, the northwest, which had been calm for several months, was once again affected by the flames of war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was a war initiated by Liaodong on its own initiative, aimed at eradicating the Tuyuhun regime on the West Sea Plateau.

Under the auspices of the Military Division, the Liaodong Army kicked off the prelude to the conquest of the Xihai Plateau, and with a letter of dispatch to various places, a large number of Xiang troops began to gather in Qin and Liangzhou.

The abnormal movement of the Liaodong Army caused Tuyan, the leader of Tuyuhun on the plateau, to shake, and since the failure of intervening in the civil strife in Liangzhou, Tuyan no longer dared to take a step down the plateau.

Fortunately, Tuyan knew that the people of Liaodong could not adapt to the plateau climate, and as long as he kept cowering on the plateau, he did not have to worry about his life.

However, just when Tuyan thought that he could sit back and relax, the Liaodong Army began a large-scale mobilization, which caused Tuyan to panic greatly.

After the battle of Zhangye, Tuyan has clearly seen that there is an irreparable huge gap between Tuyuhun and Liaodong.

In the face of the menacing Liaodong army, Tuyan sent troops to resist on the one hand, and hurriedly sent envoys to Liaodong to express his submission on the other hand. It's a pity that for the ambitious Liaodong, they don't need any surrender at all, what they need is conquest, the subjugation of all Hulu.

Although the Northwest Frontier is still in full swing, all parts of Liaodong are still busy with economic construction. At the same time, the new Chang'an was finally completed after more than three years. The new Chang'an is known as the first city in the world, costing millions of yuan, and its scale is more than twice that of Chang'an of the Han Dynasty, and it is a veritable heroic city.

Because of cement, when expanding Chang'an, Wei Shuo deliberately ordered to use stone and green bricks as much as possible. So much so that after the completion of the new Chang'an, the people of Guanzhong sighed to each other that they no longer had to worry about someone setting fire to Chang'an.

Historically, many famous cities in China have been destroyed by fire, and Chang'an is no exception, and Luoyang has been set on fire twice in just over 200 years. In order to prevent the new Chang'an from continuing the tragedy of the past, Liaodong used a large number of non-flammable building materials such as cement, stone, and green bricks.

Since Chang'an is one of the four capitals in the future, as soon as the completion of the construction, many wealthy merchants and families have moved to Chang'an to live, although it has not completely restored the glory of the Qin and Han dynasties, but at least Chang'an is more popular than Sima Ye was there.

After the completion of the Yongzhou Thorn Shi Youzi in Chang'an, the first time was to report the good news to Wei Shuo, who was far away in Jicheng. But it is a pity that in view of the long distance, Wei Shuo could not go to Chang'an to inspect, in order to let Liaodong have a more intuitive understanding of the new Chang'an, You Ziyuan can only send a new Chang'an model to Jicheng.

On this day, Wei Shuo was discussing the war in the northwest with everyone in the political hall. As the war against Tuyuhun unfolded, almost all the attention of the people in Liaodong was attracted by this key battle related to the security of the northwest frontier.

"My lord, the war in the northwest has been carried out smoothly, the governor of Qinzhou, Beigong Chun, commanded 30,000 cavalry to encircle and suppress Tuyuhun, those cavalry are all composed of Qiang people who have adapted to the plateau climate, and then after strict training in Liaodong, the combat effectiveness is not inferior to the Tuyuhun cavalry."

"Well, yes, be sure to tell Beigong Chun, don't be careless. The Xihai Plateau is different from other places, where the environment is quite harsh, except for the local Qiang and Tuyuhun tribes, ordinary soldiers in Liaodong will feel unwell when they go to the plateau. ”

"Please rest assured, as early as the year before last, after the Liaodong Army recovered Qinzhou, the Qinzhou Governor's Mansion began to prepare for the recovery of the West Sea. General Beigong specially selected tens of thousands of people from the Qiang people to mix with some local Jin people to conduct plateau combat training. At present, the cavalry that entered the Western Sea to fight basically overcame altitude sickness. ”

"The war in the northwest is too real and the scene is too serious, so we must put more thought into it, and we must not make mistakes in order to ensure the security of the northwest border defense in the future."

Liaodong's expedition to Tuyuhun did not receive attention from the outside world, except for Liaodong, and the Cheng Han family noticed the war on the plateau, and most of the forces did not know that there was a tribe called Tuyuhun. Even within Liaodong, apart from the military, the civilian population has not been affected in the slightest.

"The Northwest War talked about this in advance, and then Changzhi, you can talk about the situation in Jiangzuo."

"No! At present, Jiang Zuo was in turmoil, and the previous battle for Xiangyang completely detonated the contradiction between the Son of Heaven and Wang Dun, and the two sides broke out several conflicts in order to improve their own strength, and they almost missed the fire several times. ”

"Hey, this Jiang Zuo is really not stable for a day, what should you do to prevent Wang Dun from taking risks?"

"How about publicly donating some ordnance to the imperial court?" Mo Han suddenly suggested.

"Huh? Shirong's idea is good! Wei Shuo's eyes lit up suddenly.

Everyone had just agreed on Jiangdong, but they saw Huangfu Zhen hurriedly breaking in with a document, and he came to Wei Shuo and said, "My lord, Yongzhou Assassin Shi Youzi is in a hurry." ”

When Wei Shuo heard this, he hurriedly took the document, opened it and looked at it hurriedly, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, he casually transferred the urgent matter to several other people, and said at the same time: "Everyone, you assassinate Shi urgently, Chang'an is finished." ”

When everyone heard this, they all gathered around, and everyone had a look of surprise on their faces. Since the recovery of Yongzhou, Liaodong has been paying attention to the construction of the new Chang'an, and now several years have passed, Chang'an has finally been expanded, and its scale is far greater than that of the previous dynasty.

"In addition, let me tell you another good news, in order to let everyone have an intuitive feeling of the new Chang'an, Yongzhou Thorn Shi Youziyuan has sent someone to transport the new Chang'an model, and now it is being placed in the side hall, everyone go with me to take a look."

Saying that, Wei Shuo led all his henchmen and subordinates from the political hall to the side room, only to see a huge model standing there in the center of the hall, and a few guards guarding around.

The person in charge of the narration pointed to the model and introduced it to Wei Shuo and the others one by one: "Lord and all the adults, please take a look, this model represents the entire new Chang'an." It's a residential area, it's here to the west, and it's all a commercial area. That dense complex is full of university halls, do you see which tallest building? That is the exposition of Taoism! ”

"According to the plan, the total population of Chang'an in the future can accommodate up to one million people!"

"A million people? Hehe, I don't know that I will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to fill Chang'an. ”

Wei Shuo always sighed when he thought of the dilapidated Guanzhong, since the former Han King was reckless, the Guanzhong area was not revived. Coupled with the warlord melee at the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the Guanzhong region became more and more dilapidated. Although Liaodong has continued to make great efforts in recent years, if it is said that Guanzhong has recovered its vitality, I am afraid it will have to be discounted.

"My lord, the new Chang'an accommodates such a large population, and I am afraid that it will not be able to support it in Guanzhong alone in the future, not to mention anything else, just eating is a big problem."

"It is too true to say that due to the exhaustion of land in Guanzhong, the pastoral government has already issued an order to restrict agricultural development. At present, the output of Guanzhong can only meet the needs of the current population, and once the population continues to increase, it is inevitable to transfer grain from outside to support Guanzhong, which depends on the transportation capacity of Guanzhong. ”

"How is the water transport between Weishui and the Yellow River dredged?" Wei Shuo casually asked Pei Wei next to him.

"Back to the Lord, the Weishuida water transport route on the Yellow River has been in operation for a year, and the materials that can be transported are as high as millions of stones every year. In the future, it will be put into use with land transportation, which will be enough to meet the consumption of millions of people. Therefore, you don't have to worry too much about the supply of materials in Chang'an in the future. ”

"Well, that's for the best."

Wei Shuo bowed slightly, saying that he was very satisfied with the work of the pastoral government, and with the decline of the agricultural status in Guanzhong, it is inevitable to rely on external material input, the most important of which is the condition of road transportation. As one of the four capitals in the future, Chang'an must not have the problem of insufficient material supply, otherwise it will affect the status of Chang'an.

If you want to say that they are most excited about the completion of the new Chang'an, it is naturally the Kansai family, they think that this is the opportunity to revive the Kansai family and get back the glory of the past, so many Kansai families have been encouraging Wei Shuo to move to Chang'an, especially after the completion of the new Chang'an, the mood of the Kansai family is more urgent, but Wei Shuo is not positive about it.

It's not that Wei Shuo doesn't want to establish the capital of Guanzhong, but he knows very well that Guanzhong is no longer suitable as the capital of a country, and can only exist as a companion capital, otherwise it will completely crush the entire Guanzhong due to the gathering of a large number of people. (To be continued.) )