"The prime minister really trusts me and gives me so many ......" After Ma Jian summarized all the information in Liangzhou, he suddenly found that he seemed to have a lot of work to do.

Needless to say, Xiqiang, although these men and horses are strong and captive, their old and weak are still hidden in the mountains and forests. Ma Jian estimated that it would take a lot of effort to catch them all.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions also needs Ma Jian to be responsible, which also involves whether the trade routes in the Western Regions of the Shu Han regime can be opened again. Among them, Liangzhou, the most critical trade route, is also an important task for Ma Tan.

Of course, these are not the main problems, the most important thing is actually the Liangzhou Tuntian problem.

After discussing with Li Mu, Ma Jian found that there was not much arable land in Liangzhou that could be tuntian. Ma Tan boasted to Zhuge Liang that Haikou would have a population of more than 100,000 people in Tuntian, and he was afraid that it would be very troublesome.

You must know that this is still the case when Sima Yi has been in Tuntian in Liangzhou for several years and has built a lot of water conservancy projects for Ma Jian in advance. But even so, there are not many places in Liangzhou that are suitable for arable land.

In this regard, Ma Jian immediately began to think about how to deal with this matter.

"Arable land, arable land...... Where to go to cultivate the land and settle the fields......" Ma Tan touched his chin and began to walk around thinking about where to deal with it.

"The Qiangs and the Qiangs should have a population of tens of thousands, and 20,000 are strong, but this is not the best quality of the people in Tuntian. And Liangzhou is extremely lacking in Hermes-epitek......" Ma Jian opened the map and pondered over the location of Liangzhou.

Just when Ma Jian was at a loss, Ma Tan's eyes glanced at the east of Liangzhou, on the territory of the Qianghu people......

"Holy! How did I forget about here! Ma Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and a bold idea instantly crossed his mind.

"O Hetao Plain! How did I forget the Hetao Plain! This large plain with abundant water and grass and a warm climate is the best tuntian area! ”

The Hetao Plain, that is, the Yunzhong counties established during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. During the Qin Dynasty, it was the birthplace of the Xiongnu people and the favorite grassland of the Hu people.

Because the Yellow River was abruptly diverted to the north after passing through Longyou, it did not go eastward until the foothills of Yinshan Mountain, so that a large plain with a very mild climate and environment was formed on this boundary.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the whole country was devoted to the northern expedition, and it took several years of attrition to drive the Huns away. The Hetao Plain was then incorporated into the territory of the Western Han Dynasty, and four counties of Wuyuan Shuofang Yunzhong were set up in the north, and it became one of the few grain-producing areas in Bingzhou in the next hundred years.

Although this territory fell again in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it became the territory of the Qianghu people. However, there are still a large number of Han people living in this area, and the habit of farming is also retained.

Now on the Hetao Plain, in addition to the nomadic herding of the Hu tribe, there are also a group of Hu Han people farming. The whole Qianghu alliance was, in fact, a situation of coexistence of farming and nomadism.

In Ma Yan's view, these Huhua Han people are the best Tuntian population. The Hetao Plain, with its abundant water and grass and fertile land, can also supply the great cause of the Han Tuntian.

And most importantly, the Hetao Plain is located between Liangzhou and Bingzhou. When this area was not occupied by the Hu people, Liangzhou and Bingzhou were directly passable.

In other words, as long as this piece of Hu people is driven away, the Han army can even point directly at the state. At that time, even if Sima Yi checked the iron bucket built in Guanzhong, it would be useless, and the Han army would directly detour to Hebei.

Originally, for the Qianghu people in the east, Ma Tan didn't really want to fight. A group of Hu people who are not good at combat effectiveness, and who can only run away with human strokes in archery, Ma Jian always feels that it is thankless.

But if their territory is useful to Shu Han, then this matter has to be another matter.

The Wuyuan Prefectures in the Northland Yunzhong have been the territory of the Han Dynasty since ancient times, and they have been illegally occupied by you Hu people, so shouldn't they be returned now?

Don't forget, my current military position, but the general of Zhengbei?

Ma Tan told the team about his somewhat crazy plans one by one, and the team members had different expressions.

"If someone else says that, I'm afraid it's difficult, but if you think so, it doesn't seem to be that difficult......" Shu Ji pondered for a moment and said.

"If Jun Zhen Naihuo is sick in the world, I am willing to seal the wolf with the envoy!" Jiang Wei naturally agreed with both hands and feet, and this guy felt that he had met his Bole and bosom friend since he followed Ma Yan.

Whoever disagrees will be killed, and he will be in charge of the overall situation.

"You don't need much, you only need to recover Beidi County, and you can reclaim 10,000 acres of fertile land on the north bank of the Yellow River, which is enough for the needs of the government soldiers and tuntian." Li Mu didn't say a word, took out the Longyou paper, and began to calculate frantically. Soon, this Tuntian Dacai under Ma Jian made a judgment,

"If the general can recover Shuofang County, he should be able to reclaim more fertile land."

"Shuofang shouldn't be able to say, it's too close to Mobei and not suitable for Tuntian." Chen Yi shook his head and said this.

Ma Tan's group of team members began to discuss, and no one dissuaded Ma Tan from taking such risks. This made Ma Jian feel a little boring, as if he lacked a sense of strength to exclude public opinion.

But there is no way, in the past few years, Ma Jian has proved too much impossibility to these subordinates with his own ability. Even Chen You, after witnessing Ma Tan's troubles, no longer dared to question Ma Tan's decision.

Do you have a horse to conquer the north cow? Since people are so calculating, they must have his thoughts.

"If that's the case, then it's settled." Since no one objected, Ma Jian nodded directly and made a decision.

"A few days later, Shu Ji and I first went to Xiping County to appease the Xiqiang tribes. Chen Yi took my warrant to Dunhuang to negotiate with the countries of the Western Regions, and first prepare for the prototype of the Western Regions Protectorate. ”

"When the matter of Xiqiang is dealt with, I will personally lead a large army to the east and ...... those Qianghu people Let those lost Hermes-Epitek return to the territory of the Han Dynasty! ”

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After determining the direction of future development with his team, he did not hesitate at all and immediately began to act.

Chen Yi and Jiang Wei went to Dunhuang with Ma Tan's warrant to receive all the officials of the Western Regions Changshi Mansion where Cao Wei went. Li Mu went to Jincheng County to prepare for the next step of Tuntian in advance.

And Ma Jian took Shu Ji and led thousands of cavalry to Xiping County.

A few months ago, Ma Tan broke tens of thousands of Xiqiang coalition troops here, and captured almost all of Xiqiang's elite. The elders and chieftains of the two Qiang tribes of the Burning Dangdang Wolf were all captured by Ma Yan.

Now the Xiqiang tribes are basically only the old and weak, women and children. What Ma Tan needed was to demolish and relocate all these Qiang people and move them to Jincheng County, Xiping, where they would live with the Han people in Tuntian.

After Ma Tan arrived in Xiping County, he immediately found the tribal leaders who were detained in this place, and prepared to persuade them to surrender in order to take Xiqiang at the lowest cost.

(End of chapter)