Juyan County is the main passage in and out of Liangzhou and the desert. In the past few years, the Hu people on the grassland could come and leave whenever they wanted.
Since Feng Jishi sent troops to regain this place, order has finally been restored in Juyan County, without the chaos of previous years.
Now if you want to leave the country, you must have a certificate from the government.
If you want to enter the fortress, you also need the permission of the Guansai officers and soldiers.
The rebuilt barrier once again fulfilled its duties.
Although in the past two years, officers and soldiers coming in and out of Guan Fortress have been very frequent, it has given the people of Juyan County in Guan Fortress an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.
The fortresses built on the grasslands by the former Han Dynasty, after leaving Juyan County, did not meander all the way to the east, but slightly to the northeast (that is, into the territory of Mongolia in later generations).
Then somewhere in Mobei, it slowly turns southwest again until it reaches the hometown of Jiuyuan.
What's interesting is that when I followed the Guansai ruins eastward from Juyan County, I discovered halfway that another Guansai would pop up in the south.
There are two passes, one in the south and one in the north, leading to the hometown of Jiuyuan.
Later generations called the pass in the north the Great Wall outside the Han Dynasty, and the one in the south the Great Wall inside the Han Dynasty.
(The direction of the Han Great Wall in the desert is slightly parallel to the Inner Mongolia section of the later G7 highway, but the G7 highway is in China)
Even in later generations, after two thousand years, the ruins of the Han Great Wall are still preserved in many places in the desert.
During the Three Kingdoms era, which was only two to three hundred years after the Han Dynasty, the completeness of the pass on the desert was far better than Feng Yong originally imagined.
There are even some beacons and city barriers that still retain their general appearance.
The so-called beacon, that is, a beacon tower, is a high platform used to light smoke for early warning.
The city barrier is where the soldiers and civilians in the pass live.
There were rules for building forts in the Early Han Dynasty. Basically, there was a beacon every ten miles, and a city barrier every hundred miles.
Feng Tubiao is sincerely grateful to the former Han Dynasty for its majestic atmosphere.
Because these city barriers listed on the grassland were natural marching camps for the Han army setting out from Juyan County.
Even if you are stationed in a dilapidated city barrier, it is much better than stationed on a grassy field where the wind blows from all directions.
More importantly, the relatively well-preserved city barrier near Juyan County should be renovated.
Three to five hundred sergeants were stationed at each city barrier, which would be the outpost of the Han's influence extending to the grassland.
Since the death of Tan Shihuai, the fortune of the Xianbei Hu people seems to have been in decline.
Ke Bineng appeared in the east, and there was some sign of unifying You and the Hu people in the north. Unexpectedly, they were defeated by the Wei people a few years ago and were almost driven to Mobei.
Then the western Xianbei was stabbed in the back by King Feng Gui in the past two years.
Xianbei in the west, which was in a period of division and decline, could not even defeat the Hu Qiyi army led by Tufa Tianli, let alone face the Han cavalry army that was ahead of its time.
In the past, the barbarians on the grasslands could still implement the policy of running away if they could not be defeated, and used the strategy of exhausting the Han army.
Now, if you want to blame it, the people of the same clan who moved to Liangzhou are working too hard.
Not even half of the land that Xianbei in Hexi relied on was used, and the grain-growing land hidden in every corner of the grassland was completely ruined by the Han army.
The Hu people also need to eat food. If they only eat meat and milk, they will definitely not be able to live longer than those who also eat food.
Moreover, if you eat too much milk and meat, you will often die of dryness and suffer excruciating pain before death.
This is also the reason why the Hu people continue to move south from the grasslands to their hometown of Jiuyuan.
After all, not only can livestock be grazed there, but food can also be grown.
There are not many suitable places on the grassland for growing food. Wherever there are suitable places, they are occupied by large tribes who scatter some seeds and wait for the harvest.
There will be more exchanges with the Han people, and they will even send people to farm.
In the past, when the Han army went out of the fortress and went deep into the grasslands, it would be good if they could identify the direction, not to mention looking for the barbarians' grain-growing areas.
The army that King Feng Ghost sent into the grassland now is completely different from before.
They ate milk tablets and dry food mixed with sugar, rode artificially bred horses, and carried weapons made of refined iron.
Without the pressure of logistics, coupled with the Han cavalry equipped with three-piece cavalry suits, it would be a real crushing of the Xianbei people who were in a state of social regression.
Xianbei in the west cannot be outrun, let alone fought.
There happened to be a group of the same people, howling and shouting, more active than the Han army.
They were familiar with the grassland. In the spring, they led the Han army to the grain-growing areas to eat seedlings, and in the autumn, they led the Han troops to the grain-growing areas to set fire...
Kebineng, who almost unified the Youbian Hu people, was defeated by Qin Lang.
Not to mention that Western Xianbei doesn’t even have a unified adult.
Facing the Han army, which was more terrifying than the Wei army, Xianbei in the west had no power to resist.
After losing nearly 100,000 people, the remaining people either fled north or east, and no longer dared to come within a few hundred miles of Juyan County.
So after ten years, the long-lost Feng Guiwang Labor Company opened again.
But this time, the location of the labor sale was transferred from Nanzhong to Liangzhou, or to be precise, to Juyan County, Liangzhou.
According to statistics from some people who do not want to be named, in the 12th and 13th years of Jianxing alone, there were a total of 50,000 to 60,000 laborers flowing into Juyan County, regardless of gender.
These labors have greatly alleviated the labor shortage problem in Liangzhou's new pastures, workshops and other places.
This does not include the more than 100,000 livestock captured, including cattle, sheep, and horses.
The Liangzhou governor's office has survived the hard days in the past, and has eaten a lot of fat in the past two years.
Secretary Zhang Da, who had been tight on money in the past few years, suddenly became rich. In addition to being happy, he graciously rewarded Governor Feng.
Anyway, Governor Feng felt extremely happy several times for a while.
In August of the 13th year of Jianxing's reign, the grassland has begun to enter the crisp autumn weather.
A cavalry group of thousands of people was heading east along the former Han Dynasty pass that appeared and disappeared.
The red flags and red armor all indicate their identity as Han soldiers.
Not far away, the collapsed beacons and the destroyed fortress wall fell into the grass. Even hundreds of years later, they were still trying their best to guide the Han army.
The leading general of this Han army was a young man. He sat on his horse, took out a map from his backpack, counted the beacon signs on it, and said silently in his heart:
"Ninth……"
Although it was not the first time to walk this road, marching on the vast grassland was completely different from marching in the Guansai Inland.
There are official roads in the interior, but in the prairie, there are not even paths for pedestrians to walk out.
At first glance, in addition to green, it is still green, a vast expanse of green.
When the wind blows on the grassland, the green waves will rush one layer at a time and surge into the distance.
Even if there is a river, it is hidden under the grass and can only be discovered when you walk closer.
Unless it's a river that can't be hidden like a big river.
It sounds exciting to go out to attack the fortress, but if you are not fully prepared, far away from the fortress, and without road signs, it is not unusual for even an army of tens of thousands to get lost at any time.
Precisely because it was not easy to get out of the fortress, Governor Feng stood on the ruins of the fortress and shouted "The big man is awesome".
The Han Dynasty, who had just entered the iron society, had no satellites, no coordinates, and no even accurate maps.
Not only did they enter the desert many times and inflict devastating blows to the Hu people, but they also built more than 10,000 miles of fortresses on the grassland.
In the end, they even built checkpoints along the Silk Road all the way to the Western Regions...
In this kind of dynasty, apart from cheating, there is only one explanation left: awesome!
Now Ji Han has created a human-shaped barrier, which is only based on the fortresses of the previous Han Dynasty. He selected a few relatively complete city barriers and rebuilt them as outposts.
The farthest of these city barriers is only five hundred miles away from Juyan County.
Even for these five hundred miles, the generals leading the army must be cautious.
Every time you reach a road sign, take out a map and compare it carefully to avoid going astray.
Every ten days, Juyan County will send out cavalry troops to patrol along the pass to ensure the safety of the soldiers within the city barrier.
The Han cavalry that appeared here was responsible for the last patrol of this month.
"General, there is a scout report."
Hearing this, the young general put away the map, carefully put it back in his backpack, and looked at the scout who was slowing down his horse not far away.
"Report! General, there is a barbarian camp ahead. It looks like they are a tribe."
The scouts came forward and loudly reported the news with excitement on their faces.
As soon as these words came out, before the general could speak, the guard next to him was already full of joy:
"General, could it be that those fleeing Xianbei Hu'er have gone and come back?"
It’s not impossible!
This place is hundreds of miles away from Juyan County. It is normal for Hu'er to want to come back to try his luck.
In the past, when people were robbed on the grassland, they would only steal some cattle, sheep and horses.
Now... I won't even leave you the wool, but you still want to escape?
Take them all away!
"What are you dreaming about? All day long I think about working hard!"
Unexpectedly, the young general scolded him directly, "I told you to read more books on weekdays, but you have already read them in the dog's belly!"
"I don't even think about it. This is the last beacon. If you walk about ten miles further, there will be a city barrier. No matter how stupid the barbarians are, do they dare to stay near the tiger's mouth?"
Having said this, the young general touched his chin, which was already a bit unruly, and said, "If my prediction is correct, we have entered the barbarian pasture newly designated by the Lord."
Hey, not a wild barbarian?
When the guards heard this, they immediately felt bored.
All the veterans in the Liangzhou Army know that if the king is ruthless towards Hu Yi and his ilk, then he is really ruthless. Otherwise, where would he be called "Feng Gui King"?
But to say it's good, it's really good.
Otherwise, the barbarians in Liangzhou would not regard the king as the descendant of the mountain god.
For example, in the past two years, tens of thousands of people have become laborers during the attack on Xianbei in the west.
But similarly, there are also several tribes, because the tribal leaders can recognize the situation in time, join the Han Dynasty, and then are arranged by the king to their hometown of Xianbei in the west.
What's more important is that the monarch even specially divided the territory for them to prevent them from fighting each other for the pasture.
Someone else said with some regret: "Those tribes have a lot of people. If they were all replaced by laborers..."
Before he finished speaking, the young general scolded the other party:
"Work hard, work hard! You know how to work hard all day long. How can you guess the prince's thoughts?"
Do you know that this is what Yuexun County did back then?
Some barbarian tribes who were unwilling to move to the plains wanted to continue to enjoy their freedom, but Feng Junhou did not force them, and thoughtfully allocated territory for them to live in.
It even stipulates that each tribe is not allowed to cross the border at will, otherwise the government will punish them severely and the tribes will attack them.
Almost ten years have passed now, right?
Those tribal leaders at the beginning, now suddenly some people began to take the initiative to ask for household registration.
Why?
Because the territory originally drawn out could no longer support the tribes.
But do you dare to break the rules set by Feng Junhou?
So in the end, it's either a household registration.
Either release the extra young men and join the Han army.
Or just separate some of the population and fill in other places...
The foresighted and sinister ghost king, is this a joke?
So although these grassland tribes who have received good things from the sky are laughing now, who knows how they will cry in the future!
Not to mention, the disasters on the grassland are much more severe than those in Yuexun.
After a white disaster, no one knows how many people died.
You used to be able to run to other places, but now?
Want to run?
Did the big man agree?
Unless you are willing to give up the protection of the big man and the pasture allocated to you.
Again, if the benefits of King Feng Ghost are so easy to get, then we might as well let Feng Dashan do it.
"Kill them and caress them, and use kindness and power at the same time. This is the way to control Hu. Those who don't obey will be destroyed, and those who surrender will care for them."
"If there is no distinction between right and wrong and all are treated as laborers, then who among the barbarians will dare to surrender to the Han in the future?"
"Not to mention that the barbarians are like grass. If you leave an empty space, other barbarians will come to fill it. If the newcomers refuse to obey, are you going to send troops to destroy them? When will they be finished?"
"It's better to leave the obedient ones behind so that the big man can fight the thieves with peace of mind."
"You bunch of idiots. When I get back, I will ask the school for some papers so you can take the exam. If you fail, see how I deal with you!"
When everyone heard this, their faces turned pale:
"Clan leader, we know we were wrong!"
The young general snorted angrily, "The king has his own rules and regulations. There are only generals in the army, so where are the clan leaders?"
"Compared to others, you have already taken advantage. If you dare to act recklessly again, get the hell back to Yinping! Go down later and get ten military sticks!"
The young general known as the clan leader is none other than Yang Wanwan, who was transferred to Yinping as the prefect in recent years.
After the Battle of Longyou that year, Yang Wanwan's lord Yang Ju was appointed as the prefect of Yinping by the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. It was in order to use Yang Judi's identity as king to appease the Qiang Di in Yinping.
Later, Yang Ju died of a serious illness, and Feng Yong took the initiative to recommend Yang Wanwan to succeed him as the prefect of Yinping.
With the continuous development of Yuexun County, the Wenshan and Hanjia counties sandwiched between Yuexun and Yinping have almost all surrendered to the Yi people over the years.
So this year, Feng Yong asked the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty to transfer Yang Wanwan to serve in the Liangzhou Army.
The reason is also very simple.
The main force of the Liangzhou Army in the future will definitely be cavalry.
Now Liangzhou Jingqi is led by Liu Hun, and Tufa Kheli leads Hu Renyi to join the army to assist him.
While the heavy cavalry was commanded by Zhao Guang, the auxiliary cavalry generals of the heavy cavalry had not yet been determined.
Therefore, after Wenshan and Hanjia were completely stabilized, Yang Wanwan, who had led Hu Renyi's army to participate in the Battle of Xiaoguan, was naturally the best candidate in Feng's eyes.
Although Yang Wanwan's status as King of Di, which he inherited from his father, is no longer valuable, there are still clan members.
When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
These personal guards are naturally the most trusted clan members of King Yang Di.
In the Liangzhou Army, the training is hard, but the treatment is really good.
The hard work of a family in Yinping is not as good as what a person can earn in two or three months in the Liangzhou army.
These personal guards followed Yang Wanwan to Liangzhou and saw the world. How could they think of returning to Yinping?