When Yuzhu was not in Xi'an, there was an uproar in all parts of Shaanxi and Gansu, and there was no peace.
After a full year of turmoil, Yuzhu returned to Xi'an after touring various places in northern Shaanxi.
As soon as they met, Li Heyuan said: "Back to the king, the green camp soldiers are making a lot of noise..."
Yuzhu waved his hand and said, "What good things can those ruffians do?"
"Oh, the western part of Shaanxi has lost half of its population. It's really terrible." Li Heyuan complained unbearably.
Yuzhu looked deeply at Li Heyuan. If he is not of my race, his heart will be different and there will be endless troubles. Senior brother Li still doesn't understand.
However, you are not afraid of not understanding, but you are afraid of meddling.
During these months of waiting, grain from the southeast and central plains was continuously transported to various places in Shaanxi and Gansu.
At this time, Yuzhu officially gave the order to start the Western Expedition.
Sixty thousand new troops, armed to the teeth, marched along the Wei River by land and water.
Wherever the army went, the green battalion soldiers were transformed from the imperial army's economical army into half-peasants and half-soldiers.
Yuzhu did not treat them badly. Each person was given one hundred acres of land, and seeds and farm tools were distributed free of charge.
Although they could not return to the Central Plains, the green camp soldiers still benefited greatly from the division of so much land.
Even if a small group of Green Camp soldiers rose up to cause trouble, they were quickly suppressed.
Yuzhu led his troops all the way to the west, cleaning up the mess at the same time. The army stopped and walked, seemingly moving very slowly.
In fact, it has solved the root problem of the chaos caused by the barbarians in the northwest, which is a great benefit.
After the army arrived at Gongchang Mansion in Gansu Province along the Wei River, 300,000 Hu soldiers and 100,000 Green soldiers became canal diggers again.
This is because the section of the Dongyao River, a tributary of the Taoshui River, that is suitable for navigation is only fifty miles away from the Weishui River.
Four hundred thousand people excavated a small canal of fifty miles, which is definitely a contribution to the contemporary era and will benefit the future.
Because once the Tao River and the Wei River are dug out, the original grain from them can be transported directly to Lanzhou City by water after crossing Tongguan.
Moreover, after connecting the Taoshui River and the Weishui River, you can also go directly to Xining by boat from Xi'an via the Huangshui River.
The small fifty-mile canal can connect Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai. How could Yuzhu not dig the river?
Moreover, if you take the waterway from Lanzhou, you can pass through the Huangshui River, enter the Datong River with abundant water, and reach Jingyang Fort in the west of Xining Prefecture.
What is more interesting is that by digging a ten-mile canal from Jingyang Fort, the Datong River and the Yema River can be connected.
After the Yema River merges into the Heihe River, this means that the army's grain ships and warships can directly reach Suzhou City.
Suzhou is now Jiuquan City.
Yuzhu insisted on personally conquering the Northwest this time. To put it bluntly, he came here just for these man-made canals.
If he didn't come to supervise the formation in person, the bureaucrats in the northwest would dare to spend ten cents of money and only get half of the work done.
Fortunately, corvee service has not been abolished. Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of civilians would be employed, and the money spent would be lost.
However, when the canal is built, troops, food and weapons and equipment can be transported during wartime, and merchant ships can still be used during peacetime.
Merchant ships have a large cargo capacity and low transportation costs, which can help stabilize grain and commodity prices in Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai.
The three canals of different lengths are indeed a generous project and a proper public welfare project.
If you want to get rich, build roads first. This saying applies to the northwest region, and it has become that if you want to get rich, build rivers first.
In any case, the cost of river transportation is definitely much lower than that of land transportation.
Zuo Jigao's slow advance only calmed down the chaos.
The slow advance of Yuzhu not only solved the problem of resettlement of the green camp soldiers, but also solved the chaos and solved the people's livelihood problems of water transportation.
The only fly in the ointment was that Yuzhu's enthronement ceremony was delayed.
After Yuzhu entered Shaanxi, it took a total of one and a half years to finally dig three canals. The grain entering Shaanxi from the Central Plains was continuously sent to Dunhuang County in the west of Gansu.
After arriving at Dunhuang, there was no water channel to borrow, so we had to abandon the boat and go ashore.
For safety reasons, Yuzhu ordered the requisition of all ships in Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai, and sent heavy troops to guard the connecting channels of the three canals. Then he led more than 30,000 new troops and charged into the Junggar people in a mighty manner.
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Cewang Alabutan had long heard that Yuzhu had arrived in Shaanxi and Gansu, and had made preparations in advance for the battle.
According to the advice of Dzunghar's first general, Dace Lingdun Dobu, Cewang Alabutan adopted the correct strategy of abandoning northern Xinjiang and gathering troops in southern Xinjiang.
Because, in the decisive battle in southern Xinjiang, the Qing army's logistics supply line was thousands of miles long and could easily be cut off.
Therefore, Yuzhu led his army from Hami to the west, passed through Turpan, and fought all the way to Dihua City, without encountering any resistance from the Quanbu.
After Yuzhu arrived in Dihua, he once again used the old trick that worked well and called on the scattered cavalry of the Khalkha Mongolia to come together to grab meat.
If it were someone else's call, these Mongolian herdsmen would probably not believe it.
However, Yuzhu has cooperated with them three times, and every time he fulfilled his promise, allowing them to return home with great success.
Good guy, all of a sudden, the princes, nobles and ordinary herdsmen of the entire Khalkha Mongolia came to join in the fun.
The Mongols came with their cattle and sheep, and Yuzhu's food problem was completely solved.
The experience of cooperation with the Mongolians can be traced back to more than ten years ago, and Yuzhu's reputation is unquestionable and top-notch.
As a result, nearly 50,000 Mongols came, and Yuzhu simply opened a tea and horse trading market under Dihua City.
Tea bricks, ironware, silk, cotton and silver brought from the Central Plains were exchanged for Mongolian horses, cattle, sheep, kumiss, etc.
"Great Khan, this is not a good thing for Yuzhu!" Dace Lingdunduobu sighed and deliberately reminded Cewang Alabutan.
Cewang Alabutan also knew that the situation was not good, but he couldn't go to northern Xinjiang for a decisive battle, right?
The decisive battle in northern Xinjiang must have played into Yuzhu's plans.
"Great Khan, in my opinion, for the current plan, we can only ask for help from the Rakshasa people. Ask them to send troops to contain Yuzhu from the flanks." Ling Dunduobu, the great strategist, saw clearly. Don't look at Yuzhu.
It brought more than 30,000 people, which greatly reduced the pressure of transporting food.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yuzhu only has 30,000 people, which is obviously for a protracted war.
"Well, more than a dozen envoys have been sent to the Rakshasa Kingdom. However, the Rakshasa people have suffered severe losses from Yuzhu several times in a row, and they have always refused to send troops for reinforcements." Cewang Alabutan
He took a sip of kumiss and said fiercely, "If it doesn't work out, I will mobilize all the tribe's hundreds of thousands of troops to fight Yuzhu."
"Great Khan, you must not be so impulsive. In my opinion, it is really not possible. We might as well go to the Hohan country first." Such a suggestion by Lingdun Duobu, the great strategist, made Cewang Arabbu stunned.
Living.
After Cewang Alabutan thought clearly, he realized that retreating to the Hohan Kingdom was actually synonymous with occupying the Hohan Kingdom.
The Huohan Kingdom actually does not have many troops and is simply vulnerable.
However, behind the Hohan Kingdom stood the huge Rakshasa Kingdom, which made Cewang Arabtan hesitate.
Da Ce Ling Dun Dobu noticed Cewang Alabutan's doubts and explained with a smile: "Great Khan, as long as we invade the Hohan Kingdom, the Rakshasa people will definitely be forced to send troops."
Seeing the cunning light flashing in Dace Lingdun Dobu's eyes, Cewang Alabutan suddenly realized.
According to the wishes of the great strategist Lingdun Duobu, as long as they annex the Hohan Kingdom, the Rakshasa people will be forced to send heavy troops to fight back.
When the time came, Cewang Alabutan and the Junggar people simply took refuge in the Balohar Pass.
Balohar Pass, also known as Khyber Pass.
If you can't defeat Yuzhu, how can you defeat the little king of Bolor?
Before winter came, Yuzhu was in Yili City, preparing various supplies for the winter.
With more than 30,000 people instead of 60,000, the logistical pressure is many times less.
In addition, the large number of cattle, sheep and horses brought by the Mongols were enough for the new army to survive the winter comfortably.
The only fly in the ointment is that Ma Qi and others in the capital urged Yuzhu to return to the capital as soon as possible.
However, Yuzhu had long made up his mind that his enthronement ceremony must include two big gifts. The first was to destroy the Junggar Khanate, and the second was that Newcomen developed a steam engine that could lift water from the river.
Early steam engines were equipment used to pump water underground from coal mines tens of meters deep.
After Yuzhu had an in-depth exchange with Newcomen, he told Newcomen that he would give him a patent fee of 5 pounds for every steam engine that could pump water from the river.
Five pounds is really a lot. British ocean-going sailors have a total income of only ten pounds a year, and they are often in arrears.
Newcomen only understood technology, but Yuzhu knew the rules of technological iteration.
The greater the quantity manufactured, the greater the market demand, and the faster the technology iterations.
Otherwise, after the first industrial revolution broke out in Britain, it developed so fast?
Steam pumps are needed in all rural areas.
Because, many times, river courses are lower than farmland.
Using water trucks to pump water ashore is not only costly, but also the efficiency of pumping water is too low.
As long as there is enough coal and sufficient air pressure, a steam pump can pump large amounts of water ashore day and night.
The higher the popularity of mechanical things, the faster the technology will develop.
Yuzhu spent the winter comfortably in Yili, but the Junggar people who left their hometown felt much more uncomfortable.
At the beginning of spring, according to reports from sentinels, more than 30,000 people in the entire Junggar tribe froze to death during the winter, and almost all of them were old people.
After Yuzhu learned the news, he was only silent for a while.
Because, as early as the Paleolithic Age, once food was in short supply, old people, both men and women, would be forced to leave the caves and go outside in the ice and snow to fend for themselves.
At critical moments, sacrificing the elderly and protecting children is the nature of human reproduction.
While he is sick, he must be killed!
Yuzhu immediately ordered the entire army to go south to attack the Junggar people.
The New Army soldiers, who had rested for a whole winter, were all vigorous and energetic.
In the new army, only through war can we obtain the greatest benefits.
After moving south from Ili, the Qing and Mongolian coalition forces successively captured Kuqa and Aksu, and reached the city of Kashgar.
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