The sound of sharpening knives in the Han Dynasty could naturally be heard clearly by Qi Qu Qi Diao.
Throughout the summer, the Qiang people in the Gaolan Mountains were frantically fleeing westward and southward, and some even fled directly into the depths of the Qilian Mountains.
There are rumors in various ministries that there were some crazy and bloodthirsty servant armies in the Han Dynasty who fought extremely cruelly.
Those terrifying barbarians who call themselves "Bo" and "Zuo" can even follow the scent and traces deep in the mountains and travel hundreds of miles to find a Qiang tribe hidden in a valley or on the edge of a cliff.
At the same time, the Han Dynasty people also built many large granaries on the plain in front of Gaolan Mountain.
Countless carriages brought loads of grain and grass from far away into these granaries.
On the other hand, the Han Dynasty was still driving tens of thousands of captured Qiang people to harvest large quantities of fresh grass and dry it in the grasslands and wetlands, making clear their plans to build a city and take root in Gaolan Mountain.
Once the Han Dynasty people completed the city building plan.
Then, the Han Dynasty people could drive a nail into Gaolan Mountain.
Firmly fixing the entire vast area east of Gaolan Mountain.
This made the Western Huns and even the Northern Huns feel uncomfortable.
Because Gaolan Mountain is actually part of the Hexi Corridor.
This long and narrow channel extending from southeast to northwest is a masterpiece of the earth’s crustal movements over hundreds of millions of years!
The uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has pushed up the top of the Qilian Mountains, with an average altitude of nearly 4,000 meters.
The majestic Qilian Mountains stand in the south of this passage, and naturally form this link connecting the Loess Plateau and the Tarim plateau from east to west, and connecting the Mongolian Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the north and south.
The uplift of the Tibetan Plateau prevents the moist air from the Indian Ocean from passing through, forming large areas of Gobi and desert in the northwest. Fortunately, there are monsoons from the Pacific Ocean.
Driven by monsoons, this corridor receives abundant mountain rainfall.
Abundant rainfall has caused the mountains in this corridor to be eroded by rain and wind and sand over tens of millions of years.
A miraculous natural landscape is formed.
This also forms the peculiarity of the Hexi Corridor.
There are mountains, plains, lakes, rivers, and even the Gobi Desert.
When the Huns first came here, they were shocked by the beautiful scenery and high mountains.
I thought this was the closest place to the gods.
Therefore, the arc-shaped mountain range at the southern end of this corridor was named "Qilian".
It means going to heaven and Tianshan.
Heli Mountain is the eastern key pass of this corridor.
It is also the only place you must pass when leaving Beidi County and heading to the Hexi Corridor.
It also guards the throat between the Mongolian Plateau, Loess Plateau and Tarim Basin.
Since ancient times, this place, together with Longshou Mountain in the west and Xingxing Gorge in the north, has formed the choke point of the Hexi Corridor.
Now, this place has fallen into the hands of the Han family.
In the first two years, the Han Dynasty had no time to take care of this place.
But starting this year, heroes from Chang'an, Guanzhong, and Beidi counties settled in.
People are surprised to find that in Guzang Mountain, Heli Mountain, along the oases and rivers, there are patches of fertile land and vast wilderness.
These places are all excellent farming places!
The officers from all departments were all smiling happily.
He immediately called on his friends to pass all kinds of information and intelligence back to his hometown.
The deep-rooted agrarian sentiment in the Chinese people's bones makes it impossible for them to stop themselves from doing this.
At the same time, a large number of Qiang captives were driven by them to open channels on fertile soil.
The gurgling water is introduced into the fertile fields and irrigates the surrounding land.
Weeds and shrubs were eradicated, and flat areas of land were plowed.
In the past four months, the Han army's tunnel camp troops and Qiang prisoners have opened up a hundred thousand acres of land!
They also planted large areas of beans and alfalfa, waiting for next year's spring plowing to plant corn again.
"Such a fertile land can yield millions of stones a year..." Ju Meng also looked at the fertile soil with great satisfaction and was filled with pride.
If everything goes well, when all the farm tools from Shaofu and China are shipped, the area of cultivated land that will be opened up will increase several times.
It can feed hundreds of thousands of people and support the needs of tens of thousands of troops.
This is the result of only opening up cultivated land and carrying out reclamation in the Heli Mountain and Guzang Mountain areas.
Both the Huben Guards and the Yulin Guards are preparing to transfer their reclamation regiment teams from Andong in the future to rebuild the reclamation regiment here or in the Juyan area.
Other armies also have similar plans.
As far as the Han army is concerned today, they have already tasted the sweetness of the settlement regiment system.
The settlement regiment is not only the granary and the source of finance and taxation for each field army.
In the past few years, the output of Anton's major reclamation regiments has almost ensured that all armies have enough food and clothing.
The settlement regiment itself is the best source of soldiers for the major field armies.
It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for the past settlement regiments, they would all be in Andong, far away from the front line.
Otherwise, each army can start the war on its own by relying solely on the resources of the settlement regiments.
But now, for each field army, attracting immigrants is the key!
As long as enough immigrants can be attracted to replicate the Anton's settlement regiment model here, a settlement regiment composed of thousands or even tens of thousands of young and strong men will be enough to become a stable granary and base for each army.
With the reclamation regiment at their back, the Han army could rely on local food supplies.
Whether it is to eliminate the small political power of the Western Xiongnu, or to continue westward and conquer the countries further away in the Western Regions.
It can be done several times easier.
Now, it depends on whether the imperial court can approve the replication of Anton's reclamation regiment system here.
As long as the court agrees and approves the requests of each army.
Then, the military leaders will immediately use all possible means to immigrate here from China.
maybe……
"I can still serve as the governor of the Protectorate!" Ju Meng thought in his heart.
At the beginning, the Han family marched into Andong and built Xinhua City from scratch on the wasteland of Andong. Then they established the Andong Protectorate based on Xinhua.
Nowadays, the Han family has also entered this mountainous area of mountains and valleys, and it may not be impossible to build a new protective palace here.
There are fish in Anton, but here there are grasslands and lakes, and there are excellent pastures everywhere among the mountains.
As long as it is managed properly, it can form a large pasture rich in livestock.
The fertile land beside oases and rivers can also become granaries.
There is gold in Anton, and this place is also rich in mineral resources.
In just these few months of exploration, the Han army discovered many open-pit peat mines (coal mines) and shallow underlying iron ores, and even traces of a large copper mine!
Copper is precisely one of the most scarce resources in the Han Dynasty today.
I believe that now the Shaofu can't wait to send all its prospecting craftsmen here to determine the location of the copper mine to facilitate future mining.
Thinking like this, Ju Meng felt complacent.
Within this year, the Qiang problem should be solved.
Next year, the Battle of Juyan will definitely begin.
When the time comes, I might even be able to leap over the Qilian Mountains and step on Shan Yuting!
