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In the forest where Lin Hu lived, the Wei court now refers to it as a "county". From this, it is not difficult to see that the Wei court is eager to control this land.
Almost 70% of Linzhong County's landforms are plains. It is located in the center of the "Ji" shaped terrain of a large river (Yellow River), so it can also be called "Hejian". "Note: It is similar to the "river" of a certain Han Dynasty.
"Don't confuse Jianguo (county), they are two places."
The Hetao Plain can be roughly divided into three plains according to the geographical division and the flow direction of the river, namely "Linhe" located in the upper left inner corner of the "ji" shape of the big river; and "Jiuyuan" located in the upper right inner corner of the "ji" shape of the big river.
; and "Yinchuan" on the left side of the "ji" shape. "Note: Jiuyuan, during the Han Dynasty in history, the county government was changed to Wuyuan, and Lu Bu was from Wuyuan County, Jiuyuan County."
Linhu lives in these three plains and some forests between these three plains all year round.
A few days ago, after the Wei army captured "Shangjun", while building a city-state in "Yulin", they continued to lead their troops to advance north. Then at the intersection of the three major plains of Yulin and Hetao, they launched the most massive battle to date with Lin Hu.
After a battle that lasted half a month, Lin Hu was finally defeated and occupied the low hills covered with forests.
After thinking deeply, Zhao Hongrun, the prince of the East Palace of Wei State, planned to build a new city-state here, because this location is in the hinterland of "Yulin", "Linhe", "Yinchuan", and "Jiuyuan", whether for the next attack on the three major plains
, or in order to better control the entire Hetao area in the future, this area is a strategic place that Wei must occupy and control.
Therefore, under Zhao Hongrun's order, the Wei armies gathered the defeated Linhu and other local foreigners and enslaved them to build a fortress-level city-state here. Zhao Hongrun named it "Yuanzhong Fortress".
In Zhao Hongrun's idea, it is obviously unrealistic to completely control the entire Hetao area with the power of the Wei State. This is not to say that the Wei army cannot defeat the Linhu and other nomads living here. The main thing is to win
After that, this vast natural pasture could not be fully utilized in a short period of time unless the Wei State moved at least tens of thousands of citizens here.
But even so, it may take four or five years for the Wei State to make full use of the resources in the Hetao area.
Not to mention, how many Wei people living in the mainland of Wei are willing to move to the Hetao area?
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun decided to slow down and move some people to the Yuanzhong Fortress first. Most of these people would be prisoners and slaves. The court could pardon their crimes and grant them Wei status as a temptation to let these people live here.
, slowly expanding Wei's influence in this area.
In addition, Zhao Hongrun also thought about moving the current "Jie tribe" in Sanchuan County here, so that this alien tribe, currently surrendered to the Wei State, could play a role similar to a guard dog in Linzhong County. After all, although the Hetao area
Linhu is the most powerful, but in the west of the Hetao area, in what is called "Hexi Walk"
There are still many powerful nomads on the other side of the corridor (actually later Xiliang). Zhao Hongrun does not want to attract a new wave of enemies just after driving away Lin Hu. Therefore, the Jiangji tribe and the
The Jiejiao Cavalry under his command stayed in the Hetao area, which was an effective method.
Of course, this is only a tentative consideration.
"Population..."
In the rear army's small tent, Zhao Hongrun sighed melancholy after staring at the march map placed on the desk for a while.
He found more and more that population resources were too critical. If his Wei State also had a civilian population of tens of millions like the Chu State, what would it mean to develop the Hetao area? Just move a million people there casually.
Isn’t it enough to reach Hetao? If we move another million people, how many times will it take? Will Linzhong County be completely included in the territory of Wei before long?
But unfortunately, the State of Wei is far inferior to the State of Chu in this regard. Now that everything is fully calculated, the State of Wei probably only has more than one million households, which is a national population of nearly 10 million. Although this number does not include slaves, but having said that,
To be honest, if we want to fully develop the fertile land in the Hetao area with this population base, we have more than enough ambition but not enough energy.
Having secured territory but unable to develop it, Zhao Hongrun suddenly discovered that his Wei State was now facing a similar embarrassment as the Qin State. Fortunately, the Wei State did not rely heavily on the "military meritocracy". Otherwise, like the Qin State, in order to satisfy the domestic people's desire for war,
Waging war again and again to meet the needs of the people has become a meaningless war.
"It seems that we will encourage childbirth next..."
Zhao Hongrun muttered softly, making Qin Shaojun and Zhao Que blush slightly in the tent.
"Report!"
Outside the tent, a soldier's announcement suddenly sounded.
After receiving Zhao Hongrun's permission, the scout who was responsible for delivering the news strode into the tent. After secretly glancing at Zhao Hongrun a few times with eager eyes, he knocked on the ground and reported: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, General Sima An of Hexi Province."
, has led the army towards "Yinchuan"!"
"I see."
Zhao Hongrun nodded, waved his hand to signal the scout to step back, and then he turned his attention to the march map on the desk.
Judging from the current deployment of the Wei army, Zhao Hongrun is stationed in this "Fortress in the Forest", which has just begun construction. To be precise, it belongs to the rear, because the imperial court strongly opposes his personal participation in the war.
The reason is that when Zhao Hongrun was leading troops in battle, he had a "bad" habit, that is, he liked to visit the battlefield in person, observe the enemy's strength and strength, and look for loopholes in the enemy's army that could be exploited.
Although as a general, this is a performance of due diligence, but now as the prince of the East Palace of Wei State, this move is enough to scare the ministers in the court half to death, especially after the "Battle of Ningyi" two years ago.
"back
, Zhao Hongrun's formation was almost attacked by the Han general Li Mu, one of the ten tycoons of Beiyuan. If the soldiers of the Wei-Qin coalition had not fought bravely at that time, Zhao Hongrun would have been attacked by Yan under the command of Han general Li Mu.
Captured by the Portal Cavalry.
Therefore, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, although the imperial court allowed His Royal Highness Prince Zhao Hongrun to continue to stay on the frontline battlefield, the courtiers headed by Du You, the Minister of Rites, had already repeatedly warned the generals of the Wei army that they would decide to
We cannot sit back and watch Zhao Hongrun, the crown prince of the East Palace, come to the battlefield in person.
As a result, it seems that Sima An was guarded in the west of the river, Wei Ji was guarded in the east of the river, and there were Shaohu, Pang Huan and other Wei generals, including Zhao Hongrun's brothers Yanhou Zhaojiang and Huanhou Zhao Xuan. No one dared to bring Zhao Hongrun, the prince of the East Palace, to the
When playing on the front line, the most you can do is to inform His Highness the Crown Prince of your side's actions, or send the battle report after the war so that His Highness can satisfy his cravings in the rear.
After Sima An, the governor of Hexi Province, sent a report to launch troops in Yinchuan, Lintao Lord Wei Ji and Wei General Pang Huan also took action one after another. The former led the Hedong Army and the Shangshui Army to advance towards "Linhe", while the latter led the suppression of the rebels.
The army sent troops to Jiuyuan, but the commander of this military operation, General Shao Hu, led the Wei Wu army to guard the "Yuanzhong Fortress" area.
The other armies like Yanhou Zhao Jiang, Huanhou Zhao Xuan, Chengling King Zhao Shen, Anping Hou Zhao Tan and others also advanced into "Linzhong County" one after another, making the entire "Linzhong Battle" a multi-battleground war situation.
Especially in order to seize control of the wilderness of "Linzhong County", the Jiejiao Army led by Wei Fang Boxile and Lin Hufang's nomadic cavalry had encounters almost every day. However, because of the Wei Army's bulldozer-like parallel advancement strategy,
The Jiejiao cavalry was able to get strong support from the Wei army. Therefore, the Linhu cavalry was defeated by the Jiejiao cavalry and gradually lost control of this grassland.
Two days later, Zhao Hongrun received a battle report from Hexi Governor Sima An. The latter reported that his Hexi Army (formerly the Dangshan Army) had officially started a war with Lin Hu in Yinchuan. In fact, it was the Hexi Army that was attacked on its way to Yinchuan.
It's just Yinchuan Lin Hu's blocking.
After receiving this news, Zhao Hongrun couldn't bear it anymore and prepared to secretly rush to Yinchuan to observe the war.
But it is a pity that because there are 50,000 Wei Wujun stationed in "Yuanzhong", Zhao Hongrun didn't even leave his barracks before the Wei Wujun chief general Shao Hu learned about this matter.
However, the identities of the two are no longer what they used to be. During the Northern Xinjiang Campaign, Shao Hu was the commander-in-chief, and Zhao Hongrun was Shao Hu's deputy general. But now, Zhao Hongrun has become the crown prince of the East Palace, so how can Shao Hu still care about it?
I got this, His Royal Highness.
What's more, Zhao Hongrun also "incited rebellion" by "Zhao Chengyue", the second son of Yu Wang Zhao Yuanji. Instead of stopping Zhao Hongrun, the latter, under Zhao Hongrun's seduction, led 5,000 Wei Wujun under his command and took Zhao Hongrun to Yinchuan.
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After learning about this, Shao Hu was helpless. After all, those two masters, one was the current Crown Prince of the East Palace and the other was their prince's young master. Could it be possible to send troops to capture them?
After thinking about it, Shaohu could only send someone to inform Hexi Governor Sima An, who was currently in Yinchuan, and ask the latter to take care of him.
When Zhao Hongrun and his cousin Zhao Chengyue led their troops to Yinchuan, the Hexi Army and Yanling Army led by Wei general Sima An were at war with the local Lin Hu.
Judging from the clothing and dress of the Lin Hu in the forest, there is not much difference from the Yi, Jie, Yi and other ethnic groups in Sanchuan County. However, the cultures of the two sides are obviously different.
For example, the Yijieyang people in Sanchuan County believe in the "goat-headed" ibex, while most of the Hu people believe in wolves, but there are also several tribes that also belong to the Linhu tribe and regard "deer" as their religion.
Totems are like Lin Hu in the Jiuyuan area.
In addition, there are various foreign tribes that regard bears, tigers and other beasts as totems. Although these tribes are collectively called "Linhu" by the Wei people, in fact, Linhu is just a collective name for these tribal peoples. In fact, these tribes are
The people of the tribe have other names for themselves, and the composition is more complicated than the three tribes of Sheang, Jie and Shen in Sanchuan County.
According to Zhao Hongrun's understanding these days, the main components of Lin Hu are "Hu" and "纺". "Hu" refers to the Hu people. They are equivalent to citizens in the entire Lin Hu ethnic group and have the right to own livestock and tents.
Women and wealth; and "纺" refers to the descendants of the ancient Yi nomads who defected to the Hu people. These people
, belong to the same ethnic group as the Yi and Jie tribes in Sanchuan County, and are descendants of the ancient Yi people who migrated south from the distant northern plateau. However, the Yi and Jie tribes did not live together with the Hu people. They once again
They moved south to what is now Sanchuan County, and the Yi people are the descendants of the ancient Yi people who chose to live together with the Hu people.
Of course, this so-called "Yu people" is just a scornful name for each other by Bosile and other Sanchuan Jie people. Although the Jie people have now become the eagle dogs of the Wei State, in the chain of survival status of the nomadic people, the Jie people still think highly of themselves.
Gao, especially the mixed descendants of Hu people and Sheang people whom they despise as "Yi". The status of these people in the eyes of the Jie people is even lower than that of the Yi (Di) people.
After all, although the ancestors of the Yi people are Hu people, they have accepted the culture of the Yi people. Although the Yi and Jie people will feel unhappy, they can still tolerate treating the latter as a close branch of their own nation; while the Yi people
, although both the Liang and Jie tribes are descendants of the ancient Liang people, the former has accepted the culture of the Hu people, so naturally they will not be accepted by the Liang and Jie tribes.
In this regard, it is quite similar to the values of the Central Plains people.
All in all, the Jiejiao cavalry also gave great support when Sima An, the governor of Hexi, fought against Lin Hu of Yinchuan.
These knights from the Sanchuan grassland, brandishing bone and iron scimitars, whizzed through forests and swept away the Linhu tribes in Yinchuan one after another.
If the Linhu tribe they encounter are soft persimmons, this group of Jiejiao cavalry will seem to transform into a ferocious pack of wolves, charging into the Linhu tribe, slaughtering, poking and looting, no less ferociously than those who plundered Wei and Han.
If the Linhu they encounter is a tough opponent, these Jiejiao cavalry will use fire arrows and smoke to mark it, so that Wei general Sima An in the rear can lead the elite Wei army to bulldoze the Linhu tribe.
I remember that on the way to Yinchuan, Zhao Hongrun and his cousin Zhao Chengyue saw the ruins of the Linhu tribe burned, killed and plundered by Jiejiao cavalry more than once.
In Zhao Chengyue's view, in terms of ferocity, the Jie people are nothing compared to Lin Hu. The only difference between the two is that the Jie people have surrendered to the Wei State and are considered tamed wolves and friendly forces, while Lin Hu is
, is an untamed wolf who foolishly chose to be the enemy of Wei.
However, he still vaguely reminded Zhao Hongrun that the massacre of Jie cavalry in Linzhong County needs to be restrained. After all, these Jie cavalry are still under the banner of their Wei State. If they massacre too many foreigners, although it will not be
It would have a serious impact on the Central Plains, but it would not be conducive to Wei's future control of the Hetao area.
Zhao Hongrun was convinced, so he sent someone to the Jie tribe's cavalry, the "Jiejiao Army", and sent a handwritten letter to Bosile, the leader of the cavalry. He didn't say anything else, but told Bosile in the letter
, he intended to move the Jie tribe to the Hetao area to guard this natural pasture for the Wei State.
Bosile understood what Zhao Hongrun meant at a glance, and soon after, he ordered the cavalry under his command to be restrained.
After all, if they just plundered and returned to Sanchuan, then the Jie cavalry would naturally not need to keep their hands, but if the Wei State intended to let them station in this grassland in the future, and let the Jie tribesmen become the shepherds of Wei State's cattle and sheep,
Then, Bosile naturally cannot cause too much killing in this Loop area.
After all, the Jie people themselves are not responsible for grazing. They are warriors. If they kill all Lin Hu, or cause too much killing on Lin Hu's side, it will not be conducive to their future enslavement of Lin Hu people on this grassland.
Life.
However, although the Jiejiao cavalry gradually became more restrained, Lin Hu in Yinchuan still suffered an almost devastating blow because they foolishly chose to fight the Wei army in the forest.
In fact, to be fair, Lin Hu of Yinchuan was right in his thinking. Since the combination of the Wei army and the Jiejiao cavalry could not be defeated on the plains, it would be better to turn to the woods to fight.
Unfortunately, Yinchuan Linhu's luck was very bad, because half of the Hexi Army they faced were former Dangshan Army soldiers, who were best at fighting in the woods.
As a result, the Yinchuan Linhu who originally planned to hunt the Wei army in the forest were hunted by the Wei soldiers of the Hexi army. In just eight days, tens of thousands of Linhu in Yinchuan were killed by the Hexi army in the forest.
When the surviving Linhu of Yinchuan fled to the plains, they were attacked by the Yanling Army temporarily under the command of Sima An, so that almost half of the Linhu soldiers were destroyed.
In late July, Wei general Sima An led his army to the Yinchuan Plain.
After learning about the defeat of their own tribe, the Linhu tribe living in Yinchuan fled north in a hurry. However, because the Jiejiao cavalry blocked the way to Linhe Plain in advance, a large area of the local Linhu tribe in Yinchuan fell into the Wei army's attack.
surrounded.
If Sima An's temper at that time was followed, none of the Lin Hu who had been surrounded by his Wei army would be able to survive. All the men would be killed, and the women would be left as slaves. This is inevitable.
But this time, he still followed the wishes of Prince Zhao Hongrun and left a glimmer of hope for these Linhu.
This surprised Zhao Chengyue, who was watching the battle at the time. After all, in his impression, Sima An had only one choice when dealing with foreign races, and that was to kill. The phrase "Kill all those who are not our race" comes from this sentence.
The mouth of the general.
So, while celebrating, Zhao Chengyue curiously asked Sima An: "Isn't the general afraid that these alien races will rebel in the future?"
At that time, Sima An glanced at Zhao Hongrun and said calmly: "If they rebel, we will suppress them... As long as we, the Wei Dynasty, are strong, why should we fear the rebellion of these alien races?"
When he said these words, Sima An owned hundreds of thousands of foreign slaves in Hexi County. It was the hard work of these foreign slaves day after day that allowed Sima An to quickly repair several cities in Hexi County and create a better future for the Wei Dynasty.
The country has laid a solid foundation.
I believe no one would have thought before that this general who proposed "killing all those who are not of our race" is now the largest slave owner in Wei, with hundreds of thousands of alien slaves enslaved under his command.
After listening to Sima An's answer, Zhao Chengyue felt very surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, what Sima An said did make sense - as long as his Wei State remained strong, how could these surrendered aliens dare to rebel? "Note: Wuhuran
The essence of China is that China has changed due to frequent civil wars.
Being weak, these Hu people who originally surrendered to the Central Plains have evil thoughts. Therefore, this is the problem of the Central Plains itself, and it is also a wrong path during the period of national integration. If the Central Plains is still strong, these Hu people will not find anything to take advantage of.
opportunity, they will inevitably gradually integrate into the Han nation."
He didn't know that this was actually Zhao Hongrun's idea originally.
Subsequently, those Yinchuan Linhu who were lucky enough to escape the Wei army's encirclement network frantically moved northward.
In this regard, Wei General Sima An did not pursue pursuit, but led the Hexi Army and Yanling Army to guard the Yinchuan Plain. On the one hand, he searched for the Linhu warriors scattered on the nearby plains, and on the other hand, he followed the orders of Prince Zhao Hongrun and prepared to attack here.
A fortress-level city was built and named "Yinchuan".
At the same time, around late July, Wei Ji, who was guarding Hedong in the State of Wei, led the Hedong Army and the Shangshui Army in Lintao to defeat a powerful Linhu tribe in the Linhe Plain.
In this "Battle of Linhe", more than a dozen tribes from Linhu Fang participated, with a total force of nearly 100,000. As for the Wei army, because Yanhou Zhao Jiang and Huanhou Zhao Xuan each led the Southern Yan Army and the Northern First Army to join, the Wei army
Wei's total military strength increased sharply to about 150,000.
The difference in strength of 50,000 troops, coupled with the gap in armaments between Lin Hu and the Wei army, made Lin Hu and Fang finally unable to hold on for half a month and moved to the north bank of the river.
Two days later, in early August, the Wei army advanced into the Linhe Plain. On the one hand, they pursued the defeated Lin Hu, and on the other hand, they followed the orders of Zhao Hongrun, the Prince of the East Palace, and prepared to build a fortress-level city on the Linhe Plain.
This city was named "Shuofang" by Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, and the Linhe plain was officially renamed "Shuofang County".
At the same time, in late July, Wei general Pang Huan also led the anti-rebellion army to advance towards "Jiuyuan", and after spending a month, he defeated Lin Hu of Jiuyuan. He also followed the orders of Prince Zhao Hongrun of the East Palace to prepare
A fortress-level city was built locally and named "Jiuyuan City".
As of this time, the powerful Linhu forces in the Hetao area have been driven to the top of the river by the more powerful Wei army. Although there are still many Linhu forces remaining in the land between the rivers, it is obvious that these Linhu forces
He was no match for Wei Jun.
Of course, occupying the Hetao area does not mean that the Wei army can sit back and relax. After all, "Linzhong County" is just one of the lands where Lin Hu lives. In "Linzhong County", in the area tentatively called "Yunzhong"
There are also some Linhu tribes living on the plateau.
In order to prevent Linhu from counterattacking the Hetao area, Zhao Hongrun decided to build forts in Yinchuan, Linhe, and Jiuyuan one after another.
These five new cities, Yulin, Yuanzhong, Shuofang, Jiuyuan, and Yinchuan, are the first batch of fortress-level cities that Zhao Hongrun initially planned to build in order to control the Hetao area.
In his opinion, the current Wei State does not have the power to completely control the entire Hetao area. Therefore, it can only adopt this nail-like tactic to root the traces of the Wei army in these five places and build fortress-level cities here to
These five cities radiate to the entire Hetao area.
As September approached, under the order of Zhao Hongrun, the prince of the East Palace, hundreds of thousands of Wei troops crossed the river and continued to drive away Lin Hu. The purpose was to drive those Lin Hu who were unwilling to surrender to the Wei State to the distant northern plateau, so that the Wei State
You can develop this natural pasture in the Hetao area with peace of mind.
Suddenly one day, Zhao Hongrun suddenly received information from the Blue Crows sent to South Korea.
"... South Korea secretly built tens of thousands of heavy cavalry, and used these heavy cavalry to severely damage Donghu... Tsk tsk."
I have to say that this information surprised and delighted him.
To his surprise, the confrontation between South Korea and Dong Hu happened faster than he imagined.
Fortunately, the Korean people finally fell into the trap he set back then.