The Yinshan Mountains are adjacent to the Yellow River in the south and into the north of the border.

The tall mountains divide the north and south sides into completely different scenes.

To the north of Yinshan Mountain are endless grasslands and deserts, and to the south of Yinshan Mountain, in addition to the grasslands, there are also land suitable for cultivation.

What later generations said about the south of the Yangtze River in the Great Wall is the sides of the Yellow River south of Yinshan Mountain.

The ruins of an ancient city are the old city of Jiuyuan County established by Qin back then.

"Jiuyuan County City is so dilapidated. If it is built again, it will be impossible in less than half a year."

General Anbei Ran Long said disappointedly at the broken city wall in the distance.

Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xianbei tribes invaded the south in large numbers, and later they were even more abandoned.

By the time Cao Cao took power, Jiuyuan County established by the Eastern Han Dynasty had long become the territory of the Xianbei people.

"Don't worry, we have captured so many prisoners of Sotou this time, so that he can build a city wall in as little as three months."

Ran Long's son Ran Liang said.

After hearing his son's words, Ran Long still felt uneasy.

He led 30,000 Han troops to two groups, attacked west from Yunzhong City, and swept through Tuoba Pugen on the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, and captured tens of thousands of prisoners. As for cattle, sheep, and so on, there were even hundreds of thousands of them.

However, it is good for these arrested Sotou Xianbei to use to kill and set fire. If they were asked to build a city, I don’t know if they could be competent.

"I don't know if these captive prisoners can do this important task. If they delay the order to build a city ordered by His Majesty, they are afraid they will not be able to afford it."

After the early autumn, Yecheng's orders were also passed.

Because Tuoba Pugen, who was entrenched in Yinshan, had already struggled with a large number of troops from Ding Ling, Gu Yan, Ji Luo, etc., in order to ensure the smoothness of the war, Liu Yu ordered Ran Long and Gou Xi to lead the army to attack together.

Among them, the main force of the north attack was still the troops led by Gou Xi and Qiang Hu, while the troops led by Ran Long only needed to enter the old area of ​​Jiuyuan County immediately.

Ran Long received the order to rebuild a city on the old land of Jiuyuan City as the base camp for the generals to guard the north and south of Yinshan.

"But digging soil to build a city can't do such a simple thing, so what's the need to keep those ropes."

Sixteen-year-old Ran Liang has now grown into a completely adult appearance. Except for his slightly immature face, he is very similar to his father, whether in terms of body shape or behavior.

"Sir, Your Majesty's meaning is to use this new Jiuyuan City to shock the barbarian tribes around. If the city is built, it will make each tribe feel fearful. Wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?"

Ran Liang said.

"Double the result with half the effort? What does it mean?" Ran Long didn't understand his son's words.

"There are too many captives we have captured this time. If they were all distributed to Yuan Mogen, Dou Luping and others, who would know if there would be another new disaster."

Ran Liang exposed his young and slutty personality as soon as he opened his mouth.

Ran Liang, who had been accustomed to fighting on the battlefield at the age of eleven or twelve, had long seen these Rongdi clearly.

Ran Liang's plan was to take advantage of the opportunity of building the Jiuyuan County New City to consume at least half of these prisoners and reduce the population of the Soto Xianbei as much as possible.

In this way, Jiuyuan City built with the blood of prisoners was enough to make the surrounding Xianbei tribes bow their heads.

Anyway, Ran Liang had already understood that the tougher the way to deal with these Xianbei people, the better.

Ran Liang's words spoke to Ran Long's heart.

Although the imperial court re-established the two counties of Yunzhong and Jiuyuan, these two places have been occupied by the Xianbei for a long time, and the Han people accounted for very little.

Ran Long must establish prestige in the shortest time so that the surrounding tribes dare not act rashly.

"Okay, then bring all the prisoners up and let them dig dredge and extract soil. At least before frost, build the foundation of the wall of Jiuyuan City."

Ran Long nodded immediately to agree.

Tens of thousands of captives captured by him are now following the army's butts.

These horses of the Soto Xianbei people have been confiscated and are not afraid of them running away.

Without horses on the grassland, it is like losing legs.

Even if they escape on foot to other tribes, their fate will be to become other insufficient slaves.

Therefore, when Ran Long and his son told these Xianbei prisoners that they did not intend to allocate them to other tribes, but wanted to stay here to build Jiuyuan City, almost all the Suotou Xianbei people were happy.

This situation was far beyond the expectations of Ran Long and his son.

They had already ordered their Han army to prepare swords and guns, and if they encountered those who dared to object, they would be beheaded.

"General, are there any other orders besides letting us build a city here?" A leading prisoner raised his courage and asked Ran Long.

Seeing this, Ran Long said slowly.

"Building a city is the current order, and I will talk about other orders later."

When several leading prisoners heard this, they all looked surprised.

"General, is this true?"

"Of course it's true, and this general's words will naturally be true." Ran Long's heart was full of doubts.

The leading prisoners immediately knelt on the ground in surprise, shouting words of gratitude and kowtowed to Ran Long to thank him.

Ran Long looked confused and turned his head to look at his son Ran Liang.

I found Ran Liang was also puzzled.

What the father and son just imagined was that if these Xianbei prisoners used the coolies to death, half of them might have to be wiped out.

However, the gratitude of these Xianbei prisoners is really puzzling.

Ran Liang immediately asked confidently, and then he understood the whole story.

Ran Liang smiled at his father awkwardly and said.

"These Sects are afraid of their own tribes and are too afraid of us."

"What does this mean?"

"Father, these prisoners have heard before that their father would assign them to the Solihu who surrendered to each tribe. In that case, they would not only lose their freedom, but also separate from their wives and children."

"So that's it. I understand. They all know that if they fall into the hands of the Solu Hao Chief, they will be slaves completely. Not only will their lives be guaranteed, but their wives and children no longer belong to them and will be rewarded to other people."

"So, these captives did not feel any surprise when they were punished as coolies in the city, but did not force their wives and children to separate, which was also a surprise."

The reason why these prisoners can still stay with their wives and children was actually because Ran Long did it on purpose.

With the ties between women and children, these prisoners will have to cause a lot of trouble if they want to run away.

"Since that's the case, then the other task assigned to you by Your Majesty can be easily completed." Ran Long suddenly thought.

"My father is right."

After Ran Liang said that, he ordered his subordinates beside him.

"Go and tell them that the court will recruit a thousand soldiers from them, and only boys under the age of fifteen will be rewarded if they are selected."

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Yecheng.

Another winter snow fell.

In the warm palace, Liu Yuzheng was in a good mood and looked at the news from the north.

"Ran Long reported that Jiuyuan City is in a slight prototype. It should be completed before the summer next year. At that time, at least three thousand soldiers will need to be stationed. Are the things that need to be prepared have been prepared?"

Liu Yu asked Xi Jian below.

"Don't worry, your majesty, the food, clothing and other items needed by the three thousand people have been prepared and transported to Yunzhong City. After the Jiuyuan is built, it can be transported there immediately." Xi Jian said.

After all, Jiuyuan County has been abandoned for more than a hundred years and there are almost no traces of Han people's life.

Now we can only send 3,000 Han soldiers first, mainly to monitor the surrounding Solu tribes.

Liu Yu nodded with satisfaction.

The Han army now has strong enterprising spirit and does not need Liu Yu to supervise anything. As long as you provide good logistics and materials, even if there are only three thousand Han soldiers guarding, Liu Yu believes that there is no problem.

"Gou Xi reported that he defeated Ding Ling and other troops in Langshan, and Tuoba Pugen has already led his army to surrender. Xi Qing thinks how should Tuoba Pugen be dealt with?" Liu Yu asked again.

"General Guard Gou Xi is worthy of being the last general. In just one month, he actually put down Tuoba Pugen, who was in trouble. It's really amazing." Xi Jian did not answer Liu Yu's question, but instead shifted the topic to Gou Xi.

When Liu Yu heard this, he pondered for a moment and immediately understood what he meant.

"Tuoba Pugen is a tree without roots, and it is difficult to cause any storm. However, this Gou Xi is good at fighting and killing, and his ambition must be quite good. If he stays outside for a long time, it will be a bad thing for the country." Xi Jian continued.

Liu Yu was not very worried about this.

Since leading the Qiang and Hu surrendering in Chang'an City, Liu Yu directly gave General Gou Xiwei, the general of the Qiang military and the Qiang school lieutenant, and ordered him to first conquer the Qiang Hu, and then go north to attack Tuoba Pugen.

"When Gou Xi was the governor of Qingzhou and his position was above me, I was not afraid of Gou Xi. Now I am the king and he is the minister, but I am afraid that he will not succeed." Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand.

"The Tuoba Pugen has surrendered and the Shouluo Rebellion has subsided. How should we settle Gou Xi?" Xi Jian continued to ask.

"The Tuoba Xianbei has been pacified. The Tiefu Hulu of Loufan has not been eliminated yet. Let Gou Xi attack Tiefu Liu Hu again."

Although Gou Xi has been wandering around over the years, he has been very unsatisfied.

But Liu Yu knew that Gou Xi's ability to lead troops was still very powerful.

Using his strong ability to lead the Qiang and Hu to win one victory after another is what Liu Yu most hopes to see.

For those Qiang and Hu people, they were always immersed in the joy of victory and the satisfaction of receiving rewards. Almost no one noticed that their achievements were at the cost of tribal blood.

"Anyway, we cannot let the Qianghu people stop, we must slowly drain their blood."
Chapter completed!