General Qin

"General, please forgive me!"

Oduoga, Marquis of Guishuang, lay on all fours on the ground, stretched out his head, and stared at Zhao Tuo on the carriage beseechingly.

Although his Qin Yu accent was a bit weird, it seemed much smoother than the string of begging for mercy he stuttered before, which showed that he had practiced a lot in private.

This was the first Qin language he learned, and it was taught by Li Shiqi on the road.

The Marquis of Guishuang, whose courage was broken by the Qin army, has long forgotten his dream of the Guishuang Empire, and now he only wants to survive.

Not only him, but behind him, tens of thousands of Yuezhi people who wanted to live also said this sentence in a strange manner, and their faces were full of fear.

The tens of thousands of black-armored soldiers behind General Qin brought a great sense of oppression to these Yuezhi people, like heavenly soldiers descending, making them unable to resist the thought of resistance.

Zhao Tuo took a careful look at these Yuezhi people, and saw a strong desire to survive from them.

He said to Guishuang Xihou who was lying on the ground: "I promised before that if you help Daqin take down the Guishuang tribe so that our army can take the Helan grassland, you can spare your life. This statement is valid."

Li Shiqi, who was standing next to him, was busy acting as an interpreter.

Guishuang Xihou was immediately overjoyed, and excitedly shouted in Yueshi dialect: "Thank you, General, for your mercy!"

"But your followers."

Zhao Tuo changed the topic.

Li Shiqi translated it in a timely manner, making Guishuang Xihou's laughter stop abruptly.

He begged with a bitter face: "I also ask the general to spare their lives. We, the people of Guishuang, are willing to serve as cattle, horses, eagles and dogs for the general, and we will never dare to betray."

Zhao Tuo smiled faintly, turned his head to look at Chen Ping behind him, and said, "Chen Sheng, the strategy is offered by you, and you will handle this matter from now on."

Chen Ping was startled, and then realized that the general had accepted his suggestion and asked him to implement it.

This is reuse!

Chen Ping was elated, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "General, please rest assured, Chen Ping will definitely live up to his mission, and will definitely get an elite prairie cavalry for the general!"

"Um."

Zhao Tuo nodded.

He chose Chen Ping's strategy, in addition to the bunch of reasons the other party said, there was another important reason.

It was the Qin army's Northern Expedition this time, not just the Yuezhi.

There are also the Huns who occupy the north of the Yellow River and near Yinshan Mountain!

After these Yueshi cavalry were subdued, they might not do their best to deal with their fellow clansmen in Hexi.

But if they use it to fight the Huns in the north, they will never be soft.

At that time, Zhao Tuo will add some rewards to the heads of each Huns, or improve the treatment of meritorious deeds, which will be enough to make these Yuezhi people cheer up and beat up the Huns!

This is how to use the Hu to control the Hu, use the Yuezhi to fight the Xiongnu, and preserve the strength of the Qin people.

After Zhao Tuo finished his orders, he no longer cared about this matter, and let Chen Ping take full control of this matter.

Now that he is in a high position, there are too many things to consider, and he doesn't have to do everything by himself.

Zhao Tuo often heard of the example of Zhuge Liang who devoted himself to death before he died.

He didn't want to learn Zhuge Liang's way of working, and in the end he would become sick from overwork and die from overwork, that would be bad.

Another reason is that Zhao Tuo wanted to cultivate talents.

Chen Ping's performance along the way is remarkable, he can come up with some useful strategies from time to time, he is a good strategist.

But what makes Zhao Tuo dissatisfied is that Chen Ping is still young and lacks some practical experience, and some ideas can only be kept in theory.

So he asked Chen Ping to do this, which was actually a kind of training for Chen Ping.

With the main force of the Qin army in charge, it is very easy to recruit the Yuezhi people as cavalry, which is suitable for Chen Ping, a novice in government affairs, to adapt.

Then go from shallow to deep, and slowly do some more difficult things.

The combination of theory and practice can cultivate real talents.

After throwing Guishuang Xihou to Chen Ping, Zhao Tuo continued on with Guo Qing, Li Shiqi and others.

As a qualified military general, Zhao Tuo naturally wanted to personally investigate the geographical environment after he arrived at an important place of military contention like Helan Mountain.

"This is where Yinchuan will be for future generations."

Zhao Tuo galloped forward with all his personal guards, looking around, it really was a flat plain, and it was a good livestock breeding place.

Looking up, at the end of the distant horizon, there is still a big river surging, irrigating this rich land.

Zhao Tuo got off his horse, stepped on the grassy ground, bent down and reached out, grabbing a handful of dirt from the ground.

"General, the soil here is fertile. In addition to grazing livestock, it can also be used for farming. I think farming here should have a good harvest after a year."

Li Shiqi walked over and whispered.

During his time in Helan, he had carefully checked the surrounding situation, and found that the fertility of this land was somewhat beyond imagination.

"Well, if we open canals to divert water, we can grow rice here and use it as a granary beyond the Great Wall."

Zhao Tuo nodded lightly, with a gleam in his eyes.

This is one of the reasons why he suggested that the emperor give priority to the Northern Expedition.

This plain near Helan Mountain is not only a good pasture, but also a good rice planting area.

In his previous life, he bought Ningxia rice on a certain treasure website, claiming that it was "watered by the Yellow River, stuffed with fine rice", and the taste was very good.

If Zhao Tuo remembers correctly, several dynasties in history have immigrated to Shibian here and implemented military settlements.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was even more "people who migrated to the five directions to realize it", and set up five guards in Ningxia, focusing on farming.

Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty also praised "Ningxia has the most farmland and valleys in the world", and He Fufu, the commander-in-chief of this place, gave a compliment to this place to show his praise, which shows how suitable this land is for farming.

"After all the land in Henan is taken, I will write to the emperor and send Qin's capable craftsmen to come here to open canals to divert water and divide the farmland."

"Then relocate the stubborn people of the six countries and the landless peasants who have no fields and houses to the real border. This will not only weaken the resistance of the six countries, ease the contradiction of land annexation, but also enrich the frontiers and fight against the barbarians. "

Zhao Tuo thought in his heart.

According to his understanding, the annexation of land in the old land of the Six Kingdoms is quite serious. There are many low-level common people who have no farms and houses at all.

For example, in history, Chen Sheng, who "knows the lofty aspirations of a bird in peace", is a landless farmer who gives people mediocrity.

Some low-level common people who live in difficulties, if the government offers good conditions, grants land and houses here, and exempts them from taxes for a certain period of time, I believe there will still be people who are willing to come here to open up wasteland and farm.

In addition to this reason, from the perspective of a general, Zhao Tuo believes that building a large granary here will allow Qin to have a solid logistics base no matter whether it is going westward or northward in the future, which is very important in military strategy. important.

The importance of this place has long been tested by history.

"Emigrate the people to farm, the emperor will definitely agree, but when it is implemented, it must be handled carefully. You can't relocate good people indiscriminately, and in the end, you will damage your own national strength."

After thinking about it, Zhao Tuo led the people to check some places, and then led the army back to the garrison.

At this time, the Yuezhi people who surrendered had been resettled by the Qin army in batches, and the main force of the Qin army who followed Zhao Tuo also began to set up camp.

Zhao Tuo raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw tents all over the place, and cows and horses grazing in groups on the pasture in the distance. In the vast sky of the grassland, there is quite a unique scene.

His face was calm, his mind was withdrawn from the matter of farming, and returned to the Yuezhi people.

He asked Li Shiqi and Guo Qing who were following him about some important details.

"Mr. Li, you said in your letter that Rajagu snatched the stirrups and high bridge saddles from the cavalry of our Qin army, and wanted to replace them with wooden strips and leather in the tribe, and build them on a large scale for equipment. But this Things failed in the end, how did he die?"

Zhao Tuo asked.

Li Shiqi's letter only said that La Jiagu was dead, which led to the bankruptcy of the matter, but how this person died was not mentioned in the letter due to the length of the letter.

Hearing the General's question, Li Shiqi's face changed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "La Jiagu was lured and killed by his sister Su Jiasha."

"Su Jiasha?"

Zhao Tuo was startled.

A woman full of exotic customs appeared in my mind.

That woman actually killed her brother.