From early August to mid-August, under the joint offensive of various Wei armies, Lin Hu and the Xiongnu retreated steadily. Some of them surrendered to the Wei army in exchange for the right to continue living in the Hetao area.

It is worth mentioning that these Lin Hu and the Xiongnu did not know where they found out that Zhao Hongrun, the Prince of the East Palace of the Wei Kingdom, was currently in Shuofang County, offering more than a hundred girls from his tribe.

To be fair, those pretty girls are pretty cute.

However, the only thing Zhao Hongrun asked of them was the "Humanization Order". As long as these nomads were willing to sincerely accept the Central Plains culture, he would not kill them all.

However, the vast majority of Linhu and Xiongnu still chose to move north, probably thinking of avoiding the Wei State first, and then coming back to retake the Hetao area when the Wei State became stronger in the future.

Naturally, Zhao Hongrun would not be polite to these foreigners who refused to surrender to the Wei State and refuse to accept the culture of the Central Plains. He ordered all Wei armies to expel them all to the north of "Yangshan-Yinshan".

In mid-August, after the chase, Zhao Hongrun, accompanied by the generals, climbed to the "Yang Mountain" in the northern part of Shuofang County and climbed up to look at the surrounding area.

During this period, he pointed to the "Yangshan" and "Yinshan" mountains in the northeast and said: "This area is suitable for building a Great Wall frontier. I decided to let the court spend ten years to build a Great Wall here..."

Hearing this, Yanhou Zhao Jiang and Huanhou Zhao Xuan were very surprised. You must know that they are still eager to continue their campaign to the north. After all, according to the information they learned from the prisoners of Linhu, there are still people north of the Hetao area.

An endless territory.

Even bigger than the entire Wei State.

In fact, not only Yanhou Zhao Jiang and Huanhou Zhao Xuan, but also the generals of the Wei State who are beside Zhao Hongrun at the moment, who doesn't want to open up new territories and leave a name in history?

But Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said: "If you fight hard, you can't defend... No, there should be no point in garrisoning."

To be fair, with the current strength of the Hetao area, the Wei army is fully capable of continuing to advance north and attack the vast land in the north.

But this is meaningless. After all, the north of Shuofang County is already a place that can be called a plateau. Although there is not much vegetation, due to the complex terrain, there are many ravines and valleys unique to the plateau area. In fact, it is far inferior to the flat Hetao Plain.

More suitable for grazing.

What's more, with the current strength of Wei State, even if the Wei army can seize hundreds or thousands of miles to the north, it will not be able to allocate so many troops to garrison; but if a small force is sent to garrison deep in the northern grasslands, then

It's almost meaningless, at best it serves as an outpost.

After hearing Zhao Hongrun's explanation, Marquis of Yan Zhao Jiang and Marquis of Huan Zhao Xuan regretfully discovered that Wei State really had no need for that northern land.

As a result, the Wei army stopped at "Yangshan-Yinshan".

At the same time, Zhao Hongrun sent an order to the Daliang court in the name of the Prince of the East Palace, ordering the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court to prepare regulations as soon as possible to build a Great Wall border fortress on the "Yangshan-Yinshan" side of the mountain. On the one hand, it was used to divide the territory of Wei and the north.

The sphere of influence of the nomads, on the other hand, is also to prevent nomads from abroad from raiding the Hetao in the future.

After all, although the Wei State has made a name for itself in the northwest through this war, in the "Hexi Corridor (i.e. Liangzhou)" to the west, in the vast land there, there are still people in the Central Plains collectively called "Xiqiang"

” powerful alien race, not to mention Lin Hu and the Xiongnu who had completely become enemies because of this war.

Unless the Wei State remains strong, once its weakness is revealed, these foreign nations will surely pounce on it like wolves that have smelled blood.

Waiting for late September, Zhao Hongrun ordered to suppress the rebel army. The Northern First Army and the Southern Yan Army captured "Yunzhong" to the east of "Jiuyuan County". As for the land further east of "Yunzhong" (historically known as

Dingxiang), Zhao Hongrun does not plan to move for the time being.

Because that land (Dingxiang) borders South Korea's Yanmen County, once the Wei army captures that land (Dingxiang), there will inevitably be friction with South Korea.

But now, neither Wei nor South Korea is ready to start this unprecedented battle between Wei and South Korea for the dominance of the Central Plains - if South Korea has not solved Donghu at this time, Zhao Hongrun would not mind giving it a try, but

At present, South Korea has severely damaged Dong Hu. Maybe Dong Hu has been defeated and expelled, so forget it.

Keeping that piece of land (Dingxiang) as a buffer between Wei and South Korea in the north will help prevent a premature war between the two countries. After all, compared to South Korea's expulsion of Donghu to the farther north, this time Wei

Occupying the natural pasture in the Hetao area, they need more time to recuperate and recuperate than South Korea to slowly digest the resources of the Hetao Plain.

In early October, Zhao Hongrun returned to "Yuanzhong Fortress".

Of course, this so-called fortress is just a concept at the moment. According to Zhao Hongrun's estimation, it will take at least three to five years for this fortress to be completed.

After returning to the fortress, Zhao Hongrun began to think about the candidates for generals to garrison the Hetao Plain.

Since the current strength of the Wei State is still unable to completely digest the entire Hetao area, Zhao Hongrun decided to divide five small counties in the Hetao area to radiate the entire Hetao area, namely "Yinchuan County", "Shuofang County", and "Jiuyuan County".

County", "Yuanzhong County" and "Yulin County", as for "Yunzhong County"

County", after long consideration, Zhao Hongrun also decided to station an army here. After all, he planned to build the "Yangshan-Yinshan" Great Wall into the forest to completely isolate the northern grassland and the Hetao area. At the same time, the east side of Yunzhong County

, to the east of (Dingxiang) is South Korea's Yanmen County, which must be guarded against.

Therefore, there are a total of six small counties and six generals are required to garrison them.

In order to commend the contributions of the various Wei armies this time and promote young generals, Zhao Hongrun intended to let the military recommend candidates.

As a result, the chief generals of the various Wei armies recommended their deputy generals one after another.

Sima An, the governor of Hexi, recommended the deputy general "Bai Fangming" to be the governor of Yinchuan County.

Shao Hu of Wei Wujun recommended "Zhao Bao" who was almost the same age as the governor of "Shuofang County" - this made Zhao Hongrun feel puzzled at first. After all, his original intention was to promote young generals and he really couldn't understand Shao.

Why did Tiger recommend Zhao Bao?

It wasn't until he saw Shaohu's letter of recommendation recommending Zhao Chengyue, the second son of King Yu of Zhao Yuanji, to serve as Zhao Bao's deputy general that Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized - this was obviously because Shaohu was worried about the young master Zhao Chengyue, so he called him Zhao Bao.

Look after.

However, Zhao Bao has such an impulsive personality, and Zhao Chengyue, Zhao Hongrun's cousin, is also a man who is eager to prove himself through war like Yanhou Zhao Jiang. It is not difficult for Zhao Hongrun to guess that Shuofang County will never take a stubborn approach in the future.

strategy.

It is worth mentioning that Shuofang County was captured by Wei Ji, the governor of Hedong and Lintao Lord. Moreover, Wei Ji originally intended to recommend Lieutenant General Feng Ting, a former Korean general, to serve as the governor of Shuofang County, but he was intercepted by Shao Hu.

Damn it, this is embarrassing.

However, after Zhao Hongrun considered it for a while, he still arranged Feng Ting to "Jiuyuan County". After all, although this man was a versatile general, he was actually not that good at commanding troops and horses. Therefore, he arranged him to "Jiuyuan County".

"Shuofang County" or "Yunzhong County" are not suitable - the governors of these two places need brave generals with strong combat capabilities, and they must be the places where war is most likely to break out.

As for Feng Ting, it is just right to arrange it in "Jiuyuan County" where there may be less war between "Shuofang County" and "Yunzhong County". Feng Ting can do everything whether it is to govern the area under his jurisdiction or to support the two neighboring counties.

competent.

As for the "Yuanzhong Fortress", it was Zhao Hongrun who personally appointed him. He directly appointed "Yi Gu", the general of the Wei Wu Army. After all, this man once defeated millions of Chu troops, and Zhao Hongrun admired his strategic vision.

As the core of the Hetao area, Yuanzhong Fortress needs such a strategically visionary general to garrison it.

The only ones left are "Yunzhong County" and "Yulin County". Compared with Yulin County, "Yunzhong County" is more likely to directly face the famous Korean general Yanmen Shou Li Mu. Therefore, it needs someone who can compete with Li Mu.

Famous generals who are fighting in harmony are in charge...

"Hmm..."

Smacking his lips, Zhao Hongrun immediately thought of the best candidate.

Even if he is one of the top ten tycoons in Beiyuan, he is the guardian of Taiyuan!

To be honest, Zhao Hongrun was also very curious about what it would be like if Lian Bu faced Li Mu, a heroic general in the top ten ranks of Beiyuan.
Chapter completed!