The emperor's imperial guards had already left Penglai Pavilion, and the ministers began to withdraw in an orderly manner.

Zhang Yue was still sitting in his seat, digesting the matter discussed this time.

"Hexi should have already fought, right?" He thought: "It's just... I don't know if it's the direction of Luntai or Lingju..."

But no matter which side or fighting on both sides, it is always a loss.

Military strength, materials, and morale will all have impacts and restrictions.

Especially the Hexi Corridor, the special geographical environment greatly increases the difficulty of Han cavalry marching in it.

Although Zhang Yue has never been to Hexi regardless of his past and present lives, he does not know the specific situation in the local area.

But I have watched a lot of documentaries and news reports.

I also know a little about the situation in Gansu and Ningxia.

Even two thousand years later, the local transportation environment is not so comfortable.

As for now?

Zhang Yue just thought about it. Even if his idol Huo Qubing was taken down twice, he was afraid that the traffic environment in Hexi would have obstacles that even a pride of heaven like Huo Qubing and the unparalleled god of war could not overcome!

In other words, in fact, two-line combat is very unfavorable to the Han army.

"I hope that Li Guangli can effectively implement the emperor's edict, appease the Qiang people, and suppress the Yuezhi..."

At this time, Prime Minister Li Guangli, with his subordinates, began to get up.

Zhang Yue also planned to leave and talk to Wang Mang or Huo Guang. As soon as he got up, he heard Guo Rang's voice: "Yingyang please stay, Your Majesty asks Yingyang to enter the forbidden palace to report!"

Zhang Yue was slightly stunned when he heard this, frowned, looked at Guo Rang, and nodded, "I understand!"

But I was a little confused.

Keeping things like this is equivalent to the fact that when the leaders of later generations finished their meetings, they suddenly called XXX and XX to stay for a conversation.

Generally, you either need to be promoted, raise, raise, and have to be scolded.

Considering the current situation, Zhang Yue felt a little nervous.

After giving some advice to Sima Xuan and others, Zhang Yue followed Guo Rang to the emperor's bedroom.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Yue walked in and saw the emperor lying halfway, leaning against a bamboo chair, and looking at the geodesic geek hanging on the palace wall.

The geometry is made of wooden, so Zhang Yue doesn’t see it very clearly from the perspective of the matter.

However, in terms of color and material, it should be a while.

"Are you looking at Hexi Geometrical Fish?" Zhang Yue asked softly.

"Yes!" The emperor nodded, his eyes still remained on the geography.

Although he had never been to the battlefield in his life, he had never personally directed and commanded the army to fight.

However... he is a genius in military, especially strategic deployment and planning!

Since Yuanguang, every major military operation of the Han family has been a strategic task he has deployed.

He is an expert with absolutely no say in the matter of war!

"Does Yingyang know the geography of the four counties in Hexi?" the emperor asked softly.

Zhang Yue quickly lowered his head and replied, "Your Majesty, I am stupid, I have only heard of some of them..."

The emperor smiled and said, "The four counties in Hexi are the first two counties, Wuwei and Jiuquan!"

He stood up, raised a palace lantern next to him, walked to the wall, illuminating the wooden geography depicted in lines.

"At first, I just did it because of the mountains. To the west of Qilian Mountains is Jiuquan, and to the east of Qilian Mountains is Wuwei!"

He pointed to both sides of the geek and said, "Later, when I attacked Dayuan, I divided the Jiuquan area and established Dunhuang County, and became the Xiongnu. From Jiuquan, Wuwei took the land to establish Zhangye County, and Yongzhou was replaced as Liangzhou, and established the governor of Liangzhou to govern the four counties of the northern area, Longxi, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Wuwei and Dunhuang!"

"And these four counties in Hexi are built because of the river!"

"Dunhuang is mainly in the Jiduan River Basin, Jiuquan is mainly in the Qiang Valley Basin, Zhangye is mainly in the Hunu River Basin, and Wuwei is in the Jishui River Basin..."

Zhang Yue listened, looked at the geek, and in his heart, he compared these ancient rivers with later rivers.

He discovered that the so-called Jiduan Water should be the Shule River in later generations, while the Hunu Water should be the Shiyang River, and the Qianggu Water should be the Heihe River.

These are all rivers that originate from the Qilian Mountains.

It is also the source of life in the Hexi Corridor and the fundamental lifeline of Hexi's agriculture and animal husbandry.

The Han family's strategy of governing the river is correct.

but……

Looking at the geographic knowledge in some textbooks that were traced back, Zhang Yue couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, I am stupid. From my perspective, the Qilian Mountains are bound to break the connection between Lingju and Juyan. If there is something wrong in the Juyan direction or the Yumen direction, our army will move from the north of Qilian Mountain to Shanxi, and vice versa, it will inevitably take hundreds of miles to move from the Qilian Mountains to Shanxi, and vice versa!"

"It's true!" The emperor smiled and nodded, pointed at the direction of Lingju, and said, "At the time when General Cavalry first attacked Hexi, he went from the north to Zhangye and went to hunting Gaolan Mountain with the Huns King Hunxie..."

When Zhang Yue heard this, he felt awe-inspiring and said, "I have heard about the battle of Grand Sima Gaolan Mountain and the story of breaking the backbone of the Huns!"

Today, or later, the source of all the examples of "The Five Barbarians" begins with the bloody battle in Gaolan Mountain!

Before the Battle of Gaolan Mountain, the arrogance of the Huns was very high.

Even if they lost Hetao, they still don’t think they have any problems.

In his eyes, he is the best in labor and capital in the world, and he is extremely arrogant!

It often harasses and invades the Han border through the desert and grasslands.

Sometimes, it comes dozens of times a year.

However, after the Battle of Gaolan Mountain, the frequency of the Huns invading Han Pass became lower and lower, and after the decisive battle in Mobei, there was no royal court in Monan.

And this battle was extremely fierce!

After fighting this battle, Huo Qubing's main force withdrew from the battle and retreated to Longxi on the same route.

According to legend, only two hundred of the three commanders who served as vanguards could stand after the battle.

Huo Qubing's personal guard, the commander of the Yao school, was able to walk until the end, with less than a hundred people.

The losses of the Han army have set an unprecedented record!

The 10,000 elite cavalry and thousands of Yiju cavalry who participated in the war reached more than 50% of the unprecedented and lasted in the classical era!

However, their sacrifice is worth it.

Because, in Gaolan Mountain, they wiped out all the three ace tribes of the Huns!

Moreover, it was a head-on battle. Without any advantage in the number of people and no geographical advantage, it charged forward with hand-to-hand combat, trampling the Hun cavalry under its feet, and completely breaking their backbone!

After this battle, Huo Qubing attacked Hexi again the following year, and he was unstoppable and encountered almost no resistance. He even performed a miracle performance of Hunxie, Xiuxie, and Xunxie, put down his weapons and surrendered to the Han Dynasty!

It was also from then on that the slogan of the Five Barbarians that began to spread.

But putting aside this halo, everyone will know a fact: Hexi is the only place where Huo Qubing takes two times to take it down!

Even Huo Qubing, who is best at quick interlude and dislikes head-on struggle, was forced to fight the Huns in Hexi, with the main force, and the cruelest fight in hand and swords.

It can be imagined that the geography and environment of Hexi region.

That is definitely not a flat place, nor is it a place where you can quickly move.

This is especially true when crossing the Qilian Mountains!

The emperor didn't say much, just looked at the geek and murmured to himself: "I know that General Ershi wants to make a great contribution to prove it to me and the world!"

"And this is indeed a good opportunity!"

General Li Guangli of Ershi was the general he helped up and trained himself.

From the children of relatives and children of Chang'an, playboys, to the generals of the frontier and the generals of Hexi, the emperor knew Li Guangli's efforts and achievements.

During the two Dayuan Wars, the Tianshan Battle, and the Yuwushui Battle, Li Guangli's performance was more mature every time.

To be honest, if it weren't for the rise in front of him, the emperor believed that Li Guangli would prove himself to the world one day sooner or later.

pity……

The rise of General Ying Yang led to his ability to achieve results as soon as possible.

And he also acquiesced and even supported Li Guangli in planning this battle.

If this were not the case, the emperor would have to send an envoy to Hexi with his tribute to supervise and supervise. Li Guangli would have been ordered back to Juyan long ago.

He had no room to operate those small movements!

Thinking of this, the emperor sighed slightly.

He knew that in fact, he had to be responsible for what he had become.

Because the emperor also hoped that Li Guangli could show his achievements to hit the faces of those guys who mocked him for "just the talent of the commander" and "why did His Majesty pull out the seedlings to help grow."

This is not preference, but selfishness.

After all, Li Guangli has been trained for more than ten years.

If you don’t make any achievements and fail to achieve a great victory that shocked the world, you will be replaced by someone.
To be continued...