Yunzhou, Dingxiang City, outside the city, the ocean that has turned into tents, and tents of all sizes are rising one after another, as if they can't see at a glance. A large number of Turkic people camped according to their respective tribes. At the same time, the campsites of Zhou soldiers also occupied a lot of area in the ocean of this tent.

In the conference hall in the city, the Turkic Qimin Khan talked with the Zhou army commander, Shi Longsui, the general manager of the Yunzhou Road, and the general manager of the marching, and the general manager of the marching, Changsun Sheng, and other major generals to discuss the next Northern Expedition together.

Outside the meeting hall, the Yinshishi, the governor of Yunzhou, explained all the things of his subordinates and urged everyone to assist in the marching and transporting food and grass.

The Zhou State has continued to use troops to the grassland in the past two years, and has already defeated the Dulan Khan (Eastern Turkic Khan) and died after being betrayed by their relatives. The strength of the Datou Khan (Western Turkic Khan) has declined greatly. Now the Turkic country is extremely unstable, not only the grasslands in the south of the Mo, but also the northern Mo is in chaos.

In this way, it is a good time for Qimin Khan to return to China to preside over the overall situation.

Qimin Khan was originally Tuli Khan, who was originally a descendant of the Asina family's pure bloodline. He had a strong appeal among the various tribes of the grassland. Now Zhou State decided to send troops to assist Qimin Khan in the Northern Expedition and clean up the domestic mess.

Datou Khan, who had suffered consecutive defeats in the past two years, took advantage of the favorable opportunity when Dulan Khan died and the Eastern Turks were in chaos. The Eastern Turks also tried their best to expand their power, trying to become the only Khan of the Eastern and Western Turks. He has recently changed his name to Bujia Khan.

But there are many opponents, many little Khans are unwilling to surrender, and the two sides are still in internal strife.

At this time of chaos in the Turkic country, it was a good time to take advantage of the Zhou Dynasty. However, the Asina family still had a high reputation in the grasslands and the northern desert, so the Zhou Dynasty decided to send troops to help the Qimin Khan in the northern expedition.

This move is to support the Khan of Qimin to the position of the Khan, gather the power of the Eastern Turks, and compete with the Western Turks, so that the Turks have no time to look south.

Under this strategy, the success of this Northern Expedition is very critical. Qimin Khan must demonstrate strong strength and defeat opponents so that those at a loss can have an excellent target and reason for surrender.

But it cannot be seen that Qimin Khan was a vassal of Zhou State and he dared to return to the country entirely with the support of the Zhou army.

The various tribes in the Turkic country still had awe of the Asina clan, but if a certain Asina Khan became a puppet of the Zhou Kingdom (at least this sign cannot be too obvious), there would not be many tribes willing to vote.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the troops and horses of the Khan of Qimin were armed to make their troops strong and strong.

The Zhou army attacked as an allies of Qimin Khan. Faced with the surrendered Turkic tribes, they had to hand over the Qimin Khan to deal with it, instead of using the livestock as spoils and moving them all to the Central Plains.

It is precisely because of this that the Zhou State has the risk of raising tigers, because the bigger Qimin Khan can completely turn against others.

Of course, Yin Shishi Master could figure it out, but he knew that the court still chose to support Qimin Khan to return to his country to compete for the throne, which would inevitably be the result of weighing the pros and cons.

The Turks were not a country that Zhou State could defeat by winning a few decisive battles, so it would be better to provoke the other side's long-term internal strife to consume national strength. Our side also gained valuable time to prepare for the war, and when the time is right, they will go down one after another.

The coalition forces are about to enter the Northern Expedition, and the logistics transportation will be undertaken by Zhou State. The consumption of tens of thousands of people is not a small amount. It is very troublesome to transport it and should not be taken lightly.

During this Northern Expedition, the Yunzhou Road marching had special generals and military officials responsible for the transportation of food and grass. The Yunzhou Prefecture Administration only assisted it, but the Yinshishi Division took this as a good opportunity to train its subordinates.

Yunzhou is a border, so should we fight a war? If you become an official in Yunzhou, you must have the awareness of tying up your body at any time, or organizing the people to survive and die together with the city.

Yin Shishishi dealt with the Turks for several years while serving as the governor of Yunzhou. He knew that these people had a complicated feeling about the Central Plains because of their different lifestyles. On the one hand, they admired the wealth of the Central Plains, and on the other hand, they were hostile to the Central Plains government.

For this reason, the tribes in the Turkic country were willing to join the Ashina clan, but not many tribes surrendered to the army that entered the grasslands of Zhou.

Because wolves will only follow wolves, and similar people will inevitably follow similar people and will not live with aliens.

This is the opposition caused by the different lifestyles of nomadism and farming. It has been like this since ancient times and is an unsolvable problem. Yin Shishi Master believes that only by strengthening the defense of the border can the repetition of the Khan of Qimin in the future be eliminated.

But even if this Khan had to recur, he had to gain a foothold in China and win over the hearts of the people. Then he had to wait for the tribes whose strength had greatly lost their strength to recover, which would have to take several years.

By then, Zhou Guo’s layout will be completed.

As he thought about it, he walked to the yard and looked up to the northwest.

Your Majesty is right. If you want to surrender to a Khan, you will have to rely on yourself to support a Khan. Then there is only the only ending of raising a tiger as a disaster, so you have to rely on yourself.

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On the northwest of Shuozhou, the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, the southern end of Baidao, the riverside, a city has begun to take shape. Although the city wall only has a foundation, it has been closed and has a circumference of nearly twenty miles. It is conceivable that this city will be a large city.

There are several newly-launched brick kilns not far from the construction site. At this time, thick smoke has emerged from the chimney, which will provide a large amount of bricks for the construction of the new city (including various buildings in the city).

The city wall of the new city is divided into two phases of the project. The first phase is a rammed earth wall. The second phase is to wrap bricks on the rammed earth wall and become a rammed earth brick wall. With the surrounding cannon building, this city called "Suiyuan" will become the most solid fortress in the surrounding areas of the Yinshan Mountains.

It is also the frontier of the Zhou army's attacking stronghold at the Yinshan defense line.

The elite cavalry of Zhou State stationed here can cross Yinshan through Baidao at any time and launch an attack on the vast desert grassland on the northern foot of Yinshan. The vast vast land of abundant water and grass on the southern foot of Yinshan is no longer a Turkish pasture.

On the south side of the construction site, the Prince Yuwen Weining, the commander of the Suiyuan City Building, looked at the endless plain south of the river, and couldn't help feeling relaxed. This area can be grazed or farmed, but it is a pity that it can be done well.

Yuwen Weining knew that this was the old place of Yunzhong County in Zhao in the Warring States Period. It was a fertile land south of Yinshan Mountain and west of the Yellow River Hetao. It was used as a pasture and could raise tens of thousands of war horses and farming, and could reclaim tens of hectares of fertile land.

Such treasure land has never been effectively developed for the Central Plains and has become a springboard for grassland forces to invade the south.

Yuwen Weining knew that the Turkic Qimin Khan, who had surrendered to the dynasty, had asked to bring his tribes here to nomadicly make a comeback, but his father refused because this area must be in the hands of the court.

The key to operating this area is to have a core city. This city must first guard the southern end of Baidao, block the enemy that invades the south, and then have sufficient water sources, tall city walls, and complete residential facilities.

This new city will become a shelter for garrisons and people from the military farming, and provide a safe winter place for Turkic herdsmen who surrendered to the imperial court.

Suiyuan is this core city.

Yinshan, which runs east-west, is like a huge city wall, traversing between the Central Plains (Bishou area) and the grassland, so the Yinshan defense line is the first line of defense for the Central Plains to resist the grassland.

During the Yuan and Wei dynasties, six towns were set up along the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain to guard against Rouran. Now, the court wanted to rebuild the defense line, but first established a foothold on the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, built cities and farms, and used local production to support the border defense army.

Then, we will steadily and push the defense line to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain.

Baidao is the only passage between the army from north to south of the Yinshan Mountains. It guards Wuchuan at the northern end of Baidao and Suiyuan at the southern end of Baidao, which is the gateway to the Yinshan defense line.

The ancient city of Wuchuan on the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain is the ancestral home of Yuwen. It has been hung alone for many years. Now it has been recovered by the dynasty, and the city walls have been repaired and heavy artillery is enough to repel the invading Turkic army and guard the entrance of Baidao.

Suiyuan, on the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, will be a powerful support for Wuchuan. If the construction is completed as soon as possible, the military and civilians will be able to open up land and farm as soon as possible.

Yuwen Weining shouldered the heavy responsibility of building a city. Although it was like clearing out land and had many difficulties, he might have to deal with the Turkic tribes and dance with the wolf.

But the young prince was full of confidence and fighting spirit.
Chapter completed!