If Xie An knows that Ran Min’s public taunting is definitely going to jump off his feet, the enemy they are facing is not a confrontation, but the use of complex mountainous terrain to evade and attack. This is true in all ages.

Xiqiang Mountain is just a general term. In fact, it contains several continuous mountains and a large block of dense forest. The terrain there is not less complex than that of Bashu, and it can even be said to be more complicated than Bashu.

At least through artificial development, Bashu has long opened up a path that people can walk on. Then, as the habitat of Zhu Xia since ancient times, there will always be map surveys, but Xiqiang Mountain is really not the field that Zhu Xia has set foot in.

Xiqiang Mountain, located under the plateau, has mountains and dense forests, and two obvious basins. It is important to know one point deeply. Areas that have not been developed by humans mean that there is no road. Moreover, swamp areas are extremely easy to form under the long-term accumulation of water in the basin. When everything is in a primitive state, there are countless beasts and various insects, and the challenge to humans is not low at all.

Xie An led the army to carry out a dragnet-style encirclement and suppression. In many cases, the difficulty was not in the resistance of Qiang and Di's remnants, but nature had added countless difficulties to the encirclement and suppression. During their encirclement and suppression, there was no shortage of corpses found in the mob wilderness. Almost any method of death was available, and the most were killed by poisonous insects. Even if they had sufficient advance preparation, the non-combat attrition was quite serious.

There has never been any easy way to open up a primitive area, and you can know the fearless spirit of the ancestors, so that there is an environment in which future generations can live comfortably. It is precisely because they know that opening up is not easy, Zhu Xia is also only there. Produce worship of ancestors.

Ran Min’s concern for the remnants of Qiang and Di’s battles is not something that Ran Min should care about. He even taunted or ridiculed such a few words from time to time, and what happened to Xie An, who was not a good matchmaker. Will be merciful?

"General Hussar is as usual..." Li Kuang didn't say anything afterwards, but everyone knew what it meant. He looked around, then said to Xie Ai: "Since General Hussar has arrived at Yangguan, everything is done?"

Xie Ai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he saw that Ran Min's arrival did not cause trouble. He didn't dare to relax at all, and said, "I can't slack off when I wait!"

Li Kuang understood in seconds that Ran Min's attitude was not important, the important thing was not to have any moths on his side.

In conclusion, although it rained some time ago, the drought in the northwest is irreversible. The Han country adopted tough measures in the northwest to suppress Xiao Xiao, and Xie Ai came forward to win over the target, and the troubles would have to face iron-blooded means. The repression, the official also gave a way to survive, the big guy still thinks about how to overcome the difficulties under the official plan.

The natives in the northwestern part of the invasion of the Western Regions wanted to find a way to survive, while those from the rest of the region were completely aiming at military exploits.

There are too many people flocking to the northwest from all parts of the country, but it is a reminder to the people of the northwest. Under the premise of the extremely heavy military merits of the Han country, it is an unprecedented good thing that not a member of the army can obtain military merit. Don’t miss this change of your own destiny. chance.

"Although I do not have a military status, I am led by the army. What is the difference?" Sanshi arrived at Yangguan a long time ago as the first batch of personnel to be trained: "The meritorious service is still recognized and can be awarded the title. There are a lot of rewards."

In fact, there are more good things. For example, after arriving at Yangguan, the military is responsible for eating and drinking. The food is not comparable to the family. The training is very strict and the physical strength is very large.

In such a year now, even an affluent family can hardly guarantee to eat a few meals of meat every month, but Han Jun’s recipes never lack meat, especially water-based meat.

Sanshi had already eaten a salted fish just now, and was uttering his mouth to the second one. He likes salted fish very much. It is not how delicious the salted fish is, but the salted fish has plenty of salt. Rice and rice are paired with salted fish, and there is a bowl of thick meaty soup. It feels like what he has lived is the beauty of the landlord. day.

From the very beginning, Han had no shortage of seafood, and once traded with Tuoba Daiguo with salted fish as its main product. The reason why it is called salted fish is not because it is made by mixing salt. Salt is a necessity for anyone, but in many places, salt is not produced at all.

There is a salt pond in the northwest, which is still there since the pre-Qin period, but the output of the salt pond is very small, and the quality is not very good at all. It must be said that the people in the Northwest have been suffering from salt shortage for a long time. It is a luxury to get serious salt. The vast majority of people can only use salty cloth, not even a bit of salty taste.

Not only in the Northwest, but also in many parts of the world, there is a shortage of salt. There are also various methods to increase the salt content of food during cooking. The taste is there, but there is no supplement to the body. The body is always lacking in this and that, not only the life span is not long, but also all kinds of problems.

It can be said that Sanshi has never eaten salt in the true sense since he was young. If he is not alone, it is the same situation for most poor people. It is not difficult to understand the love for salted fish.

Wheat flour making pasta is something that only happened in recent years. The first place that became popular was the former Qingzhou administrative region, and then it expanded to the surrounding area, but it has not spread to the northwest. That is to say, the northwest, where pasta is extremely popular in later generations, is now The grains of the country are still millet, rice, corn and many miscellaneous grains.

In fact, wheat was originally not the main food in the Central Plains. Most of it was used as the staple food to replant crops after the season. Wheat received little attention, but mostly barley was grown. Prior to the appearance of wheat flour, wheat was an extremely difficult food to swallow, and it was also related to the hulling technology.

If it hadn’t been improved by Liu Yan, not only would the wheat flour not appear so early, but also the husking of a variety of grains would also be done by pounding, that is, holding heavy wood and slowly pounding. The women in the family just did it for each meal. Food often needs to be pounded for an hour or two.

Rice is not popular in the north of the Yangtze River. Many people from the Northwest did not know that there is such a food as rice when they arrived at Yangguan.

The military sources of rice are the Southwest and Indochina Peninsula, with the Indochina Peninsula getting the most. In fact, the taste of rice in each region is different. Depending on the local climate, the local tastes that are more suitable are naturally better. Later generations developed hybrid rice for yield, but the nutritional value was really not good, but there is nothing more important than making the people of the whole country able to eat.

To say where the rice is the best, it is undoubtedly the rice produced on the Indochina Peninsula. Not only is it plump and bright, it is also very nutritious. Nowadays, many people in Han can eat the rice produced in the Indochina Peninsula, but they are much happier than their children and grandchildren.

"It's going to start tomorrow."

"Yes, go out of Yangguan to Bailongdui."

It doesn’t matter what Bailongdui used to be. The name is of course named after the first generation of Western Han Dynasty who pioneered the Western Regions.

Bailongdui is the modern Lop Nur. At present, there is no vast desert there. Only some areas form the Gobi, and most areas are in the state of grassland.

After exiting Yangguan, most of the terrain on the westward road tends to be flat. There are mountains and small hills, and you can reach Puchanghai more than six hundred miles ahead.

By the way, Pu Changhai (Yanze) was the old name of the pre-Han, and Pu Changhai's name continued to Cao Wei, and was renamed as Laolanhai in the Western Jin Dynasty. Of course, Liu Yan ignored some of the naming used by the Sima family during the ruling period, and reverted to the title of Xian Han.

Yangguan has a plain terrain to the west, and a mountain range stretching hundreds of miles to the south. The mountain range currently has no name, but will be named the Golden Mountain Range in later generations. To the south of the Jinshan Mountains is a very wide basin, named Qaidam Basin in modern times, and further south is the Kunlun Mountains.

The place where Xie An is currently leading the fierce battle is south of Kunlun Mountain, where the mountains are continuous, but there are many basins. The difficulties they encountered are the same as those in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even more difficult than in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. At least there were in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The six parts of Tuyuhun are inhabited, but they are really primitive now.

The entire route from the Central Plains to the Western Regions has a general name called the Hexi Corridor. This Hexi Corridor is not a constant one. Desertification and Gobiification will change the road. Currently, the route from Guzang all the way west to Yangguan is used. Waiting for the weather to change its appearance, it can only be in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Choosing the route to Yumen Pass has led to the fact that Yang Pass is basically not visible in many cultural works of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. On the contrary, many frontier poets often mention Yumen Pass.

"Fifty-five thousand people have enough food for three months, and the lack of food is the enemy."

Li Kuang can’t say that there is any dissatisfaction. They went out of Yangguan to march into the Western Regions as a kind of “stop loss” behavior. effort.

Xie Ai will not leave Yangguan, he will remain in the northwest to deal with follow-up matters.

The first group of people to go to the Western Regions will be headed by Li Kuang. After they enter the Western Regions, they can act cheaply, that is, they will not restrict some restrictions.

After the first batch, the second batch of personnel will be deployed in the next month, but will no longer enter the Western Regions in the legion mode. It is the "free movement" of the small group of people, which is equivalent to the first batch led by Li Kuang to open up The situation went away, very similar to the development of the Indochina Peninsula by Han.

Because it was the advancement of the Western Regions under the premise of seeking a living, the official did not issue livery for each Xiaoguo, which means that except for the soldiers of the military, the rest of them wear everything. The only thing they have in common is that they have complete weapons.

On the day of the official departure, Ran Min, who had disappeared for a while, reappeared.

Ran Min was standing on the Yangguan Pass and watching the continuous line through the pass, accompanied by Xie Ai.

"The southerners have the Indochina Peninsula, and the northerners have the Western Regions." Ran Min actually doesn't have a deeper understanding of encouraging the folks to open up outside. He simply feels that there is a place for looting: "This is fair."

The Yangguan city wall is about eight meters high and is built to connect two mountains. There are urns inside and outside, and parts of the mountains are hollowed out to hide soldiers and hoard supplies. Since it was rebuilt by Zhang's Liangguo, it has actually not played a role. Zhang's Liangguo has always taken the initiative to attack the Western Regions, and the Western Regions have not even approached Yangguan once.

"The Western Regions are different from the Indochina Peninsula. The Indochina Peninsula is in a wild state, and it has political power. Most areas are not controlled, and most of them are savages." Xie Ai is not ignorant of the Indochina Peninsula. There are two completely different environments from the Western Regions. Then again: "The Western Regions were full of small countries before the Han Dynasty captured them, and there have been strong countries. They are also at the intersection of East and West, with diverse cultures and strong folk customs."

"The northern Hans are also better at fighting than the southern Hans." Ran Min said with a smile, regardless of whether it was a map gun or not.

Xie Ai is just saying that the people of the Western Regions can fight no matter how long they are, and for a long time they have been taught by Zhu Xia how to behave. The developed Western Regions also have fewer natural hazards than the Indochina Peninsula, and go to the Western Regions. The face is mostly people fighting, and there is no need to walk in the dense forest like going to the Indochina Peninsula and suddenly being bitten by something and losing life.

For 55,000 people, only one city gate can pass through. The speed is really not fast. From the first group of people to the last one, the whole process took up to seven hours. As a result, the leading cavalry units all walked twenty miles away, but they were hanging behind.

Until the last person left Yangguan, Ran Min looked at the long line and said, "What's the reaction from the Western Regions?"

"The big man gathered one or two hundred thousand people in Yangguan~lightnovelpub.net~ The movement was too big." Xie Ai was not responsible for marching into the Western Regions. He had more contact with Li Kuang but also knew the situation: "Shan Shan runs in various directions, Yan Qi , Gaochang, Qiemo, Jingjue and other countries know how great they are, and they form a coalition army to wait for the battle with Qiuci as their leader."

"The country of merchants and musicians?" Ran Min is really familiar with Kucha, mainly Shijie Zhao Guo once accepted quite a lot of Kucha people, and Fo Tucheng, who was greatly treated by Shihu, came from the Western Regions. He said a little amused: "Is it just because Qiuci is rich?"

Ran Min really got it right. As for which country in the Western Regions is the richest now, it is definitely led by Qiuci. Qiuci was so rich that he could hire people everywhere, relying on mercenaries to open up territory, and continue to spend money to smash out all the Western countries that should have been jealous. Constantly expanding.

"Sule and Che Shi do not move, the problem is not big." Ran Min really looked down on the Kucha people, and had a lot to do with Zhu Xia's fixed thinking. Since ancient times, Zhu Xia didn't think that the country of merchants and actors could do anything great. . He remembered something, and asked a little bit amused: "Wusun people really did something to the driver?"

Xie Ai still knew why Ran Min had such obvious teasing, mainly because the Han country only hinted a little bit, knowing that Wusun, who knew that the Han Dynasty, Jin Army, and the Western Regions, was determined to hold his thighs as determined in history.