Xie anruo knew that ran min's public ridicule was definitely to jump with anger. The enemy they faced was not fighting in battle, but using complex mountains to avoid and attack. There was no simple time to fight in mountains, no matter what era.
Xiqiang mountain is just a general name. In fact, it contains several continuous mountains and a large piece of dense forest. The terrain there is not as complex as Bashu, or even more complex than Bashu.
Bashu, at least through human development, has opened up a road that people can walk for a long time. As the habitat of Zhuxia since ancient times, there will always be map survey, but Xiqiang mountain is really not the field that Zhuxia has stepped into.
Xiqiang mountain, located under the plateau, has mountains and dense forests, as well as two obvious basins. We should deeply know that areas without artificial development represent no road, and it is also very easy to form swamp areas under long-term ponding in the basin. When everything is primitive, there are countless beasts and insects, which is not low for people to step on.
Xie an led the army to carry out a net like encirclement and suppression. Most of the time, the difficulties were not in the resistance of the remnants of Qiang and Di, but nature added countless difficulties to the encirclement and suppression. During their encirclement and suppression, they found the remains of violent corpses in the wilderness. Almost all kinds of death methods can be used. Most of them were poisoned by poisonous insects. Even if they had sufficient preparation in advance, the non combat attrition was also quite serious.
It's never easy to open up a primitive area. We can know what kind of fearless spirit our ancestors had, so that we can have a comfortable living environment for future generations. It's precisely because we know that it's not easy to open up that Zhuxia also worshipped our ancestors.
It's not what ran min should care about about about the war between the remnants of Qiang and di. He can even tease or ridicule Taiwei Xu Zheng from time to time. How can he show mercy to Xie an who doesn't have much to say about the plate?
"General Hussars is just as always..." Li Kuang didn't say anything behind, but everyone knew what it meant. He looked around and said to Xie AI, "since the Hussars general has reached Yangguan, everything is finished?"
Xie AI was greatly relieved to see that ran min had no trouble coming. But he didn't dare to relax at all and said, "I can't wait to relax!"
Li kuangsi knows that it doesn't matter what ran min's attitude is. The important thing is not to have any moths on his side.
Generally speaking, although it rained some time ago, it is irreversible that a drought will break out in the northwest. The state of Han took tough measures to suppress curfews in the northwest, and Xie AI came forward to win over those who can fight. The trouble must be suppressed by iron and blood, and the official also gave a way to live. The big guy still thought about how to get through the difficulties under the official planning.
The local people in the northwest want to find a way to survive by going out to fight in the western regions, while the people from other regions are completely aimed at military merit.
There are too many people flocking to the northwest all over the country, which reminds the northwest people that under the premise that the Han country attaches great importance to military merit, it is an unprecedented good thing that no one in the army can obtain military merit. Don't miss this opportunity to change your destiny.
"Although we have no military status, we are led by the army. What's the difference?" Sanshi arrived at Yangguan long ago as the first batch of personnel to be trained: "meritorious service is still recognized and can be awarded a title. There should be a lot of rewards."
In fact, there are more good things. For example, after arriving at Yangguan, the military also undertakes eating and drinking. The food is incomparable at home, that is, the training is very strict and the physical strength consumed is also very large.
In today's such a year, even wealthy families can hardly guarantee that they can eat meat several times a month. The Han Army's diet is never short of meat, especially water meat.
Sanshi has just eaten a salted fish and is putting his mouth on the second one. He likes salted fish very much. It's not how delicious salted fish is. It's that salted fish has enough salt. Rice rice is matched with salted fish, and there is a bowl of thick meat flavored soup. He feels that he is living a beautiful life for the landlord.
Han was not short of seafood from the beginning, and once traded with Tuoba Dai country with salted fish as its main product. The reason why it is called salted fish is that it is made by mixing salt. Salt is a necessity for anyone, but many places don't produce salt at all.
There are salt ponds in the northwest, which have existed since the Pre-Qin Dynasty, but the output of salt ponds is very small and the quality is not good at all. It should be said that the people in Northwest China have been short of salt for a long time. It is an extravagant hope to get serious salt. Most people can only use salty cloth, and even won't have a little salty taste.
Not only the northwest, but many parts of the world are short of salt, so there are all kinds of means to increase the saltiness of food when cooking. The taste is there, but there is no supplement to the body. As a result, the body is always lack of this and that. Not only does it live a long life, but also there are all kinds of problems.
It can be said that Sanshi has never eaten salt in the real sense since he was young. Without him alone, it is the same situation for most poor people. It is not difficult to understand his love for salted fish.
It is only in recent years that wheat flour is used to make pasta. The first popular place is the former Qingzhou administrative region, which has expanded to the surrounding areas, that is, it has not yet spread to the northwest, that is, the northwest, which is extremely popular pasta in later generations, still has millet, sorghum, corn and many miscellaneous grains.
In fact, wheat was not the main grain in the Central Plains. Most of it was used as supplementary crops after the main grain. Wheat received little attention, but most of it was planted with barley. Before the emergence of wheat flour, wheat was an extremely difficult food to swallow, which was also related to shelling technology.
Without Liu Yan's improvement, not only would wheat flour not appear so early, but the shelling of a variety of grains also took pounding as a means, that is, pounding slowly with heavy wood. The women in the family often needed pounding for an hour or two just for each meal.
Rice is not popular in the north of the Yangtze River. Many northwest people didn't know that rice existed until they came to Yangguan.
The sources of rice for the military are the southwest and the Indochina Peninsula, with the Indochina Peninsula obtaining the most. In fact, rice tastes are different in each region. It depends on the local climate. It is better to meet the local taste. Future generations develop hybrid rice for yield, but the nutritional value is really not very good, but there is nothing more important than making the people of the whole country eat.
To say where the rice is the best to eat, there is no doubt that the rice produced on the Indochina Peninsula is not only full and bright, but also has high nutritional value. Nowadays, many people in the Han Dynasty can eat the rice produced in the Indochina Peninsula, but they are much happier than their descendants.
"Tomorrow will start."
"Yes, go out of Yangguan to bailongdui."
The name of bailongdui in the past is no longer important. Of course, it is the name of the first generation of Western Han Dynasty, which proves that only the strong have the rule of "naming right".
Bailongdui is the modern Lop Nur. At present, there is no vast desert there. Only some areas form Gobi, and most areas are grassland.
After leaving Yangguan, the terrain on the way to the West tends to be flat. There are mountains and small hills. You can reach puchanghai more than 600 miles ahead.
By the way, Pu Changhai (Yanze) was the old name of the early Han Dynasty. Pu Changhai's name continued until the Cao Wei Dynasty and was renamed laolanhai in the Western Jin Dynasty. Of course, Liu Yan ignored some naming during the Sima family's reign and reused the name of the early Han Dynasty.
Yangguan is a plain in the West and a mountain range stretching hundreds of miles in the south. At present, the mountain range has no name and will be named Golden Mountain in later generations. Further south of the golden mountains is a basin with a wide range. It is named Qaidam Basin in modern times. Further south is the Kunlun Mountains.
At present, the place where Xie an led his troops to fight is in the south of Kunlun mountain. There are continuous mountains, 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 those in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. At least there are Tuyuhun six habitats in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but they are really primitive at present.
The whole route from the Central Plains to the western regions is generally called Hexi corridor. This Hexi Corridor is not invariable. Desertification and Gobi will change the road. At present, the route from guzang to Yangguan is used. Because the climate has changed, in fact, the route to Yumenguan can only be selected in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, resulting in the absence of Yangguan in many cultural works in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Many frontier poets often mention Yumen pass.
"Fifty five thousand people have enough food for March, and if they lack food, they will be the enemy."
Li Kuang can't say what he is dissatisfied with. Their going out of Yangguan to enter the western regions is originally a "stop loss" behavior. The state is willing to provide it for three months. It has done its best when the country is about to face a comprehensive food shortage.
Xie AI will not leave the Yangguan pass. He will still stay in the northwest to deal with the follow-up matters.
The first group of people going to the western regions will be led by Li Kuang. After entering the western regions, they can act easily, that is, they don't limit some rules.
After the first batch, the second batch of people will be promoted in the following month, but they will no longer enter the western regions in the mode of Legion. They are "free travel" of small groups of people, which means that the first batch led by Li Kuang is to open up the situation, which is very similar to the Han Dynasty's development of the Indochina Peninsula.
Since they entered the western regions on the premise of seeking survival, the official did not issue uniforms for each Xiaoguo. It means that except for the military officers and soldiers, others wear everything. The only thing they have in common is that they are fully armed.
On the day of the official departure, ran min, who had disappeared for some time, appeared again.
Ran min was standing on the Yangguan pass, watching the procession passing through the pass, accompanied by Xie AI.
"Southerners have Indochina Peninsula and northerners have western regions." Ran min didn't have a deeper understanding of encouraging people to open up, but simply felt that it was good to have a place to rob: "it's fair at once."
The city wall of Yangguan is about eight meters high, connecting two mountains. There are urn cities inside and outside. Part of the mountain has been hollowed out to hide soldiers and store materials. Since it was rebuilt by Zhang Liangguo, it really hasn't played a role. Zhang Liangguo has always taken the initiative to attack the western regions, and the people of the western regions haven't even approached Yangguan once.
"The western regions are different from the Indo China Peninsula. The Indo China Peninsula is in wilderness, that is, there is political power. Most areas are not controlled, and most of them are savages." Xie AI is not unaware of the Indochina Peninsula. There are two definitely different environments from the western regions. The second is: "the western regions were full of small countries and powerful countries before the first Han Dynasty was conquered. They are also at the intersection of the East and the west, with diverse cultures and strong folk customs."
"The Han people in the north can also fight better than the Han people in the south." Ran Mincai, regardless of whether it was a map gun or not, smiled and said, "it's appropriate to be able to fight on top."
Xie AI is just saying that people in the western regions can fight again. For a long time, they have been taught by Zhuxia how to be a man. The developed western regions are also less dangerous from nature than Indochina Peninsula. Going to the western regions is mostly faced with the fighting between people. It's not like going to Indochina Peninsula and walking in the dense forest. Suddenly they are bitten by something and lose their lives.
Only one city gate can pass through the Customs for 55000 people. The speed is really not much faster. The whole process from the first group of people to the last one takes up to seven hours. As a result, the leading cavalry troops go 20 miles away, but they are hanging behind.
Until the last person came out of Yangguan, ran min looked at the long team and said, "what's the reaction from the western regions?"
"The big man gathered one or two hundred thousand people at Yangguan. The movement was too big." Xie AI was not responsible for marching into the western regions. He had many contacts with Li Kuang, but he also knew the situation: "Shanshan ran around in many ways. Yanqi, Gaochang, Qiemo, Jingjue and other countries knew very well. He took kuci as the leader of the alliance and formed a coalition army to be ready."
"The land of merchants and musicians?" Ran min is really no stranger to Kucha. The main reason is that the state of Zhao in Shijie once accepted a considerable number of Kucha people. Fotucheng, who received the courtesy of Shi Hu, came from Kucha. He said with some amusement, "take Kucha as the leader of the alliance, just because Kucha is rich?"
Ran min guessed right. To say which country in the western region is the richest now, it is definitely led by Kucha. When Kucha was rich enough to hire people everywhere, he relied on mercenaries to open up territory and smash with money. He was so happy that he watched Kucha expand.
"If Shule and Cheshi don't move, the problem is not big." Ran min really despised the Kucha people and had a great relationship with the fixed thinking of Zhuxia. Zhuxia did not think that the country of businessmen and actors could achieve anything since ancient times. He thought of something, slightly amused and asked, "did Wusun people really do it to the car driver?"
Xie AI still knew why ran min had such obvious teasing, mainly because the Han country only hinted a little. Wu sun, who knew that the Han country had a firm will to enter the western regions, was as firm as in history.