There are very few people in the three counties of Hetao. Except for the people who have military farms in each city, they are basically uninhabited wastelands, but Lian County is an exception. Not only are there copper ore, iron ore, iron smelting furnaces, salt fields, ceramics and other workshops here, but it is also the only industrial base except Pingcheng. Although it is indeed a bit arrogant and ridiculous to use the "industrial base", it is true that this is the only dense blacksmith workshop gathering place outside Pingcheng.

Most of the Yellow Turban Army were farming farmers, but there were also various craftsmen and some poor scholars. These people were considered special talents in Dong Hu's hands, so it was impossible for them to die on the battlefield. Most of the craftsmen were protected by Pingcheng and concentrated in the Jiangzuo camp. Some young and strong were sent to Lian County. After all, there is the best quality iron ore in the world.

Dong Hu did not have enough copper coins and could not distribute copper coins to soldiers. The same was true for craftsmen. They all had no copper coins, but the craftsmen's supplies were the same as those of officers, and the worst craftsmen's supplies were also at the level of sergeant commanders.

From the army to the people, they are militarized and intensively managed. Although the people, including craftsmen, have their own fields, they still have unified militarized management. The main reason is that the population is insufficient, and everyone can only work in one direction. When there are too many people in the future and the border is safe, and there is no need for so many soldiers to defend, Dong Hu can completely let go and let everyone farm, herd sheep, and do business freely...

Intensive management is not just a big pot meal. It is similar to the military incentive system. The more apprentices you bring, the better the quality of the products you produce, and the more outputs you produce... The higher the assessment level, the better the corresponding treatment. Not only are they respected in the general camp craftsman system, but when they encounter people, soldiers, and officials after they meet the brass sign on their chests, others must also hold their fists and give in accordingly.

Dong Hu's protection of craftsmen is in all aspects. In the small old city of Lian County, there is almost the world of craftsmen and schools. The soldiers built a military city alone outside the city, while the people lived in the expanded new city. The old city seemed to have become a core city in the city, which was the safest place.

Not only the three counties of Hetao, north of Yanmen Pass... and even west of the Yellow River in Liangzhou, all the cities are very small. The main reason is that these border cities live in mixed territory of Qiang and Hu, and are built in places that are prone to chaos and rebellion. The smaller the cities are, even if they are lost, they can be easily recaptured. However, if it is a strong city fortress, it will be extremely difficult for the imperial court to regain a thousand miles of expedition. Moreover, the longer it takes, the more dangerous the imperial army will be.

The Han Dynasty had a thousand miles of land and could use the human and material resources of the entire world. Dong Hu had no such ability. He could only build a larger city and protect more people.

A small city has the advantage of a small city. A giant city has the advantage of a giant city. The main reason is the different attention. For the Han Dynasty, the border fortresses were far away from the political center of the Han Dynasty. As long as the densely populated trunks in the Central Plains were strong enough, even if the branches were inappropriate, they could easily suppress them. But for Dong Hu, even if he was not in the three counties of Hetao and Bingzhou, the nine-sided important towns were also related to the safety of the whole world. Not only for a dynasty of the Han Dynasty, but for any future dynasty, the nine-sided important towns were also related to the safety of the whole world. Even if he sent Dong Chi and Liu Qi to seize the grasslands in the north of the Mobei.

The grassland is thousands of miles away. Even if a soldier occupies the entire empty Mobei grassland, even if the Mobei and Mobei grasslands are all Han people, the economy will be slow due to different economic models, and many conflicts will arise due to the gap between the rich and the poor. After the conflicts accumulate to a certain extent, war will inevitably arise between the two sides. This has nothing to do with "ambition". However, Dong Chi and Liu Qi took advantage of the emptiness of the grassland and took the lead in occupying the Mobei grassland and turned the entire grassland into a part of the world. In the future, it will be just a discord between the Han brothers and will have no big relationship with foreign tribes.

Not planning for a while is not enough to plan for the whole world. Even if the Mobei Grassland changed its Han surname, the important towns on the nine sides are still extremely important. They are not only a barrier to the world, but also a shackle of the Mobei Grassland and a safety bolt.

The different directions of attention determine the results. Cai Yong was still a minister of the Han Dynasty, and was still worried about the situation in Luoyang. After a banquet with Dong Hu, he left Lian County the next day. He needed to meet Huangfu Song as soon as possible. For this old man, no matter whether Huangfu Song chose to recruit pacification again, he could not allow more than 100,000 rebels to enter Wudu County and Hanzhong County, and even more so, these rebels could not cause disaster to the entire Yizhou.

Cai Yong was an old man who was respected by Dong Hu. Perhaps in this era, the pedantic and sometimes easy to be confused was the only person he could respect. He not only felt sorry for the old man's choice, but also felt sorry for Cai Yan's destined fate. It is hard to say whether he was kidnapped by the Huns again. At this time, the Huns had become part of the Eighth Camp of Xiyuan, and it is also unknown whether Cai Yan would be kidnapped again, but Wei Zhongdao was a short-lived ghost. The appearance of Dong Hu, the swelling moth, would not change the length of an irrelevant life.

He knew that Cai Yan's departure was destined to be a tragedy, but he had no way to change it. If he intervened too much, Old Man Cai would instead decide that he was a villain. How could the old man leave him with twenty or thirty student disciples?

Last year, I decided to return to Liangzhou. The cattle, sheep and supplies were sent to Lian County with the roaming and grazing half a year ago, and sent to Dong Chi's troops in Yanran Mountain. All that was left was to wait quietly.

The official war started in February. February refers to the time when Dong Buyi came into contact with the Eastern Qiang of Liangzhou. Before February, Dong Xiaoyi and Dong Gu who were transferred to Yanran Mountain would lead troops south to Juyanze and Xiu Tuze, and from the north end to Zhangye and Wuwei. The reason why they came to Juyanze and Xiu Tuze were killed was because the rest of the places were a thousand-mile desert.

In a thousand-mile desert, even if the cavalry travels a hundred miles a day, it will take at least ten days. Moreover, it is impossible to walk in the desert to reach a hundred miles a day. What is even more difficult is that there is no feed for hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep in the desert, so they can only regard themselves as Yanze, and Xu Tuze went south to rush into Zhangye and Wuwei County.

This time, there were 90,000 troops attacking the four counties of Hexi. The troops of Dong Chi in Yanran Mountain and all the troops in Shuofang were mobilized, 20,000 young men and women in Pingcheng and 30,000 elite troops in Hehuang Valley. If you simply take over the four counties of Hexi, Dong Hu would not need to mobilize so many troops on such a large scale. Only Dong Xiaoyi and Dong Gu merged Dong Chi's 25,000 elite cavalry, which was enough to capture the empty four counties of Hexi.

Twenty-five thousand elite cavalry are enough to capture the empty four Hexi counties, but this will take some time. After all, the four Hexi counties span two thousand miles east and west. However, if the top is 90,000 elite Taishan, the four Hexi counties do not even need to attack. They just need to run to the place to successfully take over the city. These are only for the four Hexi counties.

Dong Hu used the 60,000 troops from Dongbuyi in Bingzhou, and the Hehuang Valley could take out 30,000 troops. Dong Hu, who was particularly familiar with the situation in Liangzhou, knew very well what the 90,000 elite troops meant. Ninety thousand elite troops were enough to crush the kingdom in combat power. Not only did Dong Hu feel extremely confident, but no Liangzhou general who was familiar with the situation in Liangzhou would have any doubts.

When the battle in February, at the end of January, Dong Xiaoyi, Dong Gu and Dong Chi will lead 25,000 elite cavalry into Juyanze, and Dong Hu will also lead troops along the frozen Yellow River to Jincheng, Yuzhong, and the warriors. As long as these three hub cities are taken down, Jincheng County and Hexi four counties will be basically taken down by Dong Hu. The rest will be fought with more than 100,000 Dongqiang in Longxi County and Hanyang County. The battle will determine who will be the overlord of Liangzhou.

The plan was all formulated, and Dong Hu and the 16th deputy generals had also carefully studied it. It can be implemented step by step, raising materials and mobilizing troops... It can be done step by step. Dong Hu only plans before the war, and determines the general direction, how to attack and what tactics to use in the last battle, these are all decided by the generals themselves. The battlefield is changing, and he cannot command the linear and diagonal military formations thousands of miles away... If he really acts like this, no matter how powerful the army is, it will be defeated.

Dong Hu believed in his brothers very much and would not interfere too much in how they fought. Not only that, he did not even care about the preparation of logistics and materials. Apart from looking through the reports sent by Ruan Yu, he did not interfere too much, and gave as much experience as possible to some young scholars.

Chen Liu and Ruan Yu were Cai Yong's favorite disciples. They were similar in nature to Cai Yong. They were good at lyrics, calligraphy, music, etc. They were a little worse for military politics, politics and civil affairs. Not only that, Cai Yong's hundreds of students were similar. Of course, it was not their fault. Their teachers themselves were "empty" officials, and they were a clean official who ignored nothing. Where did they get their experience in doing things? Didn't they just play with some lyrics, music?

Cai Yong finally left behind twenty or thirty students, so Dong Hu naturally would not waste it so much. He stayed by his side as a entourage and was sent to the logistics camp to do things. If the logistics camp did a good job, he would throw it to the counties and counties of Liangzhou in the future and continue to train, perhaps he would be able to temper several famous ministers at the level of prime minister.

Dong Hu is extremely cautious in using famous families, so the poor children will lose these concerns. Most of Cai Yong's students are poor children, which has a lot to do with Cai Yong's choice. Old Man Cai is a master of literature, music, and calligraphy, but these are all things that are stupid. Others cannot gain any rights through Cai Yong. At most, they will gain some good reputation. If you want to get enough tangible benefits through Cai Yong, you should not think about it. Therefore, most children from aristocratic families will choose a family of four generations like Yuan Wei, rather than Cai Yong who plays with the void.
Chapter completed!