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Chapter 616 Establishment

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    Chapter 617 Jiuyuan

    Du Zhenglun was an upright and talented person. Because he was accused of being related to Hou Junji's rebellion, Li Shimin demoted Du Zhenglun. After that, the world was in chaos. It was not until Li Zhen's army fought back to Chang'an again that Du Zhenglun returned to Chang'an.

    Li Zhen also knew that Du Zhenglun was a rare talent. Although he was older, he was still in good health, so he appointed him as an official. From then on, Du Zhenglun was like a fish in water, rising all the way up. He was quite capable and ambitious.

    This time when I went to Jiuyuan, Du Zhenglun was in charge of the construction of Jiuyuan, while Xue Dingshan was in charge of the military operations. One of them was in charge of the administration and the other was in charge of the army. Because Xue Dingshan was only about 20 years old, he was just a figure compared to Du Zhenglun, who was in his eighties.  As a junior, Xue Dingshan respected Du Zhenglun very much, and Du Zhenglun knew that Xue Dingshan was a strong soldier with outstanding military exploits, so he also put down his arrogance, and the two of them got along harmoniously.

    Xue Dingshan led the army forward and came out of the fortress to the vicinity of Jiuyuan. Since this area was now under the rule of the Uighurs, Xue Dingshan was very careful. He knew that if the Uighurs knew that he had led troops to occupy Jiuyuan, there would be a war.  Great war.

    Huihe is a branch of the Tiele tribe, living in Tula and Hebei, and Wuhu lives in the Tianshan area.  It was once a vassal of the Turkic Khanate.  When the Turkic Khanate was powerful, the Uighur tribes surrendered to the Turks.

    After the fall of the Eastern Turks, the Uighurs surrendered to Xue Yantuo. However, Xue Yantuo occupied the grassland for a short time and was finally destroyed by Li Zhen. The leader of the Uighurs, Tumidu, also fell into Li Zhen's counterintuitive plan and turned against Xue Yantuo and fought with Li Zhen.  Zhen defeated Xue Yantuo together, and then ostensibly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it became its own entity.

    Since Tubo invaded Chang'an and the world was in chaos, the Huihe people saw an opportunity and immediately rebelled. They invaded the territory of the Tang Dynasty and occupied a large area of ??land in the north of the Tang Dynasty, including Jiuyuan.

    At this time, the Uighurs, through continuous annexations, had already controlled the Tiele tribes and became the overlord of the grasslands. Tumidu had 300,000 troops, and they continued to burn, kill and loot in the border areas of the Tang Dynasty to expand their strength.

    Just last autumn, the Uighurs were still plundering the border areas, and for a while the northern part of the Tang Dynasty was at war.

    Since the end of the Warring States Period, the nomadic peoples in the north, including the Xiongnu, Turks and other ethnic minorities, have become a serious problem for the Central Plains Dynasty. During the Warring States Period, the northern countries such as Yan and Zhao built the Great Wall to withstand the invasion of the Huns. The Qin State  After unifying the world, they spent a lot of national power to connect the Great Walls of the northern countries into one, also to resist the Huns in the north.

    At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the Xiongnu began to invade the Central Plains frequently. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, led an army of 300,000 to fight against the Xiongnu, but was surrounded and defeated. From then on, the dignified Han Dynasty succumbed to the Xiongnu, and continuously sent out princesses to marry and conquered the country.  Destiny hangs on a woman's belt.

    It was not until the Han Dynasty had accumulated for decades that the country became powerful, the talented and resourceful Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty rose up to fight back, and the best generals Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Guang and others led the army, and finally defeated the Xiongnu. After hundreds of years, the two Han Dynasties also experienced Chen Tang  , Dou Gu, Ban Chao and other famous generals continued to attack, and finally defeated the Huns.

    However, the good times did not come to pass. The foreign tribes in the north were just like mowing grass. After one stubble was cut, another stubble grew. The Huns were defeated, but the Xianbei, Di, Jie, Qiang and other tribes rose up. They and the Huns  The remnant took advantage of the great chaos in the Western Jin Dynasty and invaded the Central Plains. The Five Husbands disrupted China, which became the darkest scene in Chinese history. In the eyes of the foreigners, the northern Han people had become livestock, called two-legged sheep, and could be killed at will. They even became  Received alien military rations.

    Fortunately, the national hero Ran Min was born and issued the "Killing Hu Order", driving away millions of foreigners, and the Han nation was able to breathe.

    After the Five Husties, Xianbei rose up, occupied northern China, and established the Northern Wei Dynasty. The north fell into the hands of foreigners for hundreds of years.

    It was not until Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian destroyed the Northern Zhou Dynasty established by the Xianbei people that northern China returned to the hands of the Han again.

    However, at this time, the Turks on the northern grasslands once again rose, putting great pressure on the Sui Dynasty and the later Tang Dynasty. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks even reached near Chang'an and almost occupied the capital of the Tang Dynasty.  , Fortunately, Li Shimin was wise and martial, formed a white horse alliance with the Turks, and drove away the enemy troops, so that the Tang Dynasty was saved.

    A few years later, Li Jing, the God of War of the Tang Dynasty, destroyed the Eastern Turks.

    The Eastern Turks fell, but Xue Yantuo rose again. Li Zhen destroyed Xue Yantuo again, but the Uighurs had the tendency to rise again. Just like wheat, after one crop is cut off, another crop will grow.

    This is mainly because the grasslands in northern Saibei are not very attractive to the Han people, a farming nation, and occupying these grassland areas will cause a lot of consumption. In the eyes of the Central Plains Dynasty, this consumption is somewhat unavoidable.Therefore, even though many Central Plains dynasties defeated the foreign tribes in the north, they did not occupy their lands, so that other nomads filled the gaps on the grasslands, and the new nomads developed and integrated after  , will become a new threat to the Central Plains Dynasty, and the cycle will repeat.

    The reason why Li Zhen wanted to occupy Jiuyuan was, firstly, because there were rich underground minerals in Jiuyuan, especially iron ore, which could develop the iron smelting industry. On the other hand, Li Zhen also wanted to build Jiuyuan and become the Han nationality's stronghold in northern Saibei.  A bridgehead to prepare for occupying the entire northern part of the country in the future.

    In Li Zhen¡¯s mind, it would be a pity for foreigners to occupy such a large area of ??land in the north of Saibei. If it is occupied by the Tang Dynasty and developed in the future, it will definitely increase the national power of the Tang Dynasty and help the Tang Dynasty move towards glory.

    And the territory in the north of Saibei does not seem to have much effect now, but in later generations, land is a resource, and occupying the north of Saibei will be of great significance to the survival and development of the Chinese nation in the next thousands of years.

    Before Xue Dingshan left, Li Zhen had already told him that he would occupy Jiuyuan no matter what. If the Uighurs dared to attack, they would be killed without leaving a trace!  Don't worry about causing friction at the border, Li Zhen will fully support Xue Dingshan!

    With Li Zhen¡¯s explanation, Xue Dingshan was confident and ambitious. He believed that with the strength of his 10,000 musketeers, even if a hundred thousand Uighur army attacked, he would have nothing to fear!

    After a long journey, Xue Dingshan led ten thousand musketeers to the vicinity of Jiuyuan. It was already early spring in March.

    This season, the temperature in the Central Plains has begun to rise, but in the bitterly cold places in the north of the Great Wall, the wind is still biting.

    Not far away is the old site of Jiuyuan City, which has been abandoned for many years since it was occupied by the Uighurs. Xue Dingshan decided to camp at the old site of Jiuyuan City first, building fortifications to defend against alien attacks, and making preparations for the upcoming construction workers.  Prepare(remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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