Nikan led the army to the tribe of Hanggao on the right wing of Tumut. The army advanced to the edge of the Alxa Desert. Hu Duntu, who was patrolling at the northern foot of Helan Mountain, met with Quitu Khan's troops. They faced off for a period of time.

, and finally moved south in a big way.

It was not until Huduntuhan and Quitu Khan's army entered the territory of Gansu that they returned to Qingcheng.

In Baotou in later generations, where the Kundulun River flows out of the mountains, Nikan stood there and looked at it for a long time. After a while, he said to Sun Chuanyu: "Uncle, we came all the way from the Tumut right wing prairie, and suddenly after entering this place

It is narrow, with mountains to the north and rivers to the south. The places entering and exiting the prairie on the east and west sides are very narrow."

"This place connects the left and right Tumut Prairie, and is located exactly in the middle. It is a beautiful place. Jiuyuan County was established here during the Han Dynasty. Lu Bu, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms, was from here. Zhongshou City was established here during the Tang Dynasty.

They are all famous cities outside the Great Wall”

"Since ancient times, there have been four major avenues from the river to the north: Yang Dao, Bai Dao, Shengtian Khan Dao, and Fengzhou Dao. The Yang Dao along the Kundulun River is the first avenue."

"It's a pity that since the end of the Tang Dynasty, this place has no longer been owned by the Han Dynasty, and the cities of the past dynasties have also been lost in the heaps of weeds."

"Since this place is back in the hands of this Khan, it cannot be abandoned again. I had already discussed it with Hang Gao and Guluge when I passed by here first and headed to the desert."

"The pasture lands on the left and right wings are still under the jurisdiction of the two people, but the Han people, farmland near Qingcheng, and this place will be handed over to this Khan."

"Uncle, although this area is not large, it has a big river, the Kundulun River, which can open up millions of acres of fertile land."

"After I go back, I will send Old Taoist Sun over. He is familiar with this place and asked him to choose a key location to build the city. I think the east bank of the Kundulun River would be good."

"According to the feedback from Erlinchen, Hanggao, and Guluge, there have been severe droughts in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Ningxia during the Ming Dynasty in recent years. Coupled with the chaos caused by bandits, the people in the three places have almost no way to survive. They are heading towards the Mongolian border.

There are not a few who have escaped.”

"You set up outposts in Pianguan, Shahukou, Zhangjiakou and other places, um, preferably Baiqi, pay close attention to the situation of the Han people flowing into Mongolia, set up wooden forts, store some food, clothing, medicinal materials and other items, and accept them carefully in the future.

All incoming Han people will be given priority to move here."

"Well, let's give this place a name. Let's call it Jiuyuan. After the city is built in the future, a separate province will be set up south of Yinshan Mountain, which will be called Shannan Province. The provincial capital will be in Jiuyuan."

"According to the introduction of local Han people, there is abundant coal and iron near Jiuyuan, so a smelting and iron mill is just in time to be set up."

Sun Chuanyu nodded constantly while listening. Chakdan beside Nikan also kept taking notes with a charcoal pen. He is now both Nikan's personal guard captain and his personal "secretary". According to Nikan,

According to the rules, he would ask Chakdan about the situation of his supervision every now and then for anything he had ordered. If he forgot or did not urge him to do it, he would definitely be punished by him.

Sun Chuanyu was inexplicably horrified while listening.

"It is said that Xiurong grew up in the forest. He came into contact with two Han people, Lao Suntou and Sun Laodao, when he was more than ten years old. Those who read the book got it from Sun Laodao, but he probably didn't read much, even if he

I have taught Xiurong everything I know, but I don’t think he is any better.”

"But Sooyoung seems to be very familiar with the local situation from setting up a large port in Vladivostok, occupying Jeju Island, and ambushing Ulan Hada. Is there no reason for this? The furthest he has been to Urhit since he was a child."

"Haha", seeming to be aware of Sun Chuanyu's horror, Nikan smiled and said: "Sun Laodao used to preach in the Shannan area and is very familiar with these places..."

Sun Chuanyu curled his lips secretly, "Of course Sun Laodao is familiar with it, but he definitely doesn't know about the Four Avenues, Jiuyuan County and others. You have another connection."

"It is estimated that there will be a large number of Han people fleeing from the fortress in the next two years. After they come, you will give priority to resettling 10,000 households in Jiuyuan, and the rest will be placed on the left and right wings as appropriate. By the way, the Han people must be concentrated and resettled, and you will also resettle the pastures on the right wing.

After seeing it, the place near the river is crisscrossed with branches and abundant water and grass. It would be no problem to open up tens of millions of acres of farmland."

"But don't go too far, otherwise Hang Gao will have other ideas."

"In this way, if there are excess farmers, they will all be moved to the site of Fengzhou County in the Tang Dynasty, and they will be resettled according to 10,000 households."

The ruins of Fengzhou County in the Tang Dynasty were located near Bayannur City in later generations. When Nikan came back, he took Sun Chuanyu to inspect them carefully.

"In this way, there is Qingcheng in the east of the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, Jiuyuan City in the middle, Fengzhou City in the west, and 30,000 Han households. In time, this place will be firmly controlled by this Khan!"

Nikan and his entourage had already arrived at the edge of the river on horseback. He got off the horse and stood on a high place overlooking the north and south of the river. He couldn't help but feel a little high-spirited. He wanted to recite a poem with his hands behind his back, but he was empty and couldn't even plagiarize.

Yes, I had no choice but to give up in frustration.

Sun Chuanyu, Zha Kedan, Xiao Alin and others in the distance looked at him with reverence.

In fact, Nikan is not bragging. From Bayannur to Hohhot, after the Manchu and Qing dynasties allowed Han immigrants to immigrate, it didn’t take long for them to establish a firm foothold in Shannan. Within a few decades, they became the ethnic group with the largest population in the area. Originally, they were

Baotou, a temporary post station set up by Emperor Kangxi during his western expedition to Galdan, was also developed by the Han people into a huge land and water dock.

The hard work and creativity of the Han people are first-rate. As long as they are given a little space, they will make full use of it.

"Great Khan, if you want to protect such a vast place, only five thousand troops may not be enough."

Seeing Nikan's high-spirited look, Sun Chuanyu didn't want to disturb him at first, but in the end he thought that there were Huduntuhan and Oara tribe to the west of this place. Since he was asked to guard them, he had to clarify some situations clearly.

"It's okay." Unexpectedly, Nikan didn't care. He looked at everyone with a smile, "According to what I learned, the Oara tribe is entangled with a tribe farther west, a big country called the Kazakh Khanate.

The descendants of the Turks have a vast territory and no less than 300,000 men to control the strings. I don’t think the Oara tribe has any spare power to attack Shannan.”

Nikan, who is familiar with history, certainly knows that until the middle of the seventeenth century (around 1650), the Oara tribe was at a disadvantage in the war with Kazakhstan, and many places were captured by Kazakhstan, so it had no energy to go east.

"The tiger and the rabbit are stupid, but sweating is nothing to worry about"

Today, Nikan finally understands the true strength of the ministries beyond the Great Wall.

Since the tribes outside the Great Wall are mostly nomadic, fishing and hunting tribes, and mainly eat meat, their physical strength is naturally much higher than that of the Han people.

Nomadic tribes usually have to deal with wolves on the grasslands. When migrating, they will definitely go deep into the pastures of other tribes, and conflicts will inevitably arise. Therefore, battles between tribes are common. Over time, even without special training,

He developed a fierce spirit.

People in the forest often encounter tigers, wild boars, black bears, wolves and the like when hunting. Over time, they develop a sense of bravery in fighting against wild beasts.

Therefore, many names of people in the forest are related to ferocious beasts, such as Nurhachi, whose name means: "a person as fierce as a wild boar".

The forest people north of Mobei often go to war with other tribes over the mink farms and reindeer migration areas.

Given the level of civilization of the Daur people, why are there so many wooden cities along the Heilongjiang River at this time?

Not just to resist the intrusion of other tribes.

This is the case for the Daur people (here specifically refers to the Daur people in the Heilongjiang River Basin, excluding those in the Yunda River Basin) who have entered a period of mainly farming and supplemented by fishing and hunting, let alone the forest tribes whose civilization is far inferior to them?

Therefore, Nurhachi's Houjin force was unstoppable at first. After the establishment of the Eight Banners system, the bannermen often gathered together to practice, and they had armor, which was not something the Mongolian cavalry could resist.

After acquiring Shenyang, Liaoyang, Fushun and other places in Liaodong as well as vast farmland, the equipment, training, and mobility of the Hou Jin army were improved to a higher level. At this time, they no longer needed to drive sheep into battle, but carried them with them.

With only ten days of dry food, one can go out to fight a small to medium-sized war. With the addition of looting, one can go out for a month.

Therefore, in their war with the Mongols, Nurhachi still attached great importance to them at the beginning, often gathering tens of thousands of cavalry to attack. Over time, after realizing their combat power, they rarely dispatched more than 10,000 cavalry.

In Lin Dan Khan's war, as long as he dispatched five thousand cavalry, Lin Dan Khan would "escape in panic".

As for the cavalry under Nikan's command now, since they have received the bonus of food, their combat power and mobility are still higher than those in Manchuria.

At the same time, the people from Linzhong are cavalry who often gather together in the form of a standing army. They are not comparable to the Manchurians who only recruit various bannermen for war. Of course, from the Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the Manchurians must have also set up a standing army.

, but certainly not many, mainly protecting major cities.

The ferocious cavalry also has firearm bonuses and is trained all the time.

Nikan's army is probably second to none in Northeast Asia in terms of its combat strength of ten thousand people, except for the small number of soldiers.

In history, Yue Tuo's expedition against Hu Dun Tu was a complete battle to destroy the country. A total of only ten thousand cavalry were dispatched, including many Mongolian cavalry. As for Chotu Khan, he bullied the Tumut of Qinghai, and the Us Tibetan herders were still

However, his fighting ability is not as good as Lin Danhan.

Historically, Gushi Khan of the Oirat tribe traveled thousands of miles from Xinjiang to Qinghai, and with only ten thousand cavalry, the exhausted army defeated Tu Khan's 40,000 cavalry. You can imagine Tu Tu Khan's combat power.

The Oirat tribe, who have experienced wars for a long time and are familiar with firearms, will be Nikan's biggest enemy in the future, but now they are entangled by the powerful Kazakh Khanate.

According to the normal historical process, it will take at least more than ten years for the Oirat tribe to advance eastward.
Chapter completed!