Guard the edge.
Yun Zheng received news that the Beihuan tribes and army had already retreated completely.
If they wanted to go to Beihuan to capture prisoners now, they would have to run very far.
Now, Alutai's original territory and the entire horse-grazing grassland are in their hands.
The war is over for now.
But something even more troublesome happened to Yun Zheng.
They took over the territory.
The question now is how to occupy these territories permanently.
If they send a large number of troops to occupy these territories, the supply lines will have to be very long.
Even if you want to cultivate land locally, you can't go too far. At most, you can do it around the three border cities.
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In addition, although the rainfall on the grassland is not abundant, there is a relatively short rainy season.
Once the rainy season arrives, everything becomes muddy and supply becomes difficult.
If we send too few people, we will have to worry about being harassed by Beihuan.
But what's the point of conquering these lands if there are large tracts of fertile land just sitting there to watch?
Moreover, they had to build a bridge over a tributary of the Baishui River.
A bridge must be built on the tributary near Alutai’s territory, and a bridge must also be built on the tributary near the Muma grassland!
Otherwise, if anything happens on either side, it will be too troublesome to provide support!
The two tributaries are not very wide, so building a bridge is relatively easy. We can do that first...
Yun Zheng stood on the broken city wall of Weibian, thinking constantly in his head.
"The war is over, why are you still so sad all day long?"
Yun Zheng was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't even notice Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin appeared behind him.
"Just because the war is over doesn't mean the matter is over."
Yun Zheng turned around and said, "Some things are more troublesome than fighting a war..."
When fighting a war, everything you consider serves the purpose of the war.
But now that the battle is over, there are many things to consider.
Otherwise, why do others say that it is difficult to conquer a country, but it is even more difficult to keep it?
Moreover, the battle is not over yet!
It can only be said that it is a temporary truce!
After the army has rested, they will definitely continue fighting with Beihuan.
Beihuan was just crippled!
Not been beaten to death yet!
If they kill Beihuan, they can garrison their troops on the grassland with confidence without having to worry about Beihuan's harassment.
Listening to Yun Zheng talking about all those things in detail, the two women couldn't help but feel a headache.
It feels like these things are indeed more troublesome than fighting a war!
"Okay, neither of you is cut out to worry about these things, so just stop worrying about them."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, then asked Miaoyin, "Have you picked out the right person?"
"We picked out a dozen people."
Miaoyin replied: "Those people have several family members in our hands, but I am still worried about them and need to observe them secretly for a while."
"That's fine."
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, and then instructed: "When the time is right, you can send him out to do some simple tasks. There is only a difference between doing this task zero times and countless times. As long as they act as spies once, it will be difficult for them to turn back in the future..."
Miaoyin thought about it and looked at Yun Zheng with a reproachful look, "You are really cunning!"
Yun Zheng laughed and walked towards the city wall with the two women.
Later in the evening, Yun Zheng gathered all the generals guarding the border and talked to them about the current difficulties.
After listening to Yun Zheng's words, everyone started to have a headache.
What Yun Zheng said is really troublesome.
Now that Beihuan has completely retreated, it would be unreasonable for them not to seize such a large territory.
But occupying these territories is not as easy as imagined.
Dugu Ce thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "We can ignore other places, but we must seize the horse-grazing grassland!"
Dugu Ce's words were also recognized by everyone.
“Yes, yes!”
"We must seize the horse-grazing grassland!"
"We just don't have any good horse ranches..."
"As long as we occupy the horse-grazing grassland, we will never lack excellent war horses in the future!"
"Yes……"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
They have long coveted the horse-grazing grassland.
How big is Moyang Racecourse?
One horse-grazing grassland is equivalent to many Moyang horse farms.
From the founding of the country to the present, Dagan has suffered too much from the lack of war horses in the war against Beihuan.
Six years ago, after decades of accumulation, Da Gan finally built a powerful cavalry unit.
As a result, after the first battle, they were beaten back to their original form!
Now that the conditions are in place, they are certainly reluctant to give up the horse-grazing grassland that is within their reach.
If possible, they would like to seize the largest Qinlin grassland in Beihuan.
Listening to what everyone said, Yun Zheng couldn't help but shook his head and smiled.
"We must occupy the Horse Herding Grassland!"
Yun Zheng made the final decision, and suddenly changed the subject, "However, we have to build a bridge over the river on the west side of Weibian first! Otherwise, we will have to take a long detour to get to the horse-grazing grassland."
When Yun Zheng was on the city wall before, he originally wanted to get some gunpowder at the source of the tributary and directly blow up the cliffs on both sides to block the tributary. In this way, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
But after thinking about it, he gave up the idea.
It is precisely because of the existence of that tributary that the horse-grazing grassland was born.
If that tributary dried up, the horse pasture would soon disappear.
Why bother?
“That’s no problem!”
Dugu Ce said: "The bridge is more than ten feet long. Send more people and it will be finished soon."
If it is more than thirty meters, it would be very difficult to build a bridge.
But that distance is still very simple.
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "Then let General Dugu supervise this matter!"
"yes!"
Dugu Ce immediately accepted the order.
Yun Zheng continued, "In addition, we need to send another elite force to garrison near Bailang Lake."
"White Wolf Lake?"
Yu Shizhong thought about it and immediately realized: "By stationing there, we can not only keep a direct eye on Beihuan, but also quickly provide support if any of the three border cities are attacked! Moreover, the supply distance is not far."
"Yes, that's what I mean."
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "Yu Shizhong, Qu Zhi, you two will lead 9,000 elite cavalry and bring supplies to garrison there! Yu Shizhong will be the chief general, and Qu Zhi will be the deputy general!"
"yes!"
The two men immediately obeyed the order.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng ordered the generals to take the soldiers from Sanbian City to open up wasteland and cultivate land in the area of Sanbian City.
It is not known whether it is too late to sow crops in this season, but we can still make some attempts.
If all else fails, growing some vegetables is also a good idea.
Later, he also planned to let Zhang Xu find some experienced Tian Bing to come here to build a large kiln factory.
If bricks and tiles are fired, the guard edges and the cleaning edges will be repaired.
However, this depends on whether the coal on Aluta's territory is easy to mine.
As long as there is enough coal, all these things will be easy for the kiln factory.
After everyone left, Yun Zheng called You Jiu over.
"Have the personnel been replenished?"
Yun Zheng asked.
“All replenished!”
You Jiu nodded.
"That's good!"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "You guys take a ten-day break first, and pick out the best war horses from those captured. After ten days, go to Beihuan to train through battle!"
"There are no reinforcements or supplies, you are all on your own!"
"I have only one request for you, and that is to make the enemy terrified of you!"
"Tell me what weapons you need and I'll have someone make them for you as soon as possible!"
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