Xiliang, Beidi County, Lian County.

Since leaving Zuogu, this place is basically a plain area with a flat mountain. The Yellow River is only twenty miles east. After crossing the Yellow River, it is considered a Hetao land, and thousands of miles of fertile soil are used as a place for the Southern Xiongnu to grazing.

"You don't have to follow me here." Standing at the head of Lian County and feeling the dry and cold breath in the air, Liu Yi turned around and looked at Jiang Wan beside him and said with a smile.

Even though it was already spring, the northwest was still scary. Liu Yi was strong and was wearing the clothes sewn by his wife and Deng. It was quite warm. He still felt a little unbearable. The north wind was like a cold poisonous snake, and he would rush in whenever he was caught. In order to maintain his demeanor, he had to look like a chat and laugh.

I am like this, not to mention Jiang Wan, who has turned a little pale, these days, people who are not used to the northern climate have come to this rashly, and there are so many people who are so cold that their fingers and toes fall off and their toes are not responding.

"Wan is entrusted by Your Majesty to sort out the things in Liangzhou, so he naturally needs to understand more." Jiang Wan's teeth were trembling, but the smile on her face was calm.

Liu Yi's internal affairs style is an old man under Liu Bei's command. Jiang Wan clearly has no advantages except for his willingness to delegate power. This time, he temporarily took over the position of governor of Liangzhou. He may have to do the big and small things in Liangzhou, let alone Liu Yi is also in charge of monitoring the movements of the Huns.

"Go back, the sand table in this area is not difficult to make." Looking at Jiang Wan's frozen like a dog but still forcibly acted indifferent, Liu Yi was speechless and said that he was here to understand the situation in various places. However, places like Lian County, which are on the verge of the border, will encounter the problem of the Huns crossing the border all year round, and the population is only a few, which is obviously not a problem of internal affairs.

But it is not necessarily true to him. If Liu Yi doesn't come this time, Jiang Wan will come to manage Xiliang, and the first problem facing the border troubles is the treatment of border troubles, which is also the reason why Jiang Wan followed Liu Yi here.

When the two returned to Lian County Government Office, Mi Zhu had already made some arrangements. After all, according to Liu Yi's plan, the purpose of his move here this time was to guard the border, and at least temporarily solve the problem, so he would stay in Lian County for a long time in the future.

The charcoal basin was already burnt in the room, and the taste was a bit pungent. After all, this place was not built by Liu Yi. It can shelter from wind and rain and has some warmth effects, but it is definitely not comparable to the buildings built by Liu Yi.

"Brother Zizhong will enjoy it." Liu Yi and Jiang Wan came in, and looked at sitting there holding the stove. The fat body looked a little rich, and said with a smile.

"There is no way, it's too cold." Mi Zhu smiled and said, "I have been to the North when I was young, but it's all spring and summer, and it's never been so cold."

Although it is considered spring now, it is definitely different from what Mi Zhu said about spring and summer.

"Brother Zizhong has a wide range of experience, especially when he is at the border Hu people. I don't know much about it. Why do you think that Brother Zizhong doesn't seem to be worried about the war happening at this moment?" Liu Yi asked as he looked at Mi Zhu Xiao.

"Boyuan didn't know anything. Just like the Han people who mainly farmed, there were busy farming and slack farming, the population of the Huns or the entire grassland was also busy. In spring and summer, it was when cattle, sheep and livestock were born. After experiencing the cold winter, the animals were so thin that they had to drive the livestock to the pastures in spring and summer. At this time, even the Shanyu could not mobilize these people to fight, so the Huns or Xianbei people went south to rob, mostly in autumn and winter." Mi Zhu explained to Liu Yi with a smile.

Liu Yi groped through his beard under the jaw and nodded, "I heard from someone else about this, but I don't know these reasons. Brother Zizhong is quite skilled in this."

"There is no way. Zhu was born in a merchant family. This trade with the Hu people is common. I have to know the needs of them to make money. Last year, the Southern Xiongnu was settled. Our army defeated the Wei army. They did not know the reality of our army. In addition, in the battle of Guanzhong, the Xiongnu army also participated in the war. They had already suffered losses and were unwilling to take risks." Mi Zhu nodded and said.

The Mi family was a well-known wealthy businessman and a wealthy man. The Mi family could help Liu Bei raise an army, which shows how strong his financial resources were.

Unfortunately, Liu Bei was not yet rich at that time, and the situation in Xuzhou was also complicated at that time, so Liu Bei was unable to cope.

"Can brother Zizhong tell me in detail about the rules of the various ethnic groups in the grassland violate the border?" Liu Yi sat upright and looked at Mi Zhu. Jiang Wan beside him also looked at Mi Zhu. As a person from Jingzhou, the Huns were too far away for him. The one who contacted the most was probably the Xiongnu cavalry transferred by the Wei army to fight. Now that he wants to take charge of Xiliang, he naturally has to figure out these things so that he can prescribe the right medicine in the future.

"Actually, whether it is the Xiongnu or the Xianbei or the Wuhuan." Mi Zhu recalled carefully: "Every year in autumn and winter, these cattle, sheep, horses and other animals are already fat and healthy. For our merchants, the livestock at this time are actually the most valuable, but we rarely go north at this time. Only some merchants are more willing to appear in the border areas in autumn and winter. Can Boyuan know why?"

"This time of year is the time when the Hu people go south, but for this?" Liu Yi asked with a smile.

"Yes, not right. At this time, even the Han army is prohibited from conducting business. Most of the merchants travel through some mountains without garrisons, otherwise they will be punished when they pass by."

"Afraid of colluding with enemies?" Liu Yi raised his eyebrows.

"Cooperate with the enemy?" Mi Zhu shook his head and said, "Boyuan thought that those Hun cavalry could attack the city? You're welcome. Even if you put the defense map in front of them, you wouldn't be able to break the city."

"Why?" Liu Yi didn't understand. Since he was not afraid, it would be better to increase trade, which was not considered racial discrimination. But at this time, the Huns would definitely be the party that suffered losses in business. Even an ordinary businessman could play around with each other.

"From Liaodong to here, can Bo Yuan know how long the defense line is?" Mi Zhu asked.

"It's more than ten thousand miles." Liu Yi shook his head. He really didn't know about this, but across the three states of You and Liang, this line is not short.

"Although our army has garrisons in all fortresses, there are always some areas that cannot be taken care of in the tens of thousands of miles of defense. During the heyday of our dynasty, there were thousands of frontiers on this line, but Hu cavalry still invaded the Central Plains every year, and the contributions of these merchants were indispensable. Those remote trails were discovered by them, and then the Hu people took the opportunity to go south from these trails. Although the number was not too large, the losses caused were difficult to estimate." At the end, Mi Zhu couldn't help but sigh.

This is definitely not the main reason. The Hu people went south every year and could not attribute all their sins to these merchants, but they did have unrejectable responsibilities, especially during the period of Emperor Ling, the frontier garrison was greatly reduced, and many places in the Great Wall were disrepaired and broken, which also provided great convenience to the Hu people.

Liu Yi nodded. It is related to interests. Sometimes people will become crazy, especially those who are poor and have nothing to fear.

"This is an internal cause, but the most important thing is the autumn and winter season, when Hu people hunt. The two should have heard that the Huns are soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people who control strings. But in fact, only at this time can the Huns, Xianbei or Wuhuan call them steering bows and all of them armored cavalry. In spring and summer, the population of all ethnic groups is busy with livelihoods, and even the Shanyu cannot order them to let go of their livelihoods and gather together. The Hu people are different from our Han people. They say that this Shanyu is like the Han emperor to our Han people. But in fact, the Shanyu is not able to fully control the people under his rule. The Hu people live by water and grass, which is extremely difficult to control. Therefore, sometimes they are Xiongnu today, and they may become Xianbei or Wuhuan tomorrow."

Jiang Wan said curiously: "Then why can the Shanyu mobilize tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops?"

At the peak of the Huns in history, hundreds of thousands of Hun soldiers even occurred. According to Mi Zhu, the Huns did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Shanyu, so how could he gather so many people?

Not to mention hundreds of thousands, even if it is a hundred thousand army, whether it is the Han Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty or the Eastern Wu, it takes a very long preparation time just to prepare food and grass, finalize the marching route, etc.

The Han Dynasty had been preparing for the battle of Guanzhong for six years. This was Liu Yi who laid wooden tracks, which greatly reduced the transportation time of food and grass and the manpower required. Otherwise, it would be impossible to dispatch 200,000 troops at once on the issue of supply alone.

On the Huns, even the Southern Xiongnu, which is now worse than before, feels like they gather tens of thousands of troops as if they are drinking water, which makes Jiang Wan a little incredible.

"Gong Yan doesn't know anything." Mi Zhu explained with a smile: "Every year from May and June, the wild animals on the grassland are quite fat and the animals raised. At this time, the Huns will hunt."

Jiang Wan nodded and looked at Mi Zhu in confusion. What does this have to do with what he asked.

"In a large-scale hunting, there will be tens of thousands or even more people, driving hundreds of thousands or even millions of animals to hunt in one place. This kind of hunting can be transformed into a plunder of our great man at any time. If our great man has strict border defense and sufficient troops, they will hunt honestly, but if the defense is empty, they will give up hunting, attack the border village and invade the south in large numbers."

Liu Yi and Jiang Wan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that during the period of Emperor Ling, the Xianbei seemed to invade every year. At that time, the border defense was indeed much weaker than in the past.

"In other words, even if the Shanyu agreed to Cao Wei to send troops now, he would have to wait until autumn?" Liu Yi looked at Mi Zhu and said with a smile.

"Yes, even the Huns and Khans are not enough to gather the Huns' soldiers and horses." Mi Zhu nodded with a smile.

"It's still plenty of time in half a year." Liu Yi nodded, and he also felt at ease in his heart. He understood the enemy's habits. Then he made more relaxed arrangements, repairing defenses, paving roads, training troops, and collecting more information and information.
Chapter completed!