Riding a horse on the Ningxia Plain by the Yellow River, Li Chao was as shocked as many first-time generals.
The wind blows the grass and shows the cattle and sheep, the fertile fields are thousands of miles, and the terrain here is completely different from the Jinghe River Valley, as if it has returned to the Guanzhong Plain.
Li Chao actually came to the Ningxia Plain, but that was before the crossing, but at that time he came to his house with his classmates.
His classmates took him to visit many places, but he dared to say that Ningxia at that time was by no means what it is now.
The mountains are greener, the grass is greener, and the water is more beautiful.
It's hard to imagine that there are lakes all over the place, and many huge lakes are scattered across the plains, rippling with microwaves and sparkling green water.
Originally, the Xitao Plain was located in an arid and semi-arid area, with scarce rainfall, which would have been extremely unsuitable for cultivation and living, but it also had the benefits of the Yellow River diversion and irrigation and abundant groundwater resources, forming a unique water conservancy condition.
In addition, the terrain is flat and the soil layer is deep, so that this place can be cultivated and planted casually, and there is also an excellent harvest, making this place a plug in the south of the Yangtze River.
"There is Helan Zhigu in the west, the Yellow River in the east, the desert outside the region, and the Longshan Mountain in the south.
This is a land of abundance" Li Chao looked at this plain at this time, and he was really full of emotion.
Now, there are no ecological problems.
The Helan Mountains, which are five hundred miles long, are still like a huge primeval jungle, and Longshan is also densely forested.
The water of the Yellow River is not so yellow, with abundant plants and numerous lakes.
There are countless wild animals here, such as wild horses, deer, tigers, wolves, roe deer, roe deer, wild boars, etc., as well as countless birds and animals.
Moreover, there are 800 miles of the Yellow River through the Xitao Plain, so that there are unique water transportation conditions here, whether it is Lingwu to Lanzhou, Liangzhou, or down the river north to the Dongtao Plain, there are nearly 3,000 miles of Yellow River water transportation conditions.
It's a natural highway.
The Xitao Plain is bounded by the Bronze Gorge, which is actually divided into two plains.
At the same time, it is bounded by the Yellow River, which can be divided into two areas: east and west.
After the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the world, it once set up two towns of Gaoping and Pugujin here, and set up pastures here, and there were more than 2 million horses alone at the peak, which can be imagined to be powerful.
During the Sui Dynasty, 20,000 Ding were sent to build the Great Wall, starting from the east bank of the Lingwu Yellow River in the west, and reaching the west bank of the Yellow River in Suide in the east, stretching for more than 700 miles, relying on the Hengshan Mountain Range, a solid Great Wall defense line was established.
At the time of the Great Cause, there were about 30,000 households in the Xitao Plain.
There are more than 500,000 acres of irrigation area with ditches that divert water from the Yellow River.
It is not only the best pasture, but also extremely fertile farmland, as well as rich resources such as medicinal herbs, wild animals, and salt.
Even as early as the Sui Dynasty, rice and wheat began to be cultivated in large areas.
At present, there is no overpopulation, no overgrazing, over-cultivation, soil erosion, deforestation, and the population is relatively small.
It's really a scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.
"Sir, this place is beautiful "Yes, are we going to be stationed here in the future, can we divide the land here, I don't want to go back" This group of 20,000 government soldiers who came with Li Chao basically came from all over Guanzhong, and Guanzhong was overcrowded for a long time, and even if they were government soldiers, they could not get enough of the average land, and often the amount of 100 mu of land was actually only 30 or 50 mu, or even less.
This time they went on an expedition, as mentioned above, when Lingwu and Shuofang Kyushu were defeated, they would be stationed and immigrated here, and the land would be re-granted here.
Their original land was taken back by the imperial court, and a subsidy was given to them.
Before coming, everyone thought that Lingwu in the northwest of Guanzhong was a place of desert, yellow sand, and aridity.
But when I got here, I found that it was even more fertile than the Guanzhong Plain.
Just one Lingzhou is already so fertile, and it will be even more remarkable if the bigger Dongtao of the place is also defeated.
Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Hetao Plain has built many channels to divert water from the Yellow River, and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland can be irrigated.
As long as some manpower is invested and some of the diversion canals that originally came from the Qin and Han dynasties are repaired, then irrigating millions of acres of land will not be a problem.
In fact, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the farmland reclaimed here reached more than 2 million mu, and there were more than one million people here in the Qing Dynasty.
Li Chao brought 20,000 soldiers, and it was a little difficult for one person to give 100 acres of farmland, but it was more than enough to give 50 acres of farmland and 50 acres of grassland.
If you come with another 30,000 people, you don't have to be afraid, after all, there are still eight other states, and the front and back of the East Plain alone are several times that of the West Plain.
The entire Hetao Plain is actually much stronger than the current Guanzhong Plain.
"Liang Shidu actually occupies such a good territory, and he can't develop it, it's really a mediocre person," Li Chao said with contempt.
The south entrance of Qingtongxia.
The mighty Yellow River crosses an S-shaped bay from south to north and enters the Qingtongxia Gorge, which is flanked by high mountains across the river.
The Bronze Canyon also divides the Xitao Plain into two plains, north and south.
This canyon is also an important passage into Lingwu.
The Liang division ordered 50,000 soldiers and horses, and was arrayed at the entrance of Qingtongxia at this time.
"With only 20,000 horses, I dare to go deep into my Lingzhou, it's really beyond my strength, looking for a god of war, Zhao Kuo who talks about soldiers on paper is almost the same."
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Liang Shidu waved his horsewhip and pointed out the country.
"Your Majesty, when that Li Chao comes, I will personally take action to capture him alive and dedicate him to Your Majesty."
One of the Liang generals laughed.
"Newspaper" "The Tang army has arrived, and it is ten miles away.
They have stopped marching and are lining up on the spot."
Liang Shi listened to it and sneered.
"It seems that this Zhang San has learned that I am here in person, and I dare not step forward for fear."
"Your Majesty, if he doesn't come, we'll go."
Another general said, "Just a milky Zhang San, His Majesty He Lao went in person, and asked His Majesty to let the last general lead 3,000 troops to go and kill him directly." ” Liang Shi shook his head.
"Although this Li San is young, after all, he is also the person who calls his father to the Tuyuhun people who fight in Longyou, and he should not be underestimated.
The herald ordered the army to advance, and I would meet him in person. ” Twenty miles away.
Wei Chigong asked Li Chao puzzled.
"Then the Liang division is twenty miles away, why stop advancing?"
"This is a military order."
Usually, Li Chao was very polite to Wei Chigong when he was safe, but in the barracks, he was not polite at all.
In the face of Wei Chigong's questioning, he didn't even have an explanation.
Cool breeze.
The 20,000 Tang troops were on the east bank of the Yellow River and launched a defensive position.
Seven armies of 20,000 men were deployed in turn, ready for battle.
Liang Shidu arrived with 50,000 people, and when he saw the Tang army's formation for the first time, he couldn't help frowning.
"This Li Chao is a bit of a Taoist."
"Your Majesty please allow me to fight" A beam will be asked to fight.
Liang Shidu frowned and did not agree, he was an eagle general in the Sui Dynasty, and he once followed Yang Guangdong to conquer Goguryeo, and the battle was not less.
Although Li Chao's soldiers and horses were less than half of him, there were no flaws in this array.
He was a little surprised, Li surpassed Xiao Pass, so he came directly to Lingwu all the way, and he neither went to capture villages and towns along the way, nor did he stop, but went straight to him.
But when he got here, the two armies were connected, and he put on a defensive position.
"Wait first" Master Liang didn't see Li Chao's reality and planned to wait.
As a result, the two armies and horses were basking in the warm spring sun by the Yellow River, and the confrontation lasted for more than an hour.
"Your Majesty, this Li Chao is a shrunken turtle, let's fight" "That is, Li San didn't dare to fight at all."
"He is afraid of His Majesty's heavenly might" Liang Shi thought about it, and it was not a way to wait like this.
"Let's take on a challenge" A beam general rode to the front of the battle.
"Hey, Li San on the other side, you dare to come, but you are here to fight" In the Tang army, Li Chao was observing a bucket of Yellow River water that had just been hit, the water had been standing for a long time, and the sediment had settled.
Better than he expected, not a lot of sediment.
Li Chao also looked at the soil samples he had no way to collect, including lake soil, saline-alkali soil, sandy soil, etc., and the saline-alkali soil was not serious.
"Chief, the Liang army has come up to challenge, let me go to the battle," Wei Chigong said impatiently.
Li Chao just continued to look at the specimens he collected, and replied lightly, "The military order is like a mountain, and those who dare to fight without the permission of the commander will be killed."
The Tang Army's military law is extremely strict, even when the charge highlights the array of the team, you can be beheaded, shoot a crossbow arrow left and right, you can be beheaded, dare to fight without authorization, this is absolutely not allowed.
"But everyone rode on top of us" "So what" Wei Chigong was speechless and reluctantly retreated.
Liang Jun came over to scold the challenge, but no one responded for a long time.
The Tang army was there in a formation like that, motionless.
"Your Majesty, just rush straight into battle, we have 50,000 soldiers and horses."
Liang Shidu looked at his own men, the number was indeed more than double that of the Tang army, but how did he look at it, he felt that although he had many soldiers, he was not as neat as the Tang army.
Seeing that they have been lined up here for two hours, this team is still in high spirits.
Such a team, elite.
"Smoker Special Service, please lead the Turkic cavalry of your headquarters to charge for my vanguard, how about it?"
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Liang Shidu turned his head to a blonde-haired general beside him and said.
This general, who obviously looks like a Hu person, is a Turkic nobleman, Ashina Simo Special Service.
He also served as the Eastern 000 Turkic Khan for a few days, and at the end of the emperor, the Qimin Khan was defeated by the Western Turkic Khan and fled to Chang'an.
Ashina Simo was proclaimed Khan in Mobei.
However, later Qimin was supported by the Sui Dynasty to return to the grassland, and Ashina Simo took the initiative to go to the position of Khan.
After that, after experiencing the three brothers Shibi, Chuluo, and Jieli, Ashina Simo did not pay more attention to it, but because he looked very much like Hu Ren, he only followed the Great Khan in the Khan's court, and did not get the right to divide the seals and open his teeth.
At present, he is specially assigned to the capital of Liang Division, with 3,000 Turkic cavalry, and is the foreign aid of Liang Division.
Hearing Liang Shidu's request, Ashina Simo refused without hesitation.
The slightest mercilessness in refusal made Liang Shidu's face extremely ugly.
Liang Shidu only turned his head to look at those Jihu generals again yesterday.
But no one asked for war.
Liang Shidu looked at his old subordinates again, these people were eager to try, but Liang Shidu was reluctant to let them rush to the Tang Formation.
At first glance, the Tang army is elite, and it is not easy to rush, and the casualties of the hard rush are definitely not small.
"General Liu Zang, you lead the headquarters of 3,000 as the forward."
Liang Shidu ordered a Jihu chieftain.
Liu Zang received the order.
He returned to his headquarters and handed down orders.
"Father, Master Liang unjustly killed the big chief for no reason, why do we still have to fight for him to be a pioneer I see that this Tang army is neat and tidy, the army is strong, we rush hard, and I don't know how much damage we have to lose."
Liu Zang's son said dissatisfied.
"I know, it's good if we rush up a few times in a while, there's no need to work so hard for Master Liang anymore, that bastard" t1706231537: