There were many tribes of all sizes of the Huns, scattered on the vast grasslands. Sometimes tribes with hundreds of people dared to be famous kings.

Many of these tribes escaped the Han army's conquest because of their small scale and remote location.

But this is not a good thing, because after the main force retreated back to the side wall, the miscellaneous people on the grassland began to become active.

The power vacuum brought about by the demise of the Huns made all ambitious people attack everywhere in a crazily manner to expand their power.

And those small Hun tribes that were like fish that escaped the net became their primary targets for revenge and annexation.

The Hun tribes that did not flee north and flee far away all suffered great revenge from their former slaves.

Cattle and sheep were robbed, women and children were robbed, men and the elderly were slaughtered, and the entire tribe was completely destroyed.

There are many mixed Huhu on the grassland, such as Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc. They were all slaves of the Huns before and were suppressed very much. Now that they have the opportunity to take revenge, they will naturally not let it go.

This kind of annexation war that pursues the new overlord of the grassland will last for about dozens or hundreds of years, and then a new generation of overlords will emerge.

But no one expected this hero on the grassland to be the one who came again after the spring of the next year!

This time, the Han army sent troops much smaller, and there were only 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry divided into several groups.

However, although there are few people, it is enough to deal with these miscellaneous people.

Moreover, all the remaining Hun tribes surrendered to the Han army and became hard-core accomplices to eliminate the Miscellaneous Hus.

The Han army's strategy was different from that of the tribe, and their main goal was to catch people.

Catching women is to serve as breeders for so many cattle, sheep and horses that the big man suddenly had. Catching men is much simpler, which is used to build many straight roads that meet horizontally and vertically on the grassland and to build cities.

The prairie spanning thousands of miles to the north is a place where China has had headaches for thousands of years.

If you want to completely eliminate the threat from the north, you must firmly control this grassland.

History books have already clearly told Wang Xiao that none of the grassland tribes could be reliable, so they could only rely on the migration of the Han people to fill the grassland.

It is said that the Han people have a talent for farming, but grazing is definitely not bad.

Otherwise, who did the domestication of the three animals and six animals?

Occupy grasslands can not only solve the strategic threat that lasts for thousands of years, but also provide valuable food supply to the Central Plains.

Wang Xiao didn't want to see a great famine in the future, eating tree bark and grass roots, and eating Guanyin soil.

So he had already made up his mind to keep this huge grassland firmly in his hands.

In the following years, the form on this huge grassland was summarized as one word, chaos.

All tribes hated each other and fought each other, and they were all bloody hatred.

In order to win the support of the Han army as the referee, they also obtained weapons, armor and various supplies from smuggling merchants.

The tribes on the grassland sold their captives to the big men, and then exchanged them for weapons and equipment to capture another tribe, hoping to capture more people.

In this way, as the years reach the end of the year, and the continuous population loss, how many people can continue to lose like this on the grassland?

Moreover, the Han army is constantly provoking troubles in it, supporting this one today and that one tomorrow. Moreover, in the spring and autumn of every year, a brigade of cavalry groups will be sent to the grassland for a large-scale sweep without distinction.

After a few years of hard work, there were almost no people on the grassland.

Except for those who died, most of the grassland men and women were sent into the side walls.

The women go to the homes of many people to graze, while the men work endlessly.

Build roads, sort out rivers, build cities, etc.

Many cities also appeared along the straight roads and rivers on the grassland.

Although these cities built with adobe rather than stone are not defensive, and the area is not large.

But on the prairie, it is a place that is even more awesome than the royal court before.

You should know that in the past, even the Great Khan of the Huns lived in only cowhide tents that would be stinking when the rain came.

Although these small cities are not large in size and can only accommodate thousands or tens of thousands of people at most. However, they are all real houses, not the kind of tent that will be smoked to death on rainy days.

Compared with the tribal life that lives by water and grass, this is the progress of civilization.

However, in fact, in Wang Xiao's view, these so-called cities are just some settlements.

Fortunately, the technology on the grassland is too backward and there are almost no people. The increasing number of these settlements can effectively help the Han Dynasty control this place forever.

Wang Xiao uses straight roads as his bones and bloodlines and supports settlements everywhere, thus firmly grasping the grassland in his hands.

Among them, starting from the side wall and extending to the far North Sea is the real top priority.

If you cross the North Sea and head north, it will be an endless coniferous forest.

Not to mention the Han family, even the Huns who claimed to be able to withstand the bitter cold could not live in the boundless coniferous forests on a large scale.

The reason is very simple, that is, based on the technological level of this era, there is no such living conditions.

So the northernmost end of the straight road is built to the north coast.

Later, the Han people built a series of pearl necklace-like cities along the north coast here.

Only with enough people and cities can we truly take this place into consideration.

In recent years, the proportion of population on the grassland has also undergone major changes.

The population of a large number of tribes disappeared due to killing each other, and more people were integrated into the Han area or worked on construction sites.

Nowadays, the pastoral herders in the past are difficult to find, because if they are seen, they will be captured.

Wang Xiao believes that if he persists like this for ten years, there will be only the great man left on the vast grassland.

Now the Han army no longer sends troops to sweep the grasslands in spring and autumn every year. After a period of cultivation, Wang Xiao’s eyes can finally look at the Western Regions.

At this time, the north, which poses the greatest threat to the Han Dynasty, has almost settled down. Even if there will be any rebellion in the future, it will be the business of the Han family.

In the east, there are all vast seas. As for the islands on the sea, to be honest, with the living conditions of this era, there is no possibility of large-scale immigration at all.

People need to solve the basic survival of food, clothing, housing and transportation when they are alive, but if they are cleared on those islands, they will have no living conditions. As for sending them from land by sea boats, are you crazy?

Moreover, there is a lot of land on the land that does not have enough manpower to occupy it, sending precious population to the islands to fight famine, disease, local natives, etc. What else can it be if it is not a problem?

There was nothing that the great man needed on those islands. Wang Xiao didn't care about any gold and silver mountains except for occasionally catching natives and returning to build roads and cities.

To put it bluntly, gold and silver are just dead objects, and they are given the value of money to gain value. If you only invest hugely in order to obtain gold and silver, it is definitely not something that a wise emperor wants to do.

Because input is not proportional to output, there is almost no progress in going to the east island to go to sea.

After all, even the Age of Discovery has emerged with the advancement of technology and the large-scale increase in population.

Although the Han Dynasty used various methods to encourage childbirth, even Wang Xiao publicly announced the abolition of the captive tax. However, the population growth rate of the Han Dynasty still could not keep up with the speed of expanding territory.

That is, the foundation for large-scale immigration is found on the black soil in the northeast.

Although it is super cold here in winter, the area here is too large and the land is extremely fertile. If you can even squeeze a hand, you will have to build roads on a large scale and then migrate along the land to divide the land.

In the south, it is also a matter of living conditions.

The south is basically dense tropical forests. With the technological level of the Han Dynasty, large-scale immigration was also unrealistic in the past.

If I really immigrated, I could only live in a few plains that have been reclaimed.

If you want to cultivate the land, you must cut down and burn the wasteland on a large scale.

In addition to the northeast direction, the only place where the Han Dynasty can truly open up and large-scale immigration is to the west.

Through the Western Regions and heading westward, it is the spacious and vast Mesopotamian Basin (Central Asia).

Going south from the Mesopotamia, it is India, which can be called a granary. If you continue to move westward, you can go to the Middle East and even reach the Mediterranean.

The strategic development direction arranged by Wang Xiao for the Han Dynasty is to go west.

Unlike history, he was determined to send troops to attack and come back after the battle. Wang Xiao was not afraid of spending time and population wealth, but also had to arrange the complete road and a large number of immigrants before moving westward step by step.

Only by laying a solid foundation can we truly incorporate those lands into the arms of the Han Dynasty.

When time came to the Yuanding period, Huo Qubing, who had already passed away in history, practiced top martial arts since childhood, was still strong and strong.

Together with Wei Qing, he led a large army to set out from Dunhuang, exited Yangguan and Yumenguan respectively, and marched along the north and south sides of the Tianshan Mountains.

With the support of Zhang Qian, the head of the Western Regions Protectorate, two armies swept across the countries and the Zahu tribes on both sides of the north and south, basically completely eliminating the resistance forces in the Western Regions.

The prisoners of war were sent to build roads, while the people who migrated from the Central Plains entered cities and fields everywhere and officially settled down here.

News of the great victory of completely controlling the Western Regions came, and gongs and drums inside and outside Chang'an City were loud and flags were waving.

The people were cheering for the Han Dynasty to achieve another brilliant victory and open up a huge land.

Wang Xiao took advantage of the situation to announce that the walls of Chang'an City should be demolished, and the previous Chang'an City should be used as the inner city, and the outside will no longer restrict the people's residence and business development.

In a moment, countless streets and houses were quickly built on the land outside Chang'an City.

This is the heart of the Han Dynasty and the most prosperous place in the world.

Among the entire Han Dynasty, there was no one who didn’t want to move here to live.

When the construction and development outside Chang'an City were in full swing, Wang Xiao came to Wei Qing's mansion.

At this time, Wei Qing led his army to the expedition, and the head of the family was Princess Pingyang.
Chapter completed!