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The vast desert, the dead sea of ​​sand.

An army of 100,000 soldiers and 200,000 livestock is moving slowly.

Central Army position.

Yue Fei walked forward while holding a thousand-mile mirror and looked forward.

In front, there is still endless yellow sand in the sky.

Putting down the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, Yue Fei asked Li Yanguang beside him: "How long will it take to get out of this desert?"

Li Yanguang replied confidently: "It's so fast, if you don't delay the trouble, the vanguard should be able to reach the oasis ahead tomorrow."

When Yue Fei heard the words, he turned his head and asked the deputy marshal Wang De on the other side: "How is the military reduction?"

Wang De replied: "It's over two hundred."

Yue Fei said: "Take good care of them and tell them that when they arrive at the oasis ahead, they will be fine."

Wang Dedao: "I have told them and made an exception and allowed them to ride camels."

Wang De's tone changed and said, "I didn't expect that this desert is so powerful. Among the elite soldiers selected from millions of troops, there are so many non-war reductions here!"

Ma Kuo said: "This is already small enough. If the soldiers we brought with us had good physical fitness, we would never have been able to reduce only more than 200 people. It is estimated that we Han people will have to adapt for a while before we can conquer the desert."

Li Yanguang said: "Not only the Han people, but also those who grow up on the grasslands must be baptized by the desert before they can become real warriors."

After pausing, Li Yanguang said again: "This desert is actually quite small. If you leave this desert, the desert in front is big, and it is the biggest test of our trip."

Worried that Yue Fei, who was strict in the army, would punish him for a crime of disturbing the morale of the army. Li Yanguang said again: "However, as long as we are well prepared and bring enough water, the desert in front is actually not difficult to conquer. After crossing the desert in front, we will reach the grassland again. After walking forward for five or six days, we will reach Kedun City."

Wang Dedao: "This place is really remote, but if you really get hundreds of thousands of good horses in Keduncheng, it would be worth the trip."

Ma Kuo continued: "What horses are still secondary. We mainly need to recover the Liaoxi North Road Zhaoqiu Department, to conquer the nearby grassland kingdoms and tribes, and to fully grasp the place."

Wang Shengdao: "How to completely control there? Should I build a railway to there in this desert?"

Ma Kuo said: "Why not?"

After a pause, Ma Kuo said again: "It is easier to build railways in this desert than build railways in those mountains, right?"

Wang Sheng retorted: "It is difficult to build a railway in the mountains, but after it is completed, there will be no worries. If you build a railway in this desert, you will face the danger of the railway being flooded by a sandstorm at any time. What should you do then?"

Ma Kuo said: "I heard from the official that some high vertical sand barriers, geogrids, digging sand blocks, building sand barriers, planting tree branches, sand barriers and sand-climbing stones, etc., and the railway can also be raised high. Of course, the most important thing is to send people to maintain them regularly."

Wang Sheng widened his eyes and said, "The official really wants to build a railway in this desert!"

Ma Kuo said: "It is very likely that the Ministry of Railways has begun to plan this matter. By the way, two of the people around the King of Liao are from the Ministry of Railways. They seem to be here to investigate the construction of railways."

Sun Ge, the military transport commissioner, said, "I don't understand why the officials have to spend so much effort to build a railway here? Is it worth the effort that our country has to spend so much effort to build a railway in the northwest Liaoning Road, the place where the birds do not shit on the stool is worth the effort of our country?"

Ma Kuo said: "The official said that there are very rich copper resources here, as well as abundant coal and oil."

Sun Ge said: "Oil? Is the strange water that makes the train run?"

Ma Kuo said: "Yes, it's the raw material of strange water. The official said that the resources here at the Zhaodaosi on the Northwest Liaoning Road are beyond our imagination, so this place can be both the boundary of our large and medium-sized areas, and can also be developed here."

Yue Fei said: "Okay, don't think about it anymore. The premise of all this must be that we can recover the Liaoxi North Road Zhaoqian and regain the forces around it, otherwise everything will be free of negotiations. Therefore, what we should think most now is how to do this, rather than being too ambitious."

As soon as Yue Fei said this, everyone shut up.

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At the same time, under the instigation of Dazhong, the Tatar tribe launched a fierce attack on the border areas of the Great Jin Kingdom.

Coincidentally, after learning that Wanyan Wuqimai was killed and the Great Jin Kingdom was led by a young boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, he also began to increase his offensive against the Jin army, repelling Jin Wushu, who had a little advantage before, and the two sides showed an equal degree of dissatisfaction.

Not only the Tatar tribe and the Mongolian tribe, but also the Kelie tribe and the Naiman tribe were a little ready to take advantage of the situation and even the Wanggu tribe, which had always been loyal to the Great Jin Kingdom, showed signs of rebellion.

As soon as Wanyan Dan ascended the throne, the situation became so serious that it would undoubtedly make the Jin people doubt Wanyan Dan's ruling ability, which in turn would show signs of unstable Wanyan Dan's rule.

Speaking of which, although the Jurchens founded the country and swallowed up the huge Great Liao Empire, the Great Jin Kingdom was actually unable to escape the form of the Grassland Kingdom.

The emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom was actually the Great Khan on the grassland.

The emperors of the Great Jin Kingdom unified grassland tribes of all sizes. Although these small tribes also belonged to the Great Jin Kingdom, they actually only followed their original tribe leaders. Therefore, the Great Jin Kingdom was actually composed of various tribes, and the relationship between them was not a superior-level relationship, but a partnership relationship.

The emperors of the Great Jin Kingdom could form a central finance derived from war by monopolizing the distribution rights of spoils.

Therefore, as long as the emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom continues to be able to obtain spoils through wars, the Great Jin Kingdom can continue to maintain this central finance, just like the Wanyan Aguda period.

But here we have to ask that the emperors of the Great Jin Kingdom must be very capable. Once the emperors of the Great Jin Kingdom cannot obtain spoils through war, the financial logic of the entire Great Jin Kingdom will no longer exist, and the Great Jin Kingdom will also face collapse.

Therefore, for the north, the first requirement for the emperor/Khan who could unify the grassland was that he must be particularly capable of fighting. This one is very different from the Central Plains Empire in the south.

The emperor/Khan of the north should often lead troops out to fight. If you cannot lead troops to plunder the spoils, no one will go out with you. Therefore, the heirs in the north must not be young people without prestige.

Moreover, there are frequent wars in the grassland, and it is possible that when Da Khan dies, his children are underage or have not yet shocked their subordinates' prestige. At this time, Da Khan's brothers usually come to succeed the throne. This is the inheritance relationship between brothers and brothers in the grassland.

This kind of inheritance relationship between "brothers and brothers" will bring about a serious problem. After the eldest brother and second brother have both been Khan and die, who should succeed to the throne/Khan throne will be a big problem. The second generation of nephews feels that they are qualified to inherit the throne/Khan throne because their dad has been the emperor/Khan, so at this time, there will be split and civil war will occur.

And the current Great Jin Kingdom faces such serious problems.

Faced with Wanyan Dan's "incompetence", Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongjun, and Wanyan Chang not only controlled the government unscrupulously, but also began to plan to seize Wanyan Dan's throne, and then supported Wanyan Zongpan as the emperor...

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ps: I cannot comment on these two days due to some special reasons, so I didn’t reply to the question of whether the railway in Dazhong was being repaired too fast by a brother two days ago.

Here is a brief explanation to you.

My basis is that the United States built more than 200,000 kilometers of railways in the past decade from 1880 to 1890.

In addition, some of the data in my book are real, such as the 505-kilometer Chengdu-Chongqing Railway, which was mainly built in two years and mobilized more than 100,000 people.

In my book, the protagonist is a railway built from the third year of Datong to the fourth year of Railway Communication. It took more than six years to use the national personnel and resources to build less than 30,000 kilometers of railways.

I personally think this number is not an exaggeration.

Of course, if you look at it carefully, it will be hard to say. After all, many areas with high mountains and deep waters are really hard to repair and cannot be explained by simple numbers.
Chapter completed!