Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 897, The coveted river area
The Beijing-Tianjin area was in turmoil due to the health of Emperor Hongzhi. In the Hezhong area thousands of miles away from the capital, it was a busy and bustling scene.

On the mother river plain (the original Amu Darya River, after the Ming Dynasty seized the river area, many rivers, mountains, plains, etc. in the entire river area were renamed), immigrants from the Central Plains are busy. stop.

Longtou Town where Longtou Wu is located, after half a year of operation, the entire Longtou Town has begun to take shape, with a tall city wall built of cement on the outside, and houses built of reinforced concrete inside the city wall.

Outside Longtou Town, there are huge, neat and square fields that have been reclaimed. Rice has been planted in the fields, and it is time for grouting. In a few months, there will be Usher in a bumper harvest.

"woooo~"

Liu boldly drove the steam tiller continuously on the flat, open and fertile fields. With the steam tiller walking, pieces of land were reclaimed.

"This steam cultivator is really easy to use. It has great strength, fast speed, and fast cultivation."

Sitting on the steam cultivator, Liu boldly couldn't help sighing.

This kind of field has been used for a lifetime, and this is the first time that this machine has been used to cultivate the land. Think about it when I was in my hometown in Henan, the cultivated land was basically plowed by people.

One person dragged the rope in front and pulled it hard, and the other person supported the plow behind. It was very strenuous and very tiring.

The family rented and planted a few acres of land from the landlord's house, and worked in the field all year round, but they couldn't even have a full meal.

But the immigrant here is different. There are many cattle and horses in the Western Regions and the Hezhong area. Last winter, the imperial army conquered countless tribes, large and small, in the Western Regions, and obtained a large number of cattle and horses.

These cattle and horses were naturally distributed to the immigrants in the Western Regions and the Hezhong area. Everyone used the cattle and horses to reclaim the fields.

In addition to the cattle and horses, the imperial court also purchased thousands of steam tillage machines and transported them to the Hezhong area. These steam tillage machines were distributed, and dozens of them were distributed to Longtouwu.

With ox hair and steam cultivators, the immigrants reclaimed the fields very quickly. In the case of Longtouwu, the total number of adults and children in the whole Longtouwu is exactly [-], but so far more than [-] people have been reclaimed. Of the [-] mu of land, one million mu was planted with rice, one million mu with wheat, and one million mu with cotton.

Once the three million mu of land comes to harvest in autumn, the entire Longtou town will become extremely rich, with inexhaustible food and cotton.

But the people in Longtouwu are still constantly reclaiming the fields. It doesn't matter if they don't have time to plant this year. They can plant again next year. Anyway, there is a lot of land in the Hezhong area.

The alluvial area formed by the two big rivers is very wide, flat, and fertile. Because of the cleaning policy implemented by Liu Jin, all the tribes in the entire huge river area were ruthlessly cleaned up by the Ming army, or moved out of the river area , or be slaughtered cleanly.

Therefore, the entire Hezhong area fell into the hands of Daming, and there were only one million immigrants from Daming.

One million immigrants sounds like a lot, but every [-] people are grouped into one army, that is, one hundred five, and they are very sparsely distributed throughout the vast river area. The land that each army can own is very vast. Reclamation, how much is developed is yours.

In addition, in addition to this fertile land, every village also has supporting pastures, which raise a large number of cattle, sheep and horses. The area in the middle of the river has always been in a state of half farming and half nomadic. The area near the river is Good agricultural areas, good pastures away from the river.

Relying on the meltwater from the snow-capped mountains in the surrounding plateau areas, the Hezhong area is the most fertile and fertile place in Central Asia.

However, because of this, it was also watched by the tribes of the Quartet. The Kazakh Khanate in the north, the Ottoman Empire in the west, the Persian Safavid Empire in the south, and the just-rising Shaybani Khanate all stared at the river area.

This is a real fertile ground.

Taking the middle of the river means not only taking a huge granary, but also taking an extremely rich and fertile pasture.

If you want food, you have food, and if you want war horses, you have war horses. There are not many such places in Central Asia.

In the past, the Hezhong area was divided by various forces. The Kazakh Khanate in the north seized part of it for grazing, the Chagatai Khanate in the east occupied another part, and the Shaybani Khanate in the southeast also occupied it. Samarkand and other areas, the Persians in the south also occupy a part. The Timur Khanate in the west was originally dominated by the river area, but now it is forced to move westward. It is also worried about this, and the richness of the river area is unforgettable. .

Also, the Ottoman Empire, which continued to expand from the west to the east, also took a fancy to the rich Hezhong area. It can be said that Ming occupied the Hezhong area, and it almost became a thorn in the side of the Quartet.

Everyone wants to eat this kind of fat, but now it's in Daming's mouth.

However, Daming's strength also makes the Quartet fearful.

Last winter, Liu Jin led an army of [-] to march westward. Wherever he went, he slaughtered countless tribes, large and small, in the Western Regions. country and defeated Samarkand.

The north also attacked the tribes of Oala in Mongolia, and severely taught the Kazakh Khanate, relying on powerful force to sweep the river area, forcing countless tribes in the river area to leave the rich river area.

However, no one would give up the fertile land in the river easily, and was always ready to snatch this fertile land from the Daming people again.

Liu Jin is also quite clear about this.

All the immigrants who immigrated to the Western Regions and the Hezhong area live together in a group. Every ten thousand people form a team, and a town is established with a team. In normal times, everyone farms, grazes, and conducts certain military training in their spare time. When foreign enemies invade, fight and respond with Wu as a unit and town as a base.

They don't need to kill many enemies, they only need to hold the town and wait for the arrival of the Ming army stationed in the Hezhong area, so as to ensure the safety of the Ming immigrants, and at the same time stabilize the Ming Dynasty's rule in the Hezhong area.

At this time, the whole Longtou Town is peaceful, and the people in Longtouwu are busy building their own homes, reclaiming fields, building houses, and grazing cattle and sheep. It is a thriving scene.

Everyone, like Liu Bold, regards this place as their own home and works hard to manage everything here.

However, in a wilderness thirty miles away from Longtou Town, a [-]-strong Kazakh Khanate cavalry is rushing towards Longtou Town.

The horses were galloping, and the Kazakh cavalrymen on horseback were extremely excited. They could finally take revenge on the Ming people, and finally they could plunder the rich Ming people.

Ever since it was learned that the Ming army had mobilized part of its troops back to the north of the Altai Mountains to deal with the remnants of the Mongolian Wara, the Kazakh Khanate began to move around.

The area in the middle of the river is really important. It has not been a year or two since the Kazakh Khanate coveted this fertile land. All along, they have been trying to infiltrate and enter here, wanting to monopolize this fertile land.

But I didn't expect that last year, Liu Jin's Western Expedition dealt a heavy blow to the Kazakhs. Not only in the Western Regions, the Kazakh tribes were hit hard and hit, and they were all expelled from the Hezhong area, completely losing this area. rich soil.

In this regard, Mulundek Khan of the Kazakh Khanate is also brooding. He himself is a talented and bold leader. At this time, the Kazakh Khanate is in a period of expansion and prosperity.

He teamed up with Mahemu Khan of the Chagatai Khanate to attack Shaybani Khan, and he also sent troops to attack the Timur Khanate. During his rule, the territory of the Kazakh Khanate continued to expand. How could he endure the Ming Dynasty? The people occupied the middle of the river strongly.

Only last winter, Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia, sent troops to the Kazakh Khanate under the order of Liu Jin, and it was the first time that the Kazakh Khanate really felt the strength and terror of the Ming army.

As a nation on horseback, the Kazakh Khanate was completely defeated by the Ming cavalry in the cavalry duel. After several battles, the Kazakh Khanate was defeated and had to completely abandon the Hezhong area, and even connected with the Hezhong area. Part of the grassland fell into the hands of Daming.

But Murendek didn't give up. After more than half a year of relaxation, he took a breath again, regained his strength again, and started to move again, especially after learning that the garrison in the river area had been transferred. He began to tentatively attack the Daming stronghold in the Hezhong area many times.

"Dong Dong~"

The sound of rumbling horseshoes knocked on the ground, and the ground began to tremble faintly.

The cavalry of [-] men, whether it is large or small, is enough to wipe out tens of thousands of people. It should be enough to wipe out a town in the Hezhong area of ​​Ming Dynasty.

Thirty miles is a very short distance for the cavalry, and it doesn't take an hour for the horses to reach Longtou Town.

However, they have not yet arrived at Longtou Town. On a hillside outside Longtou Town, the people of Longtou Town built a tall watchtower. Someone on the watchtower used binoculars to look around. You can light the wolf smoke to send a message to Longtou Town.

The [-]-man cavalry team was very noisy, and with the help of binoculars, they quickly spotted the Hux cavalry. Soon, billowing smoke rose, and the entire Longtou town was soon filled with bursts of noise. Siren.

(End of this chapter)