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A new sky appeared.

The camera zooms in from the vast universe and focuses on the earth.

The scene then quickly switched to the Asian continent.

Targeting Northwest China.

A vast and mysterious land gradually becomes clear.

The sun shines on the majestic Qilian Mountains, the white snow shines with golden light, and the continuous mountain ranges lie like a giant dragon.

The camera moves downward along the mountain range.

It shows a narrow strip of land divided by Gobi and oasis.

Accompanied by the melodious and classic music "Dream of the Hexi Corridor" slowly sounded.

The commentary followed.

[On the ancient land of China, there is such an eye-catching narrow passage. 】

[It is like the blood of the earth, connecting the past and the future, and bridging the East and the West. ]

[When the snow water of Qilian Mountain turns into thousands of streams rushing down. ]

[The corridor carrying the code of civilization is quietly spreading among the Gobi Desert. ]

【This is the Hexi Corridor. 】

[The narrow and gilded passage on the map of western China! ]

[The Hexi Corridor is located in the northwest of Gansu Province, west of the Yellow River, starting from Wushaoling in the east and ending at Yumenguan in the west, and between the southern mountains (Qilian Mountains and Altun Mountains) and the northern mountains (Mazong Mountains, Heli Mountains and Longshou Mountains) in the north and south. ]

[The total length is more than 1000 kilometers, and the widest part from north to south is more than 200 kilometers. ]

【It is named after its corridor-like shape.】

[The south side of the Hexi Corridor is the Qilian Mountains. ]

[The Qilian Mountains consist of a number of parallel mountain ranges and wide valleys running from northwest to southeast, stretching for more than 800 kilometers, with an average altitude of more than 4000 meters.]

[The Qilian Mountains are covered with snow all year round, and the glaciers have rich reserves of snow and ice meltwater, forming the three major inland water systems of Shiyang River, Shule River, and Heihe River, nourishing the large oasis in the Hexi Corridor.]

【It gave birth to prosperous towns and fertile agricultural areas. 】

[The mountains, rivers, grasslands and deserts in the corridor are intertwined, forming a unique and magnificent natural landscape. ]

[The climate of the Hexi Corridor is also unique, belonging to the temperate continental arid climate. ]

【Summers are hot, winters are cold, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. 】

【In the long river of history, the Hexi Corridor has always occupied a pivotal position. 】

[It is the core section of the Silk Road, a trade route connecting China with Central Asia, West Asia and even Europe, which is unobstructed because of the Hexi Corridor.]

[In terms of military strategy, the Hexi Corridor is even more crucial. ]

[It was an important barrier for the Central Plains dynasty to resist the invasion of nomadic peoples in the north, and also a frontier position for expanding its power outward.]

[Controlling the Hexi Corridor means taking the strategic initiative. ]

[Both the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty were very clear about this.]

[In Chang'an City in 138 BC, the 19-year-old Emperor Wu of Han handed the bronze talisman to the 27-year-old palace attendant Zhang Qian.]

[This is a gamble on whether the Xiongnu will survive or not.]

[When crossing the Hexi Corridor controlled by the Xiongnu, Zhang Qian's delegation was surrounded and captured by the grassland cavalry. ]

【Nine years spent in the Xiongnu yurt. 】

[This Han envoy silently measured the fertile lands north and south of the Qilian Mountains, and deeply imprinted the words "Hexi Corridor" into the strategic map of the Central Plains Dynasty.]

[In the spring of 121 BC, the 19-year-old General Hussar wrote the most amazing battle example in the era of cold weapons in the Hexi Corridor.]

[The Han cavalry led by Huo Qubing fought against five Xiongnu tribes for six days, seized the Yanzhi Mountain Pasture, and seized the golden man for offering sacrifices to the heaven.]

[In the midsummer, he once again led his army deep into the heart of the Xiongnu and annihilated the main force of the Xiongnu at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains.]

[The Han Dynasty occupied the Hexi Corridor and successfully cut off the Qiang people's connection with the northern grassland nomads.]

[Opened the way to conquer the Western Regions. 】

[The Xiongnu lament, “The loss of Mount Qilian has caused my livestock to stop breeding,” has been sung on the grassland ever since.]

[Emperor Wu of Han also established four border military fortress cities along the Hexi Corridor.]

[They are Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang. ]

[These four cities are still called this name until now. ]

Outside the sky.

Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng looked at the introduction about the Hexi Corridor on the sky curtain.

"Hexi. Hexi"

"This corridor connects the Central Plains and the Western Regions. It has fertile land, abundant water and grass, and a strategic location. It is truly a place that must be fought for by military strategists."

“It is indeed extremely important.”

Ying Zheng imagined the scene of the Qin cavalry setting foot on the Hexi Corridor.

"Meng Tian's attack on the Xiongnu in the north was just chasing dogs in the Yin Mountains. The military horse farms raised by the snow water of Qilian Mountains are the sharp blade that can cut off the backbone of the Xiongnu!"

"With this Hexi Corridor, I can not only greatly expand my territory, but also control the trade between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, so that all the wealth in the world will be gathered in my Great Qin."

"I want to make this Hexi Corridor the inherent territory of my Great Qin."

Fusu said with some concern:
"There are many forces around the Hexi Corridor, and it is also the territory of the Xiongnu. I am afraid there will be a fierce battle."

However, Meng Tian, ​​who had a good relationship with Fusu, smiled and said:

"Don't worry, Your Highness. In front of our Great Qin cavalry, they will all be reduced to ashes. Our Great Qin army has experienced countless battles, so how could we be afraid of these villains?"

Ying Zheng was even more confident.

"The fake Han in later generations were able to break through Hexi, but my great Qin warriors are trapped in Lintao?"

"In three years, at most, I will erect a beacon tower for the Qin Empire on the top of Mount Qilian!"

Upon hearing that the First Emperor was preparing to launch another large-scale military operation.

The generals in the court were all excited.

Meng Tian, ​​Wang Li, Li Xin and Zhang Han were all ready to take action.

Because everyone knows that whoever can take Hexi will become the number one general of Qin!
Maybe, he can be like Huo Qubing that Tianmu mentioned.

He has become the ceiling of military generals in the eyes of later generations!
Li Si also nodded secretly in his heart.

Li Si approved of Qin's conquest of Hexi.

Also a little worried.

"A foreign war can give soldiers a chance to rise."

"This will help to release the accumulated contradictions within Daqin."

"But if other corvee labor is not reduced while a large-scale war is going on, it will be very dangerous."

The sky continues.

【And it started from Emperor Wu of Han. 】

[The Hexi Corridor has always been a place where the Central Plains dynasties have used their power. ]

[In the post station of Xuanquanzhi in Dunhuang, silk and bamboo slips began to flow in an endless stream. ]

[Changluo Hou Changhui dispatched troops and food here to spread the prestige of the Han Empire to the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.]

【After the Yongjia migration to the south, the northern land was in a bloody dusk. 】

[The Hexi Corridor unexpectedly became the Noah's Ark of Chinese civilization. ]

[As the only Han regime in the north, Former Liang attracted a large number of northern Han people to seek refuge.]

[It also preserved a large number of ancient classics, which in turn led to cultural prosperity. ]

[When the sun of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty rose, the Hexi Corridor ushered in its most brilliant time. 】

[As an important section of the Silk Road, the Hexi Corridor was a prosperous commercial and cultural area.]

[Many foreign merchants, envoys, and monks came to Chang'an along the Silk Road. They first passed through the Hexi Corridor, where they traded, communicated, and studied.]

[The flying fairy in the Dunhuang murals is wearing the latest pomegranate skirt in Chang'an. ]

[The Persian silver coins brought by the Sogdian caravan jingled in the Liangzhou market.]

[When the poet Wang Han wrote "fine grape wine and luminous cup" in the Jiuquan military tent, he would not have thought that these Western Regions scenery would be integrated into the daily life of the people in the Central Plains through the Hexi Corridor. ]

[The documents from the Anxi Protectorate were sent to Chang'an via the 800-li express road, bringing music and dance from Kucha and jade from Khotan to Chang'an.]

[The Hexi Corridor has become the busiest civilization exchange in the Eurasian continent. ]

【But the spotlight of history will not stay forever. 】

【After the peak comes the decline and the trough. 】

[When the sails of the sea trade route gradually overshadowed the camel bells, the Hexi Corridor was precipitated into a three-dimensional history book during the Ming and Qing dynasties. ] [Until the present day. ]

[Today, when the EMU of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway passes through the Wushaoling Tunnel at a speed of 250 kilometers per hour, the ancient Hexi Corridor is writing a new legend. ]

[The white giant of the wind farm guards the remains of the Han Great Wall.]

[The blue ocean of photovoltaic panels irrigates the former desert. 】

[When the lights of the Dunhuang Cultural Expo illuminate the nine-story building of Mogao Grottoes, the painters of a thousand years ago and the digital restorers of today complete a dialogue across time and space in the interweaving of light and shadow.]

[This 1200-kilometer corridor has never been a simple geographical concept. ]

[It is a timer of war and peace, a combination of farming and nomadism, a quenching furnace of Buddhism and Confucianism, and a handshake between the East and the West.]

[When the spring breeze from Yumen Pass turns the Gobi Desert green again, we can still hear Huo Qubing's resounding oath.]

【Hear Kumarajiva's groaning while translating the sutras. 】

[Hear the symphony of camel bells of Silk Road merchants. ]

[From Huo Qubing drinking from the Ruoshui River, to the launch of the "Tiangong" and "Chang'e" at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. ]

【The Hexi Corridor has always been the embodiment of the pioneering spirit of Chinese civilization. 】

【When we picked up Han and Tang Dynasty pottery fragments at the Yumen Pass site. 】

[Sogdian account books were discovered at the ruins of a Tang Dynasty temple in Suoyang City.]

[The earliest multiplication table was deciphered from the Juyan Han bamboo slips. ]

[This corridor is no longer a simple geographical concept, but a civilization revelation that is always open to the future! ]

The video ends here.

The melodious music of "Dream of the Hexi Corridor" sounded again.

Screen clips from movies, TV series and documentaries kept flashing.

Barrages of comments also poured out.

"Gansu Provincial Anthem!"

"This song is like the wind that has been sobbing for a thousand years in the desert."

"If the enemy can go, I can go too!"

"As a native of Gansu, my hair stands on end every time I hear this!"

"The champion is facing the vast sea, Changping is flying with strong wind. The clouds are across the tiger and the battle is over, the air embraces the rainbow of Dragon City. Running rampant for thousands of miles, the Hu fortune will be poor for a hundred years!"

"Huo Qubing is awesome! (broken voice!)"

"I really admire Zhang Qian and Huo Qubing!"

"It's really amazing. In thousands of years of history, only a few people can reach this level."

"Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Wuwei, Tianshui, what nice names they have."

"Strengthen the empire's strength and promote the military might of military exploits!"

"The video is still too short. I suggest you watch the CCTV documentary "Hexi Corridor", the greatest documentary ever!"

《I can't help but burst into tears every time I watch it.》

"The Hexi Corridor is so crucial! It is the throat that the unified dynasty must hold tightly in its hands!"

"It is too difficult to open up the Hexi Corridor. Only a powerful dynasty can do it."

"In 790 AD, the Uighur Road was completely cut off by Tubo, and "Anxi was cut off from then on, and no one knew whether it would survive or perish" - 1759 AD, Zhao Hui pacified the Southern Tianshan Road, years. "

And outside the sky.

Through this video, ancient people learned about the history of the rise and fall of the Hexi Corridor.

I can only sigh again.

Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, was very pleased.

Because Liu Che saw that it was from himself that the Central Plains Dynasty possessed the Hexi Corridor, a sharp sword that led directly to the Western Regions and Central Asia!

It has become a powerful channel and springboard for each generation of powerful dynasties to expand outward.

These are all my historical achievements!
Although Liu Che also understood that the Hexi Corridor had declined in later generations.

There is no glory like the Silk Road period.

However, the Hexi Corridor, which was opened up by China, still leaves an indelible mark in history.

And that is enough.

"The legacy of the Han Dynasty has not been forgotten by the people of later generations."

“And I will never forget it.”

And in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin sat upright in the hall.

After watching the video, he said:

"The Hexi Corridor is truly a vital point."

"The Sky Curtain has confirmed this once again."

"Next year, I will lead the Tang cavalry to hunt at the foot of the Qilian Mountains to let the Tibetans see clearly who is the true master of Hexi!"

"At the same time, I want to make the Hexi Corridor a window for the Tang Dynasty to communicate with the outside world."

“Let people from all over the world feel the prosperity, tolerance and openness of our Tang Dynasty.”

Li Shimin was determined to use enlightened policies to turn the Hexi Corridor into a bright business card of the Tang Dynasty.

Let future generations mention the Hexi Corridor.

I am not thinking of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che.

Instead, he thought of himself, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!

In the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di thought so too.

“The powerful Han and Tang dynasties both owned the Hexi Corridor.”

"And our Ming Dynasty has not yet opened up the Hexi Corridor."

"If this continues, won't future generations look down on our Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Di's eyes were fixed on the Hexi Corridor on the map.

Lock on the seven divisions of Kansai.

And the Western Regions connected by the Hexi Corridor.

"Yilibali... this remnant of the Mongols is not a weak opponent."

"Perhaps they are not the Ming Dynasty's top priority."

Zhu Gaochi also quickly suggested, saying:
"Yes, father. Yilibali has 200,000 soldiers under its command, and other Mongolian tribes are assisting us."

"The Ming Dynasty has sent troops on a long expedition, but I'm afraid they won't gain any advantage."

"It's too difficult. It's hard to open up the Hexi Corridor, and the benefits are not high."

Zhu Di was somewhat unhappy when he heard this.

Although Zhu Di knew that his prince was telling the truth.

It is indeed difficult.

But Zhu Di still emphasized:

"It is naturally difficult to conquer a country from a long expedition."

"But wasn't it difficult for Emperor Wu of Han and Huo Qubing back then?"

"Which inch of land can be easily obtained?"

"If the opponent is too strong, don't fight."

"The distance is too far, so I won't fight."

"The Ming Dynasty is currently strong and if it doesn't fight, do we expect it to fight in the future, like in the Wanli and Chongzhen dynasties?"

Said a few angry words.

Zhu Di couldn't help feeling regretful.

"There are too many unfinished things."

"But I am old, and my time is running out."

"If we don't completely recover the Hexi Corridor, how can the Ming Dynasty compare with the powerful Han and Tang dynasties?"

In a state of regret, Zhu Di seemed to understand why so many great emperors throughout history yearned for immortality. (End of this chapter)