The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 251 Preparation
The western expedition against the Hu people involved the mobilization of 80,000 cavalrymen within five days.

Among them, the eldest brother of the border town sent 40,000 troops, while Pianguan, Yulinwei and Jinzhouguan selected another 40,000.

These cavalrymen, after conquering the Seven Guards of Guanzhong, would remain as local garrison troops.

In other words.

The Seven Guards of Kansai will become the second important military base for the future Northwest King.

People from various Western Regions and tribes who wanted to invade the Central Plains had to get past the Seven Guards of Guanzhong first.

The border defenses have advanced hundreds of miles to the west!

In the coming years, this place may become the largest battlefield in the entire Northwest.

The battlefield is the best whetstone for training soldiers!
The refugees who are about to immigrate there will have to rely on these 80,000 troops to support them for the next six months.

Oh, there are more people who need to be supported than just these.

The people of the border town and Huaiqing Prefecture are still waiting for the grain to be transported back from the Western Regions!

The western expeditionary force carried a heavy burden.

The commander-in-chief of the army was Deputy Commander-in-Chief Xiong Zhen.

The future Northwest King, General Zhao Muyun, personally promised in front of all the generals that day: As long as Deputy General Xiong leads his troops to take down the Seven Guards of Guanzhong, he can immediately remove the word "Deputy" from his title!

The General of Kansai, remain in your post!
With a heart full of excitement and a trembling mouth, Xiong Zhen almost blurted out "Long live the King of the Northwest!"
I had to bite my tongue to barely keep my mouth shut.

In my heart, however, I've already started racing!

Whether the imperial court and the Ministry of War promote him or not is irrelevant!

In the Great Northwest, the future Northwest King of Ningyang is the supreme authority, and his appointment is equivalent to an imperial edict.

Sob sob sob. In the past, with General Zhao as a powerful figure, he could have remained a deputy general for life.

He was ten years older than General Zhao, and even if he wanted to outlive Zhao and take the position, he couldn't outlive him.

This has made him less motivated to fight and earn merit in the past few years!

Waaaaah, this is so great!

General Gan's proposal for a western expedition was exactly what everyone wanted.

Military generals are least afraid of fighting.

Accumulate enough military merits on the battlefield, and you can be promoted on the spot!

The Seven Guards of Kansai covered a considerable area, and had two more guard posts than the border town.

There are plenty of military vacancies waiting for them to fill!

Positions such as centurion, guerrilla general, brigade commander, and even deputy commander-in-chief are all within reach for those who strive for them.

A truly bright future lies ahead.

Moreover, we have General Gan, the vanguard general, with us.

She's definitely going to carry me to new heights!

These days, the military officers have been tossing and turning at night, unable to sleep.

Exciting!
Exciting!

I'm so anxious!

I'm looking forward to setting off soon.

Gan Minglan, unaware of the high expectations placed upon her by many, has been extremely busy these days.

Exiled to the border town, the Zuo clan members all thought that this would be their second hometown for three generations.

Who knew plans could change so quickly!
The attack on and construction of the Seven Guards of Guanzhong were both proposed by Gan Minglan herself, and she naturally participated in the entire process.

It seems that we may not be able to return for at least eight or ten years.

My home in courtyard number 36 will also be moved there later.

The saxaul forest she had built at a cost of over eight thousand taels of silver, and the western foothill pasture she had painstakingly cultivated, would now have to be transferred to her maternal family.

Without her and King Atu.

Ensuring the sustainable development and safety of the ranch has been the main focus of our busy work these days.

Within five days, the western foothills pasture underwent a dramatic transformation. The saxaul trees collectively grew another three feet tall!

The pasture was covered with dense grass and wild vegetables, and you couldn't see any bare sand on the grassland from close up.

The dog grass has grown to an average height of an adult's knee.

Near the foot of Junma Mountain, wild onions and some other wild vegetables with good taste are also growing very well.

Lush and green.

It's so tender that you can squeeze out green juice when you pinch it.

The same supernatural power gave rise to this soil at the foot of the mountain, but the difference lies in the fact that an underground river is hidden beneath the rock layers.

The sand and soil deposited above the water vapor are more moist and fertile.

Gan Minglan then had the new immigrants spend a few more days helping to widen and deepen the underground river, and build an artificial lake covering about five acres downstream.

With this lake, the livestock on the western foothills no longer have to worry about drinking water.

She also used the few crystal core micro-bombs she had to blast a passage from the hidden valley to the western pasture.

The source of the passage was entirely blamed on King Atu.

Who can blame them when they have tens of thousands of rat subjects under their command!

King Rat, may you be safe and sound!

The Rat King protects all people!

In the homes of military families throughout the border town, almost every household has begun to worship the statue of the Rat King.

In the border town, there was a stone tool shop that was on the verge of bankruptcy, but it was revived by carving rat kings of various shapes and sizes.

And there are signs that they are moving towards a moderately prosperous life.

The evidence is that their family actually spent fifty taels of silver to buy the small courtyard of the stone tool shop!

As the story of the Rat King spread, statues of the Rat King quickly spread to other prefectures in the Northwest.

King Atu appreciates this fart!

It established many rules for the army of ten thousand rats.

They must not be allowed to steal grain from people's homes, nor should they be allowed to damage crops that have not yet grown in the fields.

In short, after the superstition of the Rat King was established, people never saw rat holes in their homes again!
The reason Gan Minglan went to such lengths to build this secret passage was to get the cattle, sheep, and wild camels on the pasture to get used to it.

They are used to grazing on the pasture during the day and resting at the valley base at night.

Transform the existing valley pasture into a natural haven.

Animals are also intelligent; when they encounter danger, they will definitely run back to the safe haven.

It was to guard against the Tatars who would come south to plunder.

Those hundred-plus children who had signed contracts were the shepherds and cowboys that Gan Mingshou, the ranch manager, could command.

The border town is the main base.

Ganweixian's business is so booming, it must continue to operate.

With Xilu Ranch as our backing, our restaurant will never run out of sheep to sell!
Every night when Gan's father and mother counted their silver, they would sigh with emotion: thanks to their daughter, the silver they had saved in the border town in a year was equivalent to ten years of the past!

Although the couple was very reluctant to let their eldest daughter and two grandchildren leave, they still had to stay and earn money for them.

Gan Minglan, as the vanguard general of the western expedition, was among the first wave to set off.

After the vanguard army takes down the Seven Guards of Guanzhong, Gan Mingfu, Zuo Wenkang, and others will head west with the families of the soldiers stationed on the border.

The miniature realistic sand table images of various countries in the Western Regions must be added later!
These days, the exiled members of the Zuo clan have reacted strongly.

The family members of the mapping team and the medical team members are naturally the pillars of their families, so they go wherever the family members go.

However, most of the clan elders still believe that the border town is safe, and they, being old and frail, have no desire to move from their old home.

Young people can't convince the elderly in their families.

As the argument escalated, it escalated into a situation of factional division.

(End of this chapter)