Regarding this war that took place between the Zhao State and the Linhu tribe, the historians of the Zhao State recorded it like this.

“…… In the spring, the emperor sent Li Mu to lead 10,000 cavalry from Wuyuan County to the south, and fought with 40,000 elite cavalry led by King Lin Hu in Henan. At that time, Li Mu sent 2,000 armored cavalry to fight, and broke the Hu cavalry forward 3,000 people in the first battle, and then broke the main formation of the Hu cavalry in the second battle, and the 40,000 elite cavalry were all dispersed in less than half a day. Li Mu took advantage of the victory to pursue, captured 28,000 Linhu people, and sent the Linhu knights in the Zhao army to surrender everywhere, but in seven days, Henan entered the Zhao State. ”

"Good! That's great! In the main hall of Longtai, Zhao Dan, who received the battle report, couldn't help but be overjoyed.

To be honest, even Zhao Dan himself didn't expect Li Mu to be able to solve Lin Hubu so cleanly so quickly.

Not only Zhao Dan, but also several important ministers of Zhao State present heard the news, and they all danced with their eyebrows.

You must know that this Hetao area, known as Henan Land, is quite extensive, equivalent to the sum of the five counties in the north of Zhao, Jiuyuan and Yunzhong.

Zhao Guo only passed such a big battle, and captured the entire three counties!

The seizure of Henan not only allowed Zhao to obtain another excellent war horse breeding base, but also allowed Zhao's territory to directly border Qin's Shangjun and exert strong pressure on Qin from the north.

At that time, Zhao Dan's grandfather, King Zhao Wuling, once came to Henan in person, reconnoitred all the way to Xianyang through Shangjun, and lied that he was an envoy of Zhao to meet with Qin Wangji.

At that time, the route that King Zhao Wuling had conceived was to go all the way south from Henan, passing through the land of Yiqu people, and non-stop to the top of Mount Tai with lightning speed, and directly to Xianyang, Guanzhong!

If at that time, because Zhao was not strong enough, this idea could only be locked in the secret room of Handan Palace, then now after Zhao Guo took Henan, this idea finally has the possibility of being realized!

In this way, the Qin State not only had to invest heavy troops in Hexi to prevent the attack of Zhao in the direction of Hedong County, but also set up a defensive line in the direction of Shangjun to prevent Zhao's army from moving south, which would add an extra burden out of thin air.

For Zhao State, every additional strength consumed by Qin State is a victory for Zhao State.

Zhao Dan was in a good mood, and said to the ministers of Zhao State in front of him: "The widow wants to set up Shuofang and Hetao counties in Henan, and ordered Li Mu and Xu Li to lead the troops to build the city, set up a horse farm, and move the prisoners to these two counties to enrich the population, I don't know what Zhu Qing thinks?" ”

Zhao Dan's plan is actually a common means used by countries when they expand their territories.

Needless to say, setting up counties and counties, building cities is also necessary, setting up horse farms is even more certain, and relocating criminal prisoners is also a very normal means, after all, the Chinese's rural complex has been since ancient times, and only criminals and criminals can go away to settle in other places in order to avoid crime.

But some people also raised questions, and Li Bo said: "Great King, this Henan land is where the Hu people are nomadic, if a large number of people are relocated, how to solve the problem of food?" ”

Zhao Dan couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Of course it's solved on the spot!" ”

"Huh?"

Looking at Li Bo with a confused face, Zhao Dan explained with a smile.

This Hetao area is actually a very magical place.

The magic of it lies in the fact that it is suitable for both nomadic herders and farmers to grow crops, and it is a magical land that has the best of both worlds.

In later generations, the Xitao area even has the reputation of "plugging the south of the Yangtze River".

Who doesn't know that Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, if you can't farm, what kind of Jiangnan is it?

Historically, after Qin Shi Huang conquered this land, he once migrated a large number of immigrants to develop tuntian.

It's a pity that with the death of Qin Shi Huang and the chaos in the world at the end of Qin, the immigrants returned to the south one after another, causing this fertile area to fall into the hands of the Xiongnu who took advantage of the situation.

Therefore, as long as there are enough immigrants, the complete development of the Hetao area is feasible, and as long as it is fully developed, then it is very promising to become another big granary of the Zhao State.

"Granary?" As soon as they heard these two words, the important ministers of Zhao State present were immediately moved.

To be honest, for the current Zhao State, the role of being able to raise horses in the Hetao area is actually not too important.

The reason why the cavalry of Zhao State can dominate the world is because there is the best horse farm among the princes of the world in the north of Zhao State today.

For Zhao Guo, on the contrary, the four words of this grain base are even more huge than the role of the horse farm.

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng couldn't help but ask: "King, can Henan really become a granary?" ”

Zhao Dan laughed and said in a very affirmative tone: "Of course! This matter is recorded in the handbook of King Wuling, and the widow ordered Hu Yiwei to investigate on the spot many times, which is absolutely true! ”

At this moment, the eyes of the important ministers of Zhao Guo present became brighter.

You must know that the current Zhao State has taken Hedong County from the hands of the Qin State, because Hedong County has already been developed by the Jin State and the Qin State is extremely mature, so after the immigration of the Zhao State is in place, Hedong County will become the main grain producing area of the Zhao State in two or three years at most, and the food shortage problem that has been plaguing the Zhao State will be greatly alleviated.

If we add a developed Hetao area, wouldn't Zhao's grain production become much more abundant?

In this day and age, food is everything!

Considering that this is a world where there is a small war every year and a big war every three years, the importance of food as a military material is needless to say.

Si Kou Zhao Bao couldn't help but laugh and said: "In this way, the Qin State has not been able to seize this Henan land all along, it is indeed a mistake." ”

"Qin State?" Zhao Dan laughed, noncommittal to Zhao Bao's words.

Seriously, the Qin State really didn't have the strength to seize Henan.

You must know that the place where the Qin State and Henan land are connected is Shangjun, that is, the territory of the former Yiqu people.

The Yiqu people are the best cavalry in the Qin State, and if they want to fight for Henan, then the strength of the Yiqu people will definitely grow and develop in this process, which is not allowed by the Qin State.

It has only been more than ten years since the Qin State completely annexed Yiqu, and the Yiqu people in the territory still have some small rebellions from time to time.

In history, it was not until Qin Shi Huang ruled the world for more than 40 years that the Qin State sent Meng Tian north to seize the Hetao region.

Now the Qin State wants to take the Hetao? It is simply impossible, only Zhao Guo, who has the strongest cavalry in the world, can do this at this time.

After learning about the grain potential of the two counties in Henan, several important ministers of Zhao State immediately worked together to finalize all the strategies one by one.

Like how to appease the surrendered Linhu people, how to set up counties in these two places, how to relocate the people, how to divide the land, and so on.

After a whole day of deliberation, it wasn't until the night that the palace was about to close, and these important ministers of the Zhao State who were completely immersed in it and didn't know how time had passed left the palace with some reluctance.

Of course, even with the experience of conquering the five northern counties in the past, this is still a completely new land that has been taken from the nomads, so it is obviously impossible to solve all these problems in one day.

Regarding the specific matter of establishing Shuofang and Hetao counties, not only several important ministers of Zhao State discussed day and night, but many institutions of Zhao State also participated in it.

For such participation, Zhao Dan was very happy to see it, and even later simply let them discuss, and he was happy.

After all, from a personal point of view, in the future, Zhao will not only conquer the land of the Central Plains countries in the south, but also conquer the entire grassland in the north.

And in the process of this discussion, Henan has also kept coming with good news.

Li Mu led 3,000 light cavalry to pursue for seven days and seven nights, and after defeating the counterattack stopped by King Linhu five times without stopping, he finally beheaded King Linhu with his own hands on the morning of the eighth day, completely ending the war in the entire Henan.

In such a cheerful atmosphere in the Zhao Kingdom, a piece of news reached Zhao Dan's ears one day by Mi Xiantong.

The crown prince of Chu has arrived.