After listening to Li Ming's words, everyone stood up and walked to the front of the map, wanting to see what Li Ming was talking about. Gao Jianguo frowned and said, "Li Ming, isn't this a Hetao......

When Gao Jianguo said this, he was suddenly stunned, because he had already guessed Li Ming's thoughts. Next year, the second phase of the northward plan will be to move westward into southern Mongolia, and the Naturalized City of the Tumut Department and the Ordos Department of the Hetao will be the key targets of the Far East. If the Far East establishes a base area in the Hetao Plain, and then goes south to the Shanxi region to collect the displaced people, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Not only that, but the location of the Loop is very important, and if the Far East finds a foothold there, it will be of great significance for the future.

Wang He also smiled and said: "Li Ming, your idea is good, Hetao is really a good place." ”

Li Ming pointed to the Hetao area on the map and said excitedly: "The Hetao is surrounded by the Yellow River on three sides, with abundant water and grass, a warm climate in winter and cool in summer, which is very suitable for animal husbandry. The past dynasties here are known for the abundance of water and grass, and the folk have the sayings of "the Yellow River is harmful, only one set of wealth", "the Yellow River is rich in the world, and the former set is rich in the back" and so on. The Hetao area has fertile soil and a well-developed irrigation system. Animal husbandry and aquaculture are also well developed in the Hetao region. The Hetao also contains a variety of mineral resources such as coal, iron, copper, gold, graphite, asbestos, salt, alkali, and rare earths.

The Hetao area of modern society is known as the "Saiwai Rice Grain River". There are more than 9.6 million mu of arable land, and nearly 5 million mu have been reclaimed. It is rich in wheat, corn, sorghum, millet, flax, sugar beet, hops, sunflower seeds and other crops, and is known as "plugged in the barn" and "stuffed in the south of the Yangtze River". It is the main agricultural area of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. ”

Li Yukun, who is familiar with the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He also nodded and said: "The Hetao area was originally controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang once set up the Daningwei-Kaipingwei-Dongshengwei defense line there. The Yongle rebellion borrowed the Mongol guards who originally belonged to King Ning, and later rewarded them. At the same time, because of the abolition of the armies of the princes, Daningwei moved to Baoding, Hebei, and gave the original Daningwei's territory to the Duoyan Sanwei Mongols as a reward.

After Daning and Dongsheng were gone, Kaiping was difficult to support alone, and finally moved within five years in Xuande. Since then, the basic territory of the Ming Dynasty has completely retreated to the line of the Great Wall. Therefore, some people believe that abandoning Dongshengwei is a big mistake by Yongle. However, although Yongle narrowed his defenses, at the same time he moved the capital to Beijing. The so-called Son of Heaven guards the country. It belongs to the different manifestations of strategic thinking in different periods. However, it also shows that the DPRK's military strategy has changed from "all-out offensive" to "focused defense."

In 1461 AD, the Tatar tribe invaded the northwest region of the Ming Dynasty many times, entering Kou Yongchang and Ganzhou. Later, he was defeated by Mao Zhong, the governor of Liangzhou. He sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to sue for peace and beg for tribute. Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen approved his request. However, there is a requirement for the tribute, that is, to pay tribute from Lanxian County, Shaanxi. Originally, the Mongolian tribes entered the interior to pay tribute, all from Shanxi Datong into the capital, Datong is an important border town of the Ming Dynasty, heavily guarded, and Lanxian is the only way to enter the Hetao grassland.

The Tatar envoys paid tribute through Lan County, and then returned to the Hetao Plain without leaving. And settled here. Later, more and more Mongols entrenched here, and the Central Plains region was harvested in autumn. The Tatars went out in droves to rob them.

Since the Mongol military forces occupied the Hetao area, the Hetao has become a major base for the Mongols to harass the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and the "Taokou" has become a major border trouble in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The Mongol tribes went deep into the border areas of the Ming Dynasty every year, killing, burning and looting, but the Ming Dynasty government at that time was unable to recover the Hetao, and the border troubles have been affected until the period of Ming Wuzong. After the "I answer the tribute" during the Ming Muzong period, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia eased.

The Hetao area was a battleground for the Central Plains dynasties, and without the Hetao, the northern nomadic cavalry could drive straight in. The Hetao area was already in fact abandoned by the Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period. Therefore, the Great Wall of Datong Xuanhua became the front line, which led to the defeat of Tumubao. ”

Qiao Haipeng thought for a while and said: "After eliminating the Ordos Department in the Hetao area and the Tumut Department in Guihua City, we can also transport all kinds of materials to the Hetao area through the Yellow River waterway, which is rich in coal in modern society, we can send a batch of inland steam deck barges as water transportation there, where the rich coal resources can also be used as power fuel for the company's various steam equipment." ”

Guo Song shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The geographical location of Hetao is extremely important, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. Looking south at Guanzhong and the Central Plains, it is condescending. For the Central Plains Dynasty, controlling the Hetao could use Yinshan as a barrier to resist the threat from the northern nomads and ensure the security of Guanzhong and the Central Plains. For the northern nomads, occupying the Hetao can be used as a base to go south to Guanzhong and chase the Central Plains.

I really don't understand, why did Daming give up back then. If you immigrate there to the border and wantonly farm the fields, you can definitely block Monan Mongolia to the north of Yinshan. There is also a convenient waterway of the Yellow River, whether it is to transfer troops or transport supplies, it will be very convenient. The Ming Dynasty is bound to be invincible against northern Mongolia. ”

Li Yukun also sighed: "In fact, judging from the layout of Yongle back then, relying on a solid city like Beijing and concentrating the elite troops of the whole country, it is only a few dozen miles away from the Great Wall. He never imagined that there would be people who did not understand military affairs to command indiscriminately, and dare to go out to fight without dry food.

In fact, later in the Ming Dynasty, some people also put forward a proposal to subdue the Hetao area, Ming Shizong Jiajing 25 years, the Ming court launched a "reset" controversy, after a long period of debate, advocating the "reset" representative figure Zeng Mill was arrested, Xia Yan was dismissed and killed, and the "reset" discussion ended. The Hetao area has also become a stable grazing land for the Ordos Department. ”

Wang He saw that everyone was very excited, so he smiled and said, "Then we will formulate a perfect action plan before launching the second phase of the battle of the northbound plan." Although this is a good idea, I have to remind everyone that it is too far away from our company, and even if there is a waterway of the Yellow River, the company still cannot provide all-round support to the Hetao area.

Therefore, at the beginning of the construction of the Hetao base area, the work will face many difficulties, and the environment there will be very harsh. Everyone must be mentally prepared for the fact that building a base there may be even more difficult than the entrepreneurial stage when we first came to Vladivostok, and everything must be started from scratch. (To be continued......)