After the Han army captured the Hetao and the grasslands of modern Inner Mongolia, Lü Zhe had already drawn up a plan to relocate people from the Central Plains to fill the border counties, but Xiao He, Kuai Tong and others should not be too anxious, and should wait for the situation to stabilize before carrying out population migration, and the plan to fill the occupied areas on the edge of the grassland was temporarily shelved.

After Qin's unification of the world, a census was conducted, and it was also the first time in the history of the Chinese regime that a detailed adult population was registered, and historical records record that the national population reached 30 million during the period of unification.

After the "Ten Years War" of Qin's domination of the world, there were 30 million people after the world was returned to the Zhao dynasty, and after the chaos in the world, there were "six years of war", and the population did decrease a lot, and the population plummeted to less than 20 million after Lu Zhe's re-census, that is to say, at least 10 million adults died in the war in just six years, so how many minors who did not register died in the turmoil in the world?

Lu Zhe, who has lofty goals, thinks about the same thing, and cannot ignore the loss of the population under his rule like a "traditional" ruler, he is persuaded by the sentence "The population is too small to consume".

"Fortunately, the plan to relocate the population to fill the border plug has been put on hold for the time being, otherwise it will ......" Sima Xin put down the paperwork in his hand: "Otherwise, it will be bad." ”

Meng Tian, who was sitting opposite Sima Xin, smiled and said, "The Hu people's reaction is very intense? ”

That was something that could be seen from Touman's recent series of actions, and the information that had been repeatedly sent to verify it was enough to show that this time the Hu people's reaction was not only fierce but also unprecedentedly large.

"It should be, it should be." Sima Xin was also laughing: "The more intense the Hu people's reaction, the more it means that our plan has been successful." ”

What is the plan? It is a set of bait plans to use Touman, who is trapped at the source of the Yellow River, to seduce the Hu people in the depths of the grassland to gather a large group of people and horses to go south.

One thing I have to say is that the original plan of the Han army was not like that, or because of the reduced efficiency of the logistics line material delivery efficiency to implement the backup plan, at the beginning the Han army was to use the thunder to directly annihilate the Hu people led by Touman to the south.

In addition, the Han army, which had changed its battle plan, implemented the bait plan in the hope of "fishing" reinforcements from the Xiongnu headquarters. Unexpectedly, not only the Xiongnu headquarters reacted, but even a group of Hu people from Mobei were also involved.

Of course, Sima Xin would not say so much to Meng Tian in every detail, it was not a shameful thing, it was to create an atmosphere of "everything is under control", in case there were any twists and turns on the Qin side.

"You are different from everyone else," Meng Tian said sincerely, "not just in terms of military strength, but in everything." ”

In other words, planning in advance is not a novelty, and what general with troops would not make a plan? But in Meng Tian's view. The plan drawn up by the Han side is not only detailed and surprisingly large, it seems that there is a plan for any development of the situation, and everything is not only magical, but also seems to be an inhuman means like "being able to pinch and calculate".

"It depends on the king's vision to set a general direction, and the rest is deduced by the people of the Imperial Captain's Office, and the measures to deal with what may happen." Sima Xin was proud when he said this, no matter how he said it, he had been a lieutenant for nearly three years, and the better the achievements of the lieutenant department, the more he was concerned.

"There are almost all similar institutions. But I've never seen anyone who can match you in terms of efficiency. Meng Tian pointed out the most critical part, and that part is efficiency.

In fact, to be honest, Lu Zhe from modern times has different thoughts and policies from many people, so there is not much to say about the differences in thinking. To put it nicely, the way of doing things is the pursuit of efficiency, which is very inconsistent with the slow pace of the "ancients".

The "ancients" lived at a very slow pace, whether it was an agrarian system or a nomadic system, and their concept was what to do in a given season. Doing that thing before the season changes is considered fast, and a thing that can be done in a day is not a matter of procrastination for ten days.

Ultimately. The smallest unit of timekeeping of the "ancients" was a quarter of fifteen minutes, and it is strange that people's concept of time is not very weak. Moreover, how can a society that is not in the high-speed rhythm of the industrial system, except for the season of ploughing and harvesting, almost idle, pursue any efficiency?

Lu Zhe, who comes from modern society, is not the same, he is used to living a life that is accurate to the second, and he has developed the habit of finishing things on the same day in his growth environment, he really can't stand the kind of thing that can be done in an hour for a whole day, and the things that can be done last night in a day have to be delayed for half a month, and many times he often feels miserable about the efficiency of the officials under his rule, so he constantly asks anyone under his rule to do things faster and faster.

If Lu Zhe was not an ancient, after his rise, even if he had enough logistics resources and a strong army, it was estimated that it would take more than ten years for him to send troops north, and he would not say that he was ready to launch an offensive immediately. Then, when we conquer the Central Plains and other regions, it is estimated that it will take more than ten or so years to think that we should build internal affairs, not that every time we capture a place, we will begin to resume construction in light of the local situation.

Lu Zhe's method of doing things was not agreed by everyone at first, after all, in the eyes of many people, Lu Zhe was too eager to do anything, and he didn't look like a steady person at all, or Lu Zhe habitually made a plan and deployment in everything he did, and used the most practical answers to show what it means to have a plan and a plan for efficient administrative means, so that everyone accepted that kind of high efficiency in amazement, and gradually became accustomed to the code of conduct of making plans and plans in advance before doing things. In terms of work efficiency, it is not the kind of person that Lu Zhe looks like he is slacking off.

Facts have repeatedly proved that planning in advance, setting the most likely plan, and then making up for the prevention and deployment of possible accidents is a very advanced way of doing things, once you master this knowledge, not only the efficiency of the work will improve, but also the performance is far better than those who do not know how to plan in advance. The military attaches were the first to adapt to the new set of rules of conduct, and the civilian officials also specialized in the new methods of doing things from the comparison of the political performance of their colleagues, and Lu Zhe finally had a group of civil and military officers who knew how to pursue efficiency.

"So the next plan is to eat this part of the head man first?" Meng Tian clenched his fists as he said this.

If the Qin state had not collapsed, it would have been around this year that Meng Tian would have led the Qin army north, dedicated to exterminating or driving away the Hu people in the Hetao region. Leading the army to recapture the Hetao would only be a small part of the goal of Meng Tian's northward journey. He may also lead his army over the Yin Mountain to pursue, driving the Xiongnu and other Hu people far away.

The current era is 212 B.C., which is two years later than 214 B.C. when Meng Tian led the army to the north in the original history, and the little thing in common is that whether it is the Qin army or the Han army, when they sent troops to the Hetao, they did not encounter too strong resistance, but the development of the original history is that Touman led the army to the west to find trouble with the people of the Western Regions and the migration of various ethnic groups from west to east, but in this historical version of Lü Zhe, Touman was trapped near the source of the Yellow River after going south.

History has been tossed by Lü Zhe "beyond recognition", and the country under Lü Zhe's rule is also much larger than the original historical trajectory in expansion, the south has been attacked to the later generations almost the part of Laos, and the north has also conquered the modern Inner Mongolia grassland.

Lü Zhe's expansion in the south could not stimulate anyone. In fact, even if it stimulated anyone, the monkeys living in the primeval forest did not increase their resistance, and what the monkeys would do was to avoid the Han army from a distance, so the expansion of the Han army in the south was not much different from the armed march in general.

The expansion of the grasslands was not as rapid as in the south, and although the land was conquered very quickly, the Hu people in the grasslands were much more bloody than the monkeys in the primeval forests of the south. No, Lu Zhe just showed that he wanted to enter the depths of the grassland, but he hadn't really set foot in the depths of the grassland, and the information sent from everywhere was all to show a point. Wusun's side said that the tribes on the grassland are gathering, and it is not groundless that there may be a million Huma going south, but that the Hu people on the grassland are really going south.

"Will you eat the 200,000 Hu people near the source of the Yellow River?" Sima Xin touched his chin: "The First Cavalry Regiment will make a detour to the northwest according to the plan. The first step is to bypass a desert called Moxihai (Ulan Buhe) by the Hu people. This section of the roundabout distance is about 300 miles, entering the northeast direction of the Western Regions, and if it goes well, it will cut off the back road of the Touman Department to retreat in the direction of the Western Regions. ”

Meng Tian looked intently at the map of mountains and rivers, and there were obvious marks of the two armies on the military map. The red represents the Han army, the black represents the Qin army, and the green represents the Xiongnu and other Hu people. In addition to the colors that represent the parties. The color of each area will be marked with a number, for example, the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Han Army led by Xu Zhi is marked with the Arabic numeral "1", and the rest of the regiments are also marked with Arabi numerals. Each color has a solid line with an arrow with a dotted line, the solid line being the offensive and movement route of the clan or corps, and the dotted line being the reserve plan of the corps or corps.

Now, the arrowhead of the First Cavalry Corps led by Xu Zhi stretched from north to northwest, and the section it passed through was first surrounded by two deserts, and immediately turned to the west after reaching Tushenze (north of the modern Linhe River), and then marched on a vast grassland, about 150 miles after marching straight south, and then turned east at the edge of the Moxi Sea. If such a march is completed, the First Cavalry Corps led by Xu Zhi will also complete the tactical goal of cutting off the rear road of Touman's department.

Sima Xin invited Meng Tian to walk to a very large sand table, which was very finely made, and could distinguish the topography of mountains and rivers at a glance, and there were flags of various colors on it.

Meng Tian's eyes swept over the sand table: "Are all the geographical locations accurate?" Of course, he wasn't asking Sima Xin, he was asking about a squire who belonged to the Taiwei Administration.

Li Liang first saluted Meng Tian, and then said: "The scouts of each legion paid a lot of money to spy on them, and the Taiwei Department also lost six foreign officers and ......", and took a deep breath when he said this: "There may be discrepancies in the details, but it can ensure that there are no mistakes in the markings on the marching route." ”

Yuanwailang is naturally the official title of Jiupin Zhongzheng, and the empire under the rule of Lu Zhe has not set up six departments for the time being, but there is no difference in the general division of official positions, such as Shangshu under Taiwei, followed by Shilang, Langzhong, Yuanwailang and the heads of various small departments. If the Wailang is defined by the official position in the army, it is almost the rank of a captain, so the loss of six Wailang in order to spy on intelligence is almost equivalent to the death of six lieutenants in the army, which is already a considerable loss.

Meng Tian was stunned when he heard this, of course he knew that the staff of the Tai Lieutenant Department was almost equivalent to the military captain, so he also took a breath, and then raised his hand and saluted, which could be regarded as a response to his question.

"The scattered cavalry also lost nearly a thousand, and the Ministry of Supervision also lost hundreds of pawns and a sacrificial wine ......" Sima Xin patted the wooden stack of the sand table: "But those sacrifices will be worth it." ”

Meng Tian was stunned again, he knew that the scattered cavalry was the elite scout of the Han army, and he also knew what the Taiwei Office was, but he never knew that there was a department called the Ministry of Supervision under Lu Zhe.

The Ministry of Supervision is, of course, the intelligence department led by Lu Zhe's number one eagle dog, Yan Bi, at first it was used to supervise the civil and military ministers to prevent defection and defection to the enemy, and then Lu Zhe went through rectification and reformed the supervision part into two parts, and the supervision of the civil and military ministers naturally continued, but it was one more department for overseas spying.

"It would be great if General Right (Xu Zhi) could complete a tactical maneuver." Meng Tian didn't ask for details other than the military, and those were not what he could ask now. He said and looked at Sima Xin very seriously: "The eldest prince of the Huns, Mao Dun, is in the Western Regions, and recent intelligence has repeatedly shown that Mao Dun has gathered more than 100,000 people, so he has to guard against it, Hussar General." ”

Sima Xin was very impressed by Meng Tian's reminder, compared to the old man and all kinds of slow reactions, the various records about Mao Dun in the Han army's intelligence system repeatedly showed that this person was not simple. Xu Zhi wants to cut off the back road of Touman's department in a roundabout way, the route and the final target area are quite close to the Western Regions, and it is indeed necessary to take into account all possible events, especially what kind of reaction Mao Dun will take, he must repeatedly guess and make a preventive plan.

"It is rumored that Touman is very fond of Jituo, who was born to the Ran, and is very disgusted with Maudun, who was born to the former Ran, who has died." Sima Xin didn't know why he glanced at the scribe next to Li Liang, and then said: "There is relevant intelligence that shows that Mao Dun has been gathering materials and manpower, and has been sending people to spy on the mountains and rivers in the northwest. ”

The scribe standing next to Li Liang is called Chen Ping, he is the left master of the Ministry of Supervision, if Yan Bi is Lu Zhe's number one eagle dog, then Chen Ping is definitely the number one cadre under Yan Bi.

Meng Tian naturally knew about Chen Ping, and in his impression, Chen Ping should be stirring up wind and rain in Qindi, but he didn't expect Chen Ping to appear here.

According to Meng Tian's understanding of Chen Ping, Chen Ping is not only good at dancing with long sleeves, but also a very insidious person...... (To be continued......)