Chapter 93: It's hard for me to get to the Strait, but the fire platform continues to come

In the southwest of the Zhennan Governor's Office, Tangzhou confronts Suhumi City, a major town in the Kingdom of Georgia; in the southeast, Jiezhou is the backing of the friendly Kingdom of Azerbaijan. These two states are like the two pliers of a pliers, guarding the south gate of the country. The vast territory behind them is vast, and the climate is relatively warm and humid, which is the most important pastoral area in the country.

The Caucasus countries have now become the leaders of the Automobile Federation in the north, Azerbaijan in the east, and confront Georgia in the west and Armenia in the southwest. Two belong to Yanhan's camp and two belong to Yili's camp. Among these four countries, Georgia was originally the strongest; but Georgia has failed to fight against Azerbaijan and Chechnya, and its strength has been lost a lot. Up to now, its national strength is not as good as Azerbaijan. The four countries under the two camps are now roughly evenly matched. They fought against each other, and Yanhan and Yili supported in the back, forming a delicate balance.

Yerli has not turned against Yanhan and still maintains active business exchanges. After all, Yanhan has many goods that Yili needs, especially weapons, which is urgently needed by Yili after the loss of Damascus, the capital of weapons. Tekdi, the king of Illi Khan, has never been able to make up his mind to go to war against Yanhan. Even if he discovered the sea to attack Yanhan, he did not move troops, which was due to his concern about the lack of weapons in his country. Now, the Caucasus is becoming calm. Maybe Illi can live in peace with Yanhan for a long time? Tekodi is not very confident about this. On the one hand, he has stepped up the export of slaves and livestock to buy weapons from Yanhan to ordinary iron tools and agricultural tools to reserve them. On the other hand, he seeks the possibility of buying weapons from Indian states. India is rich in iron ore and has a quite superb iron smelting process. The problem is that it is far away.

At this time, Rashid, a Persian who served as a major officiant, and Juwahi, an Arab who served as the governor of Baghdad, made important suggestions to Tekdi: to form a fleet and open up the sea commercial road to India.

Persia and the Arab region have had a long history of trade with India, and maritime trade routes have long been opened up. However, due to the destruction of the Arab Empire by the Ily Khanate, Arab culture is on the verge of extinction and the economy has also greatly regressed. The Mongols did not know how to sail, and almost destroyed the shipbuilding industry of the former Arab Empire, and the long-range maritime commercial routes were cut off, leaving only some river transportation and offshore trade. Rashid and Zhuwani advised Tekdi to revive the shipbuilding industry and reopen the maritime commercial road, which was not seen by Mongolian Wufu and won the appreciation of Tekdi Khan. This is also because Tekdi was inspired by Yanhan's vigorous development of water transportation.

Tekodi then ordered to encourage shipbuilding, repair and expansion of ports, and sent envoys to Delhi in North India and several countries in South India to seek imports of weapons, ironware, spices, tea and other commodities. In this way, it can not only meet the needs of the country, but also transfer goods to Europe to make money. The South Road of Asia-Europe Business Road will be developed to compete with the North Road under the control of Yanhan.

Illi is a big country, but the connection to the Yuan Dynasty is cut off by Haidu. How to survive in the long term is a serious problem. The more enlightened Tekedi began to seek various good policies to develop its economy and enhance its national strength. The improvement of national strength is the foundation of military strength.

Because Yan Han and Yili do not pose much threat to each other's survival, they have both competition and cooperation. After Rashid's suggestion, Illi opened up the cities such as Lashte and Astala, which are located in the northern part of the Persia region and the south coast of the Lihai Sea, and carried out waterway trade with cities such as Jess, Zanzhou and Zezhou in Yanhan. Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is also located by the lake and joins the regional trading system. The world's largest lake in the world in the Cami Sea, water transportation was originally very good. In the past, during the reign of Khorezm, the waterway trade was quite active, but it was interrupted by Mongolia's destruction of Khorezm. Up to now, the waterway traffic line around the lake in the CIP has been reopened. Yanhan on the north coast, Azerbaijan on the west coast, and Elli on the south coast can easily exchange goods through waterway trade. Only the Haidu Khanate on the east coast does not participate. As a result, the trade relationship between Yanhan and Yili has become closer, and even Yili will supply a variety of cotton in the Persian region to supply the needs of Yanhan textile industry.

Let's talk about the Zhendong Governor's Office.

The eastern governor's government is responsible for guarding the Wudong area, with only Cangzhou and Muzhou under its jurisdiction, but the pressure is the largest among the four major governors. Naturally, this is because the Haidu Khanate is the most powerful country around Yanhan. Since the beginning, the Zhendong Governor's Office has been set up to prepare for the Haidu Khanate. Up to now, the Haidu Khanate has brazenly moved troops against Yanhan, and the two countries have entered a state of war, and the pressure has doubled.

There are not many products in Wudong, but there are vast grasslands, so there is only one use - grazing. But now grazing is not very safe, because the Haidu Khanate is likely to send troops to harass, plunder people and rob livestock.

How to prevent it? After returning to Anhan Prefecture, He Anping reported the situation of the Zhendong Governor's Mansion to the king and put forward suggestions for building a beacon and arranging a thousand-mile cordon.

More than 100 miles south of Cangling Pass, there is a medium river that flows into the Hemi Sea from west to east. Although this river is not as wide as the Ural River and not deep enough to pass by horseback in some places, it is at least a natural barrier. He Anping suggested that on the north bank of the river, on the Yanhan side, build a beacon every 30 miles, with a total of 40, which can pull up a 1,200-mile-long cordon to warn the enemy's invasion and protect the mainland people.

Zhao Jin agreed to this plan and named the river "Zhendong River" and named the warning line "Anping Warning Line". He Anping was so scared that he didn't dare to do it.

Zhao Jin thought about it, because there is no insurmountable line of defense in the world, let alone a cordon. In later life, there was a Frenchman named Magino, who served as the defense minister of France and presided over the construction of a defense line. He thought it was absolutely reliable and praised himself with great joy, and accepted the honor of naming the defense line after himself. As a result, because of the Maginot Line, the French army was unprepared, which led to the German army to easily cross the line of defense, and France was suddenly subjugated. The Maginot Line has become a big joke in history. He Anping refused to name the warning line after himself, which is also far-sighted! Zhao Jin then named the cordon "Zhendong Warning Line".

Forty beacons, the workload is not too large. Zhao Jin ordered the governor of Zhendong to transfer soldiers and civilians to build them.

Each beacon is stationed with 100 cavalry and 25 crossbowmen. They are usually responsible for patrolling and harvesting horse grass. Once they see the enemy invading, they will immediately light fireworks. One firefire indicates that the enemy is roughly less than 100 people, two fireworks indicate that the enemy is about 100 people and less than 300 people, and three fireworks means that the enemy has more than 300 people and less than 1,000 people.

As for the invasion of the enemy on a scale of more than 1,000 people, it generally does not appear in the attack and disturbance war; if it occurs, the target is very large, and the long-range probe should be able to find it, so that it will not be found on the warning line.

For example, a beacon found a hundred enemies and lit a fireworks; the two adjacent beacon towers "A1" and "B1" saw it and did not light the fire, but only dispatched cavalry to reinforce the scene of the accident. Then, 300 people work together to surround and defeat the invading enemy of less than 100 people and teach the enemy a lesson.

For example, a beacon found enemies of more than 100 people and less than 300 people and lit two sets of fireworks; the two adjacent beacon towers "A1" and "B1" saw, each of which lit a group of fireworks, and at the same time sent their own 100 horses to reinforce the scene of the accident; and then the two adjacent beacon towers "A2" and "B2" saw and judged to be " A1 and B1 had an accident, so they did not light fireworks and sent their own 100 horses to reinforce "A1" and "B1". After the reinforcements arrived at "A1" and "B1", they figured out the real place of the accident, so the five 500 horses from the beacon gathered at the scene of the accident to meet the enemy with less than 300 horses. There is also a chance of winning.

If an enemy of more than 300 and less than 1,000 people is found in a beacon, they will all order three regiments of fireworks; the adjacent "A1" and "B1" will light two regiments of fireworks and send reinforcements; then the adjacent "A2" and "B2" will set up a group of fireworks and send reinforcements; and then the adjacent "A3" and "B3" will not light fireworks. , only send troops. Our army arrived at the scene of the accident with a total of 700 horses. The enemy soldiers are as few as 300 and as 1,000 at most. Even if our army does not have too many chances of winning, it will not be too few.

In this way, if the enemy wants to cross the cordon with a small group of troops to sneak attack the rear of our country and take advantage... I'm sorry. It's not that you can't come, but you can come, but I'm afraid it won't be too comfortable.

In case the enemy is really a large-scale sneak attack of more than 1,000 people, and our army's long-range search horse can't find it in time. It was not until here at the cordon... Then, there is a last move. At this time, the ignition is not burned separately, but into a large area. The adjacent beacon was found and burned into a large area. It burned all the way to the Cangling Pass. Then, the people and horses of the whole warning line will be dispatched, and the defenders of Cangling Pass will also support.

Such a set of methods can greatly protect the mainland from enemy intrusion. Although it is not as good as the Great Wall Insurance, you should know that the amount of the whole 1,200-mile warning line is less than one thousandth of the Great Wall, and the price is very cheap.

The Zhendong cordon line goes up the Zhendong River, connecting Mugogaru Mountain, a branch of the Ural Mountains; Muzhou City guards the mountain road passing; Mugogaru Mountain connects the upper reaches of the Ural River. The whole defense system is very complete.

The 1,000 crossbow soldiers needed for the warning line will be allocated by the Beijing battalion troops, and the Beijing battalion troops will recruit additional troops. Four thousand cavalry came from the Khitan tribe. Since receiving the state's shelter, most of the Khitan tribes have been resettled in Kuangzhou and some have been resettled in Cangzhou. It is also their job to protect their homes. After Zhao Yu and Xiao Ruoyi said, Xiao Ruoyi had no opinion, which made Xiao Guannu and Xiao Dabeinu lead 4,000 cavalry and 8,000 horses, and from then on, they served as the Zhendong cordon to stay in the army. Zhao Jin helped produce another 4,000 horses for them to use, and helped them buy armor and weapons. This is really for you to help me, I help you, friendly and intimate, and the same family, all for the country... good!

(to be continued 94th chapter: galloping together in the world, exotic vertical and horizontal ending)