Chapter 1832: Gao Yang's Three Strategies to Settle Hexi!

Wu Zhao tapped her fingertips on the stone table and leaned forward, saying, "Chancellor, how should I sever the Xiongnu's arm?"

Gao Tianlong stared at Gao Yang's calm face; years of intuition told him.

The Xiongnu are likely finished this time!

"Green Radish, get some bamboo paper!"

Gao Yang didn't answer immediately but ordered Green Radish on the side.

Green Radish was stunned, then immediately went to do it.

Wu Zhao's gaze swept toward Gao Yang with confusion, but she waited quietly.

She knew Gao Yang's character well; he must have his own reasons for doing this!

Soon.

A piece of bamboo paper was brought, and Shangguan Wan'er personally ground the ink for Gao Yang.

"Thank you."

Gao Yang said, then picked up the brush and began to write boldly on the bamboo paper.

Wu Zhao's phoenix eyes looked over, somewhat dazed.

Shangguan Wan'er, Gao Tianlong, and the others were also full of surprise.

Because as Gao Yang's brush moved, a magnificent map was revealed...

Wu Zhao looked stunned.

Gao Yang is drawing a map?

And looking at it, it seems to be a map of the Hexi region.

Gao Tianlong frowned; Wu Zhao could see it, and as a military general, he could naturally see it even more.

One must know that in marching and fighting, if one has a very precise map to help, it is simply twice the result with half the effort.

But how could a map be so easy to draw?

He had seen the blueprints Gao Yang drew for the flintlock gun, and that was only slightly better than the drawings he, Gao Tianlong, made.

Gao Tianlong's brows furrowed tightly, and he looked at Gao Yang with some worry.

But as the map unfolded.

Gao Tianlong's eyes widened, and he was directly dumbfounded.

He looked as if he had seen a ghost, full of disbelief.

"This... this map, to say something shameless, is only a tiny bit weaker than the ones he, Gao Tianlong, draws!"

Gao Tianlong's eyes widened; this was simply dozens of times more precise than the maps in his army.

Wu Zhao also widened her eyes, her phoenix eyes filled with suspicion.

Everyone stared at the bamboo paper on the stone table, and from time to time looked at Gao Yang, as if they had seen a ghost.

Gao Yang ignored them and continued to write.

In the Hexi region, the mountain ranges and the flow of every river were all presented in his mind.

This was the map he had scouts investigate since the first battle in Hexi, combined with what he had seen and heard, engraved deep in his brain!

After a while.

Gao Yang let out a long breath and stopped his brush.

Everyone looked over; from Da Qian's Yanmen Pass to Canglan Mountain, Langya Royal City, and Zhenyue Royal City, every mountain range and river flow was clear.

"Chancellor, what does this mean?" Wu Zhao's phoenix eyes looked at Gao Yang and asked.

Although this map was extremely precious, weren't they talking about severing the Xiongnu's arm and establishing Da Qian's might?

Gao Yang met Wu Zhao's gaze, pointed at the map, and said, "Your Majesty, in my vision, to sever the Xiongnu's arm, we need three strategies: 'Building a Wall to Lock the Throat,' 'Farming to Carve the Flesh,' and 'Intermarriage to Corrode the Bones'!"

Once these words were spoken.

Wu Zhao's pupils shrank, and her heart was shocked.

She repeated, "Building a Wall to Lock the Throat, Farming to Carve the Flesh, Intermarriage to Corrode the Bones!"

"This sounds very much to my liking! Chancellor, tell me more."

Wu Zhao was quite excited, waiting for Gao Yang's follow-up.

Swish, swish, swish!

Shangguan Wan'er, Gao Tianlong, and the others also looked at Gao Yang.

Gao Yang pointed his finger at the mountain range near Canglan Mountain and said slowly, "My first strategy is 'Building a Wall to Lock the Throat'!"

"Your Majesty, please look. The Hexi Corridor is shaped like a narrow waist, flanked by mountains to the north and south, with the narrowest point being only twenty miles. We can fully build an iron spine about several dozen miles long, standing in the key area of Hexi, to cut off the Xiongnu cavalry!"

Wu Zhao heard this, and her gaze swept over the map.

As Gao Yang's finger slid, a key passage in Hexi was also revealed to Wu Zhao.

If a Great Wall were to stand here...

Wu Zhao's gaze flickered, quite tempted.

Gao Yang's voice rang out: "Our Da Qian's 'steamed earth method' technology is mature. We can use this method to build high walls. They don't need to be too high; the wall base is five zhang wide, the top is three zhang wide, and eight chi high is enough. In this way, the outer slope of the Great Wall is steep as if cut, and the inner slope is gently placed with horse paths—it looks very low, but it has great use and can block Xiongnu warhorses!"

"Following that, every five miles, set up a 'pin-shaped' battle platform, which can station thirty soldiers, with 'earth listening jars' inside. If ten thousand Xiongnu cavalry gallop, the sound will be heard for a hundred miles before the cavalry arrives!"

Gao Tianlong's eyes flickered, and his fists clenched involuntarily.

"This Great Wall stretches through the key passage of Hexi. The Xiongnu people can climb over it, but the warhorses cannot!"

"In other words, this spine of Hexi is meant to defend against Xiongnu warhorses!"

"If the Xiongnu abandon their warhorses and force their way over to plunder, they will lose the Xiongnu's greatest advantage: mobility!"

"Without speed, how can they plunder? And every five miles, we can set up beacons and store five thousand catties of firewood! Once the Xiongnu's movements are discovered, wolf smoke will roll from the beacon towers, and our Da Qian iron cavalry can kill their way from Yanmen Pass into Hexi in just three days!"

"How can the Xiongnu people escape?"

Gao Yang smiled lightly. Although the voice was extremely calm, it stirred up a wave of shock in everyone's hearts.

In the past, when the Xiongnu plundered Da Qian, they relied on the flexibility of their cavalry.

They would kill their way into Da Qian silently from the border counties, plunder, and by the time the news reached the court and the counties mobilized troops, the Xiongnu would have already returned to the Royal Court fully loaded.

Cavalry and speed are the Xiongnu's greatest advantages! ===== CHAPTER 1834 =====