Chapter 1202

This is the real problem.

If we were to station troops in every small state of the Western Regions to achieve complete control, that would certainly be unrealistic.

The military strength of Liangzhou does not allow for it.

It is currently the spring plowing season, and being able to mobilize one hundred thousand troops from Liangzhou is already the limit.

Therefore, Duan Yu thought of a method.

A strategy from later generations.

Consolidating villages and towns.

Using powerful military force to compel the many nations originally scattered across the Western Regions to relocate.

In the front, middle, and rear positions of the Western Regions, concentrate the people of the Western Regions and then implement centralized military management.

Using important walled cities as strongholds, have the people of the various Western Region states build new settlements around them, and then begin constructing cities.

Take this Jiaohecheng right now, for example.

Although it is not large, it is a natural military fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

As long as two or three thousand troops are stationed here, this city can be completely controlled.

Moreover, there is an abundant water source here; by concentrating the dozen or so small states surrounding the Cheshi Kingdom to this location, we can carry out unified land reclamation and conduct garrison farming in the style of production teams.

On the northern line of the Western Regions, use Cheshi as the front, Qiuci as the middle, and Shule as the rear to establish three military fortresses and large-scale towns.

On the southern line, use Loulan as the front, Jingjue as the middle, and Shache as the rear to similarly establish three military fortresses.

In this way, after a few years of unified management, we can radiate outward, turn the entire Western Regions into a province, and relocate a portion of Han people to facilitate integration.

Within five years, the Western Regions can be renamed the Western Regions Commandery.

And the vast population of the Western Regions can also stimulate the commerce of Liangzhou.

Becoming a rear base for developing war potential.

Under the cover of night, the people of the Cheshi Kingdom did not even know what had happened.

The people who were still at home on the streets were fiercely driven out of Jiaohecheng by the large number of Han troops who had poured into the city.

Some important figures were escorted to the palace where Duan Yu was staying.

Outside the residence of Yuan Feigui.

Yimei was escorted out of the villa by soldiers and then sent all the way to the palace.