C3386 Ivu River Valley (1/2)
No one knew what was happening, but Hu Laosan was leading them into a grass farm outside the city.
The maze of hayfields was filled with hay eaten during the winter by countless animals. One third of Karen's haystacks were stored in the Yili area.
The Uncle Hu San who had found a place with a lee said while gasping for breath, ”Children, stop staying here for the night, the Sha Russian is about to attack!”
”According to what the herdsmen said, there are over twenty thousand Sharal Cossack cavalry s stationed at Ala Lake for more than half a year already. Furthermore, there are often reinforcements!”
”This winter is too cold, those Cossack people need food and fodder to feed their horses, those poor bastards have already made up their mind to take over our General Yili's mansion, you guys better leave quickly …”
”If it's not tonight or tomorrow, those Cossack s will not be able to withstand three consecutive days of snow!”
In the Uncle Hu San's mouth, a Western Region that caused people to be terrified appeared in front of them!
Ivu River Valley, strategic position is very important, this is a triangular alluvial plain, you must know that the Sky Mountain is not directly east and west.
They were heading towards the northeast from the southwest. The western section of the Sky Mountain Range and the western section of the Kunlun Mountains were actually connected together, they were both an extension of the Pamir plateau.
The Sky Mountain Range extended northwest to the Hami region before connecting with the desert wilderness as one!
Tianshan also had branches, the largest of which was Mount Borokonu!
At the confluence of Borokonu and Tianshan, the northern foot of the mountain was called Urumqi, which in the Qing Dynasty was called Kulun!
This Tianshan Branch extended northwest, forming an angle with the Tianshan Branch.
And this geographical angle, was precisely the Ili River's watershed!
The two mountain ranges formed a wide triangle, the large and gentle opening just so happened to be aimed at the west, at the Lake Barkish, and also aimed at the ambitions of countless other races!
As we all know, the boundaries of ancient human territory are divided according to the geographical environment, which has a great military effect.
Rivers, forests, deserts, mountains... It could form a series of strong defensive lines that were easy to defend against and hard to attack.
Whoever controlled the strategic location would be able to use a small number of troops to ensure the safety of their country!
The Tianshan Mountains and the Bolo Konu Mountains were such barriers. If one fell into the hands of the Chinese, it was easy to guard against the foreign invaders in the west.
If they fell into the alien's hands, they could look down on the whole Xinjiang!
The Ivu River Valley was at the dividing point at the northern border of the Southern Wilderness, which was the axis of the Northwest border.
There was no problem in raising millions of horses in the valleys of such a fertile river, and the immigrants could afford five or six million.
If they slowly managed this, it would become the best logistics base for supplying supplies to the army!
What was worse was that in this strategic area of the triangle, the most gentle opening was aimed towards the west, in other words, the direction of the enemy's attack.
This meant that the enemies were attacking in a flat land, directly moving forward along the river, the most dangerous places were all at the back of the Yili!
During the year of the dryad, when the people of Qing Government were calming down, Ah Gui and other important people wrote to the people of requesting the establishment of a general's mansion in the Yili to guard the Western Region.
In 1762, the dryad ordered the construction of Huiyuan City in the Ivu River Valley and the establishment of the position of General Yili. With the city as the core, she controlled the entire Ivu River Valley area.