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Fan Zhongyan Guards the Frontier

Type Event Region China Time 1040

From 1040, Fan Zhongyan held key frontier posts in Shaanxi, tightening discipline, building forts, and wooing border tribes with Han Qi and others ag…

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  1. 1034Yanzhou · Yan'an CityFan Zhongyan was ordered to guard the Shaanxi frontier, reorganizing the garrisons at Yanzhou and elsewhere, strengthening fortifications, and stabilizing the northwestern frontier.
  2. 1034Qingzhou · Qingyang CityFan Zhongyan built forts and trained troops at Qingzhou and elsewhere, and won over border tribes, forming a defense-in-depth to curb Western Xia raids.

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