The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 226 Preparing to regain the Huangshui Valley
The storm was about to come, and the battle was decided hastily. In just ten days, Beixiang and Yungu seemed to have fought a big battle, but they didn't seem to have fought.

What was the situation before the war started, the situation will remain the same after the war is over.Tens of thousands of Xiang troops seemed to have come to the Xisu abandoned site for an armed march.In mid-May, except for leaving a few troops to guard the big cities such as Huizhou, Wazhou and Longyou, the main force of Xiang's army once again withdrew to the north of Jingzhou.

Did Xiang Jun really come here in vain?Obviously not, at least not to the remaining people in Xisu's abandoned land.

The Lord of Yungu City in Taoyang City officially issued a general order, ordering the people in Wazhou, Huizhou, Gongchang and other places to move to the areas under the control of Yungu Army before winter. All the people who moved in would be granted land according to Ding, and Grain tax exemption for one year.

At the same time, a very unreasonable warning was issued to Xiang Jun stationed in this area, ordering him not to obstruct the people in this area from moving into Yungu. If there was any obstruction, the Yungu army would raise troops to investigate.

In order to let the common people in the announcement clearly know the decree of the Lord of Yungu City, since mid-May, the Yungu Army Rangers have frequently appeared in the abandoned Xisu lands near their rule, as if they were in an uninhabited land.Xiang Jun, who was extremely powerful, restrained his strength and huddled in the city, turning a blind eye.

The Yungu Army's relocation order and warning order were carried out in such a weird way. It was really unheard of to issue an order to a place not under their control.

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"Commander and good commander received news that Xiang Ren sent an envoy to the official camp. They want to take back the corpses left on the battlefield and the prisoners captured by our army." The person in charge of the secretary's office took the message from the official camp. The news came and asked Song Yingkui for his opinion.

"Liangshuai" is a recently popular name for Song Xueliang in the army. There are too many officers named Song in the army. Song Xueliang's main official title is deputy commander of the Yungu Army. The abbreviation is likely to conflict with Song Yingkui and Yang Shunan, so everyone wants to He found a way to directly call him a good commander.

Although Song Xueliang had only a thousand troops under his command at this time and was not considered a general, in the eyes of Yungu soldiers and civilians, Song Xueliang was fully qualified to be a general and was the real number two figure in the Yungu system.

Calling this thing is also a very mysterious thing, take Song Yingkui as an example.In the military, the official title is commander-in-chief, and in the administrative system, he is the city lord.But the soldiers and civilians of Yungu privately called him Kuishou or Kuishou Laozi, while outside the rule, people called him Song Yungu, as if Yungu was his name.

"Tell the Xiang people's envoy that all the Xiang people's soldiers who died on the battlefield will be cremated in one piece, and the matter of collecting the corpses will not be mentioned again. As for their prisoners, they will be sentenced to five years for committing the crime of plundering our Yungu soldiers and civilians. The above sentence is hard labor. He will not be released until his sentence is completed!"

Are you kidding? I can make your trip here in vain?No matter what happens, we have to make up for the losses caused.

What to do with the captured Xiang Jun?Naturally, they were asked to work hard in the mines to atone for their sins.In Hezhou, an iron mine called Tiegou was found. The minerals and mining volume were larger than those of the previous Qingbaring mine. It is now the main source of ore supply for Taoyang and Shiping iron smelting plants. There is a shortage of labor.In addition to the Tiegou mine, there are also some mines including lime mines that also require a large amount of labor. Using prisoners to do this will reduce production costs.

In the first battle of the official camp, more than 3000 Xiang Jun's regular soldiers were captured. Later, more than 1000 civilians who had escaped were captured near Gongchang. In this battle, more than 5000 enemies were captured in total. The prisoners were basically strong laborers and capable of fighting very well. Alleviating the labor shortage dilemma in Yungu.

With more than 5000 strong labor force, it can do more than just mining. It can also set up a special road construction team to speed up the pace of improving the traffic environment within the territory.

"Manager Guo, please go to Qinzhou again to see if the thief Yao Dake is interested in war horses. If he is, we can sell him about a thousand war horses." Not only prisoners, but also more than 2000 uninjured horses were captured.Yungu's army could not use so many horses, so Song Yingkui thought of selling them to Zheng's army in exchange for some supplies to cover expenses.

Guo Kaifeng suddenly became anxious when he heard that Song Yingkui wanted to sell war horses. Now that the relationship between Yungu and Dazheng was well known to Sima Zhao, selling them war horses was not nonsense.He quickly said: "Your Majesty, Qinzhou suddenly tightened the control when I started the war with Xiang Jun. It was like a knife in our throats. How could we sell such important weapons as war horses to them regardless of previous suspicions?"

Seeing Guo Kaifeng's attitude, Song Yingkui couldn't help but smile knowingly.It seemed like nothing was gained from the battle in the official camp, but in fact the gains were quite substantial.Wasn’t the ambition of people like Guo Kaifeng and others inspired?It is not impossible for someone to persuade him to come in the future.

He recovered his thoughts and said patiently: "There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. At the moment, I, Yungu, need to obtain supplies from the Qinzhou soldiers, and they are short of war horses, which forms the basis of the sale. As for everything else, we need to consider the long term. That's it. If Yao Dake is interested, you tell them that war horses can only be exchanged for cotton. As long as Qinzhou does not prohibit the merchants of Dazheng from buying and selling cotton in our Yungu territory, from now on, they can exchange for thousands of horses from our Yungu army every year. Good horse."

"Only for cotton? Will we still buy food from the Qinzhou Army in the future?"

"In the future, we will basically not buy food from Dazheng. The food in our territory is basically self-sufficient, and with the food from Hexi as a supplement, the worry of food shortage is no longer a serious problem. Blended fabric is ours Pillar production, but there are not many places suitable for growing cotton in our territory. We should deliberately guide the areas under the rule of Zhenghe and Hexi to diversify cotton." The people in Yungu are thin, there are not many fertile fields, and the climate is not very suitable for growing cotton, so Cotton raw materials should be treated externally.

When it comes to cotton and grain, Song Yingkui thinks of Hexi. When thinking of Hexi, he can't help but think of the fact that the Western Fan stabbed the back and wanted to impose heavy taxes on the Haixi Fort Forge, so that the Forge Trade had just begun to flourish. Had to interrupt.

Now the Yungu army gave Beixiang a head start in the official camp. The army was so powerful that people couldn't help but want to use force.

The Huangshui Valley, where Haixi Fort and Ningxi Acropolis are located, becomes more and more tempting the more you look at it. On the surface, this place looks like a useless place like Wazhou and other places, and the second uncle did not recommend taking it before.But now Song Yingkui has changed his mentality and feels that its geographical location is worth occupying.

Caught between Beixiang and Xifan, let's just say it's in the middle. Anyway, judging from the big map, the entire Yungu Army is sandwiched between these two forces.I can’t fall out with Dazheng, so I can’t fall out with Xi Fan?
In addition, after the relocation order, some people will more or less be moved to Yungu to enrich Yungu's manpower and military resources. On the basis of the existing military strength, it is not a big problem to add another two thousand or so soldiers and horses.With six thousand soldiers, Song Yingkui was confident that he could gain a foothold between Beixiang and Xifan!Restoring the Huangshui Valley should be put on the agenda!
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