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It took a day and a night to finally search the entire city.

Cheng Chuliang also had more than a thousand young and strong laborers under his command. Some of these people were Arabs, and some were people conquered by the Arab Empire. They were all porters under Cheng Chuliang. They were almost vomiting their stomachs, and only then did they find some valuable things in the city.

"General, the lighter items are almost ready. We have packed more than 700 boxes in total. I heard that the remaining items you specially looked for are no longer needed. The main reason is that they cannot be taken out. We don't have a sufficient transportation team. If we move them all out, it will be a waste of time."

A military lieutenant spent a long time counting all these things and finally finished counting them. It turned out that the total amount was approximately equivalent to 800,000 strings of cash.

Although this city is not big, it now gathers the most valuable things in the entire city. Some belong to the Arab court, some belong to local government, and some belong to ordinary people. So even though this city is relatively poor, it also has a lot of valuable things.

In addition, there are more than 3,000 slaves, all of whom are still able to work. As for those who are disabled and cannot work, Cheng Chuliang has no time to gather them and directly drives them to the south. Your continued status as refugees is the greatest contribution to our Tang Dynasty.

"Where are the people delivering the supplies?"

Although not much gunpowder was lost in this battle, according to Li Xiang's plan, a supply team would be sent out every five days. Their mission was to quickly supply the troops on the front line. Even if the people on the front line did not need it, it had to be delivered. In case they didn't have the gunpowder when they needed it, it was always better than wasting it.

According to Li Xiang, if you have enough gunpowder, find a place to bury it nearby if conditions permit, and dig it out when you need it. If conditions do not allow, just burn it. We have plenty of this stuff anyway, but if you can't use it on the battlefield, you will suffer a great loss.

Everyone felt that Li Xiang's plan was too wasteful, but they also understood that it was His Highness's love for all the soldiers on the front line. If we still couldn't win the battle, it would be a bit too unfair to His Highness. For these soldiers on the front line, His Highness was never afraid to spend money on them.

Take the supplies that are being delivered now, for example. There are a lot of dried vegetables. These were all exchanged by Li Xiang from the system. They are not available on the market at all. But all the soldiers understand one thing, that is, this kind of thing is very expensive. Otherwise, don't dream about being able to eat vegetables in such a desert area.

"We should be where we are now tomorrow afternoon."

Another officer under his command calculated the time. As long as there was no desert storm on the way, the time should be correct. If there was a storm, the time would be wrong. Maybe they might even be blown away. Never underestimate the storm in the desert.

"Leave 200 people to watch them and wait where they are. When the supply team arrives, exchange supplies with them and let the supply team take them back." Cheng Chuliang thought for a while and said, if 200 people are all equipped with chain furnaces, there should be no problem watching these 3,000 people. Put all these people in a circle, half of them watch them, and half of them rest. If anyone dares to act rashly, kill everyone in their group immediately. This way, other Arabs can also help watch them.

The Tang army had already mastered this policy. After all, in every war, they captured a large number of prisoners. If they did not adopt this method, who knows how much trouble these prisoners would cause. Therefore, they had to be ruthless and act quickly.

"Get up, get up, everyone, go to the open space in the east of the city. The edge has been circled. If anyone dares to take a step out, they will be killed immediately."

The young and middle-aged men scattered everywhere heard the sound immediately. There were more than 30 translators in the Tang army. They all used all their strength to get these 3,900 people through. Those who couldn't get up were probably fainted due to lack of water. The Tang army didn't waste any time talking to you and would just attack them with a knife.

Fainting is not a crime, but we don't have the time to figure it out. If you want to blame someone, blame you for not holding on. I've made it very clear just now that we would find a place for you to rest, but you didn't listen, so your life will be ruined because of you.

The vacant lot in the east of the city is pretty good. There are some green plants around it. It used to be an oasis. If there weren't these green plants, I would probably be sunburned to death if I stayed here for a day. It's already five o'clock in the afternoon and the sun in the sky is not so strong anymore.

There is actually a bush in the south of the city, and we can put the people there, but the bush is a bit high, which makes it difficult for us to observe, so it is better to put them here. Safety is the most important thing. If these people want to cause trouble, our crossbows will not be able to stand up to them.

These young men were extremely reluctant. They were so exhausted that they had no strength at all. In the urban environment, they had to move all kinds of things without having to drink a drop of water. They had almost exhausted all their strength. Now they were divided into groups of ten and their right arms were tied up. Even if you didn't want to move, you had to follow them obediently, otherwise, the people in the team would kill you.

This kind of thing has just happened. Because a man was weak, they didn't want to drag him, so they just beat him to death with punches and kicks. They then reported to the Tang army, saying that this guy died suddenly for no reason.

The Tang Dynasty army didn't bother to care about such things. As long as you delayed the team's progress, you would lose your life. A soldier went up and stabbed one of you, then waved his hand to let the other nine people move forward. If there were other idle people, they would be immediately replaced.

It took an hour for these thousands of people to reach the west of the city. The sun had already set and the air was much cooler. (End of this chapter)