After dawn, the two remaining elite soldiers and horses of Khorasan, except for those who had committed suicide and died, all the rest obediently surrendered, because they had no hope, no one would come to save them, and they had no other choice but to surrender.

In addition to the less than 100 soldiers who voluntarily put down their weapons and came out, there were more than 300 soldiers who were injured and unable to move, all lying in the courtyard, mixed with the corpses of their comrades.

After entering the courtyard, Artik's soldiers and horses were stunned by the terrible situation in the courtyard, there were terrible corpses everywhere, and the screams of soldiers, and the air was filled with a very unpleasant smell of burning, as well as the smell of roasted human flesh.

The first soldiers to enter the city were responsible for collecting all the enemy's weapons and transporting them back to the warehouse for safekeeping, which were their trophies.

The second group of soldiers who entered was responsible for carrying out the dead enemy corpses, putting them on carts, ready to be transported out of the city, handed back to the enemy troops, or directly buried, however, for humanitarian reasons, it is better to choose to exchange them with the other party, anyway, they are all dead people, and they will not regenerate combat effectiveness.

And some particularly seriously wounded enemy soldiers were also included in the death list, because these particularly seriously wounded soldiers were unlikely to be saved at all, and instead of wasting the medicinal materials in the city, it was better to directly transport them out of the city as dead.

The last group of soldiers to enter, who were responsible for carrying out the not too badly wounded enemy soldiers and sending them to designated places for medical treatment, would become their prisoners.

Although the captives would waste the city's precious food resources, the presence of captives also had a certain significance, which could give them an advantage in future negotiations.

By noon, the prisoners had been arranged, the wounded prisoners had been treated in a centralized manner, and even a large number of corpses had been transported out of the city, which were piled up three hundred paces outside the city, and the enemy soldiers would surely come and fetch them when they found them. This is more convenient, if it is buried, it is necessary to dig a pit deliberately, wasting manpower and material resources, it is better to leave these tasks to the enemy to complete.

Artik, who had slept for several hours, woke up, he didn't have any appetite, he was most concerned about the situation inside the city, such as what happened to the enemy soldiers who were surrounded, whether there was any movement outside the city, whether the tunnel entrance was buried, and so on.

"City Lord, it's really a god, since you let the attacking soldiers and horses stop attacking, the enemy army has been in chaos, in less than an hour, everyone surrendered, about five hundred or so people, most of them were wounded, more than 1,500 enemy corpses were transported outside the city, as for the corpses of the enemy soldiers in the tunnel, they can only be let sleep underground."

The subordinate opened his mouth to report the situation.

Artik nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, very good, in this battle, our army annihilated the enemy's 3,000 elites, greatly increased the prestige of our army, and strengthened the confidence of the soldiers to hold the city, I believe that as long as we are united, we will be able to defeat the enemy and achieve the final victory." ”

"What the city lord said is that the food in our city is enough to eat for half a year, and we are not afraid that the enemy army will not retreat, they will definitely be better than us, and it is even more delusional to break through the city."

After this battle, his subordinates are also full of confidence.

Artik and the others defending the city were full of confidence, but not far from the city, Ziyad was in a very bad mood, and he led thousands of soldiers to collect the corpses of the elite soldiers.

He personally came to collect the body, which showed a general's love for his subordinates, and could inspire soldiers to work for him.

"General, the soldiers died so miserably, many of them are incomplete corpses and unrecognizable."

A pro-soldier said with his face covered.

Ziyad looked at the mountain of corpses in front of him, his mood was very sad, he sent three thousand elites to attack Maia City from the tunnel, which caused the end of the entire army.

These corpses in front of him are not all, he has led the troops for many years, and he can see at a glance that these soldiers are only half of the three thousand elites, that is, the corpses of half of the soldiers are not here.

Qi Yad naturally knew very well that the corpses that were not here were either buried in the tunnels or surrendered to the enemy.

"All of them were transported back to the camp and prepared for a thick burial."

Ziyad opened his mouth and ordered.

The soldiers immediately moved and carried back the corpses of the soldiers, which had been piled up.

"General, there are still alive, and there are still alive."

A pro-soldier opened his mouth to report the situation.

Qi Yade was slightly happy in his heart, and hurriedly walked over, seeing that the living soldiers were very seriously injured, he couldn't help frowning again, these soldiers were too seriously injured, and it would be very difficult to save them, but these were all elite soldiers under his command, even if there was only a small probability, he had to work hard. ”

"General, there are still many soldiers alive here."

The pro-soldier continued to report.

"All of them are transported back to the camp for careful inspection, as long as they are still alive, they must go all out to treat them, and the soldiers who have died in battle must be buried as soon as possible, and there must be no plague."

Ziyad ordered.

A large group of soldiers, either carried or transported by vehicle, brought the bodies of these soldiers back to the camp.

After some careful screening, they found more than 20 still alive corpses and treated them with all their might.

Although Abu *** was wounded, he took these wounded soldiers very seriously, and he visited them on crutches and encouraged them to stay strong.

These wounded soldiers were seriously injured, most of them were missing arms and legs, but some core parts were not damaged, so they were saved after a lot of effort.

There was one soldier in particular, his legs were all gone, and he was bleeding a lot, but the rest of his body was not hurt in the slightest, so he was quickly saved, as long as the wounds on his legs were taken care of, everything would not be a problem.

More than twenty soldiers died in half a day, and the remaining half were also critically ill, and it was absolutely certain that only a few soldiers could be saved, which was enough, as long as these soldiers were alive, they would be able to provide them with the situation in the city, after all, these soldiers had been in the city for so long, they must have known the details of the battle, and this was crucial for their next siege.

In the direction of the port town, Ang Lee began to expand the town, and planned to change the name of the town, in terms of what to name, Ang Lee thought for a long time, and decided to call it Canal City, the name is unpretentious, it is more easy to call, and he swears that this will be the starting point of the canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

The canal to be built is called the Datang Canal, and the starting point of the Datang Canal is called Canal City, and this name will definitely be recognized by everyone.

"What, Canal City, that's a good name! It's called Canal City, so that everyone will understand Datang's determination to build a canal here, and in the future, the development of Canal City will inevitably be very rapid. ”

Li Feiyu said happily.

Li An looked at the map and said: "This is originally just a small town with a small population, and the place is not very large, if you want to change the name to Canal City, you must have the scale of the city, only when it is on the scale, then it can be called the real Canal City, otherwise, it can only be called Canal Town." ”

Obviously, the concept of a city is not the same as that of a small town, with a city feeling of being large and a small town.

When a small town develops to a certain scale, it will form a city, and even a small fishing village can develop into a city, to put it simply, the scale of the city is relatively large and the population is relatively large, while the small town has a relatively small population and a relatively small scale.

The place where Li An lives now is an authentic town, whether in terms of scale or the number of people, it is completely in line with the conditions of the town, and if you want to develop the canal, the town at the beginning of the canal must expand its scale, and it must reach the scale of the city, otherwise, it will not be able to provide sufficient labor to serve the merchant ships and merchants who come and go, and only when the population and scale go up, can everything be completed.

"Haha! It seems that the eldest brother is going to engage in large-scale construction again, and the town is about to change greatly. ”

Li Feiyu said happily.

Li An nodded and said, "This is a must!" The town had to be dramatically transformed, at least tenfold larger, and the population had to increase accordingly. ”

It was very simple to expand the size of the city, first of all, to expand the area of the port and various facilities, and secondly, to build a large city wall, and to build these requires labor, the common people of the nearby villages will be attracted to it, and the population will be large, the goods will be needed, and the merchants will come to the city.

Therefore, as soon as these projects are launched, Ang Lee's goal will soon be achieved, and the town will be able to turn into a big city in a few years.

But along the way, four overseas bases have been established, each of which has carried out large-scale construction, using a large number of domestic mechanical resources in Datang, and the industrialization of the Tang Empire has just begun, the production capacity of various machinery is not high, and it is necessary to give priority to meeting domestic demand, so the resources that can be used to support the Maritime Silk Road are very limited, and the construction of several previous locations is still in progress, and it is difficult to deploy manpower and material resources on a large scale to build the Grand Canal, so this is also where Li An is very anxious.

There is a good saying, the palms and backs of the hands are meat, the four overseas bases that have been worked hard to build are very important, and the construction is also in progress, and it is realistic to draw a small amount of manpower and material resources from them, but if it is a large-scale transfer, it will seriously affect the construction of the previous bases, so it is a very dilemma.

The importance of digging the Tang Canal is very high, so Li An can't wait for other places to be built before coming here, he must first allocate a small amount of manpower and material resources to survey and make basic preparations, and then ask the imperial court for more resources to complete the project of the century as soon as possible.

Now, Li An's hands can use very few human resources, but the funds are quite sufficient, after all, in addition to expenses along the way, he also earned a lot of money, especially the income from capturing pirates, and selling weapons to Artik and Ottomans has obtained a lot of income, so there is no problem in terms of funds, the only big problem is that there are not enough human resources, and there are not enough people to complete Li An's project.

The population of the town is small, and the number of people who can build buildings is even smaller, and the population of the nearby villages and cities is not very large, and it is still a long way from the manpower required to expand the town and build the canal.

However, Egypt and the peninsula have a large population, and the situation would be much easier if the Ottomans and Artik could provide manpower support.

At this moment, the Ottoman should be consolidating his newly laid territory and going deeper into the tentacles, while Artik's problem is more troublesome, all the manpower under his command has joined the army to fight, at this moment, they are fighting with the Mansour group, and it is simply wishful thinking and unrealistic to want to get human resources from her.

"If only Artik and Mansur didn't fight, so we could ask them for enough manpower."

Ang Lee sighed.

"Big brother, but if they don't fight, our weapons won't be sold, and it's a big loss."

Li Feiyu said jokingly.

"You can only make a few dollars by selling weapons, and if the canal is opened, a large number of Datang's goods can easily enter the Mediterranean coast, and you can earn more money, haha!"

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"In that case, why don't we intercede? Let them stop fighting, and whoever is not convinced will be beaten. ”

Li Feiyu said strongly.

Li An nodded and said: "I have thought about this problem for a long time, but we must let them fight enough, understand each other's strength, understand the loss of economy and materials on both sides of the war, and then can the mediation be carried out smoothly, if they go to mediate before they start fighting, they are afraid that they will not be convinced!" It is also difficult to mediate. ”

"Big brother, when do you think it's the best time to mediate?"

Li Fei asked.

Li An thought for a moment and said, "Of course, it's time for them to lose and lose and have no ability to continue fighting." ”

"Big brother is very strategic, and when the time comes, we can still make all kinds of demands to both of them, which will be of great benefit to us."

Li Feiyu said with a smile.

Ang Lee's strategy is typical to sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman, and when both sides are exhausted, he appears as a mediator and says good things at both ends, so that both sides are grateful to him, and on this condition, he receives a lot of resources from both sides.

The better thing to do in this regard is the hairy bear of later generations, they through mediation, actually got a large amount of land from the Braided Dynasty, and these lands were originally part of China, the loss of these lands, for the Chinese Empire, is an irreparable loss, but also the eternal pain in the hearts of every Chinese people, but unfortunately these lands can never be recovered, it is really regrettable.