In the next few days, Guo Song did not wait for the news of the imperial court, but the first batch of Han people released by the Shatuo people in the north arrived in Ganzhou, the first batch of Han people had more than 6,000 people, most of them were old and weak women and children, they came mainly from the Hexi Corridor, mainly the people of Guazhou and Shazhou, especially the people of Jinchang County, Guazhou, almost all the people of the county were taken captive to Yizhou, became the mining slaves of the Shatuo people, and participated in the mining of a copper mine near Yiwu.

The second group is 5,000 young men, who will soon be released.

Where are the resettlement sites of these Hermes-Epitek settlers? Guo Song specially organized officials to discuss, and the officials almost unanimously agreed to resettle these Han people on the south bank of the Zhangye River, also because the southern part of Ganzhou is also a grain-producing area, and there is a large amount of abandoned land, which can be cultivated for these Han people.

However, considering that they came from a long journey, I am afraid that their physical strength is almost exhausted, and the temporary resettlement site is placed outside Jiuquan County.

Dozens of officials and more than 1,000 soldiers were busy outside Jiuquan with tents set up outside Jiuquan, and Meng Jiao and other soldiers were put into new jobs, registering refugees.

Guo Song also rushed to Jiuquan, where he toured the camp accompanied by more than a dozen officials.

"The first batch of people who came were old and weak, women and children, who had traveled long distances and fell ill, so I thought it was more important to prepare enough herbs and doctors than to prepare food."

Guo Song glanced back at the officials, and Sima Liu Zi hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the governor is ready, including the Rejuvenation Hall, there are also military doctors, there are more than thirty doctors in total, and all kinds of medicinal materials are also fully prepared." ”

Guo Song nodded, he pointed to the two wooden houses and asked, "What is that?" ”

"Back to the Governor, that's a latrine?"

Guo Song frowned, "It's too close to the big camp, and it's easy to spread diseases." ”

Pan Liao hurriedly said: "If it is too far away from the camp, it will be inconvenient, the camp itself is very large, if you run too far, many people may dig a pit to solve it on the spot, but it is easy to cause an epidemic." ”

Guo Song groaned a little and said: "Then simply think more carefully, build a row of thatched toilets, two are not enough at all, in addition, the thatched toilets should be surrounded by camps, sprinkled with quicklime around them, and then paved with wooden boards, and at the same time to strengthen disease publicity." ”

Pan Liao nodded again and again, "I understand my humble duties, and immediately arrange for the construction of a latrine and sprinkle it with quicklime." ”

He hurriedly went to the soldiers to make arrangements, and at this time, a soldier shouted in the distance: "They are coming!" ”

Guo Song hurriedly walked to the high place and looked to the north, only to see a black line faintly appearing in the north, and the first refugee came.

At this time, more than 6,000 old and weak women and children sat on nearly 1,000 carts, forming a long procession, coming from the north, with 1,000 cavalry guards on both sides, and the details of the negotiations between the two sides were quite thorough, although Sha Tuo did not agree with the Tang cavalry to enter Guazhou, but finally allowed the coachman to drive the cart into Guazhou, and received more than 6,700 old and weak women and children in the north of Guazhou, and they only walked less than 100 miles.

Otherwise, if they had to walk through Guazhou for hundreds of miles, they would not be able to hold out at all.

The carriage stopped in front of the camp, and more than 6,700 people got out of the carriage one after another, looking blankly at the camp.

More than a dozen gray-haired old men found Guo Song under the guidance of the soldiers, "Plop! More than a dozen old men knelt down and kowtowed to Guo Song together, and shouted with tears: "Guo Dudu is merciful and compassionate, thank Guo Dudu for saving his life!" ”

Guo Song hurriedly helped them up, "Hurry up, everyone, I can't afford to be a great gift from the elders." ”

"Guo Dudu, there are more than 5,000 young people over there in Shatuo!"

Guo Song smiled and comforted everyone, "Don't worry, Qingzhuang and the captured soldiers are coming over in the second batch, because we also have to release the other party's prisoners of war, and the procedures are a little more cumbersome, but it will only take three or four days." ”

"That's great, I thought I would die in the mine, but I didn't expect to have a bright future." As he spoke, more than a dozen old men whimpered and cried.

Guo Song comforted everyone with kind words, and would let them spend their old age in peace, and he said loudly to the people: "This is just a temporary resting place, and we will send everyone to Ganzhou in the future. ”

More than 6,700 people have entered the big tent, the big tent is relatively rich, basically a big tent for each family, which has basic daily necessities, as the people move in, the camp soon becomes lively.

Guo Song met Meng Jiao in front of a big tent, they were all in pairs, a big tent and a big tent were registered, and after the registration was completed, a sign would be hung at the door to indicate that it had been registered.

The scholar who partnered with Meng Jiao was Du Siye, and Guo Song met his father Du Zongwu in Fengzhou, and gave him a thousand yuan to publish Du Fu's poetry collection.

"How's the registration going?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

"Governor Qiyu, the registration is almost complete, and there are still a few big tents to end."

"I feel it deeply!"

Meng Jiao nodded and sighed: "Listening to them tell about the invasion of the Shatuo cavalry, my heart is indeed very shocked, under the knife of the alien race, the Han women, children and the elderly are really like pigs and sheep to be slaughtered by them, only by establishing a strong army can we protect them from humiliation and slaughter, I feel that we literati can not play any role." ”

Meng Jiao was a little frustrated, he was powerless, not even as good as the iron-blooded role played by a soldier.

Guo Song said lightly: "It is useless to rely on soldiers to fight, but also to have a strong logistics support, and a strong logistics support is inseparable from order, this is the role of the literati, only good and effective management, in order to make the logistics support smoother, more powerful, this is the foundation of the army's strength." ”

Seeing that Meng Jiao was still a little incomprehensible, Guo Song said: "For example, the battle of Zhangye to defend the city broke out, at that time, there were not only troops defending the city, but also a large number of young men and women participated as logistics support, at least five or six thousand people, men carried materials, carried away the wounded in time for treatment, and young women had to cook and deliver food, treat the wounded, generally half of the wounded soldiers could not survive, but the wounded soldiers in the battle of Zhangye, in the end, only the dead were less than one percent of the total wounded soldiers, it was simply a miracle, this is the role of logistics support."

But who will organize the logistics and who will dispatch it? Army? No, but the civilian officials of the Governor's Office and the county government, they organized and dispatched the people, made the logistics support orderly, and arranged the management and distribution of the spoils of war afterwards, so that the soldiers and people of Zhangye were very happy, which the army could not do, only relying on civilian officials. ”

Du Siye next to him couldn't help but say: "Pan Changshi said that he is going to build an official pasture to raise sheep as army logistics, and the Ganzhou Governor's Mansion will set up a livestock logistics department." ”

Guo Song smiled, "That's right, the spoils of hundreds of thousands of sheep are eaten like this, it's a pity, such a large grassland in Ganzhou can completely allow them to reproduce and breed, so as to ensure the supply of meat for the army, and the sheepskins can also be sold for money to improve the treatment of officials." ”

How to deal with the spoils of war caused a great controversy in the Ganzhou Governor, and finally Guo Song made a final decision and established the Animal Husbandry and Logistics Department to specialize in storing war horses, cattle and sheep, so that the logistics of the Ganzhou Army could be improved in the long run.

Then they came to a great tent, which had no sign and had not yet been registered, and when they saw that the curtain had not been lowered, they went in.

In the tent, the family was packing their things, two old men, two children and a woman about thirty years old, they were startled when they saw a group of people entering, and the two children hid behind the woman.

The old man stepped forward and bowed and said, "May I ask you what's the matter?" ”

Meng Jiao hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, boss, we are here to register, every family has to register, it's just time for you." ”

Guo Song asked the soldiers to go out, only he, Meng Jiao, and Du Siye were left in the big tent, there were fewer people, and the family in the tent was a little relieved, and the old woman moved a stool for Guo Song to sit down.

"Old man, how many young men are there at home?"

The old woman sighed and said, "Both sons have been arrested to open mines, maybe the next batch will come back!" Only the eldest daughter-in-law is with us, and the two grandchildren are the eldest sons, and the younger son is not yet married. ”

"How's it going in the mines? How many people open mines. ”

"It seems that I heard that there are quite a lot, there are tens of thousands of people, the Han people are only a small part, and there are many other Hu people from the Western Regions, the place where my son opened the mine is more than ten miles away from us, and the Shatuo people are afraid that they will escape, so they send troops to watch us, and the young and strong men can only go to the mine honestly."

Speaking of this, the old woman wiped a handful of muddy tears and said: "We eat rough batter and ground wild beans every day, and we can't eat enough, and it's even more cold in winter. Young man, what do you say Governor Guo Du looks like? ”

Guo Song was puzzled and asked, "Old man, what are you asking Guo Dudu to do?" ”

"I'm going to ask someone to draw a picture and offer him up, and he is the Great Compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Guo Song was amused in his heart, so he had to say vaguely: "He is the governor of Ganzhou, this is his business, and the old man doesn't have to care." ”

"Nonsense! I'm not a fool, there are many officials in the Tang Dynasty, except for him, who cares about our life and death. ”

At this time, the pro-soldier beckoned to Guo Song, Guo Song got up and said, "I still have some business, go first, you continue." ”

He got up to say goodbye and left, and when he walked out of the big tent, Guo Song asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The soldier hurriedly said: "There is news from Zhangye that the imperial envoy has arrived. ”

Guo Song nodded, he turned on his horse and galloped away with a group of personal soldiers.

In the big tent, the old woman was still asking Meng Jiao, "Tell me, what is the governor of your Guodu?" ”

Meng Jiao was amused in his heart, so he said: "Old man, what is Governor Guo Du like, you know!" Didn't you talk to him for a long time just now? ”

"Ahh The old woman was dumbfounded, the young man just now ........