Chapter 155: This Can't Be Done
On the bank of the Taizi River, Ustan led the cavalry to kill Liu Xing and his party of bandits, and the rest of the bandits who ran out of the Jiapigou position were either killed by Nan Tianyuan and Han Yu's troops who rushed from behind, or chose to surrender.
When Jiang Fan, the second leader of Longshou Mountain, broke through on the right side of Jiapigou, he was ambushed by Yin Xiangjie in the canyon, and none of the hundreds of bandits escaped.
After Gongsun Xu got the news that all the bandits in Longshou Mountain had been eliminated, a smile appeared on his face.
Gongsun Xu thought in his heart that these bandits from Longshou Mountain looked very elite, but they were vulnerable. It can also be said that Xiangping's army has become much stronger after being trained by Zhao Yun and Han Yu.
You must know that most of the team under Gongsun Xu are descended soldiers, and only a small number of them are from regular Han soldiers, and it is extremely good to be able to reach the current level.
After Gongsun continued to think about it, he ordered to go down and leave a thousand soldiers on the side of Jiapigou to clean up the battlefield, and all the items that could be used should be transported to Huixiangping City.
Although there are not many good things on the bandits, there are a lot of iron weapons in the hands of the bandits in Longshou Mountain, and Gongsun Xu ordered the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield, even if those iron weapons were seriously damaged, they should be pulled back to Xiangping City.
He knew very well in his heart that after the beginning of spring next year, the construction of the blast furnace would be completed, and these waste iron tools would be transformed into useful and good things.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the treatment of bandits was very simple, and these dead bandits, after being looted by the soldiers under Gongsun Xu, were directly buried in the newly dug large earth pit on the side of the mass grave.
Gongsun Xu did this because he was afraid that there would be a plague in the wild if there were too many dead bodies, and in this era, plague was the most difficult thing to deal with.
Even if Gongsun Xu can deal with some plagues, it will not be realized until a few years later.
After dealing with some matters on the battlefield, he quickly got in touch with the terrified merchant group.
Gongsun Xu told the merchants in the merchant group that he hoped that the merchant group in Xiangping would continue to go south and sell the goods as soon as possible.
Gongsun Xu had his thoughts at this time, the bandits in Longshou Mountain had been disabled, and after cleaning up the battlefield, this business group activity should continue, and the operation of the Xiangping City business group should not be delayed because of this.
Although this year is a warm winter, it is almost the end of October, and the sky is about to change, and the merchant group should be the last action, and the trip must not be delayed because of such a thing.
The merchant group goes to the Central Plains to sell goods, and then brings goods back from the Central Plains, and Xiangping City will have a large amount of tax revenue.
Gongsun Xu always felt that the expenditure had been too great in the recent period, and many of the things he wanted to do would not be able to be implemented gradually until the beginning of spring next year.
It's better to get more money at this time. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and without money and food to follow, it will be even more difficult for him to do anything.
In this business group's action, there are quite a lot of goods sold in the name of the city guard, and those items are all made by Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju for many years, as long as those things are taken off, Xiangping City will not have any problems surviving this winter.
Gongsun Xu told the merchants who belonged to the castle guard that after they went to the south to get rid of their things, they should buy as many farm tools, seeds, and cheap grain as they could, and it didn't matter how much they could spend, no matter what kind of price they could buy.
Although there is plenty of food in Xiangping City now, he still has to continue to hoard food.
Gongsun Xu knew very well in his heart that in the turbulent years at the end of the Han Dynasty, natural disasters continued, and he didn't know when the price of grain would double.
The place where he is located is Xiangping, and although it is unlikely that the disaster will be affected here, he also wants to collect as much food as possible to lay a solid foundation for recruiting displaced people in the future.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, as long as the ordinary people were able to eat enough and not be frozen to death, they would basically be very satisfied.
Gongsun Xu is not worried about anything else now, but he is worried about the lack of manpower.
After the beginning of spring next year, Gongsun Xu has a lot of projects to do, but he lacks people to work for him.
Longshou Mountain has not yet received the news of the annihilation of the bandits in Longshou Mountain, and he now has Jiang Fan, the second leader in his hands, according to Gongsun Xu's senses, this Jiang Fan is a figure who can be won over.
Jiang Fan's force value is very high, and he joined Longshou Mountain later, so he doesn't have too much affection for Longshou Mountain, as long as Jiang Fan can cooperate with them, they can definitely easily blend into Longshou Mountain.
Gongsun Xu has several strategies, whether it is sending soldiers to play the role of bandits and retreat into Longshou Mountain, or luring the snake out of the hole again, he feels that he can enter Longshou Mountain, but Gongsun Xu always feels that those plans will take a lot of effort and will lose a large number of soldiers.
As long as Jiang Fan surrenders to him, as long as he can lead the Xiangping soldiers into the Longshou Mountain Cottage and control the dangerous glimmer of the sky, then the entire Longshou Mountain will be completely conquered by him.
As long as Longshou Mountain is laid, this year's war will be completely over, and in the winter, let his soldiers and the people of Xiangping celebrate the New Year happily, and he will be able to better carry out some of his ideas next year.
After the caravan here left Jiapigou under the escort of 500 soldiers under Nan Tianyuan, Gongsun Xu instructed his subordinates to transport the wounded soldiers to Xiangping City first, so that these wounded soldiers could receive the best treatment, and the rest of the soldiers all marched towards Longshou Mountain, this time to completely eliminate the hidden danger of Longshou Mountain.
On Longshou Mountain, Qiu Mao has a feeling of living like a year.
He didn't know how Gongsun Xu's plan was being implemented now, and he could only recuperate with the dozen or so elite soldiers under his command, waiting for the best time to launch.
Most of the bandits on Longshou Mountain followed Liu Xing, Jiang Fan and a few of their masters down the mountain, and the rest of the mountain were the old and weak soldiers among the bandits, as long as two or three hundred people could mix into the cottage, they would be able to occupy the gate of the cottage in Longshou Mountain.
Just when Qiu Mao was waiting for the army in Xiangping City, he actually heard that Jiang Fan, the second leader of Longshou Mountain, had returned to Longshou Mountain with hundreds of his brothers and dozens of carriages.
Qiu Mao's eyes widened, and a very ridiculous thought suddenly popped up in his heart, this, how could this be? How could such a change occur.