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The Huns will only destroy and will not build, there are no cities, only villages, a good ancient city of Saidika is now full of ruins, Qin Dong originally thought that this border town must be very prosperous, with a dazzling array of goods, and the streets must be crowded with traffic and crowds, but the facts made him disappointed.

When he came in, he didn't pay much attention because he was anxious to do things, but now that the matter was done, Qin Dong noticed that the place he could see could only be described in one word, and that was desolation!

There are some vendors on the side of the road, and some shops are also open to do business, but the courtyard is cold, some Arabs wear white robes and wrap their whole bodies like mummies, only revealing a pair of vigilant eyes outside, the priests are wearing black robes, with crosses hanging on their chests, walking quickly in the corners, the commerce here seems to have been completely abolished, and the economic activity is almost zero, Qin Dong's heart is flooded with a chill, no wonder the Xiongnu Empire has existed for so short a time in history, It turns out that it was not for nothing.

This important town doesn't seem to have the slightest life, it is completely a dead city, if it weren't for the fact that there were still some people walking numbly on the street, Qin Dong would have thought that he was going to the ghost city of the underworld.

In fact, the geographical location of Saidika is very good, located in the center of this great plain, the traffic extends in all directions, two rivers pass through it, surrounded by mountains, the temperature difference is not big throughout the year, it is the best place to live, the terrain here is very similar to China's Sichuan Basin, if it is well managed, it can be regarded as the place where the king started.

The Huns are really tyrannical, such a good place is like a ghost city, Qin Dong feels infinite emotion in his heart, the nomads have never lacked blood and courage, and what they lack is wisdom and civilization, the current Huns are like this, and the Turks and Turks are also like this, and then the Mongols are the same, in addition to conquering and destroying everywhere they go, they don't know what construction is. Qin Dong thought in his heart: "Let me arm your barbaric physique with civilization!" ”

After another two days of trekking, Qin Dong and the others finally arrived at the Pazar area, where he was stationed, which was really a good place, an endless steppe, several rivers running through it, and two large lakes, and after a day of reconnaissance, Qin Dong learned about the terrain of this vast area and decided to reside the camp on both sides of the upper reaches of the Maricha River, which was the location of the later Pazarjik City.

There are several tributaries of the Maricha River here, surrounded by abundant water and grass, and surrounded by large forests, although the terrain is flat and there is no danger to defend, but as long as you make good use of the surrounding woods and rivers, you can still arrange a strong defense line, this is it, when Qin Dong told his officers about his decision, everyone unanimously supported his decision, in fact, they have long been very satisfied with this place, the entire Pazar region is too big, even if it is not a problem to feed hundreds of thousands of people, but it is necessary to develop agriculture, It is absolutely not enough to rely on animal husbandry alone, there are not so many cattle and sheep for people to eat meat and drink milk, and the number of cattle, sheep and horses is too large to destroy the existing ecological balance, and in a few years it will become a barren land, and they will also have to migrate again, this is definitely not the result that Qin Dong wants to see, if you want to develop, you must have a solid base, it is not possible to migrate like the Xiongnu all the time, so their population has been very small, if you want to keep the existing grazing pasture from being destroyed, do not cause ecological imbalance, It is necessary to limit the number of cattle, sheep and horses, in order to feed more people, it is necessary to engage in agricultural production on both sides of rivers and lakes, and it is necessary to develop the wool textile industry.

For the sake of safety, Qin Dong decided to let his family set up camp on the north side of the Maricha River, and the military camp was stationed on the south bank of the river, surrounded by Huns in the north, there is no need to worry about someone sneaking up, the current Xiongnu Empire is quite stable, and there will generally be no internal fighting with each other, but it will be difficult to say in another year or two, at least it should be no problem now, and it is the south and southwest that need to be guarded against.

Because he had just arrived, he was not very familiar with the situation in this area, and Qin Dong had to be cautious, and there were barbarians and troops of the Eastern Roman Empire stationed on the walls of the Lila Mountains in the southwest and the Rhodope Mountains in the south, and the walls on these mountains were connected together, although the scale and fortification were too far from the Great Wall of China, but it was not easy for the Huns to break through these Great Walls and enter the Thracian region of the Eastern Roman Empire, but they also had to worry about them rushing down and sacking the camps.

Qin Dong is not worried about the army of the Eastern Roman Empire coming to harass, their army has very few cavalry, and fighting with him is completely looking for death, what he is worried about is those barbarian cavalry, and especially some Alans, Franks, and Goths who are unwilling to be attached, these barbarians' horsemanship and cavalry combat effectiveness are not worse than those of the Huns, they are only afraid of the Huns' cavalry, otherwise they will not be run over by the Huns.

According to Qin Dong's arrangement and requirements, whether it is a camp for family members or a military camp, they must camp according to the rules, and they can't set up tents wherever they want, which is not conducive to defense. Four tents are tied to the four corners, a tent is tied in the middle, so as to form a community, and then by the same five combinations to form a large area, and so on, the south of the family's camp is backed by the river bank, the north faces the north, the south side of the river bank is the military camp, the military tent is also camped according to this arrangement, the Chinese army tent in Qindong is in the middle of the camp, and a three-meter-high wooden wall is built around the camp to enclose the whole camp, and soldiers are arranged to patrol day and night on the wall. A watchtower with a height of 10 zhang was erected at the camp gate and the four corners, and some hidden horse traps were dug outside the wooden wall of the camp to prevent the cavalry from sneaking up.

The logistics team arranged for the carpenters and some mercenary prisoners to do it, Qin Dong no longer cared after arranging it, he was now checking the situation of the Maricha River, it was the dry season, the water level of the river was not high, in order to maintain the connection between the military camp and the family camp, Qin Dong decided to build a wooden bridge on the river, so that the soldiers and their families went back and forth between the two camps.

For the construction of the bridge, Qin Dong held a special meeting, Su He, Muren, Tuolong, Agoura, Liu San, Wang Liu, and Ma Li were all present, in addition to the captain of the light cavalry reconnaissance team, Zheli, the leader of the carpenter, Habak, the leader of the blacksmiths, Lamondel, the master tailor, Blake, the head of the tailor, and Chuck, the leader of the archers, were all invited.

After Qin Dong arrived, he saw that everyone who should have come came, so he sat down and said, "It's all here, right?" Then let's get down to business now, the first thing is to stabilize the morale of the army, Tolon, last time we discussed outside Belgrade about sending someone to take over the soldiers and their families in the royal court, and now this matter must be resolved, who do you think is the most appropriate to send? ”

Toron hurriedly said: "My lord, my deputy centurion Kirk is reliable and loyal to your lordship, and he is very familiar with us soldiers who have surrendered to him, I think he can bring a few people back to the royal court to take all his family members!" ”

Qin Dong nodded, took out a folded piece of parchment and handed it to Tuolong and said: "Okay, then send Kirk to take ten cavalry back to pick up the family, this is a letter I wrote to Enek, the king of Youxian, let Kirk not be afraid, after arriving at the royal court, go directly to Enek, and give him this letter, he will never dare to mess around after reading the letter, as long as he doesn't want to make a big trouble, he must release people, otherwise his life will not be easy!" ”

Tolong took the parchment and carefully put it in his arms, stood up and stroked his chest, and said, "Yes, my lord!" ”

Qin Dong said to Wang Liu: "You prepare some food and gold coins, and after the meeting is over, give them to Tolong to take back and hand them over to Kirk, so that they can use them on the road, Tolon, you tell Sù Kirk, don't be afraid to spend money on the road, but be vigilant on the road, if something really happens, you must send someone back to report the news!" ”

Wang Liu and Tuolong agreed in unison.