Chapter 160: Imperial Siege Building
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After settling the affairs of Huaihuang Town, Li Chongjiu decided to move the displaced people and the garrison of 15 brigades, a total of 2,500 people, to Yuyi Town for the construction of the city, and then temporarily moved the troops of his five regiments of Yingyang Mansion to Yuyi Town to assist in building the city. As for Huaihuang Town, there are two regiments and county soldiers, as well as the garrison defense, and Ding Zhuang can be transferred if necessary, while Tanzong is responsible for leading the troops to defend the city, and Zhou Xu and Ji Chuan are responsible for counselor military affairs and government affairs.
In this way, the population of Huaihuang Town has dropped to around 7,000, but it can almost be accommodated, in the case of the small city of Huaihuang Town, if it is full of 10,000 or 20,000 residents, it is not impossible, but the city is much more crowded, unless it is expanded. The request for expansion on top of the facts, Cangcao Liu Yi has mentioned it several times. He built yì to expand the grass market on both sides of the Hu and Han trades in the northern city into a city, because now there are many Hu people in the grass market, and Han merchants are stationed here, and even gradually form a residential area. The main reason why they did not enter the city was to save the entry tax and transaction tax. However, the matter of building a city, where the money will come from, this is a big problem. Li Chongjiu's construction of a Huaihuang town last year has exhausted all the assets of the Li Family Dart Bureau, and now he is building Yuyi Town, which can be said to be overstretched.
From Huaihuang Town to Yuyi Town, it took three days to walk, but if you ride a horse for a day, you can reach it. Yuyi Town was originally located outside the Great Wall, as a large town integrating military and political affairs in the north, Yuyi Town was originally built as the seat of the town, which was in Dahong City, dozens of miles to the north, and then moved to Dushikou near the Great Wall, and near Dushikou, it was Zhuojun Huairong County. And Li Chongjiu went to build the city, it was the location of the original Dahong City, everyone came all the way to the northeast, the more they walked, the more desolate they felt, and there was a feeling of being thousands of miles away from their hometown. It is also true that the town of Yuyi is located, which is close to the northern border of the Han Dynasty.
As Li Chongjiu traveled all the way, Su Su introduced to Li Chongjiu with great interest, and said: "This place was originally a place of ghosts, and after the revitalization of the Warring States Yan Kingdom, the Great Wall will be built here to prevent Beidi. Later, when the Han Dynasty flourished, Shanggu County was set up here, but unfortunately after the decline of the Han Dynasty, this place was reverted to the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei ownership, and now it is owned by our Han people again. β
After Li Chongjiu heard this, he nodded, and everyone encountered a big river, which was the origin of the water. This water has always been the division of the Hu and Han families, the Hu people on the grassland knew that they were close to the Han land as soon as they saw this river, and there were poems and clouds in later generations to ride and drink the Luan River, and the reckless grass sea tiger deer hidden, and the Luan River was wet water.
The wet water on the grassland is like a belt, different from the big rivers, the mountains and rivers on all sides melt and slowly inject in the winter snow, so the source of the wet water is like a large puddle hundreds of steps wide. The puddle was full of grass, the water was murmuring, the water was just as deep as the ankles, and the small silver-gray fish were jumping in the puddle.
Everyone wades across the river, what they see is already a mountain and grassland haunted, the mountain is full of forests, and the grassland under the mountain is covered to the foot of the mountain as a big general, the wet water is surrounded by the mountain, the grassland is rich in water and grass, and the large and small pastures are innumerable, and before they come to the front of the mountain, they can hear the pastoral song loudly. Tens of thousands of sheep are like a big white cloud covering the back of the mountain, and the cry of the newborn lamb is sweet and ticklish.
And there are a lot of herdsmen grazing by the side of the flock, they saw a group of Han troops crossing the river, at first they were surprised, and then seemed to see Li Chongjiu's banner clearly, immediately stepped forward, it turned out that most of them were herdsmen from the Murod Xi Department, and some people immediately turned over and rushed to pray. Soon after, the sound of horses' hooves rolled, and the Da Qi of the Xi Department of the Mur De Xi appeared, and the female Qi Jin under the Da Xu, as well as several elders, and nearly a hundred warriors from the clan came to greet him. When they heard the news and knew that Li Chongjiu had come to Huaihuang Town, they were all very happy.
After the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, the current Xi people first welcomed Li Chongjiu and them into the tooth tent. The tent of the Xi people was set up less than three miles east of Yuyi Town. Near the tooth tent is still the frame of the ring car camp, among which are large and small felt bags, I don't know if you are mistaken, the scale of this camp seems to be much larger than in the vicinity of Huaihuang. The tooth tent is along the wet water, and there are many deep and shallow water anchors nearby. Fishing boats can be seen faintly in the water, birds hovering on it, and along the river, many people wearing leather are standing in the river with wooden forks to hunt fish.
In the tooth tent, the hospitable Xi people have long been confessed to kill cattle and sheep to be well received. Roasting the whole sheep is a must-have for herdsmen to entertain distinguished guests, not to mention, now a big sheep is slaughtered, is skinned and ready to be roasted on the bonfire, as well as hunting roe deer meat, rabbit meat, and cut a large piece of fish, and even a big black bear, a colorful insect is also being skinned and remediated. Seeing Xi Ren's posture like this, Li Chongjiu knew that their days in Yuyi Town were really good.
At the moment, Li Chongjiu, Nu Qi Jin, Ying Hefu, Etuo, several Xi ministers, Li Hu, Su Su, Wang Mahan and others also sat down in the account, and Mu Deyun was the head of Li Chongjiu, obviously Xi people have regarded Li Chongjiu's identity as a quasi-son-in-law. While cutting the mutton with knives and eating it vigorously, everyone watched the ridiculous women singing and dancing outside the tent. The bonfire outside the tent was blazing, Li Chongjiu was drinking mare's milk wine, and all the big men of the Xi Department stepped forward to toast. Everyone was shocked when they saw Li Chongjiu's wine coming to drink, and they were all shocked. The grassland is proud of the amount of alcohol, and the most admired thing is the person who can drink, and the people of the Xi Department are even more in awe of Li Chongjiu.
The female Qi Jin immediately toasted Li Chongjiu and said: "Prince, since we re-established the tooth tent in Lishui, many clansmen who were originally enslaved by the Khitan have defected after hearing the news, and now my clansmen here have more than 4,000 people. β
Li Chongjiu drank it all, and then thought so, and said: "Isn't this going to anger the Khitans, how do the Ahe clan react?" β
Nu Qijin said on the side: "The prince doesn't have to worry too much, last year we just defeated the Khitan Turkic coalition army under the city of Huaihuang Town, and the Ahe clan child escaped with his life, and now he will never dare to use troops against my room and Yuyi Town at this time." β
Li Chongjiu shook his head, the heart of the Taoist girl said this, I don't know if she is too naΓ―ve, or if she intends to deceive herself, the Khitan people have suffered such a big loss in their own hands, how can they not want to take revenge, the reason why they are not moving at the moment is obviously looking for a better opportunity.
Li Chongjiu immediately said: "I will build a city in Yuyi Town tomorrow, and I hope that your Xi Department can provide support at that time." β
The female girl didn't say a word when she heard this, patted her bulging chest, and said: "The prince has a life, and four thousand people in our room are willing to obey the dispatch." β