Chapter 41: National Day?
Among the barbarians, not all people are warlike, many of the herdsmen without force actually just want to live in peace, they are basically no different from the ordinary civilians of the human race, what racial struggle is too far away for them.
For example, among the two million troops defeated by Ye Qing, less than one-third of them were really soldiers, and some of them were militants among those barbarian tribes.
About half of the rest were coerced by the leaders of the tribes, who were not willing to set foot on the battlefield, and now that the leaders of the tribes had been killed, they had no motivation to continue fighting.
It's better to die than to live, plus the original people of the Blood Eagle Tribe, Ye Qing captured millions of people in this battle, which is almost one-fifth of the total population of Qin Wuling, although a large number of barbarians have been slaughtered in the previous battle, but it was a war, and now that the battle is over, Ye Qing can't do it yet.
What's more, Ye Qing recruited troops in Qin Wuling according to the ratio of ten to one, which had already caused a shortage of labor in the territory to a certain extent, if it weren't for the help of many equipment that could improve labor efficiency, Qin Wuling would have a situation where there was land and no one to cultivate.
After a battle, Ye Qing finally took the step of recovering the lost territory of the human race, although such a small place in this Great Yan Territory was inconspicuous, but it was a major breakthrough for Ye Qing, not to mention that the area of this grassland was not much smaller than the previous Qin Wu Ling.
When building this grassland, you will want a large number of laborers, and these millions of barbarian captives will just solve the shortage of this area, and there is no need to delay the construction of the territory, only pay a little food.
After the battle, although Qin Wuling's army killed hundreds of thousands of barbarians, he killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800, and Qin Wuling also paid hundreds of thousands of casualties, but fortunately, only 50,000 were killed directly, although some of the others were to go to arms and legs, but as long as they lived, although the department could stay in the regular army in the future, they could also go to the garrison to teach of course.
Death is the most expensive price to pay for the transformation of a new soldier into a veteran. After paying the price of blood and life, Ye Qing believed that those Garrison Eighteen who participated in the battle for the first time would soon break out of their cocoons and become butterflies, and under the baptism of blood and fire, they would complete their own transformation, to veterans, and even to elite soldiers. Every time such a change occurs, a large number of recruits will lose their lives, and they will never be able to stand up again on the battlefield, which even Ye Qing cannot change.
At the same time of defeating the barbarian army, the people of Jinyi Wei were responsible for quickly passing the results back to the Hou Mansion, and Fu Bo and Wen Lao, who were sitting in the Hou Mansion, decided to send a small number of government personnel to Wushan under the escort of 500,000 garrison soldiers, whether Ye Qing or the people of the Hou Mansion, they had already decided to build a city on the spot in Wushan.
In order to commemorate this battle, the city was named Blood Eagle City, and it will also exist as the administrative center of this grassland, and the resident population will be about five million, and it will be built according to the level of tens of millions when the city is built.
So, under the arrangement of the Hou Mansion, 500,000 garrison soldiers embarked on the journey, and they would take over the 600,000 cavalry army of Qin Fei and others, follow Ye Qing's side, and be responsible for supervising the construction of the barbarian captives, while suppressing possible rebellions. They were accompanied by hundreds of thousands of Terran people and artisans, who voluntarily went to live in the territory of the barbarians, because they believed that the land on the barbarian side was more fertile. More food is grown. It's a great place to live.
And those craftsmen are the architects in Ye Qing's hands, and they are responsible for the overall planning and construction supervision of Blood Eagle City, although they don't need to do it specifically, but the urban planning is already a big project, not to mention that the mistakes of these barbarian captives in the construction process must be corrected in time.
When this garrison army arrived at Osan Mountain. When he was in a round with Ye Qing's army, half a month had passed. In the past half a month, Ye Qing, Qin Fei and others once again swept through several barbarian tribes, and after killing their leaders and elite soldiers, they drove them all to the vicinity of Wushang and concentrated them.
Just when Ye Qing was busy settling the captives and building the Blood Eagle City, Xuanguo Xuancheng, today is the 500th anniversary of the Xuanguo Kingdom, on this day, it is the only day on the wide square outside the Imperial City where all kinds of opera troupes or other miracle performances are allowed, and the supreme ruler of the Xuanguo will also appear on the high imperial city tower to watch the performance, if you can get favor, you can ascend to the sky in one step.
From the first day, countless guards were stationed in the square, blocking the square, and the identity of those who entered the square was not restricted, but strict checks were carried out, and although the lord of the country only appeared on the high castle tower, he had to be just in case.
It was nearly noon, the square was already a sea of people, the crowd was spread in the east and the west to watch all kinds of performances, from time to time erupted in warm cheers, and the performers also worked harder in the cheers, they all knew that the louder the cheers, the more crowds of onlookers, the easier it was to attract the attention of the lord of the country and those dignitaries.
After noon, the palace guards on the city tower suddenly increased, and experienced people knew that the lord of the country was about to appear, and sure enough, it didn't take long for the lord of Xuanguo to appear on the tower of the imperial city with a group of important ministers and dignitaries, harem concubines and others.
The lord of the kingdom liked this atmosphere, because only at this time would he feel that his Xuan Kingdom was still prosperous and thriving. Xuanguo has been established for 500 years, and among the many vassal states, it can be regarded as an old country, and now the barbarians have not entered the territory of Xuanguo for two consecutive years. Well, there is also Ye Qing, the queen of Qin Wu, who has driven the grassland barbarian Blood Eagle tribe to the end, and that grassland will soon be included in the territory of the human race again, what the ancestors of the past generations did not do was completed in his own hands, and the lord of the country was excited in his heart.
Thinking of Ye Qing, the lord of the country couldn't help but think of his favorite princess Xuanyue, this wild girl, since she met Ye Qing, she also began to become a lady, began to pay attention to her makeup, and also knew how to cook, although her skills were still very poor.
In addition, the Xiao family, who has been against themselves, seems to have begun to die down as a shrinking turtle in the past six months, except for firmly grasping the military power in their hands, they have not even opposed their own decisions.
In the past few months, everything seems to be going well in the government, and most of the unpleasant and annoying things that fly from all over Xuanguo all the time have suddenly disappeared, as if these bad things are also quite face-saving and willing to let Da Chu have a good holiday when the whole country is celebrating.
Fan Hua, the head of the Fan family, was very confused, he believed that there should be a reason for all this, but he just couldn't guess what the reason was. The lord of the country has been very happy for a while, but his worries are not easy to talk to the lord of the country, one is worried that he is unfounded, and the other is to see the lord of the country rarely feel comfortable for a few days, and he can't bear to let him add blockage to his heart, he has asked people to find out, but all along, there has been no accurate reply.
Twilight is approaching, the lord of the country and the harem concubines drove back to the palace, as soon as the ministers bowed to each other, Li Huaiyuan squinted his eyes and watched the emperor's car slowly disappear into the depths of the palace, and the ministers called friends again, invited a few friends who got along, and went towards the restaurant in the city.
Fan Hua was full of worries, all the way back home, a New Year's dinner was also chewy wax, and after the meal, he returned to the study alone, ignoring the disgusting eyes of his family.
I seemed to think of something, but I was always vague, sitting alone in the study until nightfall, but I didn't figure out anything. Fan Kuan, an old family member, walked in, lit the lamp for the master, and said: "Master, the ladies and ladies are still waiting for the master to celebrate the festival together, the master should put the official affairs aside first, and then deal with it after the New Year's Festival!" Fan Kuan has served him for decades, and he is also a servant and a friend, and in front of him, it is relatively casual.
Fan Hua smiled, stood up, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, Wait! Yes, that's it, it seems that everyone is waiting for something to happen? In an instant, Fan Hua broke out in a cold sweat, what are you waiting for?
At this moment, too many things passed through Fan Hua's mind, the Xiao family and the Wang family all took the family members in the city back in the name of the New Year before the Spring Festival, and they have not come back so far, even the Ling family is only left with the head of the family and a few old servants, and the rest of the people have returned to their hometown in the territory, what is this for?
Fan Hua didn't dare to imagine that if these families knew what was going to happen, but they were all silent, it would not be a trivial matter.
"I'm going to enter the palace!" Fan Hua said loudly.
"Huh?" Fan Kuan was taken aback, "Master, it's a holiday today, and it's this hour, and the palace gate has been locked!"
Fan Huayi stretched out his hand to pick up the cloak and said loudly: "Fan Kuan, immediately order the car to be prepared, I want to enter the palace!"
Seeing Fan Hua's somewhat pale face, Fan Kuan knew that something terrible must have happened, otherwise the old man, who had always been calm, would never be so out of shape, and in Fan Kuan's memory, the old man had never been so out of shape.
Unlike other important ministers who live in Juxiang Street, where high-ranking officials and dignitaries gather, Fan Hua's home is in an ordinary residential complex not far from the imperial city, and a courtyard with three entrances and three exits is completely different grades than those mansions on Juxiang Street.