Chapter 17 Expansion of Tiantai County
In a cell in the Tiantai County Jail
Yu Wenhao, Yu Wenxu, uncle and nephew, both lay on the grass. One was knocked unconscious, the other was stunned, the commander and the young general of the dignified Northern Yan army actually planted two times in a row in a small Tiantai County, and a few months ago he was thinking about kidnapping the princess of Southern Qin, but it was only half a year later, and he was captured by others.
But now Jiang Lan doesn't know what to do with these two guys, the Yuwen family is also powerful in Beiyan, if it is used to exchange with Beiyan, it will definitely be worth a lot. However, presumably the Southern Qin court also wants these two people, after all, Southern Qin and Northern Yan have been fighting for so many years, and Southern Qin has always been in a passive defensive state, not to mention taking out a large battalion of the Northern Yan army in one fell swoop and capturing the opposing commander.
Jiang Lan decided to wait for the price and sell, to see which side gave the highest price.
"Presumably in the past two days, Liu Fatzi and the generals of Qingzhou Mansion should get the news."
In the Qingzhou Mansion, Liu Li and Zhou Pengyu, the counselor general of Qingzhou Mansion, are worried about their faces, especially Zhou Pengyu, who is a general of Qingzhou Mansion and a military leader.
At noon today, he received a military report that Wuzhai County and Fugu County were raided by the Northern Yan Army last night, and the city had been broken.
Now within his jurisdiction, two county towns have been captured. "No, it should be three, there is also a Tiantai County, Wuzhai County and Fugu County each have three thousand soldiers defending the city, but in the blink of an eye, they were captured by the Northern Yan Army, and they were almost slaughtered, there are only a thousand people in Tiantai County, and they must have been breached" Zhou Pengyu was distraught and paced back and forth in the middle of the hall and thought, the city has been broken, and it is too late to send troops to rescue now, and the immediate thing is to strengthen the defense of Qingzhou Mansion in case the Northern Yan Army hits Qingzhou Mansion.
"Brother, now that the three cities have been broken in a row, it seems that my general has also done it" Zhou Pengyu looked at the sky outside the house and sighed and said
"My brother, the grasshoppers on a rope of our two of us, I thought that I would use the merits of protecting the princess last time to let the old man transfer me back to the capital, but now it is completely ruined" Liu Li is also depressed, Qingzhou Mansion lost three county towns overnight, although he is not a military chief, but he can't escape the involvement, I'm afraid that the lightest will have to be a demotion.
"Report it," Liu Li said again, "The sky is falling, and there is a tall man on top of it," it is impossible to conceal this matter.
Zhou Pengyu also nodded, and the two of them each wrote military reports to the northern county guard and the general soldier respectively.
When the two heads of Qingzhou Mansion were as big as fighting, Jiang Lan of Tiantai County was also having a big head. Last night, everyone in Tiantai County didn't have much rest, and when the two armies faced each other, everyone didn't feel tired, but they were tired like dead dogs after the battle.
Inventory of the spoils of war, dispose of the prisoners, more than 7,000 prisoners, although Tiantai County is not small, but it is not easy to settle, now there is a camp not far outside the city, and a thousand cavalry are guarding, these people are not let go, Jiang Lan is also very headache.
And now the county seat of Wuzhai County and Fugu County has been destroyed, and a large number of people have been displaced, so they naturally come to Tiantai County, and now Tiantai County is overcrowded, Jiang Lan has to set up a porridge shed outside the city, and give porridge to the victims every day, so many displaced people linger outside the city.
Jiang Lan in the county government called Wang Yuan, Li Muran, and Zhang Meng to discuss what to do next.
"There are two questions now, one is what to do with these prisoners, and the other is how to settle the displaced people outside the city," Jiang Lan said
"It's simple, the captives are slaughtered directly, and the homeless people can just send some money to drive them away" Wang Yuan has never liked to use his brain, so he blurted out directly.
Zhang Meng is a military general, and it is okay for him to train soldiers to charge into battle, but it is far from good to give advice, so Jiang Lan looked at Li Muran.
"My lord, it is absolutely impossible to kill prisoners, and it is not appropriate to release them, after all, if 7,000 people are released, they may become a rogue again, and they will harass them everywhere," Li Muran said.
"It's not to kill, it's not to let go, is it just to raise them, 7,000 people, how much do you have to eat every day," Wang Yuan said.
Li Muran glanced at Wang Yuan, ignored this rectum, and continued to speak to himself
"My lord, my subordinates have a suggestion to expand Tiantai County."
"Expansion?" Wang Yuan and Zhang Meng asked in unison.
"Yes, expand Tiantai County," Li Muran confirmed, and looked at Jiang Lan after speaking.
Jiang Lan smiled and motioned for him to continue.
"The population of our Tiantai County is only more than 50,000 people, in terms of population alone, it is only a small county town in Nanqin, but our economic capacity can be worth the entire northern county, and the husband is not guilty, everyone like us wants to take a bite, this time it is Yuwenhao's 20,000 people, maybe next time it will be 100,000 people in Beiyan, it may be." Speaking of this, Li Muran glanced at Jiang Lan and continued, "Southern Qin's army"
Hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought, yes, there are more than one million people in the north, and Tiantai County has a population of 50,000 people who have mastered the wealth equivalent to the entire county in the north, although all the caravans outside Tiantai County under Jiang Lan's strict order showed that they had any relationship with Tiantai County, and Tiantai County did not expose its wealth and strength, but it only made the surrounding neighboring counties feel that Tiantai County was only a little rich, but after yesterday's battle, it wiped out the 20,000 troops of Beiyan, so military strength will definitely cause the vigilance of some high-ranking people, The slightest mistake can lead to enemies on both sides.
Jiang Lan looked at Li Muran with satisfaction and motioned for him to continue.
"Therefore, I suggest that Tiantai County be expanded, and the displaced people from the two nearby counties should be recruited for our use, and at the same time, the 7,000 captives will not be released for the time being, and they can be used as labor to build Tiantai County."
"I think Mu Ran is right, everyone has been together since they were homeless, it is not easy to settle down in this troubled world, not to mention that we may still be a piece of fat in the eyes of some people now, so I think we still have to rely on ourselves next, no matter what aspect we need to rely on, as long as we have enough strength, others can only stay away" Jiang Lan looked at the crowd and said
"Boss, I listen to you," Wang Yuan said
"My life was saved by adults, without adults, there would be no me, everything is arranged by adults," Zhang Meng said
Jiang Lan nodded with satisfaction, so everyone began to discuss the plan to expand Tiantai County.
Finally determined, since it is to be expanded, then to the big expansion, the current Tiantai County is five miles from north to south, east and west, with the current Tiantai County as the basis as the inner city, and then to Tiantai County outside the expansion of ten miles, the city wall is ten zhang high, three zhang thick, to ensure that the city tower can run horses.