469 Reinforcement Defense
The trouble is finally gone, and Li You can start to do his own thing, but he hasn't started yet. At noon, the former army scouts came to report. Heizi led the army back and said that this time he won a big victory. He also took Khorasan. The governor was slaughtered, and even more than 10,000 troops in the Khorasan area was defeated. The day after tomorrow, Heizi would escort the looted people back to Hanhai City, and Heizi’s account was to quickly build a settlement. This time he robbed ten. When tens of thousands of people came back, everything had to be prepared.
Li You was a little surprised when he heard it. He knew that Heizi didn't have many people in his hands, but it was not easy to grab hundreds of thousands of people. He didn't dare to think about it anyway. In his opinion, he had to talk about tens of thousands of people. When people come back, it's pretty much the same. What's going on, he can only know after Heizi comes back.
When Heizi escorted people back and learned that Li You was coming, he immediately went to the palace to visit him. He needed to consult Li You for many things here.
In the hall, after Heizi had paid a visit, Li You asked him: "Heizi, how did you plunder such a population?"
"Young Master, it is mainly because the Sogdians who were persuaded and forcibly removed by Ahir were as many as 100,000, and I also took away more than 70,000 people."
Li You nodded and said, "It seems that we have to start with the Sogdians. They have a large population. There were many Sogdian countries that were conquered by the eclipse. When soldiers fall into the hands of the enemy, they will suffer humiliation, but as Heizi said, it is only for emergency use. This is still possible. It is also good to let them guard the city with bows and arrows. Anyway, if it is really true. The city has fallen, and they have no good end.
However, Li You doesn’t agree with Heizi’s words. The Sogdians here will be much better than staying in Khorasan. As long as they consciously promote and give better treatment, it is not difficult to recruit them to join the army. At least you can get thousands of usable soldiers, which is much better than forcing them to join the army.
"Heizi, we will discuss the Sogdian matter later. I want to tell you one thing, that is, to reorganize the mercenary army and establish two or three privateer armies, and let them develop and grow by themselves. , The population they looted will be sold to Huoxun as slaves, so that we don’t have to spend money, and there will be more and more slaves. This is the way I can think of. Population is a big problem. One hundred thousand, with a population of more than 30 million, we have to make all-out preparations for such a behemoth."
Heizi smiled and said, "Young Master, I actually thought this way when I returned to the army this time. In this way, the slaves will not resent us."
Li Youbai glanced at him, and he knew how to do this kind of thing, but it would be boring to say it. Then, Li You sighed again: "Oh! Fortunately, this Aral Sea is a granary! Otherwise, where there are so many people to feed, there will be no way to grow this place after years of war. What about the stock of food in the city, it needs to be purchased. ?"
"Young master, when they defeated the food army, they left a lot. In addition, they have been purchasing. There are still crops here. There is still enough food. Besides, every time Zhang Da comes over, he will also escort some food and grass. It’s just here. Just one city, and all the farmland is outside the city. Once the war starts, the crops here will be reduced, which is troublesome."
"Well, anyway, the outer wall here is almost the same. You take prisoners of war and some slaves to build a few bastion military cities, so that even if there is a war, this place will not suffer from the enemy's four sides like this time. Besieged."
Heizi didn't know what the so-called bastion military city was. He looked at Li You in surprise and asked, "Young Master, how should this be done? How many more buildings have to be built in this city?"
"I have the picture. Don't worry. It doesn't take much effort. This is just a fortress for defense. It doesn't need to be large. As long as it is strong and not broken, you can build four bastion cities at the four corners of Hanhai City. , The periphery can be defended, so that the surrounding area of Hanhai City will not be as easy to be destroyed. Such a bastion does not need to be too big. It is almost enough to have a square of seven or eighty meters, and the garrison can At three thousand, the enemy would not dare to let such a fortress ignore it."
Heizi nodded. Anyway, Li You arranged for this matter. He just asked the slaves to prepare more materials. The hills here are all mineable rocks. If you really want to repair a few small, strong city defenses, you shouldn’t. It's difficult, anyway, there are a lot of prisoners here, just used to do this. (End of this chapter)