RNP Chapter 471
Chapter 471
After Liu Bao withdrew to Tongwancheng, the Han army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue. The Han king Liu Jun adopted the strategy of Fa Zheng, following the example of Guo Jia giving Cao Cao to deal with Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi.
The Right Xian King went to be humble and the Left Xian King Liu Bao were originally at odds, and this time Liu Leopard was defeated, and if the Han army pressed tightly, they would naturally unite. And if the Han army does not add troops to Tongwancheng, it will naturally not miss this excellent opportunity to deal with Liu Bao.
Although the Han army in Beidi County won a big victory, it also suffered heavy losses and needed to rest well.
When the Xiongnu soldiers attacked the city, they did not ride horses, so after the war, the Han army got many war horses. Excluding the wounded and dead, there were more than 50,000 horses.
Of course, these war horses were forcibly collected by Liu Bao from various Xiongnu tribes, and not all of them were robust adult war horses. After screening, nearly 20,000 horses met the requirements of the Han cavalry. Other war horses were given to officials in various places, and some were rationed to scouts, centurions, thousand-soldiers, military simas, etc. in various counties. The rest were really old, and they were distributed to the local people, which could be used to carry things.
Now there are only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Beidi County, and this place is already sparsely populated, so Liu Wei does not plan to recruit troops here, but reintegrate the original soldiers and horses.
Since there are enough horses, the cavalry will be expanded to 10,000, and the source of troops will be selected from the infantry. Each of them is a double horse, and Zhang Xiu is responsible for training.
The losses of the forbidden army in this battle were very large, already less than a thousand. Liu Hu was in charge of replenishing more than two thousand from the infantry, for a total of three thousand.
The rest of the Han army were all grouped together, a total of 20,000, with Wang Ping as the commander and Hao Zhao, Su Ze, Jiang Xu, and Yang Fu as deputy generals for training.
After the military affairs were arranged, Liu Jun began to think about how to solve the grain problem in Beidi County.
Most of the grain now is shipped from Chang'an and Luoyang. After the war, the Xiongnu got some grain and grass, and those dead and wounded war horses, so that the people could indeed eat for a while. But the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the food that can't be eaten may spoil. Just when Huangfuhong felt that there was nothing to do, Liu Wei came up with a way.
There is a salt lake in Northland County, and there is a salt pan built to supply Northland County, and a small amount is sold elsewhere. After Liu Jun's instruction, the horse meat was submerged with salt to make bacon, which could be stored for a long time.
At this time, all the grain in Beidi County could be used for most of the year, which made Huangfuhong and all the officials breathe a sigh of relief.
But Liu Jun did not relax, there is yellow sand everywhere, there are too few places to grow food, and it is very difficult to be self-sufficient.
Liu Jun thought of the current method, first of all, to plant trees and turn the desert into an oasis before he could grow food, but all this will take a long time.
But the better thing is that at this time, there are still some plants on the dunes, and some trees can also be seen.
Liu Jun decided to take a look at the surrounding situation before thinking of a way.
Therefore, Liu Jun took Shi A, Fazheng, Huangfuhong and some officials of Beidi County, accompanied by five hundred guards, to leave Maling City to investigate the surrounding situation.
At the time of departure, the talented girl Cai Yan wanted to accompany her, and Liu Wei agreed.
In his previous life, Liu had seen many deserts, including the largest Sahara. But he found that the desert of Northland County was different, not yellow sand, looking at each sand dune from afar, there were spots, which were some very drought-tolerant desert plants, and occasionally some thick dry willows and poplars.
"Huangfuhong, order the entire Northland County, from now on, these trees must be protected in a key way, no one shall cut them down, and those who violate them will be severely punished!"
"The lord is wise, subordinates remember!" After listening to Liu Jun's words, Huangfuhong bowed deeply, "My subordinates also thought that if there were trees everywhere here, for a long time, there would be soil in this sandy land, and food could be grown." Now with this command of the Lord, great!
"Lord Wise!" Northland officials said in unison.
They have been officials here for a long time, and they have already discovered that after cutting down a forest, in a few years, the area that was originally covered with green grass will be flooded with yellow sand.
But without the order of the imperial court, they could not protect the trees! When ordinary people saw that grass could grow in the woods, they naturally thought that they could grow food, and often cut down trees.
Now with the order of the King of Han, these trees can finally be saved.
"In addition, we must also reward the people for planting trees, and for each living tree, one stone of food can be awarded every year!"
"Master, will there be too much grain in this stone?" Huangfuhong's face showed hesitation, if this is a hundred trees, then there will be a hundred stone grain every year!
"Ha..." Liu Jun smiled, "Jianshou, you can rest assured, the grain rewarded, this king hereby promises, does not need to go out of Beidi County, it will be allocated by the Han King Mansion from Luoyang, Chang'an, and Guanzhong areas, as long as the people can plant living trees." "
No!" After hearing Liu Jun's words, Huangfuhong was completely relieved and loudly promised.
"If every citizen in Northland County could plant ten trees, then the mountains would become green, the desert would become a grassland, and the Northland would become Jiangnan. At that time, why worry that there will be no food!
"Lord Wise!" Everyone listened to Liu Jun's words and said with great admiration.
The entire desert was sparsely populated, and Liu Jun and his party walked for more than fifty miles, hardly meeting a single people.
The sun had set, and a gust of wind blew through, with cold in the cool.
Liu Wei looked around, and there was no village.
"Tonight we will sleep in the wilderness and have wronged Miss Cai!" Liu Wei looked at Cai Yan next to him and said.
"Wang Ye is a clan relative of the Han family, he can still stay here, and the grass people have been in the north for more than ten years, how can they be aggrieved." Cai Yan listened to Liu Jun's words and was very moved.
She looked at Liu Jun, this young man looked many years younger than herself, but his body seemed so mature.
Moreover, Cai Yan found that Liu Jun was different from the noble sons and daughters of ownership he had seen, and he had a thick iron and blood qi on his body, which was stronger than that of Liu Bao, the king of Zuo Xian.
However, there is another side to the Han king Liu Jun, that is, the deep love for the people under his rule and for the soldiers under his command, which is a kind of love from the heart.
Because of this, everyone in Beidi County supported King Han. It can be imagined how high the prestige of the King of Han was under the rule of the King of Han!
Even if the Qin Emperor Han Wu is probably inferior, perhaps only Yao Shunyu Tang has such a high prestige.
At this moment, a soldier Pegasus suddenly came. When he arrived in front of everyone, he immediately rolled over and dismounted, and fell to his knees.
"Repay Wangye, there is a conflict between soldiers and a hundred surnames over there."
"What, a conflict with the people?" Liu Wei was a little strange after hearing this, he didn't see the village for several miles!
"Yes, there is a family living there, and they are arguing with several soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army!"
"Go over and take a look!"
"No!"