It has become a fact that Xiliang has taken control of Tongtian City. The civilians in the city have hatred for Xiliang in their hearts, but there is nothing they can do about it. Their hatred seems very helpless under the Xiliang steel sword.
The dead are dead, but the survivors continue to live. This is life.
All the troops brought by Wenjie surrendered. Those who did not want to surrender ran away the night before. Most of the remaining troops were ordinary people. If they did not surrender, they would have nowhere to go.
The entire northwest will be under the control of Xiliang's army. They will fight with Xiliang no matter what. Surrender is their best choice.
Li Xiang asked people to keep an eye on these people and did not do anything else. The main thing now is to clean up the supplies in the city. These are all his things, Li Xiang. If some people in the city steal the things, it will be his loss.
It took five days to count the materials in the city's treasury. They found that there were 150,000 kilograms of grain, 80,000 taels of gold, 530,000 taels of silver, and 5,000 kilograms of primeval stones.
The weapons in the armory can equip 30,000 people. These materials were searched in the city lord's warehouse, and the Ye family, the first family in Tongtian City, has not yet taken inventory.
News came from the north, and the northwest has now become the northwest of Xiliang. He, the king of Xiliang, will no longer be called a small area, and people in the entire northwest will call him the king of Xiliang.
Li Xiang, who became the ruler of the northwest, had a sad look on his face. The government affairs in Tonghe County gave him a headache every day. Now he has the entire northwest in his hands, six counties and more than 30 cities. At present, Xiliang has not yet cultivated
There are so many officials!
The local officials will be temporarily suspended and let them continue to manage. When enough time is available, these officials will be moved after review.
An order was issued to transfer Zhang Qingyun in from outside the customs. The last time he was inside the customs for a while, Zhang Qingyun recommended two people to him and then returned to the outside.
What Li Xiang hated most was internal affairs. He would rather lead his troops to fight a fierce battle than sit on the throne and deal with endless government affairs every day.
Li Xiang had no choice but to use Wenjie. Wenjie had escaped after surrendering. Li Xiang knew Wenjie's thoughts and took Wenjie with him. The distance between them was not too far. Wenjie wanted to
To run, that's impossible.
This is a talent.
Li Xiang asked him for some advice on internal affairs. Wen was prepared to be a coward and not answer anything. After half an hour, he took the initiative to help Li Xiang handle some government affairs.
The way Li Xiang handles government affairs makes him uncomfortable. He is a layman, and since he can't leave, he should stay under Li Xiang for a while!
With Wenjie's help, the government affairs in Tongtian City were quickly handled, and those prisoners were left behind. Next, Xiliang will need a large number of troops. These are trained troops, which are better than those that have just been recruited.
Zheng Zhilan and Xiaoqing ran off somewhere. Li Xiang handled government affairs every day, exercised a bit, took care of the horses, and waited for the matter in Tongtian City to be over before he went to Jiuyuan City.
I moved again. I originally thought I would live in Tupo City for a few years, but who would have thought that I would get Jiuyuan City in my hands all at once. If I don’t set up the palace in Jiuyuan City, it would be a waste of Jiuyuan City’s geography.
Location.
Everyone on the Xiliang side felt dizzy. They never thought that their side would defeat Jiuyuan County in such a short period of time.
On the road leading to the grassland from the northwest, Li Anlan ran with five hundred cavalry. When he was attacked by the Taiyuan army, he knew immediately that Jiuyuan County would fall into the hands of Xiliang.
Tongtian City and Jiuyuan City are gone, and all the armies in Jiuyuan County have also been lost in this battle. Even if there are some troops left, they are still defeated. What can he do with Xiliang's huge elite troops? beat?
Jiuyuan County fell into the hands of Xiliang, which also meant that the Eighth Prince could not come outside the Northwest Pass.
Things that they can't get, Xiliang City can't hold so comfortably. The grassland people tribes that are now gathered on the border also have some thoughts about the northwest. Don't look at them selling all kinds of war horses to them, giving people a sense that they He seems to be very close to Da Gan.
This is just because of the remaining troops of the Great Wall Legion and the troops from the cities in Jiuyuan County, they did not take action. If the northwest does not have enough strength to resist them, the first ones to attack Jiuyuan County will not be the ferocious beasts, but the beasts on the grassland. These people.
Now that the Jiuyuan County War has just ended, Xiliang has won and suffered a lot of losses. It is a good time for the grassland people to go out!
Li Anlan rushed towards the prairie tribe with 500 cavalry. He had paid attention to the location of the prairie tribe when he traded war horses before.
This tribe has nearly 20,000 string control men, and the northwest is a plain. All they need to do is open the fortress gate blocking the canyon and let the prairie cavalry in.
Is there any place in Jiuyuan County that can block these cavalry? There are cavalry in Xiliang. It will take a lot of time, troops and material resources to destroy these cavalry.
Perhaps more than one tribe came, and the northwest was quite attractive to those grassland people.
This is his gift from Li Anlan to Li Xiang to unify the northwest!
The northwest is under the Xiliang Notice, and the military controls the place. Under military control, no one dares to violate the laws and regulations of Xiliang.
Zhang Qingyun rode in from outside the customs with a group of newly graduated internal affairs personnel. He did not expect that his lord would take the northwest so quickly.
Li Xiang brought the seriously injured Xing Liao back to Jiuyuan City. Wu Yating also came to Jiuyuan City under the protection of the imperial army. All the gold and silver from various places gathered in Jiuyuan County.
The respective resources and mineral veins need to be rearranged for mining. The northwest is a large mineral county and the main economic pillar of the northwest.
A large amount of grain and grass have been seized, and Li Xiang wants to recruit farmers again. Both the northern wilderness and the southern wilderness outside the pass can be turned into farmland. The farmland in Juhu City needs 10,000 farmers, the northern wilderness needs 30,000 farmers, and the southern wilderness needs 20,000 farmers. Peasants, Dark City also needs 20,000 peasant enemies!
Li Xiang plans to mobilize 20,000 farmers here in Jiuyuan County. There is a lot of land that can be cultivated here. If the people from the northwest do not cultivate it, then he will cultivate it.
One hundred thousand farmers, this is the scale of farmers that Li Xiang wants. One hundred thousand farmers can feed everyone in the northwest. And Xiang Li will start to reorganize the army. The Xiliang headquarters army will have 250,000 troops, and the Eighth Army will 50,000 troops, including 50,000 troops of the Ninth Army, for a total attack of 350,000 troops.
According to the current grain reserves and harvest speed in Xiliang, it will take about a year to reach this level.
When the number of farmers increases, other types of work cannot be reduced, such as construction workers, lumberjacks, blacksmiths, etc. The number of these craftsmen is at least 100,000.
Otherwise, how can we provide enough combat supplies, bows and arrows, war machinery, weapons, and armor for the Xiliang headquarters army?
Calculating this, there must be at least 600,000 people in Xiliang headquarters!
This was Li Xiang's own thought. Except for the giant soldiers at his headquarters, he didn't reveal anything about the empire system to anyone else.
Prime Minister Li ordered several urban centers to recruit farmers. The cornerstone of the empire was farmers, and farmers were everything.
Li Xiang, who was on the horse, was thinking as he walked. Zhang Qingyun in Jiuyuan City began to arrange the major cities in the northwest. He brought 600 Xiliang internal affairs officials. This was the first batch of trained officials and soldiers from Xiliang headquarters.
They have high intelligence, but they don't like to use their brains. Like their master, they only like to use their fists to solve everything.
He spent a lot of effort to train these 600 people. There are thirty-six cities in the northwest, excluding six county towns, leaving thirty small cities.
He sent twenty soldiers to each city, and the official positions were clearly arranged. There were still about a hundred soldiers left in Xiliang to manage public security, and the people in each area seemed to be very orderly.
But even if they want to be restless, Xiliang troops will help them stay calm. In some larger cities, Xiliang has thousands of soldiers and horses, just waiting for local riots and then looting the place!
Li Xiang rode his horse through the gate of Jiuyuan City. This city has the style of Daqian, solemn and grand.
Xiliang soldiers stood on both sides of the streets in the city. The avenues were cleared and no one was allowed to walk. There were a large number of civilians standing on both sides. They wanted to see what Wang Zhang was like in the northwest.
Xing Liao followed Li Xiang and raised his head proudly. Behind Li Xiang were the bodyguard cavalry, all wearing armor. Only Li Xiang was dressed in black.
The murderous intention made the civilians on both sides dare not make a sound and watched Li Xiang go away quietly. Some young people looked at the cavalry following Li Xiang with bright eyes.
They can't become kings, so becoming the cavalry behind the king is an unparalleled honor.
The Xuantian Sect disciples in Jiuyuan City felt that Alexander's relationship with Xiliang City was not very good.
The Great Wall Legion in the distance is the most uncomfortable. They seem to have become a lonely army. Except for a few strongholds, they have no cities and no territory. They only have enough food for two months. If Xiliang doesn't survive in two months,
Give them food and grass and they will disperse.
Gao Yuan could only say one thing about the changes in the situation in the northwest. He couldn't understand how the two sides started the war and how it ended. Jiuyuan City was not without troops, but it was just gone.
Do they really want to return to the military city?
There is another majestic city on the northwest land, which is the family city of their Great Wall Legion, where there are elite divisions and strong martial arts masters.
Maybe he really should leave with his men. They are no longer needed to guard the northwest. The Xiliang army can do better than them!
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grassland
Li Zhen was stunned for a long time when he received the news from the northwest. The northwest was occupied by the son he had kicked out?
He also killed hundreds of people by himself alone, and rushed into the enemy's elite with one man, killing the enemy so hard that they didn't dare to look at him. Is he still the kid with mediocre qualifications?
The northwest is in the hands of Prime Minister Li, which is a good thing for the Li family. It is a treasured land in troubled times. Having the northwest is equivalent to a way for them to retreat.
"Taoist Master Qingsong is in Xiliang, so the person standing behind Mr. Li is probably a Taoist sect in the monastic world!" Li Zhen put the letter away. This was a small matter for him. The big thing was how to attack the grassland people.
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Starting from April, the war between the two sides began. There were some minor frictions. The Great Wall Army and the Far North Army began to move south. They took a detour and came back from the northeast. The grassland people did not stop them. If they were not afraid of these two armies, Attack them halfway, they all want the two legions to come out of the middle and come back directly!
Central Plains
King Li Xiang of Xiliang also spread the news from the upper class of society to the people. Among them, the merchants were the ones who spread the most news to Li Xiang. After the battle of Tongtian City, Li Xiang did not take action against the caravans and allowed those caravans to leave. The merchant ships on the dock Xiliang was not burned down.
Businessmen are well-informed people, and they are also the ones who spread the news the fastest. King Li Xiang of Xiliang also spread the news to Daqian territory through the mouths of these businessmen.
This was the first time that Li Xiang appeared among the people in Daqian. In the past, his influence was only in the northwest, but now it has spread to the people. It also reminded some people that there seemed to be a man named Li Xiang in the imperial capital who went to the northwest pass.
And this King of Xiliang fought from outside the Northwest Pass to inside the Pass!
Daqian Chaotang
Jiuyuan County in the northwest fell into the hands of thieves outside the customs. This was the fiefdom that the Holy Emperor had just selected for the Eighth Prince. There was a solemn atmosphere in the court.
"What do you think we should do to solve this problem?" The old emperor's voice was very soft. He didn't have many days left to live, and he could feel the vitality of his body passing away bit by bit.
Captain Zhou glanced at the court, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the northwest is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If either the grassland or Tongtian City is still there, it will not be difficult to take back the northwest.
Tongtian City has fallen into the hands of the thieves, and there is still a navy unit of the thieves on the Tongtian River. Unless the Royal Navy comes back, it will be difficult to fight back to the northwest!"
The old emperor nodded helplessly and after being silent for a while: "Then change the Northwest King's fiefdom to Liufan Island!"
As soon as the old emperor finished speaking, the officials below were furious. Liufan Island was an island equivalent to four counties, and its population was a terrifying 6,000.
All kinds of supplies are very abundant, and countless people have their eyes on this piece of fat. Unfortunately, with the Royal Navy around, they can only watch and dare not move.
The Royal Navy of Daqian is the most terrifying force on the boundless sea. With them, the dragon clan, overseas forces, deep-sea monsters, etc. do not dare to take the lead.
The old emperor had known for a long time that these people below were capable of causing trouble, so he just said lightly, "I'm tired, quit the court!"
Although the old emperor is old, the power of the dragon is still there. No one dares to provoke this old dragon who is about to fall...
Zhao Qiyu got the new fief, and his gloomy face became cheerful. Compared with the northwest, the gap between the northwest and the islands is not that big. The northwest has a population of 20 million, but the islands have more than 50 million, and there are many overseas islands waiting for him to win. .
But it’s a pity that I can’t get the treasure in the northwest!
"Your Majesty, all the ministries are ready!" A young man walked to the side and said softly.
Zhao Qiyu stood up: "Then let's go!"
He has resigned from his father and does not need any gifts. He just wants to leave quietly. If he knew that the territory of the vassal was in the northwest, his brothers would not do anything to him, but Liufan Island is different. .
That's a treasure land, and even my brother couldn't get it even if he wanted to. Now he just wants to go there as soon as possible, be wretched, develop, and wait for the opportunity to come back!
