In the next few days, Guo Song did not wait for news from the court. Instead, the first batch of Han people released by the Shatuo people in the north arrived in Ganzhou. The first batch of Han people numbered more than 6,000 people. Most of them were old, weak, women and children. They came from the main areas.
People from the Hexi Corridor, mainly from Guazhou and Shazhou, especially Jinchang County in Guazhou, almost all the people in the county were taken captive to Yizhou and became the mining slaves of the Shatuo people, participating in the mining of a copper mine near Yiwu.
mine.
The second batch is 5,000 young and strong men, who will be released soon.
Regarding where to place this group of Han people, Guo Song specially organized a discussion with officials. The officials almost unanimously agreed to resettle this group of Han people on the south bank of the Zhangye River. This is also because the southern part of Ganzhou is also a grain-producing area, with a large number of abandoned villages.
The land is just right for these Han people to cultivate.
However, considering that they had traveled a long distance and their physical strength was almost exhausted, the temporary resettlement site was placed outside Jiuquan County.
A large number of tents were set up outside Jiuquan City. Dozens of officials and more than a thousand soldiers were busy. Meng Jiao and other scholars were engaged in new work. They were responsible for registering refugees.
Guo Song also arrived at Jiuquan. At this time, he was inspecting the camp accompanied by more than a dozen officials.
"The first batch of people who came were old, weak, women and children. They traveled a long distance and many people fell ill. We need to prepare enough medicinal materials and doctors. I think this is more important than preparing food."
Guo Song turned back and glanced at the officials. Sima Liu Zi said quickly: "Please rest assured, Governor, we are ready. Including Huichun Hall and military doctors, there are more than thirty doctors in total, and all kinds of medicinal materials are fully prepared."
Guo Song nodded, pointed to the two wooden houses and asked, "What are those?"
"Report to the Governor, is that the toilet?"
Guo Song frowned, "It's too close to the camp and it's easy to catch diseases."
Pan Liao hurriedly said: "If you are too far away from the camp, it will be inconvenient. The camp itself is very large. If you run too far, many people may dig holes to deal with it on the spot, which will easily lead to the spread of diseases."
Guo Song pondered a little and said: "Then we should think more carefully and build a row of toilets. Two toilets are simply not enough. In addition, the toilets should be surrounded by fences, sprinkled with quicklime around them, and then covered with wooden boards. At the same time, they should be strengthened.
Disease propaganda.”
Pan Liao nodded repeatedly, "I understand, I will immediately arrange to build the toilet and sprinkle quicklime on it."
He quickly went to the soldiers to make arrangements. At this time, a soldier in the distance shouted: "They are coming!"
Guo Song quickly walked to a high place and looked to the north. He saw a faint black line in the north, indicating that the first refugee had arrived.
At this time, more than 6,000 old and weak women and children were sitting on nearly 1,000 carts, forming a long queue, meandering from the north. There were 1,000 cavalry guards on each side. The details of the negotiations between the two parties were quite comprehensive. Although Shatuo
They did not agree with the cavalry of the Tang Army entering Guazhou, but in the end they allowed the driver to drive the cart into Guazhou. They picked up more than 6,700 old, weak, women and children in the northern part of Guazhou, and they only walked less than a hundred miles.
Otherwise, they would not be able to persevere if they had to walk through Guazhou, which is hundreds of miles away.
The carriage stopped in front of the camp, and more than 6,700 people got off the carriage and looked at the camp blankly.
More than a dozen white-haired old men found Guo Song under the guidance of soldiers. "Plop!" More than a dozen old men knelt down and kowtowed to Guo Song. They shouted with tears: "Captain Guo is so kind and compassionate. Thank you for saving your life."
kindness!"
Guo Song quickly helped them up, "Everyone, hurry up, I can't afford the gift from the elders."
"Captain Guo, there are still more than 5,000 young men in Shatuo!"
Guo Song smiled and comforted everyone, "Don't worry, everyone, the young men and the captured soldiers will come in the second batch, because we also have to release the other party's prisoners of war. The procedure is a little more complicated, but it only takes three or four days."
"That's great. I thought I would die in the mines, but I didn't expect that I would still have a bright future." As he said this, more than a dozen old people began to sob and cry.
Guo Song comforted everyone with good words and would allow them to spend their old age in peace. He loudly said to the people: "This is just a temporary resting place. I will send you to Ganzhou later. You have worked hard all the way. Please take a rest first. There are relatives and friends who are sick."
, there will be doctors who will diagnose, treat and distribute medicine to everyone.”
More than 6,700 people entered the big tent one after another. The big tent was relatively spacious. Basically, every household had a big tent with basic daily necessities. As the people moved in, the camp quickly became lively.
stand up.
Guo Song met Meng Jiao in front of a large tent. They were all in groups of two, registering in one tent after another. After registration, a sign would be hung at the door to indicate that they had registered.
The scholar who partnered with Meng Jiao was Du Siye. Guo Song met his father Du Zongwu in Fengzhou and gave him one thousand guan of money to publish Du Fu's poetry collection.
"How's the registration going?" Guo Songxiao asked.
"Reporting to the Governor, the registration is almost complete. There are still a few large tents left and it will be over."
"It feels very deep!"
Meng Jiao nodded and sighed: "Listening to their story about the invasion of the Shatuo cavalry, I was really shocked. Under the sword of the foreigners, the Han women, children and the elderly were really slaughtered by them like pigs and sheep. The only way is to build a strong army.
Only in this way can we protect them from being humiliated and slaughtered. I feel that we, the literati, cannot play a role."
Meng Jiao was a little frustrated. He had no power to restrain a chicken, and could not even compare to the iron-blooded role played by a soldier.
Guo Song said lightly: "It is useless to rely on soldiers to fight alone. We also need strong logistical support, and strong logistical support is inseparable from order. This is the role of literati. Only good and effective management can make logistics possible."
The guarantee will be smoother and stronger, which is the basis for a strong military."
Seeing that Meng Jiao still didn't understand, Guo Song added: "For example, when the battle to defend the city of Zhangye broke out, there were not only troops defending the city, but also a large number of young and strong men and women participating as logistical support. There were at least five or six thousand people, and the men carried the
supplies, carry away the wounded in time for treatment, and young women have to cook, deliver meals, and treat the wounded. Generally, half of the injured soldiers will not survive, but among the wounded soldiers in the Battle of Zhangye, only those who died in the end were less than one percent of the total wounded soldiers.
It's a miracle. This is the role of logistics support.
But who will organize and dispatch the logistics support? The army? No, but the civil servants of the governor's office and the county government. They organize and dispatch the people, make the logistics support in order, and arrange the management of the spoils and distribution of rewards afterwards, so that
The soldiers and civilians of Zhangye are very happy. This is something that the army cannot do and can only rely on civilian officials."
Du Siye beside him couldn't help but said: "Pan Changshi said that we are going to build an official pasture to raise sheep for army logistics. The Ganzhou Governor's Office is going to establish a livestock logistics department."
Guo Song chuckled, "You're right. It's a pity that the trophies of hundreds of thousands of sheep are eaten like this. The grasslands as big as Ganzhou can definitely allow them to multiply, which can ensure the supply of meat for the army.
Sheepskins can also be sold to make money and improve the treatment of officials."
How to handle the spoils of war aroused great controversy among the governors of Ganzhou. In the end, Guo Song made the final decision and established the Animal Husbandry and Logistics Department to specifically raise war horses, cattle and sheep, so that the logistics of the Ganzhou Army could be improved in the long term.
At this time, they came to a large tent. There was no sign on the tent, and no registration had been made. Seeing that the curtain had not been lowered, everyone walked in.
A family in the tent was packing their things, two old people, two children and a woman about thirty years old. They were startled when they saw a group of people coming in, and the two children even hid behind the woman.
The old man stepped forward and bowed: "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
Meng Jiao said quickly: "Don't be afraid, old man, we are here to register. Every family must register, and we are here just in time for you."
Guo Song asked the soldiers to go out. Only he, Meng Jiao, and Du Siye were left in the tent. With fewer people, the family in the tent felt a little relieved. The old woman moved a bench for Guo Song to sit on.
"Old man, how many young men are there at home?"
The old woman sighed and said: "Both sons have been arrested to mine. Maybe the next batch will come back! Only the eldest daughter-in-law is with us. The two grandsons belong to the eldest son, and the younger son is not married yet."
"How is the situation in the mine? How many people are working in the mine."
"I seem to have heard that there are quite a lot of them, tens of thousands of them. Han people are only a small part, and there are many other barbarians from the Western Regions. The place where my son mines is more than ten miles away from us. The Shatuo people are afraid that they will escape, so they send troops
Looking at us, young and strong men can only go to mines honestly."
Speaking of this, the old woman wiped away her turbid tears and said: "We eat rough batter and ground wild beans every day, and we still don't have enough to eat. It's even more freezing in winter. We thought we wouldn't live long, but...
To think that we could still be rescued would cost a family of eight lives! Young man, what do you think Governor Guo looks like?"
Guo Song asked in confusion: "Old man, what are you asking Governor Guo for?"
"I want to ask someone to draw a picture and worship him. He is the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva."
Guo Song was amused in his heart, so he could only say vaguely: "He is the governor of Ganzhou, this is his responsibility, I don't need to worry about it."
"Nonsense! I'm not a fool. There are many officials in the Tang Dynasty. Apart from him, who else has ever cared about our life and death."
At this time, the soldiers waved to Guo Song, and Guo Song stood up and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll take a step first, and you can continue."
He stood up to say goodbye and left. When he walked out of the tent, Guo Song asked, "What's the matter?"
The soldier quickly said: "There is news from Zhangye that the imperial envoy has arrived."
Guo Song nodded, got on his horse, and galloped away with a group of soldiers.
Inside the tent, the old woman was still asking Meng Jiao, "Tell me, what does your Governor Guo look like?"
Meng Jiao was amused and said, "Old man, you know what Governor Guo looks like! Didn't you just chat with him for a long time?"
"Ah!" The old woman was dumbfounded. The young man just now...