Chapter 160 Yuyi fortifies the city
After resettling the matter of Huaihuang Town, Li Chongjiu decided to move the refugees, 15 brigades of garrisons, a total of 2,500 people to Yuyi Town to build a city, and then temporarily move the troops of his five regiments of Yingyang Mansion to assist in building a city. As for Huaihuang Town, two regiments, counties and county soldiers, as well as garrison troops, there are still some civilians who can mobilize if necessary, and Tanzong is responsible for leading the troops to defend the city, Zhou Xu, Ji Chuan and other civilian officials are responsible for councillors of military affairs and government affairs.
The population of Huaihuang Town has dropped to around 7,000, but it can be almost accommodated. For Huaihuang Town, it is not impossible to live in a small town of Huaihuang Town, but it is not impossible to live in 10,000 or 20,000 residents, but the city is crowded, unless it is expanded. In fact, the warehouse manager Liu Yi has mentioned the request for expansion several times. He suggested that Caoshi, which was traded between Hu and Han, the northern city, be expanded, because there are many Hu people in Caoshi, and Han merchants are stationed here, and they have gradually formed residential areas. The reason why they did not enter the city was mainly to save the city tax and transaction tax. However, where does the money come from when building a city? This is a big problem. Li Chongjiu built a Huaihuang Town last year, which has exhausted all the assets of the Li family escort agency. Now it is too difficult to build Yuyi Town.
It took three days to walk from Huaihuang Town to Yuyi Town, but if you ride a horse, you can arrive in one day. Yuyi Town was originally located outside the Great Wall. As a large town with military and political integration in the north, the former capital of Yuyi Town was in Dahong City dozens of miles north. Later, it moved to Dushikou near the Great Wall. Near Dushikou, it was the location of Huairong County, Zhuojun. The person who went to build the city was exactly the original location of Dahong City. Everyone came all the way to the northeast, and felt more and more desolate as they walked, and felt like they were thousands of miles away from their hometown. It was indeed the location of Yuyi Town, which was close to the northern border of the Han Dynasty.
As Li Chongjiu traveled with him along the way, Su Su introduced to Li Chongjiu with interest, saying: "This place was originally a place of ghosts. Later, the Yan Kingdom was revitalized in the Warring States Period, and the Great Wall was built to prevent the Northern Di. Later, when the Han Dynasty was at its peak, Shanggu County was established here. Unfortunately, after the Han Dynasty declined, this place was owned by the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei, and now it is owned by us Han people again."
After Li Chongjiu heard this, he nodded and everyone encountered a big river, which originated from Rushui. This water has always been a division between the Hu and Han families. The Hu people on the grassland knew that they were approaching the Han area as soon as they saw this river. Later generations have poems that 100,000 riders drank the Luan River, and the vast sea of tigers and deer were hidden. Luan River was Rushui.
The grassland is full of winding water, winding like a belt, unlike the big rivers, where the mountains and rivers on all sides melt and flow slowly in, so the source of this water is like a large puddle hundreds of steps wide. The grass is everywhere in the puddle, and the water is deep, but it just doesn’t have ankles, while small silver-gray fish are jumping in the puddle.
When everyone waded across the river, they saw a mountain and grassland appearing. The mountains were full of trees, and the grasslands at the foot of the mountain were covered with large cushions. The water was surrounded by the mountain, and the grasslands were abundant on the grasslands, and there were countless large and small pastures. When they arrived in front of the mountain, they could hear the pastoral songs loudly. Tens of thousands of sheep were like a big white cloud covering the back of the mountain. The newborn lamb's cry was sweet, which made people feel itchy in their hearts.
There were many herders grazing beside the flock. After seeing a group of Han troops crossing the river, they were surprised at first. Later, after seeing Li Chongjiu's banner, they immediately stepped forward. It turned out that most of them were herders from Shide Xi's tribe, and someone immediately turned over and ran to report. Soon after, the sound of horse hooves rolled, and the big flag of Shide Xi's tribe appeared. Under the big flag, the girl Shigejin, several elders, and nearly a hundred soldiers from the clan came to greet him. When they heard the news, they were all very happy to know that Li Chongjiu came to Huaihuang Town.
After a while of greeting, the Xi people first set up the tooth tent that Li Chongjiu and the others welcomed into. The Xi people's tooth tent was less than three miles east of Yuyi Town. The tent was still surrounded by cars, including felt bags of large and small. I don't know if I read it wrong. The size of the camp seemed to be much larger than that near Huaihuang. The tent went down along the Rushui River, and there were many deep and shallow waters nearby. Fishing boats could be seen vaguely in the water, and birds hovered above, and along the riverside, many Xi people wearing leather were standing in the river with wooden forks and hunting fish.
In the den, the hospitality Xi people had already told them to kill cattle and sheep and receive them for a long time. Not to mention roasting the whole sheep is a must-have for herders to entertain distinguished guests. Now, after a big sheep is being slaughtered, it is being peeled and prepared to be roasted on a bonfire. There are also roe deer meat, rabbit meat, and large pieces of fish that were cut, and even a big black bear and a colorful insect that is being peeled and cured. Seeing the Xi people in this way, Li Chongjiu knew that their life in Yuyi Town was really good.
At that moment, Li Chongji, female Shijin, Ying Hefu, and Etuo, several elders of Xi, Li Hu, Su Su, Wang Mahan and others also entered the tent to sit down. The room found Yun himself as Li Chongjiu's head. It was obvious that the Xi people had regarded Li Chongjiu as the prospective son-in-law. While cutting mutton with a knife and eating it, they watched the Xi women singing and dancing outside the tent. The bonfire outside the tent was blazing, Li Chongjiu was drinking horse milk wine, and all the great men of Xi came forward to toast. Everyone was shocked when they saw Li Chongjiu drinking wine, so they were so proud of their alcohol. The people in the Xi tribe admired him a little more awe of Li Chongjiu.
The girl Shijin immediately toasted Li Chongjiu and said, "June, since we reset the tent in Rushui, many tribe members who were originally enslaved by Khitan have joined forces after hearing the news. Now my tribe members here have more than 4,000."
Li Chongjiu drank it all in one drink, and thought to himself, saying, "Doesn't this anger the Khitans? What's the reaction of Ahe's family?"
The girl Qijin said, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Last year, we just defeated the Khitan Turks' coalition under the city of Huaihuang Town. The Ahe family escaped by chance. At this time, we would never dare to use troops to our Xi tribe and Yuyi Town at this time."
Li Chongjiu shook his head and thought to himself that the girl Shi Jin said this, whether it was too naive or intentionally deceiving him. The Khitans suffered such a big loss in their hands, so how could they not find a way to take revenge? The reason why they are not moving at the moment is obviously looking for a better opportunity.
Li Chongjiu said immediately: "I will build a city in Yuyi Town tomorrow, and I hope your Xi tribe can provide support at that time."
Chapter completed!