"General, spare my life!"
Odojia, the Marquis of Guishuang, was lying on the ground on all fours, his head stretched out, and he stared at Zhao Tuo on the carriage with a pleading look on his face.
Although his Qin language has a strange accent, it is much smoother than the stumbling string of begging words he used before, which shows that he has practiced a lot in private.
This was the first Qin language he learned, taught by Li Shiqi on the road.
The Marquis of Guishang, whose courage was broken by the Qin army, had long forgotten his dream of the Kushan Empire, and now he only wanted to survive.
Not only him, but behind him, tens of thousands of Yuezhi people who wanted to survive also followed this sentence with strange expressions, their faces full of fear.
The thousands of black-armored soldiers behind General Qin brought a huge sense of oppression to these Yuezhi people, like soldiers from heaven descending, making them unable to resist.
Zhao Tuo looked at these Yuezhi people carefully and saw a strong desire to live in them.
He said to the Marquis of Guishuang who was lying on the ground: "I promised before that if you help Great Qin to surrender the Guishuang people so that our army can take over the Helan Grassland, I will spare your life. This promise is valid."
Li Shiqi stood nearby and acted as a translator.
The Marquis of Guishuang was overjoyed and shouted excitedly in Yuezhi language: "Thank you, General, for sparing your life!"
"It's just your followers."
Zhao Tuo changed the subject.
Li Shiqi translated it in time, causing the laughter of Guishuang Jihou to stop abruptly.
He begged with a grimace: "Please, General, please spare their lives. We, the people of Kushan, are willing to serve as oxen, horses and eagles for the General, and we will never dare to have any thoughts of betrayal."
Zhao Tuo smiled faintly, turned to look at Chen Ping behind him, and said, "Chen Sheng, you provided the strategy, and it will be up to you to handle this matter."
Chen Ping was startled, but then he realized that the general had accepted his suggestion and asked him to implement it.
This is reuse!
Chen Ping was so excited that he hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Please rest assured, General, Chen Ping will definitely fulfill his mission and provide an elite prairie cavalry for the General!"
"Um."
Zhao Tuo nodded.
In addition to the reasons mentioned by the other party, there was another important reason why he chose Chen Ping's strategy.
In this Northern Expedition of the Qin Army, it was not just the Yueshi who were attacked.
There are also the Huns who occupy the north of the Yellow River and near the Yinshan Mountains!
After these Yuezhi cavalry were subdued and sent to deal with their fellow tribesmen in Hexi, they may not necessarily do their best.
But if it is used to fight the Huns in the north, they will never be lenient.
When the time comes, Zhao Tuo will add some rewards to the heads of each Huns, or improve the treatment of those who have made meritorious services, which will be enough to make these Yueshi people work up their spirits and beat up the Huns!
This is how to control the Hu with the Hu, use the Yueshi to defeat the Xiongnu, and preserve the strength of the Qin people.
After Zhao Tuo finished his instructions, he stopped caring about the matter and let Chen Ping take full charge of it.
Now that he is in a high position, he has too many things to consider, and he does not have to do everything himself.
Zhao Tuo had often heard of Zhuge Liang's example of exhausting himself to death in his previous life.
He didn't want to learn Zhuge Liang's working style, and eventually become sick from overwork and die from overwork. That would be bad.
Another reason is that Zhao Tuo wants to cultivate talents.
Chen Ping's performance along the way is remarkable. He can come up with some useful strategies from time to time, and he is a good counselor.
But what dissatisfied Zhao Tuo was that Chen Ping was still young and lacked some practical experience, and some of his ideas could only remain theoretical.
So he asked Chen Ping to do this, which was actually a kind of training for Chen Ping.
With the main force of the Qin army suppressing the formation, it is very easy to recruit Yuezhi cavalry, which is suitable for a novice in government affairs like Chen Ping to adapt.
Then start from the shallower to the deeper, and slowly do some more difficult things.
Only the combination of theory and practice can cultivate real talents.
After throwing the Marquis of Guishuang to Chen Ping, Zhao Tuo took Guo Qing, Li Shiqi and others to move on.
As a qualified military general, Zhao Tuo naturally wanted to explore the geographical environment here personally after arriving at a strategic military location like Helan Mountain.
"This is where Yinchuan will be in later generations."
Zhao Tuo led his guards and galloped forward on horseback. Looking around, he saw that it was really a flat river, which was a good place for livestock raising.
Looking up from a distance, at the end of the distant horizon, there is a big river rolling and irrigating this fertile land.
Zhao Tuo dismounted, stepped on the grassy ground, bent down and reached out, grabbing a handful of dirt from the ground.
"General, the soil here is fertile. In addition to grazing livestock, it can also be used for farming. I think farming here will produce a good harvest in a year."
Li Shiqi walked over and whispered.
During his time in Helan, he had carefully investigated the surrounding situation and found that the fertility of this land was beyond imagination.
"Well, if canals are dug to divert water, rice can be grown here and used as a granary beyond the Great Wall."
Zhao Tuo nodded slightly, with light shining in his eyes.
This was one of the reasons why he suggested that the emperor give priority to the Northern Expedition.
This plain near Helan Mountain is not only an excellent pasture, but also an excellent rice growing area.
In his previous life, he had purchased Ningxia rice from a certain online store, which was said to be "watered by the Yellow River and stuffed with fine rice" and had a very good taste.
If Zhao Tuo remembers correctly, several dynasties in history have immigrated here to establish military settlements.
In the Ming Dynasty, "people who migrated to the five directions were implemented", and the Five Guards of Ningxia were established, mainly for farming.
Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty once praised that "Ningxia has the most fields and grains in the world." He gave the area's commander-in-chief He Fu an imperial edict to express his praise. This shows how suitable this land is for farming.
"After taking over all the land in Henan, I will write to the emperor and send Qin's skilled craftsmen to dig canals to divert water and divide farmland."
"Then the stubborn people from the six countries and the landless farmers without houses will be migrated to the border. This will not only weaken the resistance in the six countries and ease the conflicts of land annexation, but also enrich the border fortress and fight against the barbarians. "
Zhao Tuo thought in his heart.
According to his understanding, the land annexation in the Six Kingdoms Homeland was quite serious. There were many low-level common people who did not have houses or houses at all, and could only become farm laborers for wealthy families, relying on farming for people to make a living.
For example, Chen Sheng, the man in history who "knows the ambitions of a swan even when a bird is safe", was a landless farmer who was forced to do farm work.
If the government provides good conditions for some poor people at the bottom, granting them land and houses, and exempting them from taxes for a certain period of time, I believe there will still be people who are willing to come here to open up wasteland and farm.
In addition to this reason, from the perspective of a general, Zhao Tuo believed that by building a large granary here, Qin would be able to have a solid logistics base whether it was advancing westward or in the northern expedition. This was very important in military strategy. important.
The importance of this place has already passed the test of history.
"The emperor will definitely agree to relocate the people to farmland, but it must be done carefully when implemented. You can't relocate good people indiscriminately, which will ultimately damage the country's strength."
Zhao Tuo thought about it, and after checking some places with others, he led his army back to the garrison.
At this time, the surrendered Yuezhi people had been resettled in batches by the Qin army, and the main force of the Qin army who followed Zhao Tuo here also began to set up camp.
Zhao Tuo raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw camps all over the place. There were even herds of cattle and horses grazing on the pasture in the distance. There was quite a unique scene in the sky over the grassland.
His face was calm, and his mind was taken away from the farming affairs and returned to the Yuezhi people.
He asked Li Shiqi and Guo Qing who were following him about some important details.
"Mr. Li, you said in your letter that Lajiagu snatched stirrups and high-bridge saddles from our Qin army's cavalry, and wanted to replace them with wooden strips and leather in the tribe and build them on a large scale for equipment. But this The thing failed in the end, how did he die?”
Zhao Tuo asked.
Li Shiqi's letter only stated that Lajia Gu was dead, which led to the bankruptcy of the matter. However, due to space reasons, the letter did not say much about how this person died.
Hearing the general's question, Li Shiqi's expression changed slightly, and he whispered: "Lajia Gu was trapped and killed by his sister Sugasha."
"Sugatha?"
Zhao Tuo was startled.
The image of an exotic woman came to mind.
That woman actually killed her brother.
(End of chapter)
