After the Khotan soldiers entered the city, they directly sent people to seal the treasury.

The most important grain warehouse was specially sent to garrison three hundred soldiers, not allowing anyone to get close.

He knew very well what the saints of Daxia valued the most: not gold, silver and treasures, not women, but food and livestock.

In addition, the whereabouts of Satuk and Sammani, the two sinners were questioned.

Master Huizhao has not come back to Atush yet, but there are several generals who have gone to war in the city who have run back, so he naturally has to arrest him and torture him.

It's easy to pry out messages from their mouths.

Li Shengtian learned that after Satuk and others were defeated, they were chased all the way, and their troops scattered and finally ran towards Atush - but this was news several days ago, and it is hard to say whether they can be caught at this time.

Li Shengtian, who received the news, immediately sent 3,000 people to travel west to search and intercept, and also sent 2,000 people to Paoling to defend the city of Chasing City, occupying this critical place on the traffic line.

The Paoling City guarded the Capitol in later generations was in Tashkurgan County.

If Kucha Town is under the jurisdiction of six major guards and cities, and is large in scale, then Shule Town has only one guards and cities, which will hold the transportation line to the southern border of Saman Possia.

After doing these things, it will be a huge cleaning.

Li Shengtian received an imperial edict in advance, and ordered him to control the surrounding areas of Shule, seal the treasury, and collect grain and grass - the process of collecting grain can be "do it cheaply".

After sending the imperial edict, the messenger conveyed some additional verbal news: he immediately began to identify the Satuk clans. If it was confirmed, behead him immediately and do not hesitate - this matter can also be done cheaply.

Li Shengtian summoned the officials to think about it carefully and finally concluded that the Emperor of Daxia wanted to carry out a major purge in Shule, but he did not want to dirty his hands, so he used the sword of the Yutian soldiers to do something cruel.

He had no feelings about it.

It is not a big deal to take the blame. Even if the saint doesn't mention it, he plans to do something in Shule. Moreover, he can take a part of the wealth inside and outside Shule City as the cost of sending troops, but the food, cattle and sheep must not be moved, and production should be organized as soon as possible. After the summer harvest in May and June, the people of the Western Regions will generally plant a season of miscellaneous grains and harvest in mid-to-late September. This matter must be handled quickly. If it really doesn't work, you must plant this batch of grains on your own military camps.

If you attach extreme importance to food, you can let go of wealth. This is the attitude of the saint.

Of course, the wealth seems to be in vain.

The envoy who sent the order also mentioned another thing, that is, the saint planned to establish a unit of the Anxi Town Army in Khotan, and needed the Kingdom of Khotan to provide land, military camps and some food and grass.

Li Shengtian felt uncomfortable about this matter, but he was helpless.

During the pre-Tang Dynasty, Khotan was one of the four towns in Anxi, with thousands of Tang troops stationed, mainly used to prevent Tubo.

Now that Tubo has long been divided and has no longer become a climate. Daxia actually wants to garrison troops in Gutian, which is very interesting.

Li Shengtian knew in his heart that this army was defending either others or Yutian.

Li Shengtian also discussed this matter with the ministers, and the congressmen thought that they could not disobey Daxia. Li Shengtian was helpless and finally agreed to allocate the Niya Oasis that has been reclaimed in recent years to the Anxi Town Army as their garrison and settlement.

The so-called Niya Oasis is located in Minfeng County, Hotan area in later generations and is the location of the ancient Jingjue Kingdom.

Perhaps in the late Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Jingjue Kingdom faced two major events.

One reason is that it is located on the Silk Road and is relatively wealthy, so it was repeatedly invaded by the Supi people and cannot resist it, so the whole country moved away. In later documents unearthed, it has been mentioned that Jingjue Kingdom was plundered by the Supi people and the people fled in large numbers.

Secondly, the water volume of the Niya River gradually decreased, which not only greatly reduced its transportation value, but also greatly affected agricultural production.

Two reasons intertwined, and eventually Niya Oasis was abandoned.

However, in the past hundred years, the water volume of the Niya River has increased and the rainfall has increased significantly. Some people have gradually reclaimed it. There are also plans to restore the Niya Oasis in Khotan, and hundreds of households have been sent to farm, and the results have been achieved.

I wonder if they can be satisfied with handing over this land to the Xia people?

Li Shengtian was unsure because he didn't know how many people the Anxi Town Army would send to station here.

In his opinion, the current situation in Niya Oasis may only be enough to support more than 10,000 people, at most 20,000. Xia people may not be satisfied, because there are really a little.

But this is all for the future, so we can discuss it. At worst, transporting a batch of food from other places can feed more people.

The most important thing now is to clean Kalasha and torture wealth!

*******

On May 29, the army stationed in Gumozhou began to move south one after another, and Shao Shude was still wandering outside the city.

"I was worried before that there were not enough candidates for military commanders, but now I found that Shenwu, Jinjian, Guangjie, Pinglu, Hengye and other soldiers responded enthusiastically, and the troops were already sufficient." Shao Shude said with relief while walking in the weed farmland.

"This is all the power of Your Majesty." Yang praised.

His words were not flattery, but the truth.

Although the Holy Lord left the capital and was supervised by the prince, after the news of the destruction of the Gaochang Uighurs last year was sent back, it suddenly extinguished the thoughts of most people who wanted to cause trouble.

There is really nothing to do. Shao Zhe has been winning all the time. He is proud and suppresses the people who are holding on to rebel, so that they dare not move.

It has been more than ten years since the founding of the country, and some rebel activists have turned white. If they drag them down, will they rebel with crutches?

In this battle of Sihunhe, more than 20,000 beheaded, and the capture of Shule was a foregone conclusion. He also conquered the Rehai Turks, and Ogurchak of Balashagun had no choice, so it was inevitable to surrender.

When the news is passed back, how desperate are those who want to rebel?

What is this? This is the heart of the people, this is the general trend, this is prestige, and it can often reach an army of 100,000!

Rebel? Make a hammer!

Let’s talk about those miscellaneous soldiers and generals. Zhu Yanshou’s troops of the Dragon and Tiger Army fought in Yunnan in the east and west, fighting continuously, and then experienced more than one epidemic and suffered serious losses. They mutiny on the way and were finally persuaded by the imperial envoys and Zhu Yanshou.

Why is it so easy to talk about? Because the situation is not right. Even if you occupy several cities in Yunnan, Hunan, Qianzhong and other places to rebel, how many people will respond to you? No one will respond, the rebel army is alone and cannot persist for a long time. In the end, there will be only one way to destroy.

In this way, there are actually not many choices for miscellaneous troops.

According to the latest news, half of the Golden Spear Army are willing to serve as state soldiers in Dali, Tengzhou, Yaozhou, Kunzhou, Lingzhou and Quzhou, and this part is about 8,000.

The Privy Council also asked the Shenwu Army that there were more than 16,000 left in the unit, and about 9,000 people were willing to serve as soldiers in the above six prefectures.

The remaining 15,000 troops of the two armies were reorganized into a new Golden Spear Army. Wang Wan was old and asked to retire and was led by Chai Zaiyong.

The second batch of troops in Anxi is about to be formed. The Privy Council asked about the department, and 3,000 people signed up enthusiastically. At present, they have concentrated in Luoyang for training. The remaining 12,000 infantry and cavalry will be stationed in Liaodong next year. I believe that after another year or two, these people will not be able to hold on and will eventually surrender.

The Anxi Town Army also recruited 3,000 people from the Tianwei Army. After removing this part, the Tianwei Army still has 20,000 left. They will return to the mainland from Liaodong to rest at the beginning of next year, and will eventually be dealt with step by step.

Not everyone can do it by controlling surrendered troops. Today, only the saints have this prestige.

"The martial artists are convinced by me now, but they have not completely surrendered." Shao Shude pointed to the soldiers who were busy in the field in the distance and said, "The guards are willing to farm, but the martial artists are not willing."

The military camp tradition since the Han Dynasty was lost after the Anshi Rebellion, which is a pity.

After arriving in Kucha in May, Shao Shude ordered the guards to clean up weeds and stones in the farmland, dredge ditches, and prepare for military garrisons.

Since May, they have only gathered and dispatched their entire army once, and then retreated to Gumo Prefecture, continued to clear the farmland, launched military camp operations, and planted corn, barley and sorghum on more than 30,000 acres of farmland. The yield per mu was mostly terrible when harvested in September, but this was a good start. The mature land was planted step by step from the raw land.

"Your Majesty is going to launch a large-scale farming in Gumo?" Yang asked.

"This is a good place." Shao Shude nodded and said, "From Gumo to the northeast, you can reach Kucha; about a thousand miles southwest, you can reach Shule. There were four towns in Anxi in the previous Tang Dynasty. I wanted to set up the four towns in Anxi, Kucha, Gumo, Shule, and Khotan to be the four towns in the country, and each sets up a town army."

"What should I do with Gaochang?" Yang asked.

"Gaochang is a state of affairs, but it is also a newly obtained place. Among the prefectures and prefectures in Anxi, it has the most household registration and the most resources, so it has 6,000 soldiers guarding it." Shao Shude said.

"Yanqi has only two thousand troops at the moment, and his troops are weak, so he also needs the troops in Gaochang Town to respond."

"If you have something to do in Beiting, Gaochang has eight roads of all sizes that can cross the Tianshan Mountains and enter the Tingzhou border, which is very convenient to respond."

"Therefore, Gaochang is a key place. At least in the past twenty years, these 6,000 soldiers in the town cannot be saved. If there is chaos in Gaochang, all my plans in the Western Regions will be empty, and there will be no chaos here."

"What the saints have planned is really far-reaching, and it is not as good as the ministers." Yang bowed and praised.

Having just won Satuk, the saint was trying to restore the military existence in the Western Regions.

According to the meaning revealed in the saint's words, we will base ourselves on reality and use Gaochang as the core in the early stage to build a military system that radiates to Xizhou, Yinzhou, Tingzhou, Yanqi Prefecture and even further away from Qingzhen.

There is no doubt that this system is targeted at the northern border.

Let’s take a look at the family’s assets. There are about 6,000 soldiers stationed in Anxi Town, Gaochang, 2,000 soldiers stationed in Qingzhen Town, Tingzhou, and 2,000 soldiers stationed in Yanqi Town, a total of 10,000. It is a little thin, but the state military system of Tingzhou and Yanqi Prefecture will gradually be improved. If the resources are a little more abundant in the future, it is also possible to immigrate to these two places, and it is not impossible to restore one or two military towns.

Using the Xia army to intimidate the foreign tribes and using the foreign tribes as the de facto front-line border guards is an old strategy that was found in the Tang Dynasty. It is still very suitable now, with the lowest cost and the best effect, so there is no reason not to use it.

In the southern border, the four towns of Kucha, Gumo, Shule and Yutian should be used as the garrisons.

If it can be done, the system will be very solid. The main problem at present is that the serious lack of resources. In addition to Khotan, Kucha and Gumo are a bit broken, especially the latter, which was killed too hard and will have to be filled with immigrants from the Central Plains in the future.

Shule was also seriously injured this time, at least the young and middle-aged man suffered huge losses. The war is far from over, so it is hard to say how many people will be left in the future.

In short, the problem in southern Xinjiang is much more difficult than that in northern Xinjiang, which is probably the main reason why the saints implemented military camps in Gumo.
Chapter completed!