Chapter 317 The buffer zone
Wu Song nodded, told Liu Changfeng about the battle against the Southern Turks just now, and said, "Does of Southern Turks have been killed now, what do you think should be dealt with?"
Liu Changfeng said: "Since they don't agree with us, we will send troops in and kill as much as we come. There is no need to discuss this matter."
"Okay, Wanchun should be coming soon. Let's go to Feishui River together tomorrow. We want to see how the Southern Turks deal with this matter." Wu Song said.
Pang Wanchun arrived not long after, and brought the Yuezhi Princess to the camp together. The result of Pang Wanchun's questioning was similar to the Turkic people Wu Song interrogated, but Princess Yuezhi was said in more detail.
It turned out that the Yuezhi Kingdom was in surviving under the control of the Uighurs. It had only 5,000 soldiers, only 100,000 citizens, three small cities and hundreds of rural areas, and only one county in the Central Plains. However, in the Western Regions, it was also able to become kings and dominate. The Yuezhi King wanted to marry the Southern Turks by marrying his daughter. Unfortunately, his daughter, Princess Yuezhi, looked down on the Turks Khan, and the Southern Turks Khan, who looked fierce and perverted. Princess Yuezhi ran away on the day of her wedding.
That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and nothing happened. In order to prevent sneak attacks, a clear sentry was set up five hundred meters away in the camp. The so-called clear sentry was in the northwest, which refers to a bonfire, with five sentries and a dog guarding there. The terrain here is wide and there is a bonfire lighting. It is very difficult for the cavalry to attack, and it can also be guarded against the attacks of wild beasts such as wolves, leopards, etc.
Most wolves appear in groups and rarely attack people, but when they are hungry, they are common for horses to attack the caravans. In addition, leopards are also a beast, and sneak attacks on people and horses are very common.
Wolf howls sounded one after another, and dozens of wolves were around. In the afternoon, the seven or eight of the Turkic horses were injured too seriously, and the chef was dealt with. The strong smell of blood attracted the wolf pack.
However, the wolves did not dare to approach, and just screamed a few times from a distance. Pang Wanchun patroled the night and fired a few arrows at the wild wolf. The wolves fled in a panic.
The next day, the army arrived at the Feishui River. The city here had not started construction, but the military camp was well built. The neat fences, trenches, horse-rejecting horses, and the tents were neatly trimmed.
Liu Changfeng said: "Brother Wanchun is amazing. Look at the construction of this camp is so neat."
Pang Wanchun smiled and said, "It's all the details in daily training, and it looks comfortable when neatly."
Suddenly a noise came, and Pang Wanchun asked, "Who is making noise?"
The soldier said: "Princess Yuezhi asked to arrange houses, but there are no houses in our camp."
Pang Wanchun went over and said, "You are sick again, can you still get along well?"
Who knew that Princess Yuezhi said: "Brother Wanchun was joking. I have any princess disease. Look at how neat the tent, some of them would be nice to live in."
Pang Wanchun was confused, it was simply unreasonable.
Pang Wanchun went back, and Wu Song asked: "What's the situation? Wanchun."
Pang Wanchun said: "This princess is unreasonable. I just heard that she was having trouble living in a house. When I went there, I said it was good to live in a tent."
Wu Song smiled and said, "Haha, it seems that your love luck is coming to the northwest. Tang Bin married Princess Danluo, so you can marry Princess Yuezhi."
"This, this, this is not suitable. He is the concubine of the Turkic Khan." Pang Wanchun said.
Liu Changfeng smiled and said, "It's okay. It's okay. The custom in our Great Gobi Desert is that it's best to steal a wife. No matter whose wife she was before, she's yours now."
Pang Wanchun was also speechless. Women in the Western Regions, like horses, snatched them from each other. However, this custom is still unacceptable. After all, Pang Wanchun is a serious Central Plains native. Although he is not a sour literati, he has always read the books of sages.
Wu Song said: "It's good to have a good relationship between men and women. I don't object. I just need to be careful before I figure out her origin, and don't be careless."
Pang Wanchun said: "Brother, don't worry, Wanchun will be careful. The willow tree that was cut last fall has begun to turn green this year and will sprout in a few days. Brother, let me see."
Wu Song and Pang Wanchun are watching the willow trees by the river. Feishui River is a small river. The water in spring is not three or five meters wide, but not deep in the calf. However, in summer, the water surface is as wide as fifty or sixty meters wide, and the cattle and horses can wash away it. It is a seasonal river. Therefore, the riverbeds on both sides are very wide, with river protection forests of about a few dozen meters on both sides. Except for a small number of reeds, most of them are poplar trees, willow trees, and poplar trees unique to the northwest.
The branches of the willow tree cuttings began to turn green in autumn last year. Pang Wanchun was very happy. He dug a tree with a small shovel, shook off the mud and sand on it and showed it to Wu Song, saying, "Brother, look, this willow tree cutting took root last year and will grow very vigorously this year. It will not take more than ten years to grow into useful talents. It is very useful to build a carriage and a water truck. The water source in the northwest is not as barren as imagined, but the river is too deep. It is difficult for ordinary water trucks to lift water up. It is necessary to build an oversized keel truck to lift the water into the ground to irrigate the crops."
Wu Song said: "It's very good, very good. The entire river bank basin needs to be afforested. First, it is necessary to protect the river bank, and second, it is necessary to be afforested in the future."
The army also reclaimed 3,000 acres of land, and Pang Wanchun's elite cavalry were proficient in cavalry, archers, and cavalry swords. The reclaimed 3,000 acres of land was for the logistics of vegetables, meat and eggs. The land here is vast and sparsely populated, and the village's agricultural tax was imposed, and there was not much food tax at all, so it was necessary for the army to properly solve its own logistics.
In the evening, the military camp was discussing matters. Looking at the simple sand table, Wu Song pointed to the Turks and said, "It is easy for the Southern Turks to find our territory if they lack fifty or sixty soldiers. There is no doubt about this. The spies sent out have begun to monitor the Southern Turks. Everyone talks about their opinions, it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong."
"I want me to say what are you waiting for? I will fight while he is unprepared. The main force will defeat him, snatch the horse farm, and then slowly fight." Luo Ping said.
Liu Changfeng said: "What he said makes sense. It's better to be a thief for a thousand days than to be a thief for a thousand days. If you don't fight, you have to be on guard against them day and night. It's too troublesome."
"I think you have to fight quickly. Let's set off tonight and attack a Turkic people at noon tomorrow to destroy the living power of the Turkic people. Then we will withdraw it." Pang Wanchun said.
Luo Ping said: "Why do you have to withdraw after the battle?"
Pang Wanchun explained: "If we do not withdraw our territory, we will border the Tubo people. Since we are all from the Song Dynasty, the Tubo people are very alert to us. In order to avoid this situation, the Turkic tribe needs to act as a buffer zone for us."
Chapter completed!