Three huge material warehouses were excavated, and the 90,000 Huihe Army soldiers burst into cheers.
There are two million pieces of copper coins alone, more than one million pieces of cloth, and more than 500,000 pieces of silk and satin.
There are also countless prairie people’s favorite porcelain, tea cakes and salt.
There is also about 50,000 shi of food that Fan Yang's army cannot transport.
As for materials such as tents, gongs and drums, flags, and wood, the Uighur army looked down upon them.
Although Denli Khan was tempted by the pig iron and copper ingots, they really couldn't get them.
Denli Khan immediately ordered that copper coins, cloth, silks, porcelain, salt and tea cakes be distributed equally to each soldier. Other supplies were decided by the soldiers themselves, and each man brought fifteen days of dry food.
Every soldier returned with a full load. Almost every soldier had to carry a weight of one hundred and eighty kilograms. The main reason was that the money was too heavy. Each man was given more than twenty strings of money. Each string of money weighed six kilograms and four taels, which is one hundred pounds.
Too many pounds.
That night, the Huihe people lit bonfires and ate up the 200,000 lamb legs and 20,000 barrels of wine in the warehouse to celebrate the abundant harvest.
At noon the next day, the 90,000-strong army began to set off in a mighty manner. Before completely leaving the territory of the Tang Dynasty, Dengli Khan needed a guide. Wang Baofu claimed to be from Huairong County, Guizhou, so he was taken along.
On the night when the Uighur army left, a Tang army forward of 3,000 men entered Youzhou City.
Two days later, 90,000 Huihe troops arrived at Juyong Pass. Juyong Pass has two passes in the north and south, with a long canyon in the middle. It is also known as the most powerful pass in the world. The two passes are tall and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
When the soldiers guarding the Nankou Pass saw the Uighur army arriving, they immediately gave up and fled. The Uighur army captured the Nankou without any bloodshed.
At this time, the veteran Gudu stepped forward and whispered: "Khan, I think this may be a scam!"
"Where is the fraud?"
"Khan, there are more than ten miles of canyons in Juyong Pass. If the enemy ambushes on both sides and throws down kerosene to burn us, or throws down trees to burn us, wouldn't our entire army be destroyed? And Zhu Si is extremely cunning. He knows it clearly.
Yizhou could go south, but he didn't tell us. He had ulterior motives and I thought I had to be careful."
Denli Khan nodded, it did make sense. He immediately ordered the sentry cavalry to go in to explore the road and observe the movements on both sides of the valley.
Hundreds of sentry cavalry galloped towards the Juyongguan Valley.
Dengli Khan ordered people to find Wang Baofu and asked: "Besides Juyongguan, are there any other roads through Yanshan?"
"Reporting to the Khan, Juyongguan is the most convenient way. The other way is Feihuxing, which is longer, more than a hundred miles, and there is a county seat in it."
"Where does Feihuxing lead?"
"To Yunzhou!"
Dengli Khan frowned, "To go to Yunzhou, if I had known we would come directly from Feihuxing, and also go through a big circle and come from Juyongguan."
"What the Khan didn't know is that Feihuxing cannot walk with carts. There is a section of the road about two miles away that is very narrow and can only be led by horses. Therefore, the merchants would rather take the long way to Juyongguan. Not many people use Feihuxing."
Dengli Khan asked again: "Where is Feihuxing? Is there any pass?"
"Feihuxing is in the north of Yizhou. There used to be a Zijin Pass, but it was later abandoned. Now there is no pass!"
Dengli Khan heard that Fei Huxing was in Yizhou, so he asked no more questions.
At this time, the veteran general Gu Duo also said slowly: "When I followed the old Khan to the south, I also heard that there are only three passes from Youzhou to the grassland, one is Yuguan in the east, one is Juyongguan, and the other is west
The Zijingguan Pass in front of you, Zijingguan Pass should be the Flying Fox Road."
Denli Khan nodded, "Let's see the results of the Rangers first!"
An hour later, the Centurion of the Ranger Cavalry rushed over and reported with courtesy: "To the Khan, we found that there are indeed a large number of ambushes on both sides of the canyon. The canyon has also been sprinkled with kerosene, so we are not allowed to enter!"
Dengli Khan took a deep breath, Zhu Si was really ruthless.
Dengli Khan immediately convened the main officials to discuss countermeasures. Everyone was opposed to taking Juyong Pass. As long as Fan Yang's army closed the north and south passes at the same time, they would be blocked in the canyon and would be slaughtered by others. However, everyone unanimously agreed to take Feihuxing.
Dengli Khan was a little hesitant. He was a little afraid of Yizhou, but he had no choice. He could either break through Juyong Pass or leave Feihuxing. Juyongguan would definitely suffer heavy losses, but Feihuxing would probably escape unscathed.
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Dengli Khan once again called Wang Baofu and asked, "Are you familiar with Fei Huxing?"
Wang Baofu nodded, "I once served as county magistrate in Yixian County for eight years, and I am very familiar with Feihuxing."
"Okay! You will be our guide. As long as you get out of Feihuxing, I will reward you ten thousand yuan. I will never break your promise!"
"Thank you Khan, I am willing to guide you!"
Dengli immediately sent an order and the army turned around and headed southwest.
At this time, the Uighur army received news that a 200,000-strong army led by Regent Li Ye was heading towards Youzhou.
When they are barefoot, the Uighur army will definitely march south in large numbers, hoping to annihilate the Tang army in one battle.
But now that they have all made a lot of money, they have completely lost their will to fight, and they want to fly back to the grassland immediately.
In the evening of the next day, the army arrived at the entrance of Feihuxing. After the patrol cavalry probed for more than 20 miles, it was determined that there was no suspicious sign. The 90,000 Uighur army, led by Dengli Khan and guided by Wang Baofu, rushed forward without hesitation.
Entered Feihuxing.
At the same moment when the Uighur army entered Feihuxing, Li Ye also led the army to Youzhou City. At this time, the people hiding outside the city began to go home one after another.
Li Ye entered Youzhou City under the escort of three thousand cavalry. Youzhou City is also called Jixian. It is the most important town in northern Hebei. The city walls are tall and wide, and the roads in the city are neat, but the population is not large.
Li Ye also knew that although Youzhou City was the home base of the rebels during the Anshi Rebellion, internal strife broke out frequently among the rebels, especially the war between Shi Siming's two sons, which caused misfortune to the people of Youzhou City, with tens of thousands of people dead.
The current population is less than 100,000, but if we take a good rest for 20 to 30 years, the population should be able to recover to more than 300,000.
There were not many pedestrians on the street and it seemed relatively deserted. After all, it was an empty city before and only about 30% of it has returned now.
At this time, there was a slight commotion ahead. Li Ye looked over and saw that it seemed that a group of old people were blocking the way.
"What happened ahead?" Li Ye asked.
Soon some soldiers came to report, "Your Highness, we are a group of old people asking for help."
"Bring them up!"
Not long after, a group of old men were brought up and they all knelt in front of Li Ye. The soldiers watched each old man warily.
"I am Li Ye, the regent. What do you have to say to me, my father-in-law?"
An old man in charge said: "To inform the regent, after we returned to the city, we found that all the food and belongings at home were gone. They must have been searched by the Huihe people. Now we can't buy food even if we want to. Many families have begun to run out of food.
, everyone has been digging wild vegetables outside the city for the past two days, and the wheat will take a month to mature. Please save us, Your Majesty!"
Li Ye frowned and asked: "Tang's army had three thousand troops entering the city before. Didn't they give out porridge?"
"There is porridge relief, but there is too little porridge and there are too many people. It is not enough at all!"
Li Ye nodded, "I understand. There will be a large-scale porridge relief today. Don't worry, everyone. Food will also be sold at low prices. Rich families can buy food directly."
Everyone was extremely grateful and kowtowed one after another. Li Ye asked his soldiers to help them up, comforted them with words, and advised everyone to go back and wait.
In the afternoon, the Tang Army's porridge relief greenhouses were expanded from two to twenty. They also took out 20,000 shi of wheat they had seized and sold them at a price of forty cash per dou, with each person limited to one dou.
In the past two days, the panic-stricken food shortage problem has been quickly alleviated.
As the Tang army took control of Youzhou, a large number of fleeing people in Youzhou began to return home, shops in the city opened one after another, and the streets and alleys began to become lively.