Looking around, along the east bank of the Yellow River, corpses are everywhere, stained with blood, and the scene is spectacular.
Taishi Cizong returned with a look of murderous intent, "Your Majesty, we have killed more than a thousand Xianbei dogs, and not a single one is left."
"Good job." Yan Liang nodded with satisfaction, and when his eyes turned to Tuoba Liwei, who was kneeling in front of him, he was as cold as a razor.
Although Tuoba Liwei bent his head to the ground and couldn't see Yan Liang's face clearly, he seemed to be able to feel the powerful pressure emanating from Yan Liang's body, which made his hair stand on end.
"Tuoba Liwei, aren't you crazy? Don't you want to go south to herd horses and wipe out my country? Now you are kicking your butt and lying in front of me like a dog. What do you mean?" Yan Liang said sarcastically.
in a questioning tone.
"Guilty minister, sinful minister..." Tuoba Li was trembling slightly, ashamed and afraid, unable to speak.
Yan Liang snorted coldly, raised his whip and shouted: "Take off the trousers of this arrogant bastard, give me fifty lashes first, and then escort him back to the big tent. I will deal with him later."
After giving the order, Yan Liang rode past Tuoba Liwei without even looking at him.
A group of Chu soldiers swarmed up, pushed Tuoba Li down slightly, lowered his pants, exposed his big white buttocks, and whipped him hard with the riding crop.
"Ah~~ah~~Your Majesty, please forgive me~~" Tuoba was as weak as a slaughtered pig and howled in pain.
Yan Liang felt happy after hearing this, and drove his horse slowly, walking through the mountains of Xianbei corpses and sea of blood, and arrived at the east bank of the Yellow River.
On the beach, the blood of Hulu was flowing into the river, dyeing the water of the Yellow River a little fishy red.
Immediately standing on the river bank, Yan Liang raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to see the banner of the Jin army on the other side of the Yellow River gradually receding into the distance.
"Sima Yi is very smart. He knew he couldn't defeat me and ran away before my troops could kill me." Yan Liang sneered.
"Your Majesty, Sima Yi is like a lost dog, where is he planning to escape?" Tai Shici asked in confusion.
"Looking at the direction, it should be the direction of Liangzhou. Send my message to Liangzhou quickly and order Lu Xun to send troops to intercept it." Yan Liangchuan gave the order.
Although Sima Yi only has 10,000 men left, he is extremely cunning and has extremely strong survivability. Although he is no longer a serious problem, as long as he survives for one day, Yan Liang will feel uncomfortable inside. Even if Yan Liang chases him to the ends of the earth, he will naturally have to fight.
Destroy him.
At this moment, all the ferries on the Yellow River have been burned, and they can be gathered together in a moment. It is not wise to chase Sima Yi at this time, so Yan Liang can only ask Lu Xun to try to intercept Sima Yi's remaining soldiers.
The decree was passed down, and Tuoba Liwei over there had been beaten to pieces, his skin was bloody, and he was half dead.
Yan Liang then returned the army to the direction of Yin Mountain, taking the half-dead Tuoba Liwei with him.
Tuoba Liwei was captured, and the main force of Xianbei in the west was wiped out. The five to six million tribesmen had no leader, and were unable to defect to Xianbei in the east. They could only obediently become prisoners of the Chu army.
In addition to this population of 560,000, Xianbei in the west has been operating for many years, and countless gold and silver treasures robbed from the Han Dynasty have all fallen into Yan Liang's hands.
Such a huge fortune is enough for Yan Liang to provide a year's military pay to the entire army. It is really a huge windfall.
Besides money, the biggest gain is cattle and sheep.
Xianbei is a nomadic people, and the Yin Mountain area is rich in water and grass. They raise no less than 700,000 to 800,000 cattle, sheep, and horses.
Now, all these living cattle, sheep and war horses have fallen into the hands of Yan Liang and filled into the treasury of Da Chu.
That's 700,000 to 800,000 cattle and sheep. What a huge number. Among them, there are as many as 80,000 horses that can be used for military purposes.
With these 80,000 horses, Yan Liang could expand Da Chu's cavalry again, pushing the strength of his cavalry to a peak.
Besides horses, there are cattle and sheep.
Da Chu is a farming civilization. As the main animal power for farming, cattle are really crucial to the development of agriculture. This is why all dynasties have attached great importance to the protection of cattle. Anyone who dares to kill cattle privately among the people must be punished.
Sentence to severe punishment, even if the cow is your own private property.
Yan Liang counted the number of cattle and found that there were as many as 100,000.
If one cow can plow 50 acres of land, then more than 100,000 cows can open up 500,000 acres of wasteland for Chu. And half a million acres of cultivated land can increase the number of acres of land for Chu.
Tens of millions of grains of dendrobium.
Tens of millions of grains of grain and grass. In this post-chaos era, grain is a more precious resource than gold and silver.
Yan Liang immediately ordered that these 100,000 cattle be used by the government and distributed to those states and counties where there was a shortage of cattle. The government would rent them to local households without interest to cultivate new fields and promote production.
In addition to cattle and horses, there are four to five million sheep. Although sheep are not as important as cattle and horses, as the main source of meat and fur, four to five million sheep is still a large number.
In addition to using these sheep for state purposes, Yan Liang mostly took them out as rewards for meritorious officers and soldiers in the army.
After receiving the reward, the three armies rejoiced, and the soldiers were all encouraged, feeling deeply the kindness of Yan Liang.
The final result of this expedition not only replenished military supplies, but also accumulated a huge amount of wealth for the national treasury. Yan Liang could be said to have achieved a complete victory.
After the battle was won, Yan Liang was not in a hurry to return to the court with his troops. Instead, he garrisoned troops at Yinshan and arranged for the disposal of prisoners of war on the spot.
In the royal tent, the atmosphere was filled with wine and endless joy.
Yan Liang, who was in high spirits, drank heavily with the soldiers and congratulated them on the success of annihilating Hu outside the Great Wall.
"You have all contributed in this battle to eliminate the Hu. Come, come, come, I will drink this cup with all my dear friends." Yan Liang raised his cup and laughed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the civil and military officials smiled proudly, raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.
Yan Liang's interest was already aroused, and he smiled generously and said: "Today I have captured hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people, including many beautiful orchids. My dear friends, you can each choose a hundred orchids and bring them into the house to enjoy them."
The ministers were even more pleased with Yan Liang's reward, and they all toasted to Yan Liang and thanked him for his kindness.
These generals lick blood from their swords and fight on the battlefield, partly because of glory, but what really drives them is the temptation of rewards for meritorious service and the temptation to amass wealth for future generations.
Yan Liang understands human nature well, and if he wants to comfort these generals, the best way is to give them rewards.
Money and women, these two things, the more the better, never too little reward.
Those Xianbei nobles have robbed many Han women from the Han area. Everyone is proud to support Han women. Now that Yan Liang has destroyed Xianbei, of course he will turn their women into playthings for his own soldiers as a gift.
revenge.
This is called tit for tat.
"Your Majesty, we have captured hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people this time. I wonder what your Majesty plans to do with them. Are you going to send them to Xiliang to build a Chi Road like in the past?" Xu Shu asked with a smile.
In recent years, there have been almost 200,000 to 300,000 Hulu who were sent to Xiliang by Yan Liang to build roads, as well as Dingkou who were raided by noble families.
Yan Liang has used these free laborers, who don't have to worry about life and death, to build nearly a thousand miles of roads.
This road starts from Chang'an and goes directly to Liangzhou through Longxi. It has now been built to the Jiuquan County area, making the connection between Xiliang and Guanzhong even closer, and the speed of information and caravan exchanges has more than doubled than before.
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The main purpose of Yan Liang's construction of this westbound highway is of course to manage the Western Regions. In the near future, when Yan Liang pacifies the east, all the countries in the Western Regions must also completely surrender. Otherwise, Chu's cavalry will continue to pass through Chidao.
He set out to the Western Regions and wiped out those disobedient countries.
"The Chi Road in Xiliang has almost been built. I plan to use these hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people to do another more important project." There was a certain depth in Yan Liang's eyes.
A more important project?
The imperial tent gradually became quiet, and all the ministers looked at Yan Liang with curious eyes, guessing what Yan Liang said was the important project and what it would be.
"I wonder what important projects your Majesty plans to let these Xianbei people build." Xu Shu said curiously.
Yan Liang drank a glass of wine and said calmly: "I plan to build a grand canal that connects the Yangtze River in the south and Youyan in the north. These hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people will serve as laborers for the canal construction project."
Grand Canal!
These three words were like a thunder that shook the world, shocking all the ministers present.
Yan Liang's idea was beyond the scope of their thinking. Throughout the ages, no one had ever thought of it, even if such an idea flashed through their minds.
Youzhou in the far north and Yangzhou in the south are thousands of miles apart. Their emperor actually wanted to connect the two states with a man-made canal. This idea is too incredible.
Of course they didn't know that Yan Liang, who came from a later generation, had advanced insights, and his idea of building the Grand Canal was nothing short of ordinary for him.
Historically, the canal built by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty greatly improved transportation between the north and the south, promoted the development of the south, and made it easier to transport rice from the south to the north.
Although the Sui Dynasty fell, this canal brought immeasurable benefits to subsequent dynasties, and even greatly promoted the development of China as a whole.
The south has abundant rainfall, but is severely underdeveloped. If Yan Liang built the canal, he could accelerate the development of the south and boost the south's economy hundreds of years in advance. This would be of great benefit to Chu's national power, but not harmful at all.
Of course, building the Grand Canal is a big project. Even now, it cannot be completed overnight. It should be carried out steadily and take more than ten years to complete.
However, Yan Liang could not wait that long. He had to complete this major project as soon as possible like Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.
However, Yang Guang was eager for success and recruited millions of people to work as slave laborers to build the Grand Canal in a few years. As a result, he spent countless money and food, killed and injured many slaves, and aroused public resentment, which led to the demise of the Sui Dynasty.
Yan Liang is familiar with history, so of course he will not make the mistake of Yang Guang, and will not use the lives of his own people in Chu to build this grand canal.
Therefore, Yan Liang decided to send all the hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people to build the Grand Canal.
In this way, even if all these Xianbei people die, they will not trigger a popular uprising.
In this way, we not only built the Grand Canal, but also effectively utilized these barbarians. After the construction was completed, most of these barbarians would be dead and there would be no worries.
As a "tyrant", there is no reason why Yan Liang would not use this means of achieving numerous goals. (To be continued.)
