Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2073 Suspending Seizing the City
Liangzhou City.

It took Tang Jun several days to deal with the corpses inside and outside Liangzhou City.

However, although these corpses were disposed of, the bloody smell here did not dissipate easily because it was Xia Tian.

The entire city of Liangzhou attracted black flies one after another.

Qin Tian ordered people to find wormwood, mosquito coils and other things to smoke for many days, but the smell still existed.

The cruelty of the first battle in Liangzhou City can be seen in general.

After disposing of the corpse, Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu couldn't wait to find Qin Tian.

"Brother Qin, now that the corpse has been dealt with, shall we attack Yumen Pass? This Yumen Pass is too important to us. If we can't conquer Yumen Pass, it may not be easy for our Liangzhou City to want merchants like clouds. .”

"Brother Qin, there are only more than 2 soldiers and horses left in the Turks now. If they make a move, they still have a chance to take back Yumen Pass."

"Brother Qin, do you want to attack Yumen Pass?"

Several people looked at Qin Tian and asked curiously. Seeing how anxious they were, Qin Tian smiled: "We only have eight or nine thousand soldiers now, not many, not many, but we want to conquer Yumen Pass is still not an easy task, and now Liangzhou City is unstable, and we don't have enough food and grass. Once the war against Yumen Pass falls into a quagmire and we can't get out, the problem of food and grass will become a problem. This is a very serious problem, so the top priority is not to capture Yumen Pass, but to strengthen ourselves, including our military strength and our food and grass.”

Hearing that Qin Tian was not planning to attack Yumen Pass, Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chumo were a little disappointed.

They felt that after they came here, they would spend the whole day fighting with iron horses. After all, this place was very dangerous, surrounded by enemies, and they liked the atmosphere of killing.

It's just that they didn't expect that their big brother Qin would even have to suspend the recapture of Yumen Pass.

"Brother Qin, when will we seize the city?"

"It will take at least half a year."

"Half a year?" Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment. Half a year is not a short time. Keeping them waiting for such a long time will not suffocate them.

"Brother Qin, will it take so long?"

Qin Tian nodded: "Of course it will be useful, well, call Ma Zhou and Luo Huang, I have something to arrange."

After the order went on like this, someone soon called for someone, and not long after, Ma Zhou, Luo Huang, and Qin Wu all came.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

Everyone gathered together, Qin Tian looked at them, and said: "In the previous battle, we basically scared the Turkic soldiers and horses. As long as we don't provoke them, they probably won't dare to attack Liangzhou City again. , Liangzhou City is considered safe at this time, but how long it will be safe is unknown, so we must strengthen ourselves as soon as possible, and then I will arrange some things for everyone, and I hope everyone can do their best."

Hearing that Qin Tian had an arrangement, everyone immediately became excited.

With Qin Tian's arrangement, if Liangzhou City wants to become prosperous and strong, there shouldn't be any problem, right?

"My lord, what do you want us to do, just tell us directly, we will do anything."

"Yes, following the prince, no matter what we do, we are willing and like it very much."

"That's right, don't look at the current Liangzhou city is very withered, we believe that under the construction of the prince, it will be very prosperous."

Everyone is full of confidence in Qin Tian. Even if this is a barren land, they believe that Qin Tian can build this place. What's more, Xiliang is not all barren land. There are indeed many deserts here, but There are also many places that are not inferior to those in the Central Plains. There must be no problem with some construction here.

Qin Tian nodded, and said: "Okay, then I will say it now, if we want to increase the number of people in Liangzhou City, and if we want to expand our troops, we need food and grass as support. Many grain merchants are afraid to come now. This kind of trade has limited our access to grain and grass, and we dare not increase the price of grain to attract those grain merchants. After all, the price of grain has increased, and the pressure on the people of Liangzhou City will naturally increase. , so in order to obtain grain and grass, this king puts forward two points. You listen carefully. First, we send people to other places to buy grain and grass, and then transport them to Liangzhou City. We used to be short of time and couldn’t use this method, but now We have time, and this method can still be used. Although this method cannot completely solve the problem, it is not difficult to reduce the pressure on our food and grass. I will leave this matter to Luo Huang. Starting today, Then you bring a hundred or so people to buy food and grass for me everywhere."

Hearing this, Luo Huang didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly responded: "Here, please rest assured, my lord, my subordinates will definitely bring in a large amount of grain and grass for me in Xiliang, and it will definitely fill up my granary in Liangzhou City."

Everywhere has a granary, especially in a place like Liangzhou City where there are not many crops around, and the granary in this place is still very large, but the grain they have now is only filled to one-fifth Forget it, if their granary is full, the grain here can support the people here for a year or two without any problems. Just like this, Qin Tian plans to expand it and build Liangzhou City into the largest granary in Xiliang City. It is even the largest granary in the entire Tang Dynasty.

With two sounds, what is there to be afraid of?

Qin Tian nodded and continued: "What's more, we need to plant crops in Xiliang. If we don't plant these crops, we will have no way to survive. Only we can grow crops ourselves, so we don't have to rely on others all the time. This place in Xiliang is a bit special. Things like wheat and sorghum are not suitable for planting. In the past, we must have no way to do it. But now it is different. Qin Wu brought back a lot of seeds from overseas countries. I have already checked these seeds, and I have compiled a book about when they are suitable for planting and how to plant them. When the time comes, send these out and plant those corns, potatoes, etc. for me. Things ripen very quickly, and now that they are planted, they can be harvested in autumn. These things have a high yield, and once harvested, we don’t have to worry about food and grass issues.”

When Qin Tian said this, everyone looked at each other, not very excited, because they didn't know the seeds Qin Tian mentioned before, and they didn't know whether they could grow crops, even though Qin Tian was very confident.

"The matter of planting crops is left to Qin Wu. You must do your best to plant all these crops."

(End of this chapter)