I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 492: Building a City in the Northern Frontier
"I still say the same thing. Kill all the injured and disabled ones."

"The Tang Dynasty does not keep useless slaves."

"And this time, after our Tang Dynasty mobilizes troops to defeat the alien tribes, we will not withdraw our troops." Li Zheng said in a deep voice.

"General."

"Don't withdraw? Then how can the Tang Dynasty survive in the desert?"

"My Tang Dynasty is different from the tribes in the northern border desert. They are nomadic grasslands. After living in one place with fertile soil and water, they will migrate to another place with fertile soil and water. It would be very difficult for my Tang Dynasty to do this." Su Dingfang said in surprise.

"You hit the nail on the head."

"Throughout the history, the reason why our Yanhuang people have been unable to completely eliminate the northern border is because we cannot attack and relocate to the same place as we did in the Central Plains."

"Although the desert has fertile land, compared to the long-standing prosperity of the Central Plains, it is not suitable for the Yanhuang people to settle down in the desert."

"So since ancient times, our Yanhuang people can only defeat foreign races for a short period of time. After a few years or ten years, they can recover their strength and attack us again. They are like flies that can't be killed and they keep invading our borders."

"When the Tang Dynasty advances, they retreat. When the Tang Dynasty retreats, they advance."

"This is the fundamental problem." Li Zheng said in a deep voice.

"What the general said is absolutely true."

"This time the alien leader was captured by our army, and the army was defeated. After receiving the news, the aliens have already started to migrate northward."

"If we still follow the Tang Dynasty's and even our dynasties' crusade against the northern border, they will come back as soon as the army retreats." Su Dingfang said helplessly.

"So, this time, my Tang Dynasty will change and solve the problem of the northern border once and for all."

"Even if we fail in one battle, we can lay the foundation for completely pacifying the northern border in the future."

"Nomadic life is not suitable for our Great Tang Dynasty. Then I will find out and build a city on the grassland." Li Zheng showed a determined and domineering look.

As soon as these words fell.

Su Dingfang.

The expressions of all the generals changed and they looked at Li Zheng in surprise.

Obviously.

This decision was not expected.

"General, building a city may not be that easy."

"It requires not only manpower, but also a lot of material resources."

"And building a city on the grassland will involve even greater complications," Su Dingfang said immediately.

Hear Su Dingfang's persuasion.

Li Zheng shook his head, "Who told you that I plan to end it once and for all?"

"When building a city, we can first build a wall to surround the city and build a small city, which can also be called a military stronghold. When more people from the Tang Dynasty migrate here, the city can continue to expand and enlarge."

"The purpose of building a city is to confirm that this territory is the territory of the Great Tang. There is a place for the army to settle down, so that there will no longer be the possibility that the foreign races will come back once the Great Tang army retreats."

"Manpower. The vast grasslands and deserts, the tens of millions of foreign races are all manpower that the Tang Dynasty can plunder, manpower that does not require money. As for the materials needed to build the city, the Tang Dynasty's treasury is full, so don't we have these materials?"

"I have already made the decision on this matter."

Li Zheng said in a powerful voice.

He has already decided.

There will be no further changes.

Build cities and construct military fortresses.

It is also the first step in building a city.

Imperative.

Li Zheng doesn't want the land he conquered to fall into the control of foreign races again, and he doesn't want the foreign races to make a comeback. What Li Zheng wants to do is to turn all the land conquered by the Tang army into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Wherever the Tang Dynasty's army attacked, its territory expanded.

"I swear to serve the general till death."

All the generals said in unison and bowed to Li Zheng.

"Send a message to Li Ke."

"I will let him supervise the city construction."

"First, build the city as a military fortress and supply base, and then expand it after the population migrates."

"As for the city planning."

"With a distance of fifty miles from the border of the Great Tang Dynasty, build a small city every fifty miles, and a large city every hundred miles."

"However many people he needs, I will capture as many foreign slaves as he wants. How much material resources he needs, I will ask the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue to give him as much material resources as he wants."

"No time limit."

Li Zheng said in a deep voice. "I will immediately inform His Royal Highness the King of Wu." Su Dingfang nodded.

"Okay, no need to waste time. Continue to attack northwards and destroy as many alien tribes as possible and eliminate as many of the alien's living forces as possible."

"For foreign races, those who resist will be reduced to slaves. If they are willing to submit, they can be given commoner status and relocated to border cities."

"Walk."

Li Zheng shouted.

He mounted his horse and led his army to continue attacking the northern desert.

in the following time.

Li Zheng is destined not to have a leisurely life.

Not just this one place.

In the direction of Jinyang Prefecture and Hetao City, all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will not be idle.

time.

Gradually passing away.

in a blink.

A month has passed.

Two months have passed.

A month has passed.

The tribes of various ethnic minorities were destroyed one after another by the Tang army.

Even though they knew that the Tang army had invaded the grasslands and deserts, most of the tribes did not have time to migrate. After all, information was cut off in that era.

Li Zheng and his army have already attacked deep into the desert, thousands of miles away from the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Turkic royal court.

It has become a war-torn land and has been completely destroyed.

All of Labdan's clansmen and descendants were also captured.

There are also many powerful people in Shatuo.

"The Turks are almost done. Next up are the Shatuo and Tiele tribes."

"Try to get back before my father takes action."

"Celebrating his birthday.

Standing in the war-torn Turkic royal tribe, Li Zheng looked in the direction of the Tang Dynasty and thought to himself.

Time flies.

The 20th year of Zhenguan, the end of September.

A year and a half had passed since the invasion of the four tribes from the northern border.

The Tang Dynasty went into battle and more than a year had passed since the expedition.

The war also lasted that long.

If it were in the past.

Such a long war must have caused great damage to the national strength of the hall, and the treasury must have been in deficit. However, after Li Zheng's changes, the national foundation can no longer be measured by the original national foundation.

Today in the Tang Dynasty, the national treasury and government treasury are not as full as at the beginning, but they are still sufficient for the needs of the Tang Dynasty's more than 500,000 troops.

Northern Xinjiang.

In the northern desert, more than 2,000 miles away from the border of the Tang Dynasty.

original.

This is where the royal court of Tiele is located.

But now things have changed.

A new city has risen.

The city is not big.

In terms of scale, it is only relative to a county town within the territory of the Tang Dynasty. City towers are being built in the city. Many slaves of different races are carrying stones and trees to build city towers under the supervision of Tang Dynasty craftsmen. Inside this emerging city, there are also many wooden houses being built.

but.

There are no ordinary Tang people in this city, only Tang soldiers stationed in it.

At the north gate of the city, on the first tower to be completed.

Li Zheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the vast northern Xinjiang desert scenery ahead.

(End of this chapter)