The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 479: The Song of Sorrow of the Great Yue Clan
Since they have killed so many people in Dayuezhi, they probably wouldn't mind sweeping away Wusun as well. So let's just run away.

In any case, escaping is the right thing to do.

Whether they were fighting against the driven Dayuezhi people or being caught up by the people who killed Dayuezhi, the probability of a good result would not be great.

If my guess is correct, the ones who fought against the Yuezhi must be the Daqin people in the east. The Daqin people were much stronger than the Yuezhi, and they did not treat Westerners as human beings.

Run!
They were right. If they didn't run, they would have been caught.

Ying Zheng has never been one to do business at a loss. It costs a lot to march an army of 150,000 miles away. The strategic goal is absolute, but how can there be no additional income subsidies?

The attack on Dayuezhi was of the type of being very powerful. If Wusun did not run away, they would not mind letting the entire Wusun follow suit and be very powerful.

Meng Wu only needed to lead 30,000 elite cavalry to defeat all resistance, while the infantry was mainly responsible for leading the immigrants to capture prisoners, collect cattle, sheep and horses, and take over everything from the Dayuezhi.

The Great Yuezhi had never encountered such a situation. Even in the grassland fighting, no tribe had ever launched a large-scale attack in the spring. Starting a war in the spring would mean defeat even if they won.

As the Great Yuezhi were completely unprepared and unorganized, Meng Wu's 30,000 elite cavalry were simply invincible, killing indiscriminately and no one could stop them.

The Great Yuezhi were completely unable to organize themselves; they were in chaos and disunity.

In the end, the troops were divided into seven or eight groups to pursue and kill the enemy, while the infantry and immigrants were divided into dozens of teams and spread across the Hexi Corridor to capture prisoners and collect cattle and sheep.

The grassroots organizational strength of the Qin Dynasty fully ensured that even if it migrated people and divided its troops, it could still crush the defeated Yuezhi people.

Feng Chenghui and Lu Li led 60,000 red-eyed immigrants to take over everything from Dayuezhi. These were the foundation of their existence and the first fortune they made.

In this era, martial virtues flourished in the Central Plains, especially for those who were willing to come to this wild land to fight for a future, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, just think about it and you will know what tough guys they were.

Among them, 10,000 households and more than 15,000 good family children came to the Western Regions with their families to seek a future with generous treatment. The remaining 20,000 people were slaves who wanted to escape their slavery, as well as prisoners, sons-in-law, stepfathers, etc.

Among them, slaves could be directly promoted to civilians as long as they were willing, and they could open accounts and share land as usual; prisoners, sons-in-law, stepfathers, etc. were all exempted from crimes and punishments, and they could open accounts and share land.

These people are now the most motivated and they have hope in their lives again.

There were also more than 400 civil and military officials and more than 100 craftsmen from various trades. Some were recruited by Feng Chenghui and Lu Li, some were arranged by the court, and some were of humble origins who volunteered to try to secure a future. These people together formed the management administrative team.

Regardless of their abilities, there is basically no problem with their character.

Ying Zheng ordered that only 50% of all the spoils needed to be handed over to the central court, 20% would be arranged by Feng Chenghui and Lu Li themselves, and the remaining 30% would be divided equally among the immigrants. Of course, they had to make unified arrangements first and then distribute them after stability had set in.

So all immigrants are plundering everything with greedy eyes.

Oh, heaven and earth, when will the masters be willing to give up so much! And without any risk at all!

When developing wild lands, violence cannot be restricted. Therefore, all immigrants are not allowed to own heavy armor, but they are allowed to own any other weapons, even powerful crossbows.

Even those who were so poor that they couldn't even afford a jingle were given a long sword for free. This meant that even women had swords on their waists and might have killed people in the past. For them, dealing with the Yuezhi people who were completely frightened by the Qin people was like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

All the cattle, sheep, horses, and even the iron pot were snatched away.

All Yuezhi people, regardless of gender, age or status, were captured as slaves and redistributed after the situation was stabilized. They were all valuable wealth and labor.

More than 200,000 people were spread over this thousand-mile land, plundering everything busily. Fortunately, what they robbed were vehicles, otherwise it would be difficult to get them.

Many Yuezhi people encountered this situation for the first time and had no idea how to react. If they fought to the death, they would die immediately.

If they escape, they will have to abandon most of their cattle, sheep and horses, or even all of them.

They had lost all their livestock and were left with only a few horses to escape, but they would die if they escaped, so there was no way they could survive.

If you can't fight or escape, you can only surrender.

Ying Zheng’s order this time was to kill fewer and capture more. Since they were already here, benefits must be maximized. Who would complain about having too many slaves?

When the Yuezhi people found that they would not be killed if they surrendered, many of them surrendered.

However, many able-bodied men still escaped. After all, women, children and the elderly did not have enough energy and courage to face the unknown, and even more women, children and the elderly were captured.

Nomadic peoples do not rely solely on animal husbandry, and the Great Yuezhi are not completely nomadic either. They still engage in some farming. Although due to various reasons, their crops are not very good, it is even more impossible to ask them to give up their farmland and homes.

The Great Yuezhi in this world are even more miserable than before. The destructive power of the Qin Dynasty under the leadership of Ying Zheng is much more severe than that of the Xiongnu. Their remaining population may not be able to survive in Central Asia.

At this time, even if all the Yuezhi people who were still able to survive were counted, there were definitely no more than 800,000 people. Now that Ying Zheng was cultivating them so diligently and meticulously, only a few escaped.

Land reclamation is always cruel, the winner is the king and the loser is dust.

Even history books do not record it, and what is recorded is just a few sentences, as a trivial achievement of the great Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Ying Zheng was well aware of the cruelty of this matter, but he still did it without hesitation, because it was most beneficial to the Qin Dynasty and to him.

For a monarch, those who cannot pay taxes and perform labor service for him are not considered human beings.

The only things they could pay taxes and perform corvée labor for were consumables. The Great Yuezhi were not completely powerless to resist. The Yuezhi who had fled to the Western Regions gathered the remnants and finally gathered more than 100,000 people, and then marched back to the Hexi Corridor in a mighty force.

But Meng Wu never took risks. All this was within his expectations. A desperate dog will jump over the wall. The Yuezhi people, who had recovered from the shock, would not easily give up their homes.

After driving the Yuezhi people to the Western Regions, he immediately gathered all the cavalry and 50,000 infantry, recuperated, occupied strategic roads, and waited for them to return.

As expected, the anxious Yuezhi people had never expected that the Qin army had been prepared. After all, the Qin people who were plundering everywhere gave them a huge illusion.

The Yuezhi people fell into an ambush and were completely defeated by Meng Wu on the frontal battlefield, suffering countless casualties.

This battle completely destroyed the Yuezhi people's thoughts of returning home, and the remnants migrated westward wailing and weeping. They were so terrified that they only wanted to get as far away from the Qin Dynasty as possible, even though they were confused about the future.

Only a mourning song of the Great Yuezhi remains:
The ancient wind blows across the vast grassland.
In my memory, that is the direction of home.

The glory of the Great Yue clan fell like a falling star.

Looking back at the familiar land,
Tears quietly blurred my eyes.

The foot of Qilian Mountain was once our paradise.

Bonfires are burning, dancing is going on,
The horses are galloping and the pastoral songs are melodious.

There are herds of cattle and sheep, looking towards the blue sky.

Now, the flames of war have burned out the dream.

We are forced to wander in the unknown distance.

The snow on the Qilian Mountains is still as pure as snow.
But our homeland has vanished like a dream.

The wandering steps are tired and heavy,
The pain in my heart surges like a shadow following me.

Where is our destination?
With tears blurring my eyes, I looked back at that land.

The pain in my heart is as clear as a knife.

Now that my home is lost, where can I return?

The soul of Dayuezhi cries in the wind.

As time goes by, the wheel of history rolls on mercilessly.

Our story is gradually being forgotten.

But the pain of losing our country will always be engraved in our hearts.
Becoming a wound that cannot be healed,
Wandering and echoing in the long river of time.

The attack on Dayuezhi lasted only three months, but more than 40,000 people were beheaded, nearly 300,000 people over five feet tall were captured, and there were millions of cattle, sheep, and horses. There was also a huge amount of food, as well as countless rare treasures, gold, silver, and other valuables.

After all, the Great Yuezhi occupied the Hexi Corridor and dominated the Western Regions for more than two hundred years, so they still had some wealth. After all, it was the savings of the clan for hundreds of years. Even if life was hard, it could not withstand the accumulation of numbers and time. The royal family and tribal leaders were not poor, and now basically all of them belonged to the Qin Dynasty.

Of course, the Qiang people had no share in any of these, they were only responsible for leading the way; as for snatching the spoils, the Qiang tribes that led the way, and the Qiang people who surrendered to the Qin Dynasty were all scared to death by the Qin Dynasty's actions, and would not dare to do so even if they had ten times the courage.

The people of Qin were too cruel and too fierce.

They are going to destroy their race. The powerful Yuezhi cannot even get the summer sun, and they are completely finished!

All the Qiang people were extremely respectful, and most of the tasks of guarding the captives and raising the cattle and sheep were left to them. After all, they were the professionals.

But it is really a pity that in the chaos, there were heavy losses of cattle, sheep and horses. In addition, there was no time to breed livestock this year, and most of the breeding results were aborted.

There were also a lot of deaths. During this period, soldiers and immigrants could eat meat almost every day, which was a life they had never dared to imagine before.

The thoughtful Ying Zheng had already considered these issues, and a large number of merchant caravans had been formed under the leadership of the Shaofu, following the immigrants. Although the spoils were large, they were nothing for the Central Plains and could be easily digested.

At the request of Ying Zheng, grain, cloth, salt, and ironware were exchanged at a low price and good quality, and in the process, Qin money was vigorously promoted and Qin money transactions were encouraged. All of this was their extra gain.

Ying Zheng provided a lot of resource assistance for building the city, so these are not included.

It has to be said that a horse cannot grow fat without night grass, and a man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth. After robbing the accumulation of Dayuezhi for more than a hundred years, they made a fortune in an instant, and the original accumulation for building the city was more than enough.

As for Feng Chenghui and Lu Yi, they have already started to get busy. Killing is easy, robbing is also easy, but construction is difficult.

During the past year of preparation, the location for building the city had already been selected.

This is not an easy task. It is necessary to build cities at key nodes on the Silk Road to effectively control the movement of caravans and personnel.

We also have to consider the terrain. This is not only a commercial route, but also a key military defense point.

It is also necessary to consider the difficulty of construction and whether there is suitable agricultural land in the surrounding area.

(End of this chapter)