Under the afterglow of the setting sun, 30 horses galloped on the road to the north. The six Turks opened their mouths slightly, and their eyes were filled with determination.
Each of them had five horses, and the horses carried their own materials and food.
They needed to pass through a small desert, the Maowusu Desert, which was currently being treated.
The desertification here was not serious yet. After digging a well, there would be an oasis, and everyone would plant trees.
After the Maowusu Desert, the Kubuqi Desert was next. The Kubuqi Desert was huge, and it was on the south bank of the Yellow River.
After this desert and the Yellow River, it was the Tengger Desert. The Tengger Desert was even bigger.
At that place, they could change to camels, which could run faster than horses on the sand.
On the horses, there were compressed biscuits, meat floss, large grains of salt, pills for simple diseases, medicinal powder, Ma Lei, small Sky Monkey, bottles of alcohol, lighters, seven or eight pots, water bags, kukri knives, tactical knives …
Each of them brought a copy of the newspaper and a letter written by Bi Goo to persuade the Turks to surrender.
Li Yi wrote a letter to tell the Turks that he guaranteed that no one would be killed after they surrendered.
He even arranged a place for them, and the original people were still sweating profusely.
The six Turks needed to pass through the deserts and successfully find their own people.
Actually, it was quite easy to find them. The telegram was sent out, and the army watching their people would guide them.
Once they found the Military forces of the Tang Dynasty, they would find their home, and they could even provide them with supplies. If they could not, they could send them back.
They walked along the road where there were villages, and the people were making ropes, using straw and wheat straw to make ropes. Straw was the most convenient.
In winter, they would wrap it around the saplings to keep them warm.
The Maowusu Desert was small, and before it became a huge desert, they had to kill it in the cradle.
Li Yi was also thinking of a solution for the Kubuqi Desert. He could not think of one himself, but he had the experience of the country's desert management!
Some deserts were managed so well that the locals asked them to leave a piece and not destroy it completely. They hoped that tourists would come to see the desert.
The six Turks did not have the problem of Li Yi managing the desert in their minds. They only knew that Li Yi was good at strategizing.
He drove their tribe further northwest, and it was said that he wanted to plant potatoes in their original place.
Could it be that his tribe was delaying him from planting potatoes, so he took action?
He had to hurry back and tell his people how to prevent people and livestock from freezing to death in winter. Li Yi's ability in this aspect was still trustworthy.
If it was written in the newspaper for the people of the Tang dynasty to read, it would not be fake.
Facing the current battle situation, the six of them were at a loss.
When they lived in Chang 'an, no one beat them. Knowing that they were from the Later Turks, they were treated equally when doing business.
This included helping others find horses to earn money. The people who found them trusted them very much.
The Li Family Zhuangzi's new crops were harvested and sent to the Honglu Temple for everyone to taste. He didn't forget them.
Potatoes were delicious, and it was said that they could produce more than ten stones per mu. No wonder they had to find a place to plant them.
In addition, roasted sweet potatoes were sweet, stewed rice beans were fragrant, and string beans were suitable for stir-frying.
The big pumpkin could be stored for a year, and it could be eaten at any time.
However, the Li Family Zhuangzi didn't give them any seeds. He only told them to eat it. The cornbread made from cornmeal was really fragrant, and the yield was also high.
'Will my Khan surrender?' Where would they live after surrendering?
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"Can the Turks surrender?" Liu Youqiu wanted to ask Li Yi when they were having dinner. He was purely idle.
Everyone was eating Li Yi's northeast stew from the Farmer's Family Pot.
There were braised pork ribs, potatoes, beans, corn, and a circle of cornmeal pancakes around the big iron pot.
If it were braised pork, beans, potatoes, eggplant, chili, and tomatoes, it would be a messy stew.
There was more soup in the messy stew than in the Farmer's Family Pot, and the soup was rich.
The Farmer's Family Pot made salted fish pancakes, which were derived from Shandong cuisine. They stewed salted fish in the pot, surrounded by cornmeal pancakes.
After breaking into Guandong, there were some northeastern regions that didn't have salted fish, and they wanted to eat it, so they changed it.
Li Yi picked up a green onion and dipped it in sauce on the plate. "No, it's not easy to become the Khan. If I surrender, I'll lose my power."
"Exactly." Bi Goo poured himself a glass of white wine. He wanted to drink two taels.
The dishes were not bad. In addition to the Farmer's Family Pot, there was also a big harvest of pickled vegetables.
The Li Family Zhuangzi's greenhouse ensured that Zhuangzi could eat vegetables from all four seasons at any time. There were cucumbers, eggplants, and other vegetables every day.
They were planted in the greenhouse and on the ground, every month.
Bi Goo picked up the wine cup and smelled it. "The letter of surrender is to give them a chance. They can use it in the future.
Compared to the Turks who took the initiative to surrender and were persuaded to surrender, they can save some face.
They learned how to survive the winter. Even in summer, they like to live in houses and tents. It's stuffy in summer.
When the conditions are ripe in the future, they will surrender and adapt. "
Bi Goo didn't need to ask Li Yi about this strategy. He understood, but he was helpless about the technical arrangements and the big strategic changes.
"1,400 people, the same as the people who were captured in the previous war? Arranged to live in the southwest region? Can the others buy them? "
Li Rizhi's eyes were a little uncomfortable. He learned from Li Yi that he choked on the green onion.
A portion of the 5,000 elites who went to attack the Xi Tribe died. The rest were captured and sent over from the other side.
The Li Family Zhuangzi was in charge of taking over and throwing them into the southwest region.
They didn't have any weapons and worked with the southwest barbarians every day, burning and grinding cement.
Both sides looked down on each other. The Turks thought that the southwest barbarians were barbaric and had no fighting power. Did they know how to ride and shoot?
The southwest barbarians thought that the later people didn't even know how to write in the Tang Dynasty and were clumsy. They could only eat from the big pot and didn't know how to cook.
The captured Turks formed a team of 100 people. If something happened to one person, the whole team would be killed and punished.
There were another 1,400 people. Some of them wanted to raise eight or ten people. It was a labor force.
She asked Li Rizhi to help her find out if it was okay. Li Rizhi would help her ask if it was okay.
"I'm not selling. They can't take good care of it. I guarantee that they will use restrictive tools and delay the work."
Li Yi refused. He would give him something in exchange for the captives, as well as the replacement horses.
The families of the soldiers had to live. Many of the Xi Tribe's people died, so he would get compensation.
Those who died for the Tang Dynasty had to be buried in the Tang Dynasty's Cemetery of Martyrs. Now, there were only tombstones of the Winged Knights and other martyrs in the north of the Imperial City.
When the expansion was completed, there would be many tombstones. While being respected, they would also help treat some mental illnesses.
For example, they often had nightmares and didn't sleep well. They would be brought to the Cemetery of Martyrs for a night while taking medicine.
If the people in the past felt fear and fear, it meant that they didn't have the heart to support the Tang Dynasty.
"Write down the names of the people who want to buy the captives." Li Longji ordered.
What if someone wanted to buy death warriors? They always told the captives how bad the Tang Dynasty was and that they would be used to kill people.
Li Rizhi took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Gao Lishi. He was prepared.
When the other party found him, they should have known the pressure and problems he had to face.
Who dared to hide the truth from the emperor?
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