Chapter 447 Chaotic Evil Camp
In the face of the violent law enforcement of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, no indigenous people could escape death. The Congling Base soon gathered a permanent population of 200,000, most of whom were women.
This was also what Li Que and his men did deliberately. In their opinion, if they wanted to make others surrender, they first needed to weaken the armed forces of that place.
Before, the Western Regions surrendered quickly and were barely influenced by the Han culture, so Li Que and his men did not act too recklessly. But it was different in the Pamir Mountains.
Make people surrender? We Xiliang Iron Cavalry are familiar with this.
Half of the adult males were killed and the other half were left alive. The old, weak, sick and disabled were all killed, and no children taller than a horse's leg were allowed to be left alive.
As for women, they are still a very important population resource. Even if Li Que and his men don't need them, they can be married off to the soldiers under their command.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry were not good people to begin with. According to official history, they did even worse to the Han people and the Qiang people. Now that they have gone abroad and are facing barbarians, these bad guys who are proficient in murder and arson will naturally let their nature run wild.
And these were also tacitly approved by Chen Xi. If the Han Dynasty did not have 1.4 billion people, but only the original population of tens of millions, Chen Xi would certainly cherish the population resources, and even the Hu people could be thrown into mining or something.
However, there are 1.4 billion people in the country now, and the pressure on population resources is very heavy in the modern era, not to mention the current backward productivity.
If it weren't for the essence of heaven and earth nourishing the land, and the various high-yield crops brought by the players, even if Chen Xi had all the power, it would be in vain.
All economic means must be based on survival materials, and food is the cornerstone of everything.
When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace.
Without food as a support, everything is in vain. That is why in modern times, while returning farmland to forests and expanding construction, we set the most important land red line, strictly control agricultural land, and regard food as the foundation of everything.
If there is not enough food, even a glorious civilization will be useless. At that time, people will have no choice but to follow the same path as the Hu people, looting and fighting.
The greater possibility is that they will fight each other, and finally use countless corpses to nourish the land, and then produce enough food for survival. Only in this way can civilization be rebuilt.
Therefore, Chen Xi deliberately built the Pamir Mountains as a bridgehead, so that the vast land between the Central Plains and the Pamir Mountains could be utilized. With step-by-step construction and migration, the population pressure would be gradually alleviated.
On the other hand, as a bridgehead, as long as this place is not lost, no one can attack the Central Plains, which is of great significance for defensive security.
"What should we do next?" Li Que scratched his head. Almost all the people near Congling had been defeated by them, and suddenly they lost their target and had nothing to do.
He couldn't sit still. He planned to let the Xiliang Iron Cavalry shine under his leadership and take a completely different path from Feixiong.
Ever since he witnessed Huo Qubing's heroic demeanor and accepted his guidance, he has been very concerned about the concept of the new Xiliang Iron Cavalry. He always feels that he is only a piece of paper away from a breakthrough, but he just can't break through.
"I don't know. Let's wait for news from China. I've been busy developing the farmland here recently. Don't come to me if you have any problems!" Xu Rong responded coldly.
He was also a veteran of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, so how could he not know what Li Que meant.
"Don't let the army move!" The last sentence directly broke Li Que's defense.
"Xu Lao Er, don't go too far!" Guo Si's eyes were wide open, and he was very angry at Xu Rong's lack of respect.
"If you don't want to go, then don't go. Why don't you let us take the army away? This is the army we recruited from the Western Regions!" Fan Chou on the side also expressed dissatisfaction. The people were gathered by Zhang Xiu and Jiang Wei, so why didn't Xu Rong let them take them away?
"Haha, I'm the acting General of the Western Expedition, so I have the final say here!" Xu Rong sneered. They weren't familiar with each other, so who would give you face? I came here to gain merit and be promoted to a rank.
Whoever is like you bastards , who can be granted the title of Marquis of Guannei just by conquering the worthless Western Regions, I and Ju Yi were the first ones to surrender to the general.
Everything was going well. If he sent troops to fight the bandits and gained merit, he would definitely be promoted to the rank of marquis. However, the White Lotus Sect and other idiots went to Qingzhou, and not only did he and his army make a wasted trip, but the merit he had earned was also lost.
Now Ju Yi has been granted the title of Guannei Hou, and he is still a commoner. No matter what I do, I will not let you guys mess up my mission this time.
However, Xu Rong also knew that the guy in front of him was the kind of person who only wanted to create chaos in the world. Without a war, he would not be able to subdue these guys. Instead of letting these guys do whatever they wanted, it would be better for him to seize the initiative.
"Xu Lao Er, you... Taibai, don't stop me, I'm going to teach him a lesson!" Li Que was furious. You, Xu Rong, are too arrogant. We, the Xiliang Heavenly King Group, are not afraid of you.
He immediately stood up and was ready to fight. This was an old tradition in Xiliang. If people disagreed with each other, they would fight and whoever won would have the final say.
Of course, this does not apply to Li Ru and Dong Zhuo. Apart from them, all other problems can be solved by taking action .
However, Li Bai did not think so. He had little understanding of Xiliang culture and suppressed Li Que's riot single-handedly. In his opinion, beating Shangguan was not a good thing.
On the other side, Zhang Xiu stopped the other three uncles with a wry smile, saying that they were all people of status now and should stop fighting at every turn.
"A reckless man!" Xu Rong looked at Li Que with disdain.
Li Que struggled even more fiercely, but unfortunately the gap between him and Li Bai was too big, and he couldn't break free at all.
However, Xu Rong also knew that the time was almost right. If he continued to provoke, Li Que and the others might just raise their arms and run away with their men.
"I will give you 3,000 troops from the headquarters, 5,000 new soldiers, and 2,000 Qiang auxiliary soldiers. If anything goes wrong, you have to deal with it on your own. Don't ask me for help then!"
"Hahaha, Xu Laoer, why didn't you say so earlier!" Li Que quickly changed his expression. He was very satisfied with Xu Rong's arrangement. He just couldn't sit still. It's not that he was stupid. It would be troublesome if he really messed up and the military advisor found out.
Fan Chou and others on the other side also sat down leisurely. They still had some tacit understanding among themselves.
They just want to deduct more people from Xu Rong. They are not idle. It will not benefit them at all to turn against Xu Rong.
Moreover, Xu Rong still had a task assigned by Li Ru, and they didn't want to interfere with Li Ru's plan.
That's why we staged this scene to test where Xu Rong's bottom line is.
"Qi!" Xu Rong was a little depressed. He was fooled. This time he was actually trapped by four reckless men.
It would be better to get rid of these troublemakers as soon as possible.
