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Chapter 136 Lush Holy Spring City

Some people die or are too seriously injured, and some people are already hollowed out by illness. New graves are added to the Roburula Valley almost every day.

Of course, there will be no coffin. As Liu Tong and Xunxiang defeated more tribes, although there was a lot of food seized, the fuel was extremely scarce. Unlike the Western Regions, where coal was almost everywhere and mining was extremely convenient. But it was different here. This was a long-term frozen area. They did not find coal except for a little gold, copper and iron ore.

Even a tree head is very precious. However, due to the arrival of the soldiers of the Beiwei Army of the Tang Dynasty, they were rescued from the boundless abyss. They could keep their entire corpses, at least not as slaves as Tubo people. They had to work hard every day. As long as they were tired, their only fate was to become the abdomen of the Ao Dog in the Snowfield.

A ragged sheepskin or straw mat was wrapped in a hurry, then dug a shallow pit and buried it in a hurry. Then it was filled back into the soil to build a short grave. There were no tombstones, and there were no offerings such as fruits, flower baskets, wreaths, etc. Except for these heartbroken relatives, no one would care about them. Maybe it would not take long to remember them. No one would care about how many people died here. There were too many such things and they could not remember them at all.

However, the families of these deceased were very concerned. When burying the deceased, they also planted the seeds of hatred in their hearts. This seed of hatred will break out of the ground under the watering of poisonous juice. When poisonous flowers appear, they bear bitter fruits. Finally, the person who created the tragedy was swallowed by the person who created the tragedy.

Liu Tong looked at the dense crowd and said with a distressed look: "I don't know when the Protector will send people to pick up these people. Our place has been exposed. The Roburula Valley itself is not an easy place to defend and difficult to attack. I'm afraid that the Tubo people will easily conquer it!"

Subi Quzhen, a woman from Subi tribe, has become big belly and poop. Of course, the improvement of food is only part of the reason. The most important thing is that she is now pregnant.

Su Biquzhen said heartlessly: "Don't worry, when the Tubo people are coming, we will fight with them. When they attacked our Su Bi Kingdom, we fought with them for more than three years..."

Beiwei Army Captain Yang Dazhuang looked at the rescued people and sighed: "They are so miserable, even worse than when we were in Songshan!"

Hu Kui, the chief of the Beiwei Army, said: "However, if you say that it is not my race, your heart will be different? In the eyes of Tubo people, we Han people are just ants. The most important thing now is how many of these people can survive!"

Although Liu Tong's troops won a lot of money and seized a lot of materials, they were very short of medicine and fuel. In the cold winter, there was not enough fuel, which was very difficult.

Xun looked at these numb people and smiled bitterly: "Time is not waiting for anyone now, so they can only take one step first!"

Liu Tong was stunned and said in surprise: "Where to go?"

"Gaoche City!" Xunxiang said.

Liu Tong's face turned up: "You are crazy. We are more than 3,000 miles away from Gaoche City. Now..."

Liu Tong really couldn't continue to say anything. If the scout found that at least seven Tubo tribe troops had entered Naqu City, and the number of Tubo people was still increasing, once they gathered their troops, they would launch a fatal attack on the Luoburula Valley.

Not to mention whether the Beiwei Army can defend it, but as long as the Beiwei Army is surrounded and not attacked, the Beiwei Army can be trapped to death in the Luoburula Valley.

Hu Kui's eyes lit up, but he smiled and said, "Looking for the deputy general is so true. Let's go. One can walk, it's better than waiting for death here!"

Liu Tong pondered but didn't say anything. His decision determined the life and death of more than 200,000 people.

Xunxiang said anxiously: "Liu Tongjun, if you can't take this responsibility, I will take this responsibility!"

"You carry it, you carry it!" Liu Tong sighed and said, "This is more than 200,000 people, this is more than 200,000 lives. Can you bear it?"

Xunxiang said: "We have no time. The Tubo people may attack when they will. If they don't leave at this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance to leave at that time!"

At this moment, Hu Kui said, "Liu Tongjun and looking for a deputy general are actually not impossible. We have sheep, especially the big goats in Tubo, who can be used as donkeys. Half-year-old boys can ride goats as horses. We give each person a big goat, and give them two sheepskins. The sheepskins can keep the cold, the goats milk, and then send them twenty or thirty kilograms of dried meat. It is not a problem to persevere for a month. Just walk north and leap over the Kunlun Mountains, it is within the territory of the Kingdom of Khotan. The grasslands in the Kingdom of Khotan are very lush, and goats don't have to worry about not being able to find food. In fact, the most difficult one is only the more than a thousand miles from the Kingdom of Khotan!"

The person who knows refugees best is actually the refugees themselves.

Yang Dazhuang has been an refugee, and Hu Kui has also been an refugee. They all know that the fate of refugees is actually far stronger than ordinary people. What is the fear of colder people? The key is that since they were plundered to the snow field, they have never experienced what warmth is except summer.

What are you afraid of if you are a little bit hard?

When will they not be bitter? In Tubo, they ate worse than pigs, did more than cows, and had worse status than dogs. But they still persisted.

Ordinary people have their own way of living, rich people have their own way of living, poor people have their own way of living, and slaves have their own way of living.

When they were in Songshan, the winter was very cold. They didn’t even have sheepskin at that time, so why didn’t they come here?

At that time, they had no jerky meat, and even had serious shortage of food. Although some people would starve to death, most of them survived.

The poor are hard to live!

This is the truth!

Liu Tong thought about it and felt that there was no other good solution. He had to take the lead in letting these people brave the cold to move towards Yecheng.

However, during the overall migration, a big mess broke out. These young and strong people refused to migrate, and they all fought desperately with the Tubo people.

No matter how Liu Tong advised them, they would not listen.

Xunxiang took a very rough approach and directly organized them into an army. Men and women, old and young, all of them were divided into army A, women were B, old and young. In fact, there were not many elderly people in this place, and there were actually not many young people, and there were actually not many young children.

The Tubo people were not so kind-hearted, allowing these Han slaves to breed offspring on the Tubo people's territory.

The soldiers of Beiwei Army, who were injured in Xunxiang's order, acted as escort officers. Every citizen had weapons in his hands. Of course, the weapons were seriously insufficient, so he fired them one by one. The so-called wooden spear means sharpening wooden sticks as thick as goose eggs, then put them in the fire and simply hardened them. These people followed the valley along the Zhechong Mansion and Zhechong Mansion, and headed towards Yecheng.

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At the same time, a large-scale transportation team also moved towards Yecheng. This army was in high morale and in excellent spirit. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the army's collective sense of honor was established. Since the imperial examination system had not been officially promoted at this time, officials still had to rely on fixed ranks. Almost all officials were either from family members or powerful people, and this kind of opportunity was not a chance for ordinary people.

However, the establishment of the Tang Dynasty opened a hole. That is, as long as you make military achievements, you can be promoted and made a fortune. Of course, this military position, no matter who you are, no matter what county or hall you are, as long as you kill the enemy and make meritorious service, you can become a member of the Tang Dynasty military officers.

As long as you reach the same level as the team, even if you are disabled and retired, you can return to the village to be a village chief. If you are a lieutenant and retire due to injury, you can become a gentry in the village.

During the Tang Dynasty, "scholars" did not specifically refer to scholars. Scholars were scholars and warriors were also scholars. Even if they were killed due to merit, no one could take away the twenty acres of Yongye land and could be left for future generations.

In the Song Dynasty, I wanted to become an official, to make a name for myself, and to be proud of my family, so I could only study and get a Jinshi.

In the Tang Dynasty, if you want to be an official, you want to stand out and shine your family, you can only join the army to fight and kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. The sense of honor of soldiers has taken root in the hearts of every soldier and the family members. Joining the army is glorious, and if you die, your family members can get a generous amount of pension, and as a deserter, your family members will get tons of saliva and thick phlegm.

Chen Ying moved southwest along Jinmancheng, but after entering Yanqi, the snow accumulation decreased and there was no way to continue moving the snow sledge.

In fact, this is also very simple. The soldiers of Anxi Army inserted the axle into the groove at the bottom of the sled, smashed it with rivets, and installed the wheels, which turned into carriages.

At this time, Chen Ying also invented a new toy during this march.

This is a dining cart built with a four-wheeled carriage as the base. In fact, this kind of dining cart cannot be compared with the later dining carts. However, the large dining cart can place four stoves side by side. The cooks will add honeycomb coal to the stove, and the marching pot will be steaming.

On a three-foot-long pot, placed in a steamer of three or four feet high, there are still white buns. These buns are slightly different from ordinary buns because they are added with yeast, which is both soft and delicious. A half-pound bun weighs at least three taels of meat filling.

Some of these food trucks can be steamed buns, some can be stewed and stir-fried. Of course, there are many more. They are really a large heated teapot. A box of the carriage comes with a faucet. Just twist it and boiling water can flow out of it.

Marching in the snow and ice, drinking boiled water and eating hot buns, you don’t need to stop at noon. You only need to rest when camping at night.

This kind of dining truck, which is two or four feet long and ten or two feet wide, can provide all hot food and boiling water for soldiers of a brigade during the march, which is very convenient. In the past, during rest, the cooks needed to dig a stove and bury the pot to cook in the end, and even at the fastest, it would take half an hour. Now, as long as you stop camping, the soldiers will eat first and then camp.

At this moment, Chen Ying suddenly looked at the southwest direction and steamed, as if he was a fairyland on earth.

According to the scout, there is a huge hot spring valley for more than twenty miles in front.

Chen Ying rode a war horse and went to the site to check it out. Then he found that there was a huge hot spring belt here. Even in the snow and the temperature was extremely cold, it was lush and full of vitality.

Chen Ying looked at this lush valley and his eyes couldn't help but feel wet. He came here in later generations, and because he was pitted for more than 3,000 yuan, he was deeply impressed.

In later generations, this nameless valley was called Akxian Hot Spring Valley, which was very famous and became a famous hot spring healing place in Xinjiang.

Akxian means holy water in Mongolian. Alsian hot springs are widely distributed, have many spring holes, high water temperature, sweet water quality, and contain a variety of minerals and trace elements. They are famous for their high medical health care and efficacy. Due to the different depths of the process and cracks, the minerals, gases and radioactive elements that water dissolves in the process are also different.

Chen Ying suddenly thought that these 200,000 people must be very tired when they migrated, and there will be many injuries. A short rest here can not only relieve fatigue, but also effectively treat injuries.

Akxian, this Mongolian name, Chen Ying threw it out without thinking about it.

He rushed to Zhou Qing and said, "Leave a Zhechong Mansion, build a city along the valley, and remove one-third of the baggage. This city is named Shengquan City!"

During the silence of Chen Ying, he created a city of miracles.

This holy spring city, especially the sacred city of Emperor Gaozu of Tang. Emperor Gaozu of Tang lived here for nine years and gradually became a world-famous sacred city of recuperation in the Tang Dynasty and even the whole world. It has become every inch of land and even real estate is more expensive than Chang'an City!

Of course, this is a later story, so I won’t mention it for now!
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