It took a day and a night to finally search the entire city.
Cheng Chuliang also had more than a thousand young and strong laborers under his command. Some of these people were Arabs, and some were people conquered by the Arab Empire. They were all porters under Cheng Chuliang. They were almost vomiting their stomachs, and only then did they find some valuable things in the city.
"General, the lighter items are almost finished. We have packed over 700 boxes in total. I heard you specifically looked for the remaining items, but they are no longer needed. The main reason is that we can't move them out. We don't have a sufficient transportation team. If we move everything out, it will waste a lot of time."
A military captain spent a long time counting all these things and finally finished counting them. It turned out that the total amount was approximately equivalent to 800,000 strings of cash.
Although this city is not big, it now gathers all the valuable things in the city. Some belong to the Arab court, some belong to local government, and some belong to ordinary people. So even though this city is relatively poor, it also has a lot of valuable things.
In addition, there are more than 3,000 slaves, all of whom are still able to work. As for those who are disabled and cannot work, Cheng Chuliang has no time to gather them and directly drives them to the south. If you continue to be refugees, it will be the greatest contribution to our Tang Dynasty.
"Where are the people who brought the supplies?"
Although not much gunpowder was lost in this battle, according to Li Xiang's plan, a supply team would be sent out every five days. Their mission was to quickly supply the troops on the front line. Even if the people on the front line did not need it, it had to be delivered. In case it was not available when needed, it was much better than wasting it.
According to Li Xiang, if you have enough gunpowder, find a place to bury it nearby if conditions permit, and dig it out when you need it. If not, just burn it. We have plenty of this stuff anyway, but if you can't use it on the battlefield, you will lose a lot.
Everyone felt that Li Xiang's plan was too wasteful, but they also understood that this was His Highness's kindness to all the soldiers on the front line. If we still couldn't win the battle, it would be a bit too unfair to His Highness. For these soldiers on the front line, His Highness was never afraid to spend money on them.
Take the supplies being delivered now, for example. There are also a lot of dried vegetables. These were all exchanged by Li Xiang from the system. They are not available on the market at all, but all the soldiers understand one thing, that is, this kind of thing is very expensive. Otherwise, don’t dream of being able to eat vegetables in such a desert area.
"We should be where we are now tomorrow afternoon."
Another officer under his command calculated the time. As long as there was no desert storm on the way, the time should be correct. If there was a storm, the time would be unreliable. Maybe they might even be blown away. Never underestimate the storm in the desert.
"Leave two hundred people to watch over them and wait there. When the supply team arrives, exchange supplies with them and let them take them back."
Cheng Chuliang thought for a while and said that if all 200 people were equipped with chain furnaces, there should be no problem watching over these 3,000 people. Put all these people in a circle, half of them watch them, and half of them rest. If anyone dares to act rashly, kill everyone in their group immediately. This way, other Arabs can help watch over them.
The Tang army had already mastered this policy. After all, after every war, they captured a large number of prisoners. If they did not adopt this method, who knew how much trouble these prisoners would cause. Therefore, they had to be ruthless and act quickly.
"Get up, get up! Everyone, go to the open space in the east of the city. The edge has been circled. If anyone dares to take a step out, they will be killed immediately."
The young and middle-aged men scattered everywhere heard the sound immediately. There were more than 30 translators in the Tang army. They all used all their strength to get these more than 3,900 people through. Those who could not get up were probably fainted due to lack of water. The Tang army did not waste time talking to you and would just attack you with a knife.
Fainting is not a crime, but we don't have the time to figure it out. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not holding on. I've made it very clear just now that I would find a place for you to rest, but you didn't listen, so your life will be ruined because of you.
The open space in the east of the city is pretty good. There are some green plants around it. It used to be an oasis. If it weren't for these green plants, I would probably be sunburned to death if I stayed here for a day. It's already five o'clock in the afternoon and the sun in the sky is not so strong anymore.
There is actually a bush in the south of the city, and we can put people there, but the bush is a bit high, which is not conducive to our observation, so it is better to put them here. Safety is the most important thing. If these people want to cause trouble, our crossbows will not be able to help them.
These young men were extremely reluctant. They were so exhausted that they had no strength at all. In the urban environment, they had to move all kinds of things without even having a drop of water. They had almost exhausted all their physical strength. Now they were divided into groups of ten, and their right arms were tied up. Even if you didn't want to move, you had to follow them obediently, otherwise, the people in the team would kill you.
This kind of thing has just happened. Because a man was weak, they didn't want to drag him around, so they just beat him to death with punches and kicks. They then reported it to the Tang army, saying that this guy died suddenly for no reason.
The Tang army didn't bother to care about such things. As long as you delayed the team's progress, your life would be wasted. A soldier went up and stabbed one of you, then waved his hand to let the other nine people move forward. If there were other idle people, they would be immediately replaced.
It took an hour for these thousands of people to reach the west of the city. The sun had already set and the air had become much cooler.
