Yanmen Pass was located in a basin, the flood would definitely destroy the city gate.
If the Xiongnu didn't die out, it would create a convenient condition for the Xiongnu to break into Yanmen Pass.
However, in order to keep all the Xiongnu people here, he had to use this plan.
Because there were too few cavalry in Yanmen Pass, they could not fight with the Xiongnu.
If the Xiongnu retreated, they wouldn't be able to send people to chase after them.
Yanmen Pass.
Above the city pass.
Gazing at the swampy land in front of him, he frowned.
The officials of Yanmen Pass Manor went up to the city pass to report the losses.
"Reporting to General, outside Yanmen Pass Prefecture, ten counties were hit by the flood, and more than 100,000 houses collapsed.”
"How are the casualties?"
"Milord, half a month ago, we learned that the Xiongnu had gone south. The people of the surrounding counties had already moved into the city pass.”
"However, I'm afraid that there won't be any harvest for this year's autumn harvest.”
"Nine-tenths of the farmlands in Yanmen Pass Prefecture have been flooded…"
Hearing the official's report, Huadu frowned.
This time, the Yanmen Pass had resisted hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu soldiers and killed them all. It was a huge achievement!
As for the farmland being flooded, it was also inevitable.
"Lord Prefect, but this time, there are countless fish and prawns washed down by the flood. The people in the city are catching fish in the water…
There were also some commoners who brought the dead Xiongnu warhorses to their homes and cut the horse meat to marinate…"
Hearing the official's report, the eyes of the king lit up.
The warhorses had just drowned in the flood, so it was understandable that they were cut off to marinate their meat.
After all, the fields were flooded. Without the aid of the court, this winter would be very difficult!
"Sir, within a hundred miles of Yanmen Pass Prefecture, there are swamps. The Xiongnu people have no way to escape, and more than half of the hundred-thousand Xiongnu people have died.”
"There are still some Xiongnu people who want to surrender. Sir, how do you think we should settle these Xiongnu people?”
Hearing the official's question, he asked,"
"How long can the rations in Yanmen Pass last?”
" Sir, it's enough to feed 80,000 soldiers for half a year…"
"What if you count all the people around Yanmen Pass? Their farmlands had been destroyed. Would these provisions be enough to relieve the disaster?”
Cold sweat broke out on the official's forehead.
"Give these Xiongnu people a chance and drive them out of Yanmen Pass. The food in Yanmen Pass is not enough for our own people!”
"Lord, the Yanmen Pass Mansion is surrounded by floods and swamps…"
Suyi, who was famous for being a cruel official, turned and glared at the official."
"I don't want to hurt the people of Yanmen Pass and leave behind a bad reputation for killing prisoners.”
The official immediately understood.
Li Guang looked at him and understood what he was thinking.
He didn't want captives, but he didn't want to bear the infamy of killing captives.
But if they released the captives, would they be able to walk out of Yanmen Pass Manor alive?
The swamp was boundless, and they didn't have any boats…
Most importantly, the soldiers of Yanmen Pass hated them.
Would they be allowed to escape from Yanmen Pass?
The city issued one decree after another.
Seize the Xiongnu's weapons and provisions.
They marinated the dead warhorses into horse meat. This time, the Xiongnu sent out 300,000 warhorses of all kinds.
The total population of Yanmen Pass Prefecture was 600,000. After marinating these dead horses into horse meat, each person could get half a horse on average.
In his eyes, the most important thing was to marinate the horse meat.
Because if it was another day, these dead horses would have gone bad and could only be buried on the spot.
When the flood came, almost all of the Xiongnu's warhorses died.
Out of the 300,000 warhorses, only 10,000 survived. The rest were all drowned.
The commoners of Yanmen Pass Prefecture were fighting to preserve the horse meat. Almost all the families, old and young, were involved.
The government was responsible for distributing free salt, and the people of Yanmen Pass Prefecture marinated the horse meat on the spot.
After the large pieces of horse meat were cut off, they were smeared with large amounts of salt and marinated in a jar.
Other than the marinated horse meat, the Xiongnu people who were lucky enough to survive were pushed off the ship and killed on the spot after they were expelled from Yanmen Pass.
The food in Yanmen Pass was not enough for the people to survive the winter.
Where would there be extra provisions to feed the captives?
On the city pass, Li Guang seemed to be in pain.
" These warhorses are all excellent grassland horses. If we can defeat the Xiongnu head-on, we can build a cavalry without the flood…"
" More than half of these armaments were also washed away by the flood. What a pity, what a pity…"
War was cruel.
The revenge of war on the defeated side was even crueler.
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