The looting in the Iron Spear Tribe lasted until midnight.
Although the slave warriors were looting, they didn't dare to stuff their pockets with the good stuff under the watchful eyes of their general, Zhan Nuyong. Instead, they took out the good stuff and piled it on the large open space of the Iron Refinement Tribe.
"This Tie Le tribe is indeed a big tribe.”
Li Yu looked at the pile of things in front of him and sighed.
The large open space in front of him was densely packed with gold and silver treasures, as well as carriages filled with food.
Apart from some of the grain looted from the Central Plains, the rest were beef, mutton, dried meat, and milk products.
Serenity Plains had been besieged by the Turks. Although Li Yu had managed to beat them back, the Turks had wreaked havoc on their way here, and most of the farmlands had been destroyed. With the gold, silver, and food in front of them, Serenity Plains would become very rich.
"Your Highness, there are many more captives this time.”
Baiqi said as he pointed to a spot not far away.
Li Yu looked in the direction of the finger and saw a large group of people being driven over by the slave warriors like livestock.
These people were all from the Tiele Clan, including men, women and children.
Roughly calculating, there were about 80,000 people.
"Men, tell Zhan Nuyong to get rid of all those who are above the wheels in the Iron Ream Division.”
Li Yu ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
Upon hearing the order, one of the Imperial Cavalry immediately rode his horse to find Zhan Nuyong.
"Your Highness, we only have 30,000 slaves in the army. Why don't we recruit some men from the Tiele Tribe here and let them fight for us?”
Baiqi asked.
"Absolutely not. These slave warriors are loyal to me because they've been bullied by other tribes, and their hatred for the Turks is extremely strong. On the other hand, the Tiele Tribe is the complete opposite. They're used to being arrogant and extravagant, so how can they be my servant soldiers?”
Li Yu replied.
"That's true."
Bai Qi nodded.
The two of them continued to wait.
It wasn't until three o'clock in the middle of the night that Zhan Nuyong had killed all the men in the Irontail Tribe who were taller than a wheel, and the looting of the Irontail Tribe had also ended.
Li Yu, Baiqi, the Imperial Cavalry, and the Combat Slaves were all gathered in front of the mountain of treasures and women.
"Zhan Nuyong, come here."
Li Yu pointed to the seat beside him.
"Yes."
Zhan Nuyong didn't dare to be negligent. He immediately ran to Li Yu and knelt down.
"You just ordered the soldiers not to take anything for themselves. You did a good job. I'm very satisfied.”
Li Yu praised.
"Thank you for your praise, Your Highness. This is my duty!”
Zhan Nuyong said respectfully.
"In order to reward you for your outstanding performance in conquering the Irontail Division, I will allow you to form a long line. Each of you will grab a handful of gold, silver, and jewelry and choose a woman.”
Li Yu said expressionlessly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhan Nuyong looked up at Li Yu in shock.
The other Slaves were equally surprised.
Before the battle, Li Yu had used money to motivate the soldiers, but the soldiers had treated it as an empty promise. But now, Li Yu had actually fulfilled his promise!
"Your Highness, fighting to the death is the duty of our slave warriors. I dare not ask for your reward.”
Zhan Nuyong was afraid that this was Li Yu's way of testing the loyalty of the slave warriors, so he hurriedly kowtowed and declined.
"I'll let you take it."
Li Yu stared at Zhan Nuyong, his voice suddenly turning cold.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Zhan Nuyong did not dare to decline and hurriedly organized his clansmen to line up to receive the reward.
"Your Highness, isn't it too much of a loss to give these Tiele women to the Slaves?”
Bai Qi frowned.
"It's not a loss. With this bunch of trash, no one would want them even if they were given to others as slaves.”
Li Yu shook his head.
Li Yu didn't know if the women of the other Turkic tribes were good-looking or not, but the women of the Tiele Tribe were definitely ugly. They were all big and round, with rough skin. The only difference between them and men was that they didn't have beards.
However, Li Yu, as a Tang, felt that the women of the Tiele Tribe were ugly, but the Turkic soldiers did not. They were all overjoyed and kowtowed to Li Yu after receiving their rewards.
"Zhan Nuyong is right. He is my hunting dog, and so are the soldiers of the Slave War Army. Since they are dogs, they should be given some bones to eat occasionally. Otherwise, they won't be able to use their strength when they bite.”
Li Yu said indifferently.
"Radish and stick, Your Highness has good methods!”
Baiqi cupped his hands and praised.
"It's just a small trick. Next, we'll use a large-scale army against the Turks. It would be a good trick if we can completely wipe out their land.”
Li Yu said fiercely.
"This general is willing to serve Your Highness!”
Baiqi cupped his hands and bowed.
After that, Li Yu led all the others back to Youzhou City with all the booties.
The news of the great victory had been known by all the people in Youzhou City. All the commoners went out of the city to welcome him.
As the grains in Youzhou City were almost used up, everybody was worried about the famine. However, at the sight of the food, gold, silver and jewelry brought back by Li Yu, they didn't worry about the famine anymore.
"Your Highness, you're finally back.”
Zhuge Liang rode his horse to the front of the advancing troops and anxiously looked for Li Yu to discuss the matter.
"What's the hurry? Now that I've brought back a large amount of food that can fill everyone's stomachs and sustain a large-scale war, the Turks will undoubtedly lose.”
Li Yu said indifferently.
"I'm not anxious because of the food, but because I received news that Left Military Guard General Qin Qiong brought money, food, and reinforcements to Youzhou, but was blocked by the Turks in Martial Arts City.”
Zhuge Liang hurriedly told him the news he had just received.
"What is it? Didn't Jie Li Khan escape? How could there be an army attacking Martial Arts City?”
Bai Qi, who was beside Li Yu, asked in shock.
"The Turks are different from us. The defeat of the Jie Li Khagan didn't cause the other tribes to withdraw their troops. On the contrary, because the Khagan Court lost too many soldiers, the other tribes saw the possibility of establishing their prestige and seizing the throne, so they instead attacked even more enthusiastically.”
Li Yu frowned and speculated.
"Your Highness is absolutely right. Not only is the Ancient Tribe of Baye participating in the war, but there are also other tribes like Xue Yantuo, Tongluo, and Tuo Buhua. They know that they can't defeat our army, so they simply bypassed Youzhou and went straight to Wugong City from Wu City.”
Zhuge Liang said.
"That's troublesome."
Li Yu frowned.
Wugong City was located behind Youzhou City and was not far from Chang 'an. If the Turks captured Wugong City, Youzhou would become isolated and cut off all ties with the Great Tang.
However, since Qin Qiong was the one guarding Wu City, there was no need to worry too much.
"Your Highness, what is your decision?"
Zhuge Liang asked.
"That's easy. We'll continue fighting and use our resources to launch a large-scale war against the Turkic royal court.”
Li Yu said.
"Then, are we just going to ignore Martial Arts City?”
Baiqi asked.
"General Qin is no ordinary person. I believe he won't be defeated by the Turks.”
Li Yu said firmly.
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