The secret department and the pre-branch also perished, and many times, the war was so cruel that in order not to have a second Shatuo, the only way to completely eradicate it was to take advantage of the weak hour of the disaster.

Guo Song didn't give them a chance, but they didn't cherish it.

The country is small but not humble, the strength is small but not afraid of the strong, the rude and insults the neighbors, and the greedy and clumsy friends can die.

The four tribes of Wusun, Lieshan, Jinshan, and Yiwu participated in this war of extermination, and the Tang army took half of the cattle and sheep and all the property, while the four tribes got the population, pasture, and half of the cattle and sheep.

It can be said that everyone was happy, the great chiefs of the four tribes and Guo Song, the commander of the Tang Army, reached an agreement on the shore of Puzihai Lake, and the previous terms of property division continued to be valid, and they compromised and accepted Guo Song's overall arrangement on the sensitive project involving copper and iron.

The stock of copper and iron belonged to the Tang army, and the mines were owned by the four departments, who were responsible for mining the ore and then selling the ore to the Tang army, and in return, Guo Song promised that the Beiting Jiedu Mansion would not levy their taxes for ten years.

Then there was the crucial division of land, and the two sides agreed to continue to maintain the land division of Tianbao five years ago, that is, Tingzhou and Xizhou belonged to the Tang Dynasty completely, Yizhou was bounded by Yiwu County, the south belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and the large pastures north of Yiwu County belonged to the four major tribes.

In addition, for a large area of land west of Tingzhou, the Tang army still retained the garrison city built by Beiting Jiedu Mansion, and the other oasis pastures were divided into four departments.

Finally, the four divisions are under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Jiedu Mansion, and they and the Tang army will join forces to resist the invasion of the Beiting by foreigners.

It was a win-win agreement, and everyone was happy, and after signing the agreement, the chiefs of the four tribes led their armies north to divide up the population and pastures of the old nest of the Yuebu at the southern foot of the Golden Mountain.

.........

In the past few days, a steady stream of supplies and cattle and sheep have been transported to Tingzhou, the military and civilians of Jinman County have never been so rich as now, Guo Song generously gave them 200,000 sheep and 15,000 war horses, ensuring that everyone has their own horses, every household is full of sheep, grain is full of cabinets, sheepskin is covered with soil kang, not only Tingzhou, but also the people of Xizhou, all the people are laughing happily in abundance.

Guo Song gave each person another piece of cloth, and the women began to busily tailor their families.

Of course, the Tang soldiers were rewarded with ten pieces of cloth, five sheepskins, and twenty taels of silver, and the fallen soldiers were also given double pensions, and their families could also receive three hundred acres of farmland and lifelong tax exemption in the North Courtyard if they wished.

In the southeast corner of Jinman County, there is an idle military camp that can accommodate thousands of soldiers, and this military camp became a temporary wounded barracks for more than 600 Tang soldiers who were injured in the bloody battle of Tingzhou.

In addition to the 20 or so military doctors, the army hired 200 young local women to take care of the wounded soldiers' daily life and food, clean their wounds and change their dressings.

This has always been the tradition of the Tang Army in Hexi, and the young women take care of the soldiers, as if it has a miraculous effect, greatly reducing the mortality rate of the wounded, as long as the hands and feet are not cut off, basically more than a month later, the wounded soldiers can jump on the battlefield again.

Of course, sometimes it can also promote marriage, at least in the wounded barracks, there are now more than 30 pairs of men and women who are in love, ready to start a family after the injury, and dozens of couples also have a faint trend of development.

One of the biggest shortcomings in Tingzhou is that there are many old and weak, many women, and few young and strong men, and Gaochang also has this problem, and the young and strong men are either killed in battle, or they are taken to work as miners, and they never come back.

Therefore, Guo Song considered letting some soldiers stay in Beiting to start a family, of course, the conditions would be very generous, and they could also get hundreds of acres of fertile land and lifelong tax exemption.

If the Central Plains Dynasty wants to control Beiting and Anxi for a long time, the best way is to relocate Han people in large numbers, let Han people become the main body, and with strong force, they are not afraid of the invasion of nomads.

In the morning, Guo Song came to the wounded barracks to visit the soldiers who were treating and recuperating from their wounds here.

The barracks were busy in various barracks, and the medical officer Liu Yu accompanied Guo Song to visit the soldiers.

"Is there a lack of medicines?" Guo Song asked.

"Originally, it was a bit insufficient, but Zhao Sima sent someone to send a batch of seized medicines from Yiwu City a few days ago, and there is basically no shortage."

Guo Song smiled and asked, "Is the medicine of the Shatuo people useful?" ”

"Some are the same as us, some are different, but each has its own effect, and it has to be good."

"Go see Zhou Langjiang!"

"Envoy, please come with me."

Medical officer Liu Yu led Guo Song to the other side of the wounded barracks.

Among the wounded soldiers, the highest military rank was a cavalry general, called Zhou Qian, a native of Gyeongju, tall and burly, only twenty-five or sixteen years old, he was the first soldier, with two arrows in his body, and a knife wound in the lower abdomen, the injury was relatively serious, lying on the sickbed and unable to move, there was a young woman to take care of him, and the two slowly had feelings.

At this time, the two were talking affectionately, Guo Song walked in accompanied by the medical officer, and Zhou Qian was so frightened that he hurriedly shook off the woman's hand, and the young woman ran away with a red face.

Guo Song smiled dumbly and said, "I'm still worried that you won't be able to survive, it seems that you are too worried." ”

Zhou Qian said embarrassedly: "I can't get up from my humble position, and I can't salute the envoy!" ”

"The military salute cannot be abolished, let's make it up later!"

Guo Song stepped forward with a smile and asked, "How is it, when will you recover?" ”

"This has to be decided by Doctor Liu."

Liu Yu said with a smile on the side: "His injuries are relatively serious, and he will have to be recuperated for at least a month." ”

"What else hurts now?" Guo Song asked again.

Zhou Qian thought for a while and said: "The pain is gone, but it is more troublesome to go out, and I always have diarrhea." ”

Liu Yu glared at him and said, "If you don't have diarrhea, you can't solve it at all, okay?" ”

Guo Song smiled: "Do you still want to eat croton?" ”

Liu Yu shook his head, "It's not Croton, it's a kind of catharsis of the Shatuo people, and it works very well." ”

He took a small porcelain bottle from the table next to him and handed it to Guo Song, "That's it, I don't know what kind of oil it is, the Shatuo people call it sesame oil, take a little bit, you can solve the constipation problem of the wounded soldiers." ”

Guo Song took the small porcelain vase, smelled it, he was stunned for a moment, sniffed it carefully, and was suddenly surprised and happy, it was really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it, and the castor oil that he couldn't find everywhere was inadvertently found in the wounded barracks.

"Is there any oil left?"

"There are quite a few, do you need to use it?"

"This is an important strategic material, I can't find it anywhere, where did it come from? I mean, where did the Shatuo people come from? ”

"I asked Zhao Sima about it, and he said that it seemed to have been brought by the Sogdians from Tocharo."

Guo Song slapped his forehead hard, he was confused, castor was introduced to the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty, and the biggest channel was of course the Sogdians.

"Is there anything else over there in the Igo warehouse?"

"I don't know this, I have to ask Zhao Sima specifically, he seems to be coming back in a few days."

Guo Song hurriedly said to Liu Yu: "You leave the necessary amount of medicine, and give me all the rest, this oil is very important to us." ”

Mixing castor oil into black powder becomes a home-made nitroglycerin explosive, and the explosive power is greatly enhanced, and iron fire and thunder can be created.

Once there is an iron-shelled fire thunder, the safety of Anxi and Beiting can basically be guaranteed.

.........

Two days later, Sima Zhaowei escorted another batch of supplies to Tingzhou, and when he heard that the Jiedu envoy was looking for him in an emergency, he hurried to the barracks.

"Do you have a hurry to find a lowly position?" Zhao Wei walked into the big tent and asked.

Guo Song nodded, and took the small porcelain bottle from the table, "How much of this sesame oil is still in stock over there in Yiwu?" ”

Zhao Wei took out a booklet from his arms, flipped through it and said: "This kind of sesame oil is in the medicine warehouse, there are a total of three barrels, each barrel is twenty-five catties, and one bucket is sent to the wounded barracks, and there are two barrels in the Yiwu warehouse, ready to be transported back to Zhangye." ”

"Who bought this medicine, is there a record?" Guo Song asked again.

"For the record!"

Guo Song was immediately overjoyed, he didn't have much hope, he didn't expect that there would be a record.

Zhao Wei smiled slightly: "In fact, all the foreign medicines in the Shatuo warehouse were bought from the Shi family. ”

"Zhangye historian?" Guo Song was stunned.

Zhao Wei nodded, "Exactly!" ”

Guo Song really felt a little remorseful in his heart, he should have asked the historian, but the solution was in front of him, but he turned a blind eye.

"I know, this sesame oil is very important, be careful to protect it, don't use it again."

"Ignorance, understood!"

Zhao Wei hesitated for a moment and said, "There is one more matter, I have to report to the envoy for my humble position." ”

"What's the matter?"

"The envoy asked the lowly to pay attention to the crops in the Western Regions, and the lowly has discovered a new crop this time."