The Golden Age

Biquge www.xbiquge.cc, the fastest update of the latest chapters of Sun Moon Fenghua!The landform of Xiling is known for being mountainous.

The Changling Mountains in the north are undulating, and the Qilian Mountains in the south are also a natural barrier, but in the Xiling Corridor, in addition to these two mountains, there are countless small hills dotted among them, once known as the land of a hundred mountains.

General Kuroba was standing on the Fushan Dam, looking at a mountain in the northwest corner.

These days, the general with more than a dozen night crows under his crew, capable of carrying them, has been surveying the terrain of Fan County.

Of the 30 Night Crows under the general's command, only 24 followed him.

Han Yunong and Mencius Mo were deployed to Xiling early, and when they entered the customs, they left a few people in Woye Town.

The situation in Xiling was not stable. The general left a few people in Zhen County to assist Han Yunong from the accompanying night crows, and a few others in Fenggan Mansion City. Zhonglang’s Su Changyu had just finished reorganizing the three horses of Xiling. There are a few people left to assist Su Changyu, so the Night Crow who is following the general is now no more than twelve, and Mencius is also among them.

"General, that is Yuansong Mountain." Mencius opened the map he had been carrying, and got the right place: "The terrain on the mountain is also very steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also an excellent base."

General Black Feather took the map from Mencius Mo.

This map is a military map of Xiling. It has a detailed outline of the mountains and rivers in Xiling.

"If this mountain is to be turned into a defensive stronghold, at least one thousand and five hundred people will be required." The general carefully looked at the map and then handed the map to Mencius. He exhaled like a mist and walked forward. A few steps, the snow creaked against the ground.

Mencius also followed up and said: "General, if Yuan Songshan is also used as a defensive stronghold, then at least 20,000 troops will be needed along the way. To the west of Heiyang City, seven strongholds have already been set. Yangcheng is heading east, this is already the fourth place."

General said: "Once we go to war with the Wutuo people, we are bound to be in a weak position. The only chance is to use our strengths to deal with their shortcomings." He pointed his finger into the distance and said, "Xiling is multi-mountainous. Thanks. If Xiling and Mapingchuan are the favorite terrain of the Wutuo people, we are unable to fight it. From Kunlun Pass, there are many mountains along the way, which is what we use. Wutuo cavalry is good at fighting on the plains. But they are not good at mountain warfare. If they leave the horse, their strength will be greatly weakened."

"We are deploying strongholds on important hills on the way, will the Wutuo people ignore it?" Mencius worried: "If they drive straight in and don't care about the strongholds along the way, wouldn't these strongholds be in vain?"

"The Wutuo people are not that stupid." The general said lightly: "If these strongholds are not removed, they will be on their backs. The guards of the strongholds can not only completely cut off their logistics, but they can also deal with them if they have the opportunity. They launched a surprise attack." Raising their hands and stroking their beards: "Back then, the Wutuo people suddenly moved eastward. This is also because we were too confident at the time. We only felt that with the power of Tang, the Wutuo people had no guts to attack Xiling, so there was no Be prepared for defense. After the Wutuo people came in, in a hurry, we assembled all soldiers and horses to defend Heiyang City. The Wutuo people quickly besieged Heiyang City and made dumplings for us. There was no support outside Wutuo. People can almost kill and plunder everywhere they want."

Mencius was one of the night crows under the general's command. Although more than ten years have passed since that battle, Mencius is vividly vivid.

"If we have enough time to prepare at that time, these strongholds will definitely be used." The general said: "The location of each hill we choose is not only very important, but also easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can deploy a thousand troops, but it can Played the role of four to five thousand people. As long as the strong fortifications are built at these strongholds and guards are deployed, even if the Utuo people can conquer these hills, they will pay a heavy price for every one they conquer."

Mencius said: "The Wutuo people are not good at mountain warfare. As long as they attack these strongholds, they will inevitably pay a price. Husbands and fighters, all in one go, decay, and exhausted. When they uproot all the hills, their morale will Will fall to the bottom."

The general nodded slightly and said: "The selected strongholds can still use fireworks as a sign to know the enemy's situation at any time. Moreover, even if the stronghold is taken down, it is not impossible to go. As long as you try to break through, you can go to the nearest stronghold. In this way, the strength of the next stronghold can be increased."

"General, this is a serial strategy." Mencius admired, but then worried: "General, to deploy strongholds, in addition to building fortifications, it also needs a large number of archers. Relying on the mountains for danger and fighting from high ground is the most effective. Can be an archer."

"So the recruits we recruit are naturally archers." The general said: "Xiling is mountainous, so there are many hunters. After the beginning of the new year, recruiting recruits starts with hunters. There are household registrations in various places, and hunters are recruited according to household registration. The entire Xiling can recruit at least nearly 10,000 people. As for the lack of archers, I can only step up training. Zimo, do you know why I want to tell you this?"

Mencius exhaled and said: "The general wants me to be responsible for recruiting soldiers."

The general smiled heartily and said: "Although you have not been by my side for many years, you still understand my mind."

"I'll conscript, Changyu trains." Mencius said in a dark manner: "Who will be responsible for the fortifications of these strongholds?"

"I'm personally responsible." The general said: "Just do your own thing."

Mencius stopped talking, and the general glanced at him and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"General, there is no problem with your deployment. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of money and food." Mencius said in ink: "Building any stronghold, constructing fortifications and deploying archers requires a lot of silver, and once it is completed, the stronghold is necessary. To store food and a large number of bows and arrows, this also requires silver. I initially estimated that if only the currently selected strongholds are used and everything is properly deployed, it will cost at least several hundred thousand taels of silver in the early stage, and every month thereafter. It also costs hundreds of thousands taels of silver, which is not even counted as a soldier and horse defending the city."

The general nodded slightly and said nothing.

"You said a few days ago that once the Wutuo people showed signs of invading Xiling, they would first move the people of Fan County to the east." Mencius said, "I checked before. There are 230,000 households in Fan County. If you move eastward, you will have to prepare food rations for hundreds of thousands of people. Therefore, in addition to the food and grass needed for soldiers and horses, a large amount of food must be stored to cope with the refugee situation at that time." There is no worry in the eyebrows: "If it arrives When there is no food for refugees, not only will a large number of people starve to death, but also

There will be many refugees forced to make chaos with helplessness, and the consequences will be disastrous."

The general said: "I understand that if we have enough money and food, we can still fight the Utuo people, otherwise we will be vulnerable."

"According to the previous plan, if all the Yuwen family's wealth can be flushed into the military resources, and then some are recruited from the Xiling aristocratic family, it can still be barely maintained." Mencius said in ink: "If the court can allocate grain and grass, enough food, this We still have to fight the battle." His face became solemn: "But the Yuwen family's assets, even though they were involved in Hu Cao in name, have been transferred away by the hostess."

"This is only a part." The general said: "Yao Duhu sent a quick secret report. Shiqing Pei has been watching Zhen's family. The two forged secret letters are already in Shiqing Pei's hands. He will use Yao Duhu's hand to judge Zhen. The family surrendered to the enemy and treasoned the country, and the Zhen’s family was checked by the Tokyo Prefecture, and all of the money obtained would be shipped to Kyoto.

Mencius frowned and said: "General, the people of Wutuo are staring at him, and the invasion is imminent. We are here to prepare the army and it is difficult everywhere. The court did not allocate money and food. Instead, it sent Shiqing Pei to collect money in Xiling. From this point of view, since the court has let Shiqing Pei go inside. To transport money, I’m afraid I won’t allocate another grain to Xiling.” Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, “If this is the case, then we really don’t know how to deploy.”

"What the Secretary Pei did is not necessarily what the saint meant." The general looked solemnly: "The saint is wise, knowing that Xiling is difficult, how can he do this kind of salary draw? I have already written to the saint to understand the situation here, and ask The saint not only left the assets of the Yuwen family and the Zhen family, but also allocated grain. Until now, without asking the court to allocate money, as long as they can bring us some grain, it is a blessing."

"Can the general leader help us to advise the sage?" Mencius hesitated, and finally said softly: "The sage trusts the general commander very much. If the general commander can speak for us, maybe the sage will really make a move here. Some food."

The general shook his head and said: "Don't involve him in this matter. My friendship with him is just the same, which is regarded as a personal relationship. Over the years, he has not been involved in official duties. He is in charge of the dragon scales in Beijing, which is forbidden. Commander Gong, I lead soldiers outside and perform their duties. If I get too close and are involved in official affairs, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will take the opportunity to attack." Fuxu said calmly: "From the beginning, I knew I would return to Xiling. After that, many things faced were too complicated, not just as simple as bringing soldiers to guard the empire’s territory. Behind Shiqing Pei is Princess Musk, who is Baoxi Mausoleum. This time the old man will inevitably have a rift with them. I will bear it, don't get involved in Tantai."

"If there is no help from the general leader, the princess will probably not give up these assets easily." Mencius said in ink: "The general's fold may not be worth the princess's words in the ear of the saint."

The general smiled and said: "Even though Shiqing Pei has gathered his wealth, he wants to transport the wealth back to the customs, it depends on whether he has the ability." With arms akimbo, looking into the distance: "Since I am back, I will never allow Xiling to repeat the same mistakes. As long as you can keep Xiling, even if you are broken into pieces, you will not hesitate. Zimo, you see, this land is so beautiful, if in order to guard this beautiful land, splashing blood here, wouldn't it be the greatest pleasure in life? "