The Golden Age Chapter 334: Beautiful land

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The landform of Xiling is famous for being mountainous.

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

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

In these days, the general with more than a dozen night crows, capable of carrying them, has been surveying the terrain of Fan County.

Thirty Night Crows under the general's command, but only 24 followed him.

Han Yunong and Menzimo 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 from the night crows accompanying him to assist Han Yunong in Zhen County, and a few others in Fenggan Fucheng. Zhonglang General Su Changyu just finished Xiling III. Qi, there are a few people left to assist Su Changyu, so the Ye Crow who is following the general now has no more than 12 people, and Mencius is also among them.

"General, that is Yuansong Mountain." Mencius opened the map he had been carrying, and pointed to the location: "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 top 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 breathed out like a mist. After walking a few steps, the snow creaked under the ground.

Meng Zimo 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. Seven strongholds have been set to the west of Heiyang City. After passing Heiyang City and heading east, this is already the fourth place."

Jiangjun 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 more mountainous. God’s gift. If Xiling and Mapingchuan are the favorite terrain of the Wutuo people, we are simply unable to fight it. From Kunlun Pass to the pass, there are many mountains along the way, which is what we take advantage of. Wutuo cavalry is good at Plains fights, but they are not good at mountain wars. If they leave the horses, their strength will be greatly weakened."

"We are deploying strongholds on important hills along 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 also if they have the opportunity, You can launch a surprise attack on them at any time." Raising his hand and stroking his beard: "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 the Tang Dynasty, the Wutuo people had no guts to attack Xiling, so At that time, we were not prepared for defense. After the Wutuo people came in, we gathered all the soldiers and horses to defend Heiyang City in a hurry. 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."

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

"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 will deploy a thousand troops. , But it can play the role of four to five thousand people. As long as the strong fortifications are built at these strongholds and the guards are deployed, even if the Utuo people can conquer these hills, they will pay a heavy price for each attack."

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 warriors, fight in one fell swoop, fade again, and burn out, waiting for them to uproot all the hills. , Morale will also fall to the bottom."

The general nodded slightly and said: "The selected stronghold can still use fireworks as a sign to know the enemy's situation at any time. And even if the stronghold is taken down, there is no way to go. As long as you try to break through, you can go The nearest stronghold, in this way, can increase the strength of the next stronghold."

"General, this is a serial strategy." Mencius admired, but immediately worried: "General, to deploy strongholds, in addition to building fortifications, you also need a large number of archers. Relying on the mountains for danger, fighting from a high altitude, the most Only archers are effective."

"So the recruits we recruited are naturally archers." The general said: "Xiling is mountainous, so there are many orion households. After the beginning of the new year, recruiting recruits starts with the orion. Every place has household registration. Recruiting Orion, 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 breathed a sigh of relief 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 words: "Who will be responsible for the fortifications of these strongholds?"

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

Mencius stopped talking, the general glanced at it 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, building fortifications and deploying archers requires a lot of money, and once completed, It is necessary to store food and a large number of bows and arrows in the stronghold, which also requires silver. I initially estimated that if only the currently selected stronghold is used, everything is properly deployed, and it will cost at least hundreds of thousands of taels in the early stage. It costs more than 100,000 taels of silver each month, which is not 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, Fan County has twenty For 30,000 households, if they move eastward, they 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 there is no food for the refugees by then, not only will a large number of people starve to death, but it will definitely

There will be many refugees who are forced to make chaos, with disastrous consequences. "

The general said: "I understand that if we have enough money and food, we can still fight the Wutuo 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 recruit some from the Xiling aristocratic family, it can still be barely maintained." Mencius said: "If the court can allocate grain and grass, there will be sufficient food. , We still have to fight this 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 magistrate."

"This is only a part." The general said: "The guardian of Yao Duhu sent a secret report. Shiqing Pei has been watching the Zhen family. The two forged secret letters are already in Shiqing Pei's hands. He wants to use Yao Duhu's hand. , It was determined that the Zhen family had turned over to the enemy and treason, and the Zhen family was checked by the Metropolitan Government, and all the assets obtained would also be shipped to Kyoto."

Mencius Mo frowned and said: "General, the people of Wutuo are staring at him. The invasion is imminent. We are here to prepare for war, and we are facing difficulties. 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 allowed Shiqing Pei transports money to the pass, I am afraid that he will not allocate another grain to Xiling." Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, "If this is the case, we really don't know how to deploy it next."

"What Shiqing Pei did is not necessarily what the saint meant." The general looked solemn: "The saint is wise, knowing that Xiling is difficult, how can he do this thing? I have already made a mistake to the saint, and I understand this side. Under the circumstances, I asked the saint not only to keep the assets of Yuwen's and Zhen's family, but also to allocate grain. Now, if we don't ask the court to allocate money, as long as we can bring us some grain, it is a blessing."

"Can the general leader help us to advise the saint?" Mencius hesitated, and finally said softly: "The saint trusts the leader very much. If the commander can help us speak, maybe the saint will really make an order. Adjust some food here."

The general shook his head and said, "Don't involve him in this matter. My friendship with him is just the same, which can be 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. , Is the commander of the Forbidden Palace. I lead soldiers outside and perform their duties. If I go too close and are involved in official affairs, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will take the opportunity to attack." Carexu said indifferently: "From the beginning, I knew After returning to Xiling, many things faced were too complicated, and it was not just as simple as taking soldiers to defend the imperial territory. Behind Shiqing Pei is Princess Musk, who is Bao Xiling, this time the old man will inevitably have a rift with them, and he will agree. I’ll take care of the matter, don’t get involved in Tantai."

"If there is no help from the general leader, the princess will not easily give up these assets." Mencius said in ink: "The general's trouble 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 assets, he wants to transport these assets back to the customs, depending on whether he has the ability." With arms akimbo, looking into the distance: "Since I am back, I will never allow it. Xiling repeats the same mistakes, as long as you can keep Xiling, even if you are broken into pieces. Zimo, you see, this land is so beautiful, if you sprinkle blood here in order to guard this beautiful land, wouldn’t it be the greatest in life? Hurry up?"