Soon, the soldiers of the northern tribes who fled back to the station, as well as the wounded soldiers who were wounded by Xuanliang's cavalry, as well as the generals of this battle, He, Patriarch Chuan, returned to the Wangshan garrison under the escort of Xiao Yiran's eight personal guards: Wei Wen, Wei Shuang, Wei Qian, Wei Zhou, Wei Dong, Wei Xi, Wei Nan, and Wei Bei.

Xiao Yiran ordered Xuan Yi and Li Yu to settle the soldiers of the northern tribes, and asked the personal guards to bring He Hechuan to the palace and personally entertained the two.

"Chuan, are you really attached to the Dragon Clan?"

"The great empress of the dragon clan, Chuan leads all the clansmen to sincerely belong to the dragon clan."

"Okay, on behalf of the Dragon Clan, I welcome you to join the Dragon Clan. Chuan, our dragon clan has a surname, I don't know if your clan has a surname? ”

"Our ethnic group has always named children after place names, or animal and plant names, and has never had a surname, so please ask the empress to give a surname."

Even if Chuan doesn't ask Xiao Yiran to give them a surname, Xiao Yiran has to give them a surname, otherwise it will be difficult to manage in the future. After pondering for a while, according to the memories before rebirth, the location of the northern ethnic groups should belong to the area of Zhao in the Spring and Autumn Period, so he said to Chuan:

"From then on, all your clansmen will take Zhao as their surname, and the patriarch will be called Zhao Chuan. How about General He's called Zhao He? ”

"Empress Xie gave her surname."

The two thanked Xiao Yiran at the same time.

"Zhao He, tell me about it, you had 10,000 soldiers at the beginning, how did you hide from the spies of the Dragon Clan, so that our people only found 5,000 soldiers."

"Emperor, it's not unusual to say it. The dragon spies only count the number of soldiers, and cannot record the appearance of the soldiers, so I only let 3,000 infantry come out for training every day, so that the real number of soldiers can be concealed. ”

"And how did you find out about the cavalry I sent to attack your garrison?"

"Since the emperor moved here, almost every move of the dragon clan is under our control. Except, of course, those weapons that are so powerful. ”

"Are you convinced of this defeat?"

"Emperor, can you tell the truth?"

"Of course, what you want is your truth."

"Emperor, the dragon clan can win, and it is completely a powerful weapon in the hands of the honor guard. If it weren't for the power of the weapon, which made it difficult to resist, the defeated side would certainly not be us. ”

"It seems that Zhao He is not convinced by the defeat?"

"Emperor, if it weren't for the weapons of the dragon clan, I wouldn't have left three thousand people to block the **ten cavalry who sneaked into the garrison. If it weren't for the fact that the cavalry delayed and killed and wounded nearly half of the soldiers who remained behind. If the remaining soldiers had arrived a day earlier for reinforcements, it is difficult to say what the outcome of the battle would have been. ”

"Haha, Zhao He, I admit that you do have excellence in leading troops to fight, but you must know that facts are facts, and there are not so many ifs. If you think about it carefully, even if you don't leave behind the soldiers to guard against the dragon cavalry who sneak up on the garrison, and all your 10,000 soldiers launch an attack on the Wangshan garrison, will you definitely have a chance of winning? Are you so confident that the dragons have no other tricks? ”

When Zhao He heard this, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Yiran with wide eyes. Zhao He really didn't think that the dragon clan would have a back-up move. And Zhao Chuan opened his mouth and asked:

"Emperor, what other powerful tricks does the dragon clan have?"

"Hehe, you'll find out later."

Is there really a trick? Of course not. In the battle with the northern tribes, the dragons have used all their strength, and there is no more backup to use. The reason why Xiao Yiran wants to bluff is nothing more than to let Zhao He and Zhao Chuan not have different hearts in the future. After all, the number of people in the entire northern tribe is more than three times that of the dragon race. Xiao Yiran said that he would let them know in the future, and he planned to wait for the black powder to be developed and use it to fulfill what he said today.

"Zhao Chuan, Zhao He, do you two have anything to do with the integration of the two ethnic groups?"

"Emperor, since we have already attached ourselves to the Dragon Clan, it is up to the Emperor to decide."

"Zhao He, what about you?"

"Zhao He also obeyed the emperor's decision."

"In that case, the two of you, including your relatives, should stay first. I will send someone to receive and manage your people and your garrison. ”

"Xiaoju, go and inform Xuanyi, immediately arrange an address for Zhao Chuan and Zhao He, and provide daily necessities and food. A qiē is performed with the treatment of a member of the Presbyterian Church. ”

After Zhao Chuan and Zhao He lived, as they gradually understood the wealth of the Dragon Clan, as well as the rules and regulations in all aspects, especially Zhao He, the trace of unconvincing in his heart gradually disappeared and became happy and convinced.

After many discussions by the Council of Elders, it was finally decided that Xiao An would go to the northern tribe station, and on the side of Longshan and Mengyuehe, Xiao Yiran's two maids, Xiao Chun and Xiao Mei, would be sent to take over. Due to Tianli's outstanding performance in the battle with Xuanliang, he was exceptionally promoted to the military department and went to the Mengyuehe garrison to take over Cao Ying's position, while Cao Ying, who was replaced, stayed at the Wangshan garrison to assist Lin Zhan in leading the troops. Xiang Lin was temporarily stationed at the northern ethnic group to assist Xiao An.

After the integration, the number of dragons approached 45,000, the infantry reached 4,050, plus the women's independent battalion of 300 people, a total of 4,800 people. The cavalry expanded to fifteen hundred. Following the previous establishment of the Dragon Clan, the infantry was organized into five regiments, two divisions, and a women's independent battalion. The cavalry was organized into two regiments and one division. The commander-in-chief of the whole army is still the emperor, and Xiang Lin is the deputy commander-in-chief, responsible for daily training and defense. The commanders of the two infantry divisions were Xiang Lin of the first division and the commander of the division, Cao Ying was Fu, and the commander of the second division was Lin Zhan. Cavalry commander Xuan Liang. The commanders of the regiments to which each division belonged were no longer served by the emperor's personal bodyguard, but were appointed by the commanders of each division. Xiao Yiran no longer served as the commander of the women's independent battalion, but officially appointed Xiao An as the commander of the women's independent battalion, and sent the women's independent battalion to the northern ethnic group station to assist Xiang Lin in taking on the responsibility of guarding and also responsible for the safety of Xiao An.

Zhao Chuan and Zhao He, who had just been attached, were arranged to the Council of Elders, and while becoming members of the Council of Elders, Zhao Chuan went to the Ministry of Finance to assist Xuanyi. Zhao He went to the staff headquarters to assist Li Yu. There was no specific deacon for the two, and Xiao Yiran had to observe the two for a while.

Because of the emperor's twenty-four personal guards, in the past battle, ten people died, and only fourteen remained. Among the fourteen people, Xuan Liang has not recovered from his serious injuries, Li Yu, Wei Qian, and Wei Wen have recovered from their injuries, and Wei Long and Wei Tian have stayed at the northern ethnic group station to assist Xiang Lin. The members of the Presbyterian Council built the Emperor many times, and then selected ten people to supplement their personal guards.

Xiao Yiran did not agree, and since the beginning of the war, Xiao Yiran has not restored the sleeping system. Although more than a month has passed, nearly two months, Xiao Yiran has not yet come out of the pain of losing ten men. Especially Xuan Liang, who is seriously injured, his injuries are always repeated, although he is gradually recovering, but the speed of recovery is very slow, which makes Xiao Yiran worry all the time.

Three months after the end of the war, the wounded were almost regained. On the side of the northern ethnic group, Xiao An also registered the detailed clansmen of the northern ethnic group and sent them to Xiao Yiran. At the same time, a series of rules and regulations formulated by the dragon clan were also implemented in the northern station.

Whether in ancient times or in modern times, for ordinary people, it doesn't matter who will be their patriarch, what matters is who can make them live a good life, and they will support whom. With the establishment of independent families, with the division of fields into households, with the beginning of spring planting, and with the continuous supply of various advanced tools from the Wangshan station to the northern tribesmen, the impact of the great war three months ago gradually disappeared and was replaced by a thriving scene.

In order to facilitate the exchange between the two stations, Xiao Yiran ordered the hunting department of Xiongshan, with the assistance of a company of Cao Ying's second division, to build a wide pontoon bridge in the upper reaches of the big river in the Wangshan station, which could pass through chariots. Not only can troops be transported back and forth, but also materials can be transported between the two places, and the communication between the two tribes can be facilitated.

Of course, the dragon clan, which gradually returned to the order before the war, began a day-to-day training plan after everything was normalized. The so-called being prepared for danger in times of peace, and a big battle through guò, made everyone realize the importance of the army. Xiao Yiran did not blindly expand the number of soldiers because of the increase in the number of clansmen. Xiao Yiran believes that as long as the current 4,800 infantry and 1,500 cavalry are trained well, it will be enough for the dragon clan to dominate the world for a long time.

The number of chariots is increasing, and the imperial crossbow is being produced in large quantities, striving to equip every soldier with one. The Five Elements Bagua Array, as the top priority in military training, has to be practiced almost every day. Zhao He, who was assigned to the staff headquarters to assist Li Yu, after fully realizing the power of the Five Elements Bagua Array, further believed that even if the original 3,000 soldiers were reinforced in time, even if the Dragon Clan had no more back-up moves, the two sides continued to fight at that time, and the result was really not necessarily that the northern tribe won.

As the former patriarch of the northern ethnic group, Zhao Chuan has long been convinced, wholeheartedly assisting Xuan Yi and doing all the work of the Ministry of Finance.

These were all seen by Xiao Yiran, who always paid attention to the two of them, and at the beginning of the fourth day after the war, Xiao Yiran ordered:

Zhao He was appointed deputy chief of staff;

Zhao Chuan was appointed vice minister of finance.

Another month later, Xiao Anshun, who was stationed in the northern garrison, gave birth to a baby boy. For this reason, Xiao Yiran came to the station of the northern ethnic group for the first time. Seeing the smile on Xiang Lin's face, he knew without asking that Xiao An must be Xiang Lin's child. At the beginning, before the war, Xiao An came to visit Xiao Yiran, and when he left, he said that he might be pregnant with Xiang Lin's child. At the time of the war, the pot-bellied Xiao An rushed to reinforcements, and Xiao Yiran never asked if it was Xiang Lin's child. Now that I see Xiang Lin's expression, and then look at the baby's eyebrows and eyes in swaddling clothes, there is a ** Xiang Lin's appearance. So he asked Xiang Lin with a smile:

"Are you satisfied, but you can rest assured?"

"Emperor, Xiang Lin has always been very satisfied and relieved."

Xiang Lin, who has always been respectful in front of the emperor, spoke to the emperor in this tone for the first time. After finishing speaking, he seemed to feel a little out of shape, and hurriedly bowed his head and saluted.

"Emperor, please give the child a name."

"No, this time I won't deprive you of the right to be a father, so let's do it yourself."

In fact, Xiang Lin had already thought of a name for the child, and when he heard the emperor say this, he didn't insist anymore, saying:

"Why don't you call it Xiao Yi?"