Wang Lanling's strategy has been laid, that is, to keep the land but not the people.

"The horse bandits of Mustang Ridge have been entrenched there for many years, and it is well known that when all the people in a place are bad people, then over time there will be some people who have not done bad things."

"But that's not something we're going to think about."

Wang Lanling said seriously: "Don't think about anything else in that place besides horse bandits, what we have to do is to transform them!" Defeat this den of bandits on our side! ”

Tong Yue said: "My lord, although there are less than 10,000 people on the Yema Ridge side, there are many people who can fight, and there are not many people who can use us at the moment." ”

Wang Lan had already talked to these people about the fire attack plan, but the problem of insufficient manpower had not been solved.

An attack on a gathering place of 10,000 men requires at least 1,000 troops.

It was not an ordinary village, but a lot of homeless people who couldn't live elsewhere and gathered there, and there were also many people who committed crimes elsewhere and hid there to occupy the mountains as kings.

It is easy for people with ability to get ahead there, and the strong here are respected, and if you want to protect your cattle and sheep, you must become stronger, or rely on the strong.

Just like the people in the Hu Zhong tribe, they are good people when they get off their horses, and they can become both herdsmen and horse thieves when they get off their horses.

If you attack here, then the rebels here will soon be able to gather and form a force to fight back.

It also takes time to set fire to the fire, and those people are not waiting to die.

Wang Lanling said: "All factories and departments on our side must be garrisoned with manpower and troops, there are not many soldiers in Shanhai County, and only a few hundred people can be found out of more than 100,000 people, and my expectation this time is to dispatch 800 people." ”

Gong Yueman had long known that Wang Lanling was going to attack Yema Ridge, but today was the first time that Wang Lanling had penetrated the bottom and told everyone more specific arrangements.

"Isn't it too much?" asked Gong Yueman hesitantly.

Eight hundred is not a lot, but it is a lot!

For the current Shanhai County, it is already close to all the mobilizable troops.

The previous defensive war can be seen as a counterattack war of the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species, and naturally all the soldiers sacrificed everything to defend their homeland.

It is a time of peace, and it is still a time of rapid stability and development, and the youth of 800 people is already an unaffordable loss.

Once these 800 people are lost, even half of them will be killed, it will cause a series of problems.

Wang Lanling said: "At present, our side is relatively better, in terms of available soldiers, there are nearly 200 people who are young and strong outside Shanhai County, these people are gathered here because of our actions, and they also bring a certain population. ”

"The population of Shanhai County relies on our own slow development, and it is also a group of people who come from all over the country and bring their families with them."

"Shanhai County itself is a place where people gather, so we will encounter a series of problems in the future."

"For now, I also know that most people are reluctant to fight, and now life is improving, many people have jobs, money, and more food, furniture and new clothes at home."

"But it is precisely because of this that we should understand the root of all this, and not forget what allows us to develop well and live a stable and good life."

"Is it justice, is it benevolence, is it the majesty of the empire?"

"Nope! It's our fist! ”

Wang Lanling clenched his fists, pressed his clenched fists on the table, and pressed them against the location of Mustang Ridge on the map.

"Peace and justice, within the reach of my fist!"

Wang Lanling had to fight Wild Horse Ridge, not because of Tianhuo Zhi, nor because of population and resources, these were incidental, the real reason was that he needed a battle to lay the foundation for the rise of the next ten or twenty years.

A battle that the younger generation and most people know, a battle that makes the surrounding county officials, bandits, and young people understand that Wang Lanling and Shanhai County are not angry old cows, but a tiger who occupies the mountains as kings!

If the counterattack and pursuit are to deter those horse bandits, then the battle of Yema Ridge is to establish the absolute position of Shanhai County in the vicinity!

People go to high places, water flows to low places, and when Shanhai County has established its absolute status, it will really be regarded as the primary gathering place.

There are some things that Wang Lanling can't talk about in too much detail with the rest of the people, and the empire doesn't pay attention to this side, but some things have to be done in the rules after all.

Gong Yueman said solemnly: "I understand, my lord said before, if you seek peace through struggle, you will survive in peace!" If you seek peace through compromise, you will die peacefully! ”

Gong Yueman has always been angry about his compromise with the horse bandits last year, and at this time, seeing that Wang Lanling was determined to fight, he naturally supported it.

The rest of the people also understood Wang Lanling's statement and determination, but this kind of thing really needs to be conditional, and if some problems are not solved, they will suffer greatly when they start a war.

Fang Xuan said: "I know that the adults are planning to attack the Wild Horse Ridge with fire, the Wild Horse Ridge is surrounded by mountains, if we want to set fire, we will have to wait for good weather, but this kind of thing ......"

Among the old men in Heishui County, Fang Xuan has not yet held an important position in the main department, and this time he is preparing to fight well in the Battle of Wild Horse Ridge.

It takes wind to set fires, and it takes courage to set fires against the wind in a modern country.

Without the blessing of the wind, setting fire to the grass on the ground would not ignite, and although the weeds in autumn were a little dry, the bottom was still wet.

"That's a good question, it's time to talk about science!" Wang Lanling stood on the table with his hands crossed and said: "The winter solstice is a sunny day, and when it comes and goes, it means that there are several times in the year when the climate changes, and this time is the most likely to get windy. ”

"It's the same in our Shanhai County, when the temperature changes obviously, it's most likely to get windy, but when you walk out of the county office, you can only feel the hot wind, and it's still summer."

Wang Lanling has always been studying the direction of the wind, and he is not always lazy in the Mushroom Mountain Xianshui Palace, and he will also feel the changes in the wind direction and temperature on the balcony or in the mountain forest.

"Now we have a small territory and a small population, and when we develop in the future, we will also set up a special department for observing celestial phenomena to assist the Department of Agriculture and Mulberry and the Department of Water Affairs."

"We still have to observe more specific things, we are not sending troops now, from now to then, there is still a lot of time to be used to perfect various plans."

"Then in order to reduce the loss of personnel, you should bring more artillery and ammunition. ”

Wang Lanling nodded, "That's right! Bring more! I'm going to use the ammunition I've accumulated over the past year to wash my face on Mustang Ridge! ”

Weapons require materials, iron can be obtained from the mines, and gunpowder requires the work of the dung division.