On March 20, the weather was fine.

It's spring here in Shanhai County, and the snow on the road is gradually disappearing.

As the temperature rises, the beauty of grass and streams gradually recovers, and the people of Lanling County are also beginning to worry about what is going on outside.

A collective meeting was held across the county.

Wang Lanling said: "After the Giant Whale Island was peacefully incorporated into our management, we began to build roads, which has been done before, but because of the relationship between mountains, seas and lakes, our current traffic in the county still has a certain impact. ”

"We need a flat road to each county, so that the car can quickly dispatch all kinds of materials."

"The transportation route in Linshan County has been repaired, and we are now driving to Linshan County much faster than riding horses before, heavy weapons such as artillery are also placed there, and several trenches and bunker turrets have been built."

"Now it seems that the main problem is still the problem of the army assembled by the imperial court, but there are also many problems within us, Shanhainan, you are in charge of this, and you want everyone to know what we are fighting for."

Shanhainan, who was sitting in the front row of the hall, quickly said, "Yes! ”

While recording what Wang Lanling was going to say with his notes, he realized the meaning of these words.

Wang Lanling continued: "At present, the first census has been roughly completed, and there are a total of 4,669,574 people in Shanhai County. ”

"Here, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those comrades who visited their homes in the wind and snow and risked their lives to gain the trust of the people of the counties!"

The participants applauded quickly, and after the applause gradually ended, Wang Lanling continued to speak.

"There is no shortage of those who have silently contributed to our lives, and I and all of you here must not forget the dedication and efforts of these people, and we must not let the soldiers on the front line and the comrades of workers and peasants in the rear shed blood and tears."

"Here, I officially hand over the 300,000 acres of cultivated land under my name to the broad masses of the people, and I am only responsible for the management, and all the output in the land will be used to reward, compensate, and benefit those with excellent qualities!"

"The contributions of the people's heroes cannot be forgotten!"

Wang Lanling does not only have 300,000 acres of land, there are few people and more land in Shanhai County, and there is no national constraint, Wang Lanling can have as much land as he wants.

However, he really did not mean to occupy the land, and now he occupies a large amount of land only because it is for development.

After being occupied, it will be a lot more troublesome to requisition the land at that time.

"According to reliable sources, this time the Muzhou Mansion has gathered an army of 200,000 people, including the Shanzhou Legion and the Muzhou Legion, as well as 3,000 Longzhou White Flag Carp Soldiers."

Tong Yue quickly stood up and said, "The last general is willing to lead the troops into battle!" We now have more than 35,000 elite soldiers, and we have 30,000 captives who have surrendered, and we will surely be able to defeat that rabble! ”

Wang Lanling shook his head?" Will the arrogant army be defeated? This time we are at a disadvantage, and the last time we dealt with a rabble? And this time it's the real elite. ”

"You sit down? I explained slowly. Wang Lanling motioned for Tong Yue to sit down.

Tong Yue sat down quietly, they now have nearly 30,000 people on Giant Whale Island? Coupled with these people in the county, it adds up to an army of 35,000 people? And there is also the Wang Xiejun army composed of prisoners.

A lineup of 60,000 plus a population of 4 million? It has given the entire cadre class a kind of self-confidence like a mystery.

Wang Lanling understands this kind of self-confidence, because he has also felt the naïve thoughts of many people from Zhao Wenrou's diligent and joyful performance in the past few days.

"We're already fighting the war with all our potential, and it's not just children who have to work in factories? Even women and the elderly have mobilized a lot. ”

"If you continue to fight this year? If we delay the farming work, then we will only get bigger and poorer, the population will be smaller and smaller, and we will be more and more sad in winter. ”

"We can't be afraid of war, but we can't use it as an opportunity for our own promotion and wealth? Any war should be prudent and just, otherwise sorry for those who died. ”

"This time we are going to face a regular army with a lot of arms and weapons? There are artillery, reconnaissance teams, fortification regiments, logistics departments, cavalry regiments, etc., and even short- and medium-range harvesters that use flamethrowers. ”

"It's not the same as last time? This time, the commanders are all elites who have fought in battles, and they are group operations? Is the military commander a Shanzhou herd who is good at fighting? In charge of logistics and coordination of various units is Jiang Kedi, who often comes to Muzhou. ”

"The most important thing is the Longzhou carp soldiers of 3,000 people? These 3,000 people can exert the power of 30,000 people, and all the people in this unit are ordinary people who want to be promoted and make a fortune, and as long as they make meritorious contributions, they can be promoted to an official position and make a fortune. ”

Wang Lanling knew that this unit was a very strong force.

"The people here are all fierce and not afraid of death, and they will take forbidden drugs before going into battle, they will be crazy and bloodthirsty, and they are not afraid of pain."

"There are three battalions of carp soldiers, and the white flag is a good family with no criminal record, and after being promoted, he can become the white dragon soldier of the palace guard."

"Black Flag is a person who has committed some things before, basically a vicious person who has committed a capital crime, as long as he makes meritorious service, he can get rid of all the previous punishments, and there are basically some demons and monsters with high martial arts."

"The Yellow Banner is composed of the children of meritorious nobles, and they are basically people with gold-plated and empty salaries and other titles and qualifications, a bunch of garbage."

The empire is still very well-established, and Wang Lanling heard about many famous troops when he was in school.

The Shanzhou Army and the Muzhou Army are actually not ranked in the entire empire, because these two places have damage bonuses to each other, and when they are really transferred to fight outside, it is very crotch-pulling......

Don't look at the peace for so many years, and after so many years of desertion, the current Longzhou people actually still have a lot of combat effectiveness.

These people are well fed, well dressed, and physically fit right there.

As long as it is not the kind of person who smokes, drinks and plays with women and ruins his body, as long as most of the Longzhou soldiers do not run away and are willing to fight, they are still very good in battle.

Even now the soldiers in Longzhou are basically people from Tongzhou and other states, and the local Longzhou people are patronizing and enjoying privileges, and they only enter the yamen and do not enter the barracks.

The carp soldiers were set up by the emperor himself, giving those who have no identity but have the ability a chance to exchange their lives for the future.

So this time he has to face the real elite of the empire, and it is no longer so possible for Wang Lanling to rely on the luck he had before to fight a good battle.

Hu Zhong asked, "My lord, do you think the odds are not high this time?" ”

Wang Lanling shook his head, "This battle must be fought, only by winning this battle can we get more development opportunities, I just want to tell you that what we have to face this time is definitely not a rabble." ”