When the snowflakes in the north began to fall and the Hele River formed a thin layer of ice, a city of Saiwaixiong rose from the ground and appeared in front of the world.

Wan Yankang rode the little white dragon along the horse road and jumped onto the city wall, looked at the Hele River and the vast grassland in front of him, and said with high spirits: "The name of this city is White Horse City!" ”

White horse! White horse! Cheers rang out in the White Horse City.

When the White Horse City was designed, it was built according to the topography, and there were also four city walls, each with a length and width of five or six miles, and a height of one zhang and five. Unlike the boxy appearance of other cities, White Horse Castle is in an irregular diamond shape, with only three gates in the west, east and south, and only a few buildings in the city have been built, and a large area is still empty.

Even so, in the original plan, this White Horse City must have a full year before it is expected to be completed.

Ouhua, who led a group of craftsmen, thought that if the project was to be completed on time, these 8,000 young and strong slaves would have to die for half of them.

In fact, it took only eight months for the main body of White Horse Castle to be completed. The completion was completed four months ahead of schedule, and it has to be said that it is a miracle in the history of architecture.

These 8,000 young men, plus other old and weak women, except for the thirty or so unlucky ghosts who had fallen from quarrying, the rest of the men were all in strong bodies and red faces, and none of them died of overwork.

Since the White Horse City has been completed, according to the rules that Wan Yankang said, these 8,000 young people will all be converted to the status of free people. Wan Yankang gathered everyone in the open space in front of the south gate, standing high on the city tower, inhaling invigorately, and slowly speaking: "It only took eight months for the White Horse City to be completed, which is a miracle in the history of China for thousands of years. I would like to thank all the soldiers and craftsmen for their selfless dedication, and I would like to thank you for your generosity, but I am most worthy of thanks. ”

Speaking of this, Wan Yan Kang paused, raised his voice and shouted: "It's the eight thousand Mongolian brothers in the city, and your family!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Wan Yankang saluted on the city wall at the same time.

These 8,000 Mongol slaves, who spent eight months with the soldiers and generals of the Gyeongju army, not only learned simple Chinese, but also understood the meaning of military salute.

At this time, hearing the little prince's thanks, it sounded in his ears like thunder, and after seeing Yan Kang's salute, these grassland men also returned their military salutes, and then cheered one after another.

After a while, Wan Yankang pressed his hands, signaled the audience to be quiet, and shouted in Mongolian: "Mongolian brothers, from today on, you are free!" ”

A group of Mongolian men hugged each other to celebrate, some knelt on the ground to thank the immortal heaven, and the cheerers, weepers, and dancers were all the same, and they could not be calmed down for a long time.

Wan Yankang looked at these Mongolian men who seemed to be crazy under the city wall, and his face was filled with an extraordinarily happy smile.

This era, after all, will be in my hands, out of a different path, blooming with a different brilliance!

Wan Yankang drew two paths for this group of slaves who had regained their freedom, one was for the army, and the other was for the people.

For the military, each household is provided with a house in the city, and a settling-in allowance of 20 taels is allocated, and the salary after joining the army is distributed according to the standard of the Gyeongju army.

For the people, each household can also get a house for free, can work and do business in the city, and can also choose to graze on the grassland outside the city for a living.

The basin east of the Hele River was originally the territory of Daejin, but in the past ten years, the Jin country has been weak, and it has gradually given up the fertile grasslands of hundreds of miles northwest of Gyeongju. Later, because of the frequent invasion of Mongolian tribes, horse thieves were rampant, and these hundreds of miles of green grasslands seemed to be borderless.

Since the White Horse City has a foothold here, Wanyankang announced that the hundreds of miles of grassland in the south of the city will be left to the herdsmen in the city to graze cattle and horses.

Of the 8,000 Mongolian youths and strong, 5,000 chose the path of joining the army and joined Wan Yankang's command.

Most of the remaining nearly 3,000 people chose to go back to their original lives and return to the grasslands to graze cattle and horses.

Some of these 3,000 people were young and strong, and after half a year of building the city, they felt that construction work was also a very promising and not dangerous job, so they chose to stay in the city and live by hard work.

Looking at these sturdy Mongolian men, his saliva flowed.

These five thousand men, as long as they are given a horse and a bow, can immediately complete the magnificent transformation from a construction worker to an elite cavalry. What is commendable is that these men, after being reduced to slaves, regained their freedom in the hands of Wan Yankang, and they are all loyal.

At this time, as long as the little prince gives an order, even if he wants to attack Wang Han or Temujin immediately, these five thousand Mongolian men will have nothing to say.

These 5,000 natural cavalrymen, Wan Yankang is determined to train hard and train them to become the sharpest spear in his hand, and this spear must be firmly in his hands. He stripped most of the cadets of the first phase from the 3,000 Gyeongju Army who brought it to White Horse City and made all of them officers of the new army.

After the completion of White Horse City, Wan Yankang did not report to the Central Capital, nor did he plan to appoint officials according to the imperial court system. This group of cavalry, he did not plan to build an army according to the old system, but used the new army structure that he had been thinking about for a long time.

Ten people are in a squad, five squads are a platoon, five platoons are a company, five companies are a battalion, five battalions are a regiment, and then there are divisions and corps. In terms of the existing personnel, White Horse City can only build four cavalry battalions, and even the establishment of a regiment is still almost there, and there is no way to talk about it.

The construction speed of the new army is very fast, because when these 5,000 strong people built the White Horse City, they were managed by squads, and when the army was built, it was basically formed into a squad with the original personnel, and there was a squad leader and two deputy squad leaders, and the platoon commanders, company commanders and battalion commanders were mainly served by the first phase of the cadets and instructors such as Wu Shiman, and Wan Yankang personally served as the regiment commander and commanded the four battalions of cavalry.

The little prince said in public, the officers of the new army, first, must play a leading role and carry forward the dedication spirit of enduring hardships first and enjoying pleasures later.

If you can't do it, you consciously give up your position.

The capable go up, the inferior go down!

Meritorious work will be rewarded! If there is a mistake, it will be punished!

Forbidden by order!

In the past month, he has also used countless sticks and a few bloody human heads to make this group of Mongolian recruits deeply appreciate the strictness of military law.

After January, in the martial arts arena, the 5,000 New Army marched in orderly steps, braved the wind and snow, carried swords and guns, and marched in unison from the stands in a company unit.

When each company soldier passed, he saluted Wan Yankang and others in the stands at the same time, shouting: "Good young marshal!" ”

After Yan Kang slowly returned the salute, he smiled at Wan Yan Hongyi beside him and asked, "Uncle, my new army, may be in my eyes?" ”

"In terms of military strength alone, it is no longer under the Gyeongju army, but it is just ......," Wanyan Hongyi sighed.

The long-term slave life and the life of a construction worker for more than half a year have made these Mongolian men who were originally free and loose in habits become disciplined, and in just one month, they have shown the foundation of a strong army.

"What does Uncle think?"

Wanyan Hongyi shook his head and said, "It's inconvenient here, let's talk about it later." ”

The military parade of 5,000 people ended in just half an hour, and Wan Yan Kang took Wan Yan Hongyi to the study of his newly renovated mansion and took off his coat covered with snow.

The two drank a few sips of hot tea, and after Yan Kang retreated, closed the door, and asked with a smile: "Uncle, there is no one here, you might as well say it directly." ”

Wanyan Hongyi sat down and asked very seriously: "Your Highness, building a new city and establishing a new army, all of them do not report to the central capital, what do you want!" ”

Wan Yankang sighed: "Today's court is full of corrupt and incompetent people, and my Dajin national strength is weakening, but there is still endless infighting. If there will be chaos today, my move today is just a precaution! ”

Wanyan Hongyi heard this, and was silent for a long time before saying: "If His Royal Highness King Zhao can become a great treasure, he will definitely be able to reform and innovate, and make me prosperous!" ”

"It must be so!"

"If this matter is spread to the central capital, I am afraid that His Royal Highness King Zhao will be in danger." Wanyan Hongyi thought far away, and expressed all the worries in his heart.

"Uncle, don't worry, there is a way, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. My White Horse City is thousands of miles away, and those adults in the middle capital, how can they know the truth here, even a little rumor, how can they shake the foundation of my father. ”

"The Holy One is the Time for Doubt......"

"My imperial grandfather is just a counterbalance strategy, and my father is in the middle of the capital, which is enough to reassure the imperial grandfather. If I don't let go of my hands and feet in the Northland, even if my father becomes a great treasure the next day, I'm afraid it will be too late! Wan Yankang's opinion is firm, and he obviously has a plan that cannot be shaken by others.

Wan Yan Hongyi knew that he couldn't persuade Wan Yan Kang, he thought for a while and said: "If you don't report to Zhongdu, if you have to pay for the equipment and food of these 5,000 elite horses, you will have to pay out of your own pocket, and the money and food you spend will not be a small amount." ”

After seeing that Yan Hongyi dispelled his doubts and thought about himself instead, Wan Yankang put his mind at ease: "The Gyeongju border army has an establishment of 10,000, but now the actual number is only 5,000, and it is useless for my uncle to keep this extra equipment in his hands." ”

Wanyan Hongyi glanced at him angrily: "Didn't you take it away a long time ago!" ”

Although Wanyan Hongyi is left behind in Gyeongju, he is actually a second-in-command, and for most of the past six months, Wanyan Kang has asked people to give people, and he didn't say a word about the materials, and immediately sent people to expedite the delivery.

If Wan Yan Kang is still in Gyeongju, there is naturally no need to say this, but Wan Yan Kang plans to live in White Horse City for a long time in the future, and some things need to be said clearly.

Wan Yankang said with a smile: "When this armor is used, there will always be losses, and I will need more support from my uncle in the future, as for the ...... of food."

"Naturally, there is armor, so don't beat me anymore when it comes to food." After Yan Hongyi watched and talked again, the treasury of Gyeongju was only afraid that it would be emptied, so he hurriedly fled from here.

After Wan Yan Hongyi left, Wan Yan Kang sat on the chair and fell into deep thought. After Yan Hongyi or more people think about it, his move today is just to cheapen Lao Tzu's upper cloth for himself.

It's just that they don't know where they will be in a year or two.

How long can the banner of the little prince be played, I can't think about this.

The two hundred students who have been trained since childhood, who have built the White Horse City single-handedly, and the five thousand elite horsemen who are loyal to each other are the most reliable foundation for themselves.