"This is very much in line with my wishes, after I go back, I will give you a thousand soldiers and horses, concentrate on guarding me here, and do not let the enemy cross a step!" Li Xin listened and said with satisfaction.

"Don't worry! As long as I, Li Erhei, stand here, they want to fight over it, unless they step over my corpse! Hearing such a heavy responsibility, Li Erhei was not embarrassed, but excited.

Before leaving, Li Xin deliberately left a hundred soldiers and horses on the edge of the water to monitor the movement in the west, in case there are soldiers and horses crossing at this time, although it is probably impossible, but after all, you still have to be careful.

When they returned, the group did not go to the edge of Weishui again, but went south along the water, through dense forests, until they reached the foot of the Qinling Mountains, and then turned east. Walking along the foot of the mountain, by the time they returned to Zheng County, it was already evening. After letting the army return to the camp first, Li Xin went directly to find Wang Meng and others to discuss the deployment of defense.

"The Weiwei Junction is indeed an excellent place for defense. With our current strength, if we want to expand further, I'm afraid it will be a little overwhelming. If the enemy in the west is defended, there will be a relatively stable environment for us, as long as it takes a year to let the people in the territory feel at ease and the people's hearts are stable, we can plan to follow! After Wang Meng listened to his thoughts, he nodded directly in agreement.

"There is a natural danger in the south of the Qinling Mountains, and there is a water in the west, and now the most worrying thing for me is Weishui! With Fu Qin's strength, it is not enough to say that they will not be able to get ships, and once they are determined to attack us, they will definitely make great preparations. When the time comes, once they are allowed to cross the river, we will face an unfavorable situation! We have to solve this problem! Seeing that he agreed, Li Xin said again.

"The Weishui meanders straight to the river, and we can use this natural danger, and the enemy can also use it. If this place doesn't want to be blocked, Li Erhei will be useless even if he defends it like an iron wall in the water. Wang Meng pondered for a moment, and then said: "With the strength in our hands, it is impossible to arrange the whole line on the edge of Weishui. But we can build a watchtower on the edge of Weishui, keep watch day and night, and at the same time, add a beacon tower next to each watchtower, once we find the enemy's traces of crossing the river, we will immediately light the beacon fire to show the whole territory! What do you think? ”

"That's a good idea! If there is one sentry tower in ten miles, all of them add up to only a dozen sentry towers, and each sentry tower with ten soldiers can control the entire line of Weishui! Then the generals will lead the army to be stationed in various places nearby, and once the warning changes, they will immediately rush to help, as long as they buy time, the army will advance immediately, and the enemy will definitely return in vain! Upon hearing this, Li Xin was overjoyed.

"In this way, there is Huayin County in the east, Weishui in the north, Qinling Mountains in the south, and dense forests in the west, Huayin County and Zheng County have been connected together, the land is fertile and beautiful, the products are abundant, it is the land of Xingnong, as long as we are given a year, we will be able to be self-sufficient!" Wang Meng continued, it is already time to start planning the future development plan.

"Okay, I'm going to arrange for the men and horses to defend! On the edge of this Weishui, there are quite a lot of people, and they are familiar with water. Let's recruit these civilians and let them join the defense, so that the Weishui defense line will be more stable, and it is unlikely that the enemy wants to sneak to the south bank! After solving this big problem, Li Xin only felt a lot more relaxed, and seemed to think of something, and said.

"It's up to you! However, once the three places are defended by troops, the troops in our hands will be a little stretched, and you have to think about how to solve this problem first! Wang Meng thought for a moment and agreed directly, but he raised a difficult question.

With the strength of the Huashan Army today, the total number is about 3,000 people, of which the total number of non-combatants is nearly 500, mainly the baggage team, the craftsman team and so on. Li Erhei took 1,000 people, Huayin City and Zheng County each had at least 300 people stationed, and the remaining 900 people were all along the Weishui line. And at this time, there is still a Fuxi county town that is not counted!

"You're right, by now, our strength is indeed not enough, I think, we have to hurry up and expand the army again, this time it is best to expand our army to 5,000! In this way, it should be enough to defend the territory! It's just that with such a large number of soldiers, there must be a lot of pressure on logistics, and you will be busy when the time comes! Li Xin also had a headache when he thought of this question, and after thinking about it for a while, he still said.

"The expansion of the army is already imperative, and there is nothing hard to do without hardship. As I said earlier, as long as we are given a year of stability, this land in the territory is enough for us to feed ourselves! It's just that if you recruit new recruits, it's not so easy to train! Wang Meng didn't pay attention to his tiredness, but was more worried about the problem of soldiers.

"Let me think about it! I remember, there seem to be a lot of captives in Huayin City! What do you think of them? "This question Li Xin also has a headache! After thinking about it for a while, I thought of some people and hurriedly asked.

After two wars, there are now more than 2,000 captives in Huayin City, and these people have always been guarded, and they are scattered on weekdays to do some labor work, such as repairing the city wall, carrying stones, cleaning the city, and so on. Otherwise, no one wants to just eat and not work.

"Captive? If you can get them to surrender, it is a good way, but even if they surrender, they may not be willing to return to their hearts! In case of a sudden backlash at a critical time in the future, I am afraid it will have a greater impact on us! Hearing this, Wang Meng groaned for a while, quite worried.

"While this is a big problem, there are many advantages to bringing these captives over. They are all people who have experienced the Great War, and many of them have already experienced more than one Great War, and if they go to the battlefield, there is no problem. From this point on, it already saves a lot of time compared to completely recruiting new recruits. In this case, we just need to solve the problem of returning to the heart, and I'll try this matter first! This Zheng County will be handed over to you first! I will arrange someone to do the defense line as soon as possible, and you can just approve all those materials when the time comes! Li Xin thought about it for a while, and finally felt that this risk was worth taking.

After all, the warlord forces of this era basically don't have much loyalty, and if they drop you today, they will drop him tomorrow. From this point of view, there should be no problem in getting the captives to surrender.

"Okay, I'll arrange everything here and set up both lines of defense as soon as possible!" Wang Meng had no better way, so he nodded and agreed.

After discussing, Li Xin quickly summoned Zhou Tong and Li Erhei over, assigned the tasks of the two clearly, and specially explained the things they should pay attention to, and then rushed back to Huayin City non-stop.

At this time, Huayin City is obviously much more stable, the streets are also lively, and the people are no longer shrunk at home all day, and there is a lot of vitality in the city. Especially when the news of the capture of Zheng County came out, it was even more popular with the people, perhaps, in everyone's opinion, the status of the Huashan Army in this area is beyond doubt!

The city's defenses are now largely focused on the east gate, which is still under closed and closely watched. Although Xicheng will be closed in the evening, it will soon be opened up to and from Fuxi and Zhengxian. When the time comes, the people outside will be able to come and go freely.

In the evening, Li Xin returned to Huayin County, and without much rest, he directly found Zhou Fang, because now those prisoners were under his care. By the time it got dark, the captives had already returned to their cells to prevent them from taking advantage of the night.

"How's it going? These captives are honest, aren't they? On the way to the prison, Li Xin asked. There are not many cells in Huayin County, and it is obviously impossible to hold so many prisoners. Therefore, a vacant land was temporarily opened up for them to settle on the spot.

"It's honest, after all, I eat and drink every day, where to find such a good thing. If you want me to say, you're just being too good for them! Zhou Fang said with some resentment. He didn't have much affection for these captives, after all, the consumption alone was enough every day, if it wasn't for what Li Xin said, I'm afraid he would have disposed of these captives a long time ago. After all, many warlords of this era had no scruples about killing prisoners.

Of course Li Xin is different, in his opinion, these captives still have a chance to transform, if they can be successfully transformed, won't it become a big help for themselves! Besides, these people are the same ordinary people as themselves, there is no difference, if it weren't for such an era, I'm afraid they wouldn't have appeared here.

"Uncle Zhou, you can do what I say! I'll take care of the rest! Li Xin knew what he meant, so he smiled and didn't say anything.

Soon, the two of them came to the place where the prisoners were held, and to be honest, the place of the cell! Naturally, it couldn't be much better, especially in ancient times. Because there are so many people, there are basically more than a dozen people locked up in each room! The whole cell, there was a musty and rancid smell, and it was hot and dim. After seeing this, Li Xin couldn't help frowning.

The captives in the cells were resting, and some of them were lying or lying down, even if they were not asleep, looking at the top of their heads with vacant eyes. However, Li Xin's arrival broke the peace between them, there was no way, these captives were too impressed with Li Xin.

They all understood by now that if it weren't for the young-looking general in front of them, they wouldn't be here. If you want to say hatred, it seems to be a little, but more than that, it is still fear, especially those who have seen Li Xin slaughter in all directions in the city.