Chapter 1206: Plan Ahead

In the Funiu Mountain, after a big war, the Luoyan Valley of the Funiu Mountain burst out with vigorous vitality, which is a feeling of coming alive in despair, prompting people to cherish the beautiful life. It was also a kind of relief after being full of confidence in the leader of the Luoyan Army, which gave them more reason to believe that life here would not be interrupted by external forces, and it would not suddenly come to an abrupt end.

If a person does not have the slightest confidence in tomorrow, then you will live a very decadent life. You don't think about repairing your house, raising flowers and grass, farming and raising your family, having children, and so on. Because you don't know when your life will come to an abrupt end. Many of the people living in the Luoyan Valley of Funiu Mountain have this feeling, and they have little confidence in whether the Luoyan Army can protect their comfortable life. After all, the Falling Goose Army is just an army of 15,000 men. Compared with the number of officers and soldiers in the imperial court, it is a world of difference.

When the officers and soldiers attacked, many people were pessimistic, believing that it would be difficult for such a small number of soldiers and horses in Luoyan Valley to resist the attack of the officers and soldiers this time. However, when the battle ended, the Luoyan army successfully resisted the attack of 160,000 officers and soldiers with more than 15,000 troops, annihilated more than 30,000 enemies, and only killed and wounded less than 2,500 of its own people, this feeling was unbelievable and at the same time ecstatic.

With such a soldier and horse guarding himself, about the future, about tomorrow, from confusion to clear. Once the future life is determined, all the decadence and passable emotions are swept away, and the passion for life erupts. Originally, Luoyan Valley was a thriving state, but after the war, it was even more stable, passionate and positive.

After this battle, the reputation of the Falling Goose Army was greatly enhanced. Needless to say, in the Luoyan Valley of Funiu Mountain, the soldiers of the Luoyan Army have simply become saviors. Slowly, Lin Jue, Guo Kun and other leaders are ordinary soldiers of the Luoyan Army, and they are also loved by the people. The Wild Goose Army patrolled between the villages, and the people followed with egg cakes in their hands. Some families have daughters who grow up, and they were originally reluctant to marry a soldier, but now they also have a soldier of the Luoyan Army as their son-in-law.

The Luoyan army has strict military discipline, so naturally the soldiers are not allowed to accept gifts casually, and they are not allowed to enter and leave the people's homes at will. These things have a special logistics department to match, and there are intermarriages, which also need to be approved, and the Luoyan Army has special military regulations for this.

The leadership of the Luoyan Army was also doubly confident, and this battle completely played with confidence and played an unexpected result. But in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that this battle is difficult and dangerous. If it weren't for Lin Jue's precautions, bringing raw materials after entering the mountain and immediately starting to manufacture firearms and all kinds of crossbow arrows and armaments that were in short supply, the outcome of this battle would be difficult to predict. Facts have proved that the fortifications, arrow towers, and other defensive measures that Funiu Mountain has painstakingly managed for two or three years will not have much effect in the event of a large-scale attack by officers and soldiers. The most useful is the powerful means of killing. It can be said that without the earth-shattering sound of the divine cannon, and without the terrifying lethal and blocking ability of the swarm, this battle will be a different result. Therefore, even if all the credit is attributed to Lin Jue's body, it is not an exaggeration.

But in any case, this battle played the fame of Luoyan Valley and the prestige of the Luoyan Army. More than ten days after the end of the war, the news spread all over the Great Zhou. With less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, the Luoyan army defeated the attack of the 160,000 army led by the emperor's personal expedition, which was shocking.

The consequences soon appeared, as originally posted

When the notice was issued and the flag was raised, many people were actually not optimistic about Luoyan Valley, and they thought that the high profile of Luoyan Valley would soon lead to destruction. But the opposite is true. The military strength of the wild goose proved everything, so people's opinions began to change, and they reacted quickly.

In the more than a month after the war, the number of ordinary people and people with lofty ideals who came to Luoyan Valley one after another was as high as 60,000. The number of people in the valley swelled to 150,000, and the size of the army also expanded to 23,000. All in all, the number of soldiers and civilians under the jurisdiction of the entire Funiu Mountain is close to 200,000, which is already the scale of a large state capital.

As a result, a new wave of construction and reclamation was launched. Luoyan Valley could not accommodate so many new people, so the planning and construction of Jiming Mountain Canyon was finally officially approved. Originally, the development in the valley of Jiming Mountain was in a sporadic state, and there was no systematic development and construction, but now it is necessary to completely develop the valley that stretches from east to west and is six or seven miles wide.

According to the pattern of Luoyan Valley, it is also necessary to dig the central river to ensure the irrigation of the acres of fields, so that irrigation can be meaningful. Fortunately, there is no need to build a dam, just dig a river channel to extend the Luoyan River into the Jiming Mountain Canyon, and the water storage capacity of the Luoyan Valley Dam is enough to ensure all the water in the two valleys.

Because it was already the winter leisure season, under the organization of the Luoyan County Ya, the large-scale construction was soon in full swing. Just like when everyone developed Luoyan Valley, although this is also the winter season, both the mood and the conditions are different. With the help of a large number of manpower tools and cattle and livestock, it is certain that the Jiming Mountain Gorge will be a different scene after the beginning of spring next year.

For Lin Jue, he has been worried about another time for the rest of the month. Lin Jue will not care about the resettlement of the defectors and the construction of the Jiming Mountain Valley. Regarding the results of the battle with the officers and soldiers, Lin Jue was not complacent. Lin Jue also advised everyone in his internal summary speech after the war, don't think that the Luoyan Army is invincible, in fact, this battle has exposed the fragility and weakness of the Luoyan Army. In the face of absolute strength, a lot of self-righteous things have come to naught. If this battle had not been for the skillful destruction of the enemy and the use of powerful firearms to catch them by surprise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Even after swarming and defeating the opponent, if the opponent launches another strong attack, the consequences are still worrying. Because at that time, in fact, the swarm of rockets had run out, and then it would only be hand-to-hand combat. In that case, it is not difficult to imagine the consequences. It can be said that this victory came by chance, and the final retreat of the officers and soldiers was somewhat unexpected. Maybe there is something wrong with it, or maybe it doesn't know the details of the cottage and is scared by a swarm of bees. In short, a lucky victory cannot be considered a victory, because luck does not favor you forever.

During the explosive period of development attracted by the cottage for more than a month, the number of soldiers and horses of the Luoyan Army suddenly increased by more than 6,000 people, and it grew a lot. This raises some pressing questions. It is not the quality of the soldiers, nor the fear of being undetermined in it, because there is a way to remedy all this. Now we are facing the problem of a shortage of the overall equipment of the Luoyan Army. The shortage of hardware can not be made up for by hard training, a truly powerful soldier and horse, not only need to have a brave and fearless fighting spirit and strict discipline, but also need to have a strong armament to be perfect. Armament is also an important part of combat effectiveness, and it is also a shortcut to quickly improve combat effectiveness.

However, now the falling geese

The armament of the army is extremely backward. There is a serious shortage of armor and weapons, and the supply capacity of arrows and various logistical materials is insufficient. After the war, the imperial court obviously strengthened the blockade of Funiu Mountain, and in the past, it was possible to secretly go outside the mountain to buy ironware, oil and other materials, but now this possibility is basically cut off. Fortunately, in the past three years, Luoyan Valley has been self-sufficient in living materials, and food, fabrics and other daily necessities can be made by themselves, otherwise it will really be messy.

Compared with living materials, military supplies are more important in Lin Jue's view. Every time he trained, Lin Jue frowned when he saw the equipment on the soldiers, and his heart was unhappy. Such a well-made soldier and horse, but dressed in tatters and all sorts of clothes, like a beggar army. All kinds of homemade armor and weapons are really eye-catching. This is not at all the equipment that an elite soldier should have.

Since the establishment of the Luoyan Army, the foundation of the armor and weapons still comes from the batch intercepted in Qingtai Town. At that time, the number of people was small, only a few hundred, but it was enough. Later, the Luoyan Army expanded and incorporated a large number of bandits from various villages in Funiu Mountain, and they also had some armor and equipment, but it was no longer enough at that time. After that, it was all captured in the war and made by itself, so the armor was patched together in all sorts of ways. After the damage, there is no process and raw materials to repair it, and it is actually very pitiful after a few years. Although a lot of armor and weapons were captured this time, with the expansion of the Falling Goose Army again, it was still absolutely insufficient. Of the more than 23,000 people in the Luoyan Army, less than 6,000 have trap armor and decent blades, and the rest are patchwork armor blades, which has a huge impact on combat effectiveness.

Lin Jue started the military workshop in the hope of solving these problems, and now the military workshop can repair and refurbish more than 20 sets of equipment and armor every day, which is already a great thing. This is still in the case of a large number of seized broken armor and no worries about raw materials. As the raw materials are exhausted, the blockade outside intensifies, and I am afraid that in the end, it will be difficult for the clever woman to cook without rice.

In response to such a situation, Lin Jue held several meetings to study solutions. Ma Bin and others proposed that they should not send troops to attack the surrounding state capitals and loot armor, weapons and other materials to make up for the lack of cottages. But this proposal was vetoed by Lin Jue. Lin Jue knew that the Luoyan Army was not strong enough to go out of the mountains at will to attack the state capital. Attacking a city without siege equipment will pay a heavy price. It may be possible to get everything, but it is clearly not worth the cost. It is impossible to exchange human lives for supplies.

Winter has arrived, and the officers and men have also reduced the frequency of sorties, and it is unrealistic to want to rely on looting and ambushes to seize them. And this approach is not only risky, but also rewarding. The equipment on the box soldiers, Lin Jue couldn't look down on them. Those equipment is the same old, but in fact, it is not much better than the Falling Goose Army.

Besides, although Lin Jue was not bewitched by Guo Xu, before Bai Qi left, Lin Jue said that as long as Guo Xu withdrew his troops, he would not attack the surrounding state capitals for half a year. Of course, this is not Lin Jue's nonsense, but based on the current reality of the Luoyan Army. In the past six months, it will be a very cold build-up, and the heavy snow is about to close the mountain, and it will be extremely difficult to fight. Lin Jue took these words as a condition to tempt the other party. I don't know if the retreat of the imperial army is related to this promise of mine. But in Lin Jue's opinion, winter is coming, and he will not rashly use troops until the ice and snow melt next year. In fact, neither strength nor the situation allowed the Luoyan army to take the initiative to attack and attack the city.

After discussing the matter several times to no avail, Lin Jue ran out of tricks, so he decided to try his luck.