After recuperating in the Green Forest Village for two days and appeasing the mountain people in the Green Forest Village for another day, Liu Ye returned to Xixiang with the people and the newly recruited longbowmen. After all, as the lord of Xixiang, it is impossible for him to stay in the green forest village all the time, and there are still many things waiting for him to go back and deal with in Xixiang.

As for the construction of the 'Forest Ranger' archer training base and the relocation of the mountain people in the green forest village, Liu Ye was very irresponsible and directly threw it to Cui's second uncle.

It's mid-August. It has been nearly a month since Liu Ye sent troops to suppress the fox cottage. In this month, Liu Ye destroyed Fox Mountain and descended the green forest. The three thieves who had been bothering Saigo for a long time were finally eliminated. As for the remaining big and small thieves in the West Mountain, they can't become the climate at all. There was no threat to Saigo at all. The entire Xishan was also thrown into Liu Ye's arms. Since then, Liu Ye finally owns most of the territory of Liyu County. (I don't know if Liu Ye will be ashamed, as a crosser with a system and a golden finger.) It's been three years, and only half of the county's territory! It's a shame. )

The biggest advantage of taking all the West Mountains is that it has appeased thousands of mountain people. In troubled times, population is a very important resource for rulers. The victors tend to prey on the losers' populations. Especially now, the northern Zhao people (Han Chinese) have reached an outrageous number. In order to increase the population of Xixiang, Liu Yehui often organized men to attack the small army of displaced people out of the stone fort, lured or forcibly relocated the villagers near the city with a blade, and so on. It can be said that all kinds of means have been used. But Saigo's population is still growing slowly.

The attachment of these thousands of mountain people made Liu Ye very happy. Liu Ye didn't expect that there would be so many mountain people on the West Mountain. Unlike Shanyue, which was born and raised in the south, most of these mountain people were Zhao (Han Chinese) who were forced to go up the mountain. After being cared down the mountain, he was able to integrate into Saigo very quickly. Unlike the southern Yamagoe, because the customs are different from the locals. Play friction every day, and play rebellion every year. If something didn't go well, I immediately returned to the mountain. This can make the officials who manage these mountains miserable.

At the same time, in the past month, Saigo's armament has also been upgraded. After defeating the Hushan bandits, the establishment of the first level of Xixiang Qu was finally determined. The Xixiang military system stipulates that a song contains three warriors and a short bow team. Eventually, the Broken Bowmen were separated from the Longbow team and formed separately. With the addition of these short archers, the Xixiang Tun warriors (including the new pawns) were eventually compiled into five songs. At the suggestion of Zuo Sima Xiahou Wen, Liu Ye finalized the candidates for these five qu masters according to their qualifications, military exploits, and the performance of the three thieves.

They are Liu Shi, Tang Jue, Xu Ji, Cai Ming, and Fan Yong. Of course, the strength of these five songs is also different. Among them, Liu Shiqu, who was stationed in Shibao, was the strongest. The three warriors are all old pawns, and there are no new pawns.

Liu Shi is Liu Ye's absolute lackey. Like Luan Meng, Liu Shi is also the son of the Liu family in Huainan. When the Liu clan was destroyed, Liu Shi escaped with Liu Ye. However, due to Liu Shi's thin body, he couldn't withstand the strengthening of the system, and he didn't become a guard like Luan Meng. But Liu Shi's ability to command troops is stronger than Luan Meng. Therefore, Liu Ye asked him to serve as Liu Wu's deputy and stationed at Dongdaemun Stone Fort in Xixiang for a long time.

Among these five songs, the weakest is Fan Yongqu, who is stationed in Fox Mountain. The three warriors are all new pawns, and the Short Bow Team is also made up of the latest recruits. But Fan Yong didn't have any good way, who made him the least qualified? Being able to become the chief of the song is already Liu Ye's love for him.

As for the remaining three songs, their strength is about the same. Among them, Tang Juequ and Xu Jiqu were stationed near Xixiangli, the administrative office of Xixiang. Cai Mingqu was stationed near the Xishan Guard, which was used to deter the remaining mountain bandits in Xishan. Although the three thieves have been eliminated, these three thieves are not the only ones in the entire West Mountain. For a long time to come, Cai Mingqu will be stationed here, and they will take on the heavy responsibility of exterminating the remaining mountain bandits.

In the past month, not only the soldiers have completed the reorganization, but also the longbowmen. The longbowmen stationed in various places all returned to Saigo to receive the adaptation. Liu Ye set up the Longbow Brigade in Xixiang. Coupled with the longbowmen recruited by Liu Ye from the Green Forest Village, Xixiang's longbowmen finally broke through the hundredth mark. There were about 120 people. The Longbow Brigade was divided into two squadrons. One was stationed at Stone Fort and the other at Saigo-ri.

Thanks to the fact that many horses were captured in the Battle of Sunset Valley. There was no shortage of horsemen and horses, and the Saigo light cavalry team quickly expanded. In ancient times, the importance of cavalry was self-evident! In the future, light cavalry is indispensable to deal with the Hu people, and it is also the main force.

In addition to the above large arms, the rest of the small classes such as scouts and engineers have also been expanded accordingly.

In addition, Saigo also has one more establishment. That's the crossbow team. The strong crossbow team is equipped with sharp weapons and crossbows, and the training is under the unified command of the captain Suning. The ancestor of the Su clan has produced several strong crossbow generals. In terms of the use of crossbows, Suning is an expert. However, the crossbow team will not be able to play for the time being. The first is that the strong crossbowmen have only just begun training, and the second is that the crossbows have only produced a small part. However, Liu Ye believes that in the future battlefield, the strong crossbow team will definitely shine.

After this expansion. With the addition of auxiliary arms such as engineers, the total military strength of Saigo has reached nearly 2,000 men. However, the vast majority of these people are semi-professional soldiers. In normal times, if there are no training tasks or guard tasks, they need to work in the fields. Especially during the busy farming season, Liu Ye would take turns to disband them and go back to help. The real professional soldiers in the entire Xixiang are only white-robed guards. This time, Xixiang was greatly expanded, but the white-robed guards were not expanded. Without him! Saigo is too poor.

Although Liu Ye is the master of Xixiang, there are nearly 20,000 villagers under his rule. But his township monarch's mansion is estimated to be incomparable to even Jiangzuo's small family. It's not that Liu Ye is hard-working, it's that Xixiang is too poor. Yang Yang once suggested that Liu Ye renovate the Xiangjun Mansion, after all, Liu Ye is also a small tyrant in the northwest area of Langya. The mansion can't be too shabby, which will affect the image. Liu Ye was also moved, but the stingy Liu Ye immediately dispelled this idea as soon as he saw the expenses. The amount of money and food needed to be spent is too much, which is enough to arm a bunch of soldiers. Liu Ye didn't want to spend his limited money on this. Troubled times are based on strength, not on houses.

In troubled times, if you want to achieve a career, you must have a suitable base. What are the requirements for a suitable base area? One is the dangerous terrain, the second is the dense population, the third is a large amount of rich arable land, and the fourth is rich mineral deposits.

These four are indispensable, and it is clear that Saigo is not suitable as a base area. Because the arable land in Saigo is too little, and it is very barren. No matter how good the terraces are, they are just terraces. The harvest is not at all comparable to that of the plains arable land.

Although Saigo successfully defeated the three thieves and absorbed most of the mountain people in the West Mountain, his strength has increased a lot. However, Saigo's war potential was still relatively weak. The most direct manifestation is that even if the money and grain collected from Hushan and Nanshan are added, the treasury of Xixiang can only support the Xixiang army to launch a war of about three months. And it can't be too far from Saigo. (After all, the auxiliary soldiers who transport grain also need to consume grain and grass.) The farther away you are, the greater the loss of grain and grass. That is, once the war has lasted more than three months, there will be no food in the army. This is still based on the fact that the Xixiang Military Province is frugal, otherwise the time will be shorter.

Therefore, if Liu Ye wants to improve the war potential of the Xixiang Army, he must destroy the Ava Department in the east and occupy the entire Yuan. The essence of the land is in the hands of the Awabe. Awabu was the first obstacle to Liu Ye's rise.

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Saigo, outside the stone fort, on a certain hill.

There is a small hill about five miles south of the stone fort. At this time, there were about 20 people hiding here to rest. But these people are very embarrassed, listless, and their morale is very low.

In the middle of these people was a beautiful young woman and a boy about seven or eight years old. These people are centered around the two of them, and it is clear that these people are their guards. The boy seemed to be very frightened, and was curled up in the arms of the young woman, who was comforting her vigorously, but it did not seem to be of much use.

After a while, a somewhat swarthy strong man trotted over.

After the strong man saluted the mother and son, he said excitedly: "Madam, Shaolangjun." A certain Zhao people (men) found a strong Zhao people (men) in the southwest direction, maybe we can go to it!"

"Brother Song, really? Great!" The young woman's pretty face showed a smile of joy and said very excitedly.

When the surrounding guards heard the news, they all stood up with great joy.

"It's true! Someone saw it with his own eyes. The strong man was convinced.

"But will they risk taking in exiles like me?" The young woman worried.

After all, they're fugitives! The guards who had just stood up happily also lowered their heads. They knew that taking them in would offend the Langya County Guard.

"Madame! They will! I promise you!" Looking at the frowning young woman, the strong man was a little distressed, took a deep breath, and said firmly.