In order to take care of the three wounded cavalrymen, Xue Yin and his party walked very slowly, and it took more than 3 days to reach the county seat of Mayi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Xiong read the letter written by Gao Shun, and arranged for them to live in the barracks first.

That night, several officers of the rank of Dubo and above were summoned to the county office to clean up the wind and dust for them, and welcomed their safe return.

In the next two days, Xue Yin and others enjoyed the treatment of sick meals in the barracks, eating and drinking well, without tasks or restrictions, and walked around the barracks and the county town casually.

Although the number of troops is not large, they can see that they are all strong and strong people, and the military discipline is strict, the only drawback is that the army has been formed for a short time, and there is a slight gap in military quality compared with the generals' guards.

The county is orderly, there are special people responsible for cleaning, and the streets are very clean; The store is rich in supplies, and the prices are much cheaper than they think; All the citizens of the prefecture had a heartfelt smile on their faces.

Let everyone's favor of Gao Shun's forces increase greatly.

On the 28th, Zhao Xiong, in accordance with Gao Shun's instructions in the letter, sent someone to send Xue Yin and others to Taoyuan Fort, and wrote a letter to Ma Gui to explain.

Ma Gui received everyone in the barracks office, "Haha, Captain Xue, welcome to your arrival, this will be your home in the future, I will accompany you to browse in a while, I believe that you will definitely like here." ”

"Captain Marburg is polite, don't call me a lieutenant in the future, you really don't dare to be right, just call me expensive. Can you tell us a little bit about Taoyuan Fort? ”

Ma Gui said: "Hehe, okay, it's good for Zhigui to call me Meng Zhen." Taoyuan Fort is our main fort, and the General's Mansion is also in Taoyuan Fort, which is the general's base; In the west, there is also a closed Bibo Fort, which is used to house the families of the officers, to ensure that the officers have no worries after going to the battlefield, and the officers of the rank of Duber and above can bring their families, and each family member is divided into 10 acres of fertile land, and each family has a small house; There are two villages in the north of Taoyuanbao, Taiping Village and Zhao Village, which are settled by villagers from Dongxiang in Mayi County; There are 3 forts further to the west, namely Zhaozhuang Fort, Jiabi Mountain South Fort and Sanchakou Fort, which is the general's horse ranch, and the horses snatched from the Xiongnu and Xianbei are raised on the two mountain plains, and there are nearly 4,000 war horses at present; I say this, you don't have an intuitive idea of the region, and tomorrow, I'll take you on a good tour. ”

"Well, thank you, Captain. What's the situation with the army here? ”

"The army here is divided into cavalry and infantry, and the cavalry currently has three cantonments, each with two less than three formations, close to 300 men; The infantry is close to 1,000 people, and 2 infantry cantonments are stationed in each of the three outer forts, and Taoyuan Fort and Bibo Fort each have 2 unstaffed cantonments. ”

"There are so many war horses, why not expand the cavalry?"

"We have been conscripting, the first day of each month is the conscription day, but we built the army relatively late, it was in March this year that the conscription began, the cavalry archery is the general's requirement to rather lack than indiscriminate, strict quality control, and the local population is sparse, so the increase in the number is relatively slow. At the beginning, we were only a village guard team, and we didn't need too many troops, but later Loufu County gave us thousands of square meters of land in the west, so we built 3 fortresses; Later, because of his military exploits, the emperor appointed Zhao Xiong as the county magistrate, which showed that the troops were not enough, otherwise, these soldiers would be enough to defend Taoyuan Fort; It just so happens that the day after tomorrow is the date of the monthly recruitment, so you can take a closer look at it at that time. ”

At this time, Wang Xiu asked: "Fort commander, I heard the general say that if we join the cavalry, we can bring our families to distribute houses and land, which is different from what you said. ”

Ma Gui said with a smile: "Haha, what you said is also good, specific problems are treated, I am talking about the system, but if you encounter special circumstances, we will also treat them differently, for example, you have seen Cao Zhimou Tun Chang in Mayi, and all the people who came together took their families to live in the fort; We built 3 fortresses in the west in a row, cutting off the passage of the Xiongnu to the east, and there are Mayi in the north to block the passage of Xianbei to the south, which is relatively safe, and many people are unwilling to give up their wealth and land, but do not move into the fort, this situation is also there. ”

Xue Yin asked, "Fort Chief, are the cavalry here treated the same as Ma Yi?" ”

"They are all generals' soldiers, of course, they have to be treated the same and the same standards; Ordinary cavalry 6 stone corn, 600 yuan, 3 liters of salt per month, the chief and the tun chief doubled, and the chief of the Wu and Du Bo took the average of the upper and lower levels. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask, and I will answer what I know, and I can only wait for the general to come back if I don't know. ”

Xue Yin asked, "Fort Chief, we have joined the village protection team, and the general has agreed, what is the next arrangement?" ”

"The general's letter said that you should recover well and don't leave the root of the disease, which is what I mean, only when the body recovers can you fight against the barbarians."

"But we can't hold it anymore."

"Then the day after tomorrow, the newly recruited cavalry will be managed by you, and the 4th cavalry tun will be formed, do you think it?"

"Thank you, Chief."

The next day, Ma Gui took Xue Yin, Su Zhi and Wang Xiu to see Bibo Fort first, and along the way, Ma Gui couldn't stop explaining: "Taoyuan Fort has not been built yet, and the land has not been leveled, so it must be dealt with, and tens of thousands of people will live." ”

"This is the entrance to Bibo Castle, there is only this one entrance, and it is very safe for all family members to live inside."

When I arrived at Bibobao Middle Village, "this is the only village at present, and there are four villages in the southeast, northwest, and northwest planned around it, and the land has been sorted out, but there are not so many people living in it, and there is no hurry to build a house; One of these small courtyards per family. ”

When he arrived at Bibo Lake, Ma Gui pointed to the west and said: "This west is a pasture with more than 1,000 war horses. ”

Xue Ren asked: "There are enough horses, but the number of cavalry is too small." ”

"The population of the border county is too small, this is a matter of no choice, besides, I can't afford to recruit too many cavalry, so I can only take the elite route."

In the afternoon, Ma Gui led three people to Zhaozhuang Fort.

"This new house, after the construction is completed, will be used as a commercial street, the general means to develop this place into the largest commercial center in the north, from here to Loufu County, both sides of the road will be built into this kind of building."

"This is Taiping Village, the original general's home was in this village, and later the whole village moved to Taoyuanbao, and it was vacant here, just this time to settle the villagers who moved from Mayi County."

"This is Zhao Village, all the original villagers fled, the county magistrate gave the land west of Taiping Village to the general, tax exemption for five years, the general built 3 fortresses in the west, it is safe here, and the people who moved from Mayi are also resettled in this village."

In Zhaocunbao, Ma Gui introduced: "The west is two small impact plains, which are just used to raise war horses, and there are no farmers to live. The fort was also used only for military purposes, and is currently used as a training ground and a warehouse for horse feed. By buying grass from the surrounding area, the locals can also increase their income. ”

"The two forts in the west are too far away, and I won't go there today, so I'll see it when I have time."

Xue Yin and the others are all knowledgeable people, and they can see that the location of Zhaozhuang Fort is very important, just stuck between the two mountains, and it is difficult for the enemy in the west to break through from here.

"It's a shame that such a big castle can't be inhabited." Xue Yin said.

"The population of the border county is too small, I believe that it is safe here, and the population will gradually increase. These two plains are flat, fertile, and not short of water, making them good agricultural cultivation areas, and can feed more than 100,000 people if they are resettled by farmers. ”

For a day, Ma Gui was always explaining, Xue Yin and the others just listened quietly, and the more they understood, the more they admired Gao Shun and the others.

This force is still relatively weak at present, and with such a good foundation, I believe that it will definitely be able to make great achievements in the future.

On the first day of the first month of August, when recruiting new soldiers, Xue Yin and others participated in the whole process, in the past, their teacher felt that the number of cavalry recruited was small, and the cavalry recruited this time belonged to his tun, and he was worried that the quality of the cavalry recruited was not up to par, so everyone who participated in the assessment, they had to watch carefully.

Due to the annihilation of a Xianbei thousand-person team in Mayi County, the news has spread, and people learned that it was the exploits of the cavalry of the village protection team, coupled with the deliberate propaganda of Wang Xuan and the county guard, which made the village protection team more famous, so the number of people who came to participate in the selection this time was the largest one, but the number of people who passed the primary election was more than 1,000, and many people came from counties other than Yanmen County.

In the end, the number of successful cavalry in the challenge reached nearly 300, and the infantry had 120 people, which made Ma Gui very happy, not only did he entertain him well, but all the people from other counties who passed the primary election and lost the election were given 200 Wen and 5 baht for the road fare.

Let everyone see the wealth of Taoyuan Fort.

Now there are nearly 600 cavalry in Taoyuan Fort, Ma Gui is divided into 4 tuns, each tun is divided into three teams, only Xue Yin's tun is not yet formed, and the other three tuns are all full, and the number of people in each tun is 154 people.

Xue Yin was very satisfied with the quality of the cavalry assigned to him, Su Zhi and Wang Xiu each led a team, and Xue Yin led a team, they firmly believed that with such a good foundation and good food conditions, as long as they underwent strict training, these cavalry would definitely become an invincible and strong army.

Xue Yin and the others completely made up their minds to settle here, attached themselves to the Gaoshun forces, and trained well, hoping to return to the grassland one day and take revenge.