The north roared in the wide grassland, and the green grass that had once stretched as far as the eye could see now turned a hint of yellow. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Autumn has begun, and the cold winter of the year will not be far away

Riding a horse on the vast grassland, Xiao Ming looked at the land that had been occupied by the barbarians, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

It took him almost three years to finally drive the threat of the northern fiefdom out of Shanhaiguan, and from then on, the grasslands outside Cangzhou would become his horse breeding ground and plantation.

After quelling the Jizhou Rebellion, he returned to Qingzhou, and after five or six days, he received the news of breaking through Shanhaiguan.

Surprised, he rushed to Shanhaiguan all night without resting to see this world's first Xiongguan that once belonged to the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

"Your Highness, you see, Governor Niu Ben has come over."

Zhan Xingchang pointed ahead and said.

Xiao Ming looked at it, sure enough, it was Niu Ben and other generals, and after recovering Shanhaiguan, Xiao Ming decided to strengthen this world's first Xiongguan and make it a complete fortress.

So he brought the construction battalion that built Cangzhou City to Shanhaiguan and let Zhan Xingchang be in charge of this matter.

At the same time, their fortress promotion strategy will continue to be implemented, and they will build fortresses along the Shanhaiguan line, gradually compressing the living area of the barbarians.

This battle of Jizhou made Xiao Ming see the fierceness of the Golden Horde, and he had to pay attention to this opponent.

The barbarian soldiers' fearless charge made his generals feel uneasy. ，

What's more, this time Bei Shan almost destroyed Jizhou with his own blood wolf tribe, Jin Wuwei and his Qingzhou army, if it wasn't for Bei Shan being accidentally injured by a cannonball, even if they won, I am afraid it would be a disastrous victory at this time.

If this is the case, he will not be able to take this opportunity to take Shanhaiguan and change the offensive and defensive momentum from then on.

"Your Highness."

Niu Ben and the others soon arrived in front of them, their eyebrows fluttering, their expressions excited, obviously still intoxicated with the joy of seizing Shanhaiguan.

"Excuse me, you are now a great hero, and this king is going to salute you." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

The sky is very clear, and the open field of vision makes people feel happy, and with this big victory, Xiao Ming's mood is even better.

When everyone heard this, the joy on their faces became stronger and stronger.

At this time, Niu Ben said: "Your Highness, there is Shanhaiguan in front, but this front gate was blown open by us and was seriously damaged. ”

"So this king has brought you a construction camp, and with them, in a few months, Shanhaiguan will become stronger than Cangzhou City."

Luo Xin glanced at the artillery behind the long line, and he was taken aback, "Your Highness, this time I sent a lot of artillery." ”

"It's not much, it's just two hundred cannons, this construction camp will build two fortresses attached to Shanhaiguan, these cannons are prepared for the fortress, and this king wants to make this Shanhaiguan an insurmountable Xiongguan for the barbarians."

Xiao Ming was ambitious at this time, Shanhaiguan was in hand, his fiefdom was truly safe, and he didn't have to live a life in fear from now on, he could always develop in peace and stability.

However, he also understood that although the barbarians were defeated this time, their strength was still strong.

Because of this, he will come to repair the Shanhaiguan with the construction battalion, and since he has taken it back, he can't lose it again.

Entering Shanhaiguan from the bombed-out city wall, Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang patrolled the city under the leadership of Niu Ben.

Outside the Shanhaiguan Pass is a high city wall, and behind it is a complete military town.

Now, because of the war, this military town has been badly damaged.

"This military town is a bit small, since it has been destroyed, it is better to rebuild and build, and directly expand each side of the city wall to a length of five miles." Xiao Ming pondered for a moment and looked at Zhan Xingchang.

"What His Highness said is that from this battle of Jizhou, the barbarians' ability to hijack the grain route is still very strong, so the expansion of the military town should build more granaries, so that the military town, like the government of other states and counties, must prepare at least three years of war preparation grain."

Zhan Xingchang saw Xiao Ming's thoughts.

"Three years!" Lu Fei laughed, "This is a good idea, if we are besieged, we are not afraid of not having food, and our food will almost run out when we are in Jizhou." ”

Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang laughed at the same time, a solid city with three years of grain in reserve, any enemy would have a headache.

Speaking of this food, they also talked about the armory, the ammunition depot, and other necessary facilities in the military town, and so on.

After agreeing, Niu Ben Zhengse said: "Your Highness, now that you have taken Shanhaiguan, what should you do about the problem of the garrison?" ”

Xiao Ming understood what Niu Ben meant, this Qingzhou army can't stay in Shanhaiguan all the time, after all, the domestic situation in Dayu is complicated now, and the most elite Qingzhou army should defend the Qingzhou land.

"Now the pressure on the front line of Cangzhou is much less, let the Cangzhou army go to the top first, but this is not a lasting strategy, after all, the army of each state has its duties." Xiao Ming frowned.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei exchanged glances with Luo Xin and said, "Your Highness, the old minister has a suggestion that I don't know if to talk about?" ”

"Even if it is." Xiao Ming patted the city wall of Shanhaiguan.

"About 35,000 slave soldiers surrendered in this battle including customs, and many slave soldiers were also captured on the battlefield of Jizhou.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei once participated in the Battle of Youzhou that year and have a strong affection for Youzhou.

Lu Fei also said: "Your Highness, just like the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the people who hate the barbarians the most are the Youzhou people, these slave soldiers will only refuse to submit to the barbarians if they suffer from the cruel oppression of the barbarians, and now they have escaped from the control of the barbarians, and there will only be hatred for the barbarians in their hearts, now select some elite people to build a strong army, this strong army will inevitably become a nightmare for the barbarians." ”

"Youzhou City!" Xiao Ming suddenly remembered.

The slave soldiers driven by the barbarians this time are all from Youzhou City, which has been turned into a "sheepfold" by the barbarians.

These slaves were born in the land of Youzhou, and they were oppressed by the barbarians since they were children, and he still remembers the tragic scene that Lei Ming once told him.

This time he was in a hurry to go to Shanhaiguan, but he didn't go to Youzhou City, because the barbarians who had ruled them for more than ten years were gone, and Xiao Ming was not sure what the people of Youzhou City would think of him now.

"What do those slave soldiers think?" Xiao Ming asked.

"Your Highness, it was precisely because many slave soldiers proposed to join our Qingzhou Army to kill barbarians that we mentioned this matter." Niu Ben said.

Zhan Xingchang said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, the lower officials should not be in a hurry in this matter, these slave soldiers are unknown, and they must be strictly audited to determine that they are from Youzhou, and they really hate the barbarians so that they can join the army, otherwise if there are people with bad intentions mixed into the army, this Shanhaiguan will be dangerous." ”

(To be continued.) )