Just when Bo Yan'er and his gang were busy mobilizing troops and horses, gathering people and horses everywhere, intending to raise troops to attack. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoChangning Fort is a leisurely scene.

The people in the fort saw that Ziren and his subordinates were fighting well, and as soon as they arrived, they killed the Mongol Tartars and compensated the fallen soldiers, and they had a good impression of the new Shangguan.

After receiving the horse meat, he was not in a hurry to leave, and stayed in groups of three or five to chat about the idle days. From time to time, people went up to check on the ploughing cattle that Ziren had brought into the fort, and they were discussing together when the adults would be able to distribute these ploughing cattle.

Ziren saw that the people in the fort had rekindled their confidence in their future lives, and he was a little relieved. called Cui Desheng and Han Shiyong, and wanted to learn more about the situation in the fort from the two of them, so as to make early plans for the future Tuntian and army expansion.

After some conversation, I found that this Changning Fort is located in the alluvial plain of the Hunhe River and the Taizi River, and the soil is fertile. Moreover, the town is low-lying and has abundant water, and there is a lot of fertile land outside the fort that can be cultivated.

Coupled with a relatively mild climate and plenty of sunshine, there are five to six months of farming per year. As long as you take care of it properly, you can get about two koku of rice a year, and even the worst Shimoda can harvest about one koku of grain a year.

Ziren was overjoyed when he learned about it, and he was thinking hard about how to farm the fields. I heard the sound of fighting behind me, and I didn't know what was going on, so I hurriedly rushed to check.

I saw a number of children about twelve or thirteen years old, beating a boy of their age.

Although the boy who was beaten was physically strong, his fists were no match for his four hands, and he had been knocked to the ground. Seeing that the situation was not good, Ziren immediately stepped forward to drink and ordered them to stop.

A leading boy, seeing Ziren coming to intervene, preemptively said:

"Lord Ding, this kid is the son of Li Dedi. It was all because of his father's incompetence that the castle was invaded by the Mongols. When we saw that he dared to come to receive the pension money and horse meat today, we were angry and reasoned with him. Who knew that this kid couldn't say anything about us, but he actually started to do it, and hoped that the adults would uphold justice. ”

Seeing that the other party was wicked and sued first, the beaten boy quickly got up from the ground, and said with red eyes:

"My lord! Don't listen to his nonsense, I am Li Yongfang, the son of Li Dedi. After my father died in battle, my mother couldn't afford to fall ill. In order to compensate the soldiers who died in the battle in the fort, my Li family has long been bankrupt.

The grain and horse meat were taken back to replenish her mother's body, and the silver was also used to ask Langzhong to treat her mother. This surnamed Tong actually plundered, I was angry, but I fought with him, I didn't think that they would bully more or less. ”

After all, Li Yongfang is just a child, and his family has been wronged by this, although he has been holding back, but when it comes to this, tears still can't stop slipping from his eyes.

Seeing that the child's name was Li Yongfang, Ziren couldn't help but be suspicious, and hurriedly called Han Shiyong to verify with him.

It was found that the Li family was indeed as Li Yongfang said, and scattered all the family property to compensate for the soldiers killed in the fort. couldn't help but be in awe of Li Dequan's family, and said to everyone in the castle with an angry face:

"Master Li Dedi Li died in order to fight against the Mongnu, and after the ambush. Their Li family has also done their best to make up for the losses in the fort. Now that only this orphan and widow are left, who dares to force each other again, don't blame the official for turning his face and being ruthless! ”

Then the kind words comforted Li Yongfang a few words, and asked Ding Youcai and Ding Bi to take some more horse meat and grain, and went to visit Li Yongfang's home.

The circumference of Changning Fort is only two miles and forty steps, and it will not take long to come to Li Yongfang's mansion. Li Yongfang's mother, Li Haishi, saw Ziren coming to visit, and hurriedly got up to greet her.

Ziren knew that he was physically inconvenient, so he didn't dare to bother more, so he ordered someone to put down the condolences he brought and turned to leave. Seeing that the Li family is now surrounded by four walls, he left five taels of silver for the mother and son before leaving.

At Li Hai's repeated insistence, Ziren reluctantly agreed to keep Li Yongfang by his side as a homemaker. I'm going to observe him for a few days, and if this kid really has a backbone, he won't let him go.

As soon as Ziren walked to the door, he heard someone whispering outside the door:

"Do you say that this Lord Ding has taken a fancy to Li Hai's family, as soon as he arrived, he came to visit him again and sent money and things."

One person replied: "Don't say it, this half-old may have a different taste when used, and she can be so white as a big son, which is not small." ”

"Hahaha......" After saying that, several people laughed evilly.

"Ahem!" Hearing that someone was arranging himself behind his back, Ziren coughed vigorously, walked to the side of several people, and said as if no one was there:

"I just heard that a few dogs are farting here, and it's all because these beasts have eaten too much shit. If you let me listen to it next time, don't blame me for being merciless. ”

After speaking, he glared at a few people, turned around and left. Leaving a few people who had just been speechless, they looked at each other in a daze.

After returning to the camp, Ziren thought about it all night. Early the next morning, he summoned the officers above the small flag in the fort and announced a series of personnel changes.

Han Shiyong and Cui Desheng were meritorious in resisting the Mongnu, and Ziren would ask Wei Li to promote the two to the position of one hundred households.

Cui Desheng was mainly responsible for the training of the soldiers in the fort in the future, and promoted Ding Bi to the general banner as his deputy.

In the future, Han Shiyong mainly managed the tuntian in the fort, and let Ding Youcai serve as his deputy.

Several craftsmen in the fort were all handed over to Ding Shoutie to lead, temporarily concentrating on building agricultural tools and preparing for large-scale cultivation of fertile land.

The defense of the fort was entrusted to Zhou Daqi and his subordinates. Wang Xuedao concentrated on taking care of the horses and cattle in the fort, and assigned five auxiliary soldiers to him to send.

In order to prevent someone from filling his pockets, Ziren collected all the keys to the treasury in the fort and carried them with him.

In this way, almost all the powers in the castle are controlled by Ziren and his subordinates. Han Shiyong and Cui Desheng are also monitored by their own cronies, and if the two dare not obey the order, Ziren will take the opportunity to get rid of them.

Due to the lack of money and food left with them, the soldiers were not expanded for the time being. Only a new cavalry team was recruited, consisting of Wang Mingqiang, Tang Yaoshun, and Ma Shinan (who had not yet arrived), and the three were responsible for the drill.

Now Changning Fort is in the middle of a weak time, and this Liaohetao has experienced a snowstorm in winter, and the Mongolian tribes on the grassland will continue to attack after the beginning of spring in order to survive.

After discussing with everyone, Ziren found that among the thirteen piers under Changning Fort, there are only four actual troops stationed now. There were only three to five garrisons stationed in each place, and it was really difficult to resist the Monnu invasion.

The fort is also understaffed and unable to divide troops to defend it. As a last resort, Ziren decided to shrink his troops, concentrate on sticking to Changning Fort, and summoned most of the personnel of his subordinate piers back to the fort.

Only two key piers were left, and each one left two soldiers and two horses as early warnings. Once the Mongol invasion was discovered, the wolf smoke was set off and quickly retreated to the fort.

When Ziren was about to arrange various tasks for everyone, he heard Cui Xiaoyong, who was on guard on the city wall, rushing to report the news. It is said that a group of cavalry was found outside the fort, and they were approaching quickly, and it seemed that they were not good.