"What is this? Another kind of fort? Shang Haibo took the drawings and looked at the drawings on the paper carefully, and Lu Dalin also came over, particularly interested. In the past, Lu Dalin did not come into contact with the fortress of the Changsheng camp, and after following Li Qing, he saw the true face of this fortress, and he was shocked to see it, and he stayed in the fortress for a whole day before coming out, and at night, he came up with a set of defensive battles for the fortress, and what is even more commendable is that he actually came up with some ways to conquer the fortress, Lu Dalin's many years of command and combat experience is not comparable to Wang Qinian and other new generals, seeing the method that Lu Dalin sorted out, Wang Qinian and others are admired by the five-body casting, This guy's reputation is really not covered, and it is a matter of course, when General Lu became a general, everyone here was still a small soldier!

And Lu Dalin, this kind of fortress is also highly respected, this kind of fortress can basically be called the tomb of the attacker, the designer of the fortress Li Qing is also eager to bow and worship, if Dingzhou builds this kind of fortress on a large scale, no matter how elite the barbarian soldiers are, they will not be able to do anything. Now he is outside the main fortress in the upper forest, he has built a large-scale fortress, so that the entire fortress group extends more than ten miles, and each fortress is connected by criss-crossing troop moats, one fort is breached, and the soldiers can quickly withdraw to the next fort along these troop moats to preserve the strength of the troops to the greatest extent, and this is something that Li Qing did not expect.

As soon as he heard Shang Haibo say that Li Qing had designed a new fortress, he couldn't help but be very excited, the fortress already had such power, could it be that there was a more powerful fortress? At first glance, like Shang Haibo, he was puzzled, why didn't the round building in the painting look like a fortress?

"What is this?" The two asked in unison.

"Fence House!" Li Qing's eyes flashed and he said excitedly.

"What's the use of that?" Shang Haibo said suspiciously.

Li Qing pulled another piece of paper, on which is the floor plan of the walled house, "You come and see, this kind of house is very cheap, it doesn't cost much, but it is very practical, look, he is divided into three floors, the upper floor is the sentry tower, usually people can enjoy the cool on it, dry things or something, it can be, wartime, just here, set up a few crossbows, is a watchtower." The second floor is inhabited, the first floor can be raised, here is the gate, see, the whole walled house, there is only such a gate, as soon as the gate is closed, this walled house is a defensive fortress. ”

"The adults are to be the same as the barbarians, all the people are soldiers, the barbarians do not come, these people are the people who farm, as soon as the barbarians come, they run back to the enclosure, as soon as the gate is closed, as soon as the bow and arrow are taken, they become warriors!" Lu Dalin immediately reacted, "But such a soldier is not strong in combat!" It's hard to withstand the blows of the brutes. ”

Li Qing shook his head, "They don't need to face the barbarians head-on, the main thing is to contain them when the barbarians come, and protect their property and surname, so the early enclosure must be within our effective protection range." For example, if you have tens of thousands of troops stationed in the upper forest, then you can build a large number of such enclosures within your line of sight. ”

Shang Haibo nodded in agreement, "That's doable." But how big is this enclosure to be? ”

Li Qingdao: "In the early stage, there is no need to build too big, each enclosed house can live in dozens of households, these people can open up wasteland around the enclosed house and farm land, and if there is something to do, they can run back to the enclosed house, without worrying about loss." Later, when you have experience, you will slowly expand the scale. ”

Lu Dalin looked at the drawings, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Dashuai, I still have an idea, between each walled house, not too far apart, so that between the walled houses we can lay rows of wooden piles, lay two layers, rammed the middle of the earth, such a simple city wall is formed, as the more and more walled houses are built, such a city wall is built farther and farther, and finally, a city is formed, with him as the foundation, we must expand the scale of the city, and turn him into a strong city again." ”

Li Qing laughed: "This plan is very good." ”

Lu Yiming on the side frowned and said: "But most of these displaced people came to escape the war, and now they want to live on the territory of the more murderous barbarians, I'm afraid that few have the courage to do so." ”

Li Qing thought for a while and said: "In this way, tell these homeless people that as long as they are willing to go, no matter how much land he reclaims, we will not charge him a penny in taxes, and give him a land deed, and this land will be hiss in the future, and there will be brave men under the heavy reward, don't ignore our Central Plains people's desire for land, and there are tens of thousands of troops stationed on the side!" ”

"If that's the case, Dashuai, then it really stands on its feet in the future, and it will have a great impact on our Dingzhou income!" Lu Yiming raised a new question.

"It depends on what you think of it!" Li Qingdao, "It seems that we have lost a lot of taxes, but there are more people, other sources of wealth will be more extensive, and there is a more important reason, that is, after these people go, in order to keep their lives and property, they will inevitably consciously carry out some necessary military training, so that for a few years, they are a good soldier, when necessary, we can conscript them into the army at any time, if during this period, they fight a few battles with the barbarians, my fellow acquaintance, then they are veterans." ”

Lu Yiming thought about it, so he nodded in agreement.

"Dashuai, I think we should send a veteran with a family in every walled house to guide these peasants in military training in peacetime, so as not to panic at that time, and the people in the interior are not as fierce and good at war as our border states, so we still need to give more guidance." Shang Haibo made another suggestion.

"Good!" Li Qing agreed, "The veterans sent out will be given the title of fruit chief, and they will be given another silver." ”

A few people said a word, and soon a formal plan was formed, and at this time, Qingfeng acted as a recorder, recording everyone's suggestions one by one, and then sorting them out, which is now a document.

"It's like a noose that will slowly tighten the necks of the barbarians on the grassland, making it difficult for them to breathe, and eventually suffocating to death." Li Qing's finger drew a semicircle on the map, and said.

"It's a pity, if we can contact the Murwei people on the other side of the Green Ridge Pass, attack from both sides, and defeat Bayar, it will be a matter of waiting." Li Qing regretted that the passage to the territory of the Murowei people was firmly controlled by the grassland people, and it was basically impossible to contact the Murowei people through their place.

Lu Dalin shook his head and said: "I heard that the Murwei people are more barbaric than the grassland people, we call the grassland people barbarians, and the grassland people call the Murwei people also barbarians, defeated the grassland people, but let the Murwei people come to us, isn't this the front door to drive away the tiger, the back door into the wolf?" ”

"It's nothing!" Li Qing shook his head and said: "As soon as the old king of the Murwei people died, the interior was immediately torn apart, which shows that they don't have a guy who can hold the scene, no matter how fierce such a group of people is, it is easy to deal with, but there is such an eloquent guy as Bayar on the grassland, which makes people have a headache, if we can contact the Murwei people, we still have to grasp this line, Qingfeng, you have to take this matter to heart." ”

"It's the general, I see." Qingfeng raised his head and said.

Shang Haibo stared at the map on the wall for a long time, and said, "Dashuai, in fact, it's not impossible to contact the people of Shangmuwei, you come and see here!" ”

Several people's eyes looked over, "Fuzhou? ”

"Yes, Fuzhou is near the sea, and it is our neighbor, and his Xuanhua County has a good port, and if you take the waterway and go around in a circle, you can enter the territory controlled by the Murowei people. We can send someone from here. ”

Li Qing pondered for a moment, "But no one has ever walked this road, but I am afraid that there are many obstacles along the way, there are pirates on the sea, and it can be said that taking this road is a life of death, it is very difficult!" However, it can be used as a train of thought. When we find the right candidate, we will give it a try, anyway, dead horses are treated as live horse doctors, and if we don't have any hope of success, we don't care about disappointment, mainly on our own. ”

Everyone nodded.

"Mr. Shang, I will be gone for a few months, and the regular affairs of Changshengjun will be entrusted to you." Li Qingdao, "In particular, the expansion and training of the armed forces are the top priorities of the moment, and there are also problems such as equipment and equipment, and the urgent expansion of the armed forces will inevitably reduce their combat effectiveness, and the sooner we solve this problem, the easier it will be for us in the future, and this problem cannot be ignored." ”

"Lord Lu, whenever you need property here, the state must vigorously support it, no matter how difficult it is, you have to find a way, as long as you get through this period of hardship, you will get better and better in the future, now is not the time to be stingy." Li Qing was a little worried that there was a pimple between Lu Yiming and Shang Haibo, and the cooperation was not good, and when the skin was pulled up, it would be a headache.

"Don't worry, sir!" Lu Yiming immediately said, "Even if you wear your belt, it will not shorten the military expenses, the skin does not exist, and the hair will be attached, I still understand this truth." ”

"Well, that's good!" Li Qing appreciated his attitude very much, took a knife from the wall, pulled it out, and put it on the table, "Everyone, please see that this is a knife that we have just developed for steel, let's see how this is different from what we used before?" ”

Lu Dalin is a military general, and when he saw that he was happy, he picked up the knife and danced a few times, so he sighed, "Dashuai, this knife is lighter than the one we used before, but the flexible surname is better." As he spoke, his arm slashed down and stopped in the air, and the knife made a buzzing sound and kept vibrating.

"That's right!" Li Qing picked up another knife, took over the new knife in Lu Dalin's hand and raised it high, and then slashed it hard, choking, and the one behind him was split in two, "So sharp!" The crowd was amazed.

Li Qing stretched out the knife in front of everyone, and saw that the blade was still as sharp as before, and there was not even a gap, all with an expression of disbelief.

"This is the latest and best steel that has just been developed, it's a pity that it can't be mass-produced, the technology is not stable enough, and the good steel that comes out is only made into this knife, however, the steel that is slightly worse than him can be produced in batches, everyone, in the future, our soldiers will be equipped with better weapons, and the spears produced with this steel will be worn by the barbarians' thin iron armor!" Li Qing said with a smile.

Everyone was excited.

Several people stayed in the study for a whole day, and even Yang Yidao sent lunch to the study to eat, and all the matters were arranged properly.

Li Qing smiled and said goodbye to everyone, but only Qingfeng was left, so Qingfeng's face slowly turned red under the strange gaze of the three people.