In summer, there is abundant rain, and the Hetao area is lush with vegetation.

The vast grassland is like a naturally woven green carpet, the air is fresh, the place is full of life, walking on the grass, the soft and elastic feeling under the feet is very wonderful. Looking up at the sky, the white clouds in the blue sky, like a shepherd grazing the white clouds, there are songs from afar, making the beautiful grassland more vivid.

Hundred horses slowly moved forward on the grassland.

It was noon, and the knights were still sweating profusely in the sun, even if the wind brought coolness, and it was better to let the horses run quickly, but this team couldn't, and still kept moving slowly. There was one man in the team who was not a good horseman, and he could barely do it when he rode his horse slowly, and asked him to gallop wildly, and at any moment he might fall off his horse, so it was better to let him dismount and walk.

None of the cavalrymen who were tortured by the scorching heat were dissatisfied.

The one who is holding back is the one everyone respects from the bottom of their hearts.

Yu Buzhi muttered: "Yuan Zhi, I think it's better to build a teleportation array over there, this won't work......"

Yu Buzhi didn't want to hold everyone back, but he couldn't help it.

Players can use the post station after level 30, and the long-range cost is nothing more than the teleportation cost, not time. There is an automatic pathfinding system at the near point, which is very convenient to go anywhere, so the game [Three Kingdoms] does not list riding as a necessary skill for players.

If the player has to live the addiction of horseback riding, Futu will not stop him, and he can find an NPC who can teach riding skills by himself. But the mount system has not yet been opened, the means of transportation have to be solved by the player, and a series of derivative problems such as purchase and feeding have to be taken care of, and the most annoying thing for the player is that the mount cannot be teleported by the post station, and there is no space for the mount to carry with him, so few players are willing to ask for their own hardships.

The dragon collar is rooted in the Hetao, and there are many nomads among the displaced people.

Nomads grew up on horseback, and teaching riding skills was a mere task.

Yu Buzhi recently squatted in the river loop for a long time, and had a lot of free time, so he simply learned to ride.

It is not difficult to learn to ride, the difficult thing is to improve, it takes long-term practice to gradually improve, Yu Buzhi is willing to practice, but this is not an overnight thing, now at most it is an introduction to riding. This time he and Xu Shu went to Mustang Town to inspect, and the whole team slowed down due to poor riding skills.

Xu Shu smiled and said, "My lord, ten miles away, is it appropriate to invest millions of gold to repair the teleportation array?" ”

"What's wrong?"

Yu Buzhi said solemnly: "It's not because of my poor riding skills that I have stayed in the dragon collar for a long time, and my riding skills have not been able to jump up?" Unlike other dependent territories, Bronco Town is going to be built in the future, and the safety of Bronco Town is very important. Although the dragon territory is close, after all, it is not like other subordinate territories are next to the stronghold, and in case of an emergency, ten miles of land may not be able to catch up in time. ”

"There are many Qianghu tribes in Hetao, and the Qianghu cavalry has already come to Longling some time ago, and they may run to Wild Horse Town at any time, and Longling and Wild Horse Town need to establish an instant contact mechanism. Relying on cavalry to communicate back and forth is relatively slow, and if it is intercepted by the enemy, the soldiers of our army in charge of communication will be more dangerous, so I pondered that I would have to build a teleportation array in Wild Horse Town, and then send an apprentice from the Yin and Yang family to take charge. Although the teleportation array is not cheap, the money can be earned slowly, and the money that should be spent cannot be saved. ”

When the nearby cavalry heard this, their hearts were moved.

The lord's love for the soldiers and civilians has always been the same, and if spending money can make everyone safer, the territory will never be stingy with funds. How can such a lord not do his best to defend the army and the people?

"Well, let's build it."

Xu Shu said happily: "Isn't Zou Feng going to come to Longling to build a backup teleportation array, there are ready-made materials here, and they will be built in Wild Horse Town first, and then we will find a way to transport the materials from the outside." That little girl volunteered to help us build a teleportation array, I don't know what her true level is. ”

"Not bad." Yu Buzhi said: "The reserve teleportation array of the Zhulu Leader is almost completed, turn around and let her come over." ”

Xu Shu previously objected because Wild Horse Town and Dragon Leader were ten miles apart, and he felt that there was no need to waste funds. The existing teleportation arrays in the territory are all to solve the problem of long-range teleportation, and there has never been a precedent for building teleportation arrays in close proximity, let alone a subordinate territory, so I have never thought about it in that regard.

Yu Buzhi reminded Xu Shu that it was indeed necessary to build a teleportation array in Wild Horse Town.

The benefits of building a teleportation array, Xu Shu thought of more.

First of all, the overall security situation in the Hetao Territory will be greatly improved.

With the establishment of Wild Horse Town, the burden on the troops stationed in the Hetao of the territory is heavier, because the distance between Wild Horse Town and Dragon Territory is relatively far away, and it is impossible to establish a joint defense system with the main base like other dependent territories, and Wild Horse Town has to arrange a force to garrison, and it is imperative to expand the army in the Hetao area. Following the Broken Cavalry, the Hetao Rock Battalion was also expanded to 2,000 men, half of whom were stationed in Wild Horse Town.

It was unprecedented for a thousand rock battalions to be stationed in a dependent territory.

But even so, Xu Shu didn't dare to boast that Mustang Town was stable.

Xu Shu believes that in the future, the Hetao Rock Camp must maintain 5,000 people in order to effectively ensure the security of the territory.

This is the Loop.

The Hetao area has never been peaceful.

If the Qianghu cavalry invaded Wild Horse Town, it would be difficult for a thousand foot soldiers to protect it, and they had to count on the cavalry to gallop to help.

The time to drive ten miles is enough for a lot to happen, and even the cavalry itself may not be safe.

Once the teleportation array is activated, the situation will be very different.

The cost of teleportation is directly proportional to the teleportation distance, and it is thousands of miles away from the deer to the flying fish collar, and it costs 10,000 gold to teleport one person, which can only be used in a small area in an emergency, and it is unlikely that the troops will be reinforced. The only record of participating in the battle through the teleportation array is that when the Zhulu Leader was determined to attack the Bitter Soul Department to express his strong will, he urgently dispatched a hundred white soldiers to rush to the aid of the Flying Fish Leader, which was a rare luxury.

This is not the case with the Loop.

Dragon Leader and Bronco Town are so close, the teleportation cost must not be high, and it is completely conditional to transfer troops through teleportation. In the event of an attack on Dragonling or Mustang Town (City), troops from nearby strongholds can rush to their aid, which is both efficient and safe.

This means that the size of the garrison in the Hetao area may not be so large!

Even if one or two thousand troops are reduced, the military expenditure saved for the whole year will not be a small amount.

Another bonus: the teleportation array helps mask the relationship between Dragonlord and Bronco Town.

Bronco Town is a subordinate territory of the leader Yu Dragonling, and is tasked with providing various supports to the Dragonling, and the two are bound to be closely linked. The reason for putting Bronco Town so far away is to create the illusion that the two strongholds do not belong to each other, and if there is no teleportation array, the daily exchanges between the two strongholds will appear very frequent, and it is easy for people to see suspicious points, which is obviously contrary to the original intention.

After the teleportation array is established, many transactions can be internally connected by the teleportation array.

The transportation of large quantities of goods can be solved through the trade model, where it is common for two neighboring strongholds to trade, or caravans can become a link between the two. The ant caravan is preparing to march into the Hetao, and when the time comes, it is only necessary to declare to the outside world that Longling and Mustang Town (City) are both caravan stops, and no one can find fault with it.

When Mustang Town is upgraded to a city and a stone wall is erected, the security situation in the Hetao territory will be greatly improved!

The cavalry continued on their way.

The horses crossed a meadow, and in front of them was a mountain.

The cavalry soldiers in front rode straight up the mountain road.

Yu Buzhi was surprised and asked, "Can you get by?" ”

Xu Shu nodded: "If you find a path in the mountain, you can go directly to Wild Horse Town, and you can run a lot less than running around a large circle along Wulong Mountain." ”

"How many miles will you save?"

"About seven miles, with a horse-drawn carriage."

"That's a good feeling!" The fish is not wise and happy.

The town of Wild Horses is located south of the dragon territory, and the Five Dragons Mountain lies between the two strongholds.

The choice of this location for the future city-level affiliated territory is to hope that with the help of the natural mountain topography of Wulong Mountain, it will be more difficult for the outside world to think that Wild Horse Town and Dragon Territory belong to a subordinate relationship. Because of this, although the distance between the two places is only 10 miles in a straight line, the actual distance traveled around the foot of the mountain is nearly 20 miles, which is nearly doubled.

The shortcut is a seven-mile trip, which is equivalent to a one-third shortening of the trip, and the two bases are more closely connected.

Wulong Mountain is shaded by trees, the mountain breeze is blowing, and the group is much cooler.

Drilling out of the mountains, a township level is in front of you.

Bronco Town has arrived.

The mayor of the town, Zahar, and the garrison generals soon appeared in front of the town to greet Yu Buzhi and Xu Shu and others.

The security pressure of Wild Horse Town is greater than that of the dragon leader, Xu Shu asked the owner of the Hetao Rock Battalion to personally garrison Liu Chun here, and the training of new recruits of the Rock Battalion and the defense of the Dragon Leader were handed over to Qu Chen. Sending the Rock Camp Master here is enough to see how seriously the territory takes the safety of Bronco Town.

Yu Buzhi did not go to the mayor's office and directly asked to inspect the construction and defense of Bronco Town.

Zahar was a little panicked, the Lord had just come ten days ago, so in such a short time, where could there be earth-shaking changes? But Yu Buzhi made a special trip to inspect, and Zahar didn't dare to say that there was nothing to see, and while leading the way in front of him nervously, he explained the general situation of Mustang Town.

"Lord Lord, the task of upgrading the subordinate territory will take a few more days, and the first-level township cannot build a wooden wall, and Wild Horse Town has not made any major moves recently. In addition to tidying up the farmland and striving for food self-sufficiency from next month, he mainly arranges for the villagers to build more shelters in their spare time to prepare for the subsequent relocation of more villagers......

Yu Buzhi nodded silently.

Minor province upgrades occur once a month, and when Bronco Town was created, the satellite province upgrade opportunities for that month had just been used up, and you had to wait a while before you could apply again. The wooden fence can only be built in a second-level township, and during this period of time, there is indeed no particularly important thing in Wild Horse Town, and Zahar can build more residences in advance, most of which is the result of Zhai Jian and Xu Shu's mention.

"What about the population?" Yu Buzhi asked.

"There are villagers coming from Longling one after another, and there are more than 1,100 people here in Wild Horse Town, which is not enough to upgrade. Mr. Zhai said that the population of Mustang Town will be replenished within five days, and there will be no delay in receiving the upgrade task. ”

Yu Buzhi was a lot more relieved, and said to Xu Shu: "In this way, the population gap of the dragon leader will be even greater." The population of the Bloodthirsty Territory is limited, and it is impossible to support us uncontrollably, and the population of the Hetao Territory is not easy to solve. ”

When the nail plan was implemented, the Bloodpiercing Collar was still a first-class city.

Although it was promoted to a second-tier city not long ago, the actual population of the territory did not increase because of this, but because of the blood transfusion to the dragon leader, the population size of the blood piercing territory was lower than the normal level. With the decision to create a city-level subordinate territory in the Loop, the number of people needed was much larger, and it was not enough to rely on the blood collar alone.

Xu Shu knew very well that the population was related to the development of Longling and Wild Horse Town, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I have a plan." ”

"Longling and Wild Horse Town are very close, and the township stage is upgraded, which can temporarily allow the villagers to temporarily relocate, and it is not difficult for our current population reserve to do this. The population problem at the city level has also been discussed by his subordinates and the second general, and they are 80% sure that it will be solved on the spot. ”

Xu Shu's eyes were firm, and Yu Buzhi suddenly had some understanding in his heart.

It seems that the troops stationed in the Hetao are ready to do something.

The so-called "settlement on the spot", to put it bluntly, is to rob, take the initiative to attack the Qianghu tribe, rescue the Han people who were enslaved by the Qianghu tribe, and even directly take the Qianghu alien tribe over and let them become the population of the deer leader.

In the long run, as the Hetao territory grows stronger and stronger, it is inevitable to take this step.

Xu Shu's implication is that he will start at the earliest when the dragon leader reaches the city level, and the dragon leader is now a third-level township, only one step away from the city level, which means that the Zhulu army may soon attack the Qianghu tribe in the Hetao, which Yu Buzhi did not expect before. Yu is unwise and intuitive, but he did not object, his trust in Xu Shu is unreserved, Xu Shu always plans and then acts, is not sure, and will not mess around.

Yu Buzhi looked at Xu Shu and said, "Are you going to do it?" ”

Xu Shu said casually: "Hmm." ”

"So fast?"

"We need a population, a lot of people."

Xu Shu said: "Dragon Collar and Wild Horse Town need population development, and the population we borrowed from the lord's friend also needs to be returned. The businessmen who passed by the dragon collar said that the rumors about the dragon collar of the Qianghu tribe were getting more and more outrageous, and while the frog dragon Yu Wei was still there, he would do a few votes first. Even if there is a big commotion, Qiang Hu reacted violently, and the dragon leader's teleportation array has been repaired, at most, let the frog dragon come over to say hello to them, maybe we can capture some war horses......"

Yu Buzhi couldn't help laughing, he was very satisfied with Xu Shu's explanation.

Xu Shu planned to take the initiative and had already taken all the situation into account.

"When are you going to act?"

"The recruits of the expansion of the cavalry are almost on fire, the second general is training after returning from Beiping the day before yesterday, when will our cavalry be trained, it will be time to set off."

Yu Buzhi stopped and said solemnly; "Rescuing the enslaved Han Chinese is simple, and they are happy to join in without worrying about loyalty. But the Qianghu people may not, the Qianghu are inhabited by tribes, and their relatives are all in the tribe, and when the captives are captured, they may not be truly obedient, and they may find an opportunity to sneak out. It's nothing if people leave, I'm afraid that they will go out and leak the truth of the dragon collar, which will be very bad. ”

Xu Shu laughed: "Either you don't catch it, or if you want to catch it, the whole tribe will be killed in one pot." The relatives are all here, and they are safe and have a good life and welfare, and the subordinates think that they should soon like it. Even if you drive them away, I'm afraid they won't want to leave. ”