In the spring and summer of May, it rained last night, and it was a little cool.

Fang Xin personally rode and rode away, at this time, in addition to the orders in the army, there were also 2,000 people concentrated, all of whom were promoted from 80,000 warriors, which were not inferior to the barbarian horses, or even exceeded, but unfortunately the number was too small.

The cavalry all carried spears, and there were bows and arrows on the horses, and two thousand horsemen stepped on the wilderness, Fang Xin swept the ground and looked, only to see wild flowers, fragrant grass, low hills and plains, originally where the fertile fields were, but the empty field was lonely, no traces of people, occasionally a few small houses, also hidden in the hidden place, all the way, only a dozen households.

The county was built in a dignified county, but I didn't expect it to become like this? Fang Xin couldn't help but sigh when he saw this.

Suddenly, several horsemen appeared in the distance, this was obviously the spies of the barbarian cavalry, Fang Xin turned a blind eye, and just looked at the land farther away - there, which should have been the location of the county seat.

But now, the county town has become a ruin, and the walls have collapsed, and although it has only been two years, it has been in the crevices of the city, overgrown with grass, which has made the ruins green, and animals have come and gone from time to time.

"Lord, that is the county town, when the county town was built, there were 16 squares and 30,000 households, but now, it has become a piece of loess." It was Jiang Qingbai who spoke, the county order of Sandaozi County, which was subordinate to Jiancheng County: "But it was the lord who used the county town to resist before, and the barbarian king ordered the destruction of all the nearby county towns and county seats!" ”

"Yes!" Fang Xin restrained his mood, this hundreds of miles of barren people, but also, on the white paper, just drawing, in this quiet field, there is pride in his heart.

After last year's battle, the barbarian king's soldiers. poured out his troops, but only 70,000, and behind him, there were already 60,000 tigers and wolves.

When I think of this, my heart is at peace. said indifferently: "Let the army camp here, Ben Fu wants to see, does the barbarian king dare to send troops?" ”

It is not so easy to mobilize 70,000 troops, especially when the losses of the various departments are very large, Fang Xin's attack this time is relatively sudden, if he attacks the key points directly, the various departments are in order to survive. Rapid mobilization is possible, but now, only a hundred miles. Therefore, in terms of interests, there are few tribes involved, and the barbarian king wants to gather people to attack, and it will not work without a month, unless the barbarian king leads a small number of elite soldiers to attack and win by surprise, but in the case that Fang Xin has long been prepared for this, this is just in vain.

"Yes. Lord! Jiang Qingbai responded.

Two thousand horsemen returned to the camp. Twenty miles back. I can see tens of thousands of military camps in a row.

The army was encamped. It has its own rules. Around the barracks. Erect a temporary wooden wall. Take the trunk. One row is long and one row is short. After scorching the bottom of the trunk, bury half of it in the soil. Long tree trunks are lined up in a tight line. Short trunks are lined up. Then a plank is erected between the two rows of trunks. It is divided into two layers. In this way, the part of the trunk that grows out of the ground becomes a parapet. The upper level of the planks allows soldiers to patrol and sentry. The lower level can store defensive weapons and allow soldiers to rest.

And in the army. In battalions. A battalion of two hundred and fifty men. The tents are facing each other. Dig drainage ditches around the tent and between the camps. It was strictly forbidden for soldiers to move between the camps. And in the battalions. Two hundred and fifty people knew each other. Therefore, strangers simply cannot go deeper. Immediately captured—that kind of. Disguised as a soldier and infiltrated close to the main camp. Just a joke.

Fang Xin did not enter the camp directly. Intuitively followed by the homeless camp. The size of this camp is 10,000. The construction is much more clumsy. However, the law is still the military law. So it's still well organized.

Scale 10,000. It is the best method that has been calculated. Among them are also a thousand craftsmen. The actual number of households is only 3,000. It was divided into twelve bastions. Due to its location on the front line. Therefore, the density is relatively large. to support each other's defenses.

Fortunately, in the spring and summer, because of the long journey to the province, the old, weak, sick and disabled were eliminated, and the rest were mostly strong, so even if the coarse cloth was brushed with grease and the simple tents with the poles sharpened, the people who arrived here could survive.

When I arrived at the gate of the camp of the homeless camp, I saw a group of people rushing up and saluting: "Meet your lord!" ”

At a glance, most of them were unkempt and tattered refugees, and it was noon, and most of them were camped to eat, so they were gnawing on coarse cakes and drinking mixed vegetable soup, but only a few people in front of them were relatively neat.

One of them, called Yuan Cheng, is said to be Guo, was adopted in a view when he was a child, and he didn't say much, and his appearance was not very good, but he was neatly dressed, especially his qi was clear, although he had suffered along the way, but his eyes were still as bright as a bright star, and he saluted at this time, his expression was indifferent, although it was not the first time he saw it, it also made Fang Xin sigh secretly, and because of the identity of the Taoist priest, he had some magical powers to govern people with water, and he had great prestige among the refugees, and Fang Xin was immediately promoted to the chief officer of the refugee camp after meeting this person last time.

As for the person behind him, his name is Yang Ting, nearly thirty years old, according to him, he was born as a landlord in Qigong County, he was quite talented when he was young, and was regarded as a prodigy by the township......

Qigong County is here, there are two thousand miles of road, and it goes without saying that it is difficult along the way, this person came to take refuge with his family and servants, which is really incredible, so that Fang Xin can't help but feel a little confused - when did he have this prestige? Let people come thousands of miles to vote?

However, no matter what Fang Xin thinks, people come thousands of miles to vote, even if it is a thousand dollars to buy bones, they must be respected, considering that he is not a refugee, his prestige among refugees is not high, but he has an official reputation, so he was awarded the county lieutenant of Weidong County, the county where this camp is located, which is also an eight-grade official, but the so-called Qingyun has gone straight up.

No matter what, Fang Xin was still polite, turned over and dismounted, helped everyone up, and everyone saluted Jiang Qingbai, in general, this person is the magistrate of Jiancheng County, even if he does not directly grant Taishou, he will lead the position of acting county Cheng, they are all his direct subordinates, of course they have to salute.

So he talked politely for a while, and suddenly the atmosphere changed, and at this time, Fang Xin asked: "You two, I don't know what the situation is like in the construction of the fortress?" ”

"Back to the governor's words, there are three brick kilns, there are 1,000 strong men for it, choose the right soil quality, all have been built, 10,000 green bricks can be produced every day, and it is still increasing, and 2,000 strong men are lucky, there are still 1,500 left, build a fortress first, and make progress on time, but there will be a general scale in ten days, and the details will come slowly." Yuan Cheng, as the chief officer of the refugee camp, smiled and said lightly: "If you can get the carts of cattle and horses in the army to transport bricks and glutinous rice, and transfer 5,000 soldiers, the speed can be accelerated several times, these 3,000 households, twelve-sided forts, but two have been!" ”

In fact, the fortress is not large, according to Fang Xin's policy: "Tuntian is equivalent to the army, it is five households and one army, ten households and one fire, five fires and one team, five teams and one battalion, one battalion with one fort, two hundred and fifty households, each household has ten acres of land, and one fort is 3,000 acres of land."

These 3,000 acres of land refer to the fields outside the fortress, and the fortress itself is a small fort that can accommodate 250 households, with some warehouses, and the overall area is only about one acre.

The key is that the design of the bastion is very ingenious, due to the small area, no matter which direction the attacker attacks from, the hundreds of people who can attack it, and there are no dead ends, they will face firepower from several directions, and there is no cover for cover - unless they dig trenches, and as the attack extends, the deeper the battle line, the more directions they will face the defender's attack, and the greater the forward pressure.

In the history of the earth, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a war with the Tsarist era, and in a fortress in the northeast, only a few hundred Tsarist Russian troops resisted the attack of tens of thousands of Qing troops.

This is actually cheating, but it is allowed in this era.

When Fang Xin heard this, he was overjoyed, looking at the nearest fort from afar, half of which had been built, and thinking about dispatching 5,000 soldiers, there was no problem, but it was easy to monitor the displaced people, and immediately said: "Very good, this official will give an order to transfer 5,000 soldiers to listen to the order with you and assist in building the fort." ”

Having said this, he pondered again, then turned back and said, "Zheng Feidan! ”

"Mark it in!" Riding out, this person was about thirty years old, very fierce, but he was one of the junior officers in the army who took refuge in Fang Xin, a military attache of the eighth grade, and this time he went out with the army.

"This official ordered you to be the temporary dispatcher, to control the five thousand soldiers, and cooperate with Mr. Yuan, if it is completed, you should be rewarded with great merit, understand?" Fang Xin said.

This person immediately understood what Fang Xin meant, even if the army was to participate in the construction, it was impossible to let an outsider who had just come in get involved in the military power, five thousand soldiers said that it was not too much, but it was a lot less, and there would be chaos at a critical time, especially if he cooperated with the barbarian division and the outside world, maybe the whole army could be defeated - no matter how small this possibility is, it has to be guarded against.

"Mark it and get it!" The man spoke loudly.

Fang Xin bowed his hand a little and said: "Mr. Yuan (the head of the refugee camp is not a formal official position, so you can politely call Mr.), after the first battalion, there is another battalion, try to complete it in March, in order to become the establishment of the whole county of Weidong County, how hard you have to work - Yang County Lieutenant, in the future, the twenty-four forts, that is, the people under your rule, if you can successfully open up the wasteland this year, after the spring ploughing next year, this official will promote you as the county commander of Zhengqipin, and manage this hundred miles of land!" ”