042 - Preparation
From Daxing City to the refugee development site, it was only a twenty-mile road, but Wang Xiaolai led the team to walk for half a morning.
It's not that he deliberately delays time, but he really can't ride a horse, and he can't stand it on horseback, so he knew that this was the case, so he asked the empress to apply for a carriage.
Near noon, I came to the refugee resettlement site, and when I looked at the horse, I could still see the blood stains on the ground.
Liu Mianyi was already cleaning with the team, and many of the refugees who were injured by mistake were lying or sitting on the ground, looking numb.
Wang Xiao looked at those refugees, couldn't help sighing, I don't know why, he suddenly remembered his time, known as the strongest rice country, those citizens in the slums are also the same as these refugees now, that is already hopeless about life.
Wang Xiaolai turned over and wanted to get off the horse, but he didn't come down after a lot of waste, Shen Xiping saw it behind, swooped down, took a few steps to get in front of him, stretched out his hand to help, and said, "My lord, slow down." โ
With Shen Xiping's help, Wang Xiaolai successfully dismounted, and when he walked on the ground, Liu Mianyi had already come over and saluted him: "General Wang, let's meet again." โ
In terms of official position, Wang Xiaolai is just a Yulin Langtun chief, and Liu Mianyi is a Qu chief, it should be Wang Xiaolai to greet Liu Mianyi, but Wang Xiaolai is a messenger sent by the empress, and the other is in the internal guard.
As we all know, the people who come out of the internal guard, take out one at random, and put it in the ordinary army, it is all Du Bo's start, let alone an official like Yu Linlang.
See the internal guard, see the first head of the Yulin army, this is an unwritten rule in the Sui Yang army.
Moreover, it is not the first time that Liu Mianyi and Wang Xiaolai have met, and the last time they rescued Princess Suizhu, the two were already familiar with each other.
Wang Xiaolai patted Liu Mianyi on the shoulder, sighed, and asked, "How is the situation?" โ
Liu Mian reminisced with a bitter face: "At the end of the morning, more than 300 bandits attacked the station, including more than 80 cavalry, although I took my brothers to repel their attack, but more than 20 people were injured, many people were also injured in the chaos, merchants and craftsmen, also took a few captive, General Wang, fortunately you came." โ
For Wang Xiaolai, Liu Mianyi is still polite and convinced.
Why?
It's very simple, it's not that Wang Xiaolai's personality makes Liu Mianyi admire, the main thing is that his father-in-law Liang Er, that is, Liang Laohan, praised Wang Xiaolai in front of Liu Mianyi, which gave Liu Mianyi a preconceived concept, that is, Wang Xiaolai is not a simple character.
"Well, let's take a look around the neighborhood first."
Liu Mianyi nodded, and together with Wang Xiaolai, checked in the refugee resettlement site.
"This morning, the bandits invaded from the south, and when the last general led people to resist, about fifty or so craftsmen came up from the north and took them captive."
Wang Xiaolai looked down at the horseshoe prints on the ground, then looked at the sides, and hissed at that time: "In the wilderness garrison, General Liu, why don't you order to set up more antlers to mix horses." โ
Liu Mianyi sighed: "My lord, when the last general first came, I also thought that Duoli antlers and horses can not only resist wild beasts, but also prevent the entry of spilled skins, but you have also seen that this refugee resettlement place is rushing to work every day, and erecting antlers will hinder the entry of vehicles." โ
Wang Xiaolai thought about it when he heard this, so he spoke: "That was before, you were right to do this, but now that you know that there are bandits disturbing nearby, you can't use the previous method to deal with it, you and I don't know when the next action of the bandits will be, so from now on, you will immediately lead people to set up antlers." โ
Liu Mianyi hugged his fists and said yes.
"Shen Xiping." After Liu Mianyi left, Wang Xiaolai shouted again.
Shen Xiping, who had been following, stepped forward: "My lord, what do you have to say?" โ
Wang Xiaolai grabbed Shen Xiping's wrist and asked; "How many good archery skills do we have in Liutun?"
"That's more than a dozen."
"You find out these brothers, and together with Liu Mianyi's men, find a higher position in this resettlement place, and let the brothers go up and be on guard every day."
"Done."
After instructing Shen Xiping, Wang Xiaolai continued to walk again, looking around.
Wang Xiaolai, who was a military fan in his previous life, was reluctant to come from the beginning, but after watching the scene, he understood the strength of both sides, and for some reason, he had a faint trace of excitement.
With the help of mobilized refugees and craftsmen, the antlers were quickly repaired, and Wang Xiaolai specifically requested that the antlers be twice as tall as usual, and only in this way could the antlers be used as a basis for peripheral fortifications.
Obviously, the refugees are also frightened by the bandits, and when they work, they work harder than the other.
In just one afternoon, when it was almost dark, a lot of antlers were erected in the huge refugee resettlement site, which were not completely enclosed, but much better, and with these antlers as a wall, the hearts of these refugees were finally a little more settled.
In his previous life, Wang Xiaolai, who had never experienced it, was a little excited, he was supposed to have dinner at night, but he was not hungry at all, and constantly arranged Liutun soldiers and Liu Mianyi's people.
Standing on the top of the low slope, Wang Xiaolai looked at the soldiers patrolling below with torches, chewing refreshed tobacco in his mouth, and turned back to ask Shen Xiping and Liu Mianyi: "The antlers are not completely fenced yet, tonight, the bandits may come again, we have to think of some way." โ
Before Liu Mianyi could speak, Shen Xiping spoke first: "My lord, the last general thinks that the bandits should not dare to do it in a short time." โ
Wang Xiaolai looked at him: "What? โ
Shen Xiping said: "My lord, you think, the bandits are not fools, they must know about the things we support, before they figure out our background, with the cautious style of the bandits, it is impossible to do it, and the general will not know them again." โ
When Wang Xiaolai heard this, he hooked Shen Xiping's shoulder: "You said that you are the son of a general, how can you know the bandits so well." โ
Shen Xiping smiled embarrassedly: "That adult, my father was under the Eight Sages King back then, and he also suppressed bandits and bandits, and I listened to my father." โ
Wang Xiaolai pursed his lips, turned his head, and looked down the hillside: "Lao Shen is right, if I were that gang of bandits, I wouldn't be so reckless, but it is not ruled out that they will do the opposite and catch us off guard, not to mention, our fortifications have not been built yet, Lao Liu." โ
Liu Mianyi stepped forward.
"Suppose you're a bandit, if you raid tonight, from that direction?"
After listening to Wang Xiaolai's question, Liu Mianyi hesitated for a moment, and then looked around, there was a forest in the west of the resettlement site, and Liu Mianyi pointed to the forest: "If the last general is the general, he will attack from that direction, under the cover of the forest, it is not so easy for us to find the bandits." โ
Wang Xiaolai snorted: "It makes sense, old Shen." โ
"Your Excellency."
"Send some brothers to dig some traps and deep pits in the woods, and put some sharpened wooden wedges and bamboo sticks in them."
Shen Xiping looked reluctant: "It's just possible, but it's not necessarily coming?" โ
Wang Xiaolai rolled his eyes and kicked Shen Xiping's thigh: "Are you going or not?" โ
"Go, I can't go."
Here, Shen Xiping went down.
Wang Xiaolai discussed with Liu Mianyi again: "Do you think the bandits will send some eyeliner to infiltrate the refugees and find out our truth?" โ
Liu Mianyi nodded: "There is this possibility, and the last general will let people investigate." โ
Wang Xiaolai thought for a while, and then stopped Liu Mianyi: "No." โ
Liu Mian was puzzled: "Then is it up to the thieves to find out about us?" โ
Wang Xiaolai lifted his pants and scolded in a low voice: "This armor is really fucking heavy." โ
After scolding, Chong Liu Mian recalled: "Even if we investigate, these tens of thousands of refugees, can they be investigated, even if they are cleaned, then when will it be better to leave them alone and do things for us." โ
"Give, do something for us, what, how to say?"
Wang Xiaolai hooked his hand at Liu Mianyi.
Liu Mianyi leaned his head over, and heard Wang Xiaolai lower his voice: "Tonight, you can find some reliable ones from the refugees..." In this way... So..."
The more Liu Mianyi listened, the bigger his eyes became: "Okay, good." โ
"Go ahead." With a wave of his hand, Liu Mianyi was driven away, and Wang Xiaolai spit out the tobacco in his mouth and threw it to the ground with a suspicious face: "Phew, what is this." โ
Liu Mianyi: "ยทยทยท"
Shen Xiping, who had just come back from the order, looked distressed.