By the time the hunt continued the next day, in addition to the thousands of light horsemen galloping across the plains, two large eagles had been added to the sky.

Left lead yellow, right Qingcang, brocade hat mink Qiu, thousands of horses roll Pinggang!

Li Tai finally lived the happy life he had imagined many times, riding like a forest on his left and right, the hounds running in front of his horse, the sound of withering above his head, and the hunting bow in his hand constantly shooting, and all the beasts swimming in front of him were spared.

It's just that with yesterday's lesson, he didn't dare to make a striking costume of a white robe and a white horse, although the first sight could not be eye-catching, but the superb archery skills of the arrow without missing hair also attracted applause from the left and right.

Li Mu, who was traveling with him, looked at the majestic posture of the two big withers constantly swooping down to kill the prey, and salivated greedily, but it was a pity that this was not his own, so that he was not interested in hunting, and he had no hunting after most of the day.

Liu Chang'an, the chief of Nahu, led more than a dozen troops to accompany the team, and he himself had good archery and horse skills, but because he had to be distracted to observe the weather of Li Tai's troops, the results of shooting and hunting were not conspicuous.

In the few months since he came to Beizhou, Li Tai's troops have expanded, with the addition of recruits and elites from the township, plus Mao Shijian's fellow villagers, and some of the withered Hu troops also took the opportunity of Luochuan Temple to recruit into the army, and the elite cavalry troops alone reached more than 2,000 people.

After the late spring, Li Tai pulled the troops out of the safari training, it has been more than two months, and the cooperation between the soldiers is becoming more and more sophisticated, and it is no longer possible to see the jerky chaos when it was first put together.

If he had such a sizable elite army last year, he would not have had to be chased by Hao Renwang and other Black Water Hu troops to flee all over northern Shaanxi, even if the enemy was several times his own, he would have the confidence to divide and break it in a frontal field battle.

Although the wilderness safari is different from the real cavalry battle, the tacit cooperation and heroic demeanor displayed by Li Tai's troops have made Liu Changan sweat on his forehead, and he secretly ruled out the option of fighting enemies in his heart.

During the team's safari, the scouts accidentally discovered a group of nearly 3,000 people who had just migrated here.

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Li Taidang even ordered his subordinates to put on their armor and rush straight towards this Jihu army. It took less than half an hour from the battle between the two sides to the end of the battle, especially when fifty armored cavalry entered the battle and broke through the opponent's camp in an unstoppable manner, and all the men, women and children in the camp surrendered on the ground.

"Lord Liu Shu is my blessed general, after sweeping Kuli River last year, most of this realm has been difficult to find. The soldiers have not been seen for more than a month, and Lord Liu Shu, you have just traveled with the team, and you have found so many captures, which can be seen to bring me a lot of luck. ”

Taking advantage of the interval between the tribesmen to close the inventory of the prisoners, Li Tai shook the plasma on the horse lance and rode to Liu Changan, pointed at him and laughed.

Liu Changan was not only shocked by the strength of Li Tai's troops who hit this Hu tribe like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, but also saw that the Hu tribe had suffered heavy casualties, and he couldn't help but feel sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

Especially when he saw Li Tai entering the battle with a lance and killing unhindered, he was like two people with his usual handsome and elegant appearance, which made Liu Changan full of fear from the bottom of his heart. …

When Li Tai entered the battle, Liu Changan really wanted to pull those crazy men and women who admired him as their teacher and Buddha protector here to take a look, this is the Dharma protector god who was tempered by Liu Shifo and showed mercy to the people of Jihu?

When he heard Li Tai say this, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and said respectfully with his crossed hands: "The Governor of the Metropolitan is brave and unparalleled, and the people and horses of his department are fierce and dare to fight, so the evil retreats and the thieves are not prosperous, and the lowly position really does not dare to be praised for this fallacy!" ”

Li Tai just said casually, and when he saw that the other party responded so respectfully, he pointed to the captives in the tribal camp and said with a smile: "The former received a gift of birds, and he can't thank him. ”

Liu Changan hurriedly waved his hand and refused, but he couldn't help but ask: "May I ask the Metropolitan Governor, do these men and women want to be beheaded, or do they want to ......?"

"Everything in the world is made of heaven. If the sky does not give up, it is not ominous to kill. Although these thieves do not subdue the king's religion, they can be reborn as adults and consume a lot of materials, if it is not for the evil and disgust, I am willing to live. Serve their strength to rebuild this wasteland that they have abused into a rich and peaceful land on earth! ”

After Li Tai heard this, he said with a smile, and then said to the Hu chieftain with a meaning: "Those who compete with the Tao are rebellious, and those who are evil are thieves. As long as I am not a traitor, I am happy to socialize with others. ”

Of course, Liu Changan heard what Li Tai meant, and hurriedly lowered his head and said: "The majority of the Governor is jealous, benevolent and brave, and it is a great honor for a certain villager to sit in this township!" The lowly position is also happy to be a dog and a horse, and let it be instigated! ”

Although Liu Changan was born in Jihu, he has flexible eyebrows and eyes, and his conversation is also quite good.

Except for Li Tai's slight prejudice when they first met because they had not been summoned for a long time, in the subsequent exchanges, they were all respectful and decent, and even closer to the Chinese than the Li He family who had moved to the customs earlier, no wonder a famous general like Liu Renyuan could emerge in the early Tang Dynasty.

There are many Jihu ethnic groups, and their various ethnic genera are also uneven. The withered Liu clan is one of the best tribes to integrate with the central government, in addition to the fetters of the imperial court in previous dynasties, it is also related to the temperament and talent of the members of the family in the past dynasties.

After seeing this Liu Chang'an character, Li Tai also became very interested in his family as a whole, and he had a plan to use it for his own use.

So after a little muttering, he said again: "Lord Liu Shu, although you were born in this wasteland, your speech and demeanor are not inferior to those of the Guanzhong Wang clan. I would like to visit your ministry at home. ”

Liu Changan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "The famous family of the Metropolitan Governor is famous and well-known in the world, how dare you call yourself a tutor in front of you!" Lintoe to the door, foot Yao Township, after returning from humble duty, must convey this meaning, sprinkle the hall, and welcome each other! ”

Li Tai saw that although he said it sounded good, but there was a hint of worry hidden between his eyebrows and eyes, he should not be sure whether his intentions on this trip were good or evil, but he didn't explain more, just said with a smile: "Then make this agreement, I will not take the liberty of coming to the door to disturb the host, the guest is as the host, Liu Shu will tell his relatives after he returns, when it is convenient to entertain the guests, so that people can come to sue." ” …

Liu Changan secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and nodded again and again, saying that he would definitely be ready to entertain the guests as soon as possible.

Encountering this black water beard and harvesting thousands of human laborers, Li Tai ordered his troops to supervise the work, cut down trees and erect fences on local materials, and set aside a vast pasture for the herdsmen to relocate.

They hunted in this realm for a few more days, and completely cleared out the fierce beasts in the area near the left, and this time the hunting came to an end temporarily. Li Mu took a batch of hunting materials and more than 1,000 soldiers captured by the Zhuhu tribe, and after bidding farewell to Li Tai, he led his troops to return to Guangwu City, the seat of governance in Dongxia Prefecture.

Li Tai arranged for the commander of the army, Lu Chuan, to lead a hundred cavalry troops to stay on the plateau, and he also led his troops back to the Heishui Defense City, which was still under construction.

Heishui Fangcheng is located in the middle of the Kuli River, that is, the city where the former Hao Renwang lived.

After Li Tai came to this realm, it was convenient to expand on the original foundation, and now this defensive city is backed by the Qiang Yuan in the north and the Kuli River in the south, and the size of the city has nearly doubled compared with before, and the original easy to defend and difficult to attack terrain has been preserved, and the city is divided into inner city and outer city.

The inner city is the garrison of the city defense army, and the outer city is inhabited by the families of soldiers and the people of Tuntian. The population is mainly Hanhu slaves rescued from the Zhuhei Shui Hu Tribe, plus the nomadic refugees recruited from the surrounding areas of the realm, and there are thousands of households, but there is no lack of single households, and the actual inhabitants are only more than 3,000 people.

Although the population is not large, the scope of the control of this Heishui defense city is large, and the entire section of the Kuli River basin plus the range of fifty miles from north to south can be said to include the section of land suitable for cultivation between Beihua Prefecture and Dongxia Prefecture.

This situation is vast and sparsely populated, limited by the shortage of population and labor, although the surrounding area of Fangcheng has begun to be cultivated, but it is only burned and cultivated.

It is very difficult to increase the yield per mu by a large margin in a short period of time, but because the cultivated area is broad enough, if Li Tai does not continue to expand the entire army, he will be able to achieve self-sufficiency within this year.

However, it is impossible not to expand the army, and with Li Tai's existing men, it is really overstretched to prevent and control the area between Luoshui and the Yellow River.

For example, the Heishui Defense now has only more than 500 people in the garrison plus more than 500 township soldiers in Tuntian, it is the middle of summer, and the resources and products in the fields are still abundant, and they can be hunted to supplement their livelihoods.

However, after autumn and winter, the fields gradually become barren, and the pressure of survival increases, and those who are scattered in the wilderness and do not remember to eat and fight will inevitably be emboldened and ready to move, and the defensive pressure will increase sharply.

In order to avoid the destruction of this year's Tuntian results in the autumn and winter, Li Tai is also actively expanding the army.

In order to avoid disturbing people, the implementation of the law will be left to next year and the effectiveness of the salt introduction law will be decided whether to implement it, so it is still not very attractive to those wealthy and powerful households in Guanzhong at present.

Li Tai wanted to expand the army, but the main way was to recruit on the spot, and he was given good land when he joined the army. This is also a pioneering move nowadays, Xianbei has always pursued a tribal military system, including the early government soldiers are not the integration of soldiers and peasants who hide armor and cultivate.

If there is no industry and interests that need to be protected to the death, even if there is more gathering for a while, it will be scattered at a touch. Li Tai was granted land and exempted from military service because of his armor, which can be regarded as taking the regulations of the mature period of the government soldiers to the present in advance, and the effect is outstanding for a while, and there is an endless stream of recruits.