More than ten days have passed, and because the fortress on the Tomahawk side is relatively simple, it is only used as a forward post, and the soldiers stationed in the guard can do it, and there are not too many bells and whistles, so the appearance of the fortress can already be seen.

Li Chengzhou's side started to build in a decent manner, and he didn't encounter any major problems, so he not only finished laying the foundation, but even began to move wood and stone into the site to build the building.

Fan Qingyan's side was more miserable, he looked for a suitable location everywhere, and finally found a relatively flat open space three kilometers away from the copper mine, with a water source and a stone mountain not far away.

Fan Qingyan made sure many times that there were no stones in the way here, so he began to dig the foundation, and the current foundation was only halfway through.

Fang Changge recalled them, and Ikezawa was in charge of the construction of the city to replace Fan Qingyan, who was a lonely man.

In the conference hall of Fire Bull City, Li Chengzhou and the three of them were tanned, which was completely different from the white and tender when they first set off.

"Your Majesty, now all the battalions of our army are ready to go out to fight at any time."

"The fields outside each city have also been divided into ridges, and the officials in charge of agriculture in each city have also led people to sow seeds, and now in September, sorghum is mainly planted, and it is expected to be harvested next spring."

"Now our army can be regarded as a soldier with enough food, and there are no worries at all, and the people who farm have now invested in other production projects."

"Our footsteps cannot be idle, since the army is ready, it must have its role, and it must contribute to Datang."

"Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Li Chengzhou has been very tired of spinning recently, and now he is being asked by Fang Changge again.

"Are our troops fully equipped?"

"The Loose Word Battalion is equipped with iron armor, and the remaining four battalions are equipped with leather armor."

"The Guards are armed with a crossbow, a knife, a spear, and a shield."

"Jin Wuwei has two hundred sword and shield hands, two hundred spearmen, and one hundred crossbowmen."

"Three hundred sword and shield men, three hundred spearmen, and four hundred crossbowmen in the scattered word battalion."

"The other four battalions each had four hundred archers, and six hundred stone spearmen, and each of the six hundred men had a wooden shield."

Li Chengzhou frowned.

"The soldiers' weapons don't seem to be very good, but can the stone spears really make a big difference?"

Meng Biao, who was standing aside, spoke.

"If it was in the Warring States Period, fighting against those princes, I would definitely not dare to ask for war so casually, but in such a primeval forest, I would dare to fight."

"First, our per capita armor has surpassed the tribal soldiers in animal skins, and even surpassed some small border countries during the Warring States Period, with an armor rate of 100 percent, even if it is Great Qin, I dare not think about it."

"Second, the two armies are facing each other, the soldiers in the front row are in close contact, but the soldiers in the back row have not yet met the enemy, we only need to put the soldiers in iron armor in the front row to offset the negative impact of poor weapons."

"Third, we can use stratagem to break their morale before they engage in hand-to-hand combat, which can also counteract the negative effects."

"Fourth, our soldiers have been trained, even if they are lined up in a short formation, they will not be able to fall behind, let alone have the blessing of leather armor."

"So, you will win the battle."

Li Chengzhou blinked: "I remember that there are still some weapons and equipment on the dragon boat, which can be issued to these people wearing leather armor?" ”

Meng Biao said sternly: "After the weapons and equipment are worn out, they will eventually become a waste of money, and they will be useless, and we must leave a certain number of weapons as spare weapons for Jin Wuwei and the Imperial Forest Army before there is a reliable source of weapons." After all, they are the real elite. ”

"I gave Han Jian and Crocodile a book of weapons, how did they study? If the whole army replaces iron weapons, it will be even more combative. ”

"Lao Chen asked them to concentrate on research, and then batch manufacturing after they have eaten thoroughly, and it is a waste to invest too much energy before the research results are produced."

"Uncle, will you take us over for a look?"

"These two kids, now they're about to go crazy, reading that book together, even I won't be gone, if it weren't for the familiar kid of my team Han Jian, I really thought he was playing a temper. But if it were His Majesty, they would have come out to see him. ”

Li Chengzhou saw a sentence from Fang Changge's eyes: Don't disturb them.

"Okay, okay, I'm not going to bother if they're so serious."

"Uncle, General Meng, why did you two call me over, don't you already have an idea? And ask me, you just have to do it. ”

Fang Changge shook his head: "The major affairs of the country of soldiers, Your Majesty must not allow the generals to lead the troops to act arbitrarily, even if it is me and General Meng." ”

"Those who use troops without permission will be severely punished even if they win a battle!"

"Okay, got it, uncle! So where are we going to fight now? ”

"Your Majesty, you can't use the word 'hit', even if you win and lose."

"That.... Which unlucky guy are we going to 'visit'? ”

The head of the room stroked his beard.

"The old minister dragged the crocodile out of the blacksmith's room a few days ago and asked him what forces are in the vicinity."

"To the east of Ikezawa is an unknown area, no one has ever explored it, but the crocodile has been there before, and he doesn't know how far he has traveled to meet the country, and the people live far beyond the tribes of this west coast."

"To the west of Ikezawa is a large open space, dominated by various small tribes."

"There are two large tribal alliances south of Ikezawa, there is a tribal alliance called Longshan seventy kilometers to the southwest, and there is a tribe called Sanmiao seventy kilometers to the southeast."

"There are contradictions between these two tribes and Ikezawa, and there are contradictions between these two tribes."

"Ikezawa and the three tribes above are holding each other back, and at the same time they are holding each other back up with the two tribes below."

"I'm also chatting with the two Commanders of the Burning Sun, and within the range of their exploration, the east is the unknown area, and the west is the scattered small tribes."

"North of the scorching sun is a small country. Named Hu Guo. ”

"There are four cities in the Hu State, eighty kilometers north of Yanyang City is White Bird City, fifty kilometers north of White Bird City is Hongshan City, seventy kilometers northwest of White Bird City is Liangzhu City, and seventy kilometers northeast of White Bird City is Taosi City."

"The two cities in the south are the same as Ikezawa, with 15,000 people in the city, 5,000 people from the various small tribes outside the city, and a total of 10,000 soldiers."

"The Hu Kingdom in the north is quite concentrated, with more than 20,000 people in each city and 30,000 soldiers."

"The old minister has a suggestion, let's pacify the south first and then confront Hu State."