The desert is lonely, and the sun sets over the long river.

Wang Rong stood at the head of the fertile city, looking at the scenery depicted by this poem and Buddha, and his heart was calm. This was the first month of their arrival in the Northern Army, Wang Rong glanced at the desert in front of him, turned around and went down the city.

Wang Rong's capital has been replenished, and it has been renamed Wo Yedu. Wang Rongren's uncle, Li Sujie followed him with a dead face and continued to be his capital Yuhou, and the iron tower was the chief of the guard; Lao Wolf served as the captain of the first team, Lao Dog served as the captain of the second team, Meng Song served as the first team leader, Sledgehammer served as the second team leader, Wu Xinghan, the third team leader, Shao Hongxuan, the fourth team leader, and the fifth team leader were Li Shuo, who was promoted from the Yongyu War; The second team is the people completely arranged by Qin Ke, the captain of the second team is Wumo, a member of the Wu clan, the first Shi Shi Chang Qin Changqing of the second team, the second Shi Shi Chang Wang Jin, the third Shi Shi Chang Yin He, the fourth Shi Shi Chang Liu Heze, and the fifth Shi Shi Chang Song Wenbai.

Wang Rong returned to the city, the fertile city, which originally meant fertile fields, but unfortunately, such a beautiful name did not match this city. The city of Woye City is narrow, with less than 5,000 inhabitants, and the city wall is also very short, less than two zhang of the city wall, Wang Rong has taken the soldiers of Woye City to inspect many times.

"Tie Tower, go to my room for a meeting with the old wolf and Wumo." Wang Rong turned his head and commanded.

"Oh, uncle" The tower urn said angrily, and then left.

When Li Sujie saw Wang Rong coming back, he took off the wet towel covering his head, and said angrily: "I said Zhongming, look at the place where we are staying now, originally we were in Hongnong County, with good mountains and rivers, you say, you have to come to conquer the Northern Army, and we were arranged to such a broken place." ”

Wang Rong picked up the water on the table and suffocated it in one gulp. This desert summer is really sad, the day is hot to death, and the night is cold to death.

After drinking the water, Wang Rong said to Li Sujie: "In the past few years, the northern Qiangqi country has not gone south to fight the autumn wind, and the stalls of the northern army are too large, and 50,000 people are spread in such a large area as Shuofang County, Linwo County and Yunzhong County, and the manpower must be stretched. We are located in the westernmost part of Shuofang County, and further west across the big river is Tushenze and Chiyansha, and to the east is Kujiesha, we can say that it is an important gap to Guanzhong in the north. What we need to do now is to increase our own combat power and ensure that Woye Town is not lost. ”

Li Sujie listened to Wang Rong's words, and said with a wry smile: "Zhong Ming, don't make trouble, just our hundred or so people, there are not enough people who are plugged between their teeth." Our wolf smoke is able to be lit, and then what? Waiting for reinforcements? Let's not talk about whether the reinforcements will come or not, let's just say that during this time, Hu Qi will definitely attack the city, and you have also seen that the Fertile City is no more than two zhang high, and you can climb the city with flying claws, and you don't need a flying ladder. ”

Wang Rong listened to his words, sat in his chair, nodded, and agreed with Li Sujie's statement.

Li Sujie saw Wang Rong nodding, and continued: "You said that the western part of Shuofang County is Linhe City, Linrong City and our three cities, and in terms of military strength, it is simply a drop in the bucket. ”

Wang Rong said directly: "That's why we have to strengthen ourselves." ”

Li Sujie rolled his eyes: "It's light, how to improve, we are all people now, and we are all foot soldiers." ”

"Then let's become a horseman." Wang Rong said directly.

"Turned into a horseman?" Li Sujie was puzzled.

"Okay, the old wolf and Wumo will arrive later, and then we will have a meeting to discuss." Wang Rong directly called a meeting.

After a while, the two captains arrived, the old wolf had lost a lot of weight recently, and Umon was a typical strong man in the northwest, who lived as a nomad in his early years, riding a lamb at the age of three, riding a foal at the age of seven, and hunting with adults at the age of twelve. He was also fed both milk and meat, so he was tall and strong, only one size smaller than the Iron Tower and the sledgehammer.

Wang Rong looked at the two and said, "Captain Wu is the first time to participate in our kind of meeting, old wolf, you can explain it to him on the way." ”

The old wolf nodded and said, "I have already explained it to him, Captain Wu is very studious, I only talked about half of it, and he understood." ”

Wang Rong nodded, motioned for the two to sit down, and said, "Sit down, let's have a meeting." ”

The old wolf asked curiously, "Uncle, what's the topic today?" ”

"Today's topic is to strengthen ourselves."

"Is there anything to discuss? It's just training. Wu Mo didn't understand the significance of this topic, he didn't want to go against the grain, for this uncle, before he came, he was told by Qin Ke alone, everything should be based on Wang Rong, and he couldn't have bad thoughts.

Wang Rong looked at the three people who had no clue, and directly said his thoughts: "You know that our Fertile City is surrounded by deserts on the left and right, and only the north and south parts have places to use. There are only about 5,000 people in the city, and we only have more than 100 people in the city, and we must take the lead in mobilizing these people to carry out several projects.

First of all, it is the big river, we must make good use of our mother river, this river is related to the transportation of our grain, grass and ordnance, and by the big river, we must build a good water village and build boats, so that we can get rid of the grain road from the desert invasion.

Secondly, we need to develop the planting industry, because the land on the edge of the river is flooded by the river all the year round, the soil is very fertile, we must make good use of this high-quality land, open up the land for farming. At the same time, trees are planted along the river to fix the soil along the river.

Thirdly, we need to make good use of the grasslands in the north and south to develop animal husbandry, where there is high-quality pasture and can graze cattle, sheep, horses and mules in large quantities. Cow dung and sheep manure are both high-quality fertilizer and must be collected by herders.

Finally, we trained our soldiers to ride horses, and now we only have more than 100 people, and if we were cavalry, we would be able to protect the herdsmen and graze their cattle, and we would also be able to go to the borders of the Badges country to hunt grass and valleys. ”

Wang Rong waited until the three of them had digested the information, and then said: "Regarding the matter of cavalry training, Wumo, you grew up riding horses since you were a child, and you will be the chief instructor of cavalry, teaching everyone to ride horses. ”

Li Sujie asked: "Zhong Ming, I don't need it, I have learned to ride horses since I was a child, and my equestrian skills are exquisite." ”

Wang Rong looked at him and said, "Okay, as long as you can prove that your riding skills are better than Wumo, you don't need to learn it." ”

Li Sujie quickly changed his words and said: "I learn, learn." "Just kidding, riding with Umobi, looking for abuse.

Wu Mo listened to Wang Rong's appointment and looked happy: "That, uncle, can I make a condition?" ”

The old wolf glanced at him, this stupid big man really didn't know the timing, and Wang Rong asked indifferently: "Say, what are the conditions?" ”

Wu Mo was glanced at by the old wolf, and his heart was a little abrupt, but he still said it stubbornly: "This practice of riding is to choose a good horse, and it's really not me boasting, my old Wu's riding skills can be ranked in the top ten in our entire Northern Army." If you have good riding skills, you must have good horses, and I plan to personally choose war horses for all of us. ”

Wang Rong listened to Wumo's words, and said happily: "Okay, you choose war horses for all, these war horses are precious, and they cannot be used frequently during ordinary training, so we must also select a batch of good pack horses and mules, and our cavalry cannot only wear armor and short soldiers, but we must also equip bows and crossbows and long soldiers." ”

Li Sujie listened to Wang Rong's words, and his jaw fell to the ground in surprise: "Zhong Ming, you are not mistaken, you are also a crossbow soldier, do you know it, just get on the horse, it is not a simple matter to ride a good horse." ”

"I have my own arrangements for this, I will continue to arrange, about leading the people in the city to open up the wasteland and cultivate, I plan to hand it over to the old dog to do, the old wolf, the old dog is very communicative, let him launch propaganda and mobilize the enthusiasm of the people." Wang Rong continued to command.

The old wolf listened to Wang Rong's instructions and nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Zhong Ming, what about animal husbandry, we don't have anyone at hand." The question raised by Li Sujie is important.

"This is a problem, and there is no way to increase the value of livestock production without centralizing the management of these herders." Wang Rong is also scratching his head about this issue.

"Uncle, how about I recommend one?" Li Sujie said with a smile.

"What do you think of Meng Song?" Li Sujie proposed a candidate, and his words made Wang Rong's eyes light up. That's right, Meng Song was born in Montessori, riding and archery is a necessary skill, although his riding skills are not comparable to Wumo, but they are much stronger than himself.

"Okay, it's him, he'll follow him to do things." Wang Rong said directly.

This is the end of the meeting. Wang Rong waited until the few people were dispersed, and then took the iron tower out of the county office and came to the blacksmith shop in the city, and the blacksmith profession existed in any city.

When Wang Rong came to the blacksmith shop with his relatives, the shop was in full swing, and a guy saw Wang Rong and his party, and hurriedly came out, bowed and said, "This honored guest, do you need anything?" There are no knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks in the shop, only some iron pots and shovels or something. ”

Wang Rong was amused by this young man, he smiled and said: "I'm not here to build weapons, and your shop can't build them, I'm just here to build some gadgets." Tell the blacksmith in your shop to come out. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he quickly called the master blacksmith out. This is a forty or fifty-year-old master, his face is tired, sweat dripping from his hair, and he is shirtless wearing a front apron made of cowhide, and the muscles on his arms are well-defined. When he saw Wang Rong and his party, his eyes involuntarily fell on their armor, this kind of armor composed of finely forged armor pieces can only be worn by the Northern Army. And the saber at their waists, which were also finely forged steel knives.

The master blacksmith didn't quite understand the purpose of this group of people coming here, and when he saw Wang Rong'an sitting there, he followed two steps closely, stepped forward and bowed, and said, "Dare to ask what the honorable guest wants to make?" ”

Wang Rong knew that the description was incomprehensible, so he said: "Give me a pen and paper, and I will draw it for you, and you can make it according to the pattern." ”