In the blink of an eye, a few days later.

The first collective farm in Quyang County was already in full swing.

Perhaps because Xiong Wuliang's skill in painting flatbread is perfect, the work enthusiasm of the slaves has been fully mobilized!

In just a few days, a large area of mountain forest has been reclaimed into a flat land thanks to the struggle of the slaves.

The first houses have already been built.

These houses are placed in Quyang County, which can be regarded as luxury houses!

Because these houses are all made of adobe bricks fired by adobe factories!

Moreover, the location of these houses has been planned in a unified manner, and they are built according to the farm drawings designed by the civil engineering brother Xiong Wuliang himself, and the rows of brand-new brick houses are neat and orderly, not at all as cluttered as ordinary villages.

At the gate of the entire farm, there is a row of large letters:

'Self-reliance, hard work, build a new countryside in Quyang County! ’

'Hard work creates wealth, hard work creates the future!' ’

There are also some more superficial slogans......

For example, 'No dumping!' Violators will confiscate the tools of the crime! ’

Xiong Gongzi, accompanied by Zhong Hua and Xiaoyi, walked around the collective farm, and expressed his satisfaction with the slogans on the wall.

"The little lord is really a good man!" In addition to the slaves' work, they also admired Xiong Wuliang.

In the field, there are already young and strong men holding the quyuan plow and starting to plow!

Although it is already summer, the climate in Quyang is warm, and winter comes relatively late, so it is too late to start sowing.

In the fields, waterwheels with burrs slowly rotate in newly dug ditches, transporting clear river water to the fields.

Even on both sides of the road, there are neat rows of small saplings!

Xiong Wuliang was amazed.

Once the subjective initiative of the working people is completely aroused, the speed of construction is really outrageous!

It's only been a few days, and it's been a completely different place!

"I don't know that the lord has arrived, I have missed the distance, forgive my sins!" A middle-aged man with an honest appearance trotted all the way to Xiong Wuliang's car.

This guy is called Zhou Clumsy, and it is also one of Xiong Wuliang's pro-soldiers.

Because of his simplicity and hard work, he was appointed by Xiong Wuliang as the person in charge of the demonstration farm.

"Well done! In just a few days, the current situation of the farm is completely beyond my imagination! Xiong Gongzi did not hesitate to appreciate.

Zhou Zhuo smiled honestly: "It's all good for the son's guidance." ”

Zhong Hua on the side coughed lightly: "Zhou Zhuo, this is not a place for idle talk. ”

Zhou Zhuo suddenly smiled, and immediately bowed down and said, "Childe forgive the sins...... This side please. ”

The group entered the farm, and Zhou Zhuo personally served tea.

After a brief introduction to the population, cultivated land area and housing supply of the farm, Xiong Wuliang expressed his satisfaction.

"How's the militia training?" Xiong Wuliang asked.

At present, the great enemy of Quyang County is the Shaohu pirates entrenched in Shaohu Lake.

If this strong enemy on the side of the couch is not contained, Xiong Wuliang will not sleep peacefully.

If the entire Quyang County could train a militia team to defend the village, then even if there were thousands of Shaohu pirates, it would be impossible to wantonly plunder Quyang County.

The son of Mi Liang will be able to sleep well.

Zhou said humbly and respectfully: "Back to the lord, the farm has just been established, there is a lot of work, and the construction work is still too busy, let alone the militia training. ”

"However, every day, some farmers leave production and participate in combat training!"

"According to your orders, it is not only young men who participate in the training...... Women, children and the elderly were similarly trained. ”

Xiong Wuliang nodded with satisfaction.

The enemy is outnumbered, and if you want to resist the Shaohu pirates, you must all be soldiers!

Zhong Hua was amazed by the construction of the collective farm: "It seems that it will not be long before the entire Quyang County will use this farm as a template to re-plan." ”

The mere fact that every household has a brick house is enough to tempt all households to switch to the collective farm model.

The demonstration farm has achieved great results!

……

Xiong Wuliang knew very well that soon large-scale turmoil would break out in Vietnam.

When the time comes, the state of Chu will annex the state of Yue in accordance with the course of history!

The militia was organized only to prevent the Shaohu pirates.

But the Shaohu pirates are only short-term opponents, and if they want to get rich in their fiefdoms, they must think hard about attacking Vietnam!

Attacking is not something that these old and weak women and children can do.

This requires an army with strong combat power and absolute loyalty to Xiong Wuliang.

It stands to reason that Quyang has a total population of more than 15,000 people, of which 1,500 young and strong men of appropriate age can be counted.

It's a pity that Quyang County lost its vitality in the Qinchu Danyang War, and the private soldiers in his hands can be said to be weak.

After several years of preparation, there are only 200 Quyang soldiers.

Fortunately, the number of people is not enough, and the equipment is to make up.

If you want to make the Quyang army's combat power soar, the best way is to smelt iron, improve weapons at the same time, and strive to achieve full armor!

However, because there was no iron ore, it was impossible to improve the iron smelting technology.

It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice!

The largest mine in the Central Plains is the Yiyang Iron Mine in South Korea. Although South Korea is a small country, with this mine, it has also formed a very strong army.

It is known as 'Jin Han'.

It is conceivable that South Korea must be strictly guarded against domestic iron ore, and even if it is occasionally sold abroad, the price is extremely high.

In this era, iron ore, like grain and horses, is an out-and-out armament material.

It's not just South Korea – countries are strictly restricting the sale of such armaments.

Of course, even if there is no such restriction, Xiong Wuliang, a poor man, can't afford it.

But...... Even without iron, Xiong Wuliang has a way to arm his army.

He had already ordered Shi Er to build a large number of hand-held repeaters according to the drawings.

If you don't have to consider the accuracy, the cost of this thing is really low - the raw material is just wood, and the most important thing in Quyang County is wood.

Of course, there's really no need to think about accuracy.

Holding a repeater, it can fire ten arrows at a time, and each of the 200 soldiers has one arrow, which can pour out 2,000 arrows in an instant.

Advantage Fire Mechanics says, understand?

The absolute advantage in quantity can make up for the lack of quality!

Anyway, there is a processing plant, and there are enough arrows!

In addition to the two hundred Quyang soldiers with a repeating crossbow, the armed repeating crossbow was also heavily equipped with a large number of militiamen.

Quyang County lacks metal, and these repeaters are the most affordable weapons!

If an enemy comes in, the militia can fire a large number of arrows from any unexpected place, which is bound to deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

Let these feudal and backward elements feel what it means to be 'the vast sea of the people's war'!

……

In the mountains and forests, a group of reckless men with tattooed hair walked quickly.

The man at the head was eight feet tall, with tense muscles all over his body, and he looked like a fierce general.

General Yue - Peony Tiger!

It is also the second commander of the current Shaohu pirates!

Since a few years ago, the Yue Wang's Wujiang soldiers were defeated and died, and the 100,000 troops of the Yue Kingdom scattered and fled, and were intercepted and killed by the Chu army back and forth, and were almost completely annihilated.

The surviving Vietnamese army desperately fled eastward, trying to escape back to the country of Vietnam.

However, the state of Chu had already deployed heavy troops on the Chu-Yue border, and the Yue people had no gaps to take advantage of.

can only occupy the lake as the king in the Quyang area, and barely survive by plundering the people.

The state of Chu did not seem to forgive them, and sent troops to encircle and suppress them repeatedly.

Fortunately, the area of Shaohu Lake is very large, and the Shaohu Thieves are scattered, and the Chu army can't catch them at all.

It's late summer, and although it's not yet late autumn, the harvest is still in the fields.

It was the right time for the Shaohu pirates to go out and plunder.

Shaohu made a big move: "Sons, whether you can eat enough this winter depends on this trip!" ”

The thieves were excited.

Shaohu lowered his voice: "Sneak into the village, don't shoot anywhere!" ”

There were only a hundred bandits following Shaohu, and they were only the vanguard of the Shaohu bandits.

If you reconnoiter around today and find that there is no trace of the soldiers of the Chu State, the Shaohu thieves will pour out under the leadership of the great commander and plunder enough grain to survive the cold winter!

Seeing that it was getting late, the thieves found out of the mountains and forests under the cover of night.

"This is ......" The bandits under the command of Shao Hu widened their eyes in shock!

I saw that the road was smooth and straight, and there were neat bushes planted on both sides!

One of the bandits leaned over and touched the road in disbelief, looking incredulous.

"It's all rammed earth!"

"There is such a hard and smooth road in the world!"

Everyone was amazed.

Then I turned my head to look at the farmland on both sides, and saw that the ears of corn were huge, although it was only the end of summer, but it was as good as the late autumn of previous years!

"Ripe! The year of ripeness! The crowd was in ecstasy.

Quyang County is so rich, it seems that there is no need to worry about food for the winter this year.

In the farmland, the clear water flows in the flat ditch, driving the giant objects that look like discs, creating a peaceful atmosphere.

Although Shaohu was shocked, after all, he was also a general of the Yue Kingdom, and he was still very determined.

Shaohu scolded in a low voice: "What is the fuss!" Don't forget to get down to business! ”

The bandits made a fuss for a long time before they calmed down their shocked feelings.

Shaohu commanded in a low voice: "Old rule, check around." ”

The bandits shouted in unison.

……

"The Shaohu thieves are here!" In a farmstead, several men ran over in a panic.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves!

There was immediately a panic in the farm!

Especially those elderly people who almost fainted with their hearts covered.

Every time the Shaohu pirates attack, the affected villages will suffer heavy losses!

"Panic what!" At the critical moment, a young man stepped forward!

"Now it's time to see how well I've been training for many days!"

As soon as these words came out, the chaotic scene calmed down a little.

"How many people came? How far is it from Zhuangzi? ”

"There should be 100 people, only a thousand steps away from Zhuangzi!"

The hearts of the people were at ease.

With only a hundred people, it seems that the Shaohu thieves did not come out of the nest.

The leading man immediately decided: "Bring a repeater and ambush on the side of the road!" Send someone to the city immediately and ask for help! ”

With the backbone of the Lord, the crowd is no longer flustered. Soon, a group of young men armed with crossbows and spears took advantage of the night to find out of the village.

Under the cover of night, several figures rushed towards Quyang City.

……

"Second Commander, there seems to be a village ahead!"

Everyone looked at it, and sure enough, there was a large black shadow.

Shaohu was overjoyed: "Sons, grab food!" ”

As soon as the words fell.

In the bushes on both sides, a large rain of arrows suddenly burst out!

In an instant, the people around Shaohu fell!

Shaohu is a general of the Yue Kingdom, and his martial arts are good.

Although the incident happened suddenly, the peony tiger was quick to move, and he opened several arrows one after another, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help but feel that the seven souls were missing two souls!

In the blink of an eye, dozens of people fell!

At a cursory glance, there are hundreds of arrows fired!

That is, there were at least a few hundred archers in ambush on both sides!

Obviously there is an absolute numerical advantage, but you have to sneak attack! Don't talk about martial arts!

"Soldiers of the State of Chu! Hurry back! "The Peony Tiger is in a rage.

While speaking, a large rain of arrows swept in.

The bandits had no intention of looking closely, let alone fighting, and immediately scattered and fled.

Peony Tiger was about to run away, but felt a pain in his leg.

When I looked down, I saw that I had been hit by an arrow in the leg.

Some bandits tried to rush over to support the peony tiger in the rain of arrows, but they were shot down by the arrows on the spot.

Shaohu shouted in despair: "Wait for yourself to retreat!" Tell Hei Jiu to avenge me ......"

There were several more rounds of attacks, and all the bandits who were still standing were put to the ground.

Time has passed, half of the incense has passed.

Under the strong suppression, a hundred peony lake thieves were wiped out!

Peony Tiger was hit by two more arrows, curled up on the ground in despair, watched the bushes on both sides shake, and out of the bushes came dozens of people who looked like farmers.

This group of farmers is obviously not a soldier of the Chu State.

It looked like it was the first time to kill someone, and some of them were still shaking their legs.

Peony Tiger's eyes widened, and he regretted it.

If you had known that there were only so many people in ambush, you should have rushed forward with arrows!

This group of people is obviously a rabble, and once they are approached by the arrogant Yue soldiers under their command, it will be a merciless massacre.

Pity......

However, the density of the rain of arrows just now ......

Shaohu barely supported himself, and staggered and threatened: "I am the second commander of Shaohu!" If you dare to touch a single hair of me, be careful of being crushed! ”

It can be said that in recent years, the Shaohu pirates have accumulated a lot of power.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several less timid militiamen turned pale.

The man at the head seemed calmer and commanded the militia: "This is a leader, tie him up quickly and send him to the little lord to receive the reward!" ”

When it came to receiving the reward, the fear on the faces of the militia was swept away!

The son of Mi Liang said first, eliminate the Shaohu pirates, that is a heavy reward!

Shaohu's eyes widened as he watched several big men come over with evil smiles on their faces...... took out the hemp rope in his arms......

"How dare you ......" Shaohu never thought that these Chu peasants, who had always been as weak as sheep, were now not afraid of their own threats!

Outrageous!

Shaohu wanted to struggle, but he couldn't muster his strength because of his serious injuries, and watched as the group of farmers tied himself up.

The farmer at the head smiled happily: "Hurry up and treat his wounds, don't die." This is like a big official, and the lord must want to live. ”