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Chapter 130 Seeking to recruit refugees in Sand State

The busy spring plowing is going on in full swing in Hengshan, and the construction of construction sites in various places is also in progress.The Bailongshan Iron Mine has been opened again, and the abandoned iron smelting plant is also under construction; the Hengshan road connection project is still going on, and currently three roads have been opened from Heishui City, leading to Bailongzhai, Fuhuzhai, Copper cottage.The road to the county seat has been put on the agenda, and the road to Shahu Village is also under construction.

On this day, Zhang Qian, who was guarding Beimangzhai in Shazhou, led his army back to Hengshan and brought the latest information from Shazhou.After the Tianyun army attacked the counties and counties in the west of Shazhou, it was blocked by the Dingxi army in the east, and the two sides fought inextricably at the junction of east and west.Beishan County is located at the junction of this east and west, and now it is also affected by the war.In order to avoid being affected by Beimanzhai, Zhang Qian had to lead his people to temporarily withdraw from Shazhou and return to Hengshan.When he came back this time, Zhang Qian not only brought the original garrison of more than 1000 people, but also gathered nearly [-] people from Shazhou along the way and followed him back.Seeing that there would be an additional [-] mouths, Lin Yifan could only smile wryly.

In the county government office, after Zhang Qian reported everything in Beimangzhai, he said with emotion: "My lord, I can't believe that Hengshan has undergone such a big change in just a few months. , there are figures far and near, I thought I went the wrong way.”

Lin Yifan smiled and said, "The world is unpredictable, and I didn't expect this. Now everything is complicated. In order to feed so many people, everyone is very busy. Now that you have just come back, I will let you take a few days off. Take care of yourself." Take a walk around Hengshan and take a look, there are still important tasks to be entrusted to you."

Zhang Qian scratched his head in embarrassment, "The subordinates are not tired, on the contrary, you adults have devoted themselves to Hengshan's livelihood, running around, and the subordinates are just staying in the village with nothing to do."

As he said that, Zhang Qian glanced at Lin Yifan, and asked cautiously, "My lord, I have heard that Captain Luo is leading our army's cavalry to attack the northern grasslands. I wonder if this is true?"

Lin Yifan looked at him with a smile, and nodded, "Yes, you must know the reason, right? Tell me your opinion."

"This?" Zhang Qian pondered for a while, "My lord, as far as I know, the grasslands in the north are very vast and there are many tribes. Our army has such a small force, not to mention whether we can wipe out those tribes, even if we win, I'm afraid it will be very difficult." Such a large grassland can be controlled. Therefore, it is imperative to expand the army, but the expansion of the army requires not only population, but also sufficient food and supplies. Both of these are weaknesses in our Hengshan. Some of the subordinates do not understand, adults should think about it With this in mind, why do you still insist on occupying that grassland?"

"Haha! You are right." Lin Yifan looked at him approvingly, "Our foundation in Hengshan is too weak, this is indeed our shortcoming. However, the situation in this world has already been like this. If we do not advance in everything, we will retreat. Around Hengshan , Dangerous. There are golden werewolves hanging like swords in the north, Polangguan garrison with malicious intentions in the south, and endless wars in Shazhou in the west, which may affect our Hengshan at any time. If you don’t strengthen yourself quickly, you will be surrounded sooner or later. Therefore, going north is our only way out, taking advantage of the chaos of the Golden Werewolf war, to seize a piece of recuperating land as the cornerstone of our Hengshan development and growth."

"Then, will your lord's move cause controversy in the court and revenge from the werewolf?" Zhang Qian frowned worriedly, "If any party makes trouble, can we hold on in Hengshan?"

"This is what I'm most worried about right now." Lin Yifan sighed slightly, "Don't worry about the imperial court, it's in chaos right now, and we can't take care of us for the time being. What I'm most worried about is the golden werewolf, in case they withdraw Some of the troops went south to suppress us, and I am afraid that all our actions will be wiped out."

"But it's not impossible to deal with it." Lin Yifan looked at Zhang Qian, staring at him with piercing eyes, "The solution lies in Shazhou."

"Shazhou?" Zhang Qian was puzzled and asked blankly, "What does this have to do with Shazhou?"

"Shazhou is located in the northwest border, and the folk customs are strong and martial arts. Look at the day when the [-] troops of the Yun army attacked Shazhou. When most of the Dingxi army marched eastward, the resistance from all over the place was very strong, and they were unable to win in a single battle. From this we can see how strong the resistance of the people of Shazhou is. At the same time, Shazhou is connected to the long corridors and ancient roads, and the commerce and trade are developed. If this place is not lost, Hengshan’s financial resources will not be cut off.” Lin Yifan’s eyes showed a hint of admiration, “So This officer has decided to appoint you to guard the Shahu Village, and is fully responsible for recruiting refugees and remnants of the Dingxi Army in Shazhou, and pulling them into Hengshan to strengthen our strength. This officer will find a way to contact Master Chen and Luo Feng, and ask them to cooperate with you At the same time, I predict that this war will not last long. Whether it is the victory of the Dingxi army or the Tianyun army, Shazhou will eventually restore stability, and the business and trade must start as soon as possible.”

"Since that's the case, there's no need to delay, my lord. This subordinate will immediately go to Shahu Village to take up his post." Zhang Qian couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard that there was something to do, and immediately said eagerly.

"Don't worry, I already told you to rest for a few days." Lin Yifan said with a smile, "After some preparations are done, you can go to the post immediately."

After Zhang Qian retired, Lin Yifan started to plan to recruit refugees in Shazhou.In his plan, the number of refugees that Hengshan can currently accept can only be controlled at about 2. If there are more, food shortages will begin again. This is the result of Luo Yi's continuous looting from the grassland.Since the population is limited, the priority target for recruiting can only be young adults.In order to resist the revenge of the Golden Werewolves going south in the future, the Hengshan Army must expand to 3 people.This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for the entire Hengshan. The grassland must be captured and held.Otherwise, the [-] army would collapse due to lack of food without the need for the Golden Werewolf to go south.

Things are hard, just do your best.Lin Yifan sighed while writing and drawing.

On the Xiazhou Grassland, at the foot of Xiayang Mountain, a stretch of dark camps stretched for dozens of miles.In this huge tent, an equally huge simple fence fence surrounded countless unkempt and haggard-looking people in the middle.Around it, cavalry patrols from time to time.Within a radius of more than ten miles, countless tents are scattered around them.They seem to be loose and messy, but they are tightly surrounded. Once someone escapes, they will face one piece after another of golden werewolf tents like a maze, and then they will be killed or captured by the cavalry who rushed over nearby. Go back and torture to death.

Here is all the property looted when King Youxian went south to Anzhou, including more than 50 slaves and countless supplies.All of these were stranded here because of the arrival of the Western Golden Werewolf. Bahan was leading an army to strangle the Western Golden Werewolf at this time, and the entire western grassland was full of battlefields.Once these materials go north, they are very likely to be attacked and looted by Xijin werewolves.Therefore, he had to place these properties in the south of Xiayang Mountain, and deployed [-] troops to block the mountain pass to prevent the Xijin werewolves from dividing their troops to the south.

The general who was in charge of guarding the Xiayang Mountain pass and guarding the slaves was Qi Ergemu, the commander of Wanqi. Bahan didn't like it because he didn't do anything in Weiyuan County, so he let him be in charge of guarding here.Zilgemu was very reluctant about this, but there was nothing he could do. He didn't dare to disobey the order of King Youxian.In order to keep an eye on the properties of the nobles of these tribe leaders, he did not dare to neglect in the slightest, and immediately recruited warriors from various tribes on the grassland to the south to guard the supplies.He led most of the troops to garrison on the Xiayang Mountain pass, closely watching the movements in the north.

At this time, a cavalry from the south had quietly approached this place, paying close attention to the movement here. At the same time, a messenger on horseback galloped southward on horseback with information.

(End of this chapter)