Iron Dynasty

The wide grassland whizzed to the north, and the once endless green grass turned yellow. ?? 八一? Chinese ㈧??? ㈧?? ㈠

The season has entered autumn, and the winter of the year will not be far away

Riding a horse on the vast grassland, Xiao Ming looked at the land once occupied by the barbarians with a lot of emotion in his heart.

After almost three years, he finally drove the threat of the fief in the north beyond Shanhaiguan. From then on, the grasslands outside Cangzhou will become his horse breeding grounds and plantations.

After quelling the Jizhou chaos, he returned to Qingzhou. After five or six days, he received news of breaking Shanhaiguan.

Surprised, he rushed to Shanhaiguan all night without rest to see the world's first Xiongguan that once belonged to the Great Yu Kingdom.

"His Royal Highness, look, Governor Niu Ben is here."

Zhan Xingchang pointed to the front and said.

Xiao Ming saw that it was Niu Ben and a group of generals. After regaining Shanhaiguan, Xiao Ming decided to strengthen the world's most powerful pass and make it a complete fortress.

So he brought the construction camp for Cangzhou City to Shanhaiguan, and let Zhan Xingchang be responsible for the matter.

At the same time, their fortress promotion strategy will continue to be implemented. They will build fortresses along the Shanhaiguan line to shrink the survival area of ​​the barbarians step by step.

The battle of Jizhou allowed Xiao Ming to see the fierceness of the Golden Horde, and he had to pay attention to this opponent.

The barbarian soldier's undaunted charge left his generals with lingering fears. ,

What's more, this time Bei Shan just brought his blood wolf tribe and almost destroyed Jizhou, Jin Wuwei and his Qingzhou army, if Bei Shan was not accidentally wounded by the artillery shells, even if they had won, they might have won tragically at this time.

If so, he would not be able to take this opportunity to capture Shanhaiguan and change his offensive and defensive momentum.

"Your Highness."

Niu Ben and the others soon arrived in front of them. They were all excited, and they were obviously still intoxicated in the joy of capturing Shanhaiguan.

"Don't pay the courtesy, you are great heroes now, this king is going to salute you." Xiao Ming smiled.

The sky was clear, and the wide field of vision made people happy. Coupled with this big victory, Xiao Ming was in a better mood.

Everyone heard the words, the more joy on their faces.

At this time, Niu Ben said: "His Royal Highness, Shanhaiguan is right in front, but the front gate was blown up by us and it was seriously damaged."

"So this king brought you a construction camp. With them, within a few months, Shanhaiguan will become stronger than Cangzhou City."

Luo Xin glanced at the artillery behind the long queue, and he was taken aback, "His Royal Highness, this time I sent a lot of artillery."

"Not many, but only two hundred artillery pieces. This construction camp will build two bastions next to Shanhaiguan. These artillery pieces are prepared for the bastions. This king wants to make this Shanhaiguan an insurmountable barrier for the barbarians."

Xiao Ming's ambition is now strong and Shanhaiguan has obtained his fief, and his fief is truly safe. From then on, he doesn't have to live with trepidation, he can always carry it out safely.

But he also understood that although the barbarian was a big defeat this time, it was still strong.

Because of this, he brought the construction camp to repair Shanhaiguan, and since he took it back, he can't lose it again.

Entering Shanhaiguan from the destroyed city wall, Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang patrolled the city under the leadership of Niu Ben.

Outside Shanhaiguan is a high city wall, and behind it is a complete military town.

Now this military town has been severely destroyed because of the war.

"This military town is a bit small. Since it's been destroyed, it's better to rebuild it and extend the city wall to five miles long on each side." Xiao Ming pondered and looked at Zhan Xingchang.

"His Royal Highness is saying that from the battle of Jizhou, the barbarians are still very capable of hijacking the grain road. Therefore, the expanded military town should build more granaries, so that the military town is the same as other prefectures and counties. At least three preparations are required. Year’s war preparations."

Zhan Xingchang saw Xiao Ming's thoughts.

"Three years!" Lu Fei laughed, "This is a good idea. If we are under siege, we are not afraid of not eating. We almost ran out of food in Jizhou."

Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang laughed at the same time, a solid city with three years of food reserves, any enemy would have a headache.

After talking about the food, everyone talked about the armory, the ammunition depot, and other necessary facilities in the military town.

After the agreement was reached, Niu Ben said with a serious face: "His Royal Highness, now that Shanhaiguan has been taken, what about the issue of the garrison?"

Xiao Ming understood what Niu Ben meant. The Qingzhou army could not stay in Shanhaiguan all the time. After all, the domestic situation in the country was complicated now, and the most elite Qingzhou army should guard Qingzhou.

"Now the pressure on the front line in Cangzhou is much less. Let the Cangzhou army take the top first, but this is not a lasting strategy. After all, the army in each state has its own responsibilities." Xiao Ming frowned.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei, Luo Xin exchanged glances, and said, "His Royal Highness, the veteran has a suggestion that I don't know if it should be said?"

"Just say it." Xiao Ming patted the wall of Shanhaiguan.

"About 35,000 slave soldiers surrendered in this battle including customs. Many slave soldiers were also captured on the Jizhou battlefield. These slave soldiers are young and middle-aged and are high-quality soldiers. It is better to choose their elites to form the Youzhou Army. Gongwei Shanhaiguan."

Niu Ben and Lu Fei participated in the Battle of Youzhou that year, and had a strong affection for Youzhou.

Lu Fei also said: "His Royal Highness, just like Guan Ning's iron cavalry, the people who hate the barbarians most are the Youzhou people. These slave soldiers are only cruelly oppressed by the barbarians to resist succumbing to the barbarians. Now they have escaped the control of the barbarians. There will only be hatred towards the barbarians in my heart. Now that some elite men are selected to build a strong army, this strong army will inevitably become a nightmare for the barbarians."

"Youzhou City!" Xiao Ming suddenly remembered ~www.ltnovel.com~ The slave soldiers driven by the barbarians all came from Youzhou City, which was turned into a "sheep pen" by the barbarians.

These slaves were born on the land of Youzhou and were oppressed by the barbarians since childhood. He still remembers the tragic scenes that Lei Ming once told him.

He rushed to Shanhaiguan this time, but he did not go to Youzhou City, because the barbarians who had ruled them for more than ten years were gone, and Xiao Ming was not sure what the people of Youzhou City would think of him now.

"What do those slave soldiers think?" Xiao Ming asked.

"His Royal Highness, it is precisely many slave soldiers who have proposed to join our Qingzhou Army to kill barbarians, so we mentioned this." Niu Ben said.

Zhan Xingchang said to Xiao Ming: "His Royal Highness, the subordinates should not act too hastily in this matter. The identities of these slaves are unknown, and their irregularities must be strictly examined. It is determined that they are from Youzhou and really hate the barbarians. Let them join the army, or if someone with bad intentions gets mixed into the army, this Shanhaiguan pass will be dangerous."

(To be continued.)