Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 167 The Base

The end of the year is approaching.

Luo Cheng led the brothers from the three hundred counties' barracks to Changbai Mountain.

It has been a long time since the last time I came here, and when I came to the mountain again, Luo Cheng felt a little complicated.The last time I came was to suppress bandits. At that time, there were still a large number of fugitive hermits living here in Changbai Mountain.It's just that in that raid, thousands of people from Qi County captured Wang Boping and the bandits, but they also drove nearly five thousand refugees from the mountain down the mountain.

In the past, the mountains were still popular, and some fugitives had even lived in the mountains for several generations. There were nearly a hundred villages dotted all over the mountains.

Now, these villages are all deserted.

In the mountains belonging to Zhangqiu County, apart from the six military depots built by Luo Cheng when he suppressed the bandits, the rest of the more than [-] villages, large and small, were all ready to be burned down.

People are gone, and these houses and villages in the mountains and forests are left, which are just lairs for desperate bandits.

The county has never thought of arranging people to come and live here. In fact, the transportation in the mountains is inconvenient and the land is barren. If it weren't for the fugitives who used this place as a hiding place to avoid school duties, few people would really want to live here.Not to mention robbers, even beasts in the mountains and forests can make people daunting.After all, if you fled here and didn't pay rent to serve in the army, you could barely survive. If you moved in with land granted by the government, you would have to pay rent and serve in the army.

Although the fields of the fugitives in more than [-] villages were registered in the official account, they were just left there unused.

Only Luo Cheng felt that this place had some value. When he proposed to garrison troops, Du Ruhui, the county lieutenant, agreed immediately without any hesitation. Anyway, it is useless to keep it in his hands. Luo Cheng.If it can be cultivated, it can be regarded as waste utilization.

Maybe it was because they just shook hands and made peace, but Du Ruhui was very sincere.

He not only gave Luo Cheng all the fields left by the fugitives in the mountains, but also gave Luo Cheng all the more than [-] people who had been demoted into slaves in the case of cattle theft and slaughter. slave.

He also pulled out a lot of farm tools copied from these people's homes to Luo Cheng, and pulled some from the warehouse.

Luo Cheng brought 300 soldiers from the county, and more than [-] farm slaves into the mountain, and also brought a lot of oxen, horses, farming tools, seeds, etc., like a migrating army.

The first military station is Yangmazhai, which is the closest to Zhangqiu County, [-] miles away from the mountain, and [-] miles away from Zhangqiu County.In fact, Zhangqiu County is not big, but under normal circumstances, Changbai Mountain is not counted.If the mountainous area belonging to Zhangqiu is included, then the mountainous area under its jurisdiction can be half the size of Zhangqiu County.

Therefore, it can be said that half of Zhangqiu is an unattended mountainous area, and half is a real county.

The remaining five military depots are scattered in the north of Yangma Village.

The six villages are actually guarding the three roads leading to the mountain, and a military station has been built twenty miles apart on each road.The difference between the three roads is about [-] to [-] miles.

At the beginning, Luo Cheng chose these six villages to build military posts because he took a fancy to the geographical characteristics of him guarding the main roads into the mountains.

Zhao Gui led the cavalry into the village and walked around the village. The once lively village was empty, not even a chicken, only some sparrows landed on the roof.

There are also a few native dogs that have been reduced to wild dogs guarding the stockade, waiting for the return of their masters.

The military depot at the corner of the stockade was also empty. After the bandits were suppressed last time, the military depot was deserted.

It was originally planned that this military depot would be burned down like those villages.

"Within the military station of the county soldiers, the farm slaves and livestock can be arranged to live in the stockade outside. In the future, the county soldiers can also bring their family members to live outside."

Luo Cheng attached great importance to farming. Not only did he plan to let the county soldiers farm the land for self-sufficiency, but he also thought about granting the land here to those county soldiers so that they could bring their families and form a fort soldier.

"Settle down first, and re-plan the village later."

Luo Cheng pointed at the empty village. He planned to re-plan the village. The messy houses had to be rebuilt to make them tidier. Wells and canals had to be drilled, and the walls and gates had to be repaired.

The stockade is not only a place for the slaves and livestock to live in, it will also become the outer fort of the military station, with a certain degree of defense, and the military station of the inner fort.

Even in the future, a simple market can be established in the stockade to connect the stockades of various military stations, so that the people and soldiers living here can conveniently buy things, or sell native prey, etc.

To defend this mountainous area well, so that the military depot can last for a long time, it must be enriched here, and it cannot rely solely on blood transfusions from outside.

The land in the mountains is indeed barren, but at least it is self-sufficient.

Standing beside Luo Cheng, Zhao Gui couldn't help but said, "Xiao Wu, do you think we did the right thing before? In fact, those fugitives in this village are quite pitiful."

"That's right. If only the thieves can be held accountable, and pardoning them would be the best result. It would be great to re-register them, and then grant them the land here so that they can continue to live here."

It's just that it's not him who makes the decision.

Just like the cattle slaughter case, Luo Cheng was also very annoyed at those guys who stole the cattle, but he felt that it was enough to pursue the crimes of these people, and there was no need to implicate their families.

The one who can make the decision is still not him.

Whether it is anti-thieves and robbers, fugitives, or cattle thieves, in the eyes of the government, these are unforgivable people, especially when most of the fugitives here still have entangled relationships with thieves and bandits.

"Except for these six villages, we sent people to demolish the other villages, and moved all the usable things to repair these six villages and strengthen the military depot. All the other villages were demolished, and only one or two villages were left for the county soldiers to patrol. Temporary rest rooms are fine, and those that cannot be taken away and not used will be burned."

There are many villages in the mountains, big and small, but Luo Cheng only has [-] soldiers from the county, and one team can only be stationed in six villages.Since I can't take care of the extra, I just dismantle it and get the materials for use, and don't keep the rest that can't be used up or used, and burn it.

As for the fields over there, the ones that are nearby will be plowed, and the ones that are far away will have to be left unused.

Luo Cheng sent county soldiers to garrison Liuzhai in the mountains, and implemented a rotation system.Each team changes locations every six months, basically in the mountains for the first half of the year, and then in the county for half a year.

All teams participate in rotation.

The first batch to be stationed in Liuzhai was the Long Spear Team, Long Spear Team, Shield Spear Team, Hook and Sickle Team, Light Cavalry Team and Bow and Crossbow Team. The list was drawn by lottery from the leaders of each team.

"Compared to those fugitives, we are following the right people." The leader of the spear team sighed.

"Yeah, let's follow Xiaowu. It's only been a long time. Now I have to ride a horse and get away with it. The bounties I got several times were taken back to buy a lot of fields and refurbished the house. All of this depends on Xiaowu , if it weren't for Xiao Wu, I'd still be worried about not being able to hand over the deerskin and pheasant feathers required by the county." Zhao Gui also said.

"You don't have to thank me, I just took you down this road, but it's because of your lives that you can get rewarded."

Lao Jia said on the side, "As long as you work hard with Wulang, you will not only get rewards and money in the future, but you will also be able to get an official position sooner or later in the future, and you will be honored by your ancestors."

When he said this, everyone became more motivated.That's right, how could they have dared to imagine their life like this before, they just won the Sanjie and won many rewards, let alone live their lives with enthusiasm.

(End of this chapter)