burning nations

Chapter 113 Farewell to the Grassland Army

In September of the 41st year of Zhangwu, the Grassland Army, in the west of Yongfeng County, ten miles away, was another farewell.

"Teacher, are you still coming back to teach us?"

Rubbing the top of Qu Tutong's clean head, looking at the innocent eyes of the four-eyed dog, Zhang Cai sighed silently in his heart, that he had never been coaxed and played with in his childhood.

"Of course, the world is so big, and we will meet again. Although I am not here, you must study hard, train hard, and know how to discipline yourself."

"Teacher, we understand, you must come back."

"I will, I will."

To Ye Lixiao, Zhang Cai had nothing to say, but after all, he loved him and still had concerns in his heart, so he had to give him one last idea.

"Huang Mao, the war is fought for money and food, and for the population. The population in Hebu is too small, and the two prefectures of Fengsheng are very short of population. Although some land is reclaimed, it is better than nothing. You know the situation of the empire. There are too many people. Land is scarce, if we can recruit refugees from within the empire, enrich the two states, and develop all the fields, the grassland army will at least have enough food."

"Grazing is not a long-term solution. Pastures are limited, as are cattle and sheep."

"As long as you can manage it properly, you are fully capable of pushing the border to the north of Yinshan Mountain. Of course, you can only rely on yourself, and I can't help you."

Zhang Cai's sentence is honest, the grassland army is not the only beneficiary of her idea.The current population of the empire is really too much. The excess population and the refugees running around are no different from time bombs in their arms.

Only immigrants, immigrants, immigrants.

As for the Grassland Army, there are reclaimed wheat fields in Yongfeng County, but the farming ability of the people of the river is to reclaim irregularly shaped fields by the river. One piece here and there is like a dog chewing on it, and there is no sense of grandeur. .

I have to say that Ye Li Tu Gona is really a character. He organized his tribe to learn farming and no longer simply lived by water and grass. He specially planned "riding fields" to lay a certain planting foundation for Ye Lixiao.

Ye Lixiao was ashamed, he accepted Zhang Cai's opinion, and seriously considered implementing it.

Tan Yang planned to go back to the imperial capital in Lingzhou and accompany Zhang Cai, Lin Yang and Lin Yang's subordinates for a walk, so everyone walked together, riding horses and raising whips on the grassland, and Tan Yang occasionally pointed at the ripening wheat.

"Zhang Cai, what do you think of that wheat field?" Tan Yang pointed with his whip.

"Barely count it as Zhongtian." Zhang Cai estimated.She went to the field to see, whether it was brought by herself or Qi Qi, she probably could figure out something, so she might say something else.

Tan Yang spoke more accurately: "I'm talking about those wheat."

"Wheat?" Zhang Cai was puzzled.

Tan Yang talked eloquently: "You are a general who has fought a war. The two armies are facing each other. The soldiers of both sides are lined up in battle formations, standing there quietly waiting for the military order... Does this look like the wheat in front of you? ?Acre by acre has been divided, just like an army formation. Frontal engagement, side attack, middle breakthrough, two-wing attack... Isn't it very similar? Isn't it very similar? There was no such thing in ancient times In the art of war and military strategy, the ancient sages did not use the wheat field as an army formation, fought for weapons, and imagined changes."

The cool north blows, blowing down a piece of wheat, in Tan Yang's vision, this is the casualties caused by a group of soldiers under the arrowheads.

"I remember that I once said that a soldier is more important than a general! Jiazu understood it, so his achievement is greater than that of a car; Qi Shuai also understood it, so he is a marshal instead of a general, and he is called the second marshal along with Xuanshuai! A good soldier is more important than a good general!" Tan Yang said earnestly.

Don't forget to mention that you are from the School of Heavy Soldiers.

Zhang Cai understood what Tan Yang said: "Boda, you have never personally experienced the battlefield, and there are some places you can't feel. In your words, arguing about right and wrong is meaningless. After fighting a battle, What we imagined before was too simple, right and wrong, and emotional disputes are meaningless. But I still gained a lot from Boda’s education, thank you Boda.”

Tan Yang shrugged his shoulders and said jokingly: "Yeah, talking about war on paper, the public says the public is right, and the mother-in-law says the woman is right. It's just a battle of wills. We learn from each other and weed out the dross!"

"By the way, don't you two want to chat with me?" Lin Yang said sourly from the side.

Zhang Cai turned his head and smiled at him: "Why do you need to worry about Yunji, when you get to Wenquanzhai, you just don't think I'm bothering you."

Lin Yang hurriedly said: "Boda is here to be a witness, let's agree first, I only have Lan Lan in my heart, you fuck me."

"Don't worry, it's not that Zhang Cai doesn't know how to measure." Tan Yang said.

A few days later, everyone arrived at Dingyuan Village under Lingzhou. Dingyuan Village is not only the northernmost military fortress in Lingzhou, but also a military important place in the border defense line. It was built with Sanhe soil, and there are 3000 standing guards in the city, and the water from the Yellow River is diverted from the outside to make the city moat, which can be called a dangerous small stronghold.

In addition to Dingyuan Village, there are Chonggang Village, Xinbao Village, Huaiyuan County, and Jingjing Village in Lingzhou. They are all located in the narrow valley to the east of Helan Mountain and west of the Yellow River, like satellites, guarding The core of Lingzhou's defense system - the state governing Lingwu City.

As for Lingwu City, it has high walls and thick walls, wide pools and deep water. The Dong family used this as a nest to manage well.Even if the Lingwu is lost, the Dong family still has Huile City on the other side of the river. There are more than ten thousand soldiers guarding and thousands of sailors cruising, serving as horns for each other and serving as a retreat for the whole family.

After seeing Lingzhou, Zhang Cai couldn't help but want to go to Lanzhou and Hezhou to see how the historians and Lei's family run their businesses and what they are doing.

Bearing the signboards of the Tan family in Daizhou and the Lin family in Qinzhou, the group got a few military tents, had a rest for one night, and continued south the next day through Xiashi, passed the Feng'an army, walked out along the pass of the mountain road, and entered the north of Qilian Mountain. , Helan on the land of Shanxi.

Tan Yang had already left in Lingzhou, so without a friend, Lin Yang's behavior seemed steady, from following the guide out of the mountain to looking for the hot spring village, Lin Yang's dryness seemed to disappear.

Lin Yang gave an explanation: "I am a Zhizhai now. I want to be in charge of the army and the people. I have to pay attention to my words and deeds."

Zhang Cai can only sigh that the environment can change people the most.

As everyone knows, the person who will change the most in the future is Zhang Cai herself.

As long as it is a grassland, it is very large and vast, and small fortresses can be seen everywhere on the vast grassland.But Lin Yang was stunned. With so many fortresses, which one is the hot spring village?

Could it be that there is a hot spring next to it?

Then after a whole day, Lin Yang finally found the hot spring village. After checking, the exhausted people had a place to sleep.

(End of this chapter)