Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 128 Lingzhou Old City Washes the Former Dynasty

The old city of Lingzhou was terribly barren. Li Huan rode his horse around the weed-covered city wall for a while, and found a pine tree growing on a collapsed city wall...

Li Huan got off his horse, climbed up the collapsed city wall, and actually picked up a few pine cones...

So, a group of people sat on the collapsed tower, ate pine cones, and talked about rebuilding the city wall.

There are no professionals here, but there is no shortage of such talents in the military.

There are such talents among the personal guards sent by the two marquises of the Chen family.

"It would be much more convenient to rebuild the city on the site of the old city of Lingzhou than to re-select the site." Just as Li Huan said that people could speak freely, a swarthy man stood up and spoke impatiently: "Firstly, the river course is not cut, and secondly, When the people of the Qin Dynasty built this city in the past, they must have considered many aspects of the problem. To rebuild, we only need to knock down the city walls that are not suitable, and repair and strengthen the city walls that are still usable. In terms of the size of the project, it is not It would be too big.”

"What do you think?" Li Huan tasted it carefully, and at the same time looked at the other guards, including Gongsun Ao, Su Jian, Huo Qubing, Su Wu, and the little king Lou Fan.

"Lao Li, what this brother said is a way, let's do it like this? I am in charge of building the city wall, and Brother Su and his son are in charge of mining materials. Don't we still have thousands of Hun captives in our hands? Don't let these people take advantage of them. Use it to mine construction materials."

Su Jian nodded: "General, I agree."

"Now that it's settled, let's go to the city and have a look!"

War horses had no way to climb over the collapsed city wall like humans. Li Huan and the others had no choice but to take another detour and walk into Lingzhou through the ruined city gate.

During the Northern Expedition of the army, Li Huan had already rushed here with his personal guards. When he saw no one, he thought he had fallen into the trap of an empty city and was ambushing him outside.

As a fortress, Lingzhou City naturally built a barbican city, which was divided into two parts: inner and outer cities.

Not only that, the outer city gate was low and cramped, but it no longer existed, and there was only a low earthen outer wall.

The remaining inner city gate seems slightly spacious, but it is not in a straight line with the outer city gate.

After the survey, Su Jian sighed: "The craftsmen of the Qin Dynasty were really good. The outer city gate was built to be small and short. Once the gate was breached, the enemy would be trapped in the urn city. People standing on the city tower would throw stones and arrows, and everyone would be stunned." Being able to kill a large number of enemy troops, Marquis Li - how about our new city still be built according to the specifications of the Qin people more than a hundred years ago?"

"It must be done." Li Huan mused: "It's just that we don't want too many gates in Lingzhou City, just leave two in the north and south. What do you think?"

Gongsun Ao said: "Why?"Isn’t it popular to have four city gates? "

"If I hadn't considered the issue of entering the army, I would have just left a city gate." Li Huan mused: "Henan will be the frontier against the Huns in the future. Although this guy said that the Huns cannot cross the desert, but if they encounter Did that crazy guy really lead his troops across the desert, just like we did this time, and send a lion from heaven to Henan?
If there are four city gates, we must allocate four forces to defend them. But if there are only two city gates left, we only need to allocate a large number of troops to defend these two city gates. "

As someone who has traveled extensively in the northwest, Li Huan has seen many ancient passes, leaving only one city gate for entry and exit.

In this way, when the local army comes to attack, they can concentrate their superior forces to defend a city gate.

"Can it still be like this?" Gongsun Ao was really surprised: "Brother Su, what do you think?"

"Li Houyan is right, there are two city gates." Li Huan walked up to the inner city tower. The stairs on one side collapsed, revealing the rammed earth layer inside, which was covered with weeds.

"The moat should also be taken into consideration. People will look for it later. I don't think the ancient Qin people would forget the moat. I'm afraid it's been too long and the moat has been filled. We just need to follow the traces that the people of the Qin Dynasty dug before. Re-excavation will also save a lot of effort.”

Everyone agreed, so they got off the inner city tower again and walked along the streets covered with weeds.

It seems that there were people living here before, but most of the place is covered by trees that look like shade.

Li Huan found a well in an abandoned place that could be vaguely seen as a large courtyard.

When he stretched his head and looked in, he actually saw a python with thick thighs...

"Fuck!" Li Huan was startled and jumped back a few steps.

The personal guards thought they had met an assassin, so they raised their shields and moved forward, protecting Li Huan while drawing their swords in their hands.

Li Huan took a deep breath, looked at Gongsun Ao who was holding up the ring-shou knife and said: "Brother, there is a python here, damn, it scared me!"

"Hahaha..." Gongsun Aole cheered and waved, telling the people holding shields in front to disperse. However, after he stretched his neck and took a look, he was also startled.

"Damn it, how did this thing grow so big? What is it eating here?" Gongsun Ao took a few breaths of cold air, and the guards nearby couldn't help but move forward to take a look.

The giant python in the ancient well seemed to be awakened with a start, and made a terrifying cry inside. Its scales rubbed against the moss-covered stones in the well, and the sound made Li Huan's goosebumps pop out.

"There seems to be a hole down there, and it's gone!" A guard reported excitedly: "Master, why don't you jump down and let it catch you?"

"Let it go. Everything in the world has spirituality. It is not easy for it to grow so big. We continue to check the situation in the city. These are houses that need to be demolished and rebuilt, but that is not what we need to do."

Li Huan waved his hand and was about to turn around and walk away when he suddenly noticed a dark shadow disappearing in the weedy courtyard!
He grabbed the longbow without hesitation and shot an arrow.

"Aww..." A shrill scream suddenly came from the thick weeds, and it was seen that a lot of the weeds in the depths were suppressed.

The guards on the side didn't need any orders from Li Huan, so they all rushed in with their swords in hand and their shields raised, roaring.

The grass half as tall as a man was trampled down in an instant. After everyone gathered around, they discovered that it was a wild wolf that had been shot through the buttocks by an arrow and was lying dying in a pool of blood...

"My lord, he is a wild wolf and has expired!"

Li Huan stepped forward to take a look and said in amazement: "There are actually wild wolves in this Lingzhou city? It's incredible. Wolves are social animals. We have a team of 20 people and search separately. As long as we find wild beasts like wild wolves, we will all Shot."

"Here!"

The crowd took their orders away.

In an instant, there were only a hundred or so people left around Li Huan.

They mainly followed the main road to explore, and the result was speechless. The large city streets could vaguely see the prosperity of the past, but some places on the streets were covered with tall shrubs. .

The thickest one is a willow tree growing on the bank of a pond full of water plants. It requires four or five people to surround it to hug it!

And here is the official residence where the Qin army guarded Lingzhou City more than a hundred years ago!
Li Huan led people to search inside, but found nothing special.But when the soldiers were digging a pit to light a fire for cooking at the edge of the willow forest, they actually dug out half of a halberd head covered with green patina!

Li Huan grabbed it in his hand, looked at it, and exclaimed: "Good guy, what do you mean by that sentence? The iron is not sold, but it will be wiped out and you will recognize your past!"

Gongsun Ao, who was washing his feet next to him, suddenly showed surprise when he heard this: "Oh! Lao Li, I have long heard that you are well-spoken. When I hear it today, it is really extraordinary!"

The last two sentences were originally: "The east wind does not have its way with Zhou Lang, and the bronze bird spring locks Er Qiao deeply." However, Zhou Lang and Er Qiao were not born yet, so they suppressed it.

At this time, Li Huan discovered an embarrassing thing. Gongsun Ao was washing his feet in the water, and the cooking soldiers were fetching water and cooking meat nearby...

"It's so rude. Go and look around here. There seems to be a well behind it. We, a group of people, can't drink Gongsun Ao's foot-washing water no matter what, right?" Li Huan buried himself.

Gongsun Ao burst out laughing, and the other guards couldn't help laughing either.

"This official residence is nice. Clean up the ponds and willow trees here. Once there is running water into the city, it will not look so lifeless." Li Huan planned carefully. Although he will not live here in the future, he will It is also clear that Lingzhou will serve as an important military town for many years to come.

It can even be said that the key to controlling Longxi lies here.

He took out a pen and paper and laid it flat on a simple large wooden table: "There cannot be less space for military generals to hold meetings, so a large area needs to be designated..."

In about a quarter of an hour, Li Huan had already divided the entire mansion. In fact, mainly speaking, it was divided into the two most important areas: military rations and ordnance. In essence, there was nothing to discuss.

While the smoke was rising, Li Huan still ate the roasted wolf legs. The taste was not very pleasant, the smell was too strong, and the soldiers' skills were appallingly poor.

Especially without the garlic, it was so uncomfortable.

If you eat meat without garlic, the flavor will be reduced by half, or more than half?It’s almost [-]% less!
The ginger juice removes the fishy smell, and the taste after re-roasting is slightly acceptable to Li Huan.

"Jin Guduo, come here!"

After eating and drinking, Li Huan looked at Lou Fan Xiaowang who was not far away.

"General, what are your orders?" Loufan Xiaowang came forward and bowed slightly.

"You have a general understanding of the situation in the old city of Lingzhou. How many people do you need to clean it up?"

Hearing this, Jin Guduo was greatly shocked. He didn't expect that Li Huan trusted him so much. He immediately knelt down and put his right palm on his heart: "General, this place is in a mess. Grass and trees need to be shoveled and cut down everywhere. I'm afraid it will take five days." It takes hundreds of people to get things done.”

"500 people?" Li Huan smiled: "Too few, I will give you 1000 people to clean up the place as I want, and besides, I will give you a deputy!"

After Jin Guduo heard this, he was both surprised and happy, and saw Li Huan waving at Su Wu who was drinking wolf meat soup with Huo Qubing in the distance: "Su Wu, come here."

Su Wu came over with a big bowl of blackheads: "Junhou, after adding the seasonings as you said, the taste is quite different. Do you want to try it?"

Li Huan did not refuse. He held it in his hand and took a few sips. The taste was really different.

He handed the bowl to Su Wu, pointed at Jin Guduo who was kneeling next to him and said with a smile: "In the future, you will be his deputy and tell him how to clean up the entire Lingzhou City, so that it will look like the city of Han Dynasty should be like."

"As ordered!"

Su Wu knew very well what Li Huan meant.

"Okay, you two go over to eat meat and soup together, get to know each other, and exchange ideas. I will allocate the manpower to you as soon as possible!"

"Here!"

Jin Guduo and Su Wu immediately accepted the order.

Li Huan raised his head and looked at the sunset slanting on the lake. Another day passed, and there was still no news about Zhang Qian.

Where did this guy go?

Should the Aries King be kidnapped directly?If this is the case, if I exchange the Aries King's family members with him, can I get Zhang Qian back?
It's just that...the Aries King's family members, except for the two princesses, and the so-called four uncles, have all gone to Chang'an in prison cars...

"Father Zhong, why do you let Su Wu be the deputy and the Huns make the decision?" Huo Qubing didn't understand.

Li Huan said with a smile: "Because this Huns doesn't seem to be of much use to us now, but it doesn't mean that he won't be of use to us in the future.

If you think about it carefully, when we fight against the Huns again in the future, if there is someone who knows the Huns' habits very well and is willing to sacrifice their lives for us, then will we be just like what is said in the art of war, know the enemy and know ourselves, and we will never be in danger in a hundred battles? "

Huo Qubing sat down, picked up the drawings of the new official residence and looked at them without saying anything.

Li Huan understood that Huo Qubing's body could now compete with strong adults, but his psychology was not completely mature. This had nothing to do with intelligence, but had something to do with a person's biological age.

"Qu Bing, people from two hostile countries in this world cannot trust each other. Think about Zhang Qian and Gan Fu, one is a Han and the other is a Huns, but they have become brothers of life and death who treat each other with sincerity."

Huo Qubing snorted and looked down on the Huns from the bottom of his heart: "I only know that Father Zhong likes Huns women very much."

Li Huan snorted: "You are wrong, as long as they are beautiful women, I like them all!"

When Huo Qubing heard this, he grinned and laughed, as if he had thought of something else: "The officials who will verify the harvest will arrive tomorrow. All the cattle, sheep, horses, and ordnance prisoners we captured in this battle must be carefully inspected and reported, but there is only one I can’t understand the matter.”

"Oh? My genius Qu Bing has something he can't figure out?"

Huo Qubing snorted and expressed his dissatisfaction, but he still expressed his doubts: "Father Zhong, why are the superiors thinking of reclaiming wasteland in Henan? This is my big man's pasture, what's wrong with it?"

"Oh? Do you have this doubt?" Li Huan grinned: "People must be relocated to reclaim wasteland here. There is tax revenue in this place, so there is no need to transport military rations from a long distance. Otherwise, the losses along the way will be too great. big."

"I understand the truth, but why can't I, a big man, cultivate my own herdsmen like the Huns?" Huo Qubing thought about this problem seriously: "What the Huns eat, we people will eat. If the Huns If they dare to invade the south, can’t we, the people, fight them to the death?”

Li Huan looked at Huo Qubing in astonishment: "Qubing, your idea is really a genius idea. Have you ever thought about how many cattle and sheep the Huns need to support an army soldier, but I, a big man, farm land to support an army soldier?" Pawn, how much output is needed?"

(End of this chapter)