Horse on the World

Chapter 47 The Growth of Qingfeng

Today Chapter 2:
Li Qing's General's Mansion has always been located at the top of this slope because of his reluctance to build a new one. Although it is still the same wooden house, compared with last winter, there are still great changes.

The wall made of compound soil, covered with blue bricks and stones, is several feet thick and more than ten feet high. Looking up from the bottom of the slope, although it is at an elevation angle, only the roof of the general's mansion can be seen. , On the four corners, there are watchtowers made of stone, which are taller than the watchtowers in the barracks. A watchtower can accommodate dozens of soldiers. Between the stacks of the watchtower, there is a faint flash of cold light. It is a scorpion crossbow. .Qingfeng took dozens of Li Qing's personal guards away to the Investigation and Statistics Department before, but in this round of military expansion, they have increased to 200 people.It is fully double the size of the previous one.This also increased the ancillary buildings of the General's Mansion. Dozens of steps away from the wooden house of the General's Mansion, there are rows of guard barracks made of stone and blue bricks.

Outside the courtyard wall, a stone step has also been built. Xu Yunfeng even mobilized the people to dig dozens of pines and cypresses from the mountain, and moved them to both sides of the steps. There are all kinds of trees, and the gentle slope on the originally bare side has become lush and lush.

The wide gate separated the General's Mansion from the outside world into two worlds. Guards with knives on all sides stood straight on both sides of the gate, adding a bit of chill to the already majestic General's Mansion. At the lintel, Chang Sheng The five gold-plated characters of the Camp General's Mansion are shining brightly, and these characters are written by Li Qing himself.

Qingfeng’s Investigation and Statistics Department is still located in the General’s Mansion, but another green brick and tile building was built as the office location. Perhaps the name of the Investigation and Statistics Department is too weird and difficult to pronounce. The reason for calling this special department is that this department was established in Li Qing's study, and was led by Qingfeng, who was originally in charge of the study's affairs.

Shang Haibo, as Li Qing's chief adviser, also left the barracks and moved to the general's mansion, where he learned about military affairs.Now in the entire General's Mansion, there are more than three hundred people of all kinds.

Standing on the sentry tower of the general's mansion, you can overlook the entire old camp in Chongxian County. The soldiers on the left, middle and right sides of the camp were divided into three groups due to the expansion of the army. common people.

Chong County does not plan to rebuild the county seat, but to build a new settlement on the basis of the old camp, and does not plan to build a city wall again. In Li Qing's words, we don't have so much money to build the city wall. It is too short and thin, so it is better No, if you want to build a solid new city with strategic value, it will cost a lot of money.This is also the reason why when the barbarians attack, all these walls must be pulled down. If you want to rebuild, okay, the financial delay will also drag you to death.And the second reason is that Li Qing's words made Shang Haibo and other people who were in charge of rebuilding the county stop talking. Li Qing said, people's hearts are walled, but not walls.As long as the people of Chong County are united, even if the bandits attack again, they will be able to stop them.Otherwise, no matter how high the city wall is, what's the use? Wasn't the city wall of Chongxian County high or thick in the past?It's not that he was knocked down by Kou Bing.

Since Chong County was not on the front line of resisting the barbarians, Shang Haibo and the others were not insisting on it either, leaving Li Qing to decide.At this time in Chong County, the money was indeed spent like running water. The construction of the Jimingze Fortress was going smoothly. The bastion designed by Li Qing was not big, but it was very powerful. This was the result of Shang Haibo and several generals. The conclusion obtained after repeated demonstrations after making the model does not require a lot of money, but excavating Jimingze is a very labor-intensive task.Fortunately, the dug out silt was piled up on the barren fields, and after several days of drying, the soldiers rushed to sow the seeds, hoping to have the first round of harvest in the autumn harvest.Now the Jiming Lake has changed drastically. Half of the planned lake has been excavated. Although it has not yet been filled, the scale can be seen, and the excavated silt has covered dozens of hectares of wasteland. In autumn, the barren hills can be turned into fertile fields with gratifying harvests, and everyone is happy in their hearts.

In the study, Qingfeng was holding a stack of case files and reporting to Li Qing the information just received and analyzed by the Investigation and Statistics Department. There are very few literate people in the Investigation and Statistics Department, and several of them have just passed the literacy stage, so Analysis and other matters are all done by Qingfeng himself.After merging the shadow of the Li family in Yizhou in Dingzhou, there are a lot of various types of information gathered in the investigation and statistics department every day, and the work is extremely difficult. Sometimes Qingfeng is buried in piles of documents day and night. Among them, select some information that is useful or influential to the current Changsheng Battalion.

"General, I think this piece of information is the most valuable." The slightly immature Qingfeng handed the top document to Li Qing, "The barbarian commander Yu Bayar appointed Wanyan Bulu as the Zuo Xiaowang, led [-] elite cavalry to station in Shanglin."

Qingfeng's eye circles were dark, obviously he didn't rest well last night, Li Qingwei, who took over the file, was a little apologetic, maybe she shouldn't let such a delicate woman take over such a complicated job, staying up late is the number one killer of beautiful women.

"Now the situation we are facing is not so severe, you don't have to work so hard, you should pay attention to rest." Li Qing scolded: "You are the head of the Investigation and Statistics Department, you don't have to do everything yourself, you have to learn to let the people below do it. Do."

There was warmth in Qingfeng's heart, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but he insisted: "I just learned to do things, and the responsibilities of the Investigation and Statistics Department are very heavy, so I dare not neglect them. There are not many people, so I can only bear it first, and it will be better in the future."

Li Qing glanced at the case file, and said, "You can transfer someone from Shadow."

Qingfeng shook his head: "General, you said that the Investigation and Statistics Department is the core department of Changsheng Battalion. I don't trust the people in the Shadow. I'd rather work harder on my own."

Although he was satisfied in his heart, he really felt sorry for the thinner woman in front of him. In the past few months, she has lost weight, her waist is thinner, her full breasts are more prominent, but her cheekbones are also a little more prominent.

"Well, Bayar's move is probably to prepare for the invasion of the army after the autumn. It's okay, let's pay attention to it." Li Qing said indifferently.

Qingfeng shook her head: "General, I have a different opinion."

ah?Li Qing was a little surprised, looked at Qingfeng, and said, "Tell me?"

Qingfeng was a little nervous at first, but with Li Qing's encouragement, he couldn't help but become more courageous, "If it's another general, it must be to prepare for the fall, but it's Wanyan Bulu, the situation is different."

Li Qing became interested, so he couldn't help but sit up straight. It seems that Qingfeng is growing very fast!

"Why is it different? The barbarians are not ready yet, and it is impossible to attack at this time."

Qingfeng nodded and said: "It should be like this, presumably Bayar ordered Wanyan Bulu in the same way, but don't forget, General, Wanyan Bulu has a hatred for us to exterminate the family and kill our sons, and he commanded tens of thousands of elite soldiers , stationed in Shanglin, the distance from Fuyuan Fortress is only two hundred miles away, day and night, general, do you think that Wanyan Bulu will lead a much stronger army than his previous tribe, and also have a monstrous hatred in his heart, will be obedient Why don't you just stay in the upper forest?"

Li Qing's expression became serious, "Will he harass Fuyuan Fortress?"

"I think this is for sure, he will definitely do this, and maybe, amidst constant harassment, he will suddenly change from a false attack to an actual attack and win Fuyuan."

Li Qing shook his head: "Although the Fuyuan Fortress has been rebuilt, as long as the preparations are sufficient, [-] soldiers will not be able to attack the fortress stationed by [-] soldiers from the Selection Front Battalion."

Qingfeng looked worried, "That's exactly what I'm worried about."

Li Qing asked strangely: "What are you worried about?"

"General, if under Wanyan Bulu's continuous attack, the damage to the front battalion in Fuyuan Fortress is increasing day by day, and we are now the army closest to Fuyuan, what will Commander Xiao do?"

Li Qing stood up abruptly, with a loud noise in his head, "I understand what you said, and Xiao Yuanshan also knows that Wanyan Bulu is a feint attack, so he doesn't have to worry that the other party will definitely take down the fort at this time, so at this time, maybe It's time to clean me up."

Qingfeng nodded, "That's right, I think so too. Marshal Xiao will order us to take turns and consume our strength in non-stop battles."

Li Qing admits that this is entirely possible. Many actions of the Changsheng Camp in Chongxian County cannot be hidden from Dingzhou, but the affairs of the military camp have always been kept highly confidential. Knowing that, Xiao Yuanshan must think that even if he expands the Changsheng Battalion to full strength, the large number of soldiers are still just a group of farmers. If even the army composed of old soldiers like the Selection Front Battalion suffers heavy losses, then these recruits like himself will go up. Isn't it justifiable cannon fodder.

Li Qing's expression became serious, "Mr. Shang, please come here."

(End of this chapter)