"drive!!!"

The strong shouts of harmony, intertwined with the sound of horse hooves, were very exciting. Wu Nian, Tieniu and more than ten riders galloped to the city gate.

The banner with the word "Wu" on the city gate tower fluttered in the wind and made a hunting sound. Groups of strong and high-morale soldiers stood with their weapons in hand and their heads held high.

The city gate opens.

Liu Zhixing, Li Yong, Wei Ru, Liu Wu, Wang Gui, Zhang Sheng, Chen Jiagui and others led the officials in the mansion of General Fu Han and lined up in two rows to greet him.

"Everyone, I'm back." Wu Nian reined in his horse and stopped, but he used too much force and the horse stood up.

It looked up to the sky and neighed before regaining its balance and sneezing. Wu Nian laughed loudly, turned over and dismounted.

Liu Zhixing and others looked up at Wu Nian. The emptiness in their hearts over the past few months had been filled again and began to fill up.

This is [soul].

Without Wu Nian, they are just a piece of loose sand. With Wu Nian, they are called Beishan Fort.

"General."

Everyone was convinced, and together with Liu Zhixing, they all bowed to Wu Nian.

"Everyone, get up. Let's go to the general's mansion to talk." Wu Nian had too much to say in his heart, but after looking at the situation at the city gate, he saw that there were many soldiers standing there, causing trouble to the people entering the city gate, so he gave a big hand

Wai, commanded.

"yes."

Everyone responded loudly, got on their horses, and surrounded Wu Nian as they entered the Beishan Fort and arrived at the long-lost General Fu Han's Mansion.

After dismounting, everyone went to the main room and sat down together.

The armor hit his butt, and Wu Nian couldn't help but twist his waist as he sat uncomfortably. At this time, the soldier came in carrying a tea cup.

"Is it the wild camellia from our Beishan Fort?" Wu Nian raised his head and asked the soldier with a smile.

"It's this year's wild camellia." The soldier also smiled and bent towards Wu Nian.

Wu Nian couldn't wait to pick up the tea cup, blew a few breaths, and then took a sip, with a look of relief on his face. He raised his head and said to everyone: "This is really a long-lost wild mountain tea."

"Everyone, please wait a moment and let me drink this cup of tea."

As he spoke, Wu Nian squinted his eyes and sipped the tea.

Han people do not need training to drink tea. However, Wu Nian was not a particularly particular person when it came to tea, but after the dragon fought in the wild, he returned to the dragon's nest.

Drinking home-produced wild mountain tea is really an unforgettable experience.

Naturally, everyone had no objection to Wu Nian's small request, and they all started to drink tea.

Some people are tasters, others are cows chewing peonies.

After finishing a cup of tea, Wu Nian exhaled, with a smile in his eyes, looked at Liu Zhixing and asked, "Liu Changshi. What is the situation in our Beishan Fort now?"

Of course Liu Zhixing knew what Wu Nian meant. He smiled and clasped his fists, and said: "General, our Beishan Fort, Mangya Mountain City, Chengtian Fort, and Tiancheng Fort are already overcrowded. I made the decision and sent out some people to fight with us.

They were placed in empty castles that came down, and cottages for civilian use were also set up on some mountains."

"Here's the map. And the population register."

Liu Zhixing, who was well prepared, took out a folded silk map and a brochure from his sleeves, came to Wu Nian, bent down and handed them over, and then sat back.

Wu Nian stretched out his hand to take the thing, put down the pamphlet first, unfolded the topographic map and looked at it.

The four castles, Beishan Castle, Tiancheng Castle, Mangya Mountain City, and Chengshan Castle, are located in the center of the map. Spreading out, there are a total of nine castles.

Among them was Zhang Guang Fort, which he personally captured.

There are also some cottages for civilian use, including Fenghuang Mountain where Zhang Jin used to live in seclusion.

Although Fenghuang Mountain is remote, there is cultivated land.

According to this layout, even if there are currently nine castles, the population is too large to be accommodated, and the cultivated land area is too small.

That's why we set up strongholds on mountains with cultivated land such as Fenghuang Mountain.

There are still many castles on this mountain, but with their current situation, nine castles is already the limit.

Other castles are not connected or are too close to the county seat, making them difficult to defend.

Wu Nian's eyes passed over the map with a thoughtful expression. He knew all these castles and all the terrain.

Depending on the terrain, many things can evolve.

Wu Nian put down the topographic map, picked up the population list on the coffee table and looked at it. When he unfolded the booklet, there was only one line of words.

The population of men and women is 172,365.

After staring at this line of text for a long time, Wu Chang exhaled a long breath.

Although it is a bit more realistic.

But population is the key.

As long as you have enough food and grass to eat.

No matter how much gold and silver we grab, we can't spend it now, so it doesn't make any sense.

Iron armor, weapons, war bows, and arrows. This time they attacked from both ends and captured a lot.

There are also seven to eight hundred war horses.

The population is 170,000. If the limit is reached, we can recruit troops from 20 thousand households.

The original population of Beishan Fort was only more than 70,000.

There are only seven thousand soldiers.

Doubled.

After a long time, Wu Nian, who had regained his composure, put down the pamphlet, raised his head and looked at everyone. He said, "I have a lot of ideas, but I don't know how to start."

"That's right. That's right. That's right. Let's start with the population."

"Are these people under the direct jurisdiction of our Beishan Fort?" Wu Nian raised his head, looked at Liu Zhixing and asked.

This sentence is somewhat subtle.

The generals are all concerned about matters that have nothing to do with themselves.

Liu Zhixing and Li Yong looked thoughtful.

"Yes." Liu Zhixing nodded and said.

"We will also count the population of the mountain villages within the scope of our nine castles. We used to encourage people in the mountain villages to join the army and encourage them to pay food."

"On the one hand, it's to win people's hearts, but on the other hand, I don't have enough power and virtue."

"Now I have fought against four Meng Yuan households and escaped unscathed. My mighty virtue has been established. And the next war will definitely be even bigger."

"When we send out troops again, I will occupy the county seat instead of seizing supplies and leaving. We need more soldiers."

"The people in the mountain villages are also Han people from Liaodong. If they don't want to be ruled by the Mongolians, they can't stay out of it."

"They must provide food and people."

"Liu Changshi. Send people to count the population of these mountain villages and collect grain. Set the tax at a lower level. As for the soldiers, let's focus on propaganda."

"Even if we can't send soldiers, we still have to send manpower to build water conservancy projects, build fortifications, etc."

"Then we expanded the number of soldiers to twenty-one thousand households. Each school captain commanded soldiers and horses from three thousand households."

"In addition, find someone who can lead cavalry. I want to form a heavy armored cavalry force of six hundred households, also known as a thousand households."

"In addition, the jurisdiction of each school captain also needs to be changed."

"A safe castle does not need to be guarded by soldiers, but a castle that requires heavy guarding on the outside needs to be guarded by the captain himself."

"The above. Let's start a discussion based on these."

After finishing speaking in one breath, Wu Nian raised his head, suppressed his smile, and said in a serious voice.

This time.

No matter whether they were civil servants or foreign generals, they all took a breath.

With the addition of one thousand households of heavy armored cavalry, this is a complete force of twenty-two thousand households in terms of organizational structure.

Calculated based on the strength of a complete thousand households, there are about 1,200 people.

The size of Beishan Fort's combat troops reached about 26,000.

This is an extremely large military force. Even if the population of the surrounding mountain villages is added, it is still a military force.

Real militarism.

King Wu and Fuchai were probably ashamed of themselves after seeing it.
Chapter completed!