In the captain's camp at Lulong Fortress, there was constant rhythmic chanting.
In the middle of the huge school grounds outside the camp, countless soldiers were arranged into square formations, facing each other in the middle of the army. Under the leadership of Du Bo, they held wooden spears under the scorching sun and practiced fighting skills.
None of them wore armor, only double-shirts and pleated trousers.
There were large areas of sunburn and peeling marks on his body, and beads of sweat oozed from the roots of his hair, forming small streams on his forehead and back of his neck.
Sweat slid down their tanned and peeling backs, causing a burning pain.
But no one is slacking off.
They were the original garrison troops of Lulong Frontier Fortress and the reorganized infantry troops of Guzhu Manor.
At this time, the arm holding the spear was no longer as skinny as it was two months ago.
Especially after the army began to supply meat in early June, their originally shriveled limbs became more plump and swollen.
Although he is still thin overall, he can already see rolling muscles under his dark skin.
Under the picket group formed by Gongsun Yanming Zhang, there was an unknown intelligence group.
The most inconspicuous, but most clever and slippery soldiers in the army were selected to learn simple reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance under Zhao Xi.
Then he took the pigeon cage, followed the caravan of the Lulong County Chamber of Commerce, and the caravan of the Guan family, and sent them to Lingzhi, Feiru, and Xiangguan.
Although with Gongsun Yan's temperament, he wished he could have his eyes and ears all over western Liaoning, there were too few manpower at hand.
There are fewer people who meet the selection rules of the intelligence team. In addition to meeting the conditions, the loyalty of the personnel is also required.
Therefore, the current intelligence team members are still the most loyal sergeants of the White Horse Yicong Army and some of the villagers of Guzhu Manor who have family concerns.
Zhang Zhu recently began to secretly visit Lulong County, looking for some light rangers to act as peripheral eyes and ears.
After spilling the eyeliner, the most practical effect is that Gongsun Yan is no longer deaf or blind.
Among them, a team that was directly assigned by Gongsun Yan to Lingzhi Prefect's Mansion brought her a huge surprise as soon as they came out of the cave.
Except for the famous and clever doctor who kidnapped Hua Tuo and ran away in the toilet.
More importantly, they interrogated several important pieces of information from Hua Tuo.
Aduna lived a miserable life, being bred by a cheap dad every day.
When he learned the news, Gongsun Yan was relieved and became even more wary of Gongsun Jing.
The most important news is that Wu Huan Tadun once entered the Lingzhi Prefecture alone with only a few followers.
Such a message could be analyzed by Gongsun Yan even without the help of a political expert like Liu Hui.
It is certain that Gongsun Jing and Wuhuan Tadun colluded.
There must have been some kind of agreement, some kind of tacit understanding between the two.
Of course she is not so stupid that the bond between the two is just Aduna.
In this troubled world, there is not so much tenderness.
Only profit can allow Tadun to dare to step into Lingzhi and get out intact.
In another aspect, the Yuan family once married Wuhuan Tadun.
For Gongsun Zan, a cheap father, Gongsun Yan had complicated feelings.
To this day, she still occasionally dreams about Yi Jing.
Not to mention Gongsun Zan’s later plundering atrocities and his bad move of killing Liu Yu.
Since he was in the army, he has had a tough attitude that is incompatible with the foreigners on the frontier. At any time, he is a meritorious general who resists the barbarians and guards the border.
This also led to the natural opposition between Tadun and Gongsun Zan.
The alliance with Tadun means that Gongsun Jing, the governor of Lingzhi, is very likely to have colluded with the Yuan family.
It's just that due to the intimidation and control of Sun Jing, the lord of his hometown, he can't succeed for the time being.
This is very troublesome news, especially since Gongsun Jing is already old.
Because of these reasons, the atmosphere in Luronce, which was already tense, became even more tense.
Zhao Yun also stepped up training of his soldiers and accelerated the progress of the Lulongsai project.
With the previous construction, Luronce now has a completely new look.
The city wall buildings originally made of decayed logs and rammed earth were torn down or re-heightened and reinforced.
Although the city wall has not been expanded outwards, defensive measures of deep trenches and high fortresses have been built everywhere.
Reinforced with a large amount of barbed wire, Luronce looks like a hedgehog from a distance.
Barbed wire has a long history of being used in wars. It was not until tanks came on stage in later generations that it gradually disappeared from people's sight.
But the barbed wire fence, known as the nightmare of infantry and the nemesis of cavalry, has a full deterrent effect here.
The barbed wire entangled between the barrier and the antlers of Juma Deer is covered with barbs.
Neither humans nor cavalry can enter the position and run wild.
Because Gongsun Yan became increasingly wealthy, the density of the buildings in front of Lulong Fortress was like a hell of thorns.
Coupled with the crossbows and bows mounted on the city wall, even the ant-attack siege commonly used in today's wars can only create a slaughterhouse of flesh and blood, and cannot easily bite Lulong Sai.
Gongsun Yan is not afraid of being imitated by others. Currently, she is the only one who has the strength to obtain so much iron.
Not to mention, the flexible craftsmanship required for iron wire was completely impossible to mass-produce by hand-drawing by craftsmen of this era.