For Li Ye now, except for the unpredictable war after the beginning of spring, everything else seems to be ready.

All he had to do was lead a group of soldiers to open up wasteland and farm outside Nanyun City.

Fortunately, the soldiers of Nanyun City were already used to digging a moat outside the South Gate City and diverting water from the Wei River from outside the North Gate City directly to the moat of the South Gate.

These seemed to be the work of migrant laborers, but with the concerted efforts of all the soldiers, they were successfully completed in just a few months.

The soldiers who followed Li Ye and won the battle in the three towns, heard that the Imperial Guards had arranged to go outside the city to cultivate wasteland and become self-sufficient. They all waved their hands and came without saying a word.

On the other hand, when the 40,000 troops newly transferred from the five regions heard that they were going to open up wasteland in the heavy snow, they were so frightened that they complained to their generals one by one.

However, it was of no use except for some unaccustomed novices resting in the military camp.

Nanyun City's army was divided into three parts, with 20,000 troops guarding the south gate to guard against sneak attacks and retaliation from the grassland tribes.

The remaining 90,000 troops were divided into two parts. One half trained in the morning and cleared wasteland in the afternoon, and the other half followed Li Ye to clear wasteland in the morning and returned to the city for training in the afternoon.

In Li Ye's words, this is training and production.

Following Nalan Yu standing on the wasteland outside the city, with his feet stepping on the hard snowfield, Li Ye took a deep breath and ran the "Phaseless Dharma Body" to send the sound to the ears of every soldier outside the city.

"I know everyone wants to say that they came to southern Xinjiang just to win this war, but have you ever thought about how long this war will last and whether the dynasty can provide me with food and grass support for several years."

"If one day there is insufficient food and grass supply, wouldn't the city's 100,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of horses have to go to the battlefield hungry?"

Glancing at the quiet soldiers around him, Li Ye continued: "If you all want to avoid starvation and return to your parents, wives and children alive, then work with me to open up wasteland and farm here and participate in the training in the military camp."

"Only when all soldiers have a strong body can we have a chance to win this war while reducing casualties!"

"Winning this war is not my goal. My goal is to keep you alive and win this war!" When Li Ye said this, he almost used up all his strength to roar.

"Stay alive and win this war!"

"Stay alive and win this war!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers roared in unison, and the sound was earth-shattering.

Every soldier who goes to the battlefield knows that there is a risk of sacrifice, but there is nothing they can do about it. After all, this is a war that no one wants to face, but that cannot be avoided.

Only living is the hope of every soldier.

The battle of three towns under the command of Li Ye gave them hope of living.

Therefore, they are willing to obey the arrangements of the national master, cultivating wasteland and training at the same time.

The 40,000 newly arrived soldiers were dispersed to various military camps. In the past few days, they had heard a lot about the battles in the three towns.

The enthusiastic soldiers were full of confidence in the great battle after the spring that Li Ye was about to command.

As Li Ye said, winning this war is not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is for everyone to stay alive and win this war.

Just like the slogan Li Ye shouted when he led the army: "Go to war together, go home together!"

Nalan Yu, who did not shout slogans, followed Li Ye honestly on the cold and snowy fields, and together they waved their hoes for nearly two hours.

Seeing the army gathering back to the city, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Li Ye and asked: "Where will we go now? To find the eldest prince or to find a place to eat?"

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "Go to the foundry and take a look at the improved arrows."

"Go to Mr. Lin? You don't want to watch me give them money, do you?" Nalan Yu was stunned, looked at him and asked.

Li Ye ignored him, took out a handkerchief, wiped his face and forehead, and walked towards the roadside.

When they arrived at the foundry on two war horses, Mr. Lin and his group of craftsmen had already had lunch and were sitting making tea and chatting.

Looking at Nalan Yu and Li Ye walking in, Mr. Lin smiled and said, "National Master wants to try a new arrow?"

Hearing this, Li Ye smiled slightly and asked, "Is there a place I can try?"

Mr. Lin patted his chest and said, "How is it possible? We have to try out all new weapons several times before producing them."

When Li Ye heard this, he laughed lightly: "I want to see the effect. After all, I have to try it myself to know the final result, so I can rest assured."

"The Imperial Master said it well, I also want to see how powerful the effect of this improvement is!" Nalan Yu looked at the two of them and said with a smile.

"Let's go and have a look together. You won't disappoint the general of the national division." Mr. Lin replied with a smile.

Mr. Lin ordered the workers to get a newly made heavy arrow and asked several workers to push a heavy arrow to the open space of the foundry.

I saw that a shield formation had been set up one hundred and fifty feet away from Chongshu, with more than twenty wooden mannequins placed behind the shield formation.

We had test-fired it yesterday. This improved arrow was very powerful. Although the lethality was not as great as before, it caused several times more minor injuries than before.

Li Ye looked at Mr. Lin with a smile and said quietly: "Here's an arrow and try it!"

Mr. Lin pointed out a few workers to load the arrows. He stood behind and calibrated the target. He looked at Li Ye and said, "Do you want to give it a try, Imperial Master?"

Li Ye shook his head.

Mr. Lin smiled, looked at the workers and said, "Just aim...just shoot, and show it to the National Guard."

Before Li Ye and Nalan Yu could recover, they heard a loud "bang" and a huge black arrow flew forward, hitting a target more than a hundred feet away in an instant.

All I saw was a shield formation and wooden human stakes scattered on the ground.

"The effect looks good." Li Ye walked forward faster while talking to Mr. Lin.

Nalan Yu followed him silently. He didn't understand Li Ye's intention.

As they approached, the workers pulled up the shield array that had fallen to the ground, revealing a wooden man with a small arrow in it.

Just as Li Ye expected, the nine small arrows ejected the moment the heavy crossbow hit the target, hitting nine different wooden dummies and causing different damage to the nine targets.

"Yes, as long as these nine small arrows can hit six or seven, they will cause large-scale damage to more enemies on the battlefield! Killing people is not the result I want. What I want is to spend as little casualties as possible, and fight

Win this war."

Li Ye turned around, looked at Nalan Yu and Mr. Lin, and said quietly.

Only then did Mr. Lin and Nalan Yu suddenly realize. Mr. Lin stroked his gray beard and laughed.

Looking at the two people, he said: "When the heavy arrow hits the target, it should cause four to five casualties. If nine small arrows hit the target, besides the previous four or five people, someone will need help."

"This is the effect I want. It looks pretty good right now. I'm very satisfied!" Li Ye said in a condensed voice.

Lin Cai nodded and continued.

"These nine people alone need nine people to rescue them. Just one arrow caused the opponent to lose more than a dozen combat effectiveness. If hundreds or thousands of arrows were fired at once, I can't even imagine the scene."

After hearing what Lin Laoyi said, Nalan Yu opened his mouth so wide that he couldn't close it for a long time.

"Just produce according to this standard. In the afternoon, Mr. Lin, please go with General Nalan to a few other factories to produce more. In addition, the reward I said I would give you will be distributed by General Nalan later.

Everyone, this is my personal opinion."

After saying this, looking at Nalan Yu with an exaggerated expression, Li Ye smiled and said: "Brother, just stay and accompany Mr. Lin to handle the trivial production matters, distribute the rewards to everyone, and I'll go talk to the Generalissimo!

"

Lin Lao was stunned, waved his hand and said: "We already have wages, how can we ask the National Master to pay for it himself?"

Nalan Yu glanced at Li Ye and said to Mr. Lin in a low voice: "This is a little thought from the national master. Mr. Lin will find someone to come over later. I will send the amount to him, and the two of us will go to other factories."

Seeing Li Ye and Nalan Yu's insistence, Mr. Lin could only smile and said: "Then I would like to thank the National Preceptor and General Nalan for their kindness on behalf of the brothers. The National Preceptor can rest assured that he will not miss the big battle after the spring.

"

Li Ye smiled, said goodbye, and walked out of the foundry.

...

After leaving the eldest prince's camp and returning to the city lord's palace, it was already past midnight. The hungry Li Ye looked at Yueying who was guarding the door and asked: "Sister, is there anything to eat in the kitchen?"

Yueying looked back at Li Ye who walked in, squinted her eyes and smiled: "No, we ate all the food that mother made for lunch, and my brother can only eat dried meat."

Li Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "Go ahead and make a pot of tea."

The two of them walked into the room and saw a female official and a palace maid teaching Mu Mu etiquette. When they saw Li Ye coming in, the two of them saluted Li Ye: "I have seen the Imperial Master."

"This slave has met the Imperial Master!"

Li Ye waved his hand and replied: "You two don't have to be polite. My disobedient sister will make you two think more hard."

When Mu Mu heard this, she immediately became angry, looked at him and shouted: "Brother, do you think anyone can talk like this?"

Yueying covered her mouth and snickered.

When the female officer saw her, she thought that there was no way to teach this etiquette to the Imperial Master.

He turned to look at Mu Mu and said with a smile: "I would like to ask the princess to take time to practice these etiquettes given to the princess today. In a few days, we will have to follow Lord Zhuge back to the imperial city."

That means that if you don't study hard, you will be the one who makes a fool of yourself when you return to the imperial city.

Mu Mu was stunned. She didn't expect that as soon as Li Ye came back, the female officer and palace maid who had troubled him for almost a day would leave.

Although I secretly liked it, I also knew that I had to observe etiquette, so I immediately got married to the female officer and the palace.

He smiled and said: "Thank you two teachers for today. I will treat you to a barbecue tomorrow night."

When the female officer saw Mu Mu saluting her, she was startled and quickly corrected her: "Princess, you don't have to pay such a big salute to me. We only need to nod when we get along on weekdays."

Mu Mu was startled, then smiled and said: "From now on, from now on, you two will be Mu Mu's teachers and you deserve such etiquette."

After saying this, he made a face to Li Ye, which meant: No matter what, I will also abide by etiquette.

Li Ye couldn't help but feel happy when he saw her look. He cupped his hands with the female officer and said, "Just as the princess said, I will invite you two to stay for dinner tomorrow night. I will roast a meal for you as a thank you for your hard work."

teach."

The two of them quickly returned the greeting to Li Ye and replied in unison: "But it depends on the arrangement of the Imperial Master."

...

Mu Mu led Yue Ying to see the two teachers off, while Li Ye added water to the kettle and a few pieces of charcoal to the stove.
Chapter completed!