Xiliang soldiers around the iron mining area are on tight guard. They have built arrow towers high in the mining area with archers on top. If an enemy appears, they will send out the news as soon as possible.
Swordsmen and spearmen formed a patrol team and patrolled around the iron ore area day and night. The arriving troops were always under their surveillance.
Li Mu never thought of attacking. His mission was to protect the iron ore area first. Iron ore was very important. There were still a large number of soldiers without weapons in the Xiliang camp, and they needed iron ore.
In the forest, five hundred soldiers from Black Tiger City walked in the vast forest for seven days. The light in the dark forest was not good, and the light rain for days made the light in the forest even darker.
The leader of these five hundred people is Meng Xuan, the leader of the Third Army of Black Tiger City and the First Battalion. He is a master of the Yixing Sect and his strength is similar to that of a third-rate warrior.
"Camp Master!" A panting soldier in black leather armor with water droplets on his body said to Meng Xuan: "Camp Master, where the iron mining area is located, there are a large number of guards, and there are arrow towers and patrol teams on all dangerous terrains.
There are swordsmen and spearmen among them. If we want to attack by force, I'm afraid we won't be able to attack them by force for a while!"
Meng Xuan wiped the water on his face: "Has the specific location of the iron ore area been found out?"
The soldier shook his head and said with admiration: "The troops guarding the iron mine are very strict. They patrol day and night and can't find any gaps!"
They scouted the troops and stayed overnight, trying to find gaps in the Xiliang soldiers. However, as the night passed, the Xiliang vigil troops did not relax at all.
"Has the information been sent there?" Meng Xuan thought for a moment, and left this question to the city lord and others to think about: "Order the troops to continue reconnaissance, and find a location to garrison!"
The soldier responded: "It has been sent to the city. There are several camps around the iron mines with streams flowing through them. I wonder if those places are within the reconnaissance range of the iron mine defenders. The number of spies in the surrounding areas has increased these days. The other party should
The movements of our troops are known, if the other party detects them..."
Meng Xuan smiled and said: "No problem, I still want the other party to come and kill me!"
The Black Tiger City troops chose a place to station themselves. They did not attack the iron ore area. Li Mu and others were more careful. The opponent was so menacing that they could not just wave away. The defense around the entire iron ore area remained the same.
They have all learned the art of war, so they are careless when preparing for a week, and don't doubt it if it is common. The other party may just let them put down their guard.
While Li Mu and others continued to defend closely, they sent people to the Xiliang camp to inform their lord of the enemy's movements.
Qingzhu Village
After killing all the more than 300 people from the White Lotus Sect, the spearmen and archers were all upgraded to level two.
When a soldier upgrades, all attributes increase by one, which is quite different from Li Xiang's growth attribute, but it is enough. As long as there are enough wars, Xiliang soldiers can grow up.
On the second day after the battle, Zhang Qingyun led a hundred spearmen and rushed to Xuanshui Village. He had been to Xuanshui Village and knew its geographical location.
Xuanshui Village is a good place. If the Xiliang Camp wants to unify the outside of Northwest Pass, Xuanshui Lake where Xuanshui Village is located is a key place.
Xuanshui Lake is one of the largest lakes outside the Northwest Pass. Zhang Qingyun doesn’t know which one is bigger, Juhu or Xuanshui Lake. The water of Xuanshui Lake nourishes the entire Northwest Pass. If it weren’t for the lake being too large, the lake would still freeze in winter.
, coupled with the lack of places to build cottages in the lake, Xuanshui Lake may have become a world of water thieves.
Another point is that the main river of Xuanshui Lake leads to Daqian. Every year, many people sneak back to Daqian through the main river of Xuanshui Lake. Of course, the people who can pass through are generally second-rate or above. Those who were below the second-rate were buried in the Xuanshui Lake and became food for the fish and shrimp at the bottom of the lake.
The navy of the Great Wall Legion is not just for a living!
However, they captured Xuanshui Village from the Xiliang Camp, relied on the powerful craftsmen from the Xiliang Camp to build a dock, and established a navy. Not to mention compared with the Great Wall Army, they could dominate the forces around Xuanshui Lake without any problem.
Zhang Qingyun is focused on Xiliang at this time. This is his career. He finally met a potential lord. Even if he cannot return to Daqian in this life, he still wants to make a career outside the Northwest Pass.
Zhang Qingyun leaves, and Prime Minister Li reorganizes Qingzhu Village. Some of the people in Qingzhu Village will be sent to mine in the iron mines, and the remaining half will stay in Qingzhu Village to work.
Except for the common people in Xiliang, everyone else in Xiliang was his prisoner, Prime Minister Li. The captives had to work for him, and the same was true for those who were captured in the future.
Xiliang implemented a very strict military control system. Li Xiang knew that only in this way could he suppress these strong men who were expelled from Daqian. Most of these people were those who had re-cultivated their true energy after their cultivation was abolished.
These are all good coolies. It just so happens that Xiliang is short of manpower at this time, and there is a road between the iron mining area and Juhu to the Xiliang camp.
On the third day after the battle, Li Xiang left with fifty swordsmen, while all the archers and spearmen stayed in Qingzhu Village. There were one hundred prisoners who went north with Li Xiang.
People like Zhang Qingyun will not resist when facing Zhang Qingyun, and they will definitely not be able to stop eating. But when facing Li Xiang, who is not much different from a butcher in their eyes, they dare not say anything. They have seen too many Li Xiang Killing scene.
Li Xiang was also very happy. He took these people and pushed a cart full of food back to the Xiliang camp little by little.
The Xiliang camp is also doing its best to transport food. The amount of food in the warehouse is increasing, and the burden on Li Yi's heart is also decreasing.
Now the Xiliang camp needs a lot of food, and there is no need for them to transport food to the south. The iron ore area consumes a lot of food every day. Normally, two meals a day is enough in the Xiliang camp, but when it comes to preparing for war, Soldiers had to eat three meals a day, and soldiers on night watch had to eat four meals a day.
They need to be in the best condition to face a war that breaks out at any time. The amount of food stored in the iron ore area is not large, so they need support from the Xiliang camp.
Hundreds of people consume a huge amount of food every day, which puts a lot of pressure on the Xiliang camp's logistics. Li Yi must ensure that there is enough food in the iron ore area without affecting the development of the camp, so that even if the Xiliang camp is besieged There is enough food to live in and wait until reinforcements arrive.
Fortunately, Li Xiang recruited hundreds of farmers before leaving, otherwise she could only slow down the construction speed of the city wall and send most of the people building the city wall for transportation.
It was already the fourth day that Li Xiang returned to the Xiliang camp. The speed of transporting food was a bit slow. On the way, he also met soldiers rushing to deliver messages to the south. Knowing that the enemies who wanted to rob the iron ore area did not take action, Li Xiang was also a little confused. , but we will have to wait until we return to the Xiliang camp to find out the reason.
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"Hundreds of people guarding it?" Qian Feng, the general manager of Black Tiger City and nicknamed Smiling Tiger, frowned: "Qingzhu Village, the owner of the iron mining area, does not have three hundred people in the whole village combined, right?"
Next to him, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar and with an ordinary appearance said: "Manager, the iron ore area may have belonged to Qingzhu Village before, but it doesn't necessarily belong to Qingzhu Village now!"
Qian Feng glanced at the middle-aged man: "How do you say that?"
The middle-aged man took out a letter: "Not long ago, there was news from the north that Xuanshui Village was destroyed. The force that destroyed Xuanshui Village was the White Lotus Sect. No one survived in Xuanshui Village. There were corpses everywhere. If it weren't for
It's still cold now, so there may be biscuits everywhere!"
Qian Feng picked up the envelope, opened it and looked at it for a while: "White Lotus Sect, no wonder they passed the news to us!"
The middle-aged man chuckled: "It is estimated that in addition to the White Lotus Sect, several forces around us will take action!"
"In that case!" Qian Feng narrowed his eyes: "Then send the remaining members of the Third Army out and keep other troops on alert. Those guys are waiting for us to move!"
The middle-aged man nodded: "Yes!"
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"So many red dots!" Li Xiang returned to the Xiliang camp, opened the mini map and saw that a large number of red dots appeared on the map. These red dots did not gather together from time to time, but were scattered everywhere like stars, aimlessly.
of walking.
In addition to red dots, there are also yellow dots, and the distance between some red dots and yellow dots is not very far.
Something is wrong, the red dot and the yellow dot are not the same force, which means there are at least two forces scattered in the forest.
"Lord, what's wrong?" Li Yi stayed there in a daze, a little confused when he refused to leave.
Li Xiang heard Li Yi's voice and exited the mini-map: "How much food is there in the camp now?"
Those people must all be killed. Although the Xiliang camp will be discovered sooner or later, Prime Minister Li doesn't want it to be now.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand units!" Li Xiang went back and forth. More than ten days later, the grain harvest in Juhu was almost complete, and the second sowing had begun.
There is still a large amount of food that has not been shipped back from Juhu.
Li Xiang opened the town center. In the Xiliang camp, he could operate the town center, recruit 700 farmers, and 70,000 units of food disappear.
"I have recruited 700 farmers to transport all the food from the Juhu camp. I will also hand over all the 100 prisoners I brought here to you, and use all my strength to transport the food!"
Li Yi didn't know what was going on with Li Xiang. He nodded and said nothing. Then he heard Li Xiang continue: "Speed up the city wall, build another 300 spearheads, and mobilize 300 militiamen from Juhu Camp."
, the war is about to begin!”
There were so many scouts around, and the reason why the army stopped and didn't attack them right away was probably because they were waiting for reinforcements.
As soon as the opponent's reinforcements arrive, a big battle awaits the Xiliang camp!
Prime Minister Li must ensure that the number of soldiers in the Xiliang camp is not less than that of the opponent!
"Is it over there at the iron mine?" Li Yi asked.
Li Xiang nodded and said solemnly: "A large number of scouts appeared around the camp. Although they have not discovered the camp yet, I think they are waiting for someone. After the reinforcements arrive, the battle will begin!"
Li Yi also sounded a little solemn. The opponent's number was close to 500, and they were still waiting for reinforcements, so the number of enemies they faced this time was likely to be close to 1,000.
It is not that the Xiliang camp with a thousand troops cannot be taken out, but once all 2,500 soldiers are transferred to the battlefield, camps elsewhere are likely to be in danger.
The wild beasts on the edge of the giant lake are back. The number of wild beasts hunted on the farmland is no less than fifty every day. Those wild beasts are very interested in the crops in the farmland.
As the area of farmland increases, the number of soldiers guarding the surrounding areas naturally also increases.
Therefore, it is impossible to mobilize all the troops, so the only way is to recruit new farmers, train the new militia, and let the previous militiamen be converted into soldiers first.
After Li Xiang finished his instructions, he rested for a day in the center of the town. Early the next morning, Li Xiang went out with his swordsmen, and the surrounding scouts needed to be dealt with.
For this reason, Li Xiang specially brought a longbow. The first element of being a scout is to run fast. If you can't run fast, how will you escape the enemy's attack.
So Li Xiang brought a long bow. No matter how fast you run, can you run as fast as a long arrow?
The scouts wandering in the forest did not realize that a group of hunters was hunting them.
Under the giant tree, a man wearing tattered, green clothes was lying on a sentry post. He didn't know why such a sentry post appeared in the forest.
He saw no less than ten such sentry posts in the forest. At first, he was frightened and thought he had been discovered.
