In early spring, Fengzhou was busy dividing the fields. The new land was still located in the north of Jiuyuan County. Jiuyuan County was located on the north bank of the South Yellow River. There was not much room for development in the south, but there was a large area of land in the north.
Compared with the last time when it was temporarily changed to running to grab fields, this time the field allocation has returned to the original plan, which is determined by drawing lots.
In fact, there will be many disadvantages in grabbing the field. For example, someone will secretly pull out the stakes the night before, or send family members to squat in the field of their choice, and then pull out the stakes as soon as they start running. Therefore, this method can only be used.
Once, and it caught everyone off guard. Once used, it cannot be used again.
Drawing lots is relatively fair. Everyone relies on luck, and whichever piece of land is drawn will be that piece of land.
A wooden platform was built in the wilderness to the north of the city. In the middle of the wooden platform were two large iron boxes with wooden lots written on them. Each family sent a representative to draw a lot.
There was already a long line of people under the stage. Everyone held their household ID in their hands and craned their necks to watch the people above draw lots.
The lottery was very quick. The two big iron boxes were divided into black lots and red lots. The black lots were for one hectare and the red lots were for one and a half hectares. The rules were very clear. Regardless of the family composition, the maximum number was one and a half hectares.
For example, there are two sons or three sons, for example, there are sons and daughters, or for example, the son is already married, but the daughter is not married yet, etc.
You can't divide five hectares of land just because you have five sons. That won't work. The upper limit for each household is one and a half hectares. If you want to get more land, there are only two ways, either to divide the family or join the army.
The drawing of lots was very fast, and people lined up like a stream to go up. After drawing the lots, they went to register. Of course, you could also go to see the land first and then come back to register. Before registration, you could also exchange lots with each other, so there were not many people going to register.
, after getting the visa, everyone ran to see the land first.
The government was very careful. In order to prevent anyone from tampering with the wooden sticks, each wooden stick was specially numbered. The piece of land that each wooden stick corresponded to was clearly written in the land registration book.
"Next!" the presiding official shouted.
A stout man in his thirties hurriedly ran onto the stage. An official looked at his household registration number, pointed at the red box and said, "Go and draw the red lottery!"
The man reached into the box, drew a red ticket, and asked, "Do you want to register now?"
The official smiled and said: "You can register now, or you can come back and register after viewing the land. It's up to you. You decide for yourself."
"Then I'd better go see the land first!"
The man hurried down, and the official shouted again: "Next!"
Another middle-aged man ran onto the wooden platform...
Guo Song was not far away checking the lottery process. This was the second batch of immigrants. Counting the batch last autumn, there were already 7,000 households willing to settle in Fengzhou.
Xue Changshou asked Guo Song on the side: "It is estimated that starting this year, military relatives will migrate here one after another. Which land do you plan to give them?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "I plan to place the military subordinates in Feng'an County and Yongfeng County. There is enough land in Fengzhou, so there is no need to worry."
At this moment, the rapid hawk cry suddenly came from the sky. Guo Song looked up and saw Mengzi circling rapidly above his head. Guo Song felt something bad in his heart. Mengzi must have discovered something?
He stretched out his hand, and Meng Fei folded his wings and landed on his arm. He pecked his arm a few times, then took off and flew to the west.
Xue Changshou also knew Mengzi well. He quickly asked: "Did Mengzi discover the enemy's situation?"
Guo Song nodded, "I was worried that Xue Yantuo would come over in early spring, so I asked Mengzi to patrol near the Yellow River in the west. That is the boundary of its territory. It should have discovered that there is an enemy."
"Are they patrolling spies or a large group of enemy troops?" Xue Changshou asked again.
"Judging from the way it's rushing, there should be a lot of troops, at least several thousand."
Guo Song immediately said to Xue Changshou: "After the lottery is over, we will stop allocating the fields, and then implement a state of emergency and notify everyone to enter the city!"
The state of emergency is an early warning plan implemented by Fengzhou. When the main enemy force attacks, all people in Feng'an County, including Feng'an County, must immediately move into Jiuyuan County. The main method is to light beacon fires and send people to nearby villages to notify
.
Xue Changshou nodded, "I understand!"
Guo Song immediately turned around and rushed towards the military camp with a few people.
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Guo Song rushed all the way into the military camp. He ran along the horse path directly to the big tent and asked, "Is General Li Ji here?"
"Reporting to the envoy, General Li has gone to the county military office."
Guo Song immediately ordered the soldiers: "Bang the mighty drum!"
The Megatron Drum is an emergency order to gather the generals. If it is sounded in the military camp, it will also be beaten on the city walls. The sound can reach up to thirty miles. When the soldiers within thirty miles hear the sound of the drum, they will rush to the military camp immediately.
Not only the soldiers in the city must be notified, but also the soldiers plowing the fields in the military fields.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
If the thunder-like mega-drums in the sky are struck, the thirty mega-drums placed on the city head will also be struck at the same time.
Soldiers who were busy everywhere rushed to the camp from all directions.
Half an hour later, Li Ji also led Liang Wu from the military garrison and rushed back to the main camp. There were more than a dozen Zhonglang generals and Lang generals in the big tent.
Guo Song solemnly said to everyone: "Mengzi has just brought news. It may have discovered the enemy's situation."
Guo Song asked Li Ji again, "Does the scout have any news?"
The Fengzhou Army also posted more than a dozen scouts on the east bank of the Yellow River. If they found enemy troops crossing the river, they would also send an eagle message to notify Jiuyuan County.
Li Ji bowed and said, "I have sent someone to the Eagle Tower to confirm. News will be coming soon."
As soon as Li Ji finished speaking, there was a soldier at the tent door reporting, "Your Majesty, urgent message from Eagle Tower!"
Sure enough, it came. Guo Song stepped forward, took the Eagle Letter from a soldier, opened it and read it again: "This morning, two thousand Xue Yantuo cavalry began to cross the river!"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Just now, some people doubted Guo Song's fierceness. Now everyone is convinced that he is worthy of being called the scout general. He is indeed spiritual and cannot be compared with ordinary eagles.
Guo Song was also slightly stunned. Why were there only two thousand cavalry?
Li Ji knew Xue Yantuo's army better. He bowed and said: "Xue Yantuo often sent a vanguard first when attacking Lingzhou. The vanguard usually consisted of two to three thousand cavalry. The main force of the enemy army was about two days away from them."
Guo Song nodded slowly and said: "The other party sent two thousand cavalry here first, and they were not worried about arousing our vigilance. It means that they have no intention of sneak attack, but are preparing to attack Fengzhou in a large scale. This time they should be fully prepared and carry baggage. If
If they are carrying baggage, their main force will not cross the river from the west, but will come from the shallow water bank. The river is very wide on the shallow water bank, but the water is shallow, so the baggage can definitely come over. So how should we deal with it? I
I want to hear everyone’s opinions.”
Guo Song's eyes fell on Zhang Sen. Zhang Sen was the deputy guard of Baiting at that time. Although he came from a poor family, he was very smart and strategic. Guo Song was deeply impressed by his ability to see through the Shatuo people's strategy.
"General Zhang, tell me what you think?" Guo Song smiled at Zhang Sen.
Zhang Sen pondered for a moment and said: "First of all, we need to determine how many troops the opponent has? Then we can formulate corresponding countermeasures..."
Next to him, Li Ji immediately said: "The opponent's total strength should be 20,000, which is ten times that of the vanguard army. This is the practice of Xue Yantuo's army."
Zhang Sen nodded and continued: "The humble position is estimated to be about 20,000. Xue Yantuo's troops are only 50,000. If it exceeds 50,000, he will have a decisive battle with the Sijie tribe. He lost 15,000 men in the autumn of last year.
There are still between 30,000 and 40,000 people. Considering that they still have to stay in the rear, it is most likely to send 20,000 people. I suggest a defensive counterattack. We gather all the troops from the three towns to Jiuyuan County, plus the militia. We
Their army has exceeded 20,000. We will first use the advantage of the city to weaken the opponent's strength. When it is weakened to about 10,000, while their morale is low, we can concentrate our troops to defeat them."
"General Li Qian, tell me!"
Guo Song's eyes turned to Zhonglang General Li Qian. He and Li Ji had the same surname, and they were both Zhonglang Generals, so Guo Song called them both by their first names.
Li Qian bowed and said: "I agree with General Zhang's analysis. In addition, I would like to add that we should ask for help from Lingzhou. Shuofang's army has more than 20,000 people. Adding our army, it is already twice the opponent's. If
Shuofang's army seized the opponent's retreat, and the two armies attacked. Xue Yantuo's army will definitely be destroyed. This is a good opportunity for Jundang to ask for help from the Jiedushi envoy immediately."
Guo Song didn't speak for a long time. He had a very bad relationship with the new Shuofang Jiedushi Li Huaiguang. When Li Huaiguang took office last year, he went to Lingzhou to see him, but Li Huaiguang unceremoniously asked him to swear allegiance to him and asked him to swear allegiance to him.
They made an alliance based on blood, but they were rejected by themselves, and both parties broke up unhappy.
Then Li Huaiguang got stuck in various aspects and overturned various promises Duan Xiushi made to himself. In the end, Fengzhou only built five ships, and no warehouses were built, let alone roads. In addition to the military salary and the imperial court
It was allocated directly to Fengzhou, and other property was blocked by him, making Fengzhou and Jiedu Mansion almost decoupled.
At this time, I asked Li Huaiguang for help. Whether he was willing to send troops was still a big question. Even if he sent troops, he would be the leader. Don't expect him to cooperate with Fengzhou in the battle.
Guo Song ignored Li Huaiguang for the time being, and then asked Zhao Yunlun, "What does General Zhao think?"
Zhao Yunlun bowed and said: "I agree with General Zhang's idea, but Li Huaiguang can't count on it. We have to rely on ourselves. I suggest concentrating our forces first to wipe out the enemy's vanguard and buy time for the people to move into the city."
Zhao Yunlun and Zhang Sen's plan coincided with Guo Song's idea.
Guo Song nodded, "It seems that it has become a consensus to annihilate this vanguard army. Let's discuss how to kill this army?"