But if the barbarians really invade and come to Qiongshui County, then the military training at this time will affect the lives of the entire Qiongshui County!
Fang Xiaoyue took the long sword out of the county treasury, distributed it to the county soldiers, and entrusted the training to his cousin Zhang Yuanming.
At the same time, he also wrote to the county and city, naming the possible invasion of barbarians.
But the governor of Chitu County didn't believe Fang Xiaoyue's letter at all. He even called him to the county seat and reprimanded him, saying that the northwest army would handle the military affairs. As a parent, you should focus on On top of people’s livelihood education.
As a lower official, Fang Xiaoyue could not fall out with the county guard, so she could only bear the reprimand silently.
However, after he returned to Qiongshui County, the chief bookkeeper Qian Yushui pointed out the reason why the county guard called Fang Xiaoyue to the county town to reprimand him.
"Master Fang, since you took office, you haven't paid a visit to Master Wang yet, have you?"
The Lord Wang that Qian Yushui spoke of was Wang Xianke, the governor of Chitu County.
According to Qian Yushui, Mr. Wang is not very honest and often collects bribes from subordinate officials in private.
Especially every time a new official takes office, if he doesn't pay a visit to Mr. Wang and give him a generous gift, he will inevitably be suppressed and excluded by Mr. Wang.
I have to say that after understanding all this, Fang Xiaoyue also understood.
I see.
It is said that this kind of thing is very common in the officialdom of Daze Kingdom.
Even if Mr. Wang is accused of accepting bribes, the other party can always use the favor as an excuse.
What's more, in Daze Country, which official doesn't accept gifts?
Even two hundred years ago, when the upright official Haixiang retired and returned to his hometown, he received 20 taels of silver from his subordinates.
As for the elders and ministers in the imperial court, which one does not have a large number of disciples and subordinates flocking to give generous gifts during the holidays?
In the words of a certain pavilion elder, if the water is clear, there will be no fish.
But from Fang Xiaoyue's point of view, she doesn't agree with this sentence at all.
However, this is not his original world, so it doesn't matter.
Of course, after understanding why the county guard wanted to make things difficult for her, Fang Xiaoyue didn't think about giving him a gift.
The reason is very simple, the Xiwan barbarians may really invade.
In order to prevent being caught off guard, Fang Xiaoyue sent a Taoist soldier to Jie City to check the situation.
The Taoist soldier carried a talisman drawn by Fang Xiaoyue.
Once there is any news of invasion by the Xiwan barbarians, the Taoist soldiers will light the talisman, and Fang Xiaoyue will learn about it immediately.
But when the spring plowing ended, there was no movement from the border.
Fang Xiaoyue's prediction of the invasion of Xiwan even became a joke among several fellow county magistrates in Chitu County.
However, Fang Xiaoyue did not relax his vigilance because of this. Instead, he took advantage of the slack time after spring plowing to recruit 300 young men into the inspection department and let his cousin Zhang Yuanming train day and night.
It's not that Fang Xiaoyue doesn't want to recruit more county soldiers, but the population of Qiongshui County is too small.
So far, the entire population of Qiongshui County is only more than 4,300 people.
Although the proportion of young adults is slightly higher due to the previous plague, there are only less than 400 young adults in Qiongshui County.
It can be said that Fang Xiaoyue's recruitment has basically recruited all the young people in the county.
This is just a temporary recruitment. When the farming season is busy, these young men will have no choice but to go back to farming.
In order to supplement nutrition for these county soldiers, he also purchased some chicks and gave them to them to feed.
As for the feed for these chicks, it is extremely simple.
The wheat straw harvested last year was piled up in one place. After being watered by the spring rain, it had become somewhat rotten and fermented.
These semi-fermented wheat straws are mixed with the excrement of cattle and horses, and piled up into hills. After a week of fermentation, they are the best soil for breeding earthworms.
Underground creatures like earthworms can be found everywhere. Even in barren places like Qiongshui County, they can be dug out of wheat fields.
Use the dug earthworms as seedlings and bury them in the soil. Add some semi-fermented wheat straw and cow and horse excrement every once in a while.
With the current temperature in Qiongshui County, it only takes half a month to produce a large amount of earthworms.
These earthworms are rich in protein and are the chicks' favorite food.
Chickens fed earthworms grow faster than those fed grains.
Coupled with the evolutionary aura that Fang Xiaoyue secretly released to these chicks, the growth rate of these chicks simply exceeded everyone's imagination.
It only takes a week for the chicken, which was originally half the size of a palm, to grow to half the height of a human being, and is ready for slaughter and cooking.
Of course, Fang Xiaoyue had no choice but to do this.
Qiongshui County is so barren that even in the wild, there are very few animals.
Except for some green sheep that like to eat grass roots and pheasants that peck at grass seeds, even hares are rarely seen here.
Fang Xiaoyue has no intention of spreading the evolutionary aura to those wild animals. After all, the evolutionary aura is too powerful. If the wild animals run away without paying attention, a group of monsters may appear.
The appearance of a group of monsters in a remote and remote place like the northwest would be a disaster for the people.
Time passed bit by bit.
Spring turned to summer, and when the time came to the end of June, Fang Xiaoyue felt the slightest touch of her talisman being ignited.
Sivan invaded!
Fang Xiaoyue thought of this at the first moment.
Immediately, the entire Qiongshui County was mobilized.
All the people living outside the county seat were immediately ordered by Fang Xiaoyue to move into the county seat.
All wells outside the county are filled with stones to hide them.
As for the wheat that was growing luxuriantly in the fields, Fang Xiaoyue could only reluctantly harvest it in advance and use it as fodder for cattle and horses.
No way, even if these green wheats are kept, when the Xiwan barbarians arrive, I'm afraid there won't be any left.
You know, whether it is Beihu or Xiwan, when these barbarians march and fight, they will drive and carry cattle and sheep with the army to serve as military rations.
Therefore, when the barbarians arrive, the green wheat will inevitably be harvested and used as feed.
Instead of taking advantage of the barbarians, it is better to harvest in advance at this time!
As for what to do next, Fang Xiaoyue can only tell when the time comes.
With the invasion of the Siwan barbarians, many rumors and gossip quickly spread along with the fleeing people and caravans.
It is difficult to tell whether the news is true or false.
There is some news that the Northwest Army has been completely defeated, and that the provincial capital has been captured, etc.
Faced with this news, even the chief bookkeeper Qian Yushui couldn't sit still. He went to Fang Xiaoyue and hesitated to say something, but seemed unable to say it.
Seeing Qian Yushui's appearance, Fang Xiaoyue naturally understood the other party's plan.
"Master Qian, do you want to persuade me to take the entire county's people to flee?"
Hearing Fang Xiaoyue's question, Qian Yushui finally let go of his uneasiness and nodded hurriedly.
"Master Qian's idea is a good one. Even if the court blames the land loss and he can escape with the whole county, the punishment will not be too severe. But has Master Qian thought about it? The Xiwan barbarians are good at bows and horses. We can bring them with us." While the people are escaping, what will happen if the Xiwan barbarians appear to pursue us?"
When Fang Xiaoyue said this, Qian Yushui was immediately dumbfounded.
He was only thinking about how to escape, but he forgot that the Xiwan barbarians did not care about the soldiers and civilians, they just mounted cavalry!
Not to mention encountering them on the way, even if they escaped hundreds of miles away, when those Xiwan barbarians arrived in Qiongshui County and found that there was no one in the county, they would definitely follow the traces and pursue them.
By that time, the people who could only rely on walking would not be able to escape the pursuit of the barbarian cavalry.
Without the protection of the city, if they were caught up by the barbarian cavalry, they would only end up being massacred.
In this case, it would be safer to stick to the city.
Thinking of this, Qian Yushui nodded shamefully and left.
Not two days later, the Taoist soldier who was sent to Jie City by Fang Xiaoyue to check the situation rushed back after a long journey.
Judging from his tired look and slight injuries on his body, you know that this journey may not be peaceful.
After meeting Fang Xiaoyue, the Taoist soldier then reported the details of his trip.
To put it simply, the Siwan barbarians invaded half a month ago.
Since the officers and soldiers of Daze Kingdom stationed in the border city were completely unprepared for this, the two hundred soldiers in the border city were the first wave to be destroyed by the barbarian cavalry.
After that, thousands of barbarian cavalry served as the vanguard and marched toward Zhenyuan City in a mighty manner.
The Dao soldiers also got some news while trying to escape from the front and rushing back.
For example, after the thousands of barbarian cavalry vanguards fired a false shot outside Zhenyuan City, they bypassed Zhenyuan City and headed towards the interior of Luyuan Province.
However, Zhenyuan City sent more than a thousand cavalry to pursue and investigate. As a result, two days later, the main force of the Xiwan barbarian army, about 100,000 cavalry, came over and surrounded Zhenyuan City.
More than a thousand cavalry sent by Zhenyuan City ran into the main force of the Xiwan barbarian army on their way back, and fled after most of them were injured.
At this point, Zhenyuan City could no longer send out cavalry.
This is not surprising. Zhenyuan Battalion of the Northwest Army is stationed in Zhenyuan City.
Well, this Zhenyuan City was not a city originally. It was gradually built into a city after the Zhenyuan Camp was stationed here.
The Northwest Army has thirteen battalions under its jurisdiction. Except for the three battalions led by the commander, each with a battalion of 10,000 men, the remaining ten battalions have a battalion of 6,000 men.
In other words, the total number of the entire Northwest Army is almost more than 100,000.
There are five thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry in Zhenyuan City.
These troops are absolutely enough to deal with the small barbarian tribes' occasional grass hunting.
But when the main force of the Xiwan barbarians was dispatched in large numbers, the remaining five thousand infantrymen in Zhenyuan City could only defend the city. It would be a joke to send troops to attack the barbarians.
Although most of the 100,000 cavalrymen of the Xiwan Barbarians were ordinary herdsmen, the barbarians were originally good at riding and shooting, and their mobility was much higher than that of the infantry of Daze Kingdom.
The two sides were fighting in the wild. Even if the Northwest Army of Daze Country was equipped with sophisticated leather armor, long knives, bows and arrows, the barbarians would not fight you in close combat and would hang you from a distance, so they could still wear you to death.
In fact, just when the soldiers were about to enter Qiongshui County, they got a piece of news that was not known to be true or false.
Zhenyuan City fell under the siege of the barbarian army for five consecutive days.
After that, the barbarian army rushed in and surrounded the provincial capital of Luyuan Province. Now the two sides are in a stalemate.
After Fang Xiaoyue ordered the soldier to go down and rest, he asked his cousin Zhang Yuanming to take someone on horseback to go out to investigate the situation.
After all, at this time, regardless of whether the news is true or false, the situation is already very tense.
Who knows when the Xiwan barbarians will come and kill them.
If we send people out to investigate, at least they won't be caught off guard by the barbarians.
In fact, Fang Xiaoyue's response was not wrong.
Three days later, Zhang Yuanming escaped with his men.
The Xiwan barbarians are coming!
In fact, within two moments of Fang Xiaoyue receiving the news, sporadic scout cavalry from the Xiwan barbarians appeared around the county.
This is not surprising. Although Zhang Yuanming and others were riding horses, they still bought them from Xiwan.
But it is impossible for Xiwan to sell you a high-quality war horse.
To be honest, the horses that can be bought in the market are not even war horses, and the stallions are basically castrated.
This is also a necessary preventive measure for barbarians.
After all, the barbarians are lagging behind in all aspects compared to the Daze Kingdom, whether it is humanities, technology, agriculture, etc.
The only thing stronger than Dazeguo is the cavalry.
The barbarians who own the vast grasslands can casually cultivate ordinary horses that are stronger than the war horses carefully cultivated by the Daze Kingdom.
Under such circumstances, the barbarians will definitely not allow good horse breeds to be lost to the Daze Kingdom. In that case, when the Daze Kingdom breeds good war horses, the barbarians' cavalry advantage will be greatly offset.
Coupled with the disparity in weapons, armor, etc., the barbarian cavalry was really hard to please in front of the Daze cavalry.
To put it simply, the horses purchased in the Jie Market in Qiongshui County were all inferior horses that were eliminated by the Xiwan barbarian tribe.
The horses ridden by the Siwan scout cavalry are the best horses among the Xiwan barbarians.
Therefore, even if Zhang Yuanming and others immediately fled back after discovering the barbarian cavalry, the barbarian scout cavalry also quickly pursued them.
After the sporadic scout cavalry from the barbarians appeared, Fang Xiaoyue immediately issued a mobilization order.
Before that, he had arranged the people.
In addition to the county soldiers who joined the inspection department, the remaining old, young, sick and disabled, as long as they were men, served as a reserve team and practiced with wooden guns.
The women are the logistics personnel. Treatment of the wounded, logistics support, etc. are all handed over to them, led by Master Qian, the chief bookkeeper.
Mr. Qian could only accept the matter with a wry smile.
Because he had taken time to practice several times before, when Fang Xiaoyue actually issued the mobilization order this time, there was not so much chaos in the county.
Of course, this is also because Fang Xiaoyue is ruthless enough.
Anyone who is doing evil, provoking trouble, spreading rumors and causing trouble in the county at this time, as long as they are reported, will be arrested by the police led by the arrest chief Zhang Wangshui, and their heads will be beheaded in the street.
In troubled times, just use heavy codes.
The number of Siwan scout cavalry that initially appeared was not large, only five.
Their image looks extremely tough and brutal.
The hair was basically shaved green, leaving only a small handful on the top of the head, which was braided. Each of them wore leather armor painted with various ghosts and monsters. They were strong and short, and each of them carried a horse. A bow, a scimitar, and three war horses.
