It had been two days since the group left the village. Finally, when the sun broke through the thick fog, in the distance, the group saw a portal made of simple wood piled up, as well as a watchtower and beacon tower.
This is the foot of the mountain, and the military camp is on the mountainside.
From a cursory look at the watchtowers, you can see that there are about ten of them. On each tower, there are two soldiers carrying bows and arrows on duty.
Centered on this not too steep mountain, where you can go up the mountain, a circle of nearly 500 meters in radius has been cut down and burned, and the larger stones have also been chipped to make the view as clear as possible. It seems empty.
At first glance, everything looks rough.
But Li Shan looked at it and nodded secretly. When he was young, he also went out to see the world and knew some truths.
Before he came, what he was most worried about was nothing else. It was the so-called General Yingtian who was not worthy of his name. He was just a straw bag. He looked like a mighty team, but he lacked control over the team and had a loose military style.
But now it seems that although this place was built in a hurry, it is not bad at all in terms of momentum.
In broad daylight, the piles of bonfires under the observation tower were still burning brightly, and the flames showed no sign of decay.
When the group of people approached the watchtower a hundred meters away, the two soldiers who had been walking at the front and leading the way stopped. Then, the door opened, and a group of fifteen soldiers poured out. The warrior stopped ten meters away from them and began to ask who their subordinates were.
After explaining the situation, the leading soldier waved, and someone immediately trotted back. About half an hour later, the Shangguan of the two soldiers who had been leading the way, and the Shangguan of the Li brothers, all came here and completed After recognizing the person, the group was led into the military camp.
While walking on the road, Li Shan's son Li Lin complained softly in Li Shan's ear, saying that Ying Tianjun's rules were too complicated and he was deliberately torturing him. Li Shan didn't say anything, but he had already given birth. He was right. a feeling of.
The rules for entering the camp may seem cumbersome, but they show that General Yingtian has a good command of the army.
If such a small number of people cannot establish rules, wouldn't it be even more chaotic when the army grows stronger in the future? !
Afterwards, after crossing the guard tower, the group of people went up the mountain road. This mountain road is half natural and half manmade. It is very wide, but in some key places, it is very narrow. It can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even, Just a few people guarding it are enough to withstand thousands of troops.
But when we got close to the mountainside, there was a relatively large flat land. Suddenly, it opened up and showed a busy and lively scene.
There were about a thousand people busy, more than a hundred digging the soil, more than a hundred mixing the mud, and more than a hundred burying the thick wood into the soil, and backfilling it with rocks and soil. After the completion, there were immediately a large number of people. People carried big stones and hit the ground again and again to consolidate the foundation.
As a carpenter, Li Shan could tell at a glance that the wood was wet and unfit for general use. When used to build houses, it would deform in three to five months and begin to rot in one or two years. If the wood is to be durable, it must first be Soak it in muddy water for several years to remove the fire and anger, allowing the earth's energy to condense in the wood. Only such wood can be used for decades, or even hundreds of years, and still not deteriorate.
However, considering the rumors, this team will take over the Southern Wilderness next year. This place is just a transition, but it seems logical.
The group of them was led to continue upward, but the person leading the way was changed. The Li brothers were still there, but it was to appease the craftsman's mood.
After walking up for a while, what I saw was a large row of large houses that had been built. There were different characters and symbols on these houses, among which the symbols were to take care of those who were illiterate.
Further away, in the backlit and windy ventilation area, you can still see rows of wooden shelves. On the shelves, there is a large amount of bright red animal meat being dried.
At the wooden shelf, you can clearly see that there are teams of soldiers patrolling all the time. In order to prevent people from stealing, it is also very important to prevent birds and animals from eating.
As for the shelf, you can't see the end at a glance, and the amount of dried animal meat on it is even more difficult to estimate.
Seeing this scene, not to mention the two young people Li Lin and Li Li, even the two older people Li Shan and Li Shi couldn't help but hold their breath at this moment.
They had never seen so much meat in their lives.
At this moment, the last bit of doubt in their minds was completely dispelled.
Sure enough, the legend is true. General Yingtian has indeed obeyed the destiny of heaven. Even the mountain gods must be driven by him. Because of this, Yingtian's army organizes hunting and can harvest a large number of prey every time.
When the young people in the village came home and said that there were mountains of meat in the military camp, many people still didn't believe it. But now, seeing is believing, people have no choice but to believe it!
In fact, there were rumors in the village earlier that General Yingtian was a defeated army. Where could he get the military rations to support his stay in the mountains for a long time? !
The only way to get food is to plunder!
What can I say, General Yingtian is actually just too ambitious.
But now, seeing this "mountain of meat", the rumors are naturally disproven.
With so much meat, how much rice and noodles can be exchanged for food? !
In fact, the Yingtian army in front of them had so much meat that they couldn't eat it all, and there was even more for drying. Sure enough, those who joined the army said that there was endless meat to eat every day in the army, and it was not a lie.
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On the top of the mountain, Zhao Cheng looked at the clouds and mist on the horizon, his heart clear and clear.
Here and there, looking at the world from a different perspective, looking at the picturesque mountains and rivers, is also a different kind of fun.
From a closer place, with his eyesight, he could clearly see that a fire had already started on a nearby mountain.
This hilltop is nameless, and all the tall enough trees on it have been cut down and used for construction. The remaining bushes, which are not tall enough, are waiting for a fire.
This is naturally Zhao Cheng's order.
He is burning the wasteland!
Indeed, he combined Taoism and the advanced knowledge of the "modern" world in this copy in his memory to create an extremely effective animal luring drug, which allowed him to rely on the beasts accumulated in the mountains. There is no shortage of military rations for the time being.
But in fact, this is a kind of fishing. Although the mountains and forests are huge, if only a few thousand people are thrown into them, even the waves will not spread.
Under normal circumstances, the ecology of mountain forests is not that fragile. What's more, with mountains and mountains, it can still support even if the number of people increases tenfold.
But the reality is that the soldiers and horses under Zhao Cheng have a limited range of activities and cannot travel too far to hunt. Furthermore, hunting with drugs is equivalent to extermination, and the local ecology has no time to breathe and recover.
Therefore, it is imperative to open up wasteland for farming.
As for how to plant it, he already had a plan.
He plans to use Taoism to create fertilizer in this world.
Regarding this matter, he had already sent people to search for suitable ore a long time ago. In fact, he had long known where the ore was located and sending people was just a show.
Counting the time, at this point, those people looking for stones should have returned.
