A large group of mules and horses that were too late to be taken away were crowded in a corner of the school grounds, stirring uneasily in the cold wind and snow, and neighing from time to time.
Wei Qing looked at this busy scene with a happy smile on his face.
In any case, being able to move is a symbol of vitality, which is very important for the army.
A lifeless atmosphere is a taboo in the military.
"..."
Compared with what I saw two or three months ago when I first came to Junzhai, Gannan Junzhai has completely changed.
First, the soldiers' bodies changed.
After two or three months of adequate food, the soldiers' faces were all covered with flesh, and all of them were glowing red.
Coupled with the newly issued new military uniforms and new weapons, the soldiers stood in rows and columns on the school field. Putting aside their combat prowess, they looked quite intimidating.
Let’s get back to the point.
After dealing with the bandits in Niutoushan and transporting all the bandits' wealth back to the Gannan military stronghold, Wei Qing did not go anywhere for the next month and stayed in the Gannan military stronghold to train.
"..."
However, he did not stay in the Gannan military camp for the whole month.
This month, in addition to training his troops, he was thinking about how to get rid of the remaining dozen groups of bandits of various sizes in the Menton Mountains.
From the day he first arrived in the Mengton Mountains, people kept saying in his ears that Mengton was troubled by bandits and that there were many bandits in Mengton.
"..."
Because of the poor performance of the Niutoushan bandits, Wei Qing only has one understanding of the bandits...
That is, the bandits' fighting power is really not strong.
Niutoushan, the strongest among the bandits, was just a rookie in his eyes.
Since the strongest bandit is so weak, the other bandits must be even less powerful.
However, as he collected intelligence, Wei Qing discovered that he had oversimplified things.
By looking through the files, Wei Qing discovered that in the past, there had been large-scale encirclement and suppression of bandits in the Mengton Mountains by officers and soldiers.
The bandits were not fools. Faced with the government's encirclement and suppression, they did not choose to sit back and wait for death, but united and attacked together.
Right now, the few soldiers Wei Qing has are unable to defeat thousands of bandits.
But it won't work if we don't suppress bandits. Suppressing bandits is not only for money and food, but also to protect the people of one side.
"..."
In the past few days, Wei Qing, who went to visit villages and villages, truly understood from the mouths of the villagers and elders how much damage the bandits entrenched in the Mengton Mountains had caused to the local people...
"..."
In the Menton Mountains, the slightly larger villages are protected by their own guards, which are slightly stronger and can protect their villages from being invaded by bandits.
But that's not possible for those weak villages. Not only do they have to make offerings from time to time, but they also have to worry about their wives and daughters being bullied by bandits!
It is imperative to suppress bandits.
Considering that these dozen groups of bandits may join forces to act in a desperate situation...
Wei Qing decided to recruit a group of soldiers first to expand his strength, so that even if there was trouble, he would be able to suppress it.
"..."
When Wei Qing thought of this, he immediately took action.
Propaganda, recruiting, and training, Wei Qing was very busy here.
Another month passed, and through conscription, Wei Qing recruited another 500 people.
"..."
Five hundred people, plus the original 300 people in the military camp, the number of soldiers under Wei Qing became 800.
After having enough troops, Wei Qing began to deal with the dozen groups of bandits in the Mengton Mountains.
It went smoothly at first. Several groups of bandits were wiped out by Wei Qing one by one.
But later, the remaining bandit leaders realized something was wrong and hurriedly joined forces to deal with Wei Qing and started a crazy counterattack.
It is a pity that it is already too late at this time. How could Wei Qing, who had established a firm foothold, be defeated by a few bandits...
Facing the joint attack of several bandit forces, Wei Qing did not panic at all, but instead used the tactic of making dumplings to catch them all.
Since then, Wei Qing has eliminated all banditry in the Mengton Mountains.
"..."
Yuanguang year, March 15th.
After quelling the banditry, Wei Qing began to think about building a large market in the Menton Mountains to do monopoly business.
For this reason, in the next few months, Wei Qing did not hesitate to condescend to make friends with prominent figures in the surrounding villages, such as squires, Li Zheng, clan leaders, etc., and often invited them to eat together.
"..."
After inviting them to finish their meal and drink, Wei Qing took advantage of the situation and suggested that he would like to take a walk around the village.
Although none of these landowners and squires understood what he meant by "walk around and see". What kind of medicine was sold in the gourd?
However, no one dared to refuse the proposal of a county-level official, so a large group of people followed Wei Qing and left in a hurry.
"..."
Wei Qing originally wanted to take this opportunity to "investigate" the customs and customs of each village, so as to have a more intuitive understanding of the Mengton Mountains.
However, reality gave Wei Qing a big blow.
"..."
There is really a big distance between ideas and reality.
First of all, because of his attire, others can tell at a glance that he is an official, and a high official at that.
As the saying goes, the people do not fight with the officials.
When the common people see him, they always stay away from him. Even the hawkers and merchants who carry burdens and set up stalls turn around and leave when they see him.
The most important thing is that the people following him are all local leaders, and many people are under their control.
These common people were afraid that they would offend their masters if they said something wrong. Even if they were blocked by Wei Qing, they would not know anything about it.
Later, Wei Qing himself realized this problem and had to give up the idea of "inspecting" the daily life and production conditions of the local people.
"..."
Time passes slowly, and spring has arrived before you know it.
Yuanguang year, April 7th.
The plan for the year begins with spring.
Seasons change, spring and summer are here.
After a long, cold winter, blown by the warm spring breeze, most of the white snow on the Menton mountains has disappeared.
Under the sunshine, the ice and snow melted into streams and rivers, flowing down from the steep mountain streams and soaking the earth.
Ginkgo, maple, birch and other trees sprouted and grew leaves again, and all kinds of grass and shrubs became green again, spreading all over the mountains and fields.
Everywhere is full of life, as if wearing a green water chestnut coat, the scenery is picturesque.
After the beginning of spring, people will prepare to cultivate the land and plant crops, and a large number of farmers will work on it.
