After reorganizing the official system and deciding on future strategies, East Lake Nanzhai and Huxin Island began to get busy. The original Donghu Village was regarded as a pure military fortress.
Nanzhai began to build a city wall, which would become the county seat of Donghu County in the future.
As for the South Island in the center of the lake, although Wang Jing regards it as the core of the force at this time, as the force continues to expand in the future, it will gradually become a navy garrison.
Shen Yi began to promote the three divisions and six cao of the county government from among the Jia Chang and Bao Chang who had performed well these days. In addition to the officials of the county government, Wang Jing also specially ordered the establishment of villages and towns under the county.
Among them, villages and towns have village chiefs and town mayors, township inspections and arrests.
Moreover, whether it is the three divisions and six cao of the county government or the village chief's inspection, these official positions that historically belonged to minor officials have been included in the formal official system.
In the future, even minor officials will be able to move up in the order of official promotion.
After the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was difficult for imperial power to be transferred to the countryside. Later dynasties basically handed over the power of towns and villages to the so-called squires.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the dynasty had hundreds of millions of people, but it was extremely difficult for the court to recruit soldiers and collect taxes. The entire country could only feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.
You must know that when the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period were competing for hegemony, Qin and Zhao were able to mobilize their people and form an army of more than 400,000...
Thousands of years later, the national power and population have expanded tenfold, but they can no longer achieve this.
Wang Jing has also thought about the reasons why this happened.
The Warring States Period emphasized the inheritance of noble blood. Below the nobles were the common people, and there was no need for an intermediate class. Moreover, the common people at that time were relatively simple, and the nobles could mobilize a large number of soldiers with a single order.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Liu Bang broke the ancient aristocratic rule and ruled all counties with centralized power. In this process, powerful powers gradually emerged among the counties.
The Han Dynasty suppressed powerful powers from beginning to end and maintained a certain lower limit on national power.
But later, the powerful became powerful and became aristocratic families. There were aristocratic families at the county level, powerful people at the county level, and later there were even squires in villages and towns...
The powerful family gradually became a powerful force.
In order to seize the world, many emperors of later generations had to make certain compromises with powerful families, which gradually evolved into an unspoken rule that imperial power would not go to the countryside. The emperor and the country gentlemen and officials ruled the world together.
But in doing so, the sacrifice is a decline in national strength.
After many government decrees were promulgated, they were passed if they were beneficial to the gentry, while those that harmed their interests were violated.
In the new world, billions of creatures are born, and the world is in chaos.
Whether they are high-ranking emperors or generals, or ordinary people or squires, they must start over and establish a new foundation in this world.
In a short period of time, no matter what government order is issued, there is no need to worry about the backlash from powerful families and country gentry.
in this case.
Wang Jing naturally wanted to take the opportunity to establish rules and extend his authority to every common person. After the rules were formed, those who later defected could only express their approval.
While Shen Yi was busy building county offices and dividing townships, Tian Liangyun followed Wang Jing's instructions and recruited a large number of craftsmen to cut wood and make carriages.
The carriage was made of thick wood, and even generals like Mu Chun and Chen Da could not shoot through it with their bows.
Only third-level generals who have mastered the piercing energy can penetrate the obstruction of the carriage with unparalleled energy.
A few days later.
With the hard work of a large number of craftsmen day and night, a full hundred carriages were made.
The carriages were arranged neatly in front, and on both sides of the carriage were spearmen and sword and shield bearers.
There are also holes in the baffle of the boxcar, where long guns can be installed to form a gun array. The archers were protected by boxcars at the back…
After the van is made.
Wang Jing asked his infantry to practice in a carriage formation. The one hundred cavalry led by Mu Chun were unable to charge in front of this hedgehog-shaped formation.
…
boom!
The sound of horse hooves trampled the ground. Under the clear sky, two teams of cavalry swept up the dust and galloped, one in front and one behind, chasing each other.
The pursued party had dozens of riders.
They were all dressed as barbarians and had superb riding skills. The dozens of cavalry chasing them were not as good as them.
But among the cavalry chasing after them, one of them was holding a strong bow. As if hunting, he shot an arrow from time to time, knocking the barbarian cavalry in front to the ground.
Whenever the Hu cavalry in front was provoked and wanted to fight back, he would pick up the spear on the victory hook and charge forward suddenly. The spear was like lightning, stabbing several people to death in an instant.
He was chasing a party with poor riding skills. He relied on his powerful cavalry, lance skills and precise bow and arrow skills to crush dozens of barbarian cavalry.
At this time, a group of Hu cavalry came to support from the front.
"let's go!"
It was Mu Hong who led the men to hunt down the Hu cavalry!
As one of the eight hussars of the cavalry army, he did have some strength. Although he could not lead the cavalry as well as the cavalry generals, he could notice everything that should be noticed, and he rarely made mistakes.
Coupled with his real third-level life level, it is normal to defeat dozens of Hu Qi.
Seeing the Hu cavalry coming for reinforcements, Mu Hong was not greedy for credit and led his men to retreat directly.
When the cavalry was chasing and fighting.
More than a thousand soldiers and carriages began to approach the earth city built by the beggar army.
"Camp on the hillside ahead!"
Wang Jing looked into the distance while riding his horse, pointed his whip and gave an order.
"My lord has ordered us to camp on the hillside!"
Two messengers on horseback immediately passed the order, and a thousand soldiers, dozens of cavalry, and two to three hundred civilians accelerated their march, and after a while they reached the hillside ahead.
Wang Jing rode up to the hillside and looked around with some nostalgia.
This is the place where he originally landed.
After joining the beggar army, he served as a scout and went north to explore Bailian Village, passing by here four or five times. This hillside is about twenty or thirty miles away from Tucheng by the river.
After driving for a long time, Wang Jing had to rest here to recharge his batteries.
“What a great place!”
Zhu Wu, Mai Tiezhang and others also came to the hillside.
After looking at the surrounding terrain, Zhu Wu sighed: "The North Road here can block the way for Murong's main force to move north. As long as the lord leads his troops slowly south, he can attack from both sides with the beggar army and defeat the Hulu!"
Wang Jing shook his head slightly.
"It's not that simple. If the Murong clan knew that we were camping here, how would they give us the opportunity to go south and attack from both sides? If my guess is correct, it won't be long before the main force of the Murong clan will attack our army with all their strength!"
Report!
As soon as Wang Jing finished speaking, the messengers came rushing on horseback from a distance.
"Mu Baihu defeated a group of Hu cavalry and saw the main force of three or four hundred Hu cavalry approaching. Please be prepared for a surprise attack by the enemy cavalry!"
"Sure enough, it's here!"
Wang Jing smiled and pointed his riding whip.
"Chen Da, I'll give you three hundred troops and horses, use a carriage formation to defend the cavalry, and let the civilians quickly set up camp and prepare meals!"
"Hu Qi saw that our vehicle formation was tight, so he would not attack rashly. He would have to wait for the follow-up infantry and refugees to arrive before launching a general attack on us..."
"While they haven't arrived yet, eat and drink water first to build up your strength!"
