After discussion, Cui Jin selected twenty capable scouts.
There are strong men in their twenties, short teenagers, and old soldiers with oily faces...
These people stood together with different expressions.
"Brother, pick some brave people and prepare more armor." Li Yue was still worried.
Meng Kai left, leaving only Cui Jin.
Although Wei Shan and Zhou Qian are good, they lack the tacit understanding between brothers, and they each have their own positions. One is a beggar general, the other a refugee commander. Only Cui Jin is completely of the same mind as him.
"Third brother, I am here to do a job, not to attack the mountain. Won't others be suspicious if I lead the soldiers?" With no outsiders present, Cui Jin spoke more freely, "Okay, don't worry about me, mother-in-law. There are many dragons and snakes on the mountain, so be careful, and be sure to wear iron armor when going out."
"Okay." Li Yue nodded in agreement.
Cui Jin wore tattered clothes and smeared some blood and mud on his face, saying meaningfully: "Since my third brother has great ambitions, he must not be burdened by friendship."
Without waiting for Li Yue to answer, he turned around and left.
Li Yue was stunned on the spot, not knowing whether the last sentence was about him or the mountain.
It is difficult for this model of Heiyun Mountain to develop and grow.
There are too many mountains, and everyone has their own thoughts.
In fact, Li Ju took almost the same path back then, annexing and uniting, but not integrating. The generals under his command each had their own tribes. In the end, his subordinates wanted to surrender to his enemy Shi Le, and he could not control it at all.
And his failure was also because his generals attacked and retreated without authorization, destroying Li Ju's arrangement.
If even he can't take this path, then Li Yue will have to think carefully about the future model of Heiyun Mountain.
Watching Cui Jin's back gradually disappear as she went down the mountain, Li Yue went back to the mountain to find Bo Wu.
He and Li Ju were contemporaries and may know more things.
Since Li Yue became the leader of the village, Bo Wu left all the important and minor matters of the begging army to Wei Shan, and lived a happy life on the mountain. He took in three little widows, had wine and meat every day, and drank until he was dizzy. I gained a lot of weight.
But Li Yue could understand what he did. He had been fighting and killing all his life. At this age, once he was relieved of his burden, he had nothing to ask for.
"Li Ju... it's a pity." Bo Wu's cheeks were slightly red and his eyes were slightly drunk.
But Li Yue felt that the way he looked at him was a little strange.
"Such a hero, if it were not for the constraints of the small court in Jiangzuo, he might not have been defeated by Da Hu." Bo Wu forked a piece of fat meat and put it into his mouth.
"Will Xuanyuan Mountain form an alliance with us?"
"An alliance? Why an alliance?" Bo Wu swallowed what was in his mouth and asked.
Li Yue didn't know how to answer this question.
They have enough to eat and drink, but they are not the front line against the Jie people. The biggest hidden danger around them is Black Cloud Mountain, so why form an alliance?
Even if we form an alliance, we will always be on guard against Black Cloud Mountain...
At present, the Central Plains is sandwiched between Jie Zhao and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, like a dark jungle. In troubled times, it has long lost any moral credibility.
"Well, you sent the agent there first, which is quite clever. I have another plan. I wonder if you are willing to listen to it?" Bo Wu's narrowed eyes flashed.
This expression made Li Yue unable to tell whether he was drunk or awake, "Please uncle, please enlighten me."
Bo Wu poured himself a glass of wine and said, "Your surname is Li, and Governor Li is also surnamed Li. Since Xuanyuan Shan is a descendant of Governor Li's people, why not pretend to be the son of Governor Li and try Xuanyuan Shan's reaction? In the future, you can also This call to Si Yu to unite the three states will be answered by heroes."
Li Yue said: "Didn't Governor Li's family go south to join Jiankang?"
"You don't know something. According to the news obtained by our begging army, Governor Li has three sons. The eldest son and the second son went south. The third son was in the womb at the time and was pregnant with Liujia. It was inconvenient to go south. Jiangzuo was not a safe place, so he stayed in Xingyang. After preparing to go south and stabilize, they would send someone to pick them up. However, Governor Li fell off a cliff in Luyang and died, and the mother and son were left behind in Xingyang. The old troops in Xuanyuan Mountain asked our begging army to search for them, but it was a pity that it was just in time. When Shi Hu came to the throne, the war was in chaos, and there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the north and south of the river..."
Bo Wu spoke more and more and became more and more detailed.
Li Yue thought for a while and felt that it was feasible, "Let's explore the bottom of Xuanyuan Mountain first."
Bo Wu smiled and said: "You should be cautious."
Can we not be cautious? Twenty years have passed, and I don’t even know how many village owners have changed, and I don’t know if they recognize him or not.
Secondly, Li Ju and Jie Zhao have a big feud. If this comes to Shi Hu’s ears, it will not be a joke.
Li Ju's name can be used, but not now.
It takes a moment.
After bidding farewell to Bo Wu, Li Yue returned to his residence.
After the scout battalion got on the right track, Li Yue no longer needed to worry about it. He was fighting wild beasts in the mountains every day. His combat effectiveness was also growing rapidly. He was walking on flat ground in the mountains and forests, and he was catching more and more prey.
In addition to supplying the scout camp and soldiers of Wei Shan and Cui Jin, some can also be given to children.
Li Yuesui focused on civil affairs.
Most of the people on the mountain are old, weak, women and children, crowded into small, damp rooms. Snakes, insects, rats and ants are crawling everywhere, and many people are sick.
Li Yue simply gathered young men and women to cut wood and cut stones to build houses.
This move was immediately approved by everyone. Men, women, old and young took action together and got busy on the battlefield in Nanshan.
Although the sparrow in Heiyun Mountain is small, it has all the internal organs. There are blacksmiths and carpenters on the mountain.
The carpenters and blacksmiths of these days are the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in later generations...
Li Yue directly promoted them to foremans, each leading six to seven hundred people, with a clear division of labor.
Four to five thousand hands felled wood and cut stone, and houses were erected in ten days.
Spacious, bright and airy, each room is paved with gravel and fine soil, and then covered with a layer of wooden boards and bamboo boards to prevent snakes and insects from crawling in.
In the past, everyone slept directly on the ground, and snakes and centipedes could get into the straw mats at night...
Li Yue made wooden beds in each room, covering them with mugwort, fluffy grass, and straw mats. They were many times more comfortable than sleeping on the ground.
A stream was also led from the Western Mountain for drinking water and washing.
Public toilets were also built.
According to Li Yue's wishes, bathhouses and public canteens will be built in the future, but for now, the sleeping area will be ready.
The southern mountain was used as residential buildings, the western mountain was used as a military camp, and the northern mountain was built by Carpenter Fan as a dozen single-family houses.
Bo Wu and his women lived in the ward every day and did not shy away from outsiders, which had a bad influence.
The wounded soldiers were pushed out instead.
So Li Yue thought about finding a place to house them.
Military camps are simpler than civilian houses, and a row of large pavilions can solve the problem.
Of course, everything is still in the early stage, and in the rush, the house will inevitably be rough, and many things are not complete, but there is a place to shelter from wind and rain, and the sanitary condition has been greatly improved.
Looking at the satisfied smiles on the faces of the elderly and children who had moved into their new houses, Li Yue felt that his efforts over the past ten days had not been in vain.
"Thank you, village master!"
Whether they were beggars, refugees, or thieves, they were all grateful to Li Yue.
To dismantle the top of Heiyun Mountain, it would not work from top to bottom. Except for Cui Jin, no leader was willing to give up his own interests and force the integration, which might lead to a conflict.
But from the bottom up, it might be possible.
The people below don't have much thought. As long as they have enough to eat and survive, they will support it wholeheartedly.
After the military camp was built, Li Yue struck while the iron was hot and proposed that all the soldiers be dispersed and live together.
The leaders went to the small courtyard with a single family in Beishan to separate from the tribesmen.
Cui Jin went to Xuanyuan Mountain, and his tribe was Li Yue's tribe, so naturally they had no objections.
Zhou Qian always followed Li Yue's lead and nodded in agreement.
The beggar army is a bit difficult to deal with. Father, son, uncle and nephew are all in the army and do not want to be separated. Wei Shan's attitude is also somewhat ambiguous.
"If Heiyun Mountain wants to grow stronger, it must put all its efforts in one place and work together with one heart!" Li Yue did not give in.
"That being said, the begging army has the same difficulties as the begging army." Wei Shan could naturally see what Li Yue wanted to do.
"If you have any difficulties, just speak up and I will solve them. That's it!" Li Yue showed the majesty of the village leader.
With the scout camp in hand and the eight hundred soldiers of Cui Jin and Zhou Qian, they already have the capital to fall out with the beggar army.
Moreover, the beggar army has received favors from top to bottom.
In the beginning, he was pushed up by force.
Therefore, Li Yue is confident to conquer the local snake of the Beggar Army.
Sure enough, after Wei Shan asked Bo Wu for instructions, he nodded in agreement.
Li Yuegang breathed a sigh of relief, but something happened again.
As soon as the thieves heard about this, they dispersed on the spot and went down the mountain with Tian Baozi.
This group of people was used to being loose, sometimes going down the mountain privately to rob passers-by. In the past, Li Yue could just turn a blind eye.
But it certainly can't go on like this forever.
"We can't make alliances if we have different ways. Let's get together and part ways easily!" Li Yue gritted his teeth and said.
It is imperative to integrate Heiyun Mountain.
Tian Baozi is also a tough guy on the battlefield, but unfortunately he is not the same person after all.
Uncontrolled power is ultimately a threat.
