Under Yang Chendong's orders, a large number of trees and stones were carried into the city, and temporary houses were either reinforced or directly erected from the ground. Now that we want to choose this place as a base camp, we naturally have to build a place where the army lives.

Columns of valiant cavalry stepped off their horses and became construction workers building their homes. Not only them, but also the thousands of people in the city, all of them, except for the children, joined the army that had built the city together.

Old men and young men working with the mercenary warriors could earn a tael of silver every day, which was naturally a great temptation for them. Even the women also entered the logistics camp to help cook together, so that they could not only eat three meals in the army, but also earn half a tael of silver a day, which was already an unprecedented good thing.

For the thousand people in the city, the silver was already a distant thing, and it was almost gone. The necessities of daily life were that the men went hunting and the women went to mend their clothes, barely survived by starvation. But now, the appearance of mercenaries has brought them new hope, and they are already fantasizing that with enough silver, one day they can buy good things that they have always wanted to buy, but are afraid to buy. Maybe that day will come for them to live as a human being.

Silver Yang Chendong has always been lacking. The creativity of the Red Embedded City is stronger than any other force. The Outer Heaven Trading House has also become the richest trading house today, and the strange goods that came out of their hands have now circulated to all continents and eight places, even among some unfriendly forces, they have never openly squeezed out the Yang goods. After all, there are some things that even their nobles and royal families like, and if they are openly excluded, they will not be able to get the goods they like, and the items that will bring their quality of life to a higher level.

As the saying goes, it's easy to get things done with silver. Yang Chendong firmly believes that when a large amount of money is spent, it will definitely attract more people to come to Shicheng, either to work or to settle here. It won't be long before this place will become a big city, a fortified city.

Even if it is called Shicheng, Yang Chendong has a certain idea and hope in his heart, that is, to build this city into one of the largest cities in the vicinity. In order to achieve this goal, he had to expand the original area of the city on the basis of the original one, starting with more than ten times the original size, and the number of workers required for this was an astronomical amount.

Just thinking about the shortage of manpower, the tiger mang came. He brought a full 5,000 prisoners of migrant workers, and Yang Chendong laughed when he heard it, "Very good, arrange it immediately and let them start working." By the way, in order to allow them to devote their whole body strength to the maximum, you can tell them that if they perform well, they will not only regain their freedom, but also get several times more wages than outside. ”

Yang Chendong seemed to be in a good mood, and while Hu Mang agreed, he took the opportunity to talk about the performance of the cavalry of the independent regiment on the battlefield. In the end, he also took the initiative to review, saying that he was ineffective in leadership and asked for punishment.

The ten cavalry battalions established after the independent regiment were not trained by Hu Mang, they were just some ordinary soldiers of the Beiming Guard. Speaking of military quality, it can only be said that it is average, if it were not for the fact that he did not want to reveal his identity and whereabouts at that time, I am afraid that these people would have been let go at that time.

But even if he stayed, he stayed for so long, and after the other party learned about the mercenary's situation, he also wanted to join in, Yang Chendong naturally couldn't refuse. This gave them the opportunity to enlist in the army, or even become a glorious cavalryman.

But it is an indisputable fact that a weak foundation is a weak foundation. The First World War has exposed too many of their weaknesses and shortcomings.

It is said that such an army should be abandoned if it is replaced by other generals. After all, it takes a lot of energy and money to train a good cavalryman, and even training a good cavalryman is far more time-consuming and labor-intensive than training five infantrymen.

But even if they are destined to join the mercenary, in line with the principle of not abandoning or giving up, Yang Chendong can't just leave it alone. After thinking for a while, he took the initiative to say: "In this way, give you a month, in this month's time, unless the situation is urgent, otherwise these ten battalions will not be assigned any combat missions." After a month, the assessment will be conducted, and those who pass can stay, and those who fail to pass will be paid to let them leave the army. ”

How can it be said that these cavalrymen are also children of the Han family, just by virtue of this, Yang Chendong is worth giving them a chance.

Hu Mang was originally worried that the Sixth Young Master would be angry, and directly disbanded those soldiers who had just become cavalry, after all, survival of the fittest in the army was too common. If that were the case, he, as the head of the independent regiment, would not be able to say anything.

Fortunately, the sixth young master still remembered the old love and promised to give the brothers a chance to become stronger. At that moment, he respectfully saluted a military salute, "Thank you, young master, I thank you on behalf of the four thousand brothers below." ”

"Huh." Seeing that Hu Mang was sincerely grateful, Yang Chendong's face changed to solemn and said: "What I want is not to thank you, but to hope that they will all be able to stay in a month." ”

"Yes." Hu Mang saluted again to decide.

When the order reached the army, many of the ten new cavalry battalions of the Independent Regiment were bloodshot when they heard the final decision of the Sixth Young Master. They know that the best opportunity in life may also be the last, an opportunity that can change their lives.

Perhaps their abilities were so average in the past that they could even be described as weak. But that's just because of military regulations, in such an environment where everyone lives in a mixed life, even if you want to perform, there is no chance, let alone conditions. Think about it, can an army that can barely eat enough to eat still have any powerful combat power?

But now, it is not a problem for them to eat, drink, and Lazar, and even they don't need to build a city like two cavalry reinforcement regiments and Jurchen cavalry regiments, but only need to concentrate on training. In such an environment, if they can't improve their strength in a month, then they are real waste, and they really don't deserve anyone's sympathy and understanding of them.

Although they still can't have the same strong horse combat power as the Jurchen cavalry regiment in a month, at least they have to be stronger than ordinary cavalry, reaching the standard of second-class cavalry.

With this belief, every day as soon as dawn, the independent regiment went out of the city for training. They would not return until it was completely dark and could not be seen, and then dragged their tired bodies to eat a full meal, and then quickly entered the makeshift barracks to rest.

At least six hours a day of training, but no one complains of tiredness, they are all trying to change themselves and improve themselves.

The Independent Regiment is changing at an astonishing rate, and Siseong, like them, is changing day by day. When the simple military camp was built, Yang Chendong gave another order, and some old houses in the city were demolished, and the stones and wood were used to build the outer city wall.

In Yang Chendong's eyes, most of the original buildings in the city were unqualified. Not only are their houses shabby and not sturdy enough, but even the layout is too chaotic. The streets are too narrow and there is no planning, so even if the city is large and populated, it feels extremely backward.

Even if the city is its own name, it needs to be like a big city. For a time, the city began to become empty, and more and more uninhabited houses in the city were demolished to build the walls of the city. In this way, only ten days later, on the outskirts of the first city, there was a strong outer city six or seven miles long, and from a distance, there was a trace of majestic signs, and there was the prototype of a great city.

The movement here in Shicheng naturally attracted the attention of other surrounding forces. In particular, the nearby Tatar Division, which originally belonged to them, was now occupied, and the 5,000 men sent to fetch water were robbed, and about 200 of the 1,000 cavalry sent out also died.

This is already hatred, the kind of hatred that has to be repaid.

And not only the Tatar army, but also the Hara Ruochu of the Warat Department, who had suffered losses at the hands of Yang Chendong before, also sent scouts to inquire about them after the defeat. The movement here in Shicheng was big enough, and of course it also attracted their attention, and they were a little eager to try it for a while.

In addition, there is also the Mobei Mongolian Department.

Sude Khan suffered a big loss at the hands of Yang Chendong, and he was also criticized when he returned to the tribe, which made him feel disgraced. And it was at this time that the scout sent back the news that they had found the five-star army that had caused them to suffer, and they were building the First City. But at the same time, there is another piece of news that comes at the same time, that is, the five-star army is actually a mercenary, and their leader is the Ming God of War who once defeated the leader of Wara, Yang Chendong, the loyal and courageous prince of the Ming Dynasty.

The five-star army is a mercenary, and the army that built the city is a mercenary.

When this news was deliberately released by Yang Chendong, it quickly shocked the area, so that some forces that were still about to move had to suppress the idea of making a move first, and decided to take a look.

Who is it first? Presumably, no one on the grassland is not clear.

Three years ago, this person won more with less, defeated the main army of hundreds of thousands of the Ming Dynasty, and once almost broke through the capital of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of scenery was that?

But such a powerful person, with a strong cavalry team, was finally defeated by a Han scholar who was said to be in his early twenties, and this person also got an even louder nickname after the war - God of War.