Lin Jue and the others continued to stay in the Shiren Mountain Village for three days. In the past three days, Lin Jue, Gao Muqing and others have been very busy. There are too many follow-up things to solve after taking Shirenshan Dazhai, and a decision must be made as soon as possible.

The first thing to decide is the question of whether Luoyan Valley Dazhai should be relocated here. It stands to reason that Shiren Mountain Village has unique terrain advantages, and the scale of the cottage is also very large, and the houses are very complete, it seems that it should be used as the main village of Luoyan Valley Village. But on this issue, Lin Jue's views are different from those of others.

Lin Jue is not looking at the topography of Shiren Mountain and the scale that has been formed, which is certainly an important criterion, but it is not the main criterion. Lin Jue told everyone that although the mountain of Shiren Mountain is steep, the terrain is conducive to defense, and the main village facilities are also very complete. But the fatal flaw is that the valley below Shiren Mountain is too cramped, and there is no flat land to cultivate. This will greatly limit the development of the entire cottage.

The reason is simple, Zuo Zongdao's practice is to gather all the mountain people to live in a few narrow valleys below the mountain. Its intention is to facilitate the collection of crops, woven cloth and other materials grown by these people and mountain people to supply Dazhai. However, in the valleys below the mountain, there is actually very little land suitable for farming, and a large number of people and mountain people have no land to cultivate, so they have to resort to the method of encircling the mountains to create fields.

However, although these terraced rice fields look spectacular, they are actually very limited. In the event of a flash flood, it is common to destroy countless acres of land along the way, resulting in no harvest of grains. And Zuo Zongdao naturally doesn't care about the life and death of these people, and the food and materials that should be collected should not be less at all, so these mountain people and people will be unlucky. It is not uncommon to have no food to eat, no clothes to wear, and people to die of starvation.

This is not Lin Jue's fabrication, in order to understand these situations, Lin Jue personally went to the people's homes under the mountain to conduct field research. The mountain people told him that the land here was barren and the yield was pitiful. And Zuo Zongdao's Shirenshan Village collects a lot of taxes, and all the people are almost in a state of extreme poverty, and even basic food and clothing have not been solved. Lin Jue personally tasted the black wowotou in a mountain people's house, and the taste and texture made it difficult for Lin Jue to swallow at all. There is not much noodles in the nest, most of them are made by the people who dry and grind the wild vegetables and grass roots picked in the mountains in order to survive in winter, and mix them with a small amount of buckwheat flour. If it is placed in a land of abundance, it is something that an animal will not eat a bite.

The people can't survive is one thing, and the other is that this situation will actually greatly affect the supply of materials in the cottage. Even if you exploit the people again, there is only a little grain in the field, and all of it is taken away, it will still not be enough to supply. Therefore, in fact, with the scale of Shiren Mountain Village, it is possible to raise thousands more soldiers and horses. However, Zuo Zongdao did not do this, I am afraid that it was also due to the insufficient supply of materials. This can also be corroborated in the conflict between Zuo Zongdao and Gao Muqing and others because of the supply of materials. If Zuo Zongdao had sufficient supplies and grain and grass, he would definitely not easily turn his face with Gao Muqing. He should find a way to stabilize Gao Muqing and them, which is more conducive to his purpose of using these people to fight for his territory.

In fact, in essence, Lin Jue agreed with Zuo Zongdao's practice of gathering the people and mountain people in the left vicinity of Dazhai. This actually coincides with my own thoughts. Any large cottage in the Funiu Mountains is faced with the problem of basic material supply, and self-reliance and the people support the army, which is the most fundamental method. Lin Jue's proposal to open up land cultivation in the Luoyan Valley is actually this idea. But only if there is a suitable place to farm. And this point will be fully solved in the valley of the wild goose. The large area of fertile land in the valley is suitable for farming, and once it is all developed, it will become a large granary.

As soon as Lin Jue analyzed this, Gao Muqing, Yuan Lang and others also understood. Although Yuan Lang strongly requested that the Luoyan Valley General Village be moved here. But after Lin Jue reasoned and reasoned, Yuan Lang no longer insisted. Indeed, the Luoyan Valley Dazhai has now annexed the Shirenshan Dazhai all at once, and the territory and the population under its jurisdiction have increased several times at once.

Lin Jue proposed that since the land in the valley below Shiren Mountain was not suitable for farming, the five or six thousand mountain people under the mountain should migrate most of them to Luoyan Valley. Leaving two or three hundred households in the valley under Shiren Mountain, the cultivated land of each household can be greatly increased. This would not only ensure the supply of soldiers and horses stationed here, but also allow the people to have a surplus.

In fact, there is no need to leave too many soldiers and horses to guard the cottage here, Lin Jue proposed that it would be enough to leave Yuan Lang and fifty soldiers of the Luoyan Army, plus more than three hundred mountain bandits who surrendered from Shiren Mountain, to garrison here. First, the small number of soldiers and horses can reduce the burden on the people, and secondly, this number is actually enough to defend such a dangerous cottage.

After several discussions, the decision was finally settled, and Yuan Lang and four hundred men stayed in Shiren Mountain to garrison. Yuan Lang was also officially appointed as the owner of the Shiren Mountain Branch. The rest of the more than 500 surrendered soldiers and more than 1,000 mountain people near Shiren Mountain, seventy percent of the people will all return to Luoyan Valley with Lin Jue and Gao Muqing to settle down.

Three days later, a great migration began. Even after leaving this place where they could not live, the people still showed reluctance to give up and refused to leave. Of course, for them, being forced to leave their place by another group of bandits in this harsh winter season, and their future is bleak, they are naturally afraid in their hearts.

Bitter persuasion did not work, and many people just refused to leave. In the end, Lin Jue brazenly ordered to start burning down their dilapidated thatched and adobe houses. More than a dozen villages under the mountain were blazing with flames, making them as vicious as devils entering the village. Under these circumstances, about 5,000 people wept and dragged their children on the road.

The people were already anxious enough, not to mention the more than 300 captives who had to escort Beishan Dazhai, as well as most of the materials captured from Shirenshan Dazhai, also had to be transported away. The road was full of cries, shouts, and scoldings, and the mountain roads were rugged and difficult to navigate, and people and vehicles were often trapped in them, making it a mess.

The number of accompanying guards and horses was actually very small. In addition to more than 100 soldiers of the Luoyan Army, the other main force was the mountain bandits from Shiren Mountain Dazhai who surrendered. Lin Jue and Gao Muqing were actually most worried about these guys making trouble halfway, which would be a terrible thing. Before leaving, Lin Jue and Gao Muqing specially came to Du Chengjiang for a detailed discussion and encouraged him.

Fortunately, Du Chengjiang's performance was very satisfying, and along the way, he restrained the more than 500 soldiers and conscientious guards, and there was no difference. And there are a lot of good ideas. For example, it was proposed to let more than 300 captives from Beishan Dazhai push carts to save manpower. In this way, although it was difficult to trek, but fortunately, everything was chaotic and orderly, slow and not sluggish, and the team of thousands of people went to Luoyan Valley step by step.

It took the team six days to cross the Tiger Roaring Gorge after the original three-day journey, and when they saw the two mountain peaks standing side by side in front of them, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief. The one to the east of the two peaks is Laojun Mountain, and the one to the west is the nameless peak where the Dazhai branch of Beishan is located. After these two peaks, there is the range of the Falling Goose Valley, and this long migration will also come to an end.

But Lin Jue and Gao Muqing looked extremely serious at this time, because they understood that there were soldiers and horses on the two peaks in front of them, and there were quite a few of them. According to Bao Meng's explanation, there should be more than 400 soldiers and horses stationed on the hill of Beishan Dazhai. They actually don't have to worry about it, after all, Bao Meng is in their own hands. But this army of soldiers and horses on Laojun Mountain should not be underestimated. It was five hundred soldiers and horses led by Wu Hai'er, the master of the four villages under Zuo Zongdao, who were stationed here. On the night of killing Zuo Zongdao, Mo Qiao'er mentioned this person before he died, and this person should also be a subordinate who was highly valued by Zuo Zongdao. Otherwise, he would never have been allowed to lead five hundred soldiers and horses to be stationed on Laojun Mountain.

Lin Jue ordered the team to stop and rest in the valley, and at the same time sent people to explore the road to see if there were any suspicious signs ahead. Although you can borrow the territory of Beishan Dazhai, you must pass through the southwest slope of Laojun Mountain, if you are ambushed by Wu Haier's people, it will be troublesome.

It took a full hour for the scouts sent to reconnoiter to emerge from the dense forest ahead. There were only seven or eight people when I went, but when I came back, there were dozens more. Lin Jue was standing on the slope and was wondering about the situation, when he suddenly heard one of the people in the group shouting loudly.

"Dazhai master, military advisor, hahaha, you're finally back."

Lin Jue and Gao Muqing were both surprised and delighted when they heard this, the person who spoke was actually Liang Qi. I don't know how he met with the brothers who explored the way.

"Oh, Brother Liang, why are you? We didn't send anyone back to deliver the letter, how do you know we're here? Lin Jue laughed and stepped forward.

Gao Muqing also stepped forward with a smile and said, "Yes, why did you come here?" Is the cottage okay? ”

Liang Qi rushed over, saluted Gao Muqing and Lin Jue, and said with a smile: "It can be regarded as looking forward to you coming back, why has it been so long, it's been half a month." The cottage is fine, everything is fine. ”

Lin Jue smiled and saluted, "But how did you appear in this position?" Am I looking at the terrain wrong? Isn't that Laojun Mountain in front? ”

Liang Qidao: "It's Laojun Mountain, but now Laojun Mountain is ours." I took a team of brothers to search for remnants in the woods, but I didn't expect to meet the Niu brothers. When I asked, I found out that it was the master of Dazhai and the military division who came back. I have God, how can there be such a big battle, we know that the lord of the village and the military division have captured the stone man mountain, but I didn't expect that the lord and the military division of the village will move their entire cottage here? ”

Lin Jue laughed: "It's about the same." ”

Gao Muqing shouted: "You just said that Laojun Mountain is ours, what does this mean?" What searches for remnants? Have you captured Laojun Mountain? ”