The fierce north wind blew from the north, over the rolling mountains, and blew the weeds withered and yellow, and blew the boundless fallen leaves on the mountains. Chen Yue stood on the side wall, looking at the grassland in the north, and his mood was as lonely as the grassland in this winter.

It has been more than half a year since he came to this world, and he has grown from a military household lacking food and clothing to a garrison warlord who is now in command of thousands of troops, and is the king and hegemon of this bluestone castle. But what Chen Yue had in his heart was boundless silence, because he knew that in the face of the rolling tide of history, the strength in his hands was not enough at all, whether it was the Manchurian puppet Qing outside the Guanxi or the Li Chuang peasant army in Henan and Shaanxi, it was not something that his own people could deal with. All I can do is to try my best to make myself and my family survive in this troubled world, that's all!

For saving Daming and the responsibility imposed on him by his father Chen Jianghe, Chen Yue is just helpless. There are civil and military ministers in the Manchu Dynasty who only know about flies and dogs, and Chongzhen who is stubborn but unwilling to take responsibility for his subordinates at all, this Ming Dynasty is hopeless! Heaven has destroyed it, and how can it be retrieved by manpower!

Take his own experience as an example, he has made such a great contribution, but he was sent to this place where birds don't in the countryside, don't the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty know the current crisis in the imperial court? Don't you know if it's time to hire people? One by one, they are still thinking about their own immediate interests! Perhaps in the eyes of these high-ranking officials, the court, the family and the country, nothing is important, only their own interests are important. The Ming Dynasty is gone, they can kneel and join the new dynasty, whether it is Li Chuang or Mantar, there is always a need for someone to govern this huge country for them, so these literati have nothing to fear.

Since it can't be saved, then it doesn't matter what the hell it is, he's just an ordinary person, although he has the identity of a traverser, he is still an ordinary person in the final analysis, and he doesn't have any eloquence or superhuman insight. An ordinary policeman in his previous life can become a savior in this life? Chen Yue didn't believe it himself!

At this moment, Chen Yue just wants to find a warm and beautiful place, spend this life safely with his family and the people he cares about!

Looking at the grassland in the distance, Chen Yue sighed in his heart. But he was just emotional, but he could only wave his head, shake off the thoughts in his heart, shake his spirits, walk down the side wall, put a confident smile on his face, and began to deal with things in the army. Spend a life safe and happy, everyone thinks, but in this troubled era, peace is the greatest luxury, the full of Tartar iron horses will sweep the entire land of China, where can you find a happy land?

"Your Excellency!" Wang Yin looked at Chen Yue with some concern, and he could see the forced smile on Chen Yue's face.

"Yokoyama Gong, I'm fine." Chen Yue smiled, "How's the preparation for the attack?" ”

"We have prepared enough cooked food for 1,000 people for a month, mixed with white flour, sesame and soybeans, stir-fried, and hired military family members to brand thousands of flatbreads, and then accompanied by jerky, and there should be no problem with food. The chariot has also been remodeled, with spokes on the underside of the vehicle, so that even if it snows heavily, the wheels can be removed and pulled by horses to glide through the snow! ”

Wang Yin reported to Chen Yue on the preparations. The matter of going to the Mongols to fight the grass valley has been decided, whether it is to survive this winter to solve the food shortage, or to further expand the army to recruit soldiers, it is necessary to get a huge fortune in the short term, and the Ming Dynasty has no choice but to hit the idea on the Mongols.

"My lord, don't be too kind, at this moment, it is most important to expand our strength as much as possible, don't talk about the only son in the family, as long as it is a young and strong man, he must be brought to the army, and it is only right to pull up the size of the army as soon as possible!" Wang Yin persuaded him.

Chen Yue is only willing to recruit one soldier from each military family, and he is not an only son, it is best not to have a marriage match, which makes Wang Yin extremely puzzled, in this situation, as long as it is a man who can fight, he has to be pulled into the army, where can he manage so much!

Chen Yue always thought that he would definitely flee to the south with his subordinates, afraid that those who were concerned about his family would follow him, and no one would care about his family and no one would ask. But think about it, the whole world has fallen, how can you have so many scruples!

"Okay, as long as you are willing to join the army, you will accept them all!" Chen Yue sighed secretly in his heart and nodded. Now there are more than 1,000 former military households of the mountain people who have come down from the mountains, and if all the men are recruited into the army, they can recruit 1,000 more people, so that they will have 3,000 troops under their command.

"My lord, I heard that the Xishan Coal Mine is in a very bad situation now, after the imperial court sent personnel to manage the coal mine, all the coal mines are in the hands of those officials and nobles, and the life of the miners is not as good as before. Look, do you want to recruit those villagers again? Wang Yin suggested to Chen Yue.

"Aren't they thinking about going home to dig coal and take care of their families? Are you willing to come and be a soldier? Chen Yue was surprised, the idea of a good man not being a soldier is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, except for the military households who are destined to be soldiers, the vast majority of the people will not be soldiers in any case as long as they have a stutter, which is also the reason why those township soldiers hurriedly went home to dig coal as soon as they heard that the gate of Beijing was opened and the coal was sold again.

"When I see the outside world, I definitely have different ideas in my heart. It is dangerous to be a soldier, but life is much more chic and comfortable than going down to the mine every day to carry heavy coal," Wang Yin said with a smile, "When they are not soldiers to fight, they are full of fear of fighting, and after following you to fight with the Mantars and receiving a large amount of silver rewards, many people return to the coal mine and find that they can no longer dig coal with peace of mind." Some time ago, the miners who came to deliver coal talked more than once about the thoughts of these village soldiers, and many of them thought that they could return to the army. ”

"That's a good feeling!" Chen Yue couldn't help but be overjoyed and said that there were more than 3,000 villagers who had returned to the Xishan Coal Mine, and these people had undergone superficial training, were familiar with the rules of the army, and had followed him to fight with the Manchurians, basically eliminating the fear of battle, and they were already experienced veterans. If they are willing to come back, their strength will be doubled! However, in this case, the pressure on logistics and food will be even greater, and a large number of weapons and armor will be required.

"I don't know when Liu Neng and Yu Feng will be able to come back!" Chen Yue said, only when Liu Neng, Yu Feng and others came back and brought back the details of the Mongolian tribes, so that they could sneak attack them, and only then could they seize the materials of the Mongols' cattle, sheep, war horses, and weapons to arm themselves.

At this moment, it is necessary to plunder the enemy in order to quickly strengthen itself.