If you divide the crowd by diligence and laziness, you will consider yourself a diligent person. And it is consciously and voluntarily diligent, not a person who is forced to act helplessly.

However, for several days, he led the army to patrol the periphery on horseback, and every day he had to fight with the cavalry of the Liao people who came to harass him, and he was cruising outside for two or three days in a row, from the morning sun had not yet risen, until the sun shadow was slanting westward, and the smoke was wisps, and he could take a break at the predetermined rest point.

Every time he returned to the camp, he only had the strength to pant for breath, although he was only riding a horse, but sitting on the bumpy saddle for two or three days around the defense line of Xinkou Village, and he had to fight several times a day with the Liao people's horses, which was by no means an easy errand.

The war horses under the big crotch are being replaced every day. The cherishing of war horses makes it impossible for the horse army to be ridden for days as long as conditions permit. After a patrol with their owners, they can rest for several days. It's a pity that it can't be a big deal, and more than a dozen cavalry officers with high status, including him, have also led the army out of the camp for days. The people below can rest, but they cannot.

It wasn't that there were no other cavalry generals. But if they want to deal with the Khitan elite cavalry, the Jingying horse army from Gyeonggi is far from qualified - if they really have the ability to fight with the Liao army in the field, Han Gang will not use himself as bait in Taigu County - only the cavalry from various departments in Hedong, under the leadership of excellent cavalry officers, can compete with the Liao army in horse warfare.

Moreover, when he returned to Shenwu County, Lao Tzu Zhi Kexing, who was very generous, once said very generously that no matter what Han Shumi's instructions were, he could call his son.

This kind remark, Han Gang also took it seriously unceremoniously. In this way, even if he wants to complain, he can only endure it, otherwise he will be a bad child in the family.

When the leader entered the camp, he saw a group of people gathered in the open space on the inside of the walled gate, and there were more than a dozen carriages around.

A small official shouted at the crowd with a thick and thin paper microphone in his hand: "Every carriage must take people with it when it goes back, don't leave it empty...... Don't rush, don't squeeze, let women, children and the elderly go first...... You, you, it's you, you big and three rough man, competing for a seat with a woman, are you ashamed? Men are walking! ”

The scene looks chaotic, but there is still a certain order. Zhe Keda led his troops down the road and brushed past them. These days, people from all over Daizhou have gradually evacuated from Xinkou Village to Xinzhou.

"Official!" A big man shouted, "We don't want to go to Xinzhou, we just want revenge!" Liaogou killed our people, robbed our food, burned down our houses, and drove us out, how can this revenge not be avenged? ”

"You go to Xinzhou to help the officials and soldiers, you can save a grain of rations from the imperial court, and the officials and soldiers can eat one more bite of food, and they can cut more knives at the Liao thieves." "All of them are gathered in Xinkou Village, and all the food that has been transported with great difficulty has been eaten up for you. How can the officials and soldiers fight Liaogou?! ”

The official took a paper microphone and shouted to the crowd, "When you go to Xinzhou, the government will allocate fields to you and replant grain." Or digging ditches and digging deep wells. ”

Hearing the words of the Xu official, there was some commotion in the crowd, but the Xu official said again: "Now that the land is barren, and you have no land to plant, you will definitely rely on the imperial court for relief next year." The imperial court can transport grain from the south to provide relief, and when the Liao people retreat, they can naturally go back if they want to return to their hometowns. But the court can only give you food, not money. But how can I renovate my family's house and fields without money? If you don't make more money now, what will you do when you return to your hometown? ”

Ownerless fields, whether temporary or permanent, must be cleared as soon as possible. Han Gang sent Zhang Qi to take charge of the replanting and reclamation, and even asked him to directly organize cattle and horses to help drag the plough. Including the excavation of deep wells and the excavation of ditches, they were all done in an organized form - tens of thousands of people here eat, so there is no shortage of fertilizer for good food.

Han Gang attaches great importance to the work of rushing to replant in the fields around Xinkou Village, and whether the prefecture can be stable in the next year depends largely on how much rations can be harvested by this year's replanting.

I heard Han Gang say at the military conference before, he didn't want more, after removing the seeds, it was enough for one acre of replanted fields to net one load - the replanted spring wheat could not be compared to the normally planted winter wheat, but as long as it could fill part of the deficit, it would be necessary to fill a part more.

Zhe Ke mostly glanced at it twice, and then led people around the side, which was not his business. One of the petty officers in charge of the stables had received the news and had rushed over.

"Oriyanai!" He came up with great enthusiasm and asked flatteringly, "How was today's harvest?" ”

"Don't you see, I folded a son." It's not just because I'm tired. He pointed to a group of cavalry in the middle of a group of corpses wrapped in cloth bags on horseback, and then pointed to the packages hanging from the necks of several cavalry horses around him, "But if you cut off a few dogs' heads and come back, you can count it as able to withstand it"

Those green cloth packages are the size of a human head, and the wrapping is naturally a human head. The cyan color on each wrapping cloth had large black stains, clearly stained with blood.

Ma Guan nodded again and again, and said, "When the privy sees it, he will be happy." ”

"Of course!" Zhe Keda straightened his back, his confidence overflowed, and he asked, "Is the privy in the camp?" ”

"I just came back from outside, too." Ma Guan pointed to the center of the walled city, "It should be on the side of the Chinese army." ”

Let the deputy and the horse officer take the soldiers below to settle the war horses, and he himself will go to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Food, weapons, and all kinds of huge supplies are transported to Xinkou Village every day along the narrow Shilingguan Mountain Road. When the leader returned to the camp from the outer defense line, he could directly feel the rapid growth of the reserves in the village, and the grain stacks alone had increased by more than three or five percent compared to the last time he came back.

At this time, Han Gang was methodically preparing for the attack on Daizhou.

The army is about to rise, and it is more and more necessary to ensure the safety of Xinkou Village and its transportation lines. If possible, it is even necessary to conceal the capacity level of the supply line, and try to cause misjudgment by the Liao army.

Therefore, it is an indispensable procedure to sweep the enemy troops on the outskirts of the camp like Zhe Keda, and to often compete with a considerable number of distant scouts and horses, and to do the errand of early warning for the attack of the Liao army.

After asking about the resettlement of the people in Xinzhou and mediating the dispute between the two officers, Han Gang temporarily put down the business in his hand, drank tea and asked with a smile: "How do you feel about this trip?" ”

"The thieves have gradually eased up." Zhe Keda's expression was solemn, "The spirit of people and horses is getting better and better." ”

Han Gang nodded, he was rearming in Xinkou Village and recuperating at the same time. Of course, Xiao 13 will not be idle. The soldiers under his command, who had been fighting continuously for nearly two months before, had almost reached the point of exhaustion of men and horses, and now they were free, more than half a month of recuperation, how could they not recover after a rest?

It's just relative, he has also accumulated a certain amount of grain and grass here, and he has gradually reached the bottom limit of sending troops.

"What about your casualties?" Han Gang asked with concern.

"Folded a son. However, six Liao dogs were beheaded. But there are also eleven crossbows damaged," Folded Ke Da Yan smiled, "Zhang Yanyan is probably about to call again." He sighed lightly, "But thanks to the Divine Arm Bow, otherwise how could he win so easily when he fought with the Liao thieves several times this time?" ”

"The Divine Arm Bow is just an object, and people are much more valuable. It doesn't matter if you can lose one less casualty or a few more crossbows. ”

Zhe Keda sighed in his heart, in the two years when the Divine Arm Bow had just appeared, it was good to be able to get an extra crossbow. Just a few years ago, when he was fighting with the western thieves, the imperial court allocated 1,200 sheets, which could make him unable to sleep at night. But now, more than a dozen crossbows have broken in a few days, and I really don't feel distressed at all.

"Privy Benevolence ......"

Han Gang waved his hand: "Where is benevolence, this is the right reason." ”

Compared with the Khitan cavalry, the cavalry of the Song army is definitely not comparable to the battle on horseback. Therefore, the cavalry who followed Zhe Keda carried three pre-opened divine arm bows, and once they met the cavalry of the Liao army, they would shoot the divine arm bow when they approached. Even if you can't hurt people, you can hurt horses. When the enemy is in chaos, he draws his sword and slashes all the time, and the victory is easy.

However, if the crossbow is opened for a long time without firing, it is easy to deform the bow arm and lose its strength. However, there are not many others on Han Gang's side, that is, there are many weapons, and compared to the loss of doubling the divine arm bow, of course, the safety of the cavalry is more important.

Cavalry crossbows have always been one of the most advanced research topics in the ordnance superintendent, but until now, there has been no cavalry crossbow that can be put into practical use. To be easy to carry, to be able to wind on a horse, and to be lethal enough are basically contradictory conditions. With the level of craftsmanship of this era, of course, it can't be done.

The waste use of the old heavy crossbows that have been eliminated from the Divine Arm Bow is also an option, but unfortunately there is not so much time to scavenge for ballast goods that have been stored in countless warehouses now.

So it's still with the Divine Arm Bow.

Waste is waste, at least the money is well spent.

These days, taking advantage of the villages destroyed by the Liao, Han Gang set up a large number of strongholds within 30 miles of the periphery of Xinkou Village, and used these strongholds to form a peripheral defense line to protect Xinkou Village and the communication line between Xinkou Village and Shenwu County in the north.

However, it was impossible for the Liao people to sit idly by and watch Hangang replenish military supplies and rectify war preparations, so they constantly sent troops to harass Xinkou Village, and the scout cavalry here in Hangang suffered a lot of losses. Now it is up to a few cavalry generals who are skilled in horse warfare to lead the army to resist and drive out the Liao army's attack. But at the same time, it is also training. By constantly rotating battles, they can withstand the test of small-scale wars.