On October 8 of the first year of Gaia, the talents recruited by the Cui Chamber of Commerce arrived in Shanhai County. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

There are 1,200 of these talents, including 1,000 skilled talents such as blacksmiths, carpenters, and tailors, and 200 special talents such as down-and-out scholars, grassroots officials, and sergeants who retired ahead of schedule.

The settling-in fee for this group of personnel plus the transmission fee, Ouyang Shuo paid 5,000 gold coins.

According to Ouyang Shuo's instructions, blacksmiths, carpenters, and tailors were all assigned to the workshops of the three major armies in the Eastern District. In addition to being assigned to various departments and offices in Shanhai County, the most important thing is to be placed in five subordinate territories such as Tianfeng County to enrich the administrative structure.

Sergeants are placed in field brigades as squadron leaders or battalion commanders.

Among the talents, there are two who have attracted the most attention from Ouyang Shuo, namely the civil official Cui Shousi and the military general Sun Chuanlin. Cui Shousi is Yingyu's cousin, born in Jinshi, one of the only two Jinshi among Cui's children, and has been serving in the Yamen of the Dali Mansion Officials before.

The arrival of Cui Shousi was a big surprise for Yingyu.

She didn't expect the family to make such a big determination. It is precisely because of this that the Cui family attaches more and more importance to the education of future generations, hoping that they will embark on a career and provide political asylum for the family in the officialdom.

Cui Shousi is one of the most successful examples of Cui's education.

Ouyang Shuo roughly guessed Cui's thoughts, and without hesitation, he appointed Cui Shousi as the commander of Yishui County.

[Name]: Choi Shou-hee (Gold)

[Identity]: Yishui County Order

[Occupation]: Civil official (Jinshi)

[Loyalty]: 85 points

[Commander]: 35 [Force]: 25 [Intelligence]: 50 [Politics]: 65

[Specialty]: Persuade agriculture to teach (improve the efficiency of agricultural development in the territory by 20%)

[Evaluation]: Cui's children are knowledgeable, unique, diligent and upright.

Cui Shousi, as a gold-level talent, has only one specialty, which is slightly insufficient. Fortunately, the specialty of [Persuading Nongsang] is a good match for Yishui County, which is mainly agricultural.

If Cui Shouhei is the result of Cui's deliberate arrangement, then Sun Chuanlin is an unexpected joy.

[Name]: Sun Chuanlin (Gold Level)

[Identity]: Resident of Shanhai County

[Profession]: Intermediate general

[Loyalty]: 80 points

[Commander]: 60 [Force]: 65 [Intelligence]: 40 [Politics]: 25

[Perks]: Projectile (increases bow and arrow range by 5%), Power shot (increases bow and arrow attack power by 10%)

[Exercises]: "Archery by the Roots"

[Equipment]: Falling Goose Bow

[Evaluation]: He once served as a captain in the official army, but was replaced by the children of the family because of his dissatisfaction with his military exploits, and blatantly exposed the evil deeds in the army. Discouraged, he retired early.

Sun Chuanlin's special feature is that he is the only general in the Shanhai County Army who is famous for his archery skills. Ouyang Shuo couldn't help but think of the village era, the first archer cavalry squadron in the territory.

Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate, and immediately appointed Sun Chuanlin as the deputy general of the Chengdong Battalion and the commander of the Fifth Brigade of the First Division, responsible for the formation of a crossbow cavalry brigade in the Chengdong Battalion.

At this point, the first division of Shanhai County was officially fully established, with five regular brigades and one janissary brigade, with a total strength of 15,000 people, responsible for guarding the four directions.

With the reorganization of the army in Shanhai County, Ouyang Shuo's eyes looked at the northernmost part of the Lianzhou Basin.

After the Battle of Muye, Mulan Town was successfully promoted to a first-class county seat. A month and a half passed, and the population of Mulan County once again reached the upper limit of the full population, and it was naturally promoted to a second-level county seat.

Mu Guiying said that the time is ripe to seize Zhennan Pass.

Mulan County has just formed a city guard brigade, including two sword and shield battalions, a cavalry battalion, and two archer battalions. With the strength of the city guard brigade, if you want to capture Zhennan Pass, you still can't catch it, and I'm afraid that you will suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, the assistance of Shanhai County is needed.

If Ouyang Shuo poured his army to go, he would naturally win the battle. The crux of the matter is that sending a large army requires expensive teleportation costs. Taking an army of 5,000 as an example, the cost of teleporting back and forth is 10,000 gold coins.

Ge Hongliang, director of the military affairs department, suggested whether it was possible to pass directly through the grassland without passing through the teleportation array.

Ge Hongliang's proposal was equally difficult.

Because it is to attack the city, it should be centered on the infantry. The infantry marched slowly, and even if it was a rapid march, it would take at least a week or more to cross the steppe for more than 400 kilometers.

In addition, if the army wants to pass through the steppe, it will inevitably pass through the territory of the various tribes of the steppe. Nowadays, the situation in the grassland is complicated, and it is really not appropriate to startle the snake.

Ouyang Shuo thought about it, and could only send one of the most elite siege troops to assist Mulan County and take Zhennan Pass. In the end, he decided to transfer two ace battalions from Shanhai County, namely the first battalion of the Praetorian Brigade and the first battalion of the first brigade of the first division. In addition, there are five three-bowed and eight-ox monnieri crossbows and ten ladders.

As the size of the army expanded, pre-war preparations could no longer be completed in a short period of time, as was the case before.

The Hummingbird of the Military Intelligence Department, with Ouyang Shuo's military order, flew to the camp in the west of the city. After receiving the military order, the battalion in the west of the city had to assemble troops, and then rushed to the base camp to assemble, and it would take two days just to be on the road.

The camp in the west of the city is cooperating with the construction of Tianhai Road to exterminate the surrounding bandits.

The seized funds were handed over to the base camp, that is, Ouyang Shuo. In order to increase the enthusiasm of the anti-bandits, Ouyang Shuo stipulated that one-tenth of the seized funds should be directly distributed to all the officers and men of the anti-bandit units as a special reward.

Captured prisoners, who are qualified, are sent to the Military Affairs Department and filled into the reserve; The remaining captives were placed in the nearest towns of Yongye or Guangshui, replenishing the population of these two territories and striving to be promoted to the county seat as soon as possible.

These prisoners were basically still arranged to serve in the Tianhai Road Project.

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On October 11, Ouyang Shuo took a thousand elite divisions and a large number of siege equipment and teleported to Mulan County. Because the ladder was still huge even after disassembly and assembly, Ouyang Shuo had to teleport back and forth several times.

"Brother Wuyi, you're here!" Mulan Yue was waiting for him in the teleportation array.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"Well, Sister Mu is waiting for you in the barracks." Mulan Yue said with a smile.

"Let's go!"

In the barracks, the Mulan County Guard Brigade has been assembled.

Before the expedition, Mu Guiying invited Ouyang Shuo and others to the barracks meeting hall to hold a pre-military meeting.

Mu Guiying asked Ouyang Shuo to sit on the top, but Ouyang Shuo shook his head and refused: "General Mu, this attack on Zhennanguan will be led by the general, and the army of Shanhai County will obey the general's arrangement." As he spoke, he introduced Wang Feng and Shi Hu to Mu Guiying.

Mu Guiying has been concerned about Zhennan Pass for a long time, and his understanding of Zhennan Pass is far above Ouyang Shuo, and he must have a mature combat plan for how to attack Zhennan Pass.

Ouyang Shuo naturally will not overstep his bounds, and will be customer-oriented.

Mu Guiying is a heroine, with a bold temperament, and she does not shirk, she sits down at the top and says: "Through this period of investigation, I finally have a general understanding of Zhennan Pass. The number of bandits occupying Zhennan Pass is about 3,000, and the leader is called Li Anbai. was originally a famous chivalrous man, but was later designed by traitors, expelled from the division, exiled to the wilderness, and finally fell into the grass. This person is strong in martial arts, although he is committed to the thief camp, he still has a chivalrous heart, and after designing to occupy Zhennan Pass, he restricts his subordinates from killing innocents indiscriminately. ”

"The problem is that Li Anbai suffered internal injuries because of the accident in his early years, and he has not recovered, coupled with his advanced age, he is gradually unable to do his best, and he can't restrain the group of strongmen under him."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, no wonder Mu Guiying was so eager to eradicate Zhennan Pass, it turned out that there was such a change. It is foreseeable that as soon as Li Anbai died, the first person to suffer was Mulan County.

"Li Anbai still has a daughter, named Li Feixue, twenty-eight years old, was born to Li Anbai after falling into the grass and Mrs. Xiangxian. Li Anbai loves this girl very much, and teaches what he has learned all his life. This Miss Li, under the conscious cultivation of her father, came out of the mud without staining, slim and elegant, clean and self-conscious, and was not contaminated with the habits of bandits. It is precisely because of this that Li Anbai is worried that after his death, his daughter will not only be unable to gain a foothold in Zhennanguan, but under the eyes of the wolves, even the innocence of his daughter's family may not be guaranteed. ”

Mu Guiying told the story, Ouyang Shuo couldn't imagine that there was such a tortuous story in it.

For this matter, Li Anbai couldn't sleep at night. Coincidentally, a detailer who was arranged by the last general to Zhennanguan was identified by the shrewd Li Anbai. This person is also very powerful, and he actually calculates what he does, but he has a detailed way of doing it. When he learned that the fine work was from Mulan County outside the pass, he immediately thought about it. After learning more about it, Li Anbai was even more excited, and immediately made a decision to sacrifice Zhennanguan to protect his daughter's innocence. ”

Ouyang Shuo was stunned, no wonder Mu Guiying knew so much about Zhennanguan, and even knew such secret things clearly. What followed was incomprehension, since Li Anbai was willing to sacrifice the pass, why did Mu Guiying still ask for assistance from Shanhai County, with this internal response, it was not easy to take Zhennan Pass? !

"What's going on here?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

Mu Guiying sighed and said, "Master Hou's expectation is good, something has indeed happened. Just the day before yesterday, for some reason, the news that Li Anbai was going to sacrifice the customs was suddenly leaked, causing an uproar in the customs. Although the bandits respected Li Anbai, the leader, they could not accept the dedication. Coupled with some people with ulterior motives behind the scenes, according to the last news from Xizuo, Li Anbai's father and daughter have actually been placed under house arrest. The person in charge of the customs has changed hands. Not only that, but the bandits also threatened to attack our Mulan County as a punishment. ”

Ouyang Shuo shook his head amusedly, "This group of bandits is too ignorant of the sky and the earth, it's okay for them to hide honestly in the pass; Once out of the customs, is it the enemy of Mulan County? I'm afraid it's not true. (To be continued.) )