Chapter 484: Four more counties (two-in-one chapter, please vote and subscribe)
On the day of the event, driven by various selfishness, desires, and interests, Luo Chong asked the 300 households to move to the new city and quickly gathered together. In addition, in addition to these 300 newly promoted titles of public officials, other higher-level titles were also conferred.
For example, Shu Da, Shou Ya, and Xue Tu were all conferred the sixth-level title of Gu Shen, and were sent to various places to perform military duties. Shu Da was sent to the newly built Ruyang County and was ordered to form a new team to garrison Ruyang County; Shou Ya, as Luo Chong's family, was an absolutely reliable confidant. Luo Chong directly sent him to Liuyang County, where there were many foreign populations and complicated personnel, and Shou Ya had to be in charge. The task was also to form a new army to garrison there.
Xue Tu had been in the Han tribe for two years. His previous tribesmen had died, and his wife and children had also died in the invasion of the Fire Tribe. Now he has found two new women in the Han tribe and has another child, who is about to turn one year old.
He had been Shu Da's assistant and deputy section chief before, but now he can be considered independent. Luo Chong directly sent him to Fumaguan to garrison and serve as the local military chief.
In addition, all the previous general flag officers were promoted to other positions. The general flag of cavalry Chai Duoduo and the general flag of sword and shield soldiers Hu Mancang were left to garrison Hanyang County.
The general flag of spearmen Shi Liu and the general flag of archers Tan Jian were ordered to form a new army and continue to expand westward. Their mission was to protect a garrison market located on the large flat land between the lower part of Tuoguling and the forest to the west. The strategic purpose was, first, to continue to expand outward and establish a new county, and second, to include the entire Xishan into the defense range of Hanyang County. In this way, the salt mine on Xishan was truly under the jurisdiction of the Han tribe.
They were also familiar with that place. It was at the spring meeting of Rumeng Water Valley three years ago that Luo Chong bought hundreds of them directly. When he came back, he took that route. By the way, he also led them to block the attack of the Fire Tribe on Tuogu Ridge. Even the row of scarecrows left over from the three-year battle can still be clearly seen as a row of wooden stakes. The scarecrows on them had long been burned by the Fire Tribe.
In addition to these military arrangements, a large number of titles of good and wise were conferred. They were all powerful craftsmen in Hanyang City. The cripple who managed the kiln, the big mouth of the metallurgist, the clothes of the textile workshop, and the wooden barrels of the wood workshop were all awarded the fourth-level title of wise. Several outstanding apprentices were also awarded the title of good.
There was also the former chief of the Snake Tribe, She, who was directly awarded the fifth-level title of Gushou. The reason was that the Snake Tribe contributed a variety of herbs that could cure diseases, and the merits accumulated to the title of Gushou. No one objected to this, but rather envied it.
Of course, this title was not given for nothing. As soon as the title was issued, Luo Chong issued a new order to Chief She to continue looking for useful herbs and accumulate experience for the medical cause of the Han tribe.
As for whether they would poison people when tasting the herbs, Luo Chong didn't care at all. Although the title is now very good, it is actually not so easy to get.
If you want a title, you have to pay a price.
In the next few days, 2,500 households moved from Liuyang County also arrived in Hanyang City one after another. However, this is just a transit station. After a short rest in Hanyang City, this group of people was divided into 500 households, about 2,000 people, plus 100 households moved out of Hanyang City, and 100 households of the newly conquered Nian tribe, a total of about 3,000 people went to Fumaguan together, where they will reclaim farmland and build a new Fumaguan County.
The remaining 1,000 households, about 4,000 people, plus another 100 households from the Nian tribe and 100 households from Hanyang City, totaling about 5,500 people, went to Ruyang County together, and joined more than 1,000 people from the Gaoshan tribe and the Yu tribe stationed there, with a total population of about 7,000, to build Ruyang County together. The new city of Ruyang is one kilometer long and nearly 6 times larger than Hanyang City. If there are fewer people, the construction progress will be too slow, so so many people were mobilized.
There were still 1,000 households left from the 2,500 households that moved from Liuyang County. Luo Chong selected another 500 households from them, plus 100 households that migrated from the Han tribe, totaling about 2,500 people. Under the leadership of Tan Jian and Shi Liu, they went to garrison on the small plain below Tuoguling, and set up a new market there, and opened a labor market at the same time, absorbing the "savages" from outside to build a new county with them.
This new county located below Tuogu Ridge was named "Danshan County" by Luo Chong. Because it is located in the westernmost part of the Han tribe's territory and the surrounding terrain is open, you can often see red clouds in the sky in the evening, which makes the nearby Tuogu Ridge red, so it is called Danshan, and the market here is also called "Danshan Market".
In this way, there are only 500 households left of the 2,500 households transferred by Dashu, and there are more than 2,000 people. These people also need to be arranged. Luo Chong finally thought about it and decided to divide them into two halves, 1,000 of which were sent to the original tribal station 30 kilometers southwest of Hanyang City. There are still thousands of acres of ramie fields there, and people need to be sent to collect them every year. Now that there are more people, Luo Chong simply set up a new county there, named "Matian County".
1,000 people is indeed a little short of setting up a county, but it doesn't matter. In a month at most, the two tribal alliances in the north will come with a total of more than 4,000 people. At that time, it will be no problem to transfer 2,000 people from here. In this way, the initial manpower of Matan County will be 3,000, enough to build a new city.
The remaining 250 households, about 1,000 people, were transferred back to the east bank of the river by Luo Chong, but they were not sent back to Liuyang County, but to the northeast of the original Black Rat Tribe 20 kilometers away.
This place doesn't have any special resources, but the geographical location is particularly important. It takes three days to walk east to Liuyang County, three days to walk west to Hanyang County, three days to walk southwest to Ruyang County, and three days to walk northeast through the Dark Forest to reach the Babaoshan Mine. It is located right in the middle of the four places. It is really unreasonable not to build a city here.
In fact, Luo Chong had been to this place before. He had been here when he was investigating the site selection of Liuyang New City. Liuyang County was too far away from Hanyang County, more than 100 kilometers away. It took six or seven days to walk. Even if the field army marched quickly, it would take two or three days to walk 40 to 50 kilometers a day, which brought great inconvenience to the communication between the two places. At the beginning, Luo Chong planned to set up a post station between the two places, and that post station was exactly the location Luo Chong mentioned.
He had visited this place on the spot. There was a very wide gentle slope to the north. On the hillside was the dark forest. On the south side of the hillside was the Liuyang Plain, with forests, grasslands, and shrubs. The bottom of the hillside was relatively open. There was originally a beast path there, which was a small path that wild animals often walked through. Later, after being crushed by horses and vehicles, it had become a dirt road that could be used for traffic and became the main road connecting Liuyang and Hanyang counties.
There are several streams on the hillside that flow through the Dark Forest. Although the amount of water is not large, it flows all year round. The location of these streams was told to him by the big tree during the field investigation. The Tree Tribe used to live in the Dark Forest, so they are very familiar with the environment inside.
If a city is built here, canals can be dug to divert several streams, and then farmland can be opened up on the gentle slope. It is not convenient to grow rice in the mountains, but it is no problem to grow corn. There is a water source, the mountain is close to the main road, and there are forests around to provide firewood. Raise some rabbits, black chickens, pigs and sheep, and it is no problem to provide thousands of people with housing. A county can be set up here.
Considering the main purpose of this county, Luo Chong named the new county "Sitong County", which means it is well connected and can provide a resting place for pedestrians from all over the country. The initial construction personnel are the remaining 1,000 people. A month later, 2,000 people will be transferred from the tribal alliance that went south, making a total of 3,000 people as the first batch of construction personnel.
However, the new county will not work without people to control the situation. Luo Chong thought about it and finally sent Hu Mancang and Chai Duoduo, who were stationed in Hanyang City, to Matan County and Sitong County respectively, and let them preside over the military and political affairs of the two places respectively.
As for the defense of Hanyang City, that is not necessary. Just leave a few gatekeepers. To the west is Danshan County, to the southwest is Matan County, to the north is Fumaguan, to the east is Sitong County, and to the south is Ruyang County half an hour away by water. No matter how the enemy attacks, it is impossible for them to directly attack Hanyang City. Even if there are enemies that really get through the gaps to the vicinity of Hanyang City, Hanyang City only needs to stay closed and contact the surrounding counties to send troops, and then the center will explode.
The surrounding Danshan, Matan, Fumaguan, and Sitong counties are equivalent to the four gates of Hanyang City. In addition, Hanyang City is high and deep. Other cities have rammed earth walls, but Hanyang City has earth-covered brick walls. Even if the enemy attacks, they can't easily get in. Such a city, in such an era, is basically an invincible defense.
In the following month, which was the entire February of spring, all tribes were frequently mobilized. Nearly 20,000 people gathered in Hanyang City. After receiving various construction materials and personnel, they set out on the road to move to various places again. The relocated population from various places also arrived smoothly at the new county sites in mid-February.
It is not too late to farm now. If the land is reclaimed early, at least two crops of grain can be harvested this year, which is enough for all places to be self-sufficient. Their early food is provided by Hanyang and Liuyang counties. After three or four months, in summer, they can eat the food they grow themselves.
In late February of spring, that is, on this tense and peaceful day, the two tribal alliances from the north finally arrived, with more than 4,000 people, as well as various yaks, wild donkeys and other livestock. However, when they arrived in Hanyang City and in front of Luo Chong, they brought not-so-good news and a group of embarrassed tribesmen.
"Great Son of Heaven, when we were heading south in the spring, we encountered the cannibals again. There were thousands of them, all men. We couldn't defeat them, so we could only flee southward. Fortunately, we had a lot of livestock, and our tribesmen were good at riding, so we temporarily got rid of the enemies behind us.
But we don't know whether they will catch up with us, but I think it is very likely. After all, there are thousands of people migrating, and there are so many livestock. There must be a lot of traces left along the way. The emperor must prepare early, otherwise we may be attacked by the enemy." The leaders of the two tribal alliances nervously told Luo Chong the whole story.
This situation surprised Luo Chong. Last year, he specially sent Youye to the north for reconnaissance. The result was that he did not find the location of the giant ape, nor did he find any attacking cannibals outside. They were lucky. They went around the periphery of the cannibal settlement and came back.
Now thinking back, it was indeed a little abnormal, because the cannibals had not been active around the Han tribe for the whole year last year. Could it be that they were afraid to confront Luo Chong because they had failed in several attacks and lost many soldiers and generals and were only concerned about their development?
The more Luo Chong thought about it, the more possible it was. Otherwise, why did the enemy know that there was a tribe called the Han tribe, and had weapons such as bows and arrows, swords and shields, but they were reluctant to go south, but instead had been active in the north, and even had the idea of this team going south.
This was a group of desperate criminals who had conquered cities and territories, and they had directly degenerated into bandits who robbed on the road.
However, even if Luo Chong looked down on them, he had to be on guard against things that should be guarded against.
He first sent a notice to the counties and prefectures by sending a letter via eagle, warning them that the cannibal army might go south, and asked the counties and prefectures to prepare for defense, and at the same time to organize patrols to patrol around the counties to prevent sudden attacks.
After the defense was done, the initiative to attack could not be put aside. Luo Chong sent You Ye out again and gave him a cavalry squad to act as scouts, go north out of Fuma Pass, and look for traces of cannibals.
If possible, it would be better to shoot some cannibal totem warriors, then light a fire for them, and then lead them to Fuma Pass.
Although the county town in Fuma Pass was not built, the two separate walls had been built in the winter. The two tall walls and the towering stone canyons on both sides together formed the urn city, which can now be used for combat.
The urn city was not originally used to block the enemy, but should be like its name, to lure the enemy into the urn, and then close the door and beat them violently.
This is Luo Chong's initial battle plan. The strategic goal is not to kill and injure people, but to capture prisoners alive as much as possible.
These are excellent laborers. They only need two meals a day, two sets of clothes, and no wages. They can do any dirty or tiring work. It is easy to kill them, but it is difficult to capture them alive. I don’t know if the goal of this operation can be achieved. I hope we can capture more slaves this time. There is too much work for the Han tribe.
(End of this chapter)
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