my wife is mulan

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan led nearly 4000 soldiers, more than 3000 civilians, and more than [-] Rouran prisoners. They had just settled in Wuchuan, and before they had time to set up their camp, Xue An sent someone from Nantianbao to send a message. Emperor Tuobajian's army defeated Du Chao, the coach of the puppet emperor stationed in Jinling camp.

Killed more than 3000 people, captured more than 5000 people, and seized countless food and supplies.

Du Chao retreated to Shahukou with more than 6000 remnants of the defeated generals. Shanwu County was also strengthening the city defenses, and all the passes leading to Pingcheng were strengthening their defenses and increasing their troops.

Zhao Junsheng wrote a memorial, and sent the courier to take it back, and Xue Andu sent someone to the Jinling camp. This is a memorial requesting the emperor to allocate a batch of food and grass to support the Wuchuan army in building the city.

For Zhao Junsheng, as much as he can ask the emperor, if he doesn't ask the emperor, the emperor thinks he can solve it by himself, and he will definitely not care. Only when the memorial explains his difficulties, the emperor will know how wrong he is here. Easy, self-sufficiency alone is obviously not enough to feed more than 1 soldiers and horses.

That night, Zhao Junsheng called all the ministries to discuss the matter of building the city and opening up wasteland.

Oil lamps were lit in the tents, which attracted many mosquitoes, and the weather was relatively hot. The generals who came to discuss matters did not wear armor, but only wore thin thin shirts, and some even showed their chests bare.

Hua Mulan was very annoyed by this, she patted the table and said, "This is a military discussion, not a family talk! You are generals, not civilian husbands! Look at you, all of you are disheveled, do you have any rules? I will talk to you today. Put it down here, from now on, whoever comes to discuss matters like this today will be beaten with thirty army sticks!"

The generals were originally extremely hot, but now they feel chilly all over.

Seeing that these people were silent, Hua Mulan thought that they didn't take her seriously and only listened to Zhao Junsheng, so she turned to look at Zhao Junsheng, and immediately asked, "General Zhao, what do you think?"

"Ahem, that..." Zhao Junsheng blushed slightly, and he himself was only wearing a thin shirt. Among the people present, only Hua Mulan was wearing leather armor.

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have set the time for the discussion at night. It's not only hot at night, but also full of mosquitoes. It's very inconvenient to discuss the matter. However, General Hua's suggestion is very good, so it's decided. No matter what happens in the future, just It is a formal occasion, no one is allowed not to wear armor, and those who violate it will be hit with thirty military sticks! From now on, General Hua’s words will be my words, whoever dares not to listen, all will be followed by military law, do you hear me?”

All the generals stood up together and clasped their fists in agreement: "Yes!"

"Okay, sit down!"

The generals sat down neatly.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to Hua Mulan and said, "General Hua, arrange the mission!"

Hua Mulan was a little satisfied, looked at the crowd, and said: "Tomorrow, the horse officials, the cow officials, and the sheep officials will each take two hundred Rouran people to herd, so go farther away!"

The three petty officers in charge of the livestock stood up and agreed together: "Yes, General!"

Hua Mulan continued to arrange: "Cao Jiao, you take three battalions of infantry, three thousand civilians, and thousands of Rouran prisoners to open up wasteland five miles away from here. You will have half a month at most, and you must open a pit for me. Tens of thousands of acres of fertile land come out, not only that, but ditches need to be dug for irrigation and the wheat seeds to be sown! The tools for digging wasteland and ditches should be made by a craftsman team, and they will work day and night to make tools for you! For grain seeds, find Pei If you want it, he will be responsible for providing it for you!"

At this time, Zhao Junsheng took out a map and hung it on the wall, waved to Cao Jiao, and said to him: "Look, the location of our current camp is the center of Wuchuan City in the future. Long five miles, you can't open up wasteland close to the city wall, you must be at least two or three miles away from the city wall, if Wuchuan Town needs to be expanded in the future, this will need enough room for expansion, understand?"

Cao Jiao looked at the map, clasped his fists and agreed, "Understood!"

Hua Mulan continued to arrange manpower: "Gao Xu, you take the remaining three battalions of infantry, the remaining more than 1000 civilians, and [-] Rouran captives to carry tools, chariots and horses to the mountains to cut rattan, trees, and mine stones to transport them. Stack them around the camp! Rattan is used to weave the earth-picking frame, wood is used to make beams, towers, and stones are used to build the town general’s mansion!"

Gao Xu got up and clasped his fists in agreement:

"Yes!"

Hua Mulan glanced at Gao Xiu, "Gao Xiu, your task is to lead the three battalions of cavalry to practice and maintain the safety of the camp, and send more scouts out to guard against surprise attacks by the enemy!"

"As ordered!"

"Pei Jin, your task is to prepare every meal and water for everyone, and take care of the food and supplies! It is best to arrange meals and water nearby, and sending them back and forth is a waste of time!"

"Yes, General!"

Hua Mulan nodded, "That's all I've said. Does General Zhao have anything to add?"

Zhao Junsheng looked at Jiao Yunzhe, the leader of the artisan team, and said, "Tomorrow, the masons from the artisan team will be sent over. This general will take them to draw out the base line of the city wall and the line of the moat!"

"Yes!"

"Where's the medical officer!"

Medical Officer Yang Si stood up and saluted, "This subordinate is here!"

Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Several military doctors should be sent to guard each working place. Once fainted, heatstroke, work-related injuries and other patients are found, they should be treated in time, and the military doctors should bring enough medicinal materials!"

"Yes, General!"

After the military discussion, the generals dispersed separately.

But Wan Yutong walked in, and Hua Mulan said doubtfully, "Miss Wan, you..."

Originally Wan Yutong was supposed to go with Wan Dugui, but the emperor's army was going to fight along the way and it was too dangerous, so Wan Dugui asked Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan to take care of her and let her stay with them, Wait for him to settle down in the future before taking Wan Yutong over.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan didn't want to save Wan Dugui's face, so they had to agree.

Wan Yutong said softly: "I've heard so much just now, but you didn't arrange anything for me. I can't just eat free rice here, can I?"

In front of Hua Mulan, Zhao Junsheng didn't want to have too much interaction with Wan Yutong, so he left the matter to Hua Mulan, and he went to patrol the camp.

Hua Mulan thought for a while and said to Wan Yutong: "Well, Gao Xiu will take three thousand cavalry to stay in the camp to practice and be responsible for the safety here. It is inevitable that the soldiers will inevitably suffer injuries and illnesses. If you are sick, I will ask someone to set up a tent for you in the morning, what do you think?"

A smile appeared on Wan Yutong's face, "That's great, thank you, General Hua!"

"I've said it before, you should call me Hua Mulan, you're called General Hua, I feel very awkward!"

"okay then!"

Early the next morning, various teams left one after another. They took away a lot of tools, and many horses and oxen were also taken away to pull carts and plows.

To reclaim [-] mu of fertile land within half a month, a large number of iron plows and cattle and horses must be used. Zhao Junsheng has no shortage of cattle and horses at all. In order to speed up the plowing speed, one iron plow uses two horses to increase the speed more than double.

There are special people leading the livestock, and special people are responsible for controlling the iron plow. Behind them, there are a large number of slaves breaking up the plowed soil, and some people dig ditches for irrigation. Although the river water has not yet been brought in, the canals will be Dig out first.

One ox, one iron plow, and one person can plow three acres a day, but with the addition of manpower and livestock, one iron plow can plow six acres a day. According to this calculation, it takes [-] acres of land to reclaim within half a month. Nearly [-] iron plows.

Fortunately, during this expedition to Mobei, a large number of weapons, pots and other iron horses of the Rouran people were seized. In addition, the plowshares of the iron plow are not difficult to make. Blacksmiths and carpenters can make more than 200 pieces in one day. With iron plow.

Under the leadership of the peasants, the surplus slaves used hoes, shovels and other tools to turn over the land, and one person could turn over more than an acre in one day.

On the other side, Gao Xu led the infantry, civilian husbands, and Rouran captives to cut rattan and weave it into baskets, and transport the big roots back in a cart. The demand for stones is not much, and this requires less manpower and animal power.

When batches of rattan and wood were shipped back, the officials began to organize the peasants to weave baskets, and organized the captives to peel off the bark of the wood and expose the wood to the sun.

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Wet wood cannot be used as beams, it must be dried in the sun, and some wood must be sawn into planks after drying. The planks have many functions and can be used to make molds when building city walls. When the molds are ready, fill them with soil , then tamp the soil, pour water, tamp it again, wait a few days and then remove the mold, and the adobe city wall will be completed.

Wooden boards can also be used as rafter skins for wooden houses and roofs, as well as various furniture and wooden utensils, with many uses.

"Here, this position is the southeast corner of the city wall!" Zhao Junsheng said standing in one position.

Hearing this, a mason stepped forward and scooped up a ladle of lime and drew a circle on the position Zhao Junsheng pointed to. Several other masons drew lines and nailed wooden stakes to the north and west around this circle.

A wooden stake is nailed every thirty feet. After the line is straightened, a mason uses lime to draw a thick lime line along the thin line on the grass.

According to Zhao Junsheng's regulations, the width of the city wall was three feet, so the masons drew another parallel lime line three feet away from the lime line, and the lime line extended in the same direction for two days.