After the salted fish is married

mountain fortress

Shizihe can reach the Chiling army camp in half an hour by riding a horse in the southeast direction, but where the horses can go, the carriages may not be able to pass.If the convoy wanted to go to the Chi Ling army's garrison, they had to take the official road from the rear and detour.

After dealing with Xiao Ling's matter, Ji Song first sent a few guards to the Chi Ling Army to deliver the news, while he and Aning made a detour to the Chi Ling Army's garrison.Yan Xining originally thought that Ji Song would be in a bad mood, and he was ready to comfort him.However, Ji Song's expression remained the same, he even took out a pair of sheepskin rolls and slowly unfolded them: "A-Ning has never been to the Chiling Army's garrison before, and it happens to be free now, so let me introduce it to you."

The distribution map of the mountains in this area is drawn on the parchment, and the mountains of all sizes are clearly visible on the map.There are even several rivers meandering in the mountains. Among them, there is a large basin where the rivers are most dense. The Chiling Army's station is in this basin.

Based on Ji Song's understanding of Aning, he really likes to hear what he said about the military.Seeing Chiling Army approaching, why did he suddenly become quiet?Ji Song raised his eyelids to meet Aning's eyes, and he sensitively caught the worry in Aning's eyes.

Ji Song said softly, "What's wrong?"

Yan Xining hesitated, "Rong Chuan, you don't have to force yourself when you're in a bad mood."

Ji Song laughed lightly, and raised his hand to touch Yan Xining's cheek: "I didn't force it."

"Seeing the subordinates I once trusted die in front of me really makes me feel uneasy. Xiao Ling let his brothers die for his own selfishness, and it is only right to use his life to pay homage to the souls of his brothers."

"The main reason why I don't tell you about him is because he's just a worthless traitor, and it's not worth your and my time wasting on him."

Ji Song is indeed a man who can afford and let go, Yan Xining felt relieved after hearing what he said.It's just that he still wants to get Ji Song's opinion on one more thing: "Then... what will Blue Wind do in the future?"

Blue Wind is a bird raised by Xiao Ling, and it was given to Xiao Ling by Ji Yu.It's fine if they didn't know before, but now that Yan Ke and the others know the inside story, they must have objections to Blue Wind, right?

But Blue Wind is just a bird, how innocent is it?It's bad luck to meet a jerk master, and it shouldn't kill you for it.

Ji Song smiled slightly: "Isn't Blue Wind your bird? From the day I shot it down, it has been the bird of our Prince Rong's Mansion."

Yan Xining raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Huh?"

Ji Song smiled and said, "How can it be considered Xiao Ling's bird after eating so much meat from our palace? Of course it is our bird."

Yan Xining let out a chuckle: "This is the debt of flesh and blood."

After talking, both of them were in a much better mood. At this time, Yan Xining began to focus on the business: "By the way, don't you want to tell me about the Chiling Army's garrison?"

Ji Song pushed the sheepskin scroll towards Yan Xining: "We are now in the Liangshan Mountains, and this is where the Chi Ling Army is stationed..."

The Liangshan Mountains are like a barrier that separates Chu and Liao from the surrounding countries. The terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Long before the establishment of the Chu and Liao dynasty, this is a battleground for military strategists.Because of the terrain, the Liangshan Mountains are not as barren as the two counties to the east of Liangshan. On the contrary, there are a lot of drought-tolerant vegetation on the mountains here. Although it looks a little sparse, it is much better than the bare barren mountains.

After entering the Liangshan Mountains, there are hidden watchtowers on every mountain, and the entire mountain range is under the control of Chiling Army soldiers.Because they have been stationed in Liangshan for a long time, the Chiling soldiers cultivated fields in the mountains to domesticate livestock. Now even if the imperial court cannot provide military pay and supplies for the time being, they can still rely on their own efforts for a period of time.

Ji Song told a lot about the Chiling Army in detail, and Yan Xining also had a preliminary understanding of the daily life of the soldiers.He used to think that the soldiers were patrolling besides drills, but now he knew that the soldiers also had to farm the land, build fortifications and so on.

After the carriage turned around a mountain ridge, Yan Xining's eyes suddenly lit up, and saw a natural pasture in front of him.I am used to seeing the yellow eyes, and suddenly I saw a piece of green, not to mention that people couldn't move their eyes, even the horses stopped.

The meandering river passes through the middle of the pasture like a jade belt, and groups of cattle, sheep and horses are leisurely scattered on the pasture.The smell of damp grass is accompanied by the smell of horses. Although it is not very pleasant, it makes people happy.

Ji Song introduced: "This is the Tianhe Ranch, one of the important pastures for grazing military horses, cattle and sheep."

When everyone stopped to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the ranch, Ji Song suddenly smiled: "Ah Ning, the brothers are here to pick us up."

Looking up, I saw hundreds of horses appearing at the end of the pasture.An excited soldier sits on every steed, and they come galloping forward.The horses came by stepping on the water, and the horseshoes splashed several feet of waves, and the backlight looked thrilling.Although there were only a few hundred people in the team, they ran like a thousand troops.

The horses straddled the entire pasture and soon came to the front of the convoy, and the soldiers got off their horses and landed on one knee.A uniform welcome sound pierced the sky: "Congratulations to the return of the coach and princess!"

The loud welcome sound made Yan Xining's eardrums swell and his heart beat faster.He really admired the iron-blooded soldiers from the bottom of his heart, no matter how many times he saw such a scene, he would be so excited that tears filled his eyes.

Ji Song slowly stood up from the wheelchair: "The generals are exempt."

The news that Ji Song had been able to stand up could not be concealed from the soldiers in the Chi Ling Army. Fearing that the leak of the news would cause unnecessary trouble, Pang Wenyuan and Wu Chengkai returned to the Chi Ling Army ahead of schedule.Suspicious people among their generals have been screened several times, so the soldiers who can come here to pick them up are all confidantes.

Seeing Ji Song standing upright in front of the crowd, Yan Xining's eyes watered, and he turned his head to suppress the tears rolling in his eyes.

It's great, it's great to be able to stand upright in front of everyone.He is really happy for Ji Song!

The soldiers of the Chiling Army were happier than Yan Xining. When they saw Ji Song stand up, Pang Wenyuan and the others grinned with tears in their eyes.Although they went to Pingchang City to pick up Ji Song before, there were so many people in the city that Ji Song never stood up in front of them.Looking at the vigorous coach now, the soldiers are happy!

Ji Song waved his hands boldly: "Go, go home!"

The base of the Chiling Army is in the mountains, and it can be reached by climbing a few hills through the Tianhe Ranch.When he got to his territory, Ji Song didn't want to hide anymore, he took Yan Xining on a black steed and led the soldiers all the way to the hinterland.

The golden black falls to the west, and the shadows of the mountains are stretched.After walking along the path for a cup of tea, the Chiling Army Garrison appeared in front of Yan Xining.On the map, the resident was just an inconspicuous basin, but when it appeared in front of her eyes, Yan Xining realized how big the basin was.

The basin in front of me covers an area of ​​[-] mu, and as far as the eye can see, it is full of square acres, with ditches interspersed in the fields.Liangshan is generally arid. Rice cannot be grown here, but drought-tolerant crops and vegetables are grown here.

Standing condescendingly on the top of the hill outside the basin and looking down, I saw a small town in the middle of the basin.Just in the evening, smoke curled up from the chimneys on the roof.

The picture in front of me is very beautiful, but there is something wrong.Yan Xining frowned and looked at it for a while, then suddenly realized that Chiling Army had a permanent population of 11 people, plus the families accompanying the army, this small town in the basin could only accommodate 2 people.How can the soldiers live in such a small place?

Moreover, as a military fortress, it is really strange that there is no training ground for soldiers or barracks here.

Seeing Yan Xining's puzzled expression, Ji Song couldn't help laughing: "Did Ah Ning notice something is wrong?"

Yan Xining nodded: "Hmm..." He subconsciously stared at the ground under his feet. Could it be that the soldiers have the magic of flying into the sky and escaping from the ground?They dug a military fortress under the basin?

Ji Song smiled and said nothing, he whipped his horse and said, "Drive—"

The horse raised its four hooves and set off along the mountain road towards the deep mountain. Yan Xining was a little puzzled, didn't they arrive at the station yet?Just as he was thinking to himself, the horse had rushed into a cave along the mountain path.

The cave is extremely hidden, and there are guards at the entrance of the cave.As soon as she entered the cave, Yan Xining opened her eyes wide - what a tall cave!

The cave is as big as a five-foot-high football field, and countless oil lamps are lit on the mountain wall. If you look closely, there is a room where each oil lamp is lit.Judging from the distribution of the oil lamps, five floors were dug out of the surrounding mountains, and each floor was connected by five-foot-wide steps, which could accommodate three people standing side by side.

This structure reminded Yan Xining of the shopping malls he visited in this world, but this "mall" was located in the mountains, which was different from the ones he visited before.An incredible idea slowly rose in his mind: "The soldiers have hollowed out the mountain, and they live in the mountain?!"

If it is in modern times, it is not uncommon for him to see a building built in a mountain.But in Chuliao, where machinery is underdeveloped, this is a miracle!Yan Xining was so shocked, how did they do it?

Ji Song smiled and said, "Are you shocked? I was also shocked when I first came to the army. I never thought that the predecessors were so smart that they carved out countless barracks in the mountains." Of course, these barracks were not for a day or two. It can be chiseled.Just like the barracks that Yan Xining saw, it took dozens of generations of soldiers to excavate it for decades.

Yan Xining's Adam's apple rolled up and down a few times, and he was breathing a little faster: "A miracle..."

Ji Song got off his horse and said, "This is the barracks for me and the generals of the Qianfeng Battalion. There are barracks in the nearby mountains." There are thousands of mountains in the rolling Liangshan Mountains, not to mention hundreds of thousands of Chi Ling troops. It doesn't matter if the number of soldiers is doubled.

Although living in the mountains is darker, the advantages are obvious.Liangzhou is hot in summer and cold in winter. If they lived in the mountains, soldiers would be easily sunburned or frostbitten.Although living in the mountains will have temperature changes, it is much better than living outside.

Yan Xining was convinced: "It's really amazing!" He killed him and never thought that the soldiers would live in the mountain.

Ji Song said softly: "The main reason is that the nearby cultivated land is very expensive, and 10,000+ people have to eat and drink every day. The imperial military pay is paid twice a year, and it will be delayed for several months on the road. If more land is not freed up to grow food, the soldiers will die Be hungry."

In previous years, not to mention that the soldiers did not have enough to eat, even his coach often went hungry.He was fed up with the untimely supply of supplies and insufficient military pay.

However, this problem will be resolved soon. This year, Liangzhou has a bumper harvest of grain. Without the exploitation by corrupt officials, the people and the army will have more grain than in previous years.In addition, Aning proposed the method of planting terraced fields. If the experiment is successful, the hills outside the station will be full of fertile fields in the future.

At this time, there was a vague shout from the depths of the cave, and Wu Chengkai respectfully saluted Ji Song and the two: "The soldiers have learned that the coach has returned, and everyone has prepared a banquet in the school grounds. Please move the coach and the princess to the school grounds!"

Yan Xining was stunned: "Is there still a school ground?" Hearing that the school ground is nearby, could it be that there is another world beyond this hill?

Yan Ke happily explained: "Princess, you don't know, our soldiers are almost always in the mountain except for patrolling and farming. There are not only barracks in the nearby mountain, but also a martial arts arena. By the way, we are still in the mountain I raised pigs."

Yan Xining's eyes widened in surprise, good guy, he thought that the Chiling Army's garrison was a shopping mall structure, but he never expected it to be an ant nest structure.

It's so exciting!