In Lantian County, Li She was appointed as the county magistrate and appeased the people here.

Li She was originally a county magistrate of the Tang Dynasty. After joining Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, he was appointed as the county magistrate of Lantian by Zhang Hua and governed 50,000 households in Lantian County.

"There are 50,000 households in Lantian and 3,000 troops stationed."

"The most urgent task is to set up post stations to connect counties, towns and villages."

When Li She became the magistrate of Lantian County, his first thing was to set up post stations on various important roads and towns to connect various places.

There are seven counties in Yongzhou and eight counties in Luozhou. Each county has several towns, at least dozens of towns. The stations connect these towns, transport money and grain, dispatch troops, and pass on administrative orders.

According to Zhang Hua's plan, more than 100 stations were set up in Yongzhou and Luozhou.

The post stations are divided into land posts and water posts. Each post station has post houses, posts, post horses, post donkeys, post boats and post fields.

Zhang Hua divided the Luyi into six grades: the first-class poster was equipped with 20 posters, the second-class poster was equipped with 15 posters, the third-class poster was reduced, and the last first-class sixth poster was 2 to 3 posters.

The water post is divided into three levels: 12 postmen are assigned to the water postmen, 9 postmen are assigned to the leisurely postmen, and 6 postmen are assigned to the leisurely postmen.

When he was young, Li Zicheng worked as an in-houseman at Yinchuan Post Station. Later, because Emperor Chongzhen streamlined the post station, Li Zicheng was unemployed, which indirectly led to Li Zicheng's rebellion.

Currently, Zhang Hua gave Yongzhou and Luozhou a thousand postmen, and news from all over the country quickly spread to Chang'an and Xia Town.

"We also need to organize civil servants to build Lantian Pass."

Li She had a lot of things to do, and he wanted to recruit civilians to build Lantian Pass.

From the Central Plains to Chang'an, you don't have to go to Tongguan, you can also go to Shangyu Ancient Road, from Nanyang to Chang'an.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Dong Zhuo's death, his generals had internal conflicts. Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu took the Shang Dynasty to the ancient road, from Lantian to Nanyang, conquered the city and occupied the land, but unfortunately died of an arrow.

So this is why Zhang Xiu appeared in Nanyang.

Zhang Hua built Tongguan in Huayin County and asked people to build Lantian Pass in Lantian County, in order to guard the important roads and consolidate the territory.

After Li She took office, he recruited 3,000 civilians and began to build Lantian Pass.

The generals of Lantian County sent 1,000 soldiers to maintain order, urge craftsmen and civilians to build passes, and at the same time attacked the bandits in the Qinling Mountains.

Li She came to inspect every few days to ensure the progress of Lantian Pass.

"Sir, it is said that Yuan Shu, the prince at the end of the Han Dynasty, fled into the Shangluo Mountain area of ​​the Qinling Mountains with a remnant army. Our Lantian County is not far from Shangluo Mountain. If Yuan Shu sends troops, our Lantian County will definitely be the first to be affected."

"This is also the reason why General Tiandesity asked us to build Lantian Pass in Lantian County."

Li She was inspecting when suddenly the civilians who built Lantian Pass were in a stir.

"What's wrong?"

Li She had just served as the magistrate of Lantian County. If there were any twists and turns in the construction of Lantian Pass, then his career would be equivalent to ruining most of his career.

"Sir, a large number of mountain barbarians are coming in the Qinling Mountains!"

"Shanman?"

Li She's scalp is numb.

The Qinling Mountains are vast in area and indeed have a lot of people in the mountains and forests, among which there are more mountain barbarians.

The Shanman left the Qinling Mountains and suddenly appeared in Lantian County. It must be that the visitor was not good!

The 1,000 Xia soldiers who maintained order immediately formed an array at the unfinished Lantian Pass and dismissed the civilians.

Zhang Hua's main force was deployed near Chang'an to guard against Qin Xiaogong and Cao Zhen, and to guard against the northern border, Li Zicheng, to guard against the rebel king, to guard against Tongguan and Linjin, to guard against the Hedong Jurchens,

There are only 3,000 low-level soldiers in Lantian County, so it is okay to deal with ordinary bandits. If you encounter large-scale mountain barbarian attacks from the Qinling Mountains, you may not be able to defend them.

"Hurry, ask for help from Chang'an!"

Li She knew that the local soldiers in Lantian County could not stop the mountain barbarians, so he quickly sent someone to run to Chang'an and asked Zhang Hua to dispatch the main army to suppress the mountain barbarians.

"Sir, let's retreat quickly, otherwise if we are besieged by the mountain barbarian army, I'm afraid..."

The county officials following Li She were walking on thin ice.

No one knows how many mountain barbarians are in the Qinling Mountains.

"I am the official of my parents here. How can I abandon the people and escape alone? Besides, there are still three thousand soldiers in Lantian County!"

Li She stayed at Lantian Pass and worked with the soldiers of Lantian County to block the mountain barbarian army that came out of the Qinling Mountains.

Among the Shangyu ancient roads, mountain barbarians appeared all over the mountains, with tens of thousands of people crowded on the narrow roads, and they could not see the end at a glance.

These mountain barbarians are majestic, have fierce folk customs, and are vicious. Many of them are shirtless and have various colorful patterns on their bodies.

The slightly elite mountain barbarians are equipped with leather armor made of wild boar skin and cowhide. Only a very small number of mountain barbarians are equipped with armor, and there are also sword marks on the armor. Obviously, they have been used for a long time but have not been replaced.

It can be imagined that the mountains in the Qinling Mountains lack iron ore and craftsmen, so the number of armored animals is so rare.

But Shanman relied on his large number of people to forcibly attack Lantian County.

"Arrow ready!"

The county magistrate was facing the dark mountain barbarians and his scalp was numb, but he still had to try to block the mountain barbarians at Lantian Pass.

If these mountain barbarians are allowed to enter Lantian County, then 50,000 civilians in Lantian County will be affected.

The overwhelming rain of arrows fell from the sky, and the leading mountain barbarians were covered with arrows, and there were wailing, and at least hundreds of mountain barbarians were killed and injured.

These mountain barbarians are strong in physique, but their equipment is really poor. They don’t have decent armor and their defense cannot be improved. Once they are shot, they will either die or be injured.

"Shoot the arrow!"

The county magistrate was hysterical and wished that his archers could shoot like machines to keep wildly at bay to block these aggressive mountain barbarians.

Lantian Pass was not completed, it was just a simple earth wall, but it could already buffer the impact of the mountain barbarians and not be quickly destroyed by the mountain barbarian army.

A thousand soldiers stationed in Lantian Pass desperately used bows and arrows to harvest the lives of the mountain barbarians. When they rushed to the bottom of Lantian Pass, hundreds of mountain barbarians had already fallen.

However, hundreds of mountain barbarians were just a drop in the bucket. More mountain barbarian soldiers came to the gate and used the method of stacking arhats to cross Lantian Pass.

"kill!"

The mountain barbarians fought with the Lantian defenders, with a large number of people and the Lantian defenders suffered heavy casualties and began to be defeated.

"Stop them and don't let them enter Lantian County!"

Li She was hysterical and joined the battle with a group of yamen runners, trying his best to delay the mountain barbarians.

Bang!

The mountain man waved his mace and hammered the Xia soldiers, red and white splashed all over the ground.

Li She drew his sword and killed a mountain barbarian, and blood splattered all over.

At least a few hundred mountain barbarians crossed Lantian Pass and fought in the narrow terrain of Lantian Pass.

The remaining two thousand soldiers in Lantian County heard that the Qinling Mountains attacked Lantian Pass, and immediately came to support Lantian Pass.

When Lantian Pass was about to be broken, these two thousand soldiers joined the battlefield and pushed the Shanren.

Under the leadership of various leaders and sergeant commanders, the Lantian defenders formed a small-scale combat squad and killed the mountain barbarians in the melee.

The Xia army had generals, lieutenants, commanders, 100 generals, commanders, and commanders, and other layers of officers. They were in order, with five and ten people as small teams. When fighting alone, they formed an advantage in the battle, but now the mountain barbarians retreated.

The two sides fought bloody battles at Lantian Pass for a long time, and the Lantian defenders tried their best to block the mountain barbarians from Lantian Pass!

Behind the mountain barbarian army, Yuan Shu, wrapped in animal skins, led a team of soldiers wearing vine armor to arrive.

There are many bandits and generals around Yuan Shu.

After the Dazhong Town, which Yuan Shu had worked hard to manage, was snatched away by Zhang Hua, Yuan Shu took Ji Ling and a group of confidants to escape into the Shangluo Mountains of the Qinling Mountains, attacked the local barbarians and bandits, established Shangzhou Town in Shangluo Mountains, and became the overlord of Shangluo Mountains.

Yuan Shu's talent allowed bandits and generals from all over the Qinling Mountains to gather around Yuan Shu one after another. Yuan Shu conquered many barbarian tribes in the Qinling Mountains, with strong soldiers and horses.

A mountain barbarian general knelt in awe in front of Yuan Shu: "King, Lantian County is indeed building Lantian Pass. The warriors of our tribe are urgently attacking Lantian Pass, but because the opponent's reinforcements arrived in time, they have not yet been captured!"

"For useless waste, let the Tengjia Army capture Lantian Pass."

Yuan Shu waved his hand and five hundred vine armored soldiers wearing vine armor woven by thousands of years of vines, walking as fast as flying, and approaching Lantian Pass on the rugged mountain road as if walking on the flat ground.

"Zhang Hua, if you take my town, how can I let go of Yuan Gaolu? There is also Jin Wushu. If I were captured alive by me, five horses would be dismembered!"

Yuan Shu's face was gloomy. He did not forget the fact that he was taken away from his territory.

"Hu, Hu, Hu..."

Li She was panting like a cow, her eyes were red, and her blood flowed down her arms, and the sword was covered with blood.

He and three thousand Lantian defenders blocked the mountain barbarian army at Lantian Pass, and adhered to their duties without taking a step back.

The mountain barbarians who broke into Lantian Pass were expelled from Lantian Pass under the battle of three thousand defenders.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Lantian Town produced a lot of armor, which gave Lantian defenders the upper hand when facing mountain barbarian warriors who lacked armor.

"As long as you stick to it for a while, the cavalry in Chang'an will arrive!"

Li She roared, held the sword in both hands, and stabbed another mountain barbarian warrior to death.

The right chest of the mountain barbarian warrior was pierced, and he let out a heart-wrenching scream. He waved the wooden stick in his struggle and hit Li She's helmet!

Li She was hit by a blunt weapon, her eyes were filled with stars, and blood flowed down from her head, almost falling down.

Li She used a long sword to penetrate the ground, forcibly supporting her body and preventing herself from falling down.
To be continued...