Shibi Castle is located in the north of Shenshan County, beside Shibi River, and it leads to the east of the Duchengzhai. From Jinzhou to Shenshan County, you can walk on the Laohe River Valley in the south, and of course you can take a detour to Shibi Castle.

When he arrived outside the fort, Wang Zhongfu looked at the broken wall in front of him, and there was no figure around him, and he couldn't help but frown. After a while, he said, "Zhao Fu said that this is the important place in Shenshan County. Why is this like this? There is not even a figure!"

Shu Jiming said: "I have been fighting for years and people have escaped, but that's what it is! I think there should be some people left nearby. Let's look for it to make it lively. The main thing is to rely on ourselves."

As he said that, he walked towards the fort.

When I entered the fort, I saw that most of the houses on both sides collapsed and the road was covered with weeds. Not long after walking far, I saw a door lying on the ground in front of the fort hall. Two wild boars were eating grass leisurely, not afraid of people coming.

"Zhi Niang, this place has become the residence of this beast!"

Shu Jiming was furious. He pulled out his bow, bent his bow and shot a wild boar with one arrow. The other wild boar raised his head strangely and looked at the group of people outside. It had been quiet for many days. Where did these people come from?

He shot another arrow and shot the remaining wild boars down. Shu Jiming said: "Go in and clean up these two animals, eat meat tonight! Everyone clean up, stay here tonight, and find a way to do things tomorrow!"

The soldiers said they could not do so and rushed in to clean up the two wild boars.

After walking around the fort hall, Wang Zhongfu said to Shu Jiming: "There are many days no one here, and you have to clean up everywhere. Let's stay in a random way today, and clean up tomorrow."

Shu Jiming agreed and ordered the soldiers to camp in the hall and start cleaning up the fort hall tomorrow.

Everything was arranged, Wang Zhongfu and Shu Jiming left the fort hall and arrived at a mountain bag next to him.

Shibi Castle was built on a small hillside with a moat on all sides, and the terrain was dangerous. It was abandoned for a few years, and the water in the moat had already dried up, leaving only a few puddles. The Shibi River flowed by next to it, and the water was turbulent.

This area is full of hills, and Shibi Fort is the main road, which is an important place to the north of Shenshan County.

Castle Village was the military system of the Song Dynasty, and the formal army was stationed. The village was smaller than the city, and the fort was smaller than the village, occupying important roads, defending areas in border areas, and in the mainland, it was mostly stationed by patrol soldiers. For example, Hua Rong in "Water Margin" is the Wuzhai leader of Qingfeng Village, and should be the small officer of the patrol soldiers of the Song Dynasty. The big fort was 200 steps around and the small fort was 100 steps around, which was equivalent to a village.

Because of his excellent grades, Wang Zhongfu and Shu Jiming graduated from the military academy in half a year and became small officers. Now Shu Jiming is the head of the capital, and Wang Zhongfu is the military envoy. When he came to Hedong Road, he was sent to guard Shibibao.

After looking for a while, Wang Zhongfu said: "The wasteland that can be reclaimed in the surrounding rivers and valleys is less than a thousand acres, and it cannot feed many people. If our troops are sufficient, we will have enough food."

Shu Jiming said: "Military envoy, this place is not as good as the Guanzhong Tianfu, which is thousands of miles away from your hometown. You can't just look at the valleys by the river. Although the water is far away from the water, you can still grow millet and sorghum, which can also feed people. In my opinion, not only will our army not be short of food, but also can recruit dozens of households to live in. As long as we repair the Shibi Fort, people will inevitably come."

Wang Zhongfu said: "There are always going up and down here, and there is no flat land. Who is willing to live here?"

Shu Jiming said: "Of course someone comes. Tomorrow we will carefully examine the place with the bookmaker. Where can we live, where can we farm, where can we plant fruit trees, where can we open canals, all of them must be planned. When the fort is built, the army will have to train for half a day and come out to work in half a day. In just one or two years, this place will be a good place."

Wang Zhongfu looked around and after a long time, he nodded and said, "What he said is."

Shu Jiming said: "While we are not convenient to come here, we have the advantage of tranquility. If we make the place well, it may not be impossible to become a paradise. When the Jin army attacks the sacred mountain, we will also walk from the south. Our place is relatively safe."

Wang Zhongfu said: "If we want to be safe, we must make comprehensive preparations. If the Jin soldiers do not come, how can they be ruined like this? If the Jin soldiers really come, there is no safe place in Shenshan County."

Shu Jiming nodded: "Yes, Shenshan County is too small and the land is barren. When the army comes, it will be safe. If we want to eat food, how can we find it safe? However, if we want to stay on Hedong Road, we must solve the problem of eating. After the first two years, the army had to farm on its own. We also had to make clothes on our own, raise chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep on our own, and everything depends on ourselves."

Wang Zhongfu nodded and thought in his mind how to plan the castle.

There are not many soldiers stationed in a fortress. In peacetime, food is naturally transported from outside, and soldiers do not have to farm on their own. But where is the food around now? You have to do it yourself. There are not many families around more than ten miles around, and the land here is enough, it depends on whether the soldiers can plant it.

Wang Xiaolie told Jiang Min that it is not a last resort to letting regular soldiers farm. No matter how good it is, farming and other things that have nothing to do with war will inevitably affect the combat effectiveness of the army. It not only affects the quality of individual soldiers, but more importantly, affects the organizational ability of the army. An army that is used to farming and raising pigs is actually not suitable for going to the battlefield without strict training.

But what can Jiang Min do? In the area of ​​Shenshan County, not only is the land in the local area barren, but after the Jin soldiers were destroyed, the people fled in large numbers. Originally, the population in this mountainous terrain was concentrated in some relatively good places. When the Jin soldiers came, the population was almost killed in these places. Only a few people fled to the mountains? If you want to reorganize the place, the army must find a way by itself.

Now, the army in Shenshan County, in addition to stationing the original fortress like Wang Zhongfu and Shu Jiming, also spread out to build new fortresses. Even Jiang Min could only provide part of the necessary military rations, and the army had to find a way for the rest.

It is early winter now, and it is too late to grow grain. Each tribe can only send people to the mountains to pick dates, chestnuts and other fruits to survive the long winter. The population of this era is small, and even if you eat wild fruits, you will not easily get hungry.

After walking around and seeing the terrain, Wang Zhongfu and Shu Jiming had a general plan in mind.

In the river valley lowlands below, wheat and soybeans can be planted after digging canals. In some flat highlands nearby, drought-tolerant crops such as millet and millet can be planted. In places close to the fort, some mulberry trees, jujube trees, and some fruit trees can be planted, which is about enough to eat.
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