After rushing to check the territorial attributes, Ouyang Shuo thought about something.

The upper limit of the population of the third-level township is 10,000. At the speed of the refugees in Shanhai Town refreshing, it normally takes two months to reach the full population again.

The territory was upgraded in advance and the area doubled again. The third step of the spring offensive originally formulated overseas bandit suppression had to be converted into domestic bandit suppression. Fortunately, the information collected by the Military Information Department could still be used.

In terms of territory index, the cultural index is still the weakest link. During this period, there were still several scholars among the refugees who were released, and were arranged by Ouyang Shuo to Lianzhou College. The current Lianzhou College, under the leadership of Xu Shuda, has already been on track, and is no longer the grass-roots team when it was first established.

During the spring launch, the moat project has been successfully completed. The arrow towers and corner towers that are equipped with the city wall have also been completed early and put into use. The military defense system of Shanhai Town has been initially completed.

The basic buildings of the third-level townships have been automatically updated to mainly blue bricks and supplemented by wood and stone. Of course, as ancient buildings, wood is still an important part, and carved railings and painted buildings are inseparable from it.

Among the six buildings, the pawnshop has been automatically generated, so I don’t have to pay attention to it. The tea garden does not require architectural drawings, but only needs to go to the wild tea trees for transplanting, similar to the previous mulberry garden. The remaining four buildings, Taoist temples, inns, restaurants and jewelry shops, have all of the architectural drawings seized in the spring offensive operation a few days ago, saving 400 gold coins to purchase the drawings.

Needless to say, Ouyang Shuo promised to hand over the restaurant to Gu Sanniang early on. The inn and jewelry shop are relatively simple, and the territory now has relevant special talents and can be built immediately.

The most troublesome thing is the Taoist temple, which requires at least one Taoist priest to preside over it. In the past life, many lords adopted a trick, which was to use players instead. Among the players' combat professions, there are Taoist priest professions, which is a barely affair.

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At 10 o'clock in the morning, the mayor's office of the Lord's Mansion.

"Sir, after nearly a month of hard investigation, the Military Information Department has mastered the basic information of the nomadic tribes and Qingfengma in the central Lianzhou Basin, and came to report it." The speaker was a middle-aged man with a firm face, who looked very ordinary at first glance. He was Lei Xun, another giant in the Military Information Department.

After the last expansion of the Military Information Department, except for ten internal affairs personnel, the remaining forty people were divided into Military Information Group 1 and Military Information Group 2. Leng Qian was the leader of Military Information Group 1, while Lei Xun was the leader of Military Information Group 2.

Ouyang Shuo was shocked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"The nomadic tribe exists in the form of a large tribe and a dozen small and medium tribes. The large tribe is called the Tianqi Tribe, with more than 30,000 tribes. It is located in the center of the basin and occupies the best pasture. There is an inland lake in the center of the basin, which is called Shenjue Lake. The tribe's royal court is built by Shenjue Lake. The other small tribes range from hundreds to thousands, scattered around the basin." Lei Xun began to report.

"What tribes are closest to us?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

"There are three tribes closest to us, located in the west, middle and east directions. The tribes in the east and west directions are small tribes with less than one thousand people. The tribe in the middle is relatively powerful, a medium-sized tribe with more than three thousand people."

"How is the relationship between these tribes?"

"Small and medium-sized tribes often have frictions due to fighting for ranches, and the Tianqi tribe needs to mediate in the middle. Interestingly, in order to maintain its status, the Tianqi tribe often consciously suppresses the medium-sized tribes and instead supports the small tribes. It is precisely because of this that there is no second tribe with a population of over 10,000 in the middle of the basin. This long-term suppression has caused dissatisfaction among many medium-sized tribes. It is only because of the huge gap in strength between the two sides that they have to swallow their anger. Therefore, generally speaking, small tribes are a sect of the Tianqi tribe, while medium-sized tribes form their own alliances." Lei Xun replied.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "What's the situation with the green horse?"

"The situation is not very good. The green horses are almost dominated by these nomadic tribes, and it is difficult to find a wild horse herd. If you want to obtain the green horses, you can only use war or trade." Lei Xun said in a stern voice.

"Is trade feasible?" Ouyang Shuo asked uncertainly.

"These grassland tribes lack iron products, salt, tea and other daily necessities, and some tribes even lack food. Therefore, in theory, there is a possibility of trade. Of course, the prerequisite is that we have enough strength to resist their attack. These nomadic peoples are plundering and have strong aggressiveness. They can use robbery and will never spend money to buy them." Lei Xun did not get in vain this month, and he knew very well about the nomadic tribes.

Ouyang Shuo gently tapped the table with his hand, silent. According to his plan, after upgrading to a third-level township, the last affiliated territory would be built at the junction of the Friendship River and the Lushui River as a bridgehead to attack the center of the basin. However, judging from the information collected by Lei Xun, the affiliated territory would be built there, and there would be a risk of being looted by nomadic tribes at any time.

What gave him a headache was that if he wanted to form a heavy cavalry unit in Mingguang Armor, the ordinary war horses donated by the system would not move at all, and he had to get a green horse. If he had not built a solid bridgehead, he would not be at ease to send the troops to the other side of the river. If they were discovered by those nomadic tribes, it would be too late to retreat.

It is also very dangerous to take a step back, not to build a bridgehead, but try to trade with them in the name of Shanhai Town. It is irrelevant to expose Shanhai Town to these wild wolves, which is tantamount to scam a tiger. As Lei Xun said just now, this group of nomadic peoples are plundering and can be robbed, and they will never spend money to buy it. This time, it is really a dilemma.

Since he was unsure of his own, he had to listen to everyone's opinions. Ouyang Shuo asked Lei Xun to wait for a while, and asked the concierge to invite the four directors, and said there was something important to discuss.

Twenty minutes later, the four directors arrived one after another. Ouyang Shuo first asked Lei Xun to introduce the information he had just reported, then explained his considerations and asked, "What are the countermeasures do you have?"

"Brother and younger sister think that in this situation, the work of Qingfengma should be temporarily put on hold. Anyway, the manufacturing efficiency of Mingguang Kai is not high now, and it will be a while to be equipped with a cavalry team. The most important thing in the territory at present is how to be promoted to a first-level county town. It is not too late to make plans after the promotion." Yingyou, standing in the position of the Finance Department, first expressed her opinion.

Then, Fan Zhongyan also expressed his attitude and said, "I agree with Director Cui's opinion. The entire nomadic tribe is full of soldiers, and the current military strength of Shanhai Town is not enough to compete with it. For the current plan, the best strategy is to use static and control movement."

Seeing that the two directors agreed to put aside the work of putting down the green horses, Ge Hongliang, as a military representative, couldn't sit still and was about to object. Unexpectedly, Tian Wenjing, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Lord, I have different opinions."

"Sir, please tell me!" To be honest, Ouyang Shuo did not want to put aside the work of the Green Horse. The formation of a heavy cavalry unit not only helped to improve the military strength of the territory, but also helped major events soon. Hearing Tian Wenjing's objection, he was shocked. The cold-faced director usually did not speak, and he would say something when he spoke.

"I think it is necessary to not only build a bridgehead, but also to speed up. While the nomadic tribes on the other side are still unaware of us, quickly lay a wedge on the other side. Otherwise, when the other side notices it, if they deploy troops on the other side to garrison, it will be even more difficult for us to advance to the center of the basin in the future and completely lose strategic opportunities." Tian Wenjing said loudly.

Fan Zhongyan asked back: "What Director Tian said seems to make sense. But have you ever thought about how to establish an affiliated territory without the other party's awareness? This is not a matter of one or two days. Furthermore, even if the affiliated territory is successfully built, with its weak defense capabilities, how can it withstand the invasion of the nomadic tribe? I'm afraid that after spending a lot of manpower and material resources, it will be useless at that time."

Tian Wenjing was confident and replied: "The problem raised by Director Fan is actually easy to solve. Since it is a bridgehead, it is naturally impossible to build the affiliated villages according to the conventional affiliated villages. We must build this affiliated territory into a military fortress. The first step is to build a solid stone city wall like a base camp. After the city wall is built, internal construction will begin. In this way, as long as a small number of troops are stationed inside the fortress, it will be enough to resist the invasion of the nomadic tribes. These nomadic tribes are accustomed to cavalry battles in open areas, and are not good at siege wars, and do not even have the most basic siege equipment."

"Yes. My subordinates suggest that the cavalry battalion can be stationed in the affiliated territory to serve as a support. In addition, the garrison troops in the affiliated territory are enough to ensure the safety of the affiliated territory." Ge Hongliang continued. He did not expect that Tian Wenjing would have such a strategic vision. Even the head of the military affairs department had not thought so deeply. Just now, he just subconsciously felt that he should object, otherwise he would miss the opportunity. As for how to operate it, there was no complete idea. Now, Tian Wenjing gave a perfect solution.

Yingyou is not proficient in military affairs, so she has never spoken out. Fan Zhongyan, who spoke out against it, thought about it after listening to Tian Wenjing's explanation, and it was considered a default.
Chapter completed!