Chapter 9: Prepare for a rainy day

For a month, Xiao Yan, Yang Tai and Ding Sheng stood in the corner of the council hall and looked at the boxes in front of them.

In addition to the blood in their eyes, Xiao Yang and the two were only a little excited, but Ding Sheng was different. In this month, Wei, Li, Zhou, Wang and Ding, the remaining 400 people of Shuizhai were concentrated by Xiao Yan in Houzhai and were pulled out by Yang Tai for training at dawn every day. They had no free time except for eating all day long. God made these people as tired as a grandson. At first, some people couldn't stand it and came out to make trouble, but they were not taken in their eyes, but now the fat fish and fat dragon like fierce gods were dragged out and beaten with sticks fiercely for a while, and Wei Dayong's concubine was thrown into the pit by the fat dragon to make trouble and soaked in it. For more than an hour, he didn't let Wei Dayong fish up for himself until he fainted. Wei Dayong was angry and asked Xiao Yan to judge him. Unexpectedly, he was given to the pit by Fat Dragon, and the fat fish held a stick and looked at him on the side, with a bad smile on his face. Looking at the posture, if Wei Dayong dared to climb up, maybe the stick Zi just hit it up.

Later, Xiao Yan came once and heard someone complain. Although he reprimanded the fat fish and fat dragon at that time, the next day they still stood there fiercely, as long as they were not fools. Since then, no one has come out to look for trouble. Although these people are bitter, one of them is much better than before, that is, they eat well and eat big fish and meat. They used to think about this big fish and meat, but now they can't stand eating it so every day, so they dared to make a proposal and eat some food properly. Unexpectedly, this proposal was quickly adopted.

Now the food is eaten in different ways. Although the training is very hard, life is worry-free. Besides, Xiao Yan said that if you perform well, you can end the training early, and there are rewards.

So a group of people practiced hard. And there is also a rule that if you can't stand it, you can ask to leave within this month and pay the travel expenses to settle down. But after taking the road expenses and family expenses, you can no longer go to any stockade. Otherwise, once you are found, you will never be spared. Although there have been a lot of people in the middle, the rest are all young and strong. They are all young and strong. Although there are fewer people, their combat effectiveness has definitely improved a lot in this month. The most important thing is that they used to know who was the owner of the village is Xiao Yan.

And the more than a thousand people brought back by Xiao Yan were not idle until January, and Xiaoqi led all the boxes back day and night.

Ding Sheng looked at all this in front of him and was at a loss. He didn't know what to say. After a while, he stammered, "My God, how can only a dozen of you do it?" After saying that, he still opened his big mouth. Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Uncle Ding will slowly tell you about this matter. Today, we will discuss the matter in our village."

"What's going on in the village?" Ding Sheng also asked confusedly. It seems that he hasn't recovered from this shock. Xiao Yan looked at Ding Sheng's appearance and said, "In addition to getting these things back this month, Brother Yang and I took a look at the terrain around our water village. Although the terrain of the village is good and very hidden, we should also know that the terrain alone is not enough. Last time the officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress us, we were damaged. It's heavy. Moreover, we are at the junction of Song and Jin, which can be said to be a must-have place for soldiers. Once our small village is besieged and suppressed, it will be broken like an egg. We now have money, but there are too few people and the stockade is too small. I discussed with Brother Yang and decided to expand the stockade. After saying that, he looked at Yang Tai.

At this time, Ding Sheng also came to his senses. After a moment of meditation, he asked, "Zhaizhu, I don't know how are you going to expand it?" Yang Tai knew through this month that although Ding Sheng was a bandit, he was also forced to be helpless in troubled times. In order to survive, she had no choice but to enter the Tao.

But this person is still bold and kind. So he said directly, "There is a mountain behind our water village, about five or six miles, surrounded by an arc behind the village. At the foot of the mountain is the Xiang River, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but our village may have no one to defend because of this. Once there is a war, although it is dangerous here, but our people can't use this mountain to defend. Therefore, first of all, a wall is built at the foot of the mountain near the river. The wall is five feet high and a watchtower is built every 50 feet. If there is a war, there will be at least 5,000 troops. Stones for building walls can be picked from the mountains. By the way, you can flatten the place on the mountain, but build ten plank roads along the mountain, which is the first line of defense, and then build a row of houses along the side of the mountain. The back walls of the mountain should be strong. There are female walls on the house and people live below. The upper side can be used as the second defense of the back mountain. Usually, there are only sentries at the foot of the mountain, and everyone lives on the mountain. On the left and front of the village is Dongting Lake, which is exactly a concave line. There is also a zig-shaped port in the front. There is a distance of about seven or eight miles in the middle of the concave character. If a large ship lands, it can only walk on both sides, and there is a shallow beach in the middle. We build a village on both sides of the concave and fire more artillery, even if the enemy comes in front of it. If you can't land, you have to pay a considerable price if you want to land. Then set up a water village in the middle of the concave character, mainly boats, to deal with enemies who have been attacked by boats. Behind the concave is an open space. After the open space is the current wall of the stockade, which is widened and lengthened. The front open space can usually be used as our training ground. Once the front is broken through, this place can be used as the second line of defense in front and on the left. This place can only be stationed about 10,000 people at most, and it can't fall. On the right, when there is a lot of water, there is a vast ocean, full of reeds, and a swamp when there is no water. If we are not familiar with the terrain, it is inevitable that we will be buried here. However, once the army comes to attack, this place is no less than Kangzhuang Avenue, which is not very useful, so this place is the weakest place of the stockade, so we have to make two-handed preparations. When the water rises, we need to build more boats with good flexibility. When someone comes, we can work in the steel mill, but when there is no water, we need to build a wall on the shore. It doesn't need to be two feet high enough to follow the reeds to the back mountain. Because the reeds in front of us can only be attacked and cannot be attacked, so we have to There are more sentries here to prevent it in advance.

Speaking of this, Yang Tai looked at Ding Sheng and said, "The owner of Dingzhai is an old man in Shuizhai. He is more familiar with the situation of Shuizhai, so I invite you here today to discuss it together. I don't know if Ding Zhai owner has any objections."