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Chapter 441: A Fierce General

Shan Wu Ge is definitely not as good as Luo Shixin in a one-on-one fight. Luo Shixin can be ranked in the top three among all the heroes in the world. The first and second place are contested by Li Shimin and Pei Yuanqing, while Luo Shixin can compete with Xia Lin's second uncle for the third place. But even so, it is recorded in the Old Book of Tang that Shan Xiongxin almost killed Li Shimin, and Li Shimin later hated and feared him, and finally killed Shan Wu Ge.

As for the ability to lead troops in battle, Brother Dan Wu can probably be in the top five. As for the first and second places, it will most likely be a competition between Li Shimin and Xia Lin. There are many candidates for the third, fourth and fifth places, but Brother Dan Wu will definitely be among them.

His governance ability is relatively poor, but he can probably be in the top 30. The first and second places are also likely to be competed for between Xia Lin and Li Shimin.

But in terms of the succubus index, Dan Wu Ge is definitely in the top three. Xia Lin's succubus power is not good, one is because of his background, and the other is that he is a lone wolf. In this aspect, he is indeed a little worse. Li Shimin is not good either. Li Shimin, who has not yet entered the battlefield, does not have the charm to truly conquer others.

But Shan Wu is different. He was born in the Green Forest, and he is a hero who stands up for his brothers. He has a very good reputation, and the team he has formed is well organized, loyal, brave and good at fighting. What he is best at is organizing the rebels and refugees, which is the most powerful for the current situation.

Xia Lin had a military system, so it wouldn't be considered treason if he mobilized 500,000 people. He could just submit a report and be done with it. In the end, there would still be a team of 30,000 to 50,000 people left after the mission was done. Xia Lin planned to incorporate this team into the Construction Corps and use them to fight Goguryeo.

Shan Wu and Luo Shixin traveled day and night, and even chose to take the more remote shortcuts instead of taking the main roads. They encountered quite a few robbers and bandits along the way, but no matter whether they were big shots or small minions, as long as they heard Wu Ye's call, they would be treated to a meal immediately. Regardless of whether the food was good or bad, just the title of Wu Ye was there, and being able to eat and drink at the same table with him was an honor for the people in the martial arts world.

What's even more exaggerated is that they started out with just two people, but by the time they arrived at the Yangtze River, they had a team of more than a thousand people. Most of them were people from the mountain strongholds and some wandering people in the world. When they heard that the Fifth Master was coming out of the mountains, they naturally bowed down and decisively joined his army.

The Fifth Master accepted everyone who came. After setting the rules, he took these people all the way north to look for Xia Lin.

By the time they arrived outside Xiangyang City, their number had reached 3,700. Although not a lot, it was a team that had been formed.

The general who guarded Xiangyang was named Guo, and he was actually the nephew of Guo Da. When he woke up in the morning and saw a group of people he had never seen before suddenly coming outside the city, he was a little surprised. He thought at that time, they couldn't be here to attack the city, right? You know, the Xiangyang garrison was the most elite city garrison among the Po Lu Army. It was the gateway army to deal with the threat from the north. Although it was in the hinterland, it was one of the twelve border armies. Even if the Po Lu Army went to Gyeonggi Province, they would not lead the local area.

These three thousand ragged men came to attack Xiangyang...

I'm not exaggerating. Even if we multiply these people by a hundred, with cavalry and unlimited food and grass, Xiangyang can hold out for five or six years...

"Who is coming?!"

The general guarding the city shouted from the tower: "Where are you from? Where are you going? Do you have a written order to clear the border?"

At this moment, Brother Shan Wu stepped forward and saluted, saying, "I am Shan Xiongxin from Jiyin, Caozhou. I came from Fuliang and went to Jiangbei to look for General Xia Linxia to take up his post."

"Daosheng's people?" General Guo raised his eyebrows, muttered in a low voice and then continued to ask: "What is the origin of the army behind us!"

"General, these are my brothers who came here to seek refuge with me. They all came here because they admire General Xia."

"Is there a written order to clear the customs?"

This put them in a difficult position. They both had the documents and tokens, but the brother who had come with them didn't have any...

At this moment, Luo Shixin touched his body left and right: "Um... General Guo, you also know that this is a rebel army that has surrendered. We don't have time to handle the formalities one by one. Can you be flexible?"

"You look like a soldier, can you be accommodating in the barracks? If there is no written order, you can go get it, or ask someone to be a guarantor. Otherwise, no one is allowed to enter the city."

The military discipline of the Bulu Army has always been strict, there is no doubt about that. This made Shan Xiongxin anxious, so he could only order his brothers to rest on the spot, and then he and Luo Shixin took the lead to enter the city.

After entering, I met General Guo. Strictly speaking, they were all his own people, but the problem was that they belonged to different departments and military discipline was there. If he released people without authorization, he would be punished.

"What should we do? We can't delay General Xia's plan, and we can't disappoint our brothers."

"That's not impossible." General Guo walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back. "Well, the current situation is chaotic, and it's really not good to let anyone enter the city without permission. But if you are all Daosheng's soldiers, there is still a way. I'll get the military register, and you can directly register those people, and they will be considered as soldiers. I will distribute the weapons to you, and you can just borrow the road, but if you see Daosheng, you must tell him that he has to return the equipment of Brother Guo, because his brother is very poor."

"Thank you General Guo for your flexibility!" "It's not flexibility, it's following the rules."

After he finished speaking, General Guo turned around and looked at Shan Xiongxin carefully: "You mean Shan Xiongxin? I've heard of him before, and now I see that he is really a handsome man."

"General Guo, you are overpraising me."

"Okay, let's not talk about that anymore. Time is running out. Let's get started right now."

In fact, the Po Lu Army has been trained by Xia Lin in the past few years. The atmosphere of the entire military camp is indeed different from that of the outside world. The efficiency is very high. In addition, Xiangyang is one of the few cities directly under military control, so the procedures have been greatly simplified and fall into the category of special matters being handled specially.

With more than 3,000 people, it would normally take more than one to two months to complete all the procedures, but now it only took two days, the military registration was completed, the weapons were replaced, and the originally ragged ragtag army was transformed into a regular army, and they even looked quite majestic when they marched in formation.

After they left Xiangyang, they were only three hundred miles away from Xialin. However, because of the infantry, it would probably take ten days to cover these three hundred miles.

So Xia Lin didn't wait for Shan Xiongxin but instead waited for support and supplies from Fuliang. Xiao Douya directly gave him more than three million and two points of supplies and armaments, and this was only the first batch.

With the money, Xia Lin's actions became faster. These poor places were originally abandoned by Henan Province. He encountered almost no difficulties when he started to sort them out. He had some resistance but the strength of his resistance was very small. Many times, even when he just arrived at the place, everything that needed to be sorted out had been sorted out and handed over.

But this is naturally far from enough. What he wants is not just this little piece of land, but the entire Henan Province.

After temporarily taking root in the central area here, Xia Lin began to gather the fields. The first step for the more than 40,000 acres of fields was to report them to the Ministry of Households for secondary distribution. However, this took a long time, so he submitted a memorial saying that it was a pity to leave these fields abandoned, so he wanted to rent them to businessmen for farming. This would not only ensure the survival of local people, but also increase income as much as possible to make up for the deficit.

Of course this plan was passed. One of Xia Lin's characteristics in doing things was that he never kept all the benefits to himself. Whenever there was any benefit, it would be given to everyone, regardless of whether they were his political enemies or not. So over time he had no political enemies in the court. Basically, after he submitted a memorial, many people would come to him to find him.

It was even said that many people in the court would actively push projects to Xia Lin, because no matter which faction got the benefit, the other party would not get any, but Xia Lin got the benefit, and everyone got some, so many things in the six ministries were nominated for him to do, and some even nominated him to dig a canal...

But this was rejected by the prince with a scolding.

Damn it... Let Xia Daosheng be in charge of digging the canal. What genius came up with this idea? Let’s not talk about whether he is willing to go or not. If he really goes, we don’t know whether the canal can be dug, but I’m afraid that the dragon vein of the Wei Dynasty will be cut off in his hands.

It's not that I don't trust Xia Daosheng's character, but that I trust his ability too much. If he does this, wherever the canal goes, there will be a Xia.

Well, now that the obstacles in the court have been removed, Xia Lin will now conduct the first pilot project to demonstrate his deep faith in the power of the people.

If it succeeds, it will prove that some things remain unchanged for thousands of years.

Just wait and see when those "troublemakers", "refugees" and "useless animals" gather from all directions. Then Xia Lin will teach the entire Central Plains a good lesson. At the same time, he will also let the princes and emperors of the world see what kind of power the people led by scientific methods have.

Of course, everything in the world has two sides. This would expose Xia Lin's abilities and thinking patterns too early, causing many people to turn directly into enemies.

But he couldn't wait any longer, as chaos was about to break out. The Wei Dynasty had a population of more than 70 million, and according to the theory of historical cycles, 60% of the population would be lost in a chaos.

This is what he doesn't want to see. His ultimate goal is to farm, build a house, eat for free, and flirt with girls!
He has lived two lives as a human being, but he has been fighting for the peace and prosperity of the land under his feet. In his previous life, he didn't get any girls because of his work. If all the girls are dead in this life, what's the point of picking them up!

The weather was getting colder, and there was already frost when he got up in the morning. Xia Lin leaned his hands on the table, looking at the rising prices of grain and coal delivered by the caravan. His face was gloomy.

"Notify Dugu Han and start cutting leeks to prepare for the winter."

(End of this chapter)