Chapter 1217: Burning the Wasteland

It had been two days since the group left the village. When the sun finally broke through the thick fog, they saw from afar a gate made of simple wood, a watchtower, and a beacon tower.

This was the foot of the mountain, and the military camp was on the mountainside.

Looking at the watchtowers, there were about ten of them, and on each tower, there were two soldiers with bows and arrows on duty.

The area around this not-so-steep mountain, which was the center of the mountain, had been completely cut down and burned in a circle of nearly 500 meters. The larger stones were also broken into pieces to make the view as wide as possible.

At first glance, everything looked very rough.

But Li Shan nodded secretly after seeing it. When he was young, he also went out to see the world and knew some truths.

Before he came, what he was most worried about was not anything else, but the so-called General Yingtian, who was not worthy of his name, but was just a straw bag. Although the team looked mighty, he lacked control over the team and had a lax military style.

But now it seems that although this place was built in a hurry, it is not inferior in momentum.

In broad daylight, the piles of bonfires under the watchtower are still burning brightly, and the flames have no sign of fading.

When the group approached the watchtower a hundred meters away, the two soldiers who had been walking in front stopped immediately. Then, the gate opened, and a team of fifteen soldiers rushed out. The soldiers stopped ten meters away from them and began to ask who they were under.

After explaining the situation, the leading soldier waved his hand, and one of them ran back immediately. About half an hour later, the superiors of the two soldiers who had been leading the way, and the superiors of the Li brothers, all came here, and after completing the step of recognizing people, the group was led into the barracks.

Walking on the road, Li Shan's son Li Lin complained in Li Shan's ear in a low voice, saying that the rules of the Yingtian Army were too complicated and they were deliberately tossing. Li Shan did not speak, but he had already felt that he had come to the right place.

The rules for entering the camp may seem complicated, but they show that General Yingtian is good at managing the army.

If such a small number of people cannot establish rules, won't it be more chaotic when the army grows in the future? !

Afterwards, after passing the sentry tower, the group went up along the mountain road. This mountain road is half natural and half artificially dug. It is very wide, but in some key places, it is very narrow. It can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even with only a few people guarding, it is enough to resist thousands of troops.

When they got close to the mountainside, it was a relatively large flat land. Suddenly, it was open and showed a busy and lively scene.

About a thousand people were busy, more than a hundred people were digging the soil, more than a hundred people were mixing mud, and more than a hundred people were burying thick wood in the soil, and then filling it back with stones and soil. After completion, a large number of people immediately carried large stones and hit the ground again and again to compact the foundation.

As a carpenter, Li Shan could tell at a glance that these woods were all wet and unusable. If used to build houses, they would deform in three to five months and start to rot in one or two years. If the wood wanted to be durable, it had to be soaked in mud and water for several years to remove its fire and vitality, so that the earth's energy could condense in the wood. Only in this way could the wood be used for decades or even a hundred years without being damaged.

However, considering the rumors that this team would enter the Southern Wilderness next year, this place was just a transition, but it seemed natural.

They were led to continue upward, but the guide was changed. The Li brothers were still there, but they were to appease the craftsmen.

After walking up a distance, they saw a row of large houses that had been built. There were different characters and symbols on these houses, and the symbols were to take care of those who could not read.

Further away, in the ventilated place with strong wind and backlight, you can see rows of wooden racks, on which a large amount of bright red animal meat was drying.

At the wooden rack, you can clearly see that there are teams of soldiers patrolling all the time to prevent people from stealing and also to prevent birds and beasts from stealing.

And the rack is so long that you can't see the end at a glance. How much dried meat is on it is simply impossible to estimate.

Seeing this scene, not to mention the two young men Li Lin and Li Li, even the two older people Li Shan and Li Shi couldn't help holding their breath at this moment.

They have never seen so much meat in their lives.

At this moment, the last bit of doubt in their hearts was completely dispelled.

Sure enough, the legend is true. General Yingtian is indeed destined by heaven. Even the mountain god has to be driven by him. Because of this, the Yingtian Army organizes hunting and can harvest a lot of prey every time.

Before, the young people in the village went home and said that the meat in the barracks was piled up into a mountain. Many people didn't believe it, but at this moment, seeing it with their own eyes, people have to believe it!

In fact, earlier, there were rumors in the village that General Yingtian was a defeated army. Where did the military rations come from to support him staying in the mountains for a long time? !

If you want food, you can only plunder!

Whatever you say, General Yingtian is actually a wolf with ambitions.

But now, seeing this "meat mountain", the rumors are naturally broken.

If you really want to exchange so much meat for food, how much rice and flour can you get? !

In fact, the Yingtian army has so much meat that it can't be eaten up at all, and there is even more to dry. Sure enough, those who joined the army said that there is endless meat in the army every day, and it is not a lie.

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On the mountaintop, Zhao Cheng looked at the clouds in the sky, his heart was clear and pure.

This body and that body, looking at the world from a different perspective, looking at the picturesque mountains and rivers, there is also a different kind of fun.

And closer, with his eyesight, he can clearly see that a fire has been started on a nearby mountain.

This mountain is nameless, and the trees on it that are tall enough have been cut down and used for construction. The remaining shrubs and those that are not tall enough have been waiting for a fire.

This is naturally Zhao Cheng's order.

He is burning the wasteland!

Indeed, he combined Taoism and the advanced knowledge of the "modern" world in this copy in his memory, and combined the two to create a kind of animal attractant with extreme effectiveness. This allows him to rely on the wild animals accumulated in the mountains and not lack military rations for the time being.

But in fact, this is a kind of fishing in a pond. Although the mountains and forests are large, a few thousand people thrown into them can't even make waves.

Under normal circumstances, the ecology of the mountains and forests is not that fragile. Moreover, the mountains are continuous, and even if the number of people increases tenfold, it can still support them.

But the reality is that the soldiers under Zhao Cheng have limited range of activities and cannot go too far to hunt. Moreover, he hunts with medicine, which is equivalent to extinction. The local ecology has no time to recover.

Therefore, it is imperative to open up wasteland and cultivate land.

And he has already made a plan for how to cultivate it.

He plans to use Taoism to make fertilizer in this world.

He had sent people to search for suitable ores a long time ago. In fact, he already knew where the ores were. Sending people was just a show.

Calculating the time, those who are looking for stones should return at this point.