Chapter 337 (1/2)

”Your name is mo Geng, isn't it?” Wei Ran touched his head and asked.

Mo Geng patted away Wei Ran's hand and avoided one side, ”don't touch my head, the president is not high!”

”Ha ha, the little guy is very brave. He is indeed a good soldier. But if you just become a sergeant, you waste your real talent. ”

Wei Ran said this and looked at Mo Heng. He saw that there was gratitude in Mo Heng's eyes. The two of them depend on each other for their lives. When their grandson joins the army, his life and death are unpredictable. How can he be reassured as a grandfather.

Mo Geng wondered, ”what talent do I have?”

”You have a pair of skillful hands and instruments, but you can be a thousand troops and horses. This is the way you should go, rather than fighting with people with a knife.”

”But craftsmen, in the end, haven't they been broken into the village and can't even protect their relatives?”

Wei Ran shook his head and said, ”it's not your fault, but that the imperial court failed to fulfill their responsibility to protect the survival of the people in the country. In the future, under the flag of our Fenglin army, we will never let other nationalities kill the people of our prefecture and county! ”

Then Wei Ran said with a smile: ”as a sergeant, living in the front line and fighting with the enemy, as a craftsman, living in the city, you can also improve the strength of the front-line Sergeant by making weapons and armor and offensive and defensive equipment. You can also better protect your country. Why do you have to be a soldier?”

Moheng quickly nodded and said, ”did you hear what general Wei said? Don't always think about joining the army at a young age. You are so strong. Today, Tubo people picked you up with one hand. How can you fight with people in the battlefield. It's better to be a craftsman in the rear to make equipment for general Wei and protect these sergeants, which can also effectively kill the Tibetans! ”

Looking at the little guy, Wei Ran knew that he had planted the seeds of Fenglin army in his heart, and there would always be a lot of opportunities to attract them in the future.

The next day, after checking the siege crossbow made by the villagers of Mingyue Township, Zhao Xuanqing was very satisfied. He also saw several siege instrument models made by Mo Heng overnight, including two improved catapults proposed by Wei Ran.

Zhao Xuanqing was pleasantly surprised and informed the Hexi Festival envoy Zhao Hui of the matter. Zhao Hui immediately ordered to start making all kinds of siege equipment.

Shancheng is only more than 90 miles away from the area where the Tubo army is located. Even if we take a steady march, we can reach the enemy fortress cluster in three days.

As Shancheng was being rebuilt, the whole army of Wuwei army stationed in suirong city of Huangyuan, built suirong city and expanded it into a county.

In this way, suirong city is only 60 li away from the Tubo fortress group. In the middle of this 60 mile long corridor, it has become an area where cavalry and scouts from both sides compete.

In order to encourage the officers and soldiers to fight actively, Zhao Hui not only publicized the hatred of Tubo soldiers slaughtering the city, but also increased the reward to exchange the head of Tubo army for war merit and gold and silver.

In fact, these gold and silver did not come from Zhao Hui, but from local rich and powerful families. These rich families suffered great losses during the Tubo invasion, especially the two massacres, which made them hate deeply, so they were willing to pay for the head of the Tubo army.

The slaughter of Tubo made the people and advantages occupied by the Wuwei army infinitely enlarged. The local powerful gentry, merchants and people were strongly supported. They had money, grain and strong efforts. As a result, the Wuwei army has abundant logistical supplies and more sophisticated equipment.

Now Wei Ran's collateral troops are all equipped with iron armor, and every time Wei Ran sent troops to fight, he won great victories and made remarkable achievements. After defeating the Tubo cavalry, you can always bring back many heads and horses.

Part of the army and horses were used to form their own elite cavalry, and part was used by Wei Ran to exchange various equipment and supplies. This kind of private business is very popular in the Wuwei army.