There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Of course, the disadvantages are also relative.

The mountains and forests in the ancient times were far less safe than those in the later generations. There were so many poisonous snakes and beasts, a kind of many that modern people can't imagine.

On the third day after entering Baihu Mountain, a ferocious South China tiger attacked a tent in the middle of the night.

The tiger was extremely ferocious, not even wounding a few soldiers, and dragged away a soldier among Danyang's elite soldiers. It has been devoured by the tiger beyond recognition, looking as terrifying as it is.

Seeing the remains of the Danyang soldier being dug up and buried by the soldiers, the pottery merchant felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart.

In this era, people not only have to fight against others, but also against the sky and nature.

The fact that ferocious beasts can threaten personal safety will not be felt by potters in later generations.

Xu Chu peeled off the whole tiger's skin, and he sent it to the potter with a smile.

Tiger skins are treasures in later lives, and even more coveted treasures in previous lives.

Thinking of the half-flesh and bone-destroyed corpse of the soldier bitten by the tiger, the potter felt nauseated. He didn't want the tiger skin and let Xu Chu dispose of it by himself.

"The mountains and forests are so dangerous, yet Yan Baihu can still gather people and crowds in the mountains and forests. Those who follow him would rather be eaten by wild beasts than become good citizens. What is picture one?" Looking at the tiger skin in Xu Chu's hand , The potter asked the question in his heart.

Standing behind the pottery merchant, Li Tong said: "Actually, the root cause is the food trouble. The land in the south of the Yangtze River is full of hundreds of mountains, and there are many mountain people. Except for the few big cities and county towns, there are indeed lands that can be cultivated to produce grain. It is too little, and most of the productive land is still in the hands of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. The common people have no food and would rather go to the mountains to rebel. Even if it is dangerous, it can be regarded as a glimmer of life."

The pottery merchant nodded his head when he heard the words, and said with emotion: "In the final analysis, it's still the trouble caused by food."

Li Tong stared closely at the pottery merchant, and said: "Mr. Tao Fu has developed rice fields in Jinling City. It is said that in recent years, the land reclamation area and harvest of Jinling City have doubled compared to before, and there are more Jiang Dongli develops the wasteland. If there is a man in charge of the entire Jiangnan, the method of planting grain and reclaiming land in Jinling City will be widely promoted. After ten years, the reclaimed fertile soil in the south of the Yangtze River will be able to recruit refugees from all over the world and increase the population. Second, once the land becomes more , it can dilute the power in the hands of the Jiangnan gentry, and it can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

Tao Shang understood Li's meaning in the call, and he also praised his candid statement.

The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River is much smaller than that in the north, but to a certain extent it is more difficult to deal with than the gentry in the north.

After all, the fundamental reason is that the development of Jiangnan is not good, there are not many lands that can be produced, and there are not many lands that can be produced, so the political discourse power of the gentry who owns the land is easy to be heavy.

But once the land that can be produced in the south of the Yangtze River increases substantially, reducing the proportion of land in the hands of those gentry, a series of chain reactions will naturally weaken the gentry's right to speak.

At its root, it is the same as the company's large-scale capital raising to dilute the existing major shareholder's equity.

With Jinling City's current reclamation and farming capabilities, it is not impossible to achieve this.

The territory of the south of the Yangtze River is larger than that of the Central Plains. If God is lucky enough to make grafted rice in the future, or get Champa rice from the Cochin taxi family, it is not impossible to bring the south into a revolutionary stage of development.

After all, the land in the south of the Yangtze River is still a treasure land for in-depth excavation.

But these are things for later, the most important thing at the moment is to expand the territory and stabilize it.

A few days later, a group of soldiers and horses arrived at Yan Baihu's Dazhai.

But what surprised the potter was that the Dazhai where Yan Baihu lived really opened his eyes. This primitive cottage built in the mountains demonstrated the great wisdom of the outstanding race of the Chinese nation.

On a low mountain, the Baihu Village of Yan Baihu's army was placed, and a pit at the bottom of the mountain was reclaimed by Yan Baihu, and food was planted on the reclaimed land.

The streams in the mountain streams were also reclaimed and transformed by Yan Baihu with sandy soil, boulders and other materials.

The people in Baihuzhai diverted part of the water source to irrigate the reclaimed fields. In this way, they could guarantee their food supplies in the mountains to a certain extent.

In this way, even if there is no food to go out to rob sometimes, you can be self-sufficient for a period of time.

There was a sentry post outside the main village of Baihu Village. When the potter's army arrived, the people in the sentry quickly withdrew to the main village and reported to the main village.

From this point of view, it may not be long before a large number of people from Baihu Village will appear, and a big battle will break out between the two sides.

But after waiting for a long time, Yan Baihu did not open the gate of the village to fight with his own side, the potter couldn't help but feel very strange.

When our side entered the mountain forest this time, there were about 1 people fighting against Yan Baihu, but compared with the [-] people in Yan Baihu's village, it was still fully half.

Of course, the pottery merchant is confident that with Danyang's elite soldiers and tiger guards, even if there are only 5000 people, they will never be their own opponents against Yan Baihu's [-] mountain soldiers who look like savages.

The question is that the pottery merchant has confidence in his own soldiers, does Yan Baihu have the same confidence in the soldiers of Jinling City?

The soldiers and horses of Jinling City forced him to the gate of Baihuzhai, ready to kill him, and Yan Baihu didn't even show his face?

This King De of the Eastern Wu might be a bit too much.

also good.Since the opponent guards the gate of the village and does not show up, then our own side will take the initiative to attack!

Before the war started, the pottery merchant led Li Tong, Tao Ji, Tao Ying and others to observe the terrain of Baihuzhai.

The location of the Baihu Village is located in the mountains, and it happens to be blocked by the surrounding mountains and dense forests. If it is not clear in advance, the secret of this place, even if it is two or three miles away, it is impossible for potters to find it. There is a big stockade.

In addition, this Baihuzhai is built in a valley among the mountains. The other three sides are steep mountains, and it is impossible to walk at all. Only the terrain in the south is relatively flat. Follow the flat terrain and go to the west side. The mountain fields of grain in Baihuzhai are gone.

However, the flatness in front of Baihu Village is only compared to those steep mountains. In fact, the south of the main village is still a high mountain, but the terrain is slightly flatter. To some extent, its terrain can be regarded as a mountain. Small and medium hills.The hills are concave, the terrain on both sides is relatively high, and there are dense forests, and the middle is relatively flat, with a small road leading to it.

The gate of Baihu Village is at the end of the flat passage built in the middle of the hills.

The gate of the village is based on stones, and the walls are made of rough wood. It is about Zhang high, and there are obviously a lot of figures walking around on the walls.

"Brother, if you want to attack Baihuzhai, you can only enter from here!" Tao Ying pointed to the narrow road in front of the gate of Baihuzhai.

It is rare for Tao Ying to take the initiative to advise the pottery, although what he said is very unnutritious.

"Brother, according to my younger brother, the other directions here are either high mountains or dense forests. There is no way for soldiers and horses to pass through!"

Tao Ji stood aside and rolled his eyes. This younger brother is really talented. Anyone who is not blind can see this truth.

The pottery merchant praised Tao Ying and said, "Second brother really has good eyesight. What you said is not bad at all, and you have made progress."

Everyone can see at this moment that the terrain of Baihuzhai is very conducive to defense.

Yan Baihu must have spent a lot of effort in order to build this great village.

However, although this place is secret and easy to defend and difficult to attack, it means that as long as the soldiers and horses of the pottery merchants lead people to block here, those people in Baihuzhai will not be able to escape even if they want to, even if it is the harvest from the mountain fields, they will not be able to escape. I can't take it in either.

However, the five thousand soldiers of the pottery merchants entered the mountain, and they didn't bring any extra luggage with them. It would not be a good idea to just block them here.

We still have to find a way to break through the deadlock in front of us.

The pottery merchant turned his head, looked at the people who followed him, and said, "The White Tiger Village is just ahead, do you have a good strategy for advancing?"

Xu Chu immediately said: "A certain family is willing to lead the soldiers of the Tiger Guards to directly attack the stronghold and take Yan Baihu's head in one fell swoop!"

After hearing Xu Chu's words, the potter didn't answer, but turned to look at Li Tong and Tao Ji.

Li Tong looked at Baihu Village, and said calmly: "The road in front of Baihu Village is a bit narrow, and thousands of soldiers and horses may not be able to use it. Forced attack, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous to our army."

The potter nodded in agreement.

Li Tong is right. The main reason why Baihu Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack is because the open area in front of their gate is too narrow. If the Tiger Guards rush forward in one go, let alone break through the gate of Baihu Village, they will have to squeeze themselves to death first.