At the entrance of the valley to the east of the valley, a pass composed of stone walls and wooden doors was built. The Ming Dynasty craftsman Kuai Xiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.

Although the stone wall is less than three meters high, it is a building built under limited resources and labor.

If Zhang Hua consigned enough labor and resources, Kuai Xiang could even complete miraculous buildings such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.

Unfortunately, Xia Village's labor and resources need to be used to build various buildings, so Kuai Xiang can only build a simple pass to emergency response.

As long as Huang Taiji's cavalry cannot move in, the purpose will be achieved.

"The next step is to build a fort behind the pass for the beggars to live in."

Kuai Xiang started to build a sixth-level military building "Qihuo Jun Dock Fort".

The Qihuo Army Fort is a fortress that recruits Qihuo Army and provides the lives of the Qihuo Army's families.

The only thing you need is 1,000 units of stone.

In order to supplement the beggar army, Zhang Hua did not hesitate to invest a lot of resources to build a dock.

According to Kuai Xiang's idea, the Qihuo Army Fort was built on the mountainous landscape and also had a water source.

"It is better to build a dock in front of the pass. Once the Eight Banners attack, they will definitely be attacked by the pass and dock in the pass at the same time."

Kuai Xiang was unique and chose to build the Qihuo Army Fort in the mountains in front of the pass, which was mutually supportive with the pass.

If the Eight Banners attack the pass, the Qihuo Army Fortress will send troops to attack the Eight Banners from the side.

If the Eight Banners besieged the Qihuo Army Fortress, the Pass Guards will also send troops to attack the Eight Banners.

Kuai Xiang's design is so disgusting that Huang Taiji is so disgusting.

In particular, Kuai Xiang heard that Huang Taiji indirectly led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty, so he worked harder to help Zhang Hua build military buildings to deal with Huang Taiji.

The Mohist school advocated "either love but not attack", but things went against their wishes, and their works became weapons of war.

Kuai Xiang was a native of the Ming Dynasty and a craftsman who was valued by Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty, so he was naturally unhappy with the Qing Dynasty.

Liao Hua was appointed by Zhang Hua to guard Lulin Village and stabilize the Green Forest Army. Chen Wu led 200 troops out of Zhendong Pass to guard against the Eight Banner Army.

Farming requires a stable external environment.

Chen Wu's begging army was almost wiped out for the village, proving his loyalty to Zhang Hua. Therefore, Zhang Hua appointed Chen Wu to guard the most important Dongguan.

On the second day after Chen Wu led his troops to guard Dongguan, several cavalry appeared outside the pass.

"It's the Eight Banners!"

Chen Wu had accused of evil with the Eight Banners Cavalry not long ago and recognized them.

These Eight Banners cavalry came to the entrance of the valley and were surprised to find that there was an artificial stone wall here, which was as stupid as a wooden chicken.

Zhang Hua's move is too ruthless.

Xia Village set up a stone wall at the entrance of the valley to double the difficulty of the Eight Banners to attack the valley.

Chen Wu took the longbow and pointed it at the person in charge.

"Wait, I will come to lobby your Lord and take me to see him by the order of Belle!"

When the Eight Banners envoys saw that Chen Wu was about to use force, they quickly stopped Chen Wu.

Chen Wu put down his bow and arrow, his eyes showing suspicion.

Huang Taiji sent envoys to lobby, what are the intentions?

"You can enter the pass, and other cavalry are prohibited from entering, otherwise there will be no mercy to kill!"

Chen Wu's voice is like a thunder, extremely domineering.

The Eight Banners envoys looked ashen, but because the stone wall blocked the road, Chen Wu had two hundred soldiers, so he could only obey Chen Wu's request and entered the valley alone to ask for Zhang Hua.

"Want to see me by Huang Taiji's envoy?"

Not long after Zhang Hua had just unified the valley, he was still digesting Wang Feng's Green Forest Army's territory. When he heard that Huang Taiji's envoy asked for a visit at the gate of Xia Village, he couldn't help but frown.

Huang Taiji is not a good person.

If Wang Feng and Feng Yi have no ambitions, and defeating them is nothing more than surrender, then Huang Taiji has ambitions and will never be willing to be inferior to others.

"Business, what do you think?"

"The other party has a 90% chance of coming to persuade us to surrender. If you don't believe it, please see."

Chen Gong easily inferred the other party’s purpose.

"Then let's look at Huang Taiji's attitude."

Zhang Hua asked someone to bring Huang Taiji's envoy.

Mulan acts as a personal guard.

Huang Taiji may send an assassin to assassinate Zhang Hua, a story like Jing Ke assassinating Qin.

As long as Zhang Hua dies, the valley may be divided.

After all, only Zhang Hua is related to all military generals.

A gentry who served Huang Taiji came and bowed to Zhang Hua, then said, "My lord is Huang Taiji, the Great Jin Kingdom. He has tens of thousands of troops, and everywhere he goes, he is invincible! Now Mr. Beile asked me to come and recruit Aner. If you surrender to Mr. Beile in the valley, Mr. Beile can grant you the title of the Han army in Zhengbai Banner. There are five quotas for the cattle list below."

The head of the Eight Banners Han Army?

Each Niulu has a population of 300, so Zhang Hua can manage 1,500 people.

Huang Taiji really gave himself face.

Unfortunately, Zhang Hua's territory now has 15,000 people and about 4,000 households. Why do you need to surrender to Huang Taiji? It also leads to a decline in the population of his own territory?

Zhang Hua sneered: "If I don't surrender to Huang Taiji, what if I don't surrender?"

The squire's face turned pale: "If you resist stubbornly and do not surrender, the Eight Banners will advance westward, and the entire valley will be razed to the ground, no grass will grow, and life will be ruined! The Eight Banners' Lord has already been a great official position, and may have the merit of following the dragon in the future. 20 cattle records are for you to drive, and you can still get generals and ministers. It is almost a king and a prince, and it is no thin!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hua walked towards the gentry step by step, and suddenly a big slap slapped over and knocked the gentry to the ground!

The squire who worked for Huang Taiji was directly silly: "You...!"

"Go back and tell your master that even if he has thousands of troops, he can capture this valley even if he comes. Get out!"

"You will regret it!"

The squire who was slapped by Zhang Hua left resentful.

Chen Gong and Mulan's eyes at Zhang Hua changed a little. Huang Taiji had more than ten thousand soldiers as a threat, but Zhang Hua did not change his expression and even beat Huang Taiji's envoy.

This slap seemed to hit the squire, but in fact it hit Huang Taiji in the face.

"You guessed it right on the Gongtai. Huang Taiji really sent someone to surrender to us. He claims to have tens of thousands of soldiers. How many do you think is true?"

Zhang Hua frowned.

Huang Taiji used his usual intimidation tactics and claimed that there were tens of thousands of soldiers.

If it is true, even if Zhang Hua built a stone wall, he might not be able to withstand Huang Taiji's crowd.

Chen Gong pondered for a while and answered Zhang Hua's question: "Ninety percent is fake. There is insufficient food in various places, and Huang Taiji has not been expanding for a long time. Why are there tens of thousands of soldiers? As I see him, Huang Taiji is just threatening me to wait."

"It makes sense."

Zhang Hua recognized Chen Gong's insights.

Less than a few months after everyone came to this world, if Huang Taiji could raise ten thousand soldiers, he would not have to use the official position of the Lord of the Eight Banners of Han to win over him, and he would just be in a big army.

The question is, can Huang Taiji afford so many soldiers?

Ten thousand soldiers and horses need at least one hundred thousand people to support them.
Chapter completed!