After reading the letter, Ye Li couldn't help but sigh and said to Ding Si and Qian San: "It's really troublesome.
The two groups of bandits we have now only have about 900 people, and the 3,000 elite soldiers who will arrive soon are only three thousand."
Nineteen hundred people came.
If I want to form a team of 10,000 people, I still need at least 6,000 people.
Where can I find so many people?
Even if I recruit soldiers in Dongfang County, with the total population here, even if the city is built and attracts some outsiders, I can only recruit 2,000 soldiers at most.
How can I make up for the gap of 4,000?"
Ding Si heard the words and glanced at Ye Li, and said: "Master, even if the city is built, it is basically impossible for you to recruit two thousand people.
After all, this is a new city, and not many people are willing to come here.
Soldier.
I think we need to consider other aspects of the problem of soldiers.
For example, if we go outside the customs here, there are still many indigenous people.
Some of them live in tribes.
If we can start with these indigenous tribes, we might be able to recruit a lot of people. " Ye Li was stunned when he heard Ding Si's words and said, "We can recruit people outside the customs."
Ding Si nodded and said: "Actually, this place used to be considered outside the Pass, and the residents here were also considered the indigenous people outside the Pass, but now it has become the territory of the Tang State, and these talents are counted as Tang people.
It's not that we don't have the ability to move the territory further outside the customs, but because the current strength of the imperial court is not enough to defend a larger territory.
Once the scope of influence exceeds the limit of military control, civil strife may occur.
There is still a large area of unoccupied land outside our Dongfang County, which has never been occupied.
This is also because the surrounding countries do not have the strength to invade for the time being.
So now it’s not a big deal for us to recruit soldiers from outside the customs.
When our military strength is sufficient, we will move Dongfang County’s sphere of influence further outward and annex all the indigenous forces who have been recruited by us.
Then they will They all became Tang people, and our recruitment was considered reasonable. " After hearing Ding Si's words, Ye Li realized that he could still do this.
After thinking about it, Ye Li said: "Then our first goal now is to complete the military camp.
After it is completed, Qian San, you will be responsible for taking people to the surrounding areas to investigate the situation."
Ye Li made arrangements casually.
For the next three days, Ye Li stayed in the manor to practice, until suddenly Ding Si came to report that a powerful monster appeared in Dongfang County and massacred a village.
Ye Li was suddenly shocked and said: "How come there are still monsters in Dongfang County?"
Ding Si said: "There is a place called Black Mountain Ridge in Dongfang County.
It has always been an area where monster beasts live.
However, the number of monster beasts is not large and their strength is not strong.
I have inquired about it.
Over the years, Since then, there have not been many monster attacks on human settlements.
Like this time, this is the first time that a village was slaughtered by a monster."
Hearing Ding Si's words, Ye Li frowned and said, "What kind of monster made it?
Have you checked it out?"
Ye Li asked.
Ding Si shook his head and said: "Master, I just received the news and haven't checked it out yet, but it is said that this monster has a cultivation level above the divine phase and is a giant mountain black scale tiger.
I heard from Bashan that this giant mountain black-scaled tiger has also been recorded in the history of Dongfang County, but it has always stayed deep in the Black Mountain Ridge and rarely comes out, so it almost never hurts anyone. record. " Ye Li raised his brows when he heard this.
If this monster was really above the divine stage, then he would be the only one to investigate it himself.
After all, even Ding Si and the others cannot deal with this monster beast at all.
If they are attacked by the monster beast, they will almost die.
After thinking about it, he said to Ding Si: "Tell me the specific location of Heishan Ridge, and I will go and investigate it myself.
Also, mark the location of the massacred villages on the map for me."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Ding Si quickly took out the map, and then began to point out information to Ye Li about Black Mountain Ridge and the massacred villages.
However, before he could finish speaking, another manor guard came over from outside to report that there was news that a second massacred village had appeared near Heishanling.
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Such news immediately stunned the two of them.
In just a short period of time, two villages were massacred.
The situation was obviously very urgent.
After asking for the location of the village, Ye Li asked Ding Si to mark them all together, and then he galloped out without waiting for Ding Si to bring his horse.
Ye Li, who has mastered the pulse of the earth, can run at an astonishing speed over long distances, faster than a galloping horse, and does not consume much physical energy.
The earth seems to have a special power that can help Ye Li, making every step he takes as fast as thunder.
Following the guidance on Ding Si's map, Ye Li headed towards the Black Mountain Ridge as quickly as possible.
He didn't know why this monster in the realm of gods suddenly rushed out from the Black Mountain Ridge to slaughter humans, but he knew that if the monster continued to be slaughtered, people in his Dongfang County would become panicked.
In a county full of crises, people will soon move out, leaving no one to live in at all.
It took Ye Li nearly two hours to finally arrive near Heishanling.
He rushed to the second village that was massacred first.
Almost all the people here were killed, and only a few people escaped in time.
Death avoided.
Seeing a young man covered in blood and crying, Ye Li walked up to him and said: "This little brother, I am the new lord Ye Li.
I came here specifically for the matter of monsters.
I don't know.
Can you tell me what’s going on here?”
Hearing Ye Li's words, the young man wiped the tears on his face, then looked at Ye Li and said: "Lord, you are here, the people in our village were almost killed by that beast.
Bare.
When I was young, I happened to be stocking up on vegetables in the cellar, so I escaped death, but all my family members were killed by that beast."
As he talked, the young man started crying again.
Ye Li frowned and glanced at the bloodstains, dilapidated houses, and broken corpses all over the village, with a trace of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
"Don't cry yet.
Do you know how that beast appeared and where it has gone now?
Don’t worry, I will definitely find it and kill it to avenge you.”
Ye Li spoke again.
When the young man heard what Ye Li said about avenging them, he suppressed his sadness, stopped crying, and said: "Lord, Lord, that beast suddenly came in from the west of the village.
We don't know why it attacked. us.
After it slaughtered a circle in the village, it went directly to the east.
I don't know if it went to another village.
I feel like that huge monster seems to be very angry, and I don’t know why
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