Zhang Wei, who followed Li Guodong to investigate the address of the new village, said angrily: "I really didn't expect that brother, we actually raised an ungrateful wolf!"

Cao Lei also said angrily: "Brother, you teach us something in your daily life. If you are not my race, your heart will be different! I didn't expect that my brother was so kind to the Mongolian Tartars. He didn't know how kind he was, and instead betrayed my brother!"

"How is the casualties of our brothers?" Li Guodong only cares about this issue.

Cao Lei replied: "Fortunately, except for the third brother who was injured by an arrow, the other brothers were knocked out, and it was not serious."

"How is the third brother?"

"It's quite heavy. The dog thief was so powerful that he was chasing him. The third brother chased him in a hurry and did not approve the thick armor. He was shot through his right shoulder. The arrow entered from the front and came out from the back. Fortunately, he didn't hurt the pipa bone, otherwise the third brother would have been useless in this life. But the third brother is now having a fever and is still talking nonsense."

"I know my second brother, he didn't do anything serious. After all, everyone is a brother. It's just that he is a Tumote. We captured Tumote. He was anxious to save his tribe, so he came up with such a bad plan. However, having a second brother in the Tumote may not be a good thing. If we want to do business with Tumote, we still need to pass through him."

"Brother!" Cao Lei said anxiously, "This dog thief has betrayed you, you are still talking to him! According to me, if you catch this dog thief, you will definitely tear him to pieces!"

Li Guodong shook his head: "After all, he did not take serious measures against our brothers. From this point of view, we can see that this person is still in love and righteousness. After all, they were all brothers before, so there is no need for us to make things difficult for him too much."

"Brother, what should we do next?" Zhang Wei asked.

"We have also surveyed the terrain. After we go back, we will immediately bring a group of brothers out to build a new city here. As for the second brother's affairs, we should not consider it for the time being. After that, Brother Wang's caravan will come back from Jiangnan, and we will contact the second brother again. As long as he has a conscience, he will also help us make a deal with the Tumotes."

Li Guodong brought a hundred elite soldiers and Cao Lei and others who came to report the news later, returned to his Dadongyugou village.

When he saw Han Dashan lying on the bed, Han Dashan had a high fever and was still unconscious. Li Guodong checked his wound and found that the wound that his brother bandaged him was pretty good, and he had obviously learned his own way of saving people. So Li Guodong asked: "Are all the wounds treated?"

A Ming soldier replied: "General, we have treated the wounds of the third general. We all followed the general's method. First, disinfected the knife and scissors, and then disinfected the gauze. Then we went to high-altitude wine to wipe the wounds. After digging out the arrows, we disinfected the wounds with gunpowder, and finally bandaged them with clean gauze. However, the third general was not awake and his subordinates could do nothing."

Li Guodong said: "I have some herbs here. You can cook them. Then cook some millet porridge. Let him drink the porridge first, and then give him the boiled medicine."

While talking, Han Dashan woke up in a daze. He opened his eyes a little while in a daze, feeling that the blurry figure in front of him seemed to be his elder brother, so he forced his unconscious head and opened his eyes, and saw that Li Guodong was indeed standing in front of him.

"Brother!" Han Dashan was about to roll off the bed to apologize, but was supported by Li Guodong.

"Stern brother, don't move, lie down, I'll have someone to make porridge and medicine for you. If you drink it, you will be cured in a few days."

"Brother! I'm incompetent! It's all bad for me. That dog thief Li Hong said he wanted to drink that day, but I didn't stop him, which led many brothers to drink too much and the dog thief succeeded! When I heard the news, I took people to chase him. I was about to catch up with him, but a group of Mongolian Tartars came! It's all because my brother was not as good as others. The three arrows were avoided by the dog thief, hey!" Han Dashan said guiltily.

"Okay, everything has happened in the past, so don't mention it anymore, just pay attention in the future." Li Guodong comforted.

In order to prepare to accept refugees from Shaanxi and Shanxi, Li Guodong needed to build a new village as soon as possible. Han Dashan was injured and Li Hong "defected" again. Only Cao Lei, Zhang Wei and He Xing were left with him. So he asked Zhang Wei and He Xing to take people to build a new village with him, leaving Cao Lei to stay in the old city.

The next morning, Li Guodong and two thousand brothers responsible for building the city wall left the Dadongyugou Village, drove the cart to Shabeigou.

Ten days later, the convoy arrived at the Sandback Grotto.

"What a great place!" He Xing, who came here for the first time, sighed.

It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces water. If you do not attack from the water surface, there is only one entrance to enter. Moreover, the path at the entrance slowly climbs up along the hillside. As long as a city wall is built at the entrance, no matter how many troops and horses cannot capture it. The terrain is high, and rolling wood and stones can come in handy. It can be said to be a good place to defend and difficult to attack.

There are many stones on the nearby mountains, so there is no need to worry about the stones used to defend the city when attacked. Stones can also be used to build city walls and houses.

It was already noon when everyone arrived at the Shabugu. Li Guodong asked everyone to make a fire to make rice, roast some mixed grain cakes, and then cook some mixed soup for lunch.

After lunch, Li Guodong asked his brothers to start working.

The Ming soldiers went to the surrounding mountains to cut wood, mine stones, dig earth, dig foundations on the high ground at the entrance, buried some of the mined stones in the foundation, and built them with bricks. At the same time, Li Guodong personally built a brick kiln for raw materials, and also sent people to cut firewood, fire charcoal, and then burn bricks with charcoal. Although charcoal was a bit extravagant, Li Guodong had no choice. The coal resources were either in Shanxi or in Tumote, and he had no way to mine them for the time being.

Before firing cement, Li Guodong temporarily built brick walls to replace it. The earthen city built on this terrain does not need to be too strong to block thousands of troops. As for firing a small amount of cement, it is for the long-term plan.

The foundation was dug two trenches and buried the stones. There was a clearing of one meter wide between the two trenches. After the foundation was built, the soldiers began to accumulate soil in the middle of the two foundations. The excavated soil was poured down and compacted, forming rammed earth, and the foundation of the stone was exposed.

After a batch of bricks is fired, build city bricks on the stone foundations on both sides of the rammed earth.

A city gate was opened in the middle, and both sides of the city gate extended outward, forming two bastions. Inside the city gate, another city gate was built to form a urn city.
Chapter completed!