Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 3 The rain is coming

Wufeng immediately issued an order, ordering the 5th squadron of the 4th Wing's 3rd Battalion to leave one squadron to patrol the city wall, and the other four squadrons guarded the four gates respectively. to destroy.

----Then, Wufeng ordered the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion of the Fourth Wing and the escorted soldiers to set up the twenty giant trebuchets on the four walls of Qingyangfu City as soon as possible, and set them up as soon as possible. Debug well, and do a good job of security at the same time. These twenty trebuchets were originally intended to be used to strengthen the defense of Qingyang Prefecture after the war. They had a long range, strong lethality, and great power. They did not expect to be used so soon.

---- Several measures taken by Wufeng quickly had obvious effects, and the order in the city has returned to normal. unruly person. Merchants have also opened their shops and continued business as usual. The work of repairing the city wall was also progressing very smoothly. The enthusiastic people even removed the things in their own houses when the materials were insufficient, which moved Wufeng very much. The clearing and dredging of the moat is progressing slowly. Due to the loss of management for many years, many areas have been completely blocked. It takes a lot of effort to dredge. However, with the strong support of the people, some progress has been made. It is estimated that it will take two to three God can complete the water.

----Conscription also achieved good results. In the afternoon, tens of thousands of people signed up enthusiastically. And Liang Chongxin led the several troops who went out of the city to search for the scattered troops, and the results were even more gratifying. On this day alone, more than 12,000 scattered soldiers came to the west of the city to report for duty. The hot water, food, medicine, tents and other supplies were delivered to them. These soldiers were very moved and expressed their willingness to obey the arrangement and fight the enemy again.

----When Liang Chongxin returned from the search that day, Wufeng immediately had a secret conversation with him. Afterwards, Liang Chongxin and the three squadrons directly under him took the time to rest. That night, Liang Chongxin led the cavalry of the three squadrons He quietly left the city overnight and disappeared into the night.

----That night, Wufeng ordered the fifth brigade to take over the second brigade to carry out patrol work, and ordered Cui Wenxiu to lead the second brigade to conduct a three-day simple training for more than 8,000 newly recruited soldiers. He also ordered Mulige to act as an agent for the overall work of the first brigade, responsible for reorganizing the more than 12,000 soldiers who had been dispersed, and strive to complete the reorganization within three days. Wufeng also ordered the fifth brigade to draw out a squadron, change into civilian clothes and disperse out of the city to collect intelligence.

----After arranging all this, Wufeng, Xiao Tang, Zhan Zhaobai, and Wei Dongchen looked around together. The restoration work of the city wall was in full swing, and the cleaning and dredging of the moat had also made progress. Great progress, Wufeng instructed to deepen and widen the moat after inspection, and ordered the messengers to immediately transfer the second brigade and the more than 8,000 recruits to work overtime overnight.

----After inspecting all the lots, the sky has become pale. Wufeng's spirit is still very strong, but the other three are obviously not as good as him, but they all managed to stand up, "Master Li, when do you think the Luobei people will attack us?" On the way back to the city guard , Zhan Zhaobai couldn't help asking this question that everyone was very concerned about. Wufeng walked and thought while walking for a while before answering: "The current main task of the enemy is to rob food, grass and livestock. I guess the enemy hasn't found out yet. The anomaly here, but at the latest tonight, the enemy's scouts will notice it. And the main enemy forces in Bonan and Guide received the news, it must be tomorrow, and they must spend two days to complete it The task of grabbing food will return to the division. In summary, my enemy should take action against us in four days. So we still have four days to prepare, and we must make all preparations within these four days to cope with the upcoming Great battle." Wei Dongchen raised another question: "I heard that my lord said that he had sent people to Taixuan Mansion and Guanxi and Heshuo counties to ask for reinforcements. Is there any news?" Because of Zhan and Wei's confidence, he fabricated it casually, but he didn't expect the two to believe it was true, Wufeng replied without blinking: "I guess it's almost here now, and there will be news tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest."

----Xiao Tang raised another question: "My lord, I'm afraid we still have to prepare some medical personnel. This battle will definitely not be over in a day or two. Don't worry about it." "I'm afraid the two gentlemen will have to come forward to coordinate this point." Zhan Wei and the two quickly said that there is no problem.

----Back to the city guard mansion, it has been taken over by Wufeng's personal guard squadron and has become a temporary command center. As soon as he returned to the mansion to rest for a while, the guards came to report that the troops who had been out of the city for reconnaissance had returned and had something to report. After listening to the reconnaissance team's report, Wufeng understands that the enemy has not noticed any changes here, and is concentrating on robbing the countryside for food, grass and livestock. Many people in the village are fleeing towards Qingyang Fucheng. It is estimated that the situation here will not be kept secret for long. It seems that the preparation work has to be accelerated.

----The second and third days passed quickly in the busy work. The repair and improvement of the city wall has come to an end. Feng attaches great importance to this work, because when the enemy lacks effective siege facilities, the moat can play a good role in delaying the enemy's attack, buy a lot of time for the defending side, and greatly increase the attack power of the attacking side. Loss. In the past two days, nearly 6,000 troops from the empire came to report. Wufeng was very satisfied. Although these troops were dispersed, they were formally trained soldiers after all. They only needed to be reorganized. Without training, at least 50% of its combat effectiveness can be exerted. Unlike those recruits, after two or three days of training, they can barely serve as a logistics transportation force to help regular troops defend, and by the way, they can also see what a real war is like.

---- Time entered the fourth day after the Great War. Just after noon, Wufeng received a report from the reconnaissance troops. The main force of the Luobei people had arrived near Qingyang Fucheng. With a sigh of relief, the efficiency of the Luobei people can't be underestimated. It was a full day and a half earlier than I expected. Fortunately, I didn't relax. The repair of the city wall has been completed, and the work on the moat will also end in the afternoon, just in time.

---- Ascending to the West Tower, Wufeng looked far away, only to see the yellow dust covering the sky in the distance to the west, and one could tell at a glance that it was the sand and dust caused by the rapid march of large troops of cavalry. Sure enough, as expected, the enemy still chose the customary west city direction as their main attack direction. At the beginning, I judged that the enemy would return from the east, but the west city was the direction of their attacks many times. In their impression, the walls of the west city were also much more dilapidated. There was a high possibility that the enemy would choose the west as the main attack direction. I deliberately arranged eleven of the twenty large catapults on the west wall, and only three on each side of the other walls. It seems that my judgment is correct.

---- Just when Wufeng boarded the tower to observe the Luobei army, the Luobei army was busy setting up camp in a group. After receiving the scouting horse's report of the abnormality in Qingyang City, Ha Xian, who led the infantry to mop up and grab food, immediately felt that the incident was unusual, and immediately sent a fast horse to inform Kurdo and Geya in Guide and Bonan respectively that the situation had been completely eliminated. The two who defeated the empire's westward expedition army also felt the seriousness of the matter, stepped up to complete the task of grabbing food, ordered their respective lieutenants to be in the rear, and led the main cavalry to return westward quickly.

---- Luobei army camp. After a while of fuss, the troops of Kurdo, Geya, and Hasian had finished camping, and the three of them also sat in Kurdo's tent. When General Tu Da led his troops back to the country, he appointed Kurdo as the head coach, and Ge Ya and Ha Xian as his deputy.

----"Ha Xian, tell me about the situation first." Kurdo in the center looked a little gloomy. After all, he was the coach, and if something went wrong later on, he had to bear the main responsibility. "Okay, let me talk about it first. On the afternoon of the battle, after you led your troops to chase after the defeated Tanghe army, I led the infantry to collect food and grass under the order of the general. The collection task in Qingyang Mansion was also completed smoothly. But the scouting report found that many small groups of enemies were moving around, and a large number of defeated soldiers poured into Qingyang City. I immediately sent scouts to find out, and found that Qingyang City, which had no defending army, actually had a guarding force. The number is unknown, and I arranged for detailed operations to follow the local peasants who fled into Qingyang City into Qingyang City in several batches, but until now, there has been no news of these people." The city defense management has also been strengthened, and no one is allowed to leave the city without Wufeng's order. Although the agents sent by Ha Xian sneaked into the city, they couldn't get out of the city, so they couldn't spread the news.

----Three people tried to break their heads but couldn't figure out where the troops who dared to fight in the city came from. Geya pondered for a while and asked his own question: "The western expedition troops of the Tanghe people have been completely defeated by us. , it is impossible to reorganize, and according to our information, there was no city defense force in Qingyang City before our war, so where did this force come from? How many troops are there?" Kurdo, who had been thinking hard Finally opened his mouth: "What Ge Ya said is exactly what I thought, so the enemy is likely to be reinforcements later, not catching up with the previous battle, the number will not be many, but this general is not easy to deal with, As soon as he entered the city, he knew that it was not easy to take measures to guard against our spies and mobilize the local people to resist us. However, he also took his own strength too high, so he relied on some remnants and defeated generals, plus Some ordinary people just want to compete with our army, so they underestimate us too much. Don’t think so much now~IndoMTL.com~ Hurry up and rest, and send some scouts out to spy on the situation. When the main force of infantry arrives tomorrow, It is their end." Both Geya and Hasian agreed with Kurdo, and they both believed that under such circumstances, no one could stop their pace of conquest.

---- Just as the Luobei people outside the city were gearing up to launch an attack, Wufeng was also hurrying up to make final preparations. Mulige has already reorganized the disbanded troops. Excluding nearly 4,000 wounded and sick, Mulige organized the remaining 14,000 people into four regiments, and took turns to take them to the west city to familiarize themselves with the terrain. Cui Wenxiu also led The second brigade and more than 8,000 recruits sent all kinds of fighting materials such as rolling logs, stones, arrows, and boiling oil to the top of the city. Wufeng also ordered the 1,000 crossbows that were escorted to be placed on the west wall. It is also a powerful weapon, but because this weapon needs a certain amount of time to reinstall the crossbow bolts every time it is fired, it limits its power. At the same time, Wufeng also ordered the troops to demolish the residential houses around the city wall, and promised to pay compensation after the war, in case they were shot by enemy rockets during the war, causing fires and chaos.

----The people in the city also knew that the critical time was coming, so they consciously organized and worked overtime to make necessary supplies such as dry food and stretchers. At the same time, many people volunteered to serve as stretcher bearers. The whole city is like a clockwork machine, everything revolves around the coming war.

----At night, Wu Feng and Xiao Tang talked about tomorrow's war in the study of the city guard's mansion. When Xiao Tang asked about Liang Chongxin's whereabouts, Wu Feng just laughed and didn't answer. Since Liang Chongxin returned to Qingyang Fucheng on the evening of October 8, no one has seen him again, and no one knows when and where he went. Along with him, three cavalry squadrons directly under Wufeng disappeared. .