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Since Wei Yingcai led his troops to capture Xiguan City, he has been single-minded and has stayed in Xiguan City in peace, first, so that the soldiers and soldiers who can accompany him can rest for a while; second, Wei Yingcai also plans to take advantage of this time to reform the civil affairs of Xiguan City in accordance with the management model of Tai'an City after the war.

The scale of Xiguan City is smaller than that of Tai'an City, but it is only relatively speaking, the permanent population of the city is still more than 10,000. However, in fact, these permanent residents are not all local residents of Xiguancheng, on the contrary, there are actually tens of thousands of refugees in the city.

Among these refugees, in addition to those who are unable to find a livelihood in their respective areas, there are also people who are unable to hold their homes due to the impact of the war and have to move their families to save their lives. They left their hometown and moved thousands of miles to Xiguancheng, just to have three meals and one sleep.

However, because of the large number of refugees, almost all of whom migrated in groups, the refugees suddenly gathered in Xiguancheng, which caused the local population of Xiguancheng to increase suddenly, and it continued to increase, which inevitably caused a sudden burden on the local management. This makes it impossible for them to properly deal with the problem in the most decisive time.

But for the refugees, they have experienced the great suffering brought to them by the war, and they want to escape here but cannot be effectively sheltered by the original local officials in Xiguan City, so that their living conditions are actually much worse than those of the refugees in Tai'an City.

As soon as Wei Yingcai took over Xiguancheng, he quickly grasped the truth of this hidden crisis, and he attached great importance to it.

For those in power, when the post-war regime changes hands and the situation is turbulent, the most important thing is to reassure the people as soon as possible, so that they can effectively and relatively firmly grasp the post-war region.

Therefore, Wei Ying knew that if he continued to allow a large number of refugees in Xiguancheng, and these refugees were not well settled,

I am afraid that the peace in front of me will soon be broken, as long as the mood of the refugees rises, and there is no way to get basic satisfaction for a long time, they will easily make a desperate bet and do acts that disrupt the local order, and the current number of refugees in Xiguan City is too large, it is more likely to cause chaos in the whole body, and even the situation will become serious, I am afraid it will be an uncontrollable situation.

Therefore, Wei Yingcai attaches great importance to solving the hidden dangers of refugees. Moreover, in view of the example of Tai'an City, Wei Yingcai also knew what steps should be taken to gradually solve the problem of refugees.

Soon after Wei Yingcai formed the local council, he set up a special Xiguancheng security brigade. And Wei Yingcai set up the public security brigade precisely to stabilize the overall public social order in Xiguancheng as soon as possible, monitor and maintain at the same time, and prevent local riots.

It is precisely because the real intention of forming the public security brigade is not to maintain the Xiguan Council, but out of public security considerations, that Wei Yingcai belongs to the subordinate security forces under the Xinghua Army.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Yingcai intensively carried out the issue of public security management, quickly set up a flag in Xiguan City, and recruited 500 soldiers of the public security forces.

Because of the lack of food and materials in Xiguancheng, in order to solve the personnel arrangement in the shortest possible time and complete the task of recruitment, Wei Yingcai used food as the primary condition for recruitment, in order to attract powerful people to join the Xiguancheng Public Security Brigade.

Among them, as long as those who are willing to join the Xiguancheng Public Security Brigade, each recruit must be full, and the monthly salary of the security soldier can be distributed by himself, such as distributing money, or directly replacing it with food.

Of course, the two ways will not be chosen by the same amount or value, and Wei Yingcai will naturally not forget to balance the gap. Therefore, if food is chosen as the monthly salary, each recruit can receive two more family and friend rations, and the recruit will take the relatives and friends to the barracks canteen to eat.

Wei Ying knew that in the case of the outbreak of war and the extremely turbulent surrounding environment, sometimes money is not necessarily what the soldiers want most, after all, it is likely to have a thousand yuan, and it may not be possible to exchange food from the war-torn area. In contrast, food is sometimes more important than money.

In particular, some refugees have fled with their families and have just arrived in Xiguancheng, not to mention that they can find a job to live in, and they cannot even get basic living conditions such as shelter and food.

Wei Yingcai is very clear about the special needs of these special situations. Therefore, he knew that as long as he balanced the equivalence between food and money and ensured an adequate food supply, he would be able to quickly recruit the manpower needed to enrich the Xiguancheng Security Brigade, so as to establish a stable peacekeeping force in the shortest possible time and ensure the stability of Xiguancheng.

Wei Yingcai's policy was effective, and the recruitment office of security recruits in Xiguancheng soon gathered a large number of men who had heard the news.

What Wei Yingcai wanted was a subsidiary unit that could help the Xinghua Army at a critical moment. He hopes that the security forces will not only maintain law and order in Xiguancheng, but also do some logistical work. For example, escorting and guarding prisoners, escorting grain and grass, cleaning up the battlefield, and so on.

Therefore, Wei Yingcai saw that there were many people who signed up for the security forces, and in line with the attitude of preferring shortage to abuse, he raised the conditions for joining the army.

After three days of recruitment, five hundred security soldiers were recruited. Wei Yingcai arranged for them to train in isolation for three days, and then, giving them steel helmets and long swords, arranged for them to take over the patrol task of the Xinghua Army and carry out security patrols in the city.

The Xinghua army occupied Xiguancheng for more than a month, and in the direction of Yangcheng, an army came. It was the elite army of the Xia Kingdom. They came to Xiguancheng with the aim of recovering Xiguancheng. Of course, the more important thing is that this Xia army knows very well that the Xinghua army in Xiguancheng is the one that has always been defeated, and it is also the defeated army that Yangcheng has lost.

The general of the Xia army is Bai Lixi, a family of military generals. Bai Lixi is from the capital of the Xia Kingdom, and is a young and promising general, who is good at strategy and bravery.

Bai Lixi was excited when he received the military order from the handsome Bai Qi, he wanted to show himself very much, and he wanted to make meritorious contributions. For him, going on the expedition is something to look forward to.

Bai Lixi led an army of 20,000 and appeared in front of the east gate of Xiguan City. Arriving outside Xiguan City, he wanted to take advantage of the terrain to avoid the firearms of the Xinghua army.

Xia Jun and Xinghua Jun have fought many times, and it is impossible not to know some of the strength of the other party. The Xinghua Army is equipped with guns, and one person is enough to deal with more than a dozen Xia soldiers. This is the battle report that Bai Lixi learned, but he didn't agree with it at all, such a war report, in Bai Lixi's eyes, was an alarmist that belonged to the ambition of others and the destruction of his own prestige. Otherwise, as a fierce general who has also experienced bloody killings on the battlefield many times, how could he never witness the exaggerated scene of one person being able to kill many people?

Out of an abundance of caution, Bailixi decided to set up camp five kilometers away.

Then, Bai Lixi arranged for the craftsmen in the army to start cutting down big trees and making siege equipment. Not only that, Bailixi also sent cavalry to sweep around Xiguan City to prevent the Xinghua Army from coming to Tai'an City.

Wei Yingcai also discovered the intentions of the Xia army, and he was now on the city wall looking at the Xia army's scout cavalry that appeared in front of him from time to time, facing the officers of his own troops, and instructing them to send a force to attack the enemy, so as not to let the enemy carry out their siege preparations with peace of mind.

During the day, Wei Yingcai sent a thousand Xinghua soldiers into battle.

A thousand soldiers of the Xinghua Army, under the command of the Xinghua officers, slowly walked out of Xiguan City, loaded with bullets.

Stomp ...... , Xinghua soldiers marched with neat steps towards the camp of the Xia army's Baili Xi Division.

In the Xia army camp, Bai Lixi received a report from his subordinates that the Xinghua army was slowly coming towards them.

Bai Lixi received the news and immediately ordered the entire army to assemble. Because Bai Lixi knew very well that once the Xinghua army reached their camp, the Xia army would lose the first move and fall into disadvantage. Bai Lixi ordered all of them to assemble, not to meet the battle, but to ambush the Xinghua army. The Xia army was inferior to the Xinghua army, and it did not charge and fight. Therefore, the Xia army should try to avoid facing the Xinghua army head-on.

The Xinghua army had to pass by a road lined with trees on both sides to obscure the view on both sides. Bai Lixi took a fancy to that place, mainly because the Xia army could raid the Xinghua army and make a surprise attack.

Bai Lixi's point of view, if the Xinghua Army wants to deal with the ambush soldiers who suddenly kill on both sides, it will definitely panic. As soon as the Xinghua army panics, their morale will be scattered and they will not be able to form an effective counterattack. Even if the ambush is unsuccessful, the Xia army has no advantage, at least the Xinghua army has no advantage, and the two sides pull to the same level.

Bai Lixi's idea was very feasible, and he remembered the evaluation of many generals about the Xinghua Army.

The Xia army has always believed that the victory of the Xinghua army is entirely dependent on their weapons. If the Xinghua Army did not have a single gun, the soldiers of the Xinghua Army would not be able to defeat the elite soldiers of the Xia Army at all. In short, this is where the officer level of the Xia Army has always been unconvinced. It's just that the officers of the Xia Army hope that the Xinghua Army will not take guns, and things like fair duels are purely their own fantasies. In fact, if the Xia army also had guns, the Xia army officers would not give up their weapons and fight with knives with their own brains. This is looking for death by oneself, and the dead one, and the living enemy is just laughing at the dead, not to eulogize a fool who is willing to give up his advantage.

The distance of five kilometers was not long, and the troops of the Xinghua Army approached the woods, preparing to cross the path. At this time, the officers of the Xinghua Army ordered the soldiers to temporarily halt their advance.

It turned out that the Xinghua officers were also worried that there would be enemy ambushes on both sides of the path. Officer Xinghua ordered a reconnaissance team to search the front of the trail to make sure that the enemy was not in ambush. Only 1,000 people of the Xinghua army left the city, and the number was not large. If you are ambushed by the enemy again, it will be bad.

Bang, bang, bang! The guns of the reconnaissance team are heard.

Sure enough, there was an ambush for the Xia army. Bai Lixi immediately made a decision and ordered the ambush to go out and kill the Xinghua army.

Woohoo...... Xia Jun's bow and arrow came out in response. The Xinghua army was attacked by bows and arrows, and more than a dozen soldiers were killed and wounded, and the officers of the Xinghua army ordered the soldiers to slowly leave the woods and build a defensive position.

However, Xia Jun moved quickly. The reconnaissance team in the woods did not withdraw, and it was clear that their lives were in danger.

The Xinghua army did not have time to build positions. Had to retreat while returning fire.

Bang Peng Peng...... Xia Jun was about to rush to the front. The Xinghua officer ordered the soldiers to throw grenades and not give the Xia army a chance to approach.

After a burst of explosions. The offensive of the Xia army eased somewhat, and the Xinghua army was given time to breathe.

Seeing this, Bai Lixi ordered the soldiers of the Xia Army, who had strong arms, to also use thunderbolts and throw them into the camp of the Xinghua Army.

Bang, there was another explosion, and the formation of the Xinghua Army was a little chaotic. Bai Lixi immediately ordered the soldiers not to order the enemy to rush into the enemy formation.

Finally, five minutes later, Xia soldiers rushed into the Xinghua army. The two sides began a white-knuckle battle.

After a fierce battle, the Xinghua army was sharply reduced by half of its soldiers, and the officers of the Xinghua army had to lead the army to forcibly evacuate, not giving the Xia army a chance to defeat the Xinghua army.

Bang... Boom... Gunshots, explosions were heard everywhere. There are also shouts of killing, intertwined.

Just when there were more and more Xia troops and were about to besiege the Xinghua army, Wei Yingcai led the army out to rescue.

As early as the Xinghua army encountered an ambush from the enemy, the Xinghua officer used a walkie-talkie to ask Wei Yingcai in Xiguan City for help. Wei Yingcai did not want his army to be annihilated by the enemy. Wei Yingcai had already failed once, and he definitely didn't want to encounter it a second time. If he fails again, he will be teased by his colleagues in the military. Even if he wasn't made fun of, Wei Yingcai himself would be ashamed.

Wei Yingcai led his troops and used the strongest firepower to meet the Xia army's Baili Xi Division. Not only that, Wei Yingcai also brought out twenty mortars. Wei Yingcai ordered the artillery and frantically opened fire on the enemy. Wei Yingcai wanted to vent his frustration at defeat.

"Kill, don't save bullets, completely cripple the enemy, not enough for them to have any chance. Wei Yingcai shouted loudly and ordered the Xinghua soldiers to retaliate.

After a short while, Bai Lixi ordered the Xia soldiers to disperse and threaten the Xinghua army with archers.

It was another battle before the Xinghua army finally withdrew to Xiguancheng.

Returning to Xiguan City, the Xia army outside the city began to retreat, and Bai Lixi did not take advantage of the defeat of the Xinghua army to attack the city. Mainly because the combat effectiveness of the Xinghua Army is still there, and the Xia Army has also suffered more than 2,000 casualties, so it needs to take a break. What's more important is that the Xia army did not carry siege weapons with the army.

Bai Lixi ordered the Xia army to return to the barracks to rest and recuperate, and sent another 2,000 soldiers to monitor the Xinghua army in Xiguan City.

Wei Yingcai stood on the city wall and had to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the Xia army retreating.

"How much ammunition do we have?" Wei Yingcai asked the logistics officer in the army.

"Report sir, I'm afraid our ammunition won't be able to sustain a fight. The logistics officer replied.

"Send a telegram to General Leon, telling him that the Xia army has arrived at Xiguan City and is preparing to attack the city, but we are short of ammunition and it is difficult to defend it. Wei Yingcai said.

The adjutant standing beside Wei Yingcai, recorded Wei Yingcai's words, and then took the record and went to the telegraph station to send a telegram to General Lyon, asking for help!