Except for Houcheng, the construction of the urn city in the rest of the cities was even slower, and it would take about a month to complete.

This is also due to the fact that Xiangping, which is the largest city and is relatively located in the hinterland, otherwise it may take even more time.

In this regard, Gongsun Du said that there was nothing he could do, it was not something he could do as fast as he wanted.

Fortunately, Gongsun Du had expected it, after all, this is not a temporary use, and there will be more days to fight with Xianbei in the future. He didn't fight off Xianbei once, so he felt that Er'er was just left to his kneading.

"With the lesson of last time, Xianbei probably won't make the same mistake this time." Gongsun Du pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, I will personally talk to Hu Zi about this matter later, and let him complete the construction of the urn city of Houcheng and Liaolu as soon as possible." Otherwise, a certain worry will not be stopped. ”

"That's right!" Xu Rong echoed, "This time, Xianbei is likely to choose to concentrate on attacking Houcheng, the second city of the Liao Army, or one of them. The urn city can greatly improve the defense of the city, and it can be completed before the Xianbei attack, which is also a great help. ”

Gongsun Du said regretfully: "It's a pity, except for Hu Zi, even Zhao Lun can't learn to build an urn city, otherwise, the speed will definitely increase." ”

When Xu Rong and the others heard this, they also felt sorry. After repelling Xianbei last year, they had a great impression of the name Zhao Lun. It's a pity that people are getting older, and they don't learn things like before, and after a few months, they still don't know anything about Wengcheng. It was to repair the city wall, and Zhao Lun brought out a lot of apprentices, which can be regarded as a comfort!

"This matter is so decided, the rest of the cities should also be prepared in case, if Xianbei still attacks according to last year's method, don't be caught off guard, or even lose the city."

"Yes, my lord." Xu Rong and others responded in unison.

Gongsun Du relieved his mind and nodded, after all, the main attack on Houcheng, the Liao Army, or one of them, this is just their speculation, but what if Xianbei has a strong iron head, he still has to hit the wall?

I have to guard against it!

"Ladies and gentlemen." Immediately, Gongsun Du's face turned straight and said, "Everyone said that the training has not been completed before, and it should be because of winter, but now that winter has passed, spring has also passed, I think it should have been completed, right?" ”

All the generals wanted to laugh, but they didn't dare to laugh. Spring? The neck is so short! What's the difference between having and not having one?

"Haha!"

Looking at the generals who couldn't hold back their smiles, Gongsun Du couldn't help laughing.

"Haha!" The generals couldn't hold back any longer and laughed.

After laughing, Gongsun Du set his eyes on Xu Rong. Xu Rong already faintly had the posture of the first military general under Gongsun Du at this time, whether it was from his own martial arts, or his command ability, as well as Gongsun Du's attention to him, it was all like this. Of course, in terms of martial arts, Huang Zhong has never fought with Xu Rong, mainly because he didn't have time, otherwise it would be difficult to tell. But overall, Xu Rong's martial arts are extremely high.

Xu Rong understood and said, "Except for those soldiers of special arms, who have just become familiar with the new equipment, the rest have already completed their training, especially the archers. At most, it will take four or five days to run in before you can go to the battlefield. When the run-in is completed, I believe it will be no worse than last year's elites. ”

At the end, Xu Rong also made an evaluation.

Gongsun Du expressed his satisfaction with this, and then looked at Liu Yi again.

Huang Zhong's martial arts are indeed superb, and at present, it should be incomparable, but in the end, the time to defect to Gongsun Du is too short.

Liu Yi replied directly: "All the soldiers of the Liao army have made all preparations and are waiting for the lord's orders. ”

Simple, seemingly sycophant, but true. Although Liu Yi was not as good at training soldiers as Xu Rong, he had obtained the scientific training methods of Gongsun Du from later generations, and others also had them, however, there were many veterans left before the Liao team, so it was naturally much easier to train.

After that, Huang Zhong, Tu Yi and others successively said that the training of the army had been basically completed, at most, because they could not train together in winter, and there was a lack of running-in problems, and there would be no problem after the run-in was completed for about a few days to more than ten days.

The training of the army was basically completed, and Gongsun Du expressed great satisfaction. Then he talked about the most important reason for calling everyone this time.

Speaking of which, Gongsun Du is like a previous life, extremely nostalgic for the previous life, when there was any need, a phone call, or a message was sent over, except for special circumstances such as no electricity, it didn't take the second to receive it. Right now...... Hehe!

It still has to be passed on by people, and there is not even a bird, and the so-called bird is naturally a carrier pigeon. By people? It's so backward! Even if the Liao team near the left wants to send a message to Xiangping, it will take a day to hurry up. This must be that there are no accidents on the road, such as being robbed, bad luck falling from a horse and dying.

Gongsun Du felt that it was really enough, and decided to get the "bird" out as soon as possible, but now it is too inconvenient.

To get back to the point, Gongsun Du was worried that Houcheng or the Liao army would be raided by Xianbei and break the city in one fell swoop, so that they would not have time to support at all. There is no need to doubt whether Xianbei has this ability, the answer is definitely yes. Even if the city is not directly broken, as long as it is within two days. Because it takes about two days for the nearby city to send troops and reinforcements from the time it receives the news.

However, as the lord, he did not directly say the result of the discussion with Wei You, but said: "Judging from the situation last year and the news received. This time, the army that Xianbei came to be between 50,000 and 100,000, the reason is needless to say, in addition to the fact that last year was swept away, the rest is that Youbeiping, Changli, Shanggu, Daijun and other counties have already existed in name only, and they cannot contain Xianbei's energy. ”

After speaking, he glanced at the Tuoba brothers who were also in the house. Everyone understands the reason why the Tuoba tribe took refuge here, but they can't say that it's not, otherwise it will be sad!

Tuoba Zhong heard the meaning, and hurriedly said: "The subordinates have caused trouble to the lord." ”

Gongsun Du waved his hand and said: "It's none of your business, it's not a day or two since Tanshi Huai coveted Liaodong, and it's not something that you Tuoba tribe can influence." ”

"Thank you for your innocence." Tuoba Zhong was moved. Even Tuoba Yi, who had been greatly reduced in his men and horses because of his defection to Gongsun Du, was deeply moved from the bottom of his heart. For people like them, who came from a tribe, they will probably miss people from the same tribe in their hearts until they die!

Tuoba Yi, that is, Tuoba Muye, Tuoba Zhong's younger brother. He also learned from Tuoba Zhong when he first met Gongsun Du, and asked for a new name, which was Tuoba Yi and Tuoba Muye.

The rest of the people pretended to be deaf for the time being and did not hear anything.

After the two brothers returned to their seats and sat down a little awkwardly, Huang Zhong got up and said, "My lord, my subordinates guarantee that even if the 100,000 Xianbei army comes to attack, they can stop it for at least five days. ”

Liu Yi heard it, this is amazing, although Gongsun Du told all of them that Huang Zhong is the first military general of the Han Dynasty now, but he has never seen it, and he can be regarded as an old minister of Gongsun Du, how can he not be convinced, now seeing that Huang Zhong actually ignored him, he took the first step to make a guarantee, which is willing to lag behind, and then got up and promised: "Lord, my subordinates guarantee that no matter how many people come from Xianbei, they can hold on to the help of the army." ”

Jiao Lu and Tu Yi had a good relationship with Liu Yi, although they didn't say anything to help, they also glared at Huang Zhong unhappily. Huang Zhong was very old and did not react in the slightest.

Seeing that Gongsun Du was silent, Xu Rong got up and said, "Liu Duwei, Huang Duwei, I also believe that the two of you have the ability to block Xianbei's attack until reinforcements arrive." But in this way, under the fierce attack of Xianbei, the defenders will inevitably suffer heavy losses. ”

After a pause, Xu Rong saw a smile in Gongsun Du's eyes, and after muttering in his heart, he continued: "Therefore, his subordinates suggested that 15,000 people be transferred from Gaoguli, of which 10,000 will be sent to Houcheng to assist in defending the city, and the remaining 5,000 will be sent to the Liao army to guard against the Xianbei army. ”

Huang Zhong and Liu Yi were about to object, but Gongsun Du took the first step and said: "Well, very good, for now, this is the safest way." ”

Glancing at the two people who wanted to speak, Gongsun Du said, "Just do it!" ”

This suggestion is actually Wei You's suggestion to Gongsun Du, which means that Xu Rong's ability in this regard can at least be compared with Wei You. From this, it can be imagined how powerful Xu Rong is.

Although Huang Zhong and Liu Yi suspected that this was a confrontational play with Xu Rong that Gongsun Du had arranged, they could only respond: "Yes, lord." ”

Subsequently, after Gongsun Du made some arrangements for the defense and support of Liaoyang and Xinchang, he let everyone disperse, leaving only Huang Zhong.

"Hansheng, are you still used to this time?" Gongsun Du didn't get to the point directly, but chatted casually.

Although Huang Zhong was strange, he still replied: "My subordinates think it's very good, although it is really cold in winter, and my subordinates never thought that there would be such a cold in the north before, but it seems to be quite fun." ”

"Well, that's how ...... the north"

After chatting for a while, Gongsun Du finally talked about the reason why Huang Zhong was left alone.

"Hansheng, you also heard it just now, a certain let Demou lead the naval army to Donglai, right?"

Huang Zhong nodded, but he was very puzzled in his heart, did this have anything to do with him?

Gongsun Du smiled slightly at this and said in a harmonious voice: "So, I want to ask, what about your family?" Do you follow the navy back to Liaodong, or let them live in Xuzhou temporarily? ”

"Maybe you don't know very well that the Mi family in Xuzhou is the Mi family, one of the four major merchants." Gongsun Du saw that Huang Zhong was a little puzzled, and only then did he realize that the Mi family did not have much reputation in Jingzhou, so he explained, and then said, "I believe that with the Mi family, it is better than living in Jizhou, right?" ”

Huang Zhong was silent when he heard this, speaking of this, he missed his family a little. I wanted my family to come to Liaodong, but of course, it was mainly Huang Xu's illness and needed to be treated. But this navy army went from Liaodong to Donglai, and he had never heard of such a thing, and he was a little uneasy in his heart.

Seeing this, Gongsun Du said again: "You don't have to worry about treatment, no matter how you choose, there will be no delay." If Han Sheng chooses to let them come to Liaodong with the navy, it goes without saying, if you go to Qu County, let Cheng Pu bring the medicinal materials, and hand them over to the people in Muping when the time comes. ”

"As for how to choose, you can do it yourself, no matter which one you choose, you can do it."

"In this way, you can follow Cheng Pu to the Liao Brigade to see our warships first and then make a decision. No matter how Hansheng decides, tell Cheng Pu directly when the time comes. ”

After speaking, Gongsun Du patted Huang Zhong on the shoulder and left.

"Thank you, my lord." Huang Zhong was moved from the bottom of his heart, and bowed to Gongsun Du's back.