It should be the vanguard sent by Taiyuan Mansion to arrive, Chang Yu slowed down and staggered the team, roughly estimated that there were more than 500 cavalry, and the rest were infantry, and there was no baggage, it was obvious that this was a lightly armed vanguard.

"Who's going to ask who?" Chang Yu was on the side of the road, and Jiang Quan sent someone to inquire.

After a while, I saw a few war horses galloping quickly, and when they arrived in front of Chang Yu's horse, the person who came immediately dismounted and hugged his fists: "The last general has seen the factory governor."

Chang Yu fixed his eyes, and also turned over and dismounted: "It turned out to be Niu Shenjun" The person who came was Zhou Yuji's subordinate general Niu Yong.

dismounted and returned the salute, which flattered Niu Yong: "The last general was ordered by General Zhou to go to Jiaocheng to fortify, but I didn't expect to meet the factory governor so far" Niu Yong looked at Chang Yu with a tired face, and muttered in his heart: What did this factory governor do to make himself look like this.

"This governor has just come back from Jiaocheng, he has inspected the surrounding terrain, and he has some plans in his heart, you can ...... first when you go this time" Chang Yugang suddenly stopped talking as soon as he said, thinking that he had said before that he was just pointing fingers at military affairs, how could he break his word, so he immediately changed his words: "You go this time, you can have some plans with General Zhou Bing, and you can listen to this governor."

When Niu Yong heard this, he immediately said: "General Zhou will send the last general to Jiaocheng, first survey the terrain, and then set up a position......"

"There is no danger to keep" Chang Yu interrupted him with a faint smile: "Don't be official, don't say terms, give the governor some real information, and talk about specific plans."

Niu Yong kowtowed and said yes, then squatted down to take a branch and pulled it on the snow: "The last general has been to the city several times, and he knows a little about its terrain, and there is indeed no danger to defend."

Seeing Chang Yu squatting down with him, he paused slightly and said: "But since it is only a line of defense, not to defend the city, but to fight the arrogance of the thief army, then it can be arranged in a mobile manner, and there is no need to strictly defend the city......

"Real material" Chang Yu knocked on the snow with the number in his hand

Niu Gui coughed embarrassedly: "The last general is ready to dig the soil for a trench in the south of Jiaocheng, from the side of the mountain in the west, to the river in the east, two meters deep, which can block the enemy cavalry, rammed earth and can be a wall, and the high can be used as a thief to charge, and at the same time ......"

"Time is pressing, the amount of work is large, and it is unrealistic" Chang Yu directly interrupted him.

"Factory Supervisor, the thief army is only in the rest place at this time, and it has not yet reached the Fenzhou Mansion, we can recruit people and work day and night, it should be in time" Niu Gui said.

Chang Yu shook his head: "First, the weather is cold and permafrost, the construction is extremely difficult, from Xishan to the East River for more than ten miles, the amount of work is too large, and secondly, Jiaocheng has become a villain, and there are not many people at all, and they have been forcibly driven away at this time, don't you see that they are all busy fleeing to Taiyuan" Chang Yu pointed to the people on the side of the road who were dragging their families and hurrying away.

Forehead...... Niu Gui was suddenly in trouble: "But Mr. Zhou's ...... The factory governor, a horse in the south of the city, if there is no danger to rely on, it is difficult to resist the thief army's iron cavalry charge."

Chang Yu nodded slightly, he had thought about this question before, generally set up a defense line either with a side wall and a mountain pass, or a river, or behind the high wall of the city, otherwise under the galloping of thousands of horses on the Great Plains, how could they resist.

However, Jiaocheng is very embarrassing, there are mountains, and the mountains are reckless in the west of the city, but the thief army does not go west.

There are three streams of the river, the Fen River, but in the east of the city.

As for the city wall, don't mention it, if you dare to enter the city to defend, they will be able to besiege you in that projectile land and hang you.

However, he immediately reminded Niu Gui, and the small wooden stick pointed at the location of Jiaocheng on the snow: "The defense line, here is just the defense, as for the line, it is here" said and drew a long line from east to west in the north of Jiaocheng City.

Niu Gui frowned at first, then got up and looked south, at this time the sky was dark, although there were torches illuminating, it was difficult to reach ten meters away: "If the last general remembers correctly, there is a big river in front of him not far away, which is the line drawn by the factory supervisor."

That's right, one of the three tributaries of the Fen River flows through the north of Jiaocheng and goes straight to the west of the Mangmang Mountain, but he does not know whether the source is in the mountains or in the Fen River.

Chang Yu nodded slightly: "Isn't this riverbank a ready-made trench, and a little arrangement is a moat."

Niu Gui stroked his palm: "Well, in fact, when General Zhou and I discussed, we also used this place as a basis, but the river is in the north of the city, if it is located here, wouldn't it be a waste of giving up the city to the thieves, so I gave up."

Because of the small loss, Chang Yu sighed secretly, although Zhou Yuji was brave, he was a little brainless.

"Jiaocheng has already abandoned the city, otherwise why bother to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness" Chang Yu said angrily: "What's more, who said that there can only be one defense line, you can take this river as the bottom line, and go south, if you have the ability, you can hit Pingyang Mansion, and if you can't beat it, you can go back."

Niu Gui's face turned red: "What the factory governor said is extremely true" but he also admired it a little in his heart, this little eunuch actually knew a little bit about arranging formations, which was much better than those eunuchs who did not learn and did not know how to supervise the army.

"What else?" Chang Yu asked again: "In addition to setting up a line of defense, what else can you discuss?" ”。

Niu Gui nodded heavily: "There are two roads from Jiexiu to Taiyuan in the north, although the thief army is going west to attack Fenzhou Mansion at this time, but it is not excluded that the troops are divided into two roads, and we and the general soldiers of Zhou have discussed it, and I feel that we should also deploy troops on the east road, with Qi County as the line......"

"There is also a big river in the east and west horizontal a few miles north of Qi County," Chang Yu interjected.

Niu Gui nodded and continued: "Qi County is less than 100 miles away from Jiaocheng, and we will discuss it to set up a 100-mile defense line to block the enemy to the south. Although the 100-mile defense line is too long, the strength of the troops is mainly in the two cities of Jiaocheng in Qi County, and a team of men and horses is stationed in the middle, which can be supported on both sides."

"There is a hill named South Bank more than 30 miles east of here, and you can camp soldiers!"

Chang Yu interjected again, Niu Gui's eyes lit up, and he was even a little surprised: "I'll make the same decision!" ”

God p, I'm fucking tired for a day and a night without eating and sleeping well, and I ran all over the radius of a hundred miles, plus the future generations have traveled through, and I have seen the approximate map here, if I don't have a b count in my heart, it is better to die headlong.

Chang Yu muttered in his heart, and a slight smile on his face motioned for him to continue.

"It is reported that there are more than 200,000 thieves in the army, once they are opened, the probe horses come out in all directions, and the tentacles even extend to a hundred miles away, even Taiyuan is afraid that there are spies at this time."

"So what?"

"So I decided that before the two armies officially contacted, it was inevitable and didn't mind a skirmish with the thief army" Niu Gui said and smiled slightly: "Let's also release the spies intensively, and try to ensure that the thief army will not be able to cross this line of defense."

"Good! A lot of them are scattered" Chang Yu nodded slightly, in fact, he didn't move in his heart, in fact, this suggestion was discussed with Zhou Yuji on the road, and it was not surprising that it was adopted at this time.

"Who is sent to guard Qi County?" Chang Yu asked again.

"Zhao Yuanzhong" Niu Gui said, but Chang Yu was very unfamiliar when he heard it, and he didn't know this person, he should be a low-level officer who was a general, and he thought it was because he knew that the main force of the thief army was going to go to Fenzhou Mansion, so he didn't value it so much.

After chatting for a while, Chang Yu turned over and got on his horse, said goodbye to Niu Gui, and went straight to the north.

At this time, the sky is dark, although the wind and snow are small, but the cold is incomparable, groups of people on the road are walking together, the rich and noble people have horse-drawn carriages to walk, free from the pain of wind and cold, and see that there are many people on the side of the road who stop to make a fire to keep warm, or are bowing their heads to eat, and there are also howling and crying

What are you crying about? It's nothing more than uprooting, or the wind and snow are too cold, or the hunger and cold are compelling.

But who is born in this troubled world, who does not live like a purgatory.

Chang Yu had a black face all the way, seeing that he was wailing all the way, but he was helpless, and that helpless mood really drove him crazy.

Dozens of miles away, there is a city in front of it, which is the county seat of Qingxu.

Chang Yu walked slowly, looking at the black and whirring small city: "Jiang Quan, send a few people into the city to inform the county government, and let them immediately set up a porridge shop outside the city to help the people" He was worried that these people who were hurrying in the wind and snow would not be able to support them to Taiyuan.

"Brother Chang, I'm afraid it won't work" Jiang Quan was embarrassed: "I heard that almost every county granary under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan has little left, and it is ......"

Moreover, the use of official warehouses for disaster relief, a city and county order cannot be the master at all, and it must be reported to the upper level for approval, and some even have to be reported to the imperial court, and the procedures are cumbersome...... Chang Yu understands this truth, better than anyone else.

"Don't care so much, let him do things first, make up for the formalities later, if there is something, our family will help him resist" Chang Yu waved his hand: "There is no grain in the official warehouse, let him borrow it, if he can't borrow it, let him take out the food in his house, no matter what, he must see the porridge shop tonight, otherwise he will come to see him."

Jiang Quan responded, and he was about to give orders.

"You do it yourself" Chang Yu said, and Jiang Quan took the order and left.

"Big brother, if this matter is stabbed, it is estimated that those civil officials in the court can scold you to death," Chunxiang said worriedly.

"I'm not afraid of those three indiscriminate" Chang Yu smiled coldly and hurried away.

Two horses change, more than 100 miles, just after the child Changyu arrived outside the city of Taiyuan, in the distance can see the lights faintly coming from the tower of the south gate.

I don't know if Wu Mengming and they have arrived, Chang Yu turned his head to look in the southeast direction, the night was dark, the wind and snow were thick, the visibility was extreme, and he couldn't see anything in a daze.

Wu Mengming was nearly half an hour ahead of him, and he turned from Qi County to Jiaocheng and walked the west road back, theoretically he should go to Taiyuan before him, but the silver car went slowly, the horse could not run, and it was estimated that he would not be able to return until dawn, Chang Yu thought about beating the horse and rushing towards the south gate of Taiyuan City.

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