Tang Xiao came to the mansion, Xiao Fei was calculating the distance with the generals, and Tang Xiao, the nine-rank general, glanced at the sand table and seemed to know the battle situation well, pressing his hands on the edge of the sand table and looking at Xiao Fei.

Since Tang Xiao was not the "Seventh Prince" of the Tiger Army, when he came here, the room was not very enthusiastic, but everyone still admired the prestige of Tang Seventh Prince. One by one, they stood up straight and looked at him as if they were listening to the teachings.

Xiao Fei waved his hand and said, "Tang Shuai is invited." ”

Xiao Fei took the initiative to hand over the baton to Tang Xiao, Tang Xiao took the small stick and knocked it in the palm of his hand.

looked at everyone with a smile, nodded and said, "Since you can afford to look down on me Tang Xiao, Tang is not talented, and I will be ugly here." But let's talk ugly about the front, since you worship me as the handsome, in this battle, you have to listen to my arrangement. When I plan my tactics, I don't allow people to say 'no'. ”

After a pause, he said again with a strong threat: "Did you all hear clearly?" ”

The crowd was silent.

Tang Xiao retracted his coercive look, smiled and said, "You can oppose it completely, if that's the case, I won't come to make trouble." ”

At this time, Xiao Fei smiled bitterly and said, "Since the Seventh Prince has been invited, then take the Seventh Prince's head as the leader." If anyone is disobedient, Xiao Fei is willing to serve, and the military law will deal with this person. ”

"Okay." Tang Xiao said: "Since this is the case, then I will start to arrange tactics." ”

The baton nodded at Texas City: "There must be someone to defend here, but since we have relatively few soldiers, there must be few people defending the city." But don't be discouraged by the defenders, we don't intend to keep you going for too long. ”

Tang Xiao stood up straight, "Calculate the time, it will take another day for the enemy army to come here, and in this day, find all the combustible materials in and around the city for me, even if it is a private house, and demolish it for me." Sit down and keep the record, and when the war ends in the future, the court will compensate them. ”

"I'm doing this because it's for the sake of the bigger picture. When the enemy comes, it is impossible for us to fight them head-to-head because of our small numbers, and when the time comes, we will throw the burnt timber into the city. I don't believe that their men are beaten with iron, and they are not afraid of fire! ”

Speaking of this, Tang Xiao asked with his back hand, "Who wants to defend the city?" ”

No one spoke.

Xiao Fei coughed lightly and said, "I don't know how many people Tang Shuai plans to keep in the city." ”

"One thousand and five."

"Only one thousand and five?"

"What? Is it too little? Tang Xiao smiled: "It's a lot." You have to think about a question that we can think of, and the enemy can think of too. Even if we are very hidden in an ambush outside, I believe that Nalan Juehu, the fifth battle general of Nanjia, will not be unguarded against us. When the time comes, he will send up to 5,000 men to attack the city from one side, and not from all sides. The remaining 10,000 men were used to deal with those of us who were in ambush. ”

Ju Fan took a step forward and said, "Since that's the case, it's better to give up Texas." ”

"How can that work?" Tang Xiao said: "The house in Texas, we will demolish it, and we will compensate the people, but if it is a man who enters the city for the second time, how do you think they will treat the people?" In addition, the 1,500 people defending the city are not a fixed number, so you can mobilize the people to defend the city together. ”

Tang Xiao suddenly stopped talking, slapped the baton on the case, and said, "Let me ask again, who is willing to take the initiative to ask Yingshou City?" ”

Still no one spoke.

At this time, Tang Xiao called and said, "Han Dang, are you willing?" ”

Han Dang was ashamed and said: "Han is just a deputy general. ”

"Well, you can't say that. In my heart, you are a young and promising rising star, and I believe that you will lead the troops to defend the city, and it will be foolproof. And don't worry, I, Tang Xiao, am sure to relieve you within an hour, if I'm lucky, I'll be able to fight Nalan in a while. ”

I don't know what Han Dang thinks, just now he gave him 2,000 people, he refused to defend the city, this time he gave him 1,500 people, he actually agreed.

After this big problem was solved, the tactics were well arranged, and after the meeting was dismissed, the soldiers of the whole city began to demolish the houses.

First of all, it is cheaper to demolish those inferior houses, so that it is cheaper to compensate, but if it is a big house like Fengyuelou, it is better not to demolish it first, although there is a lot of wood, it is also very troublesome to dismantle, and it is also a lot of expense to compensate.

In addition to Fengyue Tower, those ordinary houses can't lose much money, and in the city, the main thing is that the title deed is more expensive. In the future, when the compensation is made, as long as the tax exemption in and out of the city, the people can get a lot of benefits, besides, now that the national disaster is at hand, if you don't have a life, what house do you want?

The heart of destroying the family and relieving the distress is rippling in the city.

Although there are some people who cry and make trouble and refuse to dismantle it, they can't help it.

Han Dang took over the heavy responsibility of defending the city, the first time was not to arrange the city's tactics, but to catch strong men everywhere, called "recruiting righteous soldiers", in general, the Han people recruited soldiers is still easier than the male Jia people, after all, there are still some people who are willing to serve the country.

After a period of agitation, Han Dang recruited more than 700 people and sent them to each city wall, transported wood to the city wall, and prepared a large number of fire-starting materials. The vegetable oil in the hands of the people was confiscated, just for this fierce battle.

That night, Xiao Fei led 3,000 cavalry to hide in the hills, and if the enemy came from the main road, it would take him two quarters of an hour to reach the battlefield.

Tang Xiao led 3,000 people to the northeast of the city, he personally led 200 elite cavalry, walked halfway, and suddenly said to Tang Qi: "The enemy army is coming, let them attack the city first, no matter what the battle looks like, don't care, let Han Dang hold on to the city for an hour." ”

"In an hour, shall we do it again?"

"Yes."

"What if Han Dang can't stand it?"

"If he can't stand it, he thinks he's unlucky." Tang Xiao said: "If you want to win more with less, it's not easy to talk about." ”

"So is our order the same?" Tang Qi said: "Originally, it was planned that we would rush up first, and Xiao Fei would rush to help from behind. Now I have two worries, first, I am worried that Xiao Fei will not come to support when he sees that the situation is not good; Second, I'm also worried that Xiao Fei won't do it when he sees us, but he will do it first. ”

"Xiao Fei is cautious and will never rush out first." Tang Xiao smiled and said, "When the time comes, if you go up to the top, I will go around to the back to observe." If Xiao Fei really doesn't come, then I'll rush in and rescue you, and then let's go back to Luoyang and stop fighting. Leave the mess to Huo Zizhen to deal with. ”

"This..."

"Don't do this, I still have to take care of my unassailable nephew. You go and set it up. ”

"Yes!"

Before parting, Tang Xiao sent someone to call Bai Ke to his side and clear the people around him, Tang Xiao said: "I handed over Tang Qi to you, I hope you will live up to your mission." ”

Bai Ke looked into the distance and was silent.

Tang Xiao didn't blame Bai Ke for being rude, but said, "After beating Nan Jia, I will take you to see your father." ”。

Then he whipped the horse and walked away.

Behind him, two hundred elite cavalry kicked up a cloud of sand and dust and disappeared into the dense forest.