Chapter 207: Preparation

Arslen Khan asked Gu Xu to sit down before returning to his seat. He asked with a pleasant face: "The general is the chief general of Miyun, and he must know a lot about Miyun's defense. I wonder what the general taught me? ”

Gu Xu was already a little flattered at this time, thinking that the Tatars were ruthless, and he was afraid that his life would not be guaranteed. I didn't expect that this Great Khan not only did not blame, but Corporal Lixian treated him so favorably. Although I know in my heart, this is the value that the other party thinks he still has to use. But after the fear just now, and the huge difference from now, Gu Xu couldn't help but be excited.

When he heard the Great Khan's question, he quickly got up and said, "Great Khan, Miyun knows everything about the defense of me, there are not many soldiers in the city, and there is a shortage of constituent equipment. As long as the Great Khan led the troops to attack, surrounded the city on all sides and attacked together, not giving Miyun a chance to breathe, the other side did not have many soldiers, and scattered on the four city walls, so that each wall only had one or two thousand people, as long as the Great Khan did not skimp on troops, the city would be broken within three or five days. ”

Arslen Khan had some doubts in his heart when he said this, so he asked bluntly: "Miyun is an important town in the north, how can there be only such a force?" Why are the devices so insufficient? ”

Gu Xu heard Arslen Khan ask this, his face couldn't help but feel a little hot, and he muttered in his mouth, not knowing how to answer, and finally could only murmur: "It's all the food and salary given by the imperial court, and the soldiers under it also have to live, so those generals under my command can only eat empty salaries to maintain everyone's combat effectiveness." After finishing speaking, his face felt hot, and finally lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Arslen Khan, afraid that the other party would be disappointed in him.

Arslen Khan is also a human spirit, and if you look at his expression, you will know what is going on. The evaluation of Gu Xu has dropped to the extreme, if it weren't for the fact that it was the time to employ people, he would have been pushed out and killed long ago. Such a person wants to become the leader of his tribe in the future, and his people do not know what kind of mistreatment he will receive.

Gu Xu also knew that the Tatar Great Khan's evaluation of himself must have declined, so he felt that he should make up for it, so he said to Arslene Khan: "Great Khan, now there is a serious shortage of arrows in Miyun City, probably only forty or fifty thousand, as for the rolling wood thunder stone, the other party's new general is very capable, and he can't hold Miyun City, tomorrow the Great Khan just sends troops to go, and he can break it in a few days." ”

Arslen Khan arrived at the details of Miyun, and there was no doubt about capturing Miyun and then going straight to the Jingshi, he now thought that it was a matter of time, he must reach the capital in the shortest possible time, and then start plundering. Otherwise, when the soldiers of King Qin of the world arrive together, the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty are weak in combat effectiveness, but once the number reaches a certain number, it is enough to drink a pot of their own.

Arslen Khan sat up straight and said to the generals below: "Now to start building siege equipment, you must be fully prepared within three days, and after three days, the whole army will attack the city without giving it a chance to breathe." Take down Miyun in the shortest possible time. ”

When the generals heard Arslen Khan's command, they bowed their hands together and said, "Obey the orders of the Great Khan." ”

Arslen Khan then let everyone disperse, and Gu Xu was still of some use, so he arranged a tent for him alone. And promised that there would be a great reward for returning to the grassland.

Although Gu Xu was a little apprehensive, he planned to bring the intact Miyun City and thousands of people to take refuge, but he didn't expect that people were not as good as heaven, and at the last moment, something went wrong. Now that he is alone under the fence in the Tatar camp, it is better to resist desperately now, maybe there is still some life, Gu Xu couldn't help but regret it in his heart.

Besides, what happened in Miyun City, it turned out that although Zhou Wu was Gu Xu's confidant, he had done a lot of immoral things for him. Like reselling military rations, deducting military salaries, and smuggling weapons into the grasslands. These are the things he does all the time. Moreover, this person has secretly done a lot of things to bully men and women in private, and Zhou Wu's name has become synonymous with villains in Miyun City.

But this time he heard that Gu Xu was going to surrender to the Tatars, and on the surface he didn't dare to oppose it, and he strongly supported it, but in fact, he was already angry in his heart.

Although Zhou Wu has done a lot of bad things, he has a sense of pride in being a member of the Celestial Empire in his heart, and this pride is innate. If it hadn't been for that, he might have been a badass forever. But since he knew that Gu Xu was going to join the enemy, he was determined to do something for this country.

That night, because Gu Xu was going out of the city to meet the Tatar generals, he put Zhou Wu in charge of guarding the captured thousands of households, as well as important officials.

Zhou Wu saw that the time had come, so he took his team of 100 people and quietly came to the garrison mansion, first in the name of changing guards, and gathered all Gu Xu's personal soldiers in the compound, Gu Xu's personal soldiers knew that Zhou Wu was Gu Xu's henchman. And he also received an order to take prisoners, and Zhou Wu would be in charge, so he didn't take precautions.

As a result, the more than 100 pro-soldiers had just been assembled, and countless arrows were shot from all directions, and before these people could react, they suffered heavy losses. Next, Zhou Wu led his team of 100 people to kill, these people are now unarmed, where is the opponent of the heavily armed Zhou Wu, and they will all be killed soon.

After Zhou Wu dealt with these Gu Xu's personal soldiers, he went to the firewood room to rescue the officials, and only by rescuing these people could the troops in Miyun City be mobilized. to resist the coming Tatars.

At this time, all the thousands of households and important civil officials had woken up. When these people woke up and found themselves tied up in a firewood room, they knew it was not good. Everyone knows in their hearts that they have fallen for Gu Xu's tricks, and now Gu Xu is afraid that he has dedicated the city to the Tatars, and the consequences of his own people may be unimaginable.

Although these ministers of civil and military affairs had the heart to communicate, because they were all gagged, they could only stare dryly one by one. Just as they were anxious, they suddenly heard a scream outside. These people couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, thinking that Gu Xu had begun to clear out dissidents.

Not long after the scream, the door of the firewood room was opened, and everyone saw Zhou Wu coming in from outside, everyone knew that Zhou Wu was Gu Xu's henchman, and when they saw him come in, they thought that this time it was more auspicious.

After not wanting Zhou Wu to come in, he ordered the soldiers to untie the ropes for everyone, and everyone rubbed their wrists while silently looking at Zhou Wu, wanting to know what kind of ghost he was playing.

Zhou Wu saw that everyone had been loosened, so he clasped his fists and said: "My lords, I Zhou Wu has offended a lot before, I know that I am not a good person, but there are still some national integrity, this time Gu Xu defected to the enemy and betrayed the country, although I am not talented, I must not follow him." Therefore, take the men and horses of the headquarters to kill those personal soldiers, please go back and mobilize the men and horses quickly, and soon the Tatars will come to receive Miyun City. I'm afraid it will be too late. ”

Everyone looked at each other at this time, not knowing whether to believe him, or whether Miyun Master Xie Wang had some prestige among the people, so he spoke first: "Since you are sincere for the country, you don't have to worry, when the Tatars retreat, I will definitely show the court for your merits." ”

Zhou Wu was already impatient at this time, and said this again, so he said impatiently: "Ladies and gentlemen, what time is it now?" It's too late to be polite here. Please hurry up and put your men in order, and set up an ambush in Urn City, I will delay them for a little time first, and then the safety of Miyun City will depend on you. With that, he walked to the city gate, with a look of despair on his face.

Because Zhou Wu himself knows that no matter whether he succeeds or not, it is impossible to come back alive, which can be regarded as loyalty to the country and a good reputation after death.

Xie Wang saw this situation and knew that Zhou Wu was sincere for the country, and now that the dragons in Miyun City were leaderless, if no one presided over it, I am afraid that they would not be able to hold on.

So Xie Wang ordered to everyone without permission: "Now that the situation is urgent, I will temporarily preside over the military and political affairs of Miyun." Each thousand households immediately took their headquarters to the city to ambush them, and made sure to drive the Tatars out of Miyun, and the others immediately demolished their houses, and transported all kinds of bricks, stones, and timber to the entrance of the city, ready to defend the city. What are your objections? ”

Everyone really didn't know what to do now, but with a backbone, they naturally obeyed the order, so they quickly prepared.

This is the only thing that when Gu Xu and Bu Rigude entered the city without preparation, tens of thousands of arrows were fired in the urn city to knock the Tatars out of Miyun City.

After the Tatars were driven out of Miyun, Xie Wang rushed to the city gates. Seeing Zhou Wu in a different place, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that people should not be disgraced, although Zhou Wu had done some bad things, but he did not lose money in the national righteousness, and he could be regarded as a man. So he ordered his body to be collected and temporarily placed in the temple of the city god, and after the Tatars withdrew from the army, they would show their merits in the court of Shangbiao, which could be regarded as worthy of him for the national righteousness and hurt his life.

After Xie Wang sighed for a while, he put these things behind him, gathered all the thousand households in Miyun City, and asked them to take turns guarding the city. And he summoned all the men of the city over the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty, and issued them with weapons to assist the officers and men in defending the city. If you don't have enough weapons, cut wood into soldiers, and make sure that everyone has at least one weapon to use.

The rich gentry in the city were dissatisfied with this, after all, these people had always been pampered, and now let them go to the city to fight the Tatars, where they wanted, so there were many rebels.

Xie Wang was not polite at this time, but if there were disobedient people, they immediately executed the whole family of Tuo Mo, and all the family property was used to reward the soldiers, and all the men of their families were driven to the city, as the first to resist the existence of the Tatars, so no one in the city dared to resist.

In this way, Xie Wang actually let him organize tens of thousands of people in just one or two days. Xie Wang sent experienced veterans in the army to conduct temporary training for these people, just hoping that they would have some basic concepts of warfare, and that a few people would die when the time came.

Since he didn't know how long the Tatars were going to besiege the city, the second thing Xie Wang did after gathering all the young men was to collect all the food in the city and distribute it uniformly. And a notice was issued, but there was a person who secretly possessed a grain of grain and was immediately decided. So this time it aroused the opposition of those rich people, but with the experience of the past, no one dared to resist this time. can only accept it silently, ready to wait for the Tatars to retreat, and then sue him at the court.

The third thing he did was to propagate the barbarism and unreasonableness of the Tatars like the people of the city. and the slaughter of the city in Gubeikou, so that everyone believes that if Miyun City is broken, everyone will not be able to escape the fate of being slaughtered. so that the will of the whole city may be aroused to the same hatred of the enemy.

There is no need for him to propagate this, and no one in the city knows the barbarism of the Tatars. If the city is broken, none of the women in the city will escape the fate of being raped.

So the women began to encourage the men who had gone to defend the city, so that they would fight to the death and not have to worry about their families. If the city is broken, it will be a feast for them.

Under the influence of several aspects, Miyun City has now become a huge fortress, and everyone in the fortress has the determination to die.