A day later, Guo Qi led more than 14,000 people to Chengji City, and after entering the city, Guo Qi directly settled in Taishou Mansion; Hu Qiong immediately handed over to Li Wu and Wei Ying and took over the entire Chengji City.

"This is really luxurious, and this king's palace is simply a chicken nest compared to this." Guo Qi said while walking around the Taishou Mansion.

The entire Taishou Mansion is a small city, with dozens of large and small courtyards and several gardens; There is also a small artificial lake in the back garden, there is a small river passing through the house, in addition to the Taishou house, there are also the treasury, stables, martial arts field, etc., and even the courtyard wall is half a meter wide.

"Lord, if you think it's good, let's stay here and not leave." Li Wu directly admonished Guo Qi.

Guo Qi directly shook his head and vetoed: "This land will be ours sooner or later, but not now; From now on, take your men to the Taishou Mansion, and report the losses of our army yesterday. ”

As soon as he said that it was exact, Li Wu's original hip-hop smile immediately put away, and reported to Guo Qiyu: "My lord, yesterday our army suffered a total of 72 casualties, of which 21 were killed in battle, 17 were disabled, and the rest were slightly injured. ”

"Hmmm! Yes, it seems that you and Wei Ying are really attentive this time. Guo Qi said with great satisfaction; Tell the king about yesterday's battle. ”

Li Wu made a report to Guo Qi in 1510, and Guo Qi said with a smile on his face after hearing it: "Wei Ying is not bad, he is really wise and brave!" You kid will have to use your brains more in the future, this time you fought well, and you two will be given a great credit. ”

"Thank you, Lord." Li Wu immediately knelt down on one knee and said.

Guo Qi saw Hu Qiong and Zhuo Yidao walking towards him, so he said to Li Wuyan: "Get up, go get busy!" ”

"The last general, Hu Qiong (Zhuo Yidao), see the lord."

"The two generals are invited, and the results of the battle are all counted."

"The lord has already counted it." Hu Qiongyan said: "Why don't you let General Zhuo report to you!" ”

"General Hu, it's better for you to come!" Zhuo Yidao shirked.

"Who of you two is different about this!"

"Then let the last general report it!" Hu Qiong was no longer polite and said directly: "My lord, after an inventory, there are 230,000 stones of grain and grass, more than 60,000 pieces of silk and cloth, 87,200 taels of gold, 1,737,000 taels of silver, and more than 1,737,000 taels of jewelry, more than 17,000 sets of weapons and armor, more than 20,000 horses, and more than 100,000 cattle and sheep......

There are 13,000 households in the city, about 70,000 people, and this is not counting the people in the surrounding towns and villages, which should be about 150,000 or 60,000 together. ”

"Or according to our original approach, take away all the baggage that can be taken away in the city, and all the people will move to Longzhou, if you really don't want to go, we won't force it."

"No! The end will understand. ”

The reason why Guo Qi did not force the people to migrate this time was because after these battles, the population had been collected enough, and if there were more, it would not be easy to resettle.

"In addition, immediately release the sentry horse, within a radius of fifty miles, and the king must be the first to know anything that happens." Guo Qi continued: "As for how to deal with the next battle, it is up to the two of you to discuss, and I really can't make up my mind to ask this king again." ”

"No! The last will be retired. The two saluted Guo Qi at the same time.

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On the north bank of Weishui, at the northern foot of Fengge Ridge.

This used to be the site of Zhenyi Pass, but it has long been abandoned; The terrain around Zhenyi Pass is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, the vast mountains in the north, the Fengge Ridge in the south, the Tongguan River and Weishui meet here, form a natural moat in the west of Zhenyi Pass, and the surging Weishui flows through the south of Fengge Ridge, the enemy army wants to move west along the Weishui, it is necessary to conquer the Zhenyi Pass.

"General, why did you come to this Fengge Ridge, so that the humble position is easy to find!" Wu Dayong came to Sun Guoqing's side and said breathlessly.

"This Fengge Ridge is the highest, and it just overlooks the surrounding terrain." Sun Guoqing said to Wu Dayong: "Dayong, come and see if you are a general, how should this Zhenyi Pass be built?" ”

"General, this is still a humble position, naturally it was built from the old site." Wu Dayong opened his mouth and said, "Repair in the north of Fengge Ridge. ”

After listening to Wu Dayong's words, Sun Guoqing smiled and said: "Dayong, do you know how the Xirong army attacked in the battle of Zhenyi Pass back then? ”

"I really don't know this, or the general will tell us about it."

"At that time, Zhenyi Pass was garrisoned by the Western Army, although the pass was very small, and there were only less than four miles of Zhouhui, but they were all built with blue stone barriers, which were very strong, and the guards were all elite of the Western Army, about more than 1,000 people; The Xirong army sent tens of thousands of troops to storm for several days, and although they paid huge casualties, they still did not conquer Zhenyi Pass;

The reason why Zhenyi Pass was able to block tens of thousands of Xirong troops with the strength of thousands of people was not because of how brave these more than 1,000 soldiers were, but because they could continuously obtain grain, grass and heavy supplies from Yonglong and even Guan through Weishui;

Later, the generals of the Xirong Army also discovered this, so he decided to take advantage of the dark night to send an elite force of more than 1,000 people to the east of Zhenyi Pass along the Weishui River beach at the southern foot of the Fengge Mountains, completely cutting off the connection between Zhenyi Pass and the rear......"

"General, didn't the Western Army deploy troops south of Fengge Ridge in the first place?"

"Of course the troops are deployed, but there are only more than a hundred people and a castle." Sun Guoqing said: "At that time, it was the rising period of Weishui, and the river beach was full of swamps, and it was extremely difficult for people who were not familiar with the terrain to get out, so they were not taken seriously by the Western Army at all. ”

"So that's the case, general, we must build Zhenyi Pass to prevent the Xirong army from repeating its old tricks."

"That's natural, although Ben Jiang has some ideas in his heart, but to implement, I'm afraid it's too difficult." Sun Guoqing said a little gloomily: "Although we have 10,000 people, we don't even have bricks, stones and wood now, alas! ”

"General, although we don't have a lot of masonry and wood right now, you can always share your thoughts!" Wu Dayong licked his face and said.

"My idea was simple: to build a pass along the Tongguan River to the west, Weishui to the south and east, and the foot of the mountains to the north. The inverted 'several' characters formed by the entire Weishui and Tongguan rivers are all utilized. ”

"General, doesn't that mean that the entire Fengge Ridge is in the city?" Wu Dayong exclaimed.

"Yes, when the time comes, we will build a handsome platform in Fengge Ridge, which can just command the whole city to fight from a high position." Sun Guoqing said with a charming smile.

"General, could this pass be built a little too big?"

"I said that you may feel bigger, but in fact, the actual amount of the whole pass is actually not big." Sun Guoqing said: "From the foot of the mountain in the north, along the Tongguan River to the edge of Weishui, it is only two miles, and the north bank of Weishui is only one and a half miles, and the whole pass is built seven or eight miles in a week, and it is only a small city." ”

"Report ...... General, the envoy sent by the lord has arrived, and he is waiting in the camp at the foot of the mountain! A brigade commander came up to report.

"Quick, take me to the herald envoy at once." Sun Guoqing said eagerly.