The next day, the city was restored, although there was a problem with the city wall built before, but fortunately, it was corrected in time, and there was no delay too much, and the city was still built according to the plan, and in order to rush to work 50,000 young people had to work for half an hour every day, until the progress of the city repair caught up.

In the big tent, Guo Qi was wearing a military uniform, and after putting on a coat and cloak, he said to Li Wuyan: "Fifth son, bring the map of Huangyang Guancheng, and then select a dozen guards to go out with this king." ”

"No! Commanded by humility. ”

After Guo Qi left the camp with Li Wu and others, he took Li Wu and others straight to the nameless hill in the north of Wangyang Pass, which is a commanding height in the north of Wangyang Pass, about 240 zhang high, about 800 meters when converted into meters, and the north city of Wangyang Pass is at the bottom of this hill, and you can see the situation in the city clearly when you stand on the mountain.

"Li Wu opened the Guancheng map." Guo Qi looked down at the Huangyang Pass that was being built.

The two guards unfolded the parchment scroll in front of Guo Qi, which not only depicted the Huangyang Pass, but also the terrain around the Huangyang Pass; From the perspective of the surrounding terrain, Huangyang Pass is located in the northwest and southeast direction of the Huangshui Valley, in the south of the Huangyang Pass is the Wuyue branch of the Jianling Ridge, and the north is the Hengza Thousand Mountains.

"My lord, what are you looking at here? What's so nice about this? Li Wu asked puzzled.

"Wuzi, you see the location of the construction of Huangyang Pass, just between the two north-south ridges, as if a person opened his arms; If the enemy wants to advance eastward, it must break through the Huangyang Pass. Guo Qi said: "If you are the commander of the enemy army, then how do you come to capture Huangyang Pass!" ”

"According to the plan of the lord, there are two cities in the north and south, the north and south walls are three miles long, and the east and west are four miles wide (note 1), and they are very strong, although there is only one city wall, but it is five zhang high, and there is an enemy platform every hundred steps (note 2), and there is a moat in front of the pass, and if it is attacked from the front, the losses must be very heavy; The best way to do this is to occupy the mountains on the north and south sides of the castle and launch an attack from a high vantage point......"

"Fifth son, don't you see it! Recently, I have secretly grown in. Guo Qi said with a smile.

The lord smiled. Li Wu scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Then you are talking about how our army should arrange defenses?"

"The west side of the mountain range on both sides is relatively steep, and the enemy can only send a small number of men and horses each time, our army only needs to hold the road up the mountain, and it is best to build two cottages on both sides."

"And then?"

"It's gone!"

"Not bad." Guo Qi patted Li Wu on the shoulder and said, "But there are still some fly in the ointment, don't be proud." ”

"No! Humble duty understands. ”

Later, Guo Qi went to the south to inspect, knowing that he would return to the camp in the evening, and after returning to the camp, Guo Qi immediately sent people to find Hu Qiong, who was mainly responsible for the construction of Huangyang Pass.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today this king went around and around, although the construction of Huangyang Pass is solid, but there are still some loopholes." Guo Qi pointed to the map and said; "This loophole is the hillside on both sides, standing on it is enough to see everything in the Huangyang Pass, and it can also attack from a high position;

Therefore, the hillsides on both sides must be in the hands of our army during the war, fortunately, the north side of these two hillsides is relatively steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as we build two cottages on them and send a small number of troops, we can hold them. ”

"Lord, if you add these two cottages, I'm afraid that the construction will not be completed on time." Hu Qiong is embarrassed.

"The cottages on both sides must be built, but they can be postponed and postponed, and the construction will start after the main construction is completed; In addition to these two cottages, it is also necessary to build a new stone bridge across the river to facilitate the transfer of troops between the two cities, and the stone bridge can be built in the east of the city;

In addition, in order to be able to transmit military information in a timely manner, it is also necessary to build beacon towers on the mountains on both sides, at least thirty miles west of Chengguan, extend to Yongcheng to the east, and connect with Chencang Pass to the south, these beacon towers should be one every five miles, and each beacon tower garrison sends five people to take turns to guard, once the enemy army attacks the wolf smoke during the day, and the bonfire warning at night......"

Guo Qi's words completely suppressed Hu Qiong, according to what Guo Qi said, it would not just build a Huangyang Pass, but to re-establish the entire western defense line of Yongzhou, if Guo Qi said this, the manpower, material resources, and financial resources needed would be at least doubled.

"My lord, with such a large-scale project, I am afraid that there will be nothing that can be done in the end." Hu Qiong said stubbornly.

"This king didn't say that you would do it." Guo Qi said: "You only need to be responsible for the main pass of Huangyang Pass, the cottages on both sides and the beacon tower to the section of Wushan, and the other kings have their own arrangements." ”

"No! Thank you so much, my lord. ”

"Don't be busy thanking you first, although this king has lightened you somewhat, the rest must be completed within the specified time."

"No! The last general commanded......"

Guo Qi stayed in Huangyang Pass for a total of three days, and then turned around and went straight to Chencang Pass, this time Guo Qi did not return to Yongcheng, but turned southeast from Huangyang Pass, through Wushan and Nan from the two towns to Chencang Pass, but these two towns located in the ravines and mountains have long been abandoned.

The situation of Chencang Pass is much better than that of Huangyang Pass, there is a certain foundation, and Sun Guoqing sent troops to take over Chencang, he repaired the city wall of Chencang, Guo Qi sent more than 20,000 people to Chencang Pass, this time is mainly to build houses in the city, and the other is to dig ditches to prepare for the spring ploughing in the coming spring.

The city strength of Chencangguan is lower, only three zhang five, located on the north bank of Weishui, the north of the city is the remaining vein of Wushan, is the west gate of the south of Yongzhou.

When Guo Qi came to Chencang, Sun Guoqing was not in Chencang, and it was the soldiers of the First Mansion who were responsible for guarding Chencang.

In addition to the soldiers stationed in Chencang Pass, a government soldier was also sent to Dasanguan in the south, and the soldiers of the other two provinces were all stationed in Yu County, except for some of the soldiers who were sent to Shibi.

"I don't know that the lord is coming, and I hope that the lord will atone for my sins." After Captain Chen Cang left the city, he saluted Guo Qi.

"Get up! Wu Dayong, this king just came to see without notifying you in advance, so there is no need to be so restrained. ”

"My lord, please enter the city! He had already ordered someone to prepare a residence for the lord, and sent someone to inform General Sun in Yu County. ”

"Don't worry, take this king to your military camp first."

"No! Lord, please. ”

After Guo Qi came to the barracks, he saw that all the sergeants were training, although they were soldiers, the training was the same as that of the Ya guards, but they had not been on the battlefield, and they were less murderous.

"Dayong, you can train as a soldier! It's almost time to catch up with the Tooth Guards. Guo Qi praised.

"My lord, if you think it's okay, send a lowly post to the battlefield! In addition to training soldiers, he is now taking his brothers into the mountains to hunt, and he is about to get sick. ”