The second round of the Tatar offensive was approaching, and Shen Xi mobilized troops and horses to garrison the north of Tumubao to prevent the Tatars from launching a surprise attack. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"My lord, the snowfall looks very heavy this time, but it stopped at noon, and I don't know if it will rain again in the future, but fortunately, the officers and soldiers have collected all the snow that can be gathered around the civil fort, and there is no need to worry about the lack of water for a while. In addition, the weather is cold, and it is significantly more difficult to strengthen the fortifications inside and outside the civil fort, and the ground is frozen......"

While Yun Liu spoke, Shen Xi was checking the military map, and it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the second round of the Tatar offensive had not been launched for a long time, and Shen Xi was waiting patiently.

In terms of investigating intelligence, Yunliu and Xi'er are very experienced, so now Shen Xi has a faster and more accurate grasp of the situation of the Tatars than before.

"Well done."

Shen Xi praised, "The Tatars have not yet shown any signs of attacking, and the battle plan I made before said that it would not necessarily be overthrown, and there would be danger in the south and east of the city. Yunliu, Xi'er, I don't want the rear to be attacked by the Tatars when the war on the front line is in full swing, so this important task will be handed over to the two of you. ”

Yun Liu said hesitantly: "Shen ...... Lord Shen, I'm afraid we sisters won't be up to the task! ”

Shen Xi shook his head and said: "If you don't go, I won't find anyone else to replace me, don't look at the many people in the civil fort, but there are very few people who really have a little brain." Let's put it this way, all the literate people in the city fortress combined, and fifty of them is considered good. ”

"You must remember that the key to our survival lies in whether we can delay for as long as possible, the court cannot be indifferent to the eastward advance of the Tatars, reinforcements will always come, I only hope that when the reinforcements come, we will not be completely wiped out."

"There's only one corner of the fort to defend, and we're going to keep going. That's all I have to say, go out and prepare for war! ”

Yun Liu took the order and took Xi'er out of the command post under the city wall.

At sunset, Yunliu looked tired, but she didn't complain at all, but Xi'er couldn't help frowning:

"Sister, is Lord Shen crazy, is this obviously calling us like watchdogs...... I didn't even have time to rest and breathe from morning to night! ”

Yun Liu glanced at her: "Don't be big or small, I don't know how many people want to be Lord Shen's helper but don't have that qualification, being able to learn things from Lord Shen's side, isn't it a huge gain for you and me?" Lord Shen now thinks that you and I have the ability, so he reuses it. We are weak women, and our abilities are relatively limited, if we are gentle and considerate, can you and I compare to those confidants in Lord Shen's family? ”

Xi'er couldn't answer, her face was full of shame.

Yun Liu said again: "Now Lord Shen thinks that we are worthy of use, we should behave better, if we can be appreciated and pitied by Lord Shen in the future, maybe we have the opportunity to be taken in by Lord Shen, if not...... Yu Niang's words, you should remember that you will be sent to the land of wind and dust for a lifetime, and you will not have a head in your life! ”

Xi'er was full of distress: "But...... Even if you want to instruct us to do things, you should be polite, now I feel like an animal, but we are taking people into the city to die generously, and I don't see how moved Lord Shen is, but my sister always says that she wants to receive Lord Shen's love, so why doesn't Lord Shen accept our love? ”

Yun Liu was about to scold, but he saw a group of soldiers coming in the distance, and when he even glanced at Xi'er to stop talking, the two of them went to the east of the city, one was to inspect the defense, and the other was to obtain information.

Because of Shen Xi's importance, less than two days after the two entered the city, they were already accepted and respected by the officers and soldiers in the army, and they usually took the initiative to salute when they saw her.

The soldiers and horses who came over were the officers and soldiers of a battalion in charge of the defense of the west of the city, and they had just confronted the Tatars last night and won a victory.

After Yunliu and Xi'er passed, the group of soldiers resumed moving forward again, and the serious look on their faces suddenly disappeared, replaced by a hippie smile.

Among them, the tall man who walked in front reluctantly turned his head and said: "See, those two are the supervisors of the soldiers and horses who came the night before yesterday, I heard that they are eunuchs from the palace, with fine skin and tender meat, and they are even more girls than their mothers, do you say they are ...... below?"

A recruit Danzi hurriedly asked, "What's going on down there?" ”

The tall man laughed with his eyebrows: "Of course there is no more below!" It's like Grandpa Zhang, who speaks like a male duck on weekdays, not to mention how uncomfortable it is, but he likes to call, I heard that Lord Shen has to question whatever he says, as if he can lead us to win the battle, in fact, he will play tricks, or the kind of old yin and yang people who are not very neat! ”

An older, dark-skinned veteran looked left and right, and hurriedly stopped him: "Don't say it, being heard, don't want your head anymore?" ”

The tall man was a little unconvinced, and said with a grin: "What are you afraid of?" After hearing that the Tatars would attack the north of the city, the old yin and yang man surnamed Zhang was hiding in the house on the west side of the city at this time, and he didn't dare to fight with Lord Shen on the front line. I don't know why, the yin and yang man kept pulling his back, and Lord Shen didn't kill him. ”

"But I heard that the old yin and yang people are ready to turn around and complain to the imperial court, and it is not Lord Shen who is counted. If that's true, I'm going to have to take the opportunity to dismantle him! ”

"Shhhh Don't say it, there are many people, let's fight with peace of mind, and don't get involved in the contradictions of entering the middle and high-level. Hey, it's ......."

The group chatted and arrived in front of a courtyard in the east of the north of the city. The foundry opened in this courtyard was specially set up by Shen Xi, and blacksmiths who were skilled in iron-making were selected from veterans and civilians to be responsible for the polishing and recasting of weapons in the city.

At this time, the civil fort has fallen into a heavy siege, weapons can not be replenished, if there is no place in the city to build weapons, it is equivalent to a weapon with one less piece of damage, let alone rust or blunt knives, although these are all basic polishing work, but for the lack of tools for ordinary soldiers, it is not so easy to deal with.

"Old Han, twenty-five weapons, repair before dark, brothers are waiting to use them!"

The tall man pushed open the courtyard door, and in front of him was a low piece of rubble.

The group went around to a gap and went down the wooden ladder, which turned out to be set up in the ground of a broken courtyard, and the top was covered with tiles fired from the brick kiln in the east of the city along the ruined wall, which could not only shelter from the wind and rain, but also be very breathable. The tall man shouted for the foundry's blacksmith to come out and pick up the work.

Shen Xi relied on the original building to dig a lot of tunnels in the civil fort, each tunnel was endowed with a certain function, including a rest area, a combat readiness area, a rectification area, etc., the soldiers were at a loss at first, but they got used to it after staying in the city for a long time.

These tunnels built on topography are very hidden, and because they are built underground, in addition to the top ventilation, they are not ventilated on all sides, so that they have a certain degree of warmth, especially in the case of winter snow has fallen, soldiers like to pile up where the fire is lit when they have nothing to do, these places are very warm, and because the work needs are generally water, can be managed.