Chapter 805: A Flash of Late Autumn
In this way, Dunhuang allocated 20,000 defenders, as half of the rear, and Jiayuguan allocated 20,000 defenders, as the absolute line of defense, and the rest of the troops and subsequent forces will converge to Gaochang.
Gaochang is destined to become a meat grinder-like existence. Although there is not much land here in Gaochang, as one of the important channels for business in the Western Regions, if it can be kept, it is still necessary to keep it as much as possible.
After giving everyone orders to work, Leng Feng arrived in Gaochang with his soldiers.
After the new Gaochang was governed by Du Ruhui, it was peaceful, and the people here were accustomed to the oppression of Ko Wentai, and originally thought that it was just a change of person to pay the confession, but the Tang officials were extremely tolerant of them and did not increase their burden.
Gaochang was originally a traffic artery, and now it is becoming more and more prosperous.
Gaochang's county guard is Du Yu, Du Ruhui's nephew, and there is a relationship between Du Ruhui, and the people of Gaochang sell him face.
Du Yu had already received the holy decree and the letter from his family, and knew that Leng Feng and his party were not simply here to inspect the border, so he handed over his power as soon as possible.
After inspecting the new city wall of Gaochang, Leng Feng said to Du Yu: "The new city wall is very strong, and the height is also suitable. The most important thing is that Du Ruhui, the old guy, actually built an arc city wall, which is more conducive to defense. ”
Although Du Ruhui was a literati, he also knew something about marching and fighting. Therefore, when renovating the Gaochang city wall, he built the city wall into a concave shape with upper and lower concaves.
This shape will give you a blind spot above, but it's perfect for defense.
Du Yu said with a smile: "So that the protector of the country can know that the greatest achievement of my uncle in Gaochang is the people's obedience." The people here will abide by all the orders issued by the government, and they have never made trouble. ”
Leng Feng nodded, this kind of environment saved him a lot of trouble. If the people of Gaochang were as stubborn as the Goryeo sticks, he would have to order emigration.
If Gaochang becomes the main battlefield, any internal problems will be fatal.
Entering the city, Leng Feng pointed to some houses under the city wall and said: "The circle around the city wall is all requisitioned, and I told them that this is to prevent them from being involved in the war and being affected." If you want to pay compensation, you just have to look at it. ”
Du Yu carried a notepad with him, nodded, and wrote down all of Leng Feng's requests.
Du Ruhui said in his letter to his family that as long as he follows the footsteps of the protector of the country, he will definitely be able to rise to the top. As the protector of the country, he has no promotion, so any credit will be distributed to his subordinates.
If you requisition a dwelling, the cost is not too high, and the people who live around the walls are already poor, and a small profit can make them move. After all, they weren't stupid enough to know that war would hit the ground running out of the city walls.
It took a day to thoroughly understand Gao Chang before Leng Feng ordered the soldiers to set up a barracks around the city wall and station. At the same time, the Dragon's Tooth Army and the Dragon's Scale Guard also have to take the lead and lead those new soldiers to exercise.
The most important thing here in Gaochang is meat, so you don't have to worry about nutrition in a short period of time, and you can train hard.
Now if it is harder, they will have more hope of surviving in the time of war.
Li Xiaogong got older, no longer exercised with the team, but changed into the same shorts and shorts as the Gaochang civilians, and rested in the gazebo.
Seeing Leng Feng approaching the pavilion, Li Xiaogong pointed to the teapot with a fan and motioned Leng Feng to pour water himself.
Since arriving in Gaochang, Li Xiaogong has been heinously lazy.
Leng Feng picked up the teapot, drank a cup of herbal tea, sat down and said: "My King of Hejian, your old man also takes care of something, you will rest after you arrive in Gaochang, I am all alone, and my feet are about to wear out." ”
Li Xiaogong smiled: "Anyway, this time I still respect you, the old man is a deputy, it's no problem if you don't worry about it." ”
Leng Feng smiled bitterly: "You should also know that although I have obtained the Eight Array Diagram, but that knowledge is just a rigid copy, and the practical application is still a little worse, you have a lot more experience than me, why don't you help me?" ”
Li Xiaogong turned over and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely remind you when you have a problem, for now, there is nothing wrong with your arrangement, even if I am asked to arrange the troops, it will be like this." ”
Although lazy, Li Xiaogong still pays attention to Leng Feng's progress.
Leng Feng sighed helplessly, Li Xiaogong is addicted to relying on the old and selling the old.
The weather in Gaochang is hot, the kind that makes people prostrate, and walking on the sand under the scorching sun is no different from stepping on coals.
Li Xiaogong sat up, drank a cup of tea, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "This place is too hot, the first two times I came, it wasn't so hot!" ”
Leng Feng pouted: "The first two times you came here after the summer, in the summer, here is such a large temperature difference between day and night, people who are hot during the day are on fire, and people who are frozen at night are stiff." Not far from here, there is a place called Flaming Mountain, which is the hottest place, where our armor can be used to fry eggs after drying for a while. ”
Li Xiaogong frowned and said: "If it's so hot, it's bad news for us, if there is a fight at this time..."
Leng Feng smiled: "You have forgotten the habits of the Turks, until autumn, they will not have any formal military operations." So, at least until autumn comes, we can all spend it safely. ”
Li Xiaogong nodded, and when he saw that Leng Feng knew this, he lay back down: "Since you know this, what do you care about the old man, the old man is old, and he can't stand the heat the most." ”
Looking at Li Xiaogong, who was re-salting the fish, Leng Feng couldn't cry or laugh. It seems that Li Xiaogong has not forgotten the habits of the Turks, but is simply afraid of heat.
Li Xiaogong salted fish, just salted fish, Leng Feng felt that he still had to worry about it, the imperial court's eight-bull crossbow and other ordnance had been secretly transported, how to assemble them to maximize their combat power was a very important matter.
In this way, in the busyness, everyone ushered in late autumn.
Gaochang is a very strange place, there is almost no spring and autumn, the first few days were still hot weather, these days it will be directly cool, the temperature is close to zero.
Fortunately, there is a lot of cotton here in Gaochang, and there is no shortage of cotton in the armament project, and the soldiers have a layer of cotton clothing in their cold iron armor, which is much better than directly receiving high temperature roasting in midsummer.
The arrival of autumn means that the Turkic side already has the capital to act.
"The Huns grass and yellow horses are fat", the Turks in autumn are the strongest when the national strength is strong.
After entering the autumn, Li Xiaogong recovered his spirits and would follow Leng Feng to inspect the city defense every day.
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