The slightly old-fashioned defensive strategy of Jianbi Qingye is all too familiar to these veterans of the Zhongshan Governor's Army.

The Mobei cavalry is extremely outstanding in terms of individual combat effectiveness and overall mobility. Moreover, every time the other party intends to act, it will definitely not set the goal of defending a solid city. Every time they sent troops, the target was often a trade road station, or a small village or county. Grab the finance immediately contact the tooth people who specialize in collecting black goods to trade, directly into the required materials, and even Mobei can be directly taken off on the spot without going back, and now it has formed a "one-stop production and marketing rapid sales model", whether it is the Mobei grassland people, or those "gray industry chain" practitioners, have been done as a routine business.

Because of this, it turned out that the actual helmsman of Zhongshan Road - Xiao Fu Yi, when he was still the governor, caught the knife and formulated such a defensive plan on his behalf: every spring and autumn, the defense line of Zhongshan Road began to shrink sharply, until the location of Zhongshan's first big city defense line, anyway, in addition to some small villages and small counties outside the big city, there are some inns and inns, they grassland people like to burn, like to smash and smash, the big deal is to wait for them to go and we will build it back. In this way, except for some caravans that were desperate to make war profits, every time the steppe people attacked, they could only snatch some of the lost materials that could not be transferred. In this way, the "money-making efficiency" of Mobei people has been directly greatly reduced, from the previous when everyone could eat with a mouth full of oil, until now they can only barely make ends meet, which shows that this trick has played a certain effect.

However, everything must have its two sides, although the trick of clearing the wilderness has curbed the arrogance of the grassland horse thieves to a certain extent, but after all, it is to hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred: first of all, the relocation of the people twice a year to transfer materials is a time-consuming and laborious project; Moreover, spring and autumn are the busy agricultural seasons for sowing and harvesting, and how long to delay spring sowing and how long to advance autumn harvest are all very realistic problems; And the grassland people are not stupid, although they dare not attack the city, but in the face of the strict timeliness of the strong wall and clear field, they have also developed a solution of "returning to the horse gun".

Therefore, before Pei Ya took over, Fu Yi had been entangled with Bormu Khan on the grassland for many years, and the two sides had been playing back and forth in the air, and they had won and lost each other for many years. But according to the difference between the offensive and defensive sides, on the whole, Fu Yi can only curb the looting effect of the Mobei people to a certain extent, but he has not yet come up with a good way to completely solve the border problem and solve it once and for all.

And now the conservative opinion given by this "Wuhua Fierce Ma Hong" is actually a variant of the "Fortified Clearing" left by Fu Yi back then, only slightly adjusting the position of the defensive line and the strength of the Strongwall Clearing, and there are some minor changes, and there is not much difference on the whole, which is why the old general is a little embarrassed. He felt embarrassed, not because he copied Fu Yi's little doll's strategy, but because the actual effect of this solid wall clearing plan has always been very average.

Pei Ya is not a stupid person, and he knows the shortcomings and strengths of this time-honored defensive plan. At this moment, the tent was extremely quiet, and all the generals and soldiers focused their eyes on Pei Ya, waiting to see what kind of decision this scribe governor would make in the end. This decision also directly affects the direction of everyone's next work - is it to transport the materials of the people of Qingshan City in advance and create a bait city to invite you into the urn? Or should we implement the clear of the wall, collect all the people and materials and food outside the city, and make a defensive posture of defending the city?

Pei Ya is now facing a choice between the two, which really makes him hesitate a little in his heart. In fact, in his heart, he appreciates the somewhat radical and bold plan even more; And most of the soldiers and generals in the tent are also looking forward to a real victory, and it is good to have a mouthful of grievances accumulated over the years. However, it is still very difficult to implement this plan, and the risks in the court are even more unpredictable, which can be called a big gamble.

Pei Ya is not a forward-looking person, nor is he without the courage to stand in front of the gambling table. It's just that in this gambling game at the moment, the chips paid by both sides are not equal: if you lose the bet, you may lose not only the official hat on your head, but also all your net worth; But if you win, you don't seem to get any benefit. After all, the current Pei Ya is already the governor of the road on the bright side, and even if it is another big victory with a brilliant record at this time, His Majesty Yan Hunt will still face the problem of having no seal and no reward. Since ancient times, there has always been only one end for those who have achieved high merit.

Pei Ya weighed it in his heart and had already come to a conclusion. But seeing that the soldiers in the tent were still looking at him eagerly at this time, he knew that these soldiers and generals were still counting on a big victory to pay homage to the generals......

"Alright guys!" Pei Ya finally stood up, first dusted off the dust on his armor, and then clapped his hands and said. The surrounding soldiers and generals, seeing that the coach Pei Ya seemed to have made a decision, also quieted their voices and listened attentively to his decision.

"At this time, the two envoys of the grassland and the northern Yan are still halfway there. We don't know exactly what will happen after the tripartite talks. So it's still too early to decide on the overall plan at this point. However, before the three armies moved, the grain and grass went first, and the auxiliary soldiers and quartermasters should start preparations at this time, re-checking the number of grain and forage, refurbishing the ordnance wagons and horses, taking stock of the war readiness warehouses again, and making all the pre-war preparations; And the generals, we must also step up the training of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, and at the same time train new soldiers, and make sure that all teams and battalions are fully staffed. ”

As soon as everyone in the tent heard Pei Ya's words, they all understood that they had to enter the state of preparation for war first, and finally decided to wait for the holy decree of the Beijing Palace. The manager is less decisive, but it is also a more prudent approach. After all, it's still a matter of whether this battle will be fought or not, and it's indeed a little too excited at the moment......

After the tent was dispersed, Pei Ya sat behind the handsome case and carefully observed the parchment map, occasionally writing something on the paper with a thin pen. And all the generals also went separately to prepare, and for a time in the entire Governor's Army camp, there was an extremely busy and lively scene.

The next day, in the early morning before the sky was clear, Fu Yi, the former governor of Zhongshan Road, pushed the door into the house with a letter in his arms, and dragged Shen Gui, who had not recovered from his serious injury, from his dream.

"Still sleeping? Something is wrong! ”

Shen Gui didn't open his eyes, and muttered casually: "If something big happens, you have to sleep well first...... Don't let people catch their breath before hanging......"

Fu Yi lifted his warm quilt as soon as he could, and the cold air in early spring knocked Shen Gui through, directly waking him up half:

"That idiot Pei Ya had a meeting in the Governor's Army yesterday, and what it means is that he is ready to follow my old path and implement a defensive posture of strong walls and clear wilderness against the people of the Mobei grassland!"

This sentence directly woke Shen Gui up completely, he rubbed his eyes, calmed down, and shouted outside the door: "Change clothes!" Then he said to Fu Yi: "Call Qi Hui too, give me a quarter of an hour, and we'll see you in He Wendao's house later." ”

It didn't take long for the panting little fat man to return and walk into the side room where He Wendao was recuperating with Fu Yi. As soon as he entered the door, Qi Hui shouted:

"Why are you looking for me in the morning? I still have something to do today, and I made an appointment with my senior brother to discuss a business......"

"I've asked you to come to me a long time ago, but you're not happy. Now that you're running again and again, who can you blame? ”

"Tell me if you have something! Senior brother is still waiting for me! ”

As soon as Shen Gui saw that Qi Hui was in such a hurry, he turned around and raised his chin towards Fu Yi:

"Take it out and show them all."

Even He Wendao, who had just been woken up, the four people in the room once again circulated the unnamed letter brought by Fu Yi. Qi Hui, who was the last to read it, asked first:

"What's wrong with that? If I were Pei Ya, I would also choose Jianbi Qingye, who would do it knowing that I would do it at a loss? ”

He Wendao shook his head first, pressed his injured throat against him, and said with difficulty:

"Normally, it works, but not this time."

Fu Yi saw that it was really difficult for him to speak, so he first took out a map of the whole territory of Youbei and spread it out on the side of the bed, and the four of them put their heads together when they saw this.

Shen Gui used his fingernails to draw the boundary between the Zhongshan roadside and the Mobei grassland:

"In the past, the Mobei people came to my Youbei to plunder, and they generally dispatched three to five teams, each team was no more than a hundred people, and they entered the territory of Zhongshan separately. Among them, there must be an elite cavalry, who will go straight into Qingshan City for a tentative attack, first, to attract defense, and second, to probe the reality of Qingshan City; At the same time, the other two target directions are Shuangyou Town, an important town for goods trade on Zhongshan Road, and Cha County, a gathering place for grain merchants north of Zhongshan Road. These two Zhongshan towns are one south and one north, and the Shuangyou Town and Guanbei Road in the south are bordered, which is a necessary place for various caravans; The Cha County in the north, which is geographically sandwiched between Dongyou Road and Mobei Grassland, is also the location of the grain warehouse of the Li family caravan in Dongyou.

Qi Hui shook his head:

"You said that it can be seen from these pictures, I am still a tooth man, so I naturally know the stakes better than you, so let's talk about the key points directly, okay? There's something going on over there! Here comes a big businessman from Nankang! Every breath of time I miss now is like throwing gold into the river! ”