"If he can't defend it, this official will guard the people of Wuqing City for two days."

Lu Yuan looked at this Xia guerrilla and said.

"Kill yourself!"

This summer guerrilla said a word, and took his family Ding on horseback.

Lu Yuan glanced at these officers and soldiers, and only shook his head.

But he didn't think it was strange that many officers and soldiers of the Ming army since Salhu were afraid of Jiannu like a tiger.

This made Lu Yuan sigh a lot, where did the Ming army that drove out the Tartars, restored China, and swept Mobei go.

"Xia Guan, Wuqing County, the classic history Xin Zaiquan thanked the general here for the people of the whole city! I don't know how many soldiers and horses the general brought to defend the city? ”

Xin Zaiquan asked after making a gesture towards Lu Yuan.

"More than 1,000 people", Lu Yuan replied.

Xin Zaiquan was quite disappointed, he also thought that Lu Yuan had brought a lot of soldiers and horses, and now it was only the front camp that appeared outside the city.

"General Gaoyi, the lower officials and the people of the whole city are grateful, but the general is afraid that it will be difficult to resist Jiannu with such a small number of troops, and please go to King Qinjing to go to the king, for the sake of today, the lower officials can only hang themselves to thank the king."

Xin Zaiquan said a word, and immediately closed the city gate with the soldiers in the city, and it seemed that he had no intention of letting Lu Yuan in.

"You are so strange, my lord said that he would defend the city for you, you were very happy just now, why do you refuse to let us defend the city for you now after knowing the number of people in our department, don't you believe that we can win the battle of the two thousand Jiannu!"

Shen Guangzu scolded this Xindian history at this time.

"What, two thousand Jiannu?"

Xin Dianshi became even more panicked when he heard Shen Guangzu say this.

Followed by.

This Shen Guangzu immediately shouted: "Judge Yu, you immediately inform the people of the city that the Jiannu army is coming, and all of them will flee from the city tonight!" ”

"Xin Dianshi, you don't have to be so flustered, just two thousand Jiannu! As long as we defend the city for you, we can still defend it. ”

Lu Yuan said.

"You are not allowed to enter the city! Unless you step on me! ”

This Xin Dianshi suddenly shouted.

"What do you mean?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Hmph, you officers and soldiers are not all the same, the Guan Ning army of the Xia guerrilla also said that they would not disturb the people and defend the city for us, but they will plunder! I guess it's not much better! Now that the 2,000-strong army of Jiannu is approaching, it is useless to defend the city, so it is better for you to stay outside than to let you enter the city and plunder the people, and you are not allowed to leave!

General, please restrain your subordinates, if you really love the people! In addition, please guard the people outside for a while, and strive for the smooth escape of the people of the city! ”

After saying this, Xin Dian Shi made a gesture towards Lu Yuan.

"There are Jiannu sentinels everywhere, now if you let the people escape out of the city, they will still be looted by Jiannu, Xin Dianshi, you still take your people to stay in the city."

Lu Yuan didn't pay any attention to this Xindian history after saying a word, but ordered the whole army to camp in a clearing outside the city wall.

This Xin Dian Shi also listened to Lu Yuan's words and did not let the people out of the city again, but he was also surprised that this official army really did not enter the city, and they really camped outside the city to prepare to fight against Jiannu.

It was the first time that Xin Dianshi had encountered this kind of army that knew that there were thousands of Jiannu nearby and was so indifferent to camping in the wilderness.

The mighty army has already begun to set up the battlefield.

The cavalry companies of the sentinels have come to report one after another, and there are more and more Jiannu sentinels around, which shows that a large number of Jiannu main forces will indeed appear near Wuqing County.

And a battle can happen at any time.

However, the mighty army is now only more than 1,000 people, the scale is not large, and the mobility is not as good as that of the Jiannu Iron Cavalry.

Therefore, the mighty army could only wait for more than 2,000 Jiannu to appear.

This means that once more than 2,000 Jiannu decide to attack the mighty army, then the outside of this Wuqing city will become the battlefield where the mighty army will face off against the Jiannu for the first time!

All officers and soldiers are fully armoured!

The infantry companies had already begun to receive sapper shovels in the baggage brigade and began to dig.

Although it is now October weather, affected by the climate of the Xiaoice River, the weather is cold and the soil is hard, but the sapper shovels of the mighty army are all high-carbon steel, but they can also dig out shallow foundations, place stones picked up from everywhere, mix cement and sand at the same time, and pour them, pick up broken bricks and stones from around the collapsed city wall and glue them with cement binder, and soon build a low wall that can be used as a shelter for firearms.

And because the initial setting of cement takes only 45 minutes, and the final setting takes only 6:5 to 10 hours, the next day after one night has passed, the low wall is basically solid.

All the officers and soldiers were issued weapons, and even the nurse was given a high-carbon steel knife forged by Chunfeng Machinery Company.

It's getting late at night.

Except for the officers and men who were on duty at night and on vigil, all the troops slept in their sleep.

The cavalry company of the mighty army has already withdrawn, and the cavalry of the mighty army does not dare to fight hard with the Jiannu when there are more and more Jiannu sentry horses, after all, the cavalry of the mighty army has not practiced riding skills for a long time.

In fact.

Jiannu's sentry cavalry also retreated, in this bitterly cold day, the night was so cold that it could turn into ice, and no one wanted to launch a surprise attack on such a day, not to mention that it was impossible to find out the enemy's situation.

Wei Wujun is naturally not worried about frostbite, after all, among Lu Yuan's current industrial industries, the most developed is the textile industry.

Each soldier directly prepared two sets of thick cotton clothes and thick cotton shoes, and also wore the kind of warm ** hat often worn by the "loveliest people" in later generations.

In addition, everyone carried a quilt, plus a wider and denser spring breeze cloth to make tents, better to block the wind, and it was not a problem for the whole army to camp in the field on such a cold day.

The next day, the rooster crows a second time.

A loud wake-up call sounded.

Lu Yuan stood up in a heavy armor and with Xiao Wu's support.

He didn't fall asleep last night, not because he didn't want to, but because he really couldn't sleep.

Uncle Fei and Shen Guangzu are not much better than Lu Yuan.

But at this time.

The tent of the third team of the first company was still snoring.

"Brother Xiong, wake up, blow the trumpet, this Jiannu is coming, you can still sleep."

Zhou Laojiu pushed Xiong Zhiyuan.

Xiong Zhiyuan, who had been reorganized from the recruit instructor back to the original team, hurriedly sat up and rubbed his eyes: "If there is anything that can't sleep, I don't believe that he doesn't sleep!" ”

"Director Zhou is here, everyone get up!"

At this time, Wu Chang Li Youlai walked in and called Xiong Zhiyuan, Zhou Laojiu and other field soldiers of this army.

Soon.

Propaganda director Zhou Gou'er walked over with a human head and a pair of panda eyes.

Li Youlai and the others all put the stored cotton cloth on the ground and sat on Zhou Gou'er's left and right.

"Director Zhou, who were you doing last night, what is this?"

"Sleep soundly, with you warriors, just Jiannu can't scare me, this is the head of the Jiannu killed by Hua Xiucai yesterday, the official asked me to show it to all of you, let you all see that Jiannu is not unkillable, a Xiucai can be killed, everyone is a warrior of my mighty army, is it rare to be afraid?"

Zhou Gou'er began to say some encouraging words as he spoke, and finally instructed: "There will be a half-hour break after lunch, everyone remember to take turns to come to our propaganda team, and the propaganda soldiers of our propaganda team will write letters for everyone for free!" If you die on the battlefield! It can also let the family know what regrets you have! ”

At first, they didn't talk much.

After Zhou Gou'er left, Xiong Zhiyuan asked Li Youlai: "Chief Wu, what are you going to write?" ”

"I want to write a letter to Guixiang who stayed in Qingquan Village, I miss her!"

Li You's eyes turned red when he said this.

"I want her to wait until she finishes killing Jiannu and goes back to see her, didn't Director Zhou show us just now, this Jiannu is not a big deal, and it can still be killed! It's not really invulnerable, either. ”

Zhou Laojiu said.

Xiong Zhiyuan said: "I want to write a letter to my mother, Niangle, you used to scold me for not being at home, I love to fight and cause trouble, but now Lao Tzu is about to kill Jiannu, and become a 'national hero' in the mouth of Lu Guanye!" When Lao Tzu really becomes a martyr, you haven't relied on your son to get glory! ”

When Xiong Zhiyuan was speaking, the horn of the assembly sounded.

The mighty army had just gone out to spy on the sentry not long ago, and all the sentry horses rode back: "Report! A large number of Jiannu have arrived! ”