"Report to General Wang, this morning the troops of the Yuan clan were stationed near the mouth of the hippo, about three thousand people, and the outpost scouts have seen it very clearly."

Chengchi City Lord's Mansion, General Wang Yuanfu, who was sitting in the center, listened to the soldier's report, then stood up and looked at the map, and found the place of Hippo Mouth on the map, less than thirty miles away from the border, thinking about what these soldiers of the Yuan clan want to do, Beidacheng is the northernmost city of the extreme capital, there are almost no ordinary people, but because it is the border, so the trade trade is particularly developed, although there are some small conflicts with the Yuan clan in the north from time to time, but it has been stable in the past hundred years, Wang Yuanfu, the lord of Beidacheng, and the district mayor were on an equal footing, and served as the important task of guarding the northern border, and was known as General Wang.

The north side of the city is a very wide moat, there is a very wide bridge on the river, there are road bayonets on both sides, there are also rows of long fortifications on the other side of the river, and then look north is the endless prairie, and then there are two hills thirty miles to the north, the terrain is quite steep, there is a past mouth in the middle, it is called the hippopotamus mouth, the hippo mouth that the soldier said just now is here, those soldiers of the Yuan clan are also stationed here, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is more suitable for positional warfare, Therefore, there must be a big reason why the Yuan soldiers are stationed here.

Wang Yuanfu looked at the map for a while and thought for a while and said, "Do you know the distribution of troops?" Who is leading the group? ”

"Report to General Wang, the specific situation is unknown, at present, there are heavy armored soldiers, cavalry, and crossbowmen, and the person leading the troops does not know who it is." The soldier replied.

"Okay, you go down, by the way, let all the lieutenants come to discuss, and even report if there is any situation on the hippo mouth." After Wang Yuanfu gave the order, he sat down in a chair, and then looked at a document that had just arrived this morning.

The grade on the document is four-star, the content has already been read in the morning, and the general content will be transferred to a city lord level person, generally seeing such a thing Wang Yuanfu is really a headache, because most of the people who come are some eunuchs' homes to gild, from the border to work for a few months and then go back basically can have a statement, but this is not what Wang Yuanfu said he cared about, the most headache for Wang Yuanfu is that these young people can't fight, they can't say it, After handing over the task, it was like a piece of, and the dangerous task was not daring to be issued. However, after Wang Yuanfu read this document, there is still a little difference, this person is called Mo Yu, like most of the gilded people who came before, Wang Yuanfu has not heard of this name, the difference is that the document specifically states that after Mo Yu's arrival, the position is extremely task-oriented, but after all, it is sent down from above, as long as it is not too excessive, Wang Yuanfu will not say anything, anyway, it is also on his own territory, and it will not set off too much turmoil.

Wang Yuanfu put the document aside, and then at this time, the five lieutenant generals came in turn and sat in the position where they should be sitting, and then General Wang's assistant brought the tea, Wang Yuanfu took a look, the personnel were all together, and he also began to speak: "Deputies, call you over at this time, discuss some things, and listen to your views on this matter, according to the latest news, the soldiers of the Yuan clan were stationed at the mouth of the hippo this morning, about 3,000 people, and the troops are quite complete, and there are all kinds of troops. But I don't know who the people are or what they think, so let's talk about your opinions. After Wang Yuanfu finished speaking, he took a sip of tea.

The closest to Wang Yuanfu is Li Luo, who is Wang Yuanfu's most important lieutenant general, at this time it was also Li Luo who spoke first, Li Luo said: "General Wang, although the Yuan clan also attached great importance to this hippopotamus mouth in the past, and it does have a lot of strategic value, but in order to express our sincerity, we have never peeped into this place, and our large-scale military force has never appeared within a radius of thirty miles, so the Yuan clan rarely stationed troops in that place, but this time the army was suddenly stationed, Although 3,000 people are not much, but for that place is definitely not a few, according to the small-scale conflicts we have had with the Yuan clan, judging from their combat effectiveness, these 3,000 people will definitely withstand the attack of nearly 10,000 people from our side in that kind of place, or even more, if there is really any conflict in the future, these 3,000 people will simply be like a fish in the throat, not too deadly, but it will definitely not make us feel too comfortable. ”

Wang Yuanfu nodded lightly, did not speak, then glanced at the other people a few times, and then someone expressed his opinion: "I think what Vice General Li said is extremely true, but that place is someone's territory after all, and it stands to reason that our side has no right to intervene, including the matter of stationing troops, and even if we send people over to negotiate, there is nothing good to say." ”

The rest of the people nodded and agreed, Wang Yuanfu didn't speak immediately after hearing it, and then glanced at Zhou Lixiang, this is also Wang Yuanfu's lieutenant general, usually doesn't like to talk, but the execution is quite strong, and he is a conscientious lieutenant general, with a clear mind, and he has also put forward a few finishing proposals, at this time Zhou Lixiang did not speak, nor did he agree with the expression of the first two people, so Wang Yuanfu asked Zhou Lixiang and said: "Vice General Zhou, Do you have your own opinion on this? ”

After listening to this, Zhou Lixiang glanced at Wang Yuanfu, and said to Wang Yuanfu in a not too loud tone: "General Wang, I agree with the suggestions of the two deputy generals, but this matter does need to be solved, but it is also relatively difficult to solve, but I think first of all, in fact, these 3,000 people can't turn out of the big wind and waves, with the 30,000 troops in the city to defend there is no problem at all, but it is better to take precautions, it is better to send someone to the extreme city to take a look, ask the diplomatic side, and see if the diplomats of the Yuan clan have any reaction, if not, Just tentatively probing, if there really is nothing to say over there, I have to strengthen the defenses, and I can't come up with a good solution. "What Zhou Lixiang said should be very comprehensive.

Wang Yuanfu was quite satisfied with Zhou Lixiang's suggestion, but in his heart, he didn't show too many expressions on the surface, and after everyone had spoken, he began to issue an order: "That's it, Li Luo, you strengthen the defense on the other side of the river, and by the way, pay close attention to the situation at the mouth of the hippo, and then send someone to Jicheng, remember to remind me to send a document, and see what the diplomat of the Yuan clan says, okay, let's dismiss the meeting, right, That Li Luo, you stay, I'll tell you something. ”

When the others left, Li Luo said softly to Wang Yuanfu, "General, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Yuanfu replied: "There is nothing to do, that is, a person has come recently, it seems that he has been a city lord for a year or two, and he wants to come to this post, and the specific job requirements are not said, I plan to send it under you, what do you think?" ”

"Haha, isn't it the sons of those high-ranking officials who have come to gild, don't worry......."

Before Li Luo finished speaking, he was stopped by Wang Yuanfu with his eyes, and continued to say to Li Luo: "Okay, you go and prepare, don't forget to arrange your affairs." ”

Li Luo didn't continue to joke, and said stupidly: "Okay, the general won't forget, I'll go first." ”

Then Wang Yuanfu nodded and let Li Luo go, Wang Yuanfu continued to turn his head and look at the map, carefully studied the military situation, Wang Yuanfu thought for a while, there are currently 30,000 troops in the city, and the other forces of the Fang Yuan clan do not know, and even said that there may be a large number of troops behind, after all, there are about three or four miles of continuous hills after crossing the hippo mouth, and the outpost observation post is not arranged very far, at most, the strength of the hippo mouth can be observed, and it is not particularly clear, Not to mention the latter, although there have been no major conflicts in the past 100 years, small conflicts have been continuous, so we have to guard against them.

From the mouth of the hippo to the border moat, if it is a cavalry, it takes about half an air (empty, the time unit of this world, eighteen empty in a day, nine empty in half a day, and nearly three hours in two empty), but it is meaningless to just come over as a cavalry, first of all, not to mention the defense of the city, just say that the military facilities on the other side of the moat, decades or even hundreds of years of heritage, those cavalry rushed over but hit the stone with an egg, no matter how fast they rushed, it was useless, if you want to really fight, They still need heavy armor, and the heavy armor moves slowly, and if they come over, they need about two more empty planes, so they can fully react.

The defense in the city is 30,000 people, which is not too much, but there are twenty-five cities and thirty-three cities behind each other, and the three cities are in a triangle, it is too easy to support each other, and the work place of the head of the fifth district and the district elder and the head of the sixth district and the district elder is in these two cities, Wang Yuanfu is not afraid of the Yuan clan provoking a war, the army supports very quickly, and there is no need to spend a long time to report to the top, and the district elder who has the right to transfer the army is nearby, It's just that Wang Yuanfu doesn't know what these Yuan people want to do.

After reading the map, Wang Yuanfu sat on a stool and closed his eyes to recuperate, and suddenly a soldier came in, hurriedly rushed in and bent over to Wang Yuanfu and said: "Report to General Wang, the captain of the reconnaissance team directly under him has urgent matters to see!" ”

Wang Yuanfu immediately opened his very bright eyes, and said bluntly: "Let him come in!" ”

The soldier didn't say much, did too many useless movements, and rushed out very succinctly, and after a while, a man wearing military armor walked in quickly with a knife in his left hand, and then bent down and said with a solemn expression: "Report to the general, it's not good, something happened!" ”