Gao Junshan looked carefully at the dial and found that the red dots around him were concentrated in the direction of the West City Gate. Not good, Hong Chengchou is preparing a night attack, and the target is Ximen.

Gao Junshan put on a single coat and ran out of the bedroom, Bai Wenxuan didn't know what was going on, and followed closely behind Gao Junshan to fulfill the duty of guard.

"Zhang Cong! Zhang Cong! Gao Junshan shouted.

Bai Wenxuan said: "Zhang Cong and Zhuang Youfu have both gone to take care of the water source. ”

Of course, Gao Junshan knew that Zhang Cong and Zhuang Youfu were both sent to take care of the water source, but he was anxious for a while and habitually called Zhang Cong's name. At this time, Han Yuyan heard the movement and ran over to ask what was going on, and Gao Junshan finally found someone who could be entrusted with the heavy responsibility.

"Yuyan, you ride a fast horse and inform Bolan (Cai Zhishan) that I will go to the West City Gate."

Gemma Suena ran out to stop Han Yuyan, she pointed to Han Yuyan's stomach and signaled to Gao Junshan, Gao Junshan understood, Han Yuyan was pregnant, how could she ride a horse? Han Yuyan didn't say a word, she turned around and went to the stable, and Gemma Suena followed her anxiously.

Gao Junshan didn't have time to pay attention to so much, he first ordered the flag officer to send a message to the west city gate, and then rode his horse to the west gate.

Pingliang West Gate.

It was the moon and the wind was high, and the stumps and dust of the wind were flying everywhere, and the cool wind was blowing on people's faces, making people feel that a chill was about to hit.

Li Busi, who was at the West City Gate, received the news from the flag officer with a torch, and he didn't dare to slack off and immediately climbed the city tower. On the castle tower, there are twelve stone throwers and eight tiger cannons, as well as various strong crossbows. There was only one hundred households on the city tower leading the team to stand guard, and this hundred households saw Li Busi and hurriedly came to report.

"Tell General Li that nothing has been found."

"How is that possible?" Due to the wind and sand, Li Busi's eyes didn't dare to open too much, and he didn't allow Baihu to defend, "Immediately notify all departments and enter the battle state!" ”

100 households ran to carry out the orders given by Li Bushi. Soon, a group of resting soldiers ran to the castle tower and entered their respective posts.

Li Busi put his hand between his eyebrows by the women's wall, and looked out of the city, which was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything, not like the enemy was going to attack at night. He knew that Gao Junshan's military discipline was strict, and since he had already given the order for an enemy to attack at night, he must be prepared for the battle without the slightest negligence.

The hundred households on duty ran back panting and reported to the Li Division, and all the combat units had been notified.

Li Buji asked: "Did you hear any movement on the exterior wall?" ”

Baihu replied: "Except for the sound of the wind, there is no movement." ”

Li Busi asked the hundred households to go down to rest, and he came to the general manager who commanded the tiger cannon, and asked the general manager if he could shoot a few cannons outside the city to find out the movements of the officials and soldiers.

The tiger gun is two feet long, the cannon body is reinforced with an iron hoop, there are seven in total, the cannon head is erected by two iron claws, and there is an iron trip, the cannon weighs about 36 catties, it looks like the tiger and the tiger are powerful, and it is majestic. Before firing, the cannon body must be fixed on the ground with a large iron nail, and each launch can be filled with 100 small lead or small stones weighing five coins, and a large lead bullet or large stone bullet weighing 30 taels is used to press the top, and when the large and small bullets are fired, the roar is like thunder, and the lethality and radiation range are very large, especially suitable for field warfare. Of course, it is also possible to fire solid bullets, but the distance at which they can be fired is very limited.

This Qian was always Cai Zhishan's subordinate, he was an excellent artillery commander with professional training, and he told Li Busi that blindly firing artillery without knowing the enemy's situation not only exposed his own gun position, but also wasted precious gunpowder. At that time, the source of gunpowder for the rebels was very limited, and it was quite precious.

After listening to Mr. Qian's explanation, Li Busi asked him to be ready and did not force him to open fire. Then Li Busi sent a small force over the trench to find out the enemy's situation, and he anxiously awaited the results of the reconnaissance.

After a cup of tea, Cai Zhishan also rushed to the West City Gate, and he only knew that there was a situation in the West City when he saw Han Yuyan.

Cai Zhishan was also very anxious, and when he heard that the enemy was not moving, he did not dare to slack off, climbed the city tower, and strictly ordered the generals of all branches under him to wait for the dispatch of Li Buji at any time.

Cai Zhishan's direct team is a descendant of Gao Junshan, well-assembled, well-trained, and well-trained. In addition to the Tiger Zun cannon and stone thrower, there are also three-eyed guns, strong crossbow teams and other types of troops arranged in the city. Strong crossbows include cannon crossbows, bed crossbows, pedal crossbows, seesaw crossbows and other heavy strike weapons.

As soon as Cai Zhishan finished instructing his subordinates, Gao Junshan arrived.

"King Qin, so far there has been no movement of the official army." Cai Zhishan first reported the situation to Gao Junshan.

"No movement?" Gao Junshan asked rhetorically.

"Yes." Li Buji also said, "It was pitch black outside the city, and nothing happened. ”

Gao Junshan shook his head and said, "Just because it's dark doesn't mean that nothing happened. Send a team of men to investigate immediately. ”

Li Busi said: "I have already sent someone. ”

"Good!" Gao Junshan nodded in satisfaction.

As he was talking, the person who went to inquire came back, it was Mr. Qian, and Gao Junshan asked him to come and talk back.

This Qian always came to several generals, looking a little restrained, and rubbing his hands nervously.

Gao Junshan encouraged him not to be restrained: "Tell us what you see slowly, don't be nervous." ”

"That's right." Mr. Qian's face flushed, "I led ten brothers to climb the dirt slope built by the official army, and I saw that the black pressure over there was full of people, and they were digging the ground. ”

Gao Junshan nodded with a smile, and praised this Qianzong: "You are very brave, you can go back first." ”

After Mr. Qian left, Gao Junshan said to Cai Zhishan and Li Busi: "Digging the ground? What do they want to do? ”

Cai Zhishan said: "Digging the ground to attack the city? It seems that they wanted to dig a tunnel to the base of the wall, and then blow it up with gunpowder. ”

"Why can't we hear them when they dig tunnels?" Li asked the department.

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "The wind is blowing, and now it is a northwest wind, so we can't hear their movements." But the wind can also be used by me! ”

Li Busi asked again: "How to use it?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Immediately use the stone thrower to bombard his grandmother!" ”

Cai Zhishan said with a smile: "We are in the upper hand, and we beat his grandmother with a stone thrower!" ”

Li Busi understood and immediately ordered the brothers outside the city to go down to the tunnel, and twelve stone throwers were loaded and thrown.

The Stonehenge thrown by the trebuchet drew an arc in the air with the help of the wind, and smashed it on the head of the Ming court army impartially, and this time Gao Junshan could clearly hear the sound of whining outside the city......

When the sun rose the next day, Li Busi climbed the Xicheng Tower, and saw that the dry land outside the city was soaked in dirty blood and blackened, and it was obvious that the corpses had been buried by themselves last night, and in the early morning sun, piles of flies were busy.

Hong Chengchou's army had retreated to the camp five miles away, while the rebels at the West City Gate began to clean up the forward positions.

Hong Chengchou suffered a big loss and did not dare to attack the city for ten days. Ten days later, it rained heavily for three days. This rain was like a sweet rain to the people, providing both water and purifying the air. To the rebels, it was like a heavenly soldier, which hindered the enemy's pace of attacking the city.

After three days and three nights of heavy rain, the temperature dropped sharply, and although the rain stopped, Hong Chengchou still did not launch an offensive to Pingliang.

Gao Junshan took advantage of this gap to go to Chongwen Academy and brought cotton clothes and thirty pocket watches for the students for the winter. These thirty pocket watches were originally rationed to military generals, but Gao Junshan found that these generals didn't take pocket watches seriously at all, so he confiscated all the pocket watches in a fit of rage, and now they are issued to these literati, which should be used to the fullest.

The academy is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the pavilions and gardens are quiet and elegant, the vermilion gate is open, and a couplet is written on it: scholars should take the world and the country as their own responsibility; I can pull out the genius of the fall.

Gao Junshan came to the gate of the academy and heard the sound of books. Stepping into the gate, the neat and clean cloister twists and turns, with the sacrament hall as the center, the large and small courtyards, crossed in an orderly manner; Pavilions and pavilions, simple and elegant.

The academy has a total of 64 halls and study halls, including the Library Pavilion, the Minglun Hall, the Confucianism, the Pantheon, the Chong Temple, and the Yang Xin Palace.

The head of the academy (dean) is surnamed Huang, a single name, and is an enlightened person. Gao Junshan explained his intention to the Yellow Mountain Chief, and then walked to the Chong Temple together. Gao Junshan wants to give students a world geography lesson here.

There are more than 100 students in the academy, and Gao Junshan took the roster and named them one by one: "Liu Lishun." ”

"Yes." A man in his early forties stood up and replied.

Gao Junshan recognized him, so he was not surprised. His family was poor, in order to make a living, while studying while doing a private school Mr., last June when the Yellow River burst, he became a homeless homeless person, defected to the rebels of Gao Junshan, Gao Junshan knew that he liked to read, so he specially approved him to come to the academy to study.

"Fang Tingjian."

"Yes." A young man in his early twenties replied.

"Zhang San."

"Yes." A chubby brat stood up, causing a burst of laughter in the class.

"Leslie Wong"

"I'm here." A thin little man stood up, causing everyone to laugh again.

"Zhang Tiaoding."

"Yes."

"Li Shiqi."

"Yes."

"Li Jiuhua."

"Yes."

……

Gao Junshan called the names of one hundred and six people in a row, although he forgot the names of many people after reading them, in the future, these people will be his elite team, and the names of each individual are well-known.

After the roll call, Gao Junshan put away the roster and began to introduce himself: "Now let me introduce myself, my name is Gao Junshan." The purpose of coming here today is to meet you. I am Pingliang's parent official, and I hope you will be considerate of your food, clothing, housing and transportation, and I hope you can give me valuable advice. ”

Speaking of which, someone asked if it was cold and could you give a warm coat, and Sun Yuanhua, who came with him, told everyone that the winter clothes had been delivered, and they could get them after class.

There was a chorus of joy in the temple.

Gao Junshan waited for everyone to calm down, and then began to teach, this class Gao Junshan talked about world geography. Gao Junshan gave these future elites a world geography lesson, the purpose of which was to broaden their minds, not to be entangled in some petty profits, but to look at the world.