Wang Hao, with dark circles under his eyes, held a pamphlet in his hand, followed several soldiers, leaning against the side of the wall and climbing the stairs, on which the young men and soldiers came and went, either carrying things or carrying supplies on their backs, to deliver supplies to the city.

Because he rode a horse for days, and did not have a good rest, so Wang Fei was quite tired, his steps were a little floating, he is now a middle-aged man who is not confused, and he is no longer a chivalrous and righteous boy in Chang'an City, and he can live a dragon and tiger without sleeping all night.

From Xiyang to Anlu, Wang Fei accompanied Chen Guo's general Wang Meng and others to take a railroad carriage to Xiakou through Wuchang, at first everyone was amazed by such a novel way of travel, but the result was blocked by the troop carriage from Xiakou halfway, and it took a long time to continue to move forward.

This incident made Shi Zhengtong, the governor of Ezhou, who happened to be with him, a little embarrassed, but it was just a small episode for Wang Cheng and his entourage, who stayed in Xiakou for one night, and crossed the river by boat the next day, entered Zhuanshui through Zhuankou, and went upstream to Anlu.

After arriving in Anlu, Wang Meng and others stayed in the city, waiting for the reception of Lingyu Wenming, the Daxing Taishang of Shannan Road, but Wang Fei couldn't take a break and went north with the reinforcements who went to Yuzhou Prefecture.

The military situation was urgent, the army marched very intensively, although Wang Fei had a horse to travel, but also followed the soldiers to hurry, crossed Tongbai Mountain into the boundary of Shenzhou, and continued to advance to Xuanjiao.

When passing through Bai Gouyi, they met a team heading south, although the other party did not disclose their identities, but Wang Fei still noticed that this team was a little different: it was probably the Son of Heaven who moved to Shannan.

This is just the result of Wang Fei's inference based on clues, but this matter has nothing to do with him, the other party has not disclosed his identity, probably for security reasons, Wang Fei should not know and turn a blind eye.

Bai Gouyi is located less than a hundred miles south of the Hanging Gourd, and it is said that the next trip can be less rushed, but the situation has taken a turn for the worse, because the army led by the Prime Minister Captain Chi Dian is about to arrive at the city of Hanging Gourd.

Wang Fei followed the reinforcements day and night, and finally entered the city smoothly when the enemy rangers frequently attacked and harassed the boundary of the Hanging Gourd, and this team was the last reinforcement to arrive in the Hanging Gourd recently, and no one knew when the next batch would come.

The lonely city cannot be defended, the reinforcements are scattered, and the situation of the hanging gourd does not look good, but Wang Hao does not regret entering the city at all, since he chooses to risk his life, he has the consciousness of death.

"Sit."

Yu Wenwen, who was dressed in civilian clothes, sat on a few sandbags and motioned for Wang Hao to sit aside, of course, there were only sandbags on the side.

"King Xie."

After Wang Gong saluted, he sat on the sandbag next to him without hesitation, and like Yu Wenwen, he sat with his feet down.

"Wang joined the army and didn't sleep all night last night?"

Yu Wenwen looked at Wang Fei, who was also a "panda eye", and asked, with a smile, Wang Fei nodded yes, and then felt a pang in his heart: This one is afraid to find fault.

"My subordinates read at night, and before I knew it, the East was white."

"The oil light is dim, Wang joins the army, but he must beware of his eyes not being able to see clearly in the long run."

"Thank you for the reminder."

Liu Wenjing, the former member of the Xiyang Wangfu Office, now stays in Lingbiao Guangzhou to hold important positions, and the current Wang Gong is known as the "Wang Ji Office" or "Wang Joins the Army", he replied cautiously, for fear of being used by Yuwenwen to get mad.

After a long period of contact, Wang Hao probably figured out Yu Wenwen's style of acting, in short, if the king of Xiyang suddenly talks to you with a smile, nine times out of ten he is holding back the water, and if he is not careful, he will be unlucky.

Generally speaking, Yu Wenwen will not be like this for no reason, once it happens, either he provokes the other party, or the other party is in a bad mood.

Wang Fei only arrived in Xuanlu yesterday, and he had no chance or reason to provoke Yuwenwen, but he knew that Yuwenwen was in a bad mood, because there was news that Queen Yi was injured by a thunderbolt buried by the Anzhou army in Shaoling, and her life and death were uncertain.

Queen Wei Chi is the princess of Yuwenwen, and if the couple is titled by the imperial court, they are King Yi and Queen Yi.

Hearing this news, Wang Fei's first reaction was rumors, he thought that Yuwen Wen could figure out the key, but now that he looks at it, this person with dark circles under his eyes thinks that he has not slept all night and is trapped by rumors.

The couple is deeply affectionate, and the king of Xiyang also has weaknesses, Wang Yan can understand it, but now is not the time to persuade each other, because the more persuasive anyone is, the more unlucky he will be.

"Wang joins the army?"

"The subordinates are here."

"Have you ever understood the information that the widow showed you?"

"King, the lonely city cannot be defended."

"It's too late to say now, Wei Chi Dun is about to come to the city, and he can't run away." Yuwen Wen looked at Wang Fei with a smile, thinking about how to use the topic to play, of course Wang Fei knew it, so he had to deal with it seriously.

"My subordinates are presumptuous, may I ask how long the king plans to keep the hanging gourd?"

"What do you say?"

"Your Majesty, it's important to get down to business."

Yuwenwen snorted and put away his smile, this move made Wang Yan feel a lot of peace of mind, and Zhang Yu, who was standing beside Yuwenwen, saw that he was going to talk about business, so he motioned to the other guards to retreat to save trouble.

"The widow plans to follow Wei Xiaokuan's example to guard the jade and force Wei Chidun to retreat gloomily, so it's not a question of how long he can hold it, but how to find a way to make the other party suffer heavy casualties."

"The information given by the king yesterday has been read by the subordinates one by one, please forgive the subordinates for saying bluntly, many city defense measures are just on paper."

Wang Jun didn't mean to be alarmist, he entered the city yesterday and showed Yu Wenwen his determination to serve before the army, and the other party gave him a lot of information, saying that he would talk about it after reading it, and now, he had to tell the reason.

The information given by Yuwen Wen is detailed, so that Wang Fei has a clear understanding of the situation of the hanging gourd, Yuwen Wen has been strengthening the city defense since the rainy night into the hanging gourd, and the efforts of this period of time determine whether the Anzhou army can hold the hanging gourd under the attack of the superior forces and enemy forces.

There were many measures and means in them that Wang Gong had never heard of, and he was even sure that these methods of defending the city were unprecedented.

Looking at the text description, it seems that the effect of actual combat will be good, but Wang Fei felt that it was precisely because no one had used it before, so the effect was doubtful, so he opened the pamphlet and began to ask questions.

The decision made by Yu Wenwen is basically difficult to change, Wang Jun came late and failed to participate in the decision-making, so what he can do now and what Yu Wenwen needs him to do is to use another perspective to conduct offensive and defensive deduction as a questioner.

In other words, Yuwenwen also has the meaning of being the king of the school examination.

Therefore, Wang Fei didn't dare to slack off, and stayed up all night last night to read the lamp, and at this time he was already in his chest, and began to challenge Yuwenwen: "Wang, my subordinates think that it is quite difficult for the officials and soldiers to implement the so-called food rationing system in the hanging gourd. ”

"How so?"

"If the enemy besieges the city, the supply of materials will inevitably be tight, and for the soldiers in the city, there will be no poverty and unevenness..."

"What does it mean to join the army, is the reward and punishment of the widow unknown?"

"No, the king wants to implement food rationing, minimize food consumption, and need to strictly limit the daily rations of the soldiers, but the defenders are divided into the Anzhou army and the surrendered Yuzhou army, the king should treat everyone equally, a bowl of water is even, which will actually make some people feel unfair..."

。。。。。。

"What is the discussion with the king?"

"Back to Yang Envoy, that is the king of Xiyang Palace, who joined the army, and is in charge of the affairs of the house."

"Oh..."

Yang Su nodded, stopped and watched, and did not report the city defense matter to the king of Xiyang as originally thought, anyway, it was not an urgent matter, and it was okay to talk about it later, but what the officials around him said just now reminded him of the past.

The so-called "Liecao", that is, Gong Cao, Bing Cao, Shui Cao, Hu Cao, Cang Cao, Bing Cao, Li Cao, etc., joined the army, and the most important and most trusted by the lord of the palace (vassal king) to join the army is the secretary to join the army.

The clerk was the official in charge of the clerical work, and the clerk of the royal palace was responsible for drafting the documents of the feudal king, and in general, the feudal lord would appoint a talented and trusted person to this position.

That year, the young Yang Su was full of ambition and was cited as a secretary by King Yuwen of Jin, thinking that the official road would be smooth sailing from then on, but as a result...

Fortunately, the emperor Yu Wenyong at that time did not kill all the henchmen of the King of Jin, Yang Sucai saved his life, life is impermanent, the past is vivid, he feels that he is not confused but still stumbles, only sighing that time passes quickly.

Seeing that Yu Wenwen's conversation with his secretary room was probably not short, Yang Su asked the officials next to him to pass on the word that he would come back later, and then led his entourage to turn around and leave, but did not go down the city wall, but walked forward along the city head.

The Son of Heaven left the hanging gourd and went to Anlu in Shannan, a group of people rode lightly on the road, Yang Su pinched his fingers and calculated, he should have arrived in Shenzhou today, as long as there is no accident, he will definitely be able to arrive in Anlu safely.

His son Yang Xuangan served the Son of Heaven around, and Liu Jushi, Yu Wenhua and different, as a general of the forbidden army, followed the Son of Heaven to Anlu, Yang Su felt that even if he encountered an accident, the incense would not be broken.

At the same time, Yang Xuangan was also used as a hostage, so that the generals of the Anzhou Army who were hanging from the gauntlet could rest assured of him, and the king of Xiyang could rest assured of him.

Others were relieved of him Yang Su, but in the face of Wei Chidun's army that was about to enter the city, even if the King of Xiyang was personally sitting in the city, Yang Su knew that there were still many people who were worried in their hearts.

However, he will not toss and turn and fall asleep, because the defense of the Hanging Gourd City has been significantly strengthened, Yang Su has carefully looked at the various arrangements, and is confident that he will hold the Hanging Gourd, and it is beyond ordinary confidence.

Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen, arranged many unheard of "fortifications" and defense methods, Yang Su boasted that he was familiar with countless military books, but he had never seen such a method of defending the city in the books.

The most typical "fortification" is the "bunker", and Yang Su has observed how a bunker is built: first build a flat-roofed wooden shed with tree trunks, nail it with iron nails in the shape of a door, and then use sandbags/earth bags to build up the front, left and right of the wooden shed, and the roof of the shed is also covered with sandbags.

The inside of the "bunker" is supported by columns, such a "bunker" mixed with civil and engineering, which can accommodate a dozen troops, and a slit is opened in front of the bunker, through which people can observe outwards through this one-foot-wide slit in the bunker, and can also poke outwards with spears and shoot arrows outward with crossbows.

There is also an earthen rampart behind the bunker, with openings on both sides for soldiers to enter and exit, and because of its ingenious design, it is said that it can resist the "shock wave" and debris generated by the explosion of the thunderbolt, and if the thunderbolt explodes right next to the bunker, it will not be able to injure the soldiers in the bunker.

Yang Su didn't believe this statement at first, and then Yuwenwen summoned the generals to observe the scene, randomly selected a bunker, and put a large thunderbolt on the top of the bunker to detonate.

The smoke dissipated, although the sandbags on the top were a little damaged, but the bunker was unharmed, and a few sheep tethered in the bunker were still alive and kicking.

The effect of the bunker was demonstrated not only by thunder, but also by a boulder, a stone the size of a millstone thrown from the top of the city, which hit the bunker at the foot of the wall, but the boulder did not collapse the bunker with a muffled sound.

The generals went to the bunker again to inspect and found that the structure was undamaged, and it was estimated that a few more large rocks would be fine, and everyone's confidence was greatly increased, and there were many similar "fortifications", although the structure was somewhat different, but they were all made of sandbags/dirt bags combined with wood.

When you are in battle, you are not afraid of the fireballs of ordinary strength, nor are you afraid of the fireballs thrown by the enemy's trebuchet, as for the thunder and stones thrown by the opponent, the soldiers on the head of the city can use various bunkers to ensure that they are not harmed.

At the same time, you can also immediately release arrows and use other means to attack the enemy army that is attached to the siege of the city, and there are so many tricks that Yang Su has an eye-opener.

It is said that the defenders of Fangcheng in Jingzhou have used similar "fortifications", so they can stand still under the siege of the enemy, and there is Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen on the side of the hanging gourd, and there are many more means to retreat from the enemy.

Since Yuwenwen succeeded in the sneak attack on the hanging gourd, he immediately organized people to repair the city wall and various defensive "fortifications", so to the present....

Yang Su looked around, looking at the scene in the Hanging Gourd City with a somewhat strange layout, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, the ability of the King of Xiyang, he had seen it with his own eyes, and originally wanted to persuade Yu Wenwen to hoard more firewood in addition to hoarding food, but the other party had already arranged it in advance.

If you want to strengthen the foundation of the city wall, the other party has already arranged for someone to do it, and you want to dig deep wells in the city, build high platforms to store grain and grass for waterproofing, and the other party has already taken it into account.

Even the pits for burying the bodies have been prepared, and almost half of the city's buildings have been converted into bunkers made of sandbags/dirt bags and wood to protect them from fire.

There are still many transformations that are unheard of, and Yang Su feels that he is really right: he feels that the Yuwen clan must have a hand in armaments, hiding secret weapons such as trebuchets and thunderbolts back then, which are enough to make up for the gap in strength and gain a firm foothold under the all-out attack of the Yu Chi clan.

Yang Su did not see Yuwen's "secret weapon", but the many names of "fortifications" greatly increased people's confidence, and now Yuwenwen appointed Yang Su as one of the generals to defend the city, he decided to take a good look at how the other party used the lonely city to fight against Wei Chidun's 100,000 army.

Yu Wenwen wants to turn the hanging gourd into a second jade bi to consume Wei Chi Dan's main army, Yang Su deeply agrees with this, if Yu Wenwen is hot-headed and wants to carry out a sneak attack to retreat from the enemy, he decided that the other party will not listen to the persuasion, and he will quickly slip away, there is no need to accompany a madman to die.

Yang Su was pondering the matter of defending the city, when he suddenly heard the sound of a horn, which was a warning horn, indicating that there was an enemy outside the city.

Yang Su looked up to the north, only to see the dust on the horizon, as if there was an overwhelming flood south, rushing towards the Hanging Gourd City, and the Anzhou army sentry horses wandering outside the city retreated to the city one after another.

Picking up the clairvoyant mirror and looking at it, Yang Su could barely see countless flags emerging in the dust in the field of vision of the clairvoyant, if it is more appropriate to describe it as a flag covering the sun, he has led troops all year round, and he can probably see the scale of the opponent's troops.

Forwards, cavalry, more than three thousand.

These cavalry are opening the way, and with it, it must be the main army.

The head of the Wei Chi clan finally led the army to the city of Xuan.