Chapter 322: Preparing for War (continued)
After studying for a night, early the next morning, Ye Chen gave an order.
First of all, he ordered Tai Shici and Zhao Yun to start preparing for war, let them prepare in Gaoxian County in the north, and start reinforcing the city wall, and at the same time asked them to explain to Wuhuan that the reinforcement of the city wall was to deal with the Xiongnu.
Gaoxian County is one of the only three counties in Xuansu County, which is today's Tieling City, bordering the grassland, and is also one of the cities that Ye Chen plans to build.
Gaoxian County began to prepare for war, and other places could not be left behind, Ye Chen also ordered Sun Qian to start building a city, this city was built in Wangping County, this county is located in the northwest of Xuansu County, and the grassland is also not far away, the difference is that he and Liaoxi handover, the west can defend Liaoxi, the north can defend the grassland, and it is also an important strategic location.
In fact, it would be better if the first city was built in Wangping County, just to not stimulate the forces of all parties, and did not choose that.
Now Ye Chen didn't need to worry about anything, let alone be afraid of other people's speculation, and immediately mobilized manpower, materials and funds to prepare to build the city.
Although Wangping County was not built together, the design and planning were done and the drawings were drawn, so as long as the personnel and materials arrived, the construction could be started.
With the experience of building a city last time, this time it is much simpler, mobilize the major families, and then the materials can arrive in a steady stream.
This time, the original city wall of Wangping County has not been demolished, if it is to be demolished, it will cost a lot of manpower, and it can be considered after the new city wall is built.
The new city was very large, completely surrounding the original county seat, and expanded several times.
At the same time, a lot of materials were transported to Shenyang City, and there are not many residents in Shenyang City now, which seems very empty, not only can you hoard materials, but also train troops there.
Ye Chen also ordered Guan Yu to step up the autumn harvest, and after collecting the tuntian, he went directly to Shenyang City and started training there.
At the same time, the Ye family's various workshops also began to work overtime to produce, whether it was weapons and equipment, or other materials, they all stepped up production.
Everything is ready, two days have passed, deal with the matter here, Ye Chen took the personal guards and set off to the north, he was going to Xuansu County to sit down.
There was also Guo Jia who followed, and the rest of the people who should stay behind, and there were no waves in Liaodong.
"Guan Yu see the lord." After Ye Chen entered the Taishou Mansion in Shenyang City, Guan Yu immediately came to pay his respects.
"Yun Chang doesn't have to be polite. Are your sister-in-law and children okay? ”
Ye Chen sent someone to find Guan Yu's family before, and finally let him find it, and sent it to Liaodong to reunite with Guan Yu, because Ye Chen was too busy to ask about it.
"Everything is fine, Ping'er is seven years old, I asked him to stay in the school in Liaodong, and the inner son and the youngest son have been brought to Shenyang City."
Ye Chen didn't expect that Guan Yu had already recognized Guan Ping as his righteous son when he was in his hometown, and Guan Xing had also been born, both of them were generals, although they didn't have Guan Yu's bravery, they were also good talents.
It's just that the two are still young, Guan Ping is only seven years old, and Guan Xing was still in his stomach when Guan Yu left.
"Well, that's fine, they're suffering, and they must make good arrangements when they come here."
"Thank you for your concern."
"How are the Tuntian soldiers? Can it form combat power? Ye Chen began to understand the military affairs here.
"I've already let them enter Shenyang City and start training with equipment." Guan Yu replied.
Ye Chen frowned, he knew, it had only been a few days since the order was issued, Ye Chen asked him to harvest the grain first, even if Guan Yu could harvest the grain in time, but it had to be dried and put into storage, otherwise the grain would become moldy in a few days.
Guan Yu saw that Ye Chen didn't speak, as if he knew what Ye Chen was thinking, and hurriedly explained.
"My lord, because the walls of Shenyang City have been built, there are many surplus laborers, so I recruited them to help harvest grain, and the Tuntian soldiers began to enter Shenyang City for training."
With such an explanation, Ye Chen also felt that it was okay, but he felt that Guan Yu was a little anxious, this Wuhuan would not come, and the Huns were not so fast to attack, and there were Tai Shi Ci and Zhao Yun in front of him.
However, Shenyang City really has a lot of surplus labor, and there are tens of thousands of people in the team of building the city, half of which was transferred to Wangping County to build the city, and the other half is not farming at all because the city is being built all year round, and it is idle at this time, so there is enough labor.
However, there is not a lot of labor left, because Shenyang is also under construction, but it cannot accommodate so many people to build at the same time.
In fact, the training of the Tuntian soldiers has not been left behind, and the quality of their individual soldiers is very good, but because they have not practiced together, they are still very unfamiliar with the battle array.
Guan Yu only mainly trains them to fight in battle formations and groups, Guan Yu's training is extremely strict, but these soldiers have also been trained for a long time, so they can withstand the toss.
After watching Guan Yu's training, Ye Chen was relieved, these soldiers could fight the Huns when they were pulled out, and they were mainly defending the city.
Ye Chen stayed in Shenyang City for a few more days, and inspected the inside and outside of the city several times. Several tunnels were not completed, but three secret passages were completed.
The moats outside the castle are also complete, and the arrow towers around the city walls are also very effective, although there are not many arrow towers, but each arrow tower can accommodate more than a dozen people at the same time.
Don't look at the only a dozen people, they are condescending, their vision and shooting range are very good, the siege team below is extremely difficult to guard, if there is a place with an arrow tower, they have to avoid, if they don't avoid it, they will be hit, but if they dodge, the team will be crowded, and their range of activities will be limited.
The city wall of Shenyang City was built very wide, and more than a dozen people could walk side by side at the same time, which was one-third wider than the normal city wall.
All kinds of supplies are also abundant, and the workshops here have been started to provide a steady stream of supplies.
After the inspection, Ye Chen was very satisfied, this fortified city, as long as there were enough soldiers and supplies, then it was invincible. At this time, Sun Qian had already carried out the construction of the city in Wangping County.
Ye Chen had already explained to him that it was very likely that a war would break out there, so I was afraid that there would not be enough time to build the city.
So Sun Gan began to build the city, while reinforcing the original county seat of Wangping County and becoming the inner city, and at the same time digging a trench between the inner city and the outer city, which was actually a moat, but there was no river water in it.
At the same time, the outer city also began to dig moats, so that if there was a war, then there would not be no defense at all.
Liaodong and Xuansu County are preparing for war, and at the same time Gongsun Chan is also actively preparing for war, even Liu Yu is also preparing, although Liu Yu does not agree to war, but he must also prepare for the worst, once the peace talks fail, then he can only choose to go to war.
The entire Youzhou was shrouded in the clouds of war.