Seeing the Liukou retreating, Yang Lin did not dare to delay, and after leaving the cavalry camp to break off, he personally led the escort battalion to march forcibly all the way, and returned to the West Mountain next to Shunqing Mansion City at the same time.

The feudal society implements autonomy below the county level, that is, the government does not set up institutions below the county level and implements the autonomy of the gentry.

Since the Volunteers took control of Pengzhou, they have reformed the local governance structure, not only setting up a township unit in each market, appointing a township chief and 1-2 local officials, but also electing a salaried baojia chief (i.e., squad leader, village head) and councillors to form a local security regiment to strengthen local control.

Although it is difficult to stop Zhang Dingguo's 5,000 elites, these officials have become the eyes and ears of the government, and since they entered Nanchong County, Zhang Dingguo's army was discovered.

Due to the forced expropriation of local gentry and scholars by the Onishi regime to move to CDs (unlike now to live comfortably in big cities, not to mention abandoning industry to big cities, even modern people are unwilling), now seeing the elite of Onishi spreading for more than ten miles, everyone is quite frightened, and everyone beats gongs and drums while organizing a retreat to the cottage.

In addition to the CD plain, there are many hills in Sichuan, in order to guard against bandits and robbers, floods and beasts, especially since the Southern Song Dynasty Yu Jie's governance of Sichuan, in order to prevent the Mongols from invading Sichuan, the establishment of Sichuan Eight Pillars, through the establishment of large and small cottages, the implementation of the strategy of guarding the point but not the line, in order to resist the Mongol Tartars.

The Sichuan people were greatly influenced by the remaining ranks, at that time, in addition to the Sichuan Eight Pillars, but also built a number of large and small cottages, now seeing the invasion of the Liukou, the squire, the security team on the one hand organized everyone to help the old and the young to retreat to the cottage, while sending fast horses, to report to the government.

On the way, Yang Lin met several squires who were in a hurry, knowing that the Great Western Army was only more than 20 miles away from Shunqing City, and they could come to Shunqing City overnight, so they did not dare to delay, and they took the lead in crossing the Xihe River through ferry, and the soldiers and horses behind crossed the river overnight.

Now Shunqing City has long been under martial law, the four gates are closed, the yasmen, the local security corps has been patrolling the streets, on the city wall, in the city gate have sent additional personnel, hearing that Yang Lin returned to the prefect's yamen, Qian Bangxin, Fan Wenguang, Zhao Sixuan, Fan Mingshan and others are in the lobby.

Just now, Zhang Dingguo's ministry rushed to Shunqing City non-stop.

Although most of the people were riding livestock, when they saw the rogue cavalry killed, although the village security guards along the way did not dare to lead troops to obstruct them, they blocked the way with large stones, or beat gongs and drums, so as to slightly block the speed of the army.

Of course, all this is still secondary, the most important thing is that there is a shortage of food now, people are basically drunk thin, no food and clothing, since the beginning of the war horses, donkeys have not fed much food, so serious weight loss, a day march more than 100 miles.

In addition, I have to go around the mountain road for forty miles, and I have to bypass many cottages along the way, and now there are more than 20 miles away from the north of the city.

After hearing that Zhang Dingguo led his troops to make a detour to attack the city of Peishunqing, Qian Bangxin, Fan Mingshan and others had already ordered martial law.

The villagers who lived ten miles around the city basically withdrew into the city.

Yang Wei led the 2nd Battalion and more than 500 Nanchong Militia (1st Militia Regiment) into Xishan and fortified on the spot.

Wang Shuji, Du Jigui and others respectively led the Linshui People's Regiment and the Dazu Militia (the 2nd and 3rd Militia Regiments) into the fortifications in the north of the city, and now the 4th Battalion of Yao Zhijiao, the 5th Battalion of Yang Bingyi, the 6th Battalion of Jing Keqin, and the 7th Battalion of Feng Youqing have also crossed the Xihe Creek and can be deployed before dawn.

Chen Huaixi's water camp was still in the upper reaches of Pengzhou, and after receiving the military report, he was going down the river and rushed to Shunqing City to participate in the defense.

Fan Mingshan handed over the defense of Dazhou to Ma Mingluan and other local militia groups, and led his headquarters to return to the division.

To the northeast of Shunqing City is the Jialing River, and to the east and west is the Xihe River.

Seeing that all the troops had successfully withdrawn and were able to reach their destination before the Great Western Army arrived, everyone was safe.

Yang Lin listened to everyone's introduction, while closing his eyes and recuperating, while carefully thinking about all kinds of rumors about the Great Western Army in the past, he suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Everyone, have you done any research, in the past, the Great Western Army attacked the city, and sent fine workers to blend into the city many times, and then made a temporary attack, which caught the officers and soldiers off guard.

Although we cracked a case of spy on military intelligence a few days ago, now that reinforcements from all walks of life are gathered, it is inevitable that they will be mixed up by the rogues. ”

Now that the ID card system has been established, everyone is full of confidence, and now when Yang Lin says this, he is quite unimpressed.

Yang Lin no matter what everyone thinks, according to the characteristics of Shunqing City, it is divided into five security areas, and the people who retreat into the city outside the city are designated to settle in that security area.

Establish a system of responsibility for the head of the workshop, and the head of each security area is responsible for the head of the workshop, with the assistance of the head of the yamen.

Those who evacuate into the city need to go to relatives and friends, and they need to register and make a register to get the confirmation of the head of the workshop and the head of the team in different security areas.

If you need to be in different security areas, you need to get confirmation from the head of the workshop and the team leader, and issue a temporary license.

Starting tomorrow, the personnel of each chamber will be inspected to prevent the rogue from blending in.

Each chamber recruited more than 1,000 young people to carry out military training to help defend the city or save the dead and protect the wounded.

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China is an agrarian civilization, since ancient times quite good at defending the city, in the past many famous generals have also been so guarded, has put forward that many people take it for granted, should be so.

But Qian Bangxin frowned, shook his head and said: "My lord, yesterday afternoon, the remains of dozens of dead soldiers were transported back from the front line, and the injured brothers were also in the hundreds. ”

Hearing this, Yin Chengqi next to him looked quite indignant, told the story of the battle, and then sighed: "Everyone, this lord commands the battle superbly, my volunteer army is not only well-trained, but the soldiers of all departments are even more brave to kill the enemy, and some people are still spreading rumors."

Rumors stop at the wise, and slowly rumors will be self-defeating. ”

Some people didn't believe it, after all, the Great Western Army broke through the Qushui defense line in one fell swoop and approached the city.

Yang Lin was quite annoyed, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he sighed: "What Qian Yushi said is good, I am afraid that the villain will take advantage of it and spread rumors."

In the first battle of Qushui, although our army won, Zhang Dingguo was taken by surprise and made a detour of more than 30 miles to smash our city.

The rogues are not all reckless people, when it comes to leading troops to fight, intrigue and trickery, Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Dingguo are all the best in the world, and now the Great Western Army is concentrating on attacking with all its might, and the danger is far from being compared with the past? ”

Yang Lin was full of confidence in the past, but now he actually said such a frustrating word, everyone looked at each other, and Qian Bangqi shook his head for a long time and said: "My lord, the enemy situation is sinister, I am far inferior to the adult, as long as I can hold the city of Shunqing Mansion, if the adult has any requirements, just command." ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "My volunteer army has a total of 1 cavalry battalion, 8 infantry battalions, and 1 battalion of the navy.

Even if you add the militia regiments reinforced from all over the country and the militia regiments that have been temporarily organized, there are only more than 12,000 people in the whole army, but the only people who can really fight are these 6,000 people, and the others can at most wave their flags and shout, and as suspicious soldiers, they can defend the city and carry out rear supplies.

And Zhang Dingguo commanded 30,000 people this time, the enemy is strong and I am weak, so we need to use tactics to ensure that Shunqing City is not lost. ”

Qian Bangqi frowned, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, you need to be cautious in using tactics, and your lord is now saying it publicly, probably not okay?" ”

Yang Lin smiled: "Okay, my strategy is above board, different from other strategies.

Since the Tartars invaded Beijing, the princes of Nanjing have always advocated the joint capture and extermination of the Kou, and my strategy is to unite the Kou to exterminate the prisoners, that is, to tell Zhang Dingguo that the country is now ruined, and the Tartars occupy their hometowns, and that they should no longer claim hegemony in Sichuan, and now they must unite with the imperial court to jointly expel the Tartars and restore China. ”

Everyone was shocked, and Qian Bangqi's voice trembled: "Big, my lord, isn't this, not openly singing against the imperial court?" Although the Tartars pursued Li Zicheng all the way and occupied Wuchang, although Zuo Liangyu raised troops to resist the imperial court in the name of the Qing monarch, my Ming Naval Division was strong, and it was quite difficult for the Tartars to go down the river and go straight to Nanjing.

In Jiangbei, there are four towns in Jiangbei, and there is the first assistant of the cabinet, Mr. Pharaoh Shi Ke, who is guarded, and it is impossible for the Tartars to go straight to Nanjing along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. (Now the Manqing Dynasty has occupied Nanjing, but because the news is blocked, everyone doesn't know)

In such a situation, how can an adult contradict the imperial court? ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone knows that I have always advocated the extermination of the United Kou, and now the enemy situation is urgent, I just hope that everyone will not hinder me from preaching this idea to Zhang Xianzhong and Liukou, I just hope that everyone will cooperate and cooperate. ”

Everyone looked at each other, the volunteers were strong and strong, and the generals under the tent only listened to Yang Lin's orders, which could be said to be self-contained.

Pursued by the imperial court? Now that the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, what strength does the imperial court have to investigate.

Thinking of this, Qian Bangqi sighed and said: "My lord, since ancient times, it is inappropriate for the princes of the imperial court to carry out joint capture and extermination, since you say so, it's just that, as long as you can hold the city of Shunqing Mansion, then we will definitely distinguish for the adults, and we will definitely advance and retreat with the adults." ”

Seeing that Qian Bangqi was still like this, everyone expressed their stance one after another and fully agreed.

Seeing everyone like this, Yang Lin also seemed to be high-spirited, in order to comfort everyone, to analyze to everyone, the Great Western Army is strong and strong, if you concentrate all your strength to attack, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and of course you can capture Shunqing Mansion City for a long time.

But what will be the result? The strength of the Great Western Army was greatly damaged, and the Yunnan-Guizhou army led by Fan Yixuan, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, has now entered southern Sichuan, and the Sichuan governor Ma Gan and the deputy general Zeng Ying have also taken control of Chongqing.

In this way, as long as Zhang Dingguo is defeated, the troops will inevitably be withdrawn at that time, so that Shunqing Mansion City will be safe and sound.

Everyone suddenly realized, and some even secretly scolded Yang Lin for being too treacherous, but they didn't dare to attack.