In the early morning of the rising sun, Xiao Jin opened his eyes and touched the sheets beside him, there was still residual warmth, and the beauty had already gotten up.

When the maid saw him wake up, she brought a basin of water and waited for him to wash.

"Where's your young lady?"

"I'm having breakfast with Mrs. Wang." Xiao Jin has never been used to being served, and he made it awkward for the maid, whose name is He Meiyu, who is from Linxian County.

Seeing the old man's awkward appearance, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and he was uncomfortable.

Xiao Jin smiled first, "Look at what you're holding back, let's do it yourself." ”

After cleaning up, Xiao Jin hastily ate something, and went to the front yard, that is, the prefect's court.

It's been a mess in the city these days, Xiao Jin has no choice, so he released a few well-behaved officials from the cell, and asked him and Xiao Jian's men to work together to rectify the security in the city, as well as other big merchants, who are very well-informed, and have already packed up their homes and are ready to flee to Guiyang.

In the morning, the craftsmen arrived safely in Shun'an, Xiao Jin and Ji Xiaolan finally put down a stone in their hearts, and praised Wang Er Mazi fiercely, asking him to pick a big mansion in the city, which can be regarded as a reward for him.

When Xiao Jin first entered Shun'an, there was a shortage of manpower, and there was not enough time, after entering the city, as long as the officials and people who had anything to do with Wu Sangui and Wang Pingzhi were all locked up in prison, no, the mansions in the city were vacated a lot at once, Xiao Jin waved his hand, and gave them all to these people under him.

It doesn't matter what the title deed is or not, whether it is legal or not, anyway, it is treated especially in a special period now.

Ji Xiaolan's management of craftsmen, although it is not as good as Zheng Banqiao, is also very competent.

Xiao Jin instructed him to organize manpower and strive to resume the production of muskets and explosives bags in the shortest possible time, for this ambush of Wu Sangui's army was different from the past, Xiao Jin reduced and optimized the process of explosives bags, and made a rough version of the grenade, although the power is much smaller than the explosives bag, but it is easy to carry, flexible and lightweight, and it is easier to operate than the explosive bag for ordinary soldiers who are not very strong.

There is not much time that can be given to them to produce, Xiao Jin is very clear about this, and the task given to Ji Xiaolan is to resume production as soon as possible, which is the first priority, and then expand the scale and manpower. As for how much can be produced under overnight overtime, it depends on how much time can be delayed after the ambush in Linxian County.

Ji Xiaolan's burden this time is relatively heavy, while he is busy resuming production, he also has to recruit young and strong people in the city, war preparation materials or something, but Zheng Banqiao is still in Linxian.

Xiao Jin asked people to quickly inform Zheng Banqiao to come back first, Chen Jinnan was in charge of the overall situation in Linxian County, the problem was not big, the formation of the horse team was handed over to Lin Zexu, Xiao Jin asked Ji Xiaolan to drive out a batch of grenades first, and deliver them to the cavalry first. Maybe it could make a big difference.

The young Zhuang recruited a few days ago have already enlisted in the army and started training under Butcher Zhu, and the recruits don't expect them to be of much help in defending the city, as long as they can not be on the field, they will be lucky.

In order to make up for the lack of muskets, Xiao Jin searched and bought and sold in the city, plus the weapons left in the city, a total of four or five hundred bows, thousands of arrow feathers, Xiao Jin was ready to let Zhu Butcher's people come, his original brothers, are all descendants of the Ming Dynasty military households, and they are handy with bows and arrows and cold weapons.

Combined with the new recruits and the young men who are still recruiting, it is expected that there will be between 1,200 and 1,500 people defending the city, and the veterans, including the bandits of Dalongshan, only account for the average of these people.

Counting Xiao Jin's forty or fifty government service thugs or something, the cavalry team has five or six hundred people, and Chen Jinnan's three or four hundred people in Linxian County, there should be a thousand people.

Calculated from this, the total number of troops available to Xiao Jin is about 2,000 people.

Xiao Jin changed a side room in the Yamen of the Shun'an Prefect into a temporary operational command room. Find two craftsmen, according to his requirements, made a sand table, Xiao Jin tracked the whole process, and today, it was finally made.

It's not very exquisite, but at least it's much more intuitive than the crooked map, and the signs are all there, so it's clear at a glance.

Dalong Mountain is much bigger than Xiao Jin imagined, and on this sand table, the section around Linxian County and Shun'an Mansion is almost the scope of Dalong Mountain.

Just as Xiao Jin was thinking, it was Zheng Banqiao who came to his side.

smiled, "Hey, I just asked someone to call you back, and you came back so soon?" ”

Zheng Banqiao's face was solemn, and he arched his hand, "How can it be so fast, I came with news from Lord Chen, and he didn't feel at ease, so let me run in person." ”

Seeing that he was tired all year round, he knew that he should set off before dawn, and hurriedly asked someone to serve tea and let him rest. Zheng Banqiao shook his hand and said, "Lord Chen's scouts, in the southeast of Linxian County, have already discovered the vanguard of Wu Sangui's army, and the scouts of Wu Sangui's army are also fighting.

Xiao Jin heard him say that he had found traces of the army, and quickly pulled him up to the sand table, and pointed to the vicinity of Linxian County, "The specific location is there, you can make it clear." ”

Zheng Banqiao saw that there were all kinds of mountains and rivers, it was really clear at a glance, and he followed Xiao Jin's hand to look at the vicinity of Linxian County, and roughly made a comparison.

In the southwest of Linxian County, there is a distance of more than 200 miles. This place is the only small plain in Linxian County that is not connected by Dalong Mountain. Suitable for large armies to rest and camp.

Xiao Jin looked south along this official road, he was guessing where the logistics of the army should be at this time, and after speculating for a long time, there was still no reliable result, so he thought of Lin Zexu, who was the person in charge of this operation, and should listen to what he meant.

Let one of his subordinates summon Lin Zexu and Zhu Butcher, as for Ji Xiaolan, there is no need to disturb him.

When everyone came to the prefect's yamen, it was already noon, Xiao Jin ordered his subordinates to send some simple snacks, and thought about countermeasures while eating.

Let Zhen Banqiao repeat the information Chen Jinnan got to the two of them.

Lin Zexu looked at the army that had already been marked, as well as the sand table, and said with emotion, "My lord, who made this sand table?" This person is amazing, so delicate and realistic, it's like this piece of land has been shrunk and put in, amazing. ”

Xiao Jin shook his hand and said, "I called someone to make it, I looked at the map, and I was dazzled and had a headache to come up with such a solution." ”

Lin Zexu nodded and said, "It is indeed a hundred times more intuitive than the map, with this, it will be much more convenient to march and fight in the future." ”

Butcher Zhu looked at the mountains, rivers and lakes on the sand table, and said with a smile, "It's good, it's just a little man who can walk." ”

Xiao Jin gestured with the wooden man made by the carpenter, "The red one is our own people, and the blue one is the enemy army." I set a number for him, and one wooden man represents a thousand, and ten is ten thousand. After speaking, he counted ten blue wooden people and placed them in the place where Chen Jinnan's scouts found Wu Sangui's army.