Su Baiyi stared at a super large map in front of him, drawing a city plan of the entire Shangqiu City.

From the map, the whole city looks like an ancient coin, round on the outside and square on the inside. It is divided into the outer Guo and the inner city, the inner city is about three miles long from north to south, about two miles wide from east to west, and there are 1,000 households in it, totaling about 10,000 people.

As for the outer Guo, it is big, because the whole outer Guo is a circle with a diameter of about six miles, and there is also a city wall outside the outer Guo, but it is a pity that the city wall of the outer Guo is dilapidated and the defense function is not sound.

The inner city wall was built during the Zhengde period, and although it has been more than 100 years, it is still a relatively young city wall, and it can become a solid backing after only a little repair.

The most important thing is that outside the inner city is a moat lake, of which the South Lake is the largest, the east and west sides are the smallest, but even the narrowest place, the lake is two or three hundred meters wide, and the South Lake is the widest, nearly one kilometer.

From the inner city to the outside, there is a gate in the south, east, and west, and each gate has a path through the moat.

Therefore, even if Luo Rucai has an army of 200,000, coming to Guide Mansion is just to plunder Waiguo, with Su Baiyi's careful defense, coupled with the wide lake, the possibility of Luo Rucai conquering the inner city of Shangqiu is not very large.

In this way, the defense has the main and secondary, and some focus on the defense, such as the inner city; Some can give up defense, such as Wai Guo. There is another key problem: there are many people in the outer city, twice as many as in the inner city.

In other words, the permanent population of the inner city of Shangqiu City plus the outer city is about 30,000, and if you give up the outer city, it is equivalent to giving up about 20,000 people.

Su Baiyi's own compound, as well as the Yu Courtyard, various workshops, Tongji Hall, etc., almost all of Su Baiyi's family backgrounds are in the outer city rather than the inner city.

There is also Wenzheng Academy.

That's embarrassing.

Isn't it a joke that you can't defend the city and keep your own home?

But there is no way to laugh, because there is no time to carefully build fortifications, and if you want to fight against the incoming enemy, you can only rely on the tall walls of the inner city of Shangqiu and the moat outside.

"The outer city is damaged in many places, and it is too late to build it now, so the only way to do this is to rely on the defense of the inner city." Qin Youde, the prefect of Guide, stroked his beard and said with a solemn face: "But there are also many people in the outer city, if Luo Rucai is allowed to set up trouble, the court will investigate it, and we will inevitably fall into the crime of unfavorable defense." ”

Opposite Su Baiyi were a group of people from the official office of Guide Mansion, as well as local celebrities.

There are Qin Youde, Zhou Shipu, Yuan Keli, Wang Zheng, Zhao Heng, He Shan, Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, Mao Chenglu of the three railway guards, and representatives of the Shen family, the Hou family, the Ye family, and the Yu family.

"Did you send a letter from Kaifeng Mansion?" Su Baiyi raised his head and asked at Qin Youde.

Qin Youde bowed his hand and replied respectfully: "Someone has been sent to send it, not only Kaifeng, but also Si County." ”

"It's useless!" Yuan Keli waved his hand, frowned and said: "The thieves come from the west, and they will inevitably pass through Kaifeng Mansion, Kaifeng is the seat of Henan governance, and the garrison is only 10,000 troops. Kaifeng didn't know the details, wouldn't he be worried that Luo Rucai would loot on the spot? So don't expect Kaifeng to send troops. ”

"What about Si County?" Su Baiyi asked.

As a strategic place in the Central Plains, Guide Mansion also has a garrison, and the official name of this garrison is Guide Garrison, but the specific garrison location is not in Guide Province, but in Si County in the northeast.

The chief is a thousand households, and his name is Deng Wenming.

This Deng Wenming is not simple.

The founding of the Five Kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty was the first to recommend Xu Da, followed by Chang Yuchun's son Chang Mao, followed by Deng Yu, and then Feng Sheng and the famous Li Wenzhong. Li Wenzhong doesn't know much, but his son Li Jinglong should be regarded as a household name.

This Deng Wenming is the descendant of Deng Yu, the Duke of Weiguo. It's a pity that Deng's luck is not good, Deng Yu's eldest son is called Deng Zhen, married a wife who caused trouble, and he is the granddaughter of Li Shanchang, the Korean duke.

Later, Li Shanchang was convicted because of Hu Weiyong's case, Deng Zhen also hiccuped, and the family's title of Duke of Weiguo was also taken away.

But in any case, Deng Yu's credit is indelible, although the duke of Deng Zhen was cut off, but later he finally left a marquis for his children and grandchildren, and the Deng family became a prince from the prince, which is a blessing in misfortune.

"Hmph......" As soon as he heard about Si County, the old scholar Yuan Keli snorted coldly in his nose and said, "What kind of hero is Wei Guogong?" But the Deng family, the Marquis of Dingyuan, alas...... Not to mention that Deng Wenming is as timid as a mouse, with the 3,000 men and horses in his hands, it is not as good as these railway guards you newly recruited. ”

When Geng Zhongming and the three of them heard this, they all smiled slightly.

It's been more than a month since the railway guards were called in, and I'm afraid it's almost impossible to go to the battlefield to fight, but it's still okay to see blood in a small fight.

"Nanjing ......"

"Nanjing is too far away!" Yuan Keli said: "When they come over, the daylily is cold." Besides, this is Henan, Wei Guogong is guarding Nanjing, it is not a defense area at all, if there is no military department, how can he dare to move? ”

"Not in Shandong." Su Baiyi glanced at Kong Youde with his eyes, and said heavily: "I have just gone through the chaos, I am afraid that I have more than enough heart and not enough strength, and Shandong can't count on it." ”

"I'm afraid it's difficult for the imperial court!" Zhou Shipu frowned, his bloated body stood up slightly, knocked on the table and said: "At the end of autumn every year, Jianyu will send troops into the pass to plunder, and the soldiers of Xuan and Daer Town are especially insufficient to defend themselves, and it is even more difficult to count on the capital. ”

"It's Chen Qiyu, the old man can write a letter to urge him to encircle and suppress, after all, he is the governor of the five provinces, and he must take care of the chaos in our Guide Mansion." Yuan Keli stretched his beard, his eyes shining.

Su Baiyi shook his head.

Chen Qiyu is the governor of the five provinces, but the person who instigated this Luo Rucai to attack the Guide Mansion is obviously his Chen Qiyu's person, as for whether Chen Qiyu was involved or not, Su Baiyi can't judge.

Therefore, looking for Chen Qiyu to help is the most unreliable thing.

However, Su Baiyi only told Yuan Keli that Luo Ru would attack, but he didn't say the specific reasons and causes and consequences, so Yuan Keli didn't know the Tao here.

Since I don't know, I won't tell him, and let him write a letter, which is beneficial and harmless anyway.

"Colleagues, seniors!" Su Baiyi stood up and arched his hand, and said: "Now it seems that the most likely person to help is Lord Chen, but it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near water, if we want to defend Shangqiu City, we mainly rely on self-help!" ”

"Self-help?" Qin Youde said: "Lord Governor, we don't have soldiers in our hands, how can we stop Luo Rucai's 200,000 army?" ”

"That's what he bragged about!" Su Baiyi smiled, motioned for Qin Youde to sit down, and said, "It may be possible for Luo Rucai's subordinates to gather 200,000 people, but who are they?" It is the people who have lost their land, they are the unarmed people who have fled the famine, they are followed by the old and weak, women and children, 200,000 people is a lot, but how many can really have combat effectiveness?

They are coming to attack our Shangqiu City, they can come if they want? If you want to attack, you can take it down? They don't have any weapons in their hands, they don't have siege equipment, and third, hehe, they don't have food yet. With such three weaknesses, what else can Luo Rucai do to me? ”

Zhou Shipu sat down again, frowned and said: "What you said has some truth, but Luo Rucai is not a fool, he will set up troops everywhere he goes, relying on looting the people in the outer city to feed the war, and our inner city has few people and insufficient food, so how can we afford to surpass him?" ”

"That's what the juniors have to say!" Su Baiyi stood up and arched his hand towards everyone: "Naturally, we can't sit back and watch Luo Rucai loot excessively, wouldn't that fatten the enemy and harm the people of our Guide Mansion?" ”

"Do you have a plan?" Qin Youde's body moved.

"It's not a brilliant idea!" Su Baiyi smiled slightly and looked at Qin Youde.

In the past, Su Baiyi pit his nephew Qin Jingfang once, and got the sky-high medical expenses of 6,000 taels of silver from Qin Jingfang; I made a bet when I was discussing the Tao at the Vulcan Terrace, and I got six thousand taels of silver from Lao Qin's house again.

But on the other hand, Su Baiyi saved Xiaohu's life!

The grievances and grievances between the two are indescribable, but there is no life-and-death hatred. Now that Su Baiyi's status is getting higher and higher, he has become an existence that Qin Youde can't climb, and he has long since extinguished the idea of "revenge".

"Su thinks so, Lord Qin can post a notice in the name of the government." Su Baiyi moistened his throat and continued: "The people within ten miles of Xiaoyu Shangqiu City temporarily moved to the inner city to take refuge, so that it can not only have the effect of clearing the wilderness so that those homeless people have nowhere to eat, but also protect the people, and these people can also help us defend the city, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone, why not do it?" ”

"Ten miles within a radius of ......" Qin Youde gasped and said, "Your Excellency Governor, you have to think clearly, if Shangqiu City is ten miles away, including our inner and outer cities, there are at least forty or fifty thousand people. Not to mention whether this inner city is too small to accommodate these 40,000 or 50,000 people, and even if it can, where will they live? You can't sleep naked on the street, can you? Also, we don't have enough food in the inner city, and drinking water is also a big problem! ”

"That's going to bother all of you!" Su Baiyi arched his hand and said: "Lord Qin's concern is not unreasonable, but we can't watch the people suffer from this unwarranted disaster, so please move some places in your mansion after you go back and take in the people in the city." As for drinking water, when the people enter the city, I will ask my disciples to dig a few more wells; You don't have to worry about the food problem, the official just has enough food in stock. ”

"No problem, it's all from the villagers, it's not a word to make a room, right?" Zhou Shipu came out and took the lead: "Our place is not small, if it is crowded, it will not be a problem to live a few hundred people." ”

"Our Shen family can also live with some people."

"And our family."

"Our Chen family can do the same."

"The Hou family can live for 500 people."

"The Yu family can live for a thousand people!"

Su Baiyi's eyes glanced at it, the Yu family was his old father-in-law's house, but it was not Yu Hui who came this time, but just a steward of the Yu Mansion.

Qin Youde was silent for a while, and then raised his hand and said: "The official office has a lot of empty places, and if you live in a crowd, you can arrange a lot, as well as the Temple of Literature, the Christian Church, plus all the rich families, it shouldn't be a problem to arrange 20,000 people, but it's not enough." ”

"If it's not enough, build a shed!" Su waved his hand and said: "It's summer, just make a tent on the street and live, it should be no problem to deal with it for three months, but if you can't attack it in three months, Luo Rucai will collapse by himself." ”