Chapter Eighty-Four: Staying and Retaining (3)
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Fan Xiang looked around at the crowd and talked eloquently, saying: "Preparing for war and building a city wall is not only a defense, war can show the enemy, but also attack the heart." Repairing the city wall within 10 days is a psychological tactic against the enemy, that is, telling the enemy that we are fully prepared. Therefore, the construction of the city wall and the construction of the urn city must be in strict accordance with the specifications and requirements, and the original city wall remains are seamlessly connected and coordinated with each other. β
"In this case, please ask the city lord Brother Mei to order the whole city to assemble at the parade square at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, under the unified command of General Fanxiang. Chun Yu looked at Mei Lingfeng, bowed, and said.
Guoshan Feng muttered, "Chun Yu Zhu Bo, your title is a little wrong, our big brother Mei is now the king of refinement, you have to change it." β
Chun Yuyi had no choice but to stand up straight, shake his sleeves, and greet Mei Lingfeng with the courtesy of the king, bowed, and said, "Please the king, the king will show you." β
"Okay, that's it, there is General Lao. Mei Lingfeng laughed out loud and said to Fanxiang and everyone.
"Okay, I'll do what I'm told. Fan Xiang stood up and saluted Mei Lingfeng.
"General, your second proposal is also very good, please tell us more about it. β
"Prepare for famine early, this point, I personally think, first, to formulate a law on the protection of forests, requiring all the people of the city to abide by it, so as to effectively control the phenomenon of indiscriminate felling, so as to protect the water and soil of the oasis where the ancient city is located from being lost; second, while the summer is coming, the snow and ice and snow are melting, we had better build a water diversion channel and a reservoir in the south of the city, divert the water to the stream, and then divide the hills near the mountains in the south city according to the method of the southeast region of Dongsheng Da, and carry out the reclamation of the land in the city, so that we can not only store water, but also make use of the land in the cityγ At the same time, during the non-war period, we mobilized everyone to actively engage in large-scale production movements such as handicrafts and strive to achieve self-sufficiency as much as possible. Then, even if the enemy besieges the city for a year or two, we still have a chance to live. β
"Well, this method is good, so who will implement it now, the general wants to train the soldiers in the city, and there must not be much time during this time. Mei Lingfeng pondered for a while, then turned his head to look at the Lord Bo Chunyuyi.
Chun Yuyi stood up, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, I will take over this task." We will first enact a "Forest Law" to protect forests, and then a "Reclamation Law" for some fields and households, and strive to implement them as soon as possible. Let the king not be anxious. β
"Well, I suddenly remembered something, hmm, I don't know if it's appropriate?" Fan Xiang seemed to suddenly remember something, looked at everyone, wanted to say something and stopped, hesitating.
"General, if you have something to say, you don't have to be polite. β
"Brother Mei, I think, are we going to implement wartime rationing from now on?"
"Things, things, rations? No, no, no, Brother Fanxiang, you, you, you, look, our warehouse, library, warehouse is already piled up, no, no, no, haha. The pig stood up strongly, looked at everyone, spread his hands, and said with a laugh.
The two generals, Guo Shanfeng and Wei Shan, sat in the seat, and they also laughed.
Only Chun Yuyi touched the sparse beard on his chin and thought about it.
"Haha, General Fanxiang, let's talk about this later. What else do you need to say here?" Mei Lingfeng smiled and asked gently.
Fan Xiang wanted to wait for another talk, looked at Mei Lingfeng, suppressed the words, lowered his head and pondered for a while, raised his head, and continued: "Well, I think about it, I once saw a team of eighteen horsemen, which was like no one in the enemy's 100,000 army, and its combat strength was very strong, so ,...... Brother Mei, I have two more proposals, the first is that I want to select twenty-eight brave men and women from among all the young and strong men and women, and train them into a team of elite soldiers who can fight against a hundred, you can call them 'Elite Twenty-eight Warriors', and at the same time, the weapons in the armory are as I choose, and I have the right to assign those who should be reforged by the blacksmiths. Brother Mei, these two proposals, or two requirements, do you agree?"
"Haha, these requests are perfectly fine, this is exactly what I ask for, you just go and do it. Brother Fanxiang, you are now a general, intensive training of soldiers, strong army, it is your duty, these military affairs, you don't have to explain these military affairs to me in the future, just implement it, haha. Mei Lingfeng laughed, left her seat, walked over, and patted Fan Xiang on the shoulder, very hearty.
At this moment, a demon soldier who was patrolling the city came running up in a smoke, stood at the door of the main hall, and reported loudly, "Report to the king, there are four teams of men and horses outside the east gate, about 3,000 people, bringing a lot of grain, grass, weapons and baggage, saying that they have come to join our exquisite city." β
"Okay, tell the garrison to line up and welcome, and we'll be there. ...... Let's go, brothers, and here we go. Mei Lingfeng called a guard outside the main hall, ordered, turned around, laughed, said to everyone in the room, and then strode towards the outside of the main hall.
Everyone walked out of the main hall with Mei Lingfeng and walked towards the east gate.
The guard was wrapped in a puff of green smoke and rushed towards the east gate, conveying instructions to the defenders of the city.
Mei Duoer and Chun Yu Tiying walked next to Fan Xiang. Mei Duoer turned sideways, looked at Fan Xiang fixedly, walked mischievously step by step, grinned, and said, "Brother Fan Xiang, you are so good-looking." However, it's my credit, I dressed you up, how can you thank me, hehe. Spread out your palms and place them in front of Fanxiang.
Fan Xiang raised her hand, lightly slapped it in Mei Duoer's palm, and smiled slightly.
Chun Yu Tiying glanced up at Fan Xiang, and hurriedly turned her head away, her face secretly red.
At the broken east gate, there were already two rows of soldiers standing separately, twenty human soldiers were neatly arranged on the left hand, and twenty demon soldiers were neatly arranged on the right hand, all of them were armed with iron spears, and their clothes and armor were distinct, so they were not mighty. Several stout soldiers stood at the gate of the city at this time, blowing their horns, and the sound of the horns was majestic and heroic, and it was heard far away into the grassland.
When everyone walked out of the city, they saw four teams of men and horses lined up on the grass outside the east city gate, their clothes were disheveled, some looked tired, and some were full of energy.
The young and middle-aged men of each team are all armed with weapons, including demons and humans, followed by some old and young women and children. There is a big flag in front of each team, and the words "Zhang", "Xiong", "Yong", "Liu" and so on are embroidered on the banner in turn. Under the banner of the word "Chapter", there are three short men, each holding a five-foot-long Miao family knife in their left hand, with two snow-white fangs slightly exposed at the corners of their mouths, roe head rat eyes, and obscene expressions. The three of them look exactly the same, just like a mold carved out, named Zhang Cheng, Zhang Ming, and Zhang Gang respectively; under the banner of the word "bear", there is a big black man with a hairy face, holding a nine-ring steel fork, but a woman behind him is the opposite, her appearance is very charming and beautiful, it is Xiong Heifeng and his wife; under the banner of the word "Yong", there is a young scholar, with a white robe and brocade robe, a golden crown and bundled hair, a hand-cranked folding fan, and a very leisurely and elegant demeanor; "Liu" Under the banner of the word, there is a beautiful girl standing pretty, petite and exquisite, with a heroic and refreshing atmosphere between her eyebrows and eyes. The girl was wearing a turquoise samurai uniform, covered with a jade-white cloak, wearing a small and delicate white gauze bamboo hat, and a simple and elegant white wood Tang knife on her back.
Mei Lingfeng walked forward quickly, bowed to the six people, and said with a smile, "Friends, I am fortunate to have a good meeting!"
The six of them stood on the grass, and when they saw Mei Lingfeng coming up, they also hugged their fists in return, and said, "King Mei, I will come to run today, there is no gift to give, please don't dislike it." β
"Haha, it's easy to say, heroes are polite!"
Mei Lingfeng stood in front of everyone, laughing, very hearty.
The three men under the banner of the word "Zhang" stepped forward first, one of them presented Mei Lingfeng with a delicate black sandalwood box, and the three of them said in unison in a sharp voice, "King Mei, this is a thousand-year-old musk pill, it is now offered as a gift, it is not a respect, please laugh!" The three men paused at the same time, and continued: "I heard that the Fanxiang hero who made trouble in the heavenly court is here, and the three brothers of Meiling Sanzhang have admired it for a long time, and they have come to defect. β
Speaking of this, the three of them paused in unison, only to hear one of them say: "This time, the Elite Righteous Army has completely annihilated a thousand-person team of devils,......"
Then, the second man continued: "A big breath of evil for us and the rebels,......"
Finally, the third person continued: "I really admire the brothers and sisters! they are all willing to return to serve under the command of Jingjue, and I hope that King Mei will take it in!"
Mei Duoer stood next to Fanxiang, looking at the three people who were exactly the same, the same roe head and mouse eyebrows, the same small and pointed face, the same small and round eyes, and then, the same sharp voice, and then, and finally said a word separately, and finally couldn't help laughing, "poof", bent over, covered his stomach, laughed and trembled, pointed to the brothers of Meiling Sanzhang, and was speechless for a while, only said: "You...... You...... You guys...... Hahaha......"
"Mei Duoer, don't mess around. When Mei Lingfeng heard this, he was very embarrassed, turned around and scolded Mei Duoer loudly, then turned his head, hugged his fists and saluted the brothers of Meiling Sanzhang, laughed dryly, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, the little girl was offended just now, please don't worry." β
Brother Meiling Sanzhang looked very embarrassed, and said, "This, this, this is nothing, Miss Mei is happy, hehe." He looked around in the elite queue of six eyes and asked, "Lord Mei, don't you know if the hero of Fanxiang Fan is there?"
Mei Lingfeng took the musk box with both hands, turned around and beckoned to Fanxiang, and said loudly: "Brother Fanxiang, come here, there are a few friends here who want to see you." β
Fan Xiang heard Mei Lingfeng's call, so she walked out of the crowd and walked towards everyone outside the city.
Outside the city, everyone felt that their eyes were bright, only to see a young man, about twenty years old, leaving the crowd, walking from not far away, stepping on the green mist on the grass, slender and tall, wearing a light blue silk robe, like a green pine in the wind, long hair with an indigo fine silk tied on the head, green silk long hair hanging on both shoulders, clothes fluttering. He hung a short, straight-edged knife about two feet long, with a delicate scabbard that was black and shiny, and a jade-colored lotus flower was engraved on it, which was lifelike, with a faint blue light coming out of the sheath. The handle of the eight-inch knife is exposed outside the sheath, dark and dull, and it is not a vulgar thing.
The man's face is slightly thin, his nose is like a hanging gall, his eyebrows are picturesque like the flowers of spring dawn in April, his sword eyebrows are as clear as spring silkworms lying quietly, his eyes are slender like Danfeng flying obliquely, crystal light, like a star, the corners of his mouth are like smiling but affectionate, and the corners of his eyes are really not hateful.
On the grassland, the breeze blows, the sleeves of his robe follow the wind, and his bearing is free and easy, which shows that he is handsome and good, as if he is a beautiful son in troubled times.
Fanxiang stepped forward, hugged his fists to the people opposite, and said loudly: "Friends, in Xia Fanxiang, I have the fate to meet you today, and I am fortunate to meet you." β
The six people under the opposite banner all stepped forward and bowed their hands in return.