"General Niu, please!" Zhang Yi made a gesture of invitation to Niu Jinda, and then waved his hand to Xue Wanqian and Tang Peng, signaling the two to follow as well, and then led a few people towards the top of the fortress. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The fortress is built in a small city, and the fort is actually an independent small city, which is not lacking in functions except for the scale of the fortress, so the defensive circle of the No. 19 fortress is actually also a city wall.

The city wall is about ten zhang high, and unlike Shuofang City, Shuofang City is covered with concrete on the inside. The fort is different, it is almost entirely made of cement, although some stones are used instead because the red bricks are not up to date, but even so, it is obviously stronger after being poured with cement.

Walking on the city wall, there is a feeling that the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the height of ten zhang is enough to overlook the grassland of a flat river, and everything on the horizon can be seen clearly. If an enemy army comes, it can be found dozens of miles away, and such a fortress includes reconnaissance in addition to its defensive function.

Comfort. Touching the thick city wall, this kind of wall as hard as a stone made Niu Jinda very satisfied, if he had seen the wall of Shuofang City before he was full of confidence to defend Shuofang, when he stepped on this fortress, this confidence was undoubtedly sublimated to the extreme.

Niu Jinda can say without scruples that the defense system of Shuofang City will definitely not lose to Chang'an City, although it is slightly insufficient in terms of manpower, but it is definitely the strongest in the Tang Dynasty.

However, Zhang Yi did not give Niu Jinda the slightest possibility of being proud, and when Niu Jinda had just a smile on his face, a scoop of cold water had already been poured on Niu Jinda's head.

"General Niu, look!" Zhang Yi stepped forward, pointed to the endless prairie in front of him and said: "In front is the entire Hetao, and behind us is the mouth of the Hetao, because it is the grassland, except for the service of a small force, it is impossible for a large army to escape our detection!" However, there is one thing, that is, if the army is attacking the city, although they will not be able to attack us for a while, but we also have no way to balance them! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yi pointed to the archer on the side and continued: "Limited to the conditions, we can only use bows and arrows to resist the enemy, and you know the lethality of bows and arrows, you can only kill individually!" ”

Zhang Yi's meaning is very clear, if it is only a single point kill, according to the small number of archers in the fortress, it is impossible to play a real defensive role.

After all, there is a certain distance between the fortresses, and this distance is undoubtedly beyond the range of the bow and arrow, if the enemy really riskes the loss of thousands of lives to directly rush around the fortress and Shuofang City, and attack from the side, then there is no danger behind him.

And at that time, it was a disaster for Datang.

Although according to common sense, this kind of solitary approach is very risky, but as a military director, Niu Jinda has to consider this possibility.

Then the fortress has more than enough defense, and the shortcoming is the lack of attack!

Xue Wanqian also reacted, and said immediately: "Then can we form a small force of cavalry in the auxiliary arms?" ”

"Cavalry?" Niu Jinda's eyes lit up and looked at Xue Wanyan.

Xue Wanqian said: "Yes, it's the cavalry!" In fact, we have also made some transactions with nearby tribes in the past, exchanging salt for their war horses, so at present, although we do not have many war horses, there are more than 600 of them. If we use these horses as a base, it should be feasible to select some veterans from the original defenders. As long as you don't fight hard with those Turks, create some trouble for them, or sneak attack, it's still feasible. ”

I have to say that Xue Wanren's idea is good.

Those former defenders have some riding skills because they are stationed in Shuofang all the year round, and using them to form light cavalry is indeed the best candidate, but the light cavalry of hundreds of people is still too few in Zhang Yi's opinion.

Of course, there is another point, that is, even if these veterans know some riding skills, compared to a people on horseback like the Turks, their riding skills are not enough at all, even if it is a sneak attack, I am afraid that the possibility of the entire army being wiped out is very high.

However, Niu Jinda was moved, and it was undeniable that if there was really such a cavalry in Shuofang City, it would definitely play a vital role in Shuofang's defense.

As a veteran, he knows very well how to arrange troops to play the most important role, so what he is thinking about now is how to use this cavalry of hundreds of people to connect and support Shuofang City and the surrounding fortresses.

After all, if you have such a highly mobile cavalry, then it is a very good choice whether it is to transport arrows or to assist in the defense in the rear.

Zhang Yi also thought of this, but he felt that if it was just these means, it would not be easy to defend Shuofang. You must know that Li Jing's military order letter clearly stated that the Turks had an army of 50,000, and such an army would not be an exaggeration to attack a small Shuofang city if it was used properly.

Therefore, out of consideration for his own safety, Zhang Yi felt that it was very necessary for him to come up with his last means of saving his life, after all, saving his life at this crisis was the most important thing, as for the idea of hiding clumsiness, it was not realistic at all, even if he was really linked to the book "Taiping Technique" by someone with a heart, it would be a matter of the future.

Zhang Yi made a decision in his heart at that moment, and then nodded towards Yue Shiyi, who had been obscure.

Yue 11 has always played the role of a bodyguard, because of his identity, even Niu Jinda and Xue Wanqian have great respect for him, except for the normal sergeant who does not participate in the discussion, he seems to be a very detached existence in the army.

After getting Zhang Yi's instructions, Yue Shiyi also nodded to Zhang Yi, and then quickly took out a bamboo pipe from his body and slowly walked to Niu Jinda.

"Defend the city, use this!" Yue Shiyi still looked like he cherished words like gold, and there was no trace of emotion on his cold face, and he handed the bamboo pipe to Niu Jinda.

"What is this?" Niu Jinda took the bamboo pipe, although he didn't know what was in the bamboo pipe, but he didn't have the slightest underestimation.

Because the person who gave him the bamboo pipe was the eleventh day of the month, this made him have to pay attention to it.

"Nine Heavens Divine Thunder!" Yue 11 said word by word: "That's the lead in front, you will know the power after igniting it with fire and throwing it out!" ”