Mi Dechao left, leaving only Zhao Gu with a thousand soldiers to defend Shuozhou City, his intention is self-evident, he doesn't want Zhao Gu to have extra troops, because with these thousand soldiers alone, it is very difficult to hold Shuozhou City, how can he go to other places?

To put it bluntly, he was afraid that Zhao Gu would lead troops to attack other places and rob him of his credit. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhao Gu didn't mind, he slept until three poles on the second day before getting up, and after lunch, Zhao Gu went out slowly and ordered the thousand soldiers to be called.

Although Mi Dechao and his generals did not wait to see Zhao Gu, but Zhao Gu's identity as a member of the army was here, and no one dared to ignore him, especially the thousand soldiers, they did not dare to disobey Zhao Gu, and after hearing the order, a thousand soldiers immediately gathered over.

These thousand soldiers are one of the forbidden troops brought out by Zhao Gu from Kaifeng, and the remaining nine thousand were taken away by Yi Dechao, so Zhao Gu also knows the commander of this thousand-person team, and this thousand forbidden troops naturally recognize him.

His gaze swept over the thousand forbidden troops one by one, and Zhao Gu asked, "Do you all know General Mi Dechao's military orders?" ”

"Got it." All the soldiers said in unison.

"Okay." Zhao Gu nodded: "From now on, our thousand forbidden troops will continue to defend in this Shuozhou City until the army completely occupies the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, during this period, there may be enemies attacking, and even if other troops are in trouble, we will rush to reinforcements, do you have confidence?" ”

"Yes." The soldiers shouted in unison again.

"Good." Zhao Gu said again: "Then from now on, your 1,000 forbidden army is divided into two teams, one team defends during the day and the other team defends at night, and it is reversed every three days, do you understand?" ”

"Understood."

Zhao Gu waved away all the soldiers, leaving only the commander of the thousand, and advised: "Except for me, here is your highest military position, the defense of the city gate and the daily patrol in the city will be handed over to you, you must be cautious, don't be taken advantage of by the Liao." ”

The commander's name was Zhang Mao, and when he heard this, he hurriedly promised: "Please rest assured that you will join the army, and your subordinates promise that nothing will go wrong." ”

"Well, then you go get busy."

After explaining the matter of defense, Zhao Gu took Ergouzi and Li Danran into the former City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, the city lord's mansion was already in a mess, the tables, chairs and benches were crooked, everything was turned over by the Great Song army that broke into the city, and all the valuable things were looted into the courtyard where Mi Dechao lived, which was called protecting the spoils of war.

But in the study room of the City Lord's Mansion, some documents and annals have not been turned over, and in the eyes of a soldier like Yi Dechao, these things are too hard to wipe their buttocks.

Zhao Gu went directly into the study, and after opening some books with important markings, Zhao Gu and the second dog Li Danran each hugged a stack of books and returned to the small courtyard.

After arriving at the small courtyard, Zhao Gu said: "Indifferently, you put these books in different categories, and I'll come to see them later." ”

After speaking, Zhao Gu took out one of the stacks of books and opened it directly.

I saw that this was a book, and it was clearly a sheepskin map, but because the map was too large, it was folded several times, so it looked like a book.

"Shuozhou patrol map!"

Li Danran's eyes flashed, and then he plunged into the thick three stacks of books, he already understood what Zhao Gu meant, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, this Shuozhou city has been occupied by the Liao people for more than sixty years, many places have changed, it is no longer what is recorded in the Tang Dynasty, if you can fully understand Shuozhou, it will be very beneficial to the future defense.

Unfolding the map, Zhao Gu looked at it carefully, although the map of this era was rough in workmanship, and some places were even more ominous, but he had been doing decoration in his previous life, and the most he had seen was all kinds of decoration drawings, and some decoration drawings were only sketches, which were not accurate than this map, so he could still see clearly.

It is known from the map that Shuozhou City is located in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, adjacent to the Liao State in the northwest, Yanmen Pass in the south, Datong in the north, Taiyuan in the south, and Youzhou in the east.

Because of this, no matter which of these four directions sends troops to attack Shuozhou, it is only a day or two away, which can be described as a day or two.

In other words, this place is a place where soldiers must fight, and it is also a place that soldiers must defend.

According to Zhao Gu's previous plan, after the army of Mi Dechao occupied Shuozhou City, it should be taken step by step, slowly and gradually, first properly arrange the people of Shuozhou City, and then attack other state capitals, and wait until Huanzhou and Yunzhou are also attacked, then they can stop the attack, defend with peace of mind, and firmly hold the western gate.

Cao Bin, Yang Yanzhao, and Pan Mei's three-way army can be like a bamboo, straight into the hinterland of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and take the other thirteen states as quickly as possible, and then the four-way army can defend against the counterattack of the Liao State at the same time, as long as it survives the next counteroffensive, the sixteen states of Yanyun can be regarded as completely included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Judging from Mi Dechao's reaction, he had obviously forgotten that the main purpose of his troops this time was to guard against the large army that the Liao State might send from the west, and it was really stupid to want to attack the city and conquer the territory.

With the map in hand, Zhao Gu already knew the deployment of some Liao troops in Shuozhou City, and after pondering for an hour, Zhao Gu called the commander of the thousand.

His right hand drew a curved line on the map seemingly at random, and Zhao Gu said: "You see, General Mi Dechao must have marched from this road and went straight to Huanzhou, that is to say, on this line, the forces of the Liao State have been emptied, and these three counties must be very empty now, I want you to lead 200 men and horses to these places now, shouting slogans all the way, shouting as loud as you can, and after three days, you will lead the brothers back." ”

"I don't know what slogan to shout?" The commander asked.

Zhao Gu took a deep breath: "You just shout, Han compatriots, the Great Song Dynasty has come to take you home!" ”

The commander was startled, a trace of pride flashed in his eyes, and he patted his chest and said: "Don't worry about joining the army, your subordinates will definitely bring back these Han compatriots who have been bullied by the Liao people, even if their subordinates are in different places, they will never let the Liao people hurt them a single hair before they die." ”

"Okay, then you go back quickly, pay attention to safety." Zhao Gu said.

"Hmm."

The commander then went out, ordered 200 men and horses and went straight to the outside of Shuozhou City.

At this time, it was past noon, and it had been five hours since the departure of the super-large army of Mide, and there was heavy snow in the sky, and there was no trace on the road.