Feng Jian found Fang Zengwei and informed Kong Youde that the rebels were about to attack Pingdu.

Although Fang Zengwei knew that Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers would come sooner or later to cause trouble, he was always lucky before the rebellious army came, and now when he heard that the rebellious soldiers were really coming, he naturally felt panicked.

Pingdu City has been stable for more than 260 years, and the military garrison has long been slackened, relying on an undefended city, how can it resist Kong Youde's rebellious army, and where to find reinforcements in a hurry!

Feng Jian is the military attache with the largest official position in Pingdu, and his subordinates are strong, these Fang Zengwei vaguely heard some rumors, and asked Feng Jian how to deal with it in a hurry?

Feng Jian saw Fang Zengwei's flustered appearance and comforted: "Master Fang, don't be anxious, this official has already been prepared for Kong Youde's rebellion, and there are 3,000 soldiers in the state flood camp outside the city, and they can enter the city at any time to defend." In addition, the official came to ask Lord Fang to immediately post a notice to calm the panic of the people in the city, and asked Lord Fang to organize the young people in the city to be reorganized, so that when the rebels came, they could provide logistical support for their subordinates. ”

Knowing that Feng Jian had troops stationed in the military camp outside the city and could drive into the city to defend at any time, Fang Zengwei's panicked mood eased somewhat, and he let out a sigh of relief and said: "I have heard that Lord Feng's soldiers are all elite!" With these 3,000 soldiers participating in the defense of the city, Pingdu City can rest easy! ”

Fang Zengwei relaxed, and seemed to regret a little: "I knew that Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers would come so quickly, so I left some refugees to participate in the defense of the city wall." ”

Feng Jian shook his head and said: "Relying on these untrained people to defend the city will not only be useless but will cause chaos, and these people are not in Pingdu City to really benefit." ”

Fang Zengwei also had a momentary thought, and it was not so easy to organize refugees to participate in the defense of the city. Nor is he capable of turning a group of fallen civilians into fierce soldiers.

So he assured Fang Zengwei and Feng Jian: "Lord Feng can rest assured and appease the people." Organizing the people and strengthening the people is a matter within the responsibility of the officials, and it will definitely be done properly. Now everything is to protect Pingdu City, as long as it is beneficial to defend the city, the official can agree. ”

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With the sound of a loud military trumpet, the gate of the Zhouxun camp on the bank of the Jiaolai River suddenly opened, and the flags were unfurled inside the camp gate, and a pair of soldiers were purging under the banners of various patterns.

At the front of the entire procession there are two bright red military flags, the two military flags are embroidered with the characters "Zhao" and "Fan" respectively, and the soldiers under the military flag form different phalanxes according to different arms.

The 3,000 soldiers stood solemnly in the school yard of the state flood camp, and only the slight breathing of the soldiers could be heard, and there was a coercion in the solemnity.

Another trumpet sounded. Listening to the various phalanxes one after another, they wanted to use the sound of passwords, and the solemn soldiers marched neatly at the beginning of the pace, and marched along the road on the bank of the Jiaolai River towards the south gate of Pingdu City towards the Tianmen.

After just one year of development, the Jiaolai River has now become a prosperous small town, and the surrounding onlookers are full of awe to look at this advancing army full of might, facing the sack of the chaotic soldiers, they are eager to be protected by the army, so they have followed the footsteps of the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion to Pingdu City.

Many people who fled from the surrounding county governments gathered here, and they brought news that Kong Youde's rebels had burned, looted, and burned people's homes. But all those who have some ability have moved to Pingdu City to live temporarily, and most of the people who remain here are homeless refugees.

Many people watched this neatly groomed army march into Pingdu City, and there was no need to ask that this was an army preparing to defend against Kong Youde's rebellious army. Those of them who are homeless are outcasts.

They had to find their own way to survive, so more and more people followed behind the camp of the Earthquake Mountain.

followed all the way to the gate of Chaotianmen, and the people who followed behind were stopped by the officials of the Zhizhou Bureau. There were people among the officials who propagated the relocation policy and gathered these many people together. Spread the word about the benefits of Arthur to them.

If you have food to eat, you will get your own land, such good news. For the people who fell into despair, it was a blessing, and the vast majority of those who fled chose to go to Lushun by boat to open up the wasteland and cultivate the land.

Of course, so many people flocked to Lushun all at once, and these refugees had to bear Huluyan's food, drink, and Lazar, which would increase Huluyan's burden, but after gaining a firm foothold, its gains were also huge, which most people can realize, but there is no one like Feng Jian who dares to let go and do it!

At this time, the news of the imminent arrival of Kong Youde's rebels in Pingdu City was flying all over the sky, and all kinds of speculations were there, and they all heard that after Kong Youde's rebel army broke through the state and county, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil.

Therefore, the people have a complete trust in the city, thinking that they will be safe and secure if they hide in the city, completely ignoring the murderous nature of Kong Youde's rebels, and it is these innocent people who suffer the most on the day of the city's destruction.

The three thousand soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion marched neatly and entered the city from Chaotianmen in bright clothes and armor, which suddenly made the people feel that they had to rely on, and there were regular troops participating in the defense of Pingdu City, and the chaotic soldiers outside the city could not enter.

Pingdu city is the building pattern of east and west long, north and south width, the circumference of the whole city wall has six miles and thirty steps, including the female wall, the city wall is three zhang high, the thickness is one zhang and five feet, the city wall towers tall city gate tower, there is a city gate in the four directions of the east and west north and south of the city wall, and the moat of a zhang and a wide is surrounded outside the city gate.

This kind of city is medium-sized in the Ming Dynasty, and it is the regulation at the state and county level.

There is a bed crossbow at the location of the city wall of Pingdu City, which can only be placed on the city wall due to poor maintenance, but all kinds of defensive items are well prepared.

Zhao Shougang was the commander of this defensive operation, and the officers and men of the Zhenshan Battalion entered the city and immediately deployed their troops.

After the Zhenshan battalion entered the city, it took over the defense of the four city gates, because the Pingdu City was sluggish, and the so-called takeover of the defense was just good, how could there be soldiers on the city, and the soldiers of the Zhenshan battalion directly entered their respective defensive positions according to the regulations.

For this defensive operation, Feng Jian specially ordered Xilao and other Western craftsmen to cast eight Western artillery pieces in two months, these eight guns can fire six catties to three catties and six taels of solid iron bullets, when the elevation angle of the artillery is high, the firing range can reach five or six miles, and the elevation angle is lower and the firing range can also be two or three miles.

Since ordinary gunners could not master this kind of Western cannon firing technology, Xilao and other Westerners could only go into battle as gunners in person.

Zhao Shougang first ordered eight Western cannons to be placed on the city wall at the four city gates, of which four Western cannons were placed at the north gate, four Western cannons were placed at the south gate, and the remaining two city gates were placed with nine tiger squat cannons of the Zhenshan Battalion Artillery Team.

Judging from the arrangement of artillery, Zhao Shougang's defense focused on the two city gates in the north and south.

The artillery was properly placed, Zhao Shougang ordered people to defend strictly, and Xilao and other Western-style gunners were divided into two groups to guard the positions of the Western-style guns in the north and south gates.

According to the plan, Zhao Shougang assigned 2,000 soldiers to the surrounding city walls, stipulating their respective defensive positions, and if there was a problem with that position in the defensive battle, the defenders of this position would be held responsible.

According to the plan, the remaining 1,000 soldiers will serve as a mobile defense force, ready to reinforce the positions in the event of an emergency.

Zhao Shougang's troop arrangement was proper and reasonable, and Fan Li, as the deputy commander of the defensive battle, had no objection, but he had always been strong in his heart, and he wanted to use practical actions to prove that the soldiers of the teaching team were no worse than the regular army of the Zhenshan Battalion.

The commander has high hopes for the teaching team, and this siege battle is a good opportunity for the teaching team, so Fan Li is holding back his strength to make the teaching team shine among the various units of the Zhenshan Battalion.

Therefore, after Zhao Shougang arranged the task of defending the city, he took the initiative to ask Zhao Shougang to assign the task.

Zhao Shougang was famous for his good analysis and planning in many external battles in the Zhenshan Battalion, and Feng Jian also consciously cultivated and explored his potential, so this time the defensive battle of defending the city was handed over to Zhao Shougang to command.

Zhao Shougang naturally knew the commander's cultivation of himself, so he formulated a perfect plan for defending the city, and even how many soldiers were equipped with each section of the city wall, and how many defensive materials were equipped with the city wall were clearly recorded in the plan.

When Zhao Shougang handed over this plan to Feng Jian, Feng Jian immediately praised it, of course, not to praise how good the plan itself was formulated by Zhao Shougang, but to praise Zhao Shougang for analyzing and formulating the situation between the enemy and us before the war, and then formulating targeted countermeasures according to the current situation.

Feng Jian was naturally pleased, feeling that he had not seen the wrong person, and immediately discussed the city defense arrangement with Zhao Shougang, focusing on adjusting the defensive position of artillery and bird guns.

Just now, Zhao Shougang made defensive arrangements in accordance with the defense plan reformulated by himself and the commander.

Zhao Shougang heard Fan Li take the initiative to ask for help, nodded with a smile and said, "The commander will hand over the important task of defending the city to you and me, so naturally you and I need to work together." ”

After a deep groan, he continued: "Kong Youde's rebels came from Laizhou, there is only one official road connecting Laizhou and Pingdu, this official road is directly connected to the north gate of Pingdu City, Ying'en Gate, Kong Youde's rebels are more likely to attack directly from the north gate, and the pressure here is also the greatest at the beginning of the siege war, and I will personally command the defensive operations here, and your duty is to lead a reserve of 1,000 people to reinforce the city at any time." ”

Fan Li naturally knew that he was indeed inferior to Zhao Shougang in terms of strategy, so he could only play his strengths in the battle with the enemy, Zhao Shougang handed over the mobile defense force of 1,000 people to himself, just giving full play to his advantages of being good at plugging leaks, so Fan Li nodded and agreed with Zhao Shougang's arrangement.!! (To be continued......)