"Jiang Xuan! When Xia Guan first came to your place, he didn't know many things, and I hope that Jiang Zhan will first introduce the situation to Xia Guan? Gao Huaiyuan looked at the soldiers and generals around him and couldn't say why, so he came out and asked Jiang Fang, who had a worried face.

"Oh! What Lieutenant Gao asked was that Jiang had not thought it through! To be honest at the moment, the situation in Huangzhou is not very good! Our defenders are too weak, and at the moment, the 600 villagers led by you are only more than 2,000 people, but this time the Jin soldiers are more than 30,000 people, which is more than ten times the strength of our troops in the city.

Although the Huaidong army is rushing to this side now, but it is far from quenching the thirst, I am afraid that before they arrive here, the Jin army will already be in the city, and now Jiang is worried about this matter, I don't know if the county lieutenant Gao has any high strategy? Jiang Fang saw that Gao Huaiyuan, a newcomer, came out to ask, so he hurriedly gave Gao Huaiyuan a brief introduction to the situation, and said that he was asking Gao Huaiyuan, obviously a little panicked, and went to the doctor when he was sick.

Gao Huaiyuan also felt that his scalp was a little numb when he heard it, more than 2,000 versus more than 30,000, this number is really too different! What's more, this time it was the elite division of the Jin Army who came to attack Huangzhou, and the flower hat army of Sananzhen, relying on their little strength, wanted to defend Huangzhou City, the difficulty can be imagined!

Regarding Jiang Fang's questioning of him, Gao Huaiyuan, a newcomer, was also helpless, so he could only continue to ask: "Jiang Xuan, please forgive Gao's offense, Gao wants to ask, in addition to our soldiers and horses in the city, are there any people in the city who can be used?" In addition, are there any soldiers and horses available in the nearby towns? ”

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's inquiry, Jiang Fang hurriedly replied: "The total number of local households in Huangzhou is only a few thousand, and this official has just sent people to recruit all the young and strong people in Huangzhou City, and sent them to assist the defenders to defend the city, and it is estimated that they can also recruit more than a thousand people, but they can only help a little at most, and they are not of great use!" And at the moment, there are not many available troops around Huangzhou, it seems that this time Huangzhou is in danger! When he said this, Jiang Fang already had a desperate look on his face.

After Gao Huaiyuan listened to Jiang Fang's introduction, he suddenly had no idea, he knew that the situation here was sinister before he came, but he didn't expect it to be so sinister, where did Zhao Fang send him to make a meritorious career, it was like pushing him into the fire pit, just with their little men, it was basically impossible to hold Huangzhou.

There was a mess in the lobby of the mansion at this time, everyone discussed how to resist the enemy one by one, but after discussing for a long time, he didn't come up with any way, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but be a little worried.

Because of his look, he found out that Jiang Zhanzhi was actually not a serious soldier, but also a civilian official, basically had no combat experience, and the defending officers here basically had little experience in battle like him, and they were a little panicked when they encountered such a crisis.

Such a group of people, when facing an enemy army ten times their size, want to block the Jin army, it is like child's play, if in a short period of time, the defenders here can not be increased in large numbers, then Huangzhou is estimated to be dangerous.

Listening to these people discuss and discuss, they couldn't discuss anything, but they all panicked, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but start to be a little impatient, this time he came to Huangzhou, it was unlucky, if these people were allowed to toss like this, if they didn't wait for them to come up with a way, Huangzhou City would have been conquered by the Jin soldiers!

So Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but come out of the queue again, and said loudly: "Everyone, please listen to the next word!" At this time, everyone argues like this, it can be said that it is useless, Gao is not talented, he has followed Master Meng, General Hu and others in the Zaoyang area to deal with the Jin army, in Gao's opinion, at this moment, everyone should first mobilize the people in the city as much as possible, strengthen the city wall as soon as possible, and prepare all kinds of imperial equipment!

Although the Jin army is menacing this time, they are advancing very fast, and they do not carry too many siege equipment, if we work together, it may not be possible to hold Huangzhou City!

Moreover, before Gao crossed the river, Lord Zhao had already informed Gao that now the army in the direction of Xiangyang was marching here, and the armies of Huaidong and Jinghu Road had also marched towards this area, as long as we could survive some time, we would be able to wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and then the Jin army would naturally retreat!

In my opinion, for now, we should act as soon as possible and do what we can first, since Gao has arrived here, I hope that Jiang Qian can order him to join the city defense as soon as possible, so that we still have some time to prepare! ”

During Gao Huaiyuan's loud speech, the hall of the government suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their eyes to Gao Huaiyuan, just now, they didn't pay much attention to this new Daye county lieutenant, but after Gao Huaiyuan said these words, they couldn't help but start to look at the young county lieutenant in front of them again.

Especially after listening to Gao Huaiyuan say that he had worked under Meng Zongzheng and Hu Zaixing, Jiang Fang seemed to suddenly have a backbone, and quickly got up and asked: "Lieutenant Gao said so, did he really serve in the army in Zaoyang before?" This official is currently short of manpower like you, and you are really timely! Listen, today's matter is urgent, and we can only do what Gao County Lieutenant said first, and this official temporarily appointed Gao County Lieutenant to be the deputy of this official, Gao County Lieutenant doesn't know what else Gao Ce has? ”

When Gao Huaiyuan heard this, this is good, he became Jiang Fang's deputy all of a sudden, this official was promoted fast enough, no one used him as dry food just now, and now he has become the backbone of Huangzhou City! This Jiang Fang is really sick and went to the doctor! But it's okay, it is also a good thing for him to be able to enter the decision-making level of Huangzhou City, it is safer than letting mediocre people command him.

So Gao Huaiyuan didn't shirk, immediately bowed down and thanked Jiang Fang, took the errand, and then said: "Thank you Jiang for your weight, but Gao is disrespectful!" At present, Gao Mouxin has arrived here, and he still doesn't know about the situation in the city, and he can't come up with any good solutions, so it's better to let Zai Xia patrol around the city first, and then give advice to Jiang Xuan, I don't know what Jiang Xuan's intentions are? ”

Although the other people were a little dissatisfied with Jiang Fang's appointment, they were all restless at this time, and they didn't bother to compete with Gao Huaiyuan for any power, so it was equivalent to passing the appointment, and Gao Huaiyuan became the deputy general of Huangzhou City.

Seeing that the time was not early, there was no result in such a discussion, so Jiang Fang had to dissolve the people of the government office, first according to Gao Huaiyuan's proposal, sent people to recruit all the people in Huangzhou City, and sent them to the city wall separately to strengthen the defense of the city wall, and the six hundred township soldiers led by Gao Huaiyuan were assigned to the east gate of Huangzhou City, responsible for taking over and the defense of the east city wall, which was regarded as placing Gao Huaiyuan's soldiers and horses on an errand.

Gao Huaiyuan saw that the situation was critical, and he didn't dare to rest, so he immediately arranged for Zhou Hao to bring 600 township soldiers to the east gate of the city, took over the defense there, and arranged the imperial affairs of the city wall in groups and sections.

Since Gao Huaiyuan arrived here, and it was a matter of his own life, he did not shirk, and followed Jiang Fang to carefully inspect the city, until the time of the lantern at night, he could be regarded as having a rough understanding of the situation in Huangzhou City!

After looking at the preparations for the city defense of Huangzhou City, Gao Huaiyuan was even more worried, unlike what he thought before he came, although it had already been learned that the Jin army was going south, Jiang Fang underestimated the situation of the Jin army, and the preparations could be said to be very insufficient, and it could even be said that there was basically nothing useful.

If Huangzhou City goes on like this, I'm afraid that the Jin army will be able to conquer Huangzhou City in less than two days when they come here, and Gao Huaiyuan is really a little scared.

And Jiang Fang can now be said to have frightened the six gods and no master, and when he accompanied Gao Huaiyuan around this circle, he seemed very impatient, and he wanted to command everything, but the result was that it was much more chaotic.

Gao Huaiyuan had to end this inspection, dragged Jiang Fang back to the palace, and now, Gao Huaiyuan didn't care whether Jiang Fang was happy or not, and asked Jiang Fang to clear the attendants, Gao Huaiyuan immediately surrendered his hand to Jiang Fang and said: "Jiang Xuan, please forgive Gao for saying bluntly, after seeing the situation in the city with the adults today, Gao is really worried, because according to Gao's view, if it continues like this, Huangzhou City will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Jin soldiers!" The final result is only the destruction of the city! Gao is so offended by saying this, I don't know if Jiang Zhan is willing to continue listening? ”

When Jiang Fang heard this, he immediately exclaimed: "What did Captain Gao say? But hasn't the official done enough? If Lieutenant Gao has something to say, he might as well say it directly, Jiang also knows that he is not a person who is good at using soldiers, and today's matter depends more on Lieutenant Gao's ability to contribute more! Now, we should work together, and County Lieutenant Gao just has to say! "He has no idea now, where can he take care of Gao Huaiyuan's words and don't like to listen! So he hurriedly asked Gao Huaiyuan to continue.

Gao Huaiyuan saw that Jiang Fang was not the kind of person who was stubborn and self-serving at this point, and knew where his own weaknesses were, so in this way, things would be easier, so after bowing his head and muttering for a while, he said to Jiang Fang: "Since Jiang Xuanzhi doesn't care that Gao Mou's words are ugly, then Gao Mou will also speak bluntly!"

Judging from the current defense situation of Huangzhou City, it can basically be said that it is full of loopholes, the defenders of Huangzhou are already insufficient, and the current defenders are not uniformly deployed, but concentrated in the camp in the south of the city, once something happens, the defenders need to pass through the city and defend to the four walls, so that it will delay a lot of time, and it is impossible to effectively dispatch troops and horses to deal with the siege of the Jin army, which is the biggest problem of Huangzhou city defense at the moment.

In addition, the south of Huangzhou is facing water, and our army has a naval army to defend the river, even if the Jin army besieges the city, it cannot attack Huangzhou in the south of the city, so the defenders in the south of the city can basically be said to be useless, and it is undoubtedly a huge waste for the soldiers who are already stretched! This is the second one!

The Jin army may come to the city at any time, and the bows and arrows in the city have not been transported to the city wall in large quantities, and the imperial guards are ready to be prepared, but the city gate has not been reinforced.

The three gates of the northeast and west are still opening and closing the city gate on time, and there is no checkpoint to check the spies, once the Jin army spies mix into the city, when it is time to attack the city, once the spies in the city should be combined with the outside, Huangzhou City will be chaotic immediately, and it is only a matter of time before it falls! This is the fourth!

There is also a Xia Guan today to see that the people in the city are not ready to accompany the defenders, they are still busy, and even out of the city to take refuge, once the news of the imminent arrival of the Jin army spreads, the people poured out of Huangzhou, which will make the city guard manpower even more scarce, this is the fifth!

If the above five points cannot be solved as soon as possible, the lower officials dare to say that it will be absolutely difficult for Huangzhou to withstand the onslaught of the Jin soldiers, so please Jiang Zhanzhi must adjust the current defense forces as soon as possible and solve these problems, so that Huangzhou can have the strength to fight! Otherwise, once you wait for the arrival of the golden soldiers, it will be too late to solve it! Gao Huaiyuan unceremoniously pointed out several important things that Jiang Fang had not done well at the moment.

Jiang Fang was suddenly shocked and drenched in cold sweat after hearing this, he has done a lot of things these days, but in the eyes of Gao Huaiyuan, an insider, he is simply working in vain, so fortunately, Gao Huaiyuan, an insider, came here in time, otherwise, Huangzhou may really be captured by the Jin army in one fell swoop.

"It turns out that this official still has so many mistakes, so what should we do now?" Jiang Fang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, although he was a little unhappy in his heart, he still asked Gao Huaiyuan.

"Without further ado, if you want to block the Jin soldiers from attacking the city, now the adults can't delay for a moment, although there are not many defenders in the city, but Xia Guan observed, Huangzhou City is most vulnerable to the Jin army's onslaught, that is, the north gate and the east gate are on both sides, the north gate is flat, suitable for the Jin army to deploy troops, and the east gate is the moat and waterway is narrow, and it is easy to be taken by the Jin army!

As for the south gate is the Linjiang water gate and the wharf is located, the Jin army has no ships, so the south gate is basically no threat, but to prevent the Jin army from sneaking in here, only need to stay a small number of villagers to guard it, and the west gate has just been seen by the officials, there are many terrain ravines outside the city, the Jin army is not easy to attack, and it is impossible to call large equipment, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack for our army, so it can also be equipped with a small number of defenders.

In this way, we would be able to devote most of our forces to the north and east gates, which would alleviate the serious shortage of our troops. At this time, Gao Huaiyuan turned around and stood in front of a map of Huangzhou hanging on the wall, pointed to the map and said to Jiang Fang.

After Jiang Fang heard this, he had to nod his head to express his admiration, because he had been here for a long time, but as for how to deploy defense, Gao Huaiyuan, a newcomer, had not seen it clearly, which made him feel a little ashamed, so he nodded yes again and again, and gradually began to calm down a little.

Gao Huaiyuan saw that Jiang Fang did not raise any objections, so he continued: "Thank you for your trust, then the lower official will continue to say okay!" Now is not waiting for me, the Jin army can be said to be at any time under the city of Huangzhou, please immediately deploy troops, stationed up and down the city wall, ready to counterattack at any time, fortunately, during this time the materials prepared by the adults are still relatively sufficient, as long as a large number of bows, rolling wood, fire oil, artillery and other things are transported to the city wall as soon as possible, presumably as long as the soldiers in the army dare to defend with their lives, even if the Jin soldiers are numerous, if they want to take Huangzhou City for a while, it will be very difficult!

Then there is the deployment of the city wall, the adults must be responsible for the people, each section of the city wall must be strictly determined to be responsible, and there can be no situation of sending troops to the battle, so that every soldier knows where his battle position is! In this way, the officers and men in the army can not be chaotic in the face of war!

In addition to these, the adults are most familiar with the ground of Huangzhou, as soon as possible to gather all the people in the city who can be used, all the men over the age of fourteen to fifty to mobilize, while checking whether there are any spies in the city, while allocating them to the city wall, full-time responsible for the material support of a section of the city wall, and at the same time distributing weapons to them when necessary, jointly guarding the city, in this way, the lower officials feel that it is no problem to increase thousands of soldiers!

In addition, there are still some craftsmen in the city, and they will be gathered together to make all kinds of imperial objects as soon as possible, such as wolf tooth swatters, artillery carts and other things, which will play a very important role in resisting the siege of the Jin army!

Even women have to do what they can, they can be responsible for boiling water and cooking, treating the wounded, as long as the whole city is mobilized, only in this way the army and people of Huangzhou City are united, and the lower officials think that Huangzhou City will not be destroyed by the Jin army! ”

Although Jiang Fang has no ability, but after all, he is still a generous official, and he finally understands now that he is not the material for commanding the war, fortunately, at this time, Zhao Fang sent him a Gao Huaiyuan in time, making him like a drowning man suddenly caught a handful of life-saving grass, after listening to Gao Huaiyuan's head is arrangement, Jiang Fang immediately stood up and said: "Everything is arranged according to what Gao County Lieutenant said, Jiang Mou thanks Gao County Captain for his advice!" It seems that the matter of the imperial guard will rely more on the dispatch of the county lieutenant Gao in the future, and this official will summon the troops to make arrangements! ”

At this critical moment, Jiang Fang was also kind to Gao Huaiyuan's suggestion, and immediately agreed, and without resting all night, he gathered the officers and officials in the city together and began to arrange various affairs.

And Gao Huaiyuan naturally stood by Jiang Fang's side and kept giving him all kinds of tips, so that the urban defense dispatch of Huangzhou City basically began to run in a good direction, and the city suddenly became lively.

Under the guidance of Gao Huaiyuan, Jiang Fang divided the soldiers and horses in the city into several waves, each stationed on the city wall, and according to Gao Huaiyuan's description, nearly 500 people were also transferred to serve as the Chinese army, which was actually a reserve, ready to support the imperial guard of the city wall at any time in a critical moment.