Fei County, this time Sun Xuanya learned a lesson, he deployed 20,000 heavy troops in Fei County, vowed to defend the north gate of Linyi County, and appointed his brother Sun Zhian as the chief general of Fei County.

Just when the Sui army gathered in Dong'an County in the north, Sun Xuanya also personally came to Fei County to inspect the army's preparations, although Sun Xuanya had not yet received the situation that the Sui army was preparing to go south again, but Sun Xuanya also knew that the Flying Eagle Army would not give up and would definitely march south again.

At the head of the city, Sun Xuanya looked at the endless wheat fields in the north, and was really a little worried, like all bandits, Sun Xuanya claimed that he had an army of 200,000, which actually included more than 100,000 old and weak women and children, and there were only 50,000 real soldiers.

Sun Xuanya's army was far inferior to Wang Bo's army, not only backward in equipment, but also inferior in combat effectiveness, but only relied on the large number of people to overwhelm Wang Bo.

Sun Xuanya is very worried about the food problem, he has to feed more than 200,000 people, the problem of insufficient food has always plagued him, now his stock of grain is not much, the ordinary people began to implement the rationing system, although he has no way to complain, just count on this year's summer grain harvest to solve the urgent need, seeing that the wheat will be ripe in another month, if the Sui army marches south at this time, it will bring great trouble to his summer harvest.

At this time, the voice of his brother Sun Zhi'an came from behind him, "I have an urgent matter to see the king!" ”

When Sun Xuanya turned around, he saw his brother Sun Zhian holding a letter in his hand, anxiously trying to push away the obstruction of his own soldiers.

"Let him come!"

Sun Xuanya suddenly had a hunch, could it be that the Sui army had news.

Sun Zhian hurriedly stepped forward, "Big brother, it's Wang Bo's urgent letter!" ”

Sun Xuanya couldn't help frowning, what did Wang Bo write a letter for? Every time Wang Bo wrote a letter or came in person, he asked him to kill Meng Rang. Once or twice, he can still deal with it, but every time he asks for this, it really makes Sun Xuanya a little annoyed, who he appoints has nothing to do with him Wang Bo, and he has to run over and over again to point fingers at him.

Especially the last time Wang Bo defeated the Sui army, everyone said that Wang Bo was the lord of Langya County. Sun Xuanya was very jealous, so since the end of the last war, Sun Xuanya has not been in contact with Wang Bo.

Sun Xuanya snatched the letter from his brother's hand, opened it casually, frowned and read it roughly, his face slowly changed, he began to become nervous, and read the letter carefully, and couldn't help but gasp. What I was most worried about happened, the Sui army actually assembled in Dong'an County, and this time it was Zhang Xuan as the main general.

Sun Xuanya read it twice, and there was no detailed information in the letter he wanted, so he immediately said to his brother: "Where is the messenger, bring him to me!" ”

A short time later, a messenger soldier was brought up, and he came forward and knelt down on one knee. "See the King!"

"Do you lords have any more messages to bring me?"

"Back to the king, there is another news that my lord has just gotten. But he couldn't be sure, so the lord commanded the humble, and if the king was interested, he could tell the king. ”

"What's the news?" Sun Xuanya asked anxiously.

"My lord got the news that the Sui army began to build a castle in Mengyingu, but he can't be sure. If the king is interested, he can send someone to take a look. ”

Sun Xuanya was puzzled for a while, what was the Sui army doing building a castle in Mengyingu? At this time, Sun Zhian cautiously reminded him, "Will of course the grain fort be abandoned?" ”

Sun Xuanya suddenly thought of something. Immediately shouted: "Bring the map!" ”

His own soldiers hurriedly spread out a map in front of him, and Sun Xuanya quickly found the grain fort located in Mengshangu on the map.

The castle is called Mengyin Fort, less than fifty miles away from Fei County, it was originally a strong castle built by the Northern Qi Dynasty more than forty years ago, used to store grain, although it has been abandoned for many years, but the Northern Qi Dynasty used the big bluestone to build the castle, although it was slightly damaged, but it can still be used after a little repair, does the Sui army want to use it here to store grain?

Sun Xuanya's heart became a little nervous, he pondered for a moment, and said to Sun Zhi'an: "Quickly send an army to check, and if possible, destroy this castle for me immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Sun Zhi'an immediately sent his general Yang Meng to lead 2,000 troops to the north quickly, but he was still not at ease, and personally led 500 people to meet behind

The terrain of Fei County is complex, with a large plain to the east and a plain to the north, but to the north the terrain gradually becomes higher and more hilly, and then enters the rolling Mengshan mountain range.

Sun Xuanya found on the map that the abandoned castle is located fifty miles north of Fei County, which is exactly the junction of Ju County and Fei County, and it is also the last mountain pass to the south of the Mengshan Mountain Range.

Zhang Xuan discovered this abandoned castle during the first southern expedition to Langya County, and the failure of the first southern expedition made Zhang Xuan realize that if they did not solve the problem of logistics support, it would be difficult for them to exterminate the bandits in Langya County, and the strategic value of this abandoned castle was immediately highlighted.

The castle is located in the south of Mengshan Mountain, it is called Mengyin Fort, built with Mengshan big bluestone, built in the first year of Tiantong of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it has been a full 50 years so far, it is built by the Northern Qi Dynasty in Langya County to suppress bandits, up to 3,000 people can be garrisoned, 50,000 stones of grain are stored,

After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the castle was abandoned, and with the passage of time, the castle was also greatly damaged, the castle was overgrown with weeds, and the city walls collapsed in many places, but in these days, with the arrival of a Sui army, the castle began to be rebuilt again.

The castle is surrounded by huge stones, quarrying is very convenient, a thousand Sui soldiers and hundreds of stonemasons in the city clanging chiseling, transporting stones, pieces of large bluestone were hung up the mountainside, to restore this castle located on the mountainside.

The castle had been cleared of weeds, revealing a mossy cornerstone, and the Sui army re-paved a layer of stone slabs on top of the original foundation stones to dry the foundation, and built more than 100 tents on the stone slabs as a camp for the soldiers.

In the northeast corner of the castle, two huge stone grain depots are being built, each grain depot can store 10,000 stone of grain, 20,000 stone of grain is enough to ensure the logistics needs of the Sui army to the south, and another material warehouse will be built, so that a powerful Sui army logistics base has appeared.

Close to the city wall, a simple hanging tower made of huge trees is being hoisted up to the top of the city, and the broken and powdered boulders are removed by the soldiers one by one, replaced with new hewn stones, and repaired with lime and rice milk, and the city wall will be unusually strong.

At this time, above the city, the general Li Shoujie is looking at the official road in the south, from the castle to the south, there were originally large wheat fields and villages, but now they have been deserted, until dozens of miles away near Fei County, there is a little population, but a few days ago the soldiers found that there are spies of the thief army.

This made Li Shoujie a little worried, would the thief army come north to harass him to repair the city?

Li Shoujie was a native of Liaodong, only in his early twenties, fluent in Goguryeo, he followed Zhang Xuan when he was in Zhuojun, participated in all the battles, and was already very experienced.

He knew how to be on guard, and on the hill by the official road twenty miles away, he secretly built a warning beacon, and if there was a thief army heading north, the beacon would immediately notify this side.

At this moment, Li Shoujie suddenly found three puffs of black smoke rising into the air more than ten miles away, which was a serious alarm from Fengsui, which meant that there were more than 1,000 thieves and an army of thieves.

"Hurry up and all the brethren return to the castle!" Li Shoujie shouted loudly.

'When! While! While! ’

The alarm bell on the castle was loud, and the Sui soldiers who were quarrying stones around immediately gave up their work and evacuated to the city, and at the same time, the iron gate on the castle that had just been repaired also began to slowly close, leaving only a gap for the Sui army to withdraw.

Although the castle has not been completely repaired, the Sui army first repaired the collapsed part, so that the lowest height of the castle is also two zhang, enough to resist small-scale attacks, and more importantly, the castle is built in the middle of the mountain, which is easier to defend and difficult to attack.

Li Shoujie turned around and saw more than 100 tents in the city, and he immediately shouted: "Put away all the tents to prevent the thieves from attacking with fire!" ”

The soldiers put away their tents one after another, and the city immediately became open, and at this time, five hundred Sui soldiers had already rushed to the top of the city, with bows and arrows, waiting for the battle.

Half an hour later, an army of thieves appeared on the official road more than ten miles away, like a long small black dot, which looked like no more than 2,000 people, which made Li Shoujie suddenly breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Li Shoujie's mind changed and he had a new idea, if he let this thief army escape back like this, it would be too cheap for them, and he had the opportunity to deal a heavy blow to this thief army.

He immediately ordered the soldiers: "All the soldiers go down to the city, and only the first team will be left to guard the city walls!" ”

He turned back to the hundreds of craftsmen hiding in the warehouse and said, "Let all the craftsmen come to the city too!" (To be continued......)