Chapter 468: Shou Fan Gu

Chen Xiaoru knew that Sun Kaidao was smart, and when he saw Sun Kaidao sitting on half a stone and squinting and resting, he leaned over and lowered his voice and asked, "Mr. Sun, the general just said that he changed his mind, what do you mean?" ”

Sun Kaidao smiled, took the wine bag handed by Chen Xiaoru and took a sip: "The general is reluctant to Fan Gu, and plans to settle his home here temporarily." ”

"Huh?"

Chen Xiaoru snorted: "Aren't we going to go up to Wolf Milk Mountain?" ”

Sun Kaidao smiled: "What are you going to do, there is resistance to the general in that team." Not to mention the person who stole the general's exploits, just say that the generals below all have ghosts. Do you think those people really don't know that the great victory of Lu Dao was facilitated by the general alone? They just don't want to admit it. Relatively speaking, they are more willing to accept Mou Liangbi as the leader. After all, they have been together for more than two years, they are familiar with each other, and xenophobia is natural. And the general is a red man in front of His Majesty, and they are even more repulsive. ”

"What kind of reason is that?"

Chen Xiaoru snorted.

"Where to find some reason."

Sun Kaidao returned the wine bag to Chen Xiaoru: "Those people all have the same experience, they all got together after the catastrophe, and the feelings between them are naturally deeper." And everyone is jealous, the general just arrived to break through the rebel camp in the west, killing more than 20,000 enemies, such a great feat, those people have not had more than two years, they are worried that in the future the credit will be taken by the general, and it will be difficult for them to return to the court and then rely on military merits to turn over. ”

"There's intrigue everywhere."

Chen Xiaoru sighed: "Why don't they want to think about it, if the general stays, it will be more beneficial to them?" ”

"Because people usually see the bad first."

Sun Kaidao stretched his waist and enjoyed the afternoon sun.

Chen Xiaoru said: "If we really settle down in Fangu, what about the supply of grain and grass." Since those people reject us, it is not easy to expect them to share some grain and grass. Even though the city wall of this place is strong, but the city is too small, not far to the west is the Wolf Milk Mountain, Mengyuan people can now come in and out at any time, and it is more convenient and easy to go to Qingxia than to go to their own door. In case of siege, do you expect those people to be saved? ”

"The general naturally has the general's intentions."

Sun Kaidao pointed outside and said: "There will be no big war in this place in the next few months, the rebels in the west camp have suffered losses, but they don't dare to easily turn over Hou Wushan to provoke, those soldiers in Meng Wansui's hands are the capital to save his life, so he is reluctant." It can be seen from his collusion with Li Xiaozong that that person has no loyalty to Li Yuanshan. The cavalry of the Mengyuan people is unprofitable, and now the northwest has been robbed by them, and everything that can be looted has been scavenged, and the reason why they are not leaving now is because they are enjoying happiness here. Eating Li Yuanshan's grain, holding Li Yuanshan's gold and silver, there is no need to fight, and stationing men and horses in the pass is not a little bad for the Mengyuan people. ”

"But don't expect them to work hard for Li Yuanshan, even if they know that we are stationed in Fangu, the Mengyuan people will not take the initiative to provoke them, they don't know that they don't agree with each other. Li Yuanshan's main energy was spent on dealing with the imperial court's western expeditionary army, and he was unable to send a large team of men and horses here, so the general knew this very well, and Fan Gu was safe now. ”

"As for the grain and grass, the general just needs to go and ask for it. Unless he eats leopard gall and intends to get rid of the general, he won't cut off our supplies. After all, if the general is willing, it is not impossible to send it to the army of the west. Mou Liangbi didn't dare to offend the general too hard, and maybe he would take the initiative to send a batch of grain and grass over. ”

"I don't understand ......"

Chen Xiaoru shook his head.

Sun Kaidao explained: "The general is not going to the Wolf Milk Mountain cottage, in fact, he is deliberately showing weakness, he wants to tell Mou Liangbi that he doesn't plan to fight with him for anything, and Mou Liangbi is a smart person naturally understands." Therefore, in order to make up for the fact that he had robbed the general of the great victory before, he would definitely rush to distribute grain and grass and send it over. He didn't have the courage to kill the general, so he had to try his best to make up for it. ”

"What if...... Does he have the guts? ”

Chen Xiaoru said worriedly.

"Those Sui generals won't agree."

Sun Kaidao smiled: "Those generals can accept Mou Liangbi as the leader, but they will never be stupid enough to kill people." They are just xenophobic, not a rebellion. ”

"Another ......"

Sun Kaidao said inscrutablely: "The general's choice of Fan Gu to settle down is only afraid that there is a more far-reaching meaning, it is by no means a decision made in a hot mind, you should believe him, even if he is a person who can stay sober at any time." Otherwise, how would I have come with a dead face? ”

"What does Mr. Sun mean is that it is good for us to stay here?"

"There are so many benefits!"

Sun Kaidao nodded: "But there is one thing you have to remember, the advantages and disadvantages, the pros and cons are difficult to separate." There is no flawless interest in this world, and there is no tempering that will never come. Fan Gu will be safe for at least a few months, but who knows if the storm will rise in a few months, and this small city will become the target of public criticism? ”

Chen Xiaoru's face changed, and he seemed to understand what Sun Kaidao meant.

"If only I hadn't been idle here."

Sun Kaidao looked at the city gate: "It is said that the cold pine on the Wolf Milk Mountain is the most tenacious and a good material for the city gate." ”

Chen Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded: "I'll arrange for someone to go to the logging!" ”

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As Sun Kaidao expected, Mou Liangbi did not have any difficulty in the supply of grain and grass, and even asked Cui Zhongzhen to persuade Fang Xie to return to the cottage, and from the candidates he found, it can be seen that he did not mean so. Counting on Cui Zhongzhen to persuade Fang Xie to go back, Mou Liangbi didn't have this mind from the beginning. It was precisely because he knew that Cui Zhongzhen and Fang Xie had a deep personal relationship, so he asked him to persuade him, because he knew that Cui Zhongzhen would not persuade him at all.

"It's a good place to stay here."

Cui Zhongzhen accompanied Fang Xie to walk in the city: "If it weren't for the fact that there were too many teams on the mountain, this small city would not be able to let go, and I would have chosen to settle in Fangu at the beginning." A few thousand people are just right, and any more is crowded. You don't have to worry about the grain and grass, I am watching from the mountains. Actually, I was surprised when I first heard about it, but then I thought that it would be better to settle here than to go up in the mountains. Those people on the mountain are all aimed at you, and even if you stay on the mountain, you won't do much. ”

Fang Xie snorted: "It's just that this place is more familiar and has feelings." ”

Cui Zhongzhen knew the past of the Dao Fang Solution, nodded and said: "I estimate that there will be no war this winter, it depends on the progress of the imperial army in the east, if the army reaches Xiangcheng in one go before the beginning of spring, it will not be peaceful here." If Xiangcheng could no longer hold on, Li Yuanshan could only retreat west...... And Fan Gu is the only way to return to the prairie, and you are here to block the retreat of the Mengyuan people and the rebels. ”

Fang explained: "I do have this consideration, and then I will see that if the rebels are undefeated, it will be meaningless for me to be here, if the rebels are defeated, I can block the imperial army for a few days, at least I can't let those Mengyuan barbarians who have killed enough and robbed enough just say that they can leave." ”

"Don't worry, if Mou Liangbi refuses to send troops to assist you at that time, I will pull the team down by myself. When the time comes, you and my brothers will join forces, and even if we die together, we will be happy. ”

Fang Xie smiled and patted Cui Zhongzhen's shoulder: "When the two of us entered Chang'an City together, no one thought that they would return to the northwest to fight side by side. This is the will of heaven, and it cannot be stopped. What I guess now is that the rebels are not so easy to retreat, but the Mengyuan barbarians are different, once they find that Li Yuanshan's rebels can't support it, the Mengyuan people will not accompany Li Yuanshan to fight to the death. They are harming the Great Sui and don't regard this place as their own territory. ”

"No matter what, this place will be the place of all eyes in the future."

Cui Zhongzhen smiled: "I want to go down the mountain and squeeze with you now." ”

Fang explained: "You just stay on the mountain, don't mess with Mou Liangbi on the bright side, after all, they are all their own people, not enemies." ”

"Provincial Provincial"

Cui Zhongzhen said: "You can settle here with peace of mind, and if you have any questions, send someone to contact me immediately." I'll go back first, and I still have to reply to Mou Liangbi's side. He asked me to persuade you, but in fact, he wished that you would not go back. ”

"Ha Lu Ha"

Fang Xie Dalu smiled: "What you like me, so be it." It's only a hundred miles away from the cottage, and you can come and see me at any time. ”

Cui Zhongzhen hugged his fists, got on the war horse and left with his own soldiers.

In the next few days, Fang Xie was busy with two things. The first thing is to choose a cemetery on the side of the peach forest of Fangheting, move the bones of the people of Fangu, place them, and rebury them. The second thing was to repair the city defense, and the soldiers went to the Wolf Milk Mountain to cut down the cold pine, and then pulled it back with a cart, dried it, inlaid it with iron plates, and fixed it. The city walls were cleared, the bed crossbows carried by the army were installed, and the arrow tower was reinforced.

He sent enough food for five thousand men for three months, as well as a number of garrison equipment, all of which had been taken from the rebels, including thirty heavy crossbows. Fang Xie also made a lot of wolf teeth to hang on the city wall, and then renovated the four gates, and added a stone gate. The so-called stone gate, is to choose a relatively flat thousand pounds of boulders to transport, and then hang on the inside of the city gate, once the outside of the city gate is broken, put down the boulder can block the city gate hole.

Fang Xie personally watched from the city wall, and asked the soldiers to build a barrier on the city wall every ten meters or so, leaving only one person to work with, so that the defenses on the city wall of Fan Gu were separated from small areas of the city. The aim was that once an area was lost, it would be impossible for the enemy forces attacking the walls to quickly expand the area of occupation with these barriers. The enemy was in the ramparts, and the defenders on either side could easily kill them with their crossbows and arrows.

Fang Xie then ordered the north and east gates to be blocked, leaving only the south and west gates.

It took a month to reluctantly complete the repair of the city defenses, during which Fang Xie sent people out to search for some horse thieves, although the food obtained was limited, but the war horses were obtained by hundreds, and dozens of craftsmen were arrested.

Fang Xie handed over most of the trivial matters to Sun Kaidao to deal with, and he took time out of the cemetery every day to see the cemetery, and then took a team of elite horsemen out of the cemetery to hunt when he had nothing to do.

Horse hunter thief.

I don't know if he is really interested in those horse thieves, or if he wants to regain his feelings.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Fang Xie spent the first Spring Festival after taking the Shanzi Camp and the Yangzi Camp. The winter of Fan Gu is also at its coldest time, and if you pee slowly, you will freeze.

Thankfully, the team lacks nothing.

Over the past month, everyone has gained weight.

"How long are you going to stay here?"

Shen Tianfan stood beside Fang Xie and looked at the desolate land outside the city and asked.

"The guy I sent yesterday is back."

Fang Jie's tone was very light, and he also answered the question a little: "Two groups of people...... The people who went south brought back the news that Luo Yao had already led his troops to the north, and it seemed that he was going to join the imperial army, and he came back safely, hehe...... The Heavenly Venerable of the Buddha Sect couldn't help him. People to the west said that the imperial army had subdued the entire territory of Hexi Province, and the rebels of Shannan Province were defeated at the touch of a button, and now the million-strong army had blocked half of Shandong Province...... Forced to this, Li Yuanshan should use any useless moves. Let's wait, no accident, Meng Yuan is about to retreat. ”

"Aren't you afraid that your people will be lost here?"

"Afraid"

Fang Xie smiled: "But I know a little bit about the emperor's temperament, do you think he will allow the Meng Yuan people to withdraw easily?" ”