Yun Yao and Jian Wuji, who lived in Xingkou City, had also already received the news that the plateau had arrived in Xingkou, so the two of them were also waiting for the plateau in their residences.

Although they were only separated from the plateau for seven or eight days, because they were in a foreign country, and the news of the plateau in Daliang came to Xingkou every day, the two also knew that the plateau was not very smooth at the beginning of Daliang, and they were very worried about the plateau.

When Gao Yuan walked into the residence, Yun Yao couldn't help but miss Gao Yuan, and shouted: "Husband." Then he rushed to the front of the plateau in a few steps and threw himself into the arms of the plateau. And Gao Yuan also felt Yun Yao's longing for himself, opened his arms, hugged Yun Yao's body, and turned around several times before putting Yun Yao down.

At this time, Gao Yuan found that Jian Wuji was standing behind Yun Yao, although she didn't pounce on Yun Yao like Yun Yao, but her eyes were still full of longing, but because of her identity, Jian Wuji was the most low-key one among the wives and concubines of the plateau, and she was mainly tolerant of everyone, and never fought or grabbed, so although she also missed Gao Yuan very much in her heart, she saw that Yun Yao had pounced on the plateau, and stopped.

Gao Yuan let go of an arm holding Yun Yao and beckoned to Jian Wuji, who knew that Gao Yuan had noticed his feelings, and was very grateful for Gao Yuan's carefulness, so he also took a few steps forward and threw himself into Gao Yuan's arms.

Holding the soft bodies of the two girls, Gao Yuan said softly: "I'm sorry for worrying you." ”

Jian Wuji hurriedly said: "What the husband said there, Mrs. Yun and I just hope to be able to stay by the husband's side so that we can take care of the husband's life." ”

Yun Yao also said: "Yes, next time my husband goes to Daliang, let's go together, even if you can't take me there, you can take Wuji with you, so you can take care of your husband." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, if you go to Daliang again, I will definitely take you." ”

In fact, this time Gao Yuan didn't want to take them to Daliang, but because the situation in Daliang was too complicated, even Gao Yuan himself didn't know what would happen in Daliang City, so he left them in Xingkou, but now it's different, at least in a short time, his status in Daliang City is even higher than that of Wei Wang, and he brought them to Daliang, of course, he didn't have any worries.

At this time, Jian Wuji said: "Mrs. Yao, Fujun must be very tired when he just arrived in Xingkou, let's invite Fujun into the house to rest." ”

When Yun Yao heard this, she came back to her senses and said with a smile: "I forgot, husband, let's come into the house, we have prepared a sumptuous dinner." I'm waiting for you to come back. ”

Gao Yuan also smiled: "So, I also feel hungry, look at what delicious food you have prepared for me." As he spoke, he walked into the house with the two of them in his arms.

The current residence is also completely different from when Gao Yuan first arrived in Xingkou, because both of them brought their belongings to Xingkou, and those who came to Xingkou with them were also female soldiers led by Han Wanxiu, who were responsible for the protection of the residence. Women are always more attentive than men, even female soldiers are stronger, so the residence is not only well organized, but also has a warm atmosphere, which also makes the plateau completely relaxed.

Although Gao Yuan has been in control of Daliang, during this period of time, he has really worked hard and returned to Xingkou, and he can finally let go of those intrigues and take a good rest, which also makes Gao Yuan really feel that it is indeed good to have a woman by his side.

After a warm evening of complete relaxation, the next morning, the plateau immediately gathered the generals for discussion. On the side of the army, there are Yuan Xuan, Jiang Huanwu, Zhao Jiang, and Ling Feng; On the Chu side, it was Xiang Bo; On the Wei side, there were Su Hu, Wei Jiao and others.

After everyone arrived, Gao Yuan said: "Generals, although I was not in Xingkou some time ago, you still performed well, which made me very satisfied, and I believe that everyone has put in a lot of effort." ”

Yuan Xuan was selected and said on behalf of the generals: "The lord has won the award." ”

Gao Yuan said: "But now the situation is very urgent, I estimate that at the latest three days, the Qin army will come to attack Xingkou, and this time the Qin army will attack Xingkou with all its might, so we must also speed up the construction, from now on, do not build a new fortress for the time being, but do your best to complete the fortress under construction, in order to prepare for the attack of the Qin army, these days it is best to rush work overnight." ”

The generals responded in unison, and Gao Yuan said: "Wei Jiao listens to the order." ”

Wei Jiao escorted grain and grass materials to Xingkou Wei General, he was originally the confidant of Wei Yan, the general of the Great Liang, but after arriving in Xingkou, he stayed here to listen to the use, and completely cut off contact with Wei Yan, and Wei Jiao also knew that people were under the low eaves, and they had to be at the bottom, so they were also very honest, and they were very respectful of Yuan Xuan's orders, and they were very good. Today, the plateau gathered generals, and he also rushed to listen to the order.

Hearing the name of Gao Yuan Point, Wei Jiao hurriedly came out of the queue and said, "The last will be." ”

Gao Yuan said: "General Wei, I will give you 3,000 soldiers, immediately go along the Yellow River to collect ships, collect all the ships on the Yellow River in the territory of Wei to the vicinity of Xingkou, and recruit boatmen and sailors to come to Xingkou City to listen to them." ”

Wei Jiao hurriedly said: "The last general respects the order of the Wu'an Army. ”

At this time, Su Hu came out of the column and said: "Wu Anjun, the Qin army is attacking from the shore, and there are bridges on the chasm, what are we going to do with the ships?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "Although the Qin army is now attacking from the land, but don't forget, in the Hanoi area, there are 50,000 troops of the Qin general Yang Duanhe and his troops, and now the north of the Yellow River belongs to the Qin army, if Yang Duanhe crosses the Yellow River, you can go straight to the back of the **, we will suffer from the enemy, so I want to collect all the boats, that is, not let the Qin army have enough boats to cross the river, and even if the Qin army has boats to cross the river, we have enough boats to intercept the Qin army halfway." ”

After hearing this, the generals understood the intention of the plateau, and nodded one after another, and Wei Jiao also hurriedly said: "Please rest assured that Wu Anjun will definitely collect all the boats on the Yellow River." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, and said, "Ling Feng." ”

Ling Feng also came out and said, "The last will be." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Pay attention to sending people to the other side of the Yellow River to find out the movements of Yang Rui and his troops of the Qin army, so that they can prevent Yang Duan and his troops from smuggling across the Yellow River." ”

Ling Feng said: "Yes, please rest assured, the last general will immediately arrange personnel to go to the other side of the Yellow River to inquire about the news." ”

Subsequently, Gao Yuan ordered an army to be sent to remove all the bridges on the chasm, and only keep the four bridges connecting Xingkou and Daliang, and build a fortress along the chasm to prevent the Qin army from crossing the chasm.

After assigning these things, Gao Yuan led the 36 cavalry of the Rapid Wind to patrol the position, and watched the training of the Wei army and the Chu army. The Su zhì of the Wei army and the Chu army is not bad, but it lacks strict military discipline and the command of capable generals, and during this period of time, under the drive of the Dai army, the soldiers of the Chu and Wei armies are also very rare and serious training, and the action is a board and a glance, quite imposing, although it is not as strong as the Dai army, but compared with the Chu and Wei armies before, the Sijing has made great progress.

On the whole, the morale of the whole army is very good, and it also makes Gao Yuan very relieved, if the Qin army dares to attack, it will definitely make the Qin army meet and break the blood.

Although Gao Yuan estimated that the Qin army would attack Xingkou within three days, in fact, the Qin army launched an attack on Xingkou the next day.

It turned out that the day after the Great Liang War, two transport teams of the Qin army arrived in Zhongmu and brought 300 ladder trucks, 300 bed crossbows, 200 trebuchets, 200 city rams, and a large number of siege ladders, engineer vehicles and other siege equipment. In addition, Li Xin of the Qin army's southern road also led his army to Zhongmu, and the Qin army's strength in Zhongmu had reached more than 130,000 at this time.

However, Wang Jian knew very well that the high walls of the city were thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if there were so many siege weapons, it was difficult to storm the beam, so according to the original plan, first capture Xingkou, and then attack the beam with water.

Moreover, Xingkou City is small, of course, it is much easier to attack than Daliang City. However, Wang Jian also knew that the coalition forces were building a strong defensive site in Xingkou, although Wang Jian did not think that it was impossible to build a strong fortification in such a short time. But Wang Jian did not dare to be careless, and on the second day of the Battle of Daliang, Wang Jian led several major Qin generals, under the protection of the personal guards, to the vicinity of Xingkou to observe the fortifications of Xingkou.

But this look made Wang Jian very surprised, because what he saw was a combination of wooden fences, sandbags, and trenches, although it was quite different from the fortifications of this era, but after all, Wang Jian was a battle-hardened general, and he could see at a glance the advantages and disadvantages of the fortifications established by the coalition army.

In addition, the allied forces outside the city to establish a shuttle-shaped camp, is to make Wang Jian amazed, at the beginning, Wang Jian was quite unimpressed with this strange line of defense, because ancient China paid attention to the heaven and the round place, the city defense camp is either square, or round, and there has never been this fusiform style.

But Wang Jian soon discovered the advantages of this prismatic layout, because no matter which side of the Qin army attacked the fusiform, it would be hit by the side and rear, which was quite similar to the horse face in the city defense, and even better than the horse face, because the general horse face can only be set up in large city defenses, and in the front of the horse face, it will still leave a certain offensive side for the attacker. And with this prismatic layout, there are almost no dead ends. Together with the outer fortresses, it was a flawless defense, although the outer fortresses were not yet fully completed.

It can be said that Wang Jian never imagined that the coalition forces would be able to build such a strong fortification near Xingkou in just seven or eight days.

Therefore, Wang Jian did not dare to let the coalition army finish all the fortresses on the periphery, so he immediately led the Qin army and launched an attack on Xingkou.