The eighth day after the Yang Le meeting.

At the invitation of Chen Gong, Ye Teng used the space of the Divine Stone to send a large number of equipment and food to Cai Hui.

When he walked out of the teleportation array and came to the outside of the county government of Pingkuo County, he saw a sturdy young guard, his face was full of immaturity, and he was vaguely familiar, and he couldn't help but look at it twice.

Unexpectedly, the young guard saluted very respectfully: "Lord! ”

"You know me?" Ye Teng said curiously.

In recent years, in addition to the direct troops, Ye Teng rarely led the troops to fight in person. Therefore, most of the soldiers of the various legions have never seen him.

"Cai Shi, I've seen the lord!" The young guard was still respectful.

Ye Teng suddenly came to his senses and said in surprise: "Are you a little stone?" ”

Nearly ten years have passed, and the small stone that was snotty at the beginning has now grown into a strong boy. Although his face is still immature, after all, his face has changed, and he can recognize him, because he served under Cai Hui and reported his name.

"Yes, my lord!" Cai Shi's face was also full of joy, and the lord finally recognized himself.

"Why are you a guard here?" Ye Teng could see that although Cai Shi was only fifteen or sixteen years old at this time, he already had the strength of a yellow-level general, so it stands to reason that he didn't need to stand guard here.

Suddenly, Ye Teng felt as if he had ignored something.

Yes, it is a concern for the growth of the next generation. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Shi was already a sturdy young man with the strength of a yellow-level general; I remember that Zhou Tai had a younger brother, who seemed to be named Zhou Cheng, and he was also good at martial arts; Huang Zhong's pair of children must also be strong in martial arts now; So, is there anyone else...

Looks like we'll have to take a moment to find out.

After paying attention to cultivating famous generals, not only can we make more generals in our hands; It can also enhance the sense of belonging of your right-hand men.

It seems that this matter is negligent.

Cai Shi replied a little helplessly: "My father thinks that my temperament is not calm enough, so he asked me to be a guard, saying that it is to sharpen my temperament." ”

"Makes sense, too!" Ye Teng nodded, "Is your father in the Yamen?" ”

"No. He's leading people to dig traps outside the city. Cai Shidao.

"Oh, then you can take me to see it?" Ye Teng said.

"Yes, my lord!" Cai Shi looked excited, and he didn't know how to be humble, so he led the way directly ahead.

On the way, the two chatted casually.

Ye Teng: "Do you know why we want to guard Pingkuo County?" ”

Cai Shi: "Fight the Japanese Bandits!" ”

Ye Teng: "Why do you want to fight the Japanese Invaders?" ”

Cai Shi: "Because the Japanese want to beat us!" Oh, and I have heard that the Japanese are very cruel, and I am afraid that they will harm my Han people, so I want to keep them at the edge of the border. ”

Ye Teng: "Are you afraid?" ”

Cai Shi: "Don't be afraid, my father said, my big man is a man, we have always killed foreign races, which round of foreign races killed us?" Back then, those fierce grassland alien races were basically wiped out under the leadership of the lord. ”

Ye Teng: "There are more Japanese people than the grassland aliens, and they are also more ferocious and cunning!" ”

Cai Shi: "Father said, my big man is a man, and he will immediately gain fame, and he has never pinned his hopes on the weakness and stupidity of the enemy!" ”

Ye Teng couldn't help but high-five and sighed: "That's a good point!" We must be smarter, braver, and stronger than the enemy! ”

"Yes, my lord!" Cai Shi smiled back, revealing his white teeth, and his smile seemed to be full of sunshine.

…

After a while, they met Cai Hui outside the east gate.

"Lord, why are you here?" Cai Hui was not as casual as his son, and when he saw Ye Teng, he hurriedly saluted and greeted.

"You're welcome." Ye Teng waved his hand casually and said with a smile: "This time, I was arrested by the public platform, I will help you transport some materials to defend the city, and by the way, see how well you are prepared." ”

Cai Hui said: "It's basically the same, but as long as the enemy hasn't come, I will keep preparing." Otherwise, it is easy for soldiers to get into trouble if they are idle! ”

Ye Teng pointed to the trap they had dug and said, "With the war, I'm afraid this trap won't have much effect, right?" ”

Cai Hui: They are digging traps, not trenches. Basically, I dug large and small pits at random without any rules, inserted some bamboo sticks, iron thorns, etc., and then made some camouflage. As if not against the Japanese robbers, but against wild boars.

Cai Hui said: "If the enemy attacks in a dignified manner, the lethality is indeed limited; But if the enemy sneaks up in the middle of the night, it can at least have a good warning effect, and it will definitely have the effect of delaying the enemy's attack speed to a certain extent. ”

Ye Teng nodded and said, "That's true." All efforts on the battlefield are often not in vain! ”

…

Because he knew the fierceness and madness of the Japanese and was worried that Cai Hui did not know enough, after returning to the Yamen, Ye Teng took Cai Hui to the military conference room for a more in-depth understanding and communication.

When he entered the military room, he saw a huge 1:10,000 map of Pingkuo County and the surrounding terrain hanging on the wall, Ye Teng stood about three meters in front of the plan at will, and said to Cai Hui: "Tell me about your defense plan." ”

"Okay." Cai Hui casually picked up a short wooden stick on several cases, walked to the floor plan, pointed to the east of the national border, and said:

"After entering Pingkuo County, I successively sent nearly 1,000 elite scouts to spy on the situation on the other side of the border, in the hope of reaping the whereabouts of the Japanese invaders.

"However, at the moment, we have not received any definite news about the Japanese invaders. I only know that the border is very chaotic, whether it is birds, animals, snakes, scorpions, insects and butterflies, or horse bandits encountered by chance, they are all very strong.

"For the past few days, the scouts have reported the news every day, and the enemies they have encountered are all low-level generals at the lowest, and the highest should be prefecture-level generals.

"Because of the huge disparity in strength, I am no longer ready to continue to send scouts, and those who have been sent are also being recalled one after another, ready to wait on this side of the border with peace of mind. Anyway, the county seat of Pingkuo is 500 miles away from the national border, and many scouts can also be used to predict the enemy in advance. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, waiting for Ye Teng's opinion.

However, Ye Teng just thought about it for a while, didn't say anything, and motioned for him to continue.

Cai Hui moved his baton to the outside of the city and said, "Outside Pingkuo City, as long as the enemy does not come, I will continue the work of digging traps." Because the wider the range and the greater the density of the trap, once besieged by a large army in the future, it can not only limit the enemy's attack range, delay the enemy's attack progress, check for traps and accidental casualties, but also hit the enemy's morale! ”

Ye Teng nodded and approved of this approach. If there are many traps and the concealment is good enough, their effect is somewhat similar to that of later mines, which can indeed make the enemy tremble and greatly damage their morale.

Cai Hui's baton continued to point to the head of the city, and said: "On all sides of the city, I have allocated 50,000 third-order soldiers, and there are also 2,000 back-to-back troops hidden in the city tower, guarding day and night, and changing every three days. At night, light and dark sentinels are also set up just in case.

"On the city walls, wood, stones, arrows, etc. have been prepared, and they are still increasing as time goes by, and they are now enough to cope with a high-intensity defense battle for three consecutive days."

"The rest of the troops basically stayed in the city as a reserve, as well as engaged in some work in the construction of defense facilities."

Cai Hui said, Ye Teng stared at the map, looked at it for a while, and said, "It's basically more thorough, I don't have anything to add." I just want to remind you that being prepared is a matter of thought, and don't be careless because you are more prepared. In this world, there is no impenetrable wall, and there is no truly invincible general. Sometimes, a single oversight can bring a generation of celebrities to ruin! ”

"Yes, my lord!" Cai Hui bowed in response.

Ye Teng continued: "This time, the public platform asked me to bring you a large number of city defense equipment, fire oil, food, etc. Among them, there are a lot of bed crossbows and trebuchets, it is best to arrange special back-mounted troops to practice the operation, do not start the war, have good weapons in their hands, but do not know how to use them, or use them unskillfully. ”

"Yes, my lord!" Cai Hui answered, and then asked cautiously: "The exchange of these things requires a lot of merit points, right?" ”

Cai Hui thought to himself, Ye Teng said "a lot", it should be a lot, but he knew that the price of the trebuchet and the bed crossbow was frighteningly high, how could it be a huge amount? .

Ye Teng smiled calmly and said, "Don't doubt it, this is our own territory." After years of research and development, not long ago, a key breakthrough was finally made, and the master carpenter Lu Dayong also broke through to the grandmaster level! ”

"Really, that's great!" Cai Hui couldn't help but be overjoyed!

He knew very well that being able to produce bed crossbows and trebuchets by himself would definitely greatly increase the military strength of the Zhenbei Army!