On the second day, the Donghai people bid farewell to Dongjiao Pass and returned to the official road to Dongwei Pass. Due to the relatively easy time, everyone deliberately slowed down their pace and arrived at their destination in the afternoon. This is a small gap that Huang Zhi and Sima Fuqiang found after repeated deliberations, so that the defenders of Dongwei Pass could not leave on the spot, and had to guard the checkpoint for one more night.

This night seems to be useless, but with Huang Zhi, a C-rank "social" expert, maybe the Donghai team will be able to play some tricks.

Before the Donghai team arrived, Li Wei and his defenders really couldn't leave their posts without permission, and when they saw that the group was late, their faces couldn't help but be a little unhappy.

Dong'er suddenly came out of the crowd without saying hello, took out another edict from his arms, and read it out in public, "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict." ”

This is the first time she has made such a formal call, and the East China Sea team has never heard such an opening sentence as "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict" in the past.

Although Dong'er read the edict so formally, no one knelt down at the scene. It's okay for all the people in the East China Sea to do this, after all, they are all outsiders, even if they don't respect the imperial court, they can still be justified. However, Na Li Wei actually stood upright and listened to the edict, without a trace of sincere fear at all, which is very intriguing.

Seeing this happening, Sima Fuqiang immediately had his own opinion in his heart. With his knowledge of history, there are only two reasons why this would happen.

First, the control of the Dongzhou Imperial Court is very limited, and even the state government does not buy it, which is slightly different from what Dong'er said at the beginning. But Dong'er was already considered unreliable, so Sima Fuqiang chose not to be fully trusted. Then the Dongzhou forces at this time were like the princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the late Han Dynasty, and the eight state capitals were just like Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, etc., although they were nominally the state pastors canonized by the Han family, but in fact they were the warlord forces that dominated one side.

Another reason is caused by Dong'er's identity. Dong'er is the imperial court's herald, that is, the pawn used by the Dongzhou imperial court to control the person in his dreams, not a real power figure who has influence on the local forces in Dongzhou, so it makes sense that Li Wei doesn't buy her account. That shows that the current situation of the forces in Dongzhou is indeed as Dong'er said, showing a situation similar to that in the early years of the great cause of the Sui Dynasty.

Whatever the reason, Dong'er turned a blind eye to this and continued to read the edict one by one, and at this moment it seemed to return to the rigid appearance of the original in the town office. "Li Wei, the general of Dingyuan, the state capital, immediately handed over the ownership of Dongwei Pass and Dongjiao Pass, and Sima Fuqiang, the guard of Donghai Town, immediately took over the defense of the two passes. He was awarded the Donghai Town Guard Mansion Sima Fuqiang to attack the general from Wupin, and was fully responsible for the military affairs of the two passes. Chin this. ”

Sima Fuqiang hurriedly opened the "Donghai Town Chronicles" to check it, and really saw that his official rank had been slightly upgraded by one order, from the sixth rank to the fifth rank. The rank of military general jumped out of the lieutenant and officially stepped into the rank of general. As for the position of the county order, there is no change, which is easy to understand, the Tang Dynasty county order originally had different grades, according to the location and the importance of the county under its jurisdiction, the official rank ranged from the fifth rank to the seventh grade.

Li Wei took the edict without saying a word, and stuffed it into his arms without looking at it, completely ignoring Dong'er who read the edict. He turned and walked away, beckoning the defenders standing guard at the checkpoint to evacuate.

Seeing this situation, it was naturally Huang Zhi who took the lead. He walked forward with a smiling face, and while no one was paying attention around him, he handed over a gift slip, which was some luxury goods seized from the bandits earlier. These things are worth a lot of money, but the East China Sea territory is full of poor people, and no one can use them, and it is difficult to sell them for cash, so they are used to bribe Li Wei at this time.

Li Wei glanced at the gift list slightly, obviously seeing the value of the items listed in it, and immediately changed to a smiling face. Coupled with the fact that Huang Zhi had secretly activated the "social" skill, the two quickly started talking with smiles on their faces, without any suspicion.

Seeing that the bribery method was effective, Huang Zhi asked Li Wei whether he could make the decision to delay the return of the defenders from the state capital.

Li Wei looked at the fifty people who had arrived in advance of the Donghai Town Guards with deep meaning, and snorted, "Brother Shixin, it is not impossible for our army to extend the detention period. But you also know that the imperial edict has come down, and although there is a saying that 'the generals are outside, the military order is not subject to it', but the food and salary of these 2,000 people are gone. If Donghai Town can afford this expense, Li is not inaccommodating. ”

What Li Wei said is not wrong, food and salary are the first factor that determines whether an army can survive or not. Armies without food and pay either disperse or fall into the grass, this is not something that can be diverted by human will and determination, and only a few iron armies in history have been able to overcome this difficulty in a short period of time. But the 2,000-strong army of Li Wei in front of him is definitely not among them, and it is impossible to work for the East China Sea team because of a gift list.

"Grain ......" Sima Fuqiang, who was standing behind Huang Zhi, had a bitter face as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis, if Donghai Town had enough financial resources to support the army, it would have expanded the town guard to 500 people as Wu Qiang expected.

Seeing that the road was blocked, the East China Sea team had to find another way. However, Huang Zhi's "socialization" and the gift list still played a certain role, although the handover procedures of Dongwei Pass had been completed, Li Wei did not immediately let the defenders on the city wall withdraw, but promised to wait until tomorrow before leaving, which was regarded as standing on the last shift.

The Tokai team's chance is only tonight, and they must come up with a way to deal with it as soon as possible.

Although the overall shape of Dongwei Pass is the same as that of Dongguan Pass, once people actually climb the tower of the checkpoint in their dreams, they will immediately distinguish the difference between the two passes.

Dongwei Pass, like the surrounding mountains, runs north-south. Its location is a gourd-shaped valley, and the place where the wall is built is just the junction of the foothills of the two mountains, and there is a large open area before and after the pass. Although the length of the wall is also less than fifty meters, the advantage of the garrison is obviously not as great as that of the East Prison Pass.

Because there is enough space in front of the pass for the invading enemy to set up a position, although it is still impossible to use large siege equipment, there is undoubtedly more room to move, so that the generals with troops have a lot of options, and they can play a lot of tricks. Of course, this special surname in front of Dongwei Pass can not only be used by the enemy, but also by the defenders. Because on the other side of the Guanqian Valley, the Weidong Pass is located 400 meters away.

A winch crossbow is erected every five meters on the wall, which is also not found in the East Prison Pass, which shows that this pass has been in a state of preparation for war for a long time. According to Li Wei, the range of these winch crossbows has reached more than 300 meters, and they can almost shoot under the opponent's wall. And from the size of the winch crossbow, it can basically be judged that the "arrow" it shoots is the kind of short spear with feathers more than one meter long. Once such an "arrow" is fired, it can easily shoot through several people, and it is worthy of being a sharp weapon for defending the city. There is a soldier standing guard next to each winch crossbow, although the winch crossbow has not yet been loaded, but it is believed that as long as the rebels in Weixian rush to attack, these powerful killing weapons can be used at any time.

Sima Fuqiang took advantage of the afterglow of the sunset that was not so dazzling, and launched the effect of "climbing high and looking far away", looking westward, and he could vaguely see the rebels of Weixian County patrolling back and forth on the wall of Weidongguan.

Because of the existence of this valley of 400 meters from east to west and nearly 1,000 meters from north to south, both the East Tail Pass and the Tail East Pass opposite it have erected two or three layers of horse rejection in front of the pass wall to prevent being attacked by the opponent's cavalry.

How to use the limited military strength at hand to hold the Dongwei Pass, the two decision-makers of the Donghai team racked their brains, and they still had no clue. The sky was getting dark, and it was basically impossible to see the place dozens of meters away, so everyone had to go down the wall first, and wait for tomorrow to make plans.

Xiaofeng Wanyue and the others naturally ate and slept well, but Huang Zhi and Sima Fuqiang couldn't sleep at all. If Ming said that Li Wei led the troops to go on the front foot, and the rebels in Weixian County came up with the heel to attack, this Dongwei Pass would immediately change hands. It's a small thing to lose the level, but it's bad to lose your surname. Even if she can escape back to Donghai Town safely, relying on the second line of defense that is being assumed, the ghost knows if Dong'er's woman will take out another edict announcing that the people of the Donghai team will be "dismissed and investigated" or "erased" or something.

The next day everyone got up, and at a glance they saw the two of them haggard. And the two glanced at each other, knowing that the other party was the same as themselves, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.

"Why, are you still worried about not having enough manpower?" Zhang Wei squeezed between the two and put one hand on the other's shoulder.

"yes." Sima Fuqiang has nothing to be embarrassed to admit, he has already exhausted himself for this. Huang Zhi, on the other hand, nodded tiredly and said nothing.

"Look at the two of you, if you can't keep it, you won't keep it, have you forgotten the most famous plan in the Three Kingdoms?" For strategic things, Zhang Wei didn't dare to make any suggestions, but at the tactical level, his tactical literacy, his keenness, even Sima Fuqiang had to admit himself as Furu.

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