Unlike the official edicts, the decrees of the Zhaohua Palace were not taken over by the Zhongshu, but were often drafted directly through the Ministry of Rites, and presented to the right minister Feng Xian'er, and then announced.

At this time, the important matter of Nanchu was being written by the Ministry of Rites and was ready to be sent to the counties. From the selection of the writer to the detailed content, there should actually be some selection and deliberation, and the process is very long, even if it is not a day or two.

As a result, the Ministry of Rites closed its doors, but there was not the slightest bustle inside.

Outsiders don't know that these processes have been completed as early as half a month ago, and two different edicts are placed in the secret box under the case of the Ministry of Rites, and they can be copied according to the actual situation.

After all, Nan Chu couldn't wait that long, and Tang Xianyao couldn't wait that long.

The Ministry of Rites only needs to make a slight appearance, and it can be directly announced.

In contrast, others are faster.

Beiyu's eyes and ears in Lianzhou, some people from various armies, counties, and even local clans have quickly spread the news from Lianzhou through their own channels.

Tongcheng is quite far away, and I don't know anything about the situation in Lianzhou. Reminiscences have to deal with other sudden troubles.

Not long after Li Mao left the city, he received news from the secret guard that the progress of the march at Chuyang Pass was a little delayed than the originally estimated time, and there should have been something delayed in the middle.

And the approximate number of the front and rear teams also has specific information. Fifteen hundred in the vanguard and two thousand five hundred in the rear. It's just that among the vanguard team, there is an inexplicable extra coffin.

When Wen Gu heard this, he understood in his heart that this was Liu Shu who met them, and let Chu Yangguan know of Tang Mingyi's death. When I asked if I had seen Liu Shu or other civilians in the two parts, I got a negative answer.

Wen originally felt that except for the relevant people in Tongcheng, the rest of the people should misunderstand Liu Zhu as Tang Mingyi's party. And Bibu Langzhong is a close confidant of Song You, and Chu Yangguan should not embarrass them.

I really didn't expect this to happen.

originally planned to go to Lianzhou to give Liu Zhu some better future, but this time it hurt him.

There was not much time to grieve, so he first asked a son and a daughter left in Liu Zhu's mansion and some of the servants who took care of them to live in the house. It is very likely that Chu Yangguan will take revenge on Liu Zhu's family first, and it will be safer to be with her.

He then abandoned all other assumptions and mobilized the two armies in the city to defend the city. At the same time, he also passed the news to Li Mao and Lao Zhao.

The 4,000 Liangzhou troops outside were being dispersed into seven parts, each carrying out the transfer of the population of the six counties. Once completed, 2,000 men and horses can be assigned to support Tongcheng.

Then the city just has to hold out until that time.

But it's harder in the city than outside the city.

Although in terms of numbers, the Dingyi army, with a total of 4,000, not only did not have an advantage over the 3,005 defenders in the city, but was even at a disadvantage. But no one knows how ferocious the desperate Chuyang Pass will be.

Moreover, if he was like himself at that time, he abandoned Dingyi and mobilized all the Dingyi troops to come to Tongcheng. I'm afraid that the situation at that time was much more difficult than that of Liangzhou at that time.

At present, for the old man, the Liangzhou army does not need to worry too much, but the Tongcheng army has been formed for a short time, and whether it is personal combat strength, or forming a formation and changing formations, and even the will of the army, it is far from the extent that it can go to the battlefield.

Wen Liang originally thought that the eldest lady did not have the ability to defend the city, and although he was not so good at it, he was always better than the eldest lady, so he wanted to arrange the arrangement by himself, but he was urgently called back by the old lady.

"Uncle Wen, how many people are equipped with the weapons sent by Lianzhou?"

As soon as Wen Liang entered the door, he began to arrange. She hadn't had time to ask about these weapons and horses yet, but Wen Liang had already checked them.

"Miss, this batch is no more, no less, only enough for five hundred lightly armored soldiers."

"What about the horses?"

Wen Liang replied: "There are fewer horses, they went back in a hurry this time, and even rode some away, and the rest is less than one hundred and fifteen." Together with what we originally had in the city, there were more than six hundred in all. ”

This is not unexpected, and they did not really come to deliver these on this trip: "There are a thousand men left in the city who have no weapons to use." ”

Wen Liang then said: "These thousand people can be divided into two groups, and take turns to guard the four city gates day and night, and each gate is divided into five teams, and each team adds five light armor soldiers, and the knife cart made by Li Xun is controlled by one team. The remaining four teams carried stone and sulfur for the defenders. ”

There was nothing wrong with Wen Liang's arrangement, but Wen had other thoughts: "It's just that I don't think Chuyang Pass will attack the city easily." ”

Wen Liang immediately realized: "Does the eldest lady think that Chuyang Pass has insufficient soldiers and horses, and it can't be easily damaged?" ”

Wen nodded his head: "Four thousand soldiers and horses, neither can attack nor surround enough, but he has to enter the city, what will happen to him?" ”

"Chu Yangguan looks rude, but in fact, he has a lot more bad intentions than Shen Jing." Zhou Tong also rushed back at this time, "In his vanguard, there must be craftsmen as generals, or Linchong cars, or tunnels, which can be built on the battlefield, if Li Mao can really kill the wood, we just need to prevent him from digging tunnels." ”

Zhou Tong was supposed to inspect the fortification matters at the city gates, but at this moment, he came directly without losing his home, Wen Liang frowned and said, "Why are you here?" ”

Seeing that Wen Liang's face was quite displeased, Zhou Tong spread his hands: "The city gate is armed, and the layout is finished." ”

"Zhou Dutong is so fast?" Reminiscence is also suspicious.

"Yes, I'm still not at ease when I do things?" Zhou Tong's face was quite proud, and seeing that Wen Liang was still suspicious, he continued, "Actually, it's not all my credit, that female inspector has helped a lot." ”

"Jin Xuan? Talk to me. "Reminiscences immediately became interested.

It turned out that Jin Xuan had arranged the affairs in the city, and she didn't give her anything about the faction, so she found Zhou Tong by herself and took the initiative to take the errand of transporting weapons to the horse dough building.

After finishing the errand with the lawyer, he helped Zhou Tong to do some scheduling of haystacks of stones, Zhou Tong saw that she was quite interested in this matter, so he taught her some basic city defense arrangements, but I didn't expect her to learn it, Zhou Tong moved some other thoughts, this is to find the eldest lady to ask for orders.

Wen immediately understood Zhou Tong's thoughts: "Zhou Dutong wants Jin Juan to lead the troops together?" ”

"The eldest lady is really ......" Zhou Tong responded immediately, and wanted to learn from Li Mao's flattery, but he couldn't think of a new word for a long time, "It's really witty!" ”

Wen said with a smile: "Zhou Dutong thinks it is feasible, so let's do it, but Jin Xuan has no experience, the big war is imminent, don't make a mistake in the battle." ”

"Although the eldest lady can rest assured, Chuyang Guan I know, he thought that Tongcheng was still the same group of wine bags and rice bags as before, so he dared to kill it with four thousand people, if he knew that it was our Liangzhou army in the city, he would never dare to act so rashly. In this place, he lost first. ”

Wen nodded his head, but still advised: "Chuyang Pass is extraordinary after all, although Zhou Dutong is also outstanding, but don't underestimate the enemy." ”

Zhou Tong heard the eldest lady praise herself, and was about to respond to two words, but suddenly heard someone on the roof "hum" softly.

(End of chapter)