After speaking, he looked at Xia Chang as well, "This time, we are fully prepared, strengthen the city defenses, and we will be able to ensure that the city gate will not be broken, as long as we can hold on for more than ten days, at that time, we will be able to wait until the general's army returning from the north comes back to support."

"Ten days?" Lu Zhaoyi's voice was slightly cold, "I'm afraid, everyone knows that when Da Sima comes back, the other party can think of attacking the pass at this time, and he must have taken this matter into consideration."

At the mention of this, everyone here looked at each other, and a vague sense of foreboding came up in their hearts.

"What did Mrs. Lu say?" Kurafang asked with a frown.

"If so, they had already expected that the date of Da Sima's return would be ten days later?" Lu Zhaoyi said lightly.

A sound fell, and the house fell silent, as if a pebble had been thrown into the lake, causing ripples.

"If it's really as Lu Niangzi said, then this battle may not last for ten days?" Xia Chang sighed.

"But ......" Just when everyone was in despair, Lu Zhaoyi suddenly raised his head, and his eyes swept over everyone, "The 30,000 elites I brought, as well as the natural dangers we occupy, the river is turbulent, and the difficulty of crossing the river is something they have to consider, we just need to ...... Taking advantage of this natural danger to kill their spirit, no matter what, it should not be difficult to support the reinforcements."

Xia Chang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

"That's right! The danger is on our side, it is they who are in a hurry, we are not in a hurry, just hold on."

Cangfang also understood that it was powerful, but he still hesitated, "But after all, the other party is 80,000 horses, and we only rely on 30,000 people, so I'm afraid of ......."

"I know what you're thinking." Her tone was light, but it revealed toughness, "However, we have no choice but to defend Meng Jin, and behind us is Luo Jing."

The importance of Meng Jin, they will not be unaware that once Meng Jin is lost, the enemy army will be unimpeded, and after an hour, they will be able to attack Luojing City.

At the thought of this, everyone shuddered, and they didn't dare to think about it anymore.

To defend the imperial capital of the dynasty, even if they risk their lives, they must defend it to the death.

At this time, there was a movement outside, Lu Zhaoyi turned his eyes to look at the door, a hurried herald, full of sloppiness, looking extremely urgent, after approaching, one did not pay attention, tripped over the steps below, the whole person fell heavily on the floor, homeopathic, and the helmet also flew out.

But this person did not care about his untidy manners, and was about to get up immediately, but he obviously received his injuries and couldn't get up for a while, and at the same time shouted at the top of his throat.

"Newspaper~~"

Everyone present panicked for a moment.

Lu Zhaoyi's expression was calm at the moment, he turned around, slowly helped the fallen herald up, and said softly and with concern, "Be careful, why are you so anxious? What's going on out there?"

Seeing this, Cangfang's originally pale face was slightly relieved, this herald was his subordinate, if he provoked this, the future queen in front of him would be displeased, perhaps, his official career in the second half of his life would be affected by this.

And Xia Chang was indeed a little annoyed at first, but seeing that Lu Zhaoyi was so considerate of the people below, that anger was also swallowed by him, and he looked at the herald with a pair of cold eyes, which seemed to say, you had better say something.

Glancing at him, the herald was immediately excited, "Report, the enemy ship has rushed to the west pier and attacked the defensive line, and the west pier is empty and is about to attack."

With a bang, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, everyone present changed their color, and the air in the room suddenly cooled.

Just now they also said that our occupation is dangerous and difficult to defend and difficult to attack, how long has it been before the enemy army has attacked?

Xia Chang clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Damn traitor! Quick, let people support the West Pier, come as many as you want, kill as many as you want!"

"Yes!" The herald didn't even have time to pick up the helmet, so he was about to rush out, but was stopped by Lu Zhaoyi.

"Stop!"

Everyone looked at her incredulously, with a slightly awe-inspiring expression.

None of them could guess what she wanted.

But the next moment, Lu Zhaoyi silently went to pick up the helmet, personally put it on the herald's head, and patted it

patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "Order the soldiers of the West Pier to withdraw, don't let the attack of 10,000 black armored cavalry accidentally injure our own brothers."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present, including the herald, was shocked.

She turned her head indifferently, extremely calm, "As soon as I came to Mengjin, I asked 30,000 elites to be stationed at three docks, the west pier, which is the center of gravity for defense, followed by the middle pier."

The river was fast, flowing from west to east, and before that, she had thought about it in her heart.

If the enemy ships are moving too fast, and then follow the opposite bank, the enemy's camp is located in the northwest, between the Xiaopingjin Pass and the Mengjin Pass, so if there are ships crossing the river in a hurry, the greatest possibility is to rush to the west wharf, followed by the middle wharf.

As for the East Wharf, she arranged for 5,000 shadow guards to be stationed, and the rest of the troops were all concentrated in Mengjin Pass, which was most likely to be broken through the defense.

In this case, she concluded that the enemy army would choose to consider taking the pass and occupying the dangerous place, so that the defenders would naturally be defeated, and they would be able to quickly enter the pass and go straight to Luojing.

And this decision is exactly in line with the plan in her heart.

After the herald withdrew, she looked around, and finally stopped on Cangfang's face, "Master Cang, although I have not personally commanded during this period of time, every step of my arrangement has been carefully considered, and we will definitely be able to hold this battle!"

It's a promise.

When Cangfang heard this, his heart shook, but he quickly regained his composure, and said with his head bowed: "Lady Lu rest assured, she will not be dishonored in her decision!"

His voice was loud and sonorous, Lu Zhaoyi smiled, and then left the room.

Cangfang immediately ordered to go down and prepare all the departments for battle, and then discussed the strategy with everyone.

There are a total of 10,000 people arranged at the west pier, and there are 17,000 people mixed with shadow guards and armor guards at the middle pier outside the city.

At the moment, the fiercest fighting is on the river between the West and Middle Wharves.

Because the enemy ships flow along the river surface, it is basically difficult to hit the crossbow and trebuchet, and more often, the enemy is on the ground at the pass.

Immediately, Lu Zhaoyi walked to the sand table, picked up the willow branch and drew a circle in the open space west of the middle pier, and said, "This place will be an important place for us to defend, and in the next few days, this place will be attacked by the enemy with the highest frequency, once it breaks through, it will directly threaten the city, or even ...... Luojing City!"

Suddenly, when a strong man heard this, he immediately stood up and gave his hand, "The last general asks for his life, bring a team of elite soldiers, and garrison this place!"

"Let's wait!" Lu Zhaoyi sighed, "We must be prepared for a protracted battle. Therefore, while the opponent's attack is slow at night, your men should have a good rest first, and hand over to the two guards tonight."

When she said this, the strong man still wanted to fight, so Cangfang stopped him at the right time, "What Lu Niangzi said is very true, and retreat first!"

Cangfang, as the lieutenant of Mengjin, and Xia Chang as the general of Zhenwei, should have brought the troops here.

Lu Zhaoyi raised his eyes and asked, "How many people did General Xia bring with him this time?"

"Tell me the truth!" Xia Chang lowered his head, slightly embarrassed, "Due to the war in Bingzhou, Luojing is empty, this time I only brought 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there are 20,000 soldiers to march, which is led by my cousin Xia Yuanfeng and stationed in Xiaopingjin Pass!"

After hearing this, she lowered her head and thought: Maybe this is the emperor's arrangement.

Since Xiaopingjin Pass is located west of Mengjin, and the enemy army on the opposite bank wants to attack Xiaopingjin Pass, considering the turbulence of the river itself, they cannot go to the *** boat, and they cannot attack it at all. Chinese Net

However, Xia Pei sent troops to garrison, and more, I am afraid that as an offensive move, crossing the river from the south bank, and the boats flow down the river to the east, so that they can naturally attack the enemy camp on the opposite bank.

At present, there is no movement in the direction of Xiaopingjin Pass, perhaps because of this, so the attack on the other side is not too fierce, because it is necessary to leave a part of the troops in case of a sudden attack by Xiaopingjin.

As long as the Xiaopingjin garrison does not move, the other side will not dare to devote all its forces to the battle to attack Mengjin.

Thinking about it like this, she really has to thank Xia Pei.

Xia Yuanfeng's immobility at least dragged the other side

Thirty or forty thousand men and horses, this also enables Mengjin Pass to ensure temporary stability and not easily lose.

However, it is only temporary.

"General Xia, the enemy's offensive is slow at the moment, and I propose that while the enemy's offensive is slowing down, we will strengthen the defense of the pass and expedite the construction of fortifications, which will be increased to at least three times!"

Kurafang's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Three?"

He glanced at the sand table, "There are three docks at the pass, and there are six fortifications in total, if they are reinforced three times, it may cause material attrition!"

Lu Zhaoyi shook his head, "It's nothing in terms of materials, we just need to deploy enough soldiers and horses to defend each level, the main thing is that we can't sit still!"

Xia Yuanfeng has been standing still, undoubtedly causing great pressure on the enemy army on the other side, if it continues, after a long time, the other party will no longer care about the garrison of Xiaopingjin Pass, go all out, Mengjin is doomed!

And if you want to hold Mengjin, you can only strengthen the defense, and when the other side reacts, build fortifications that are enough to resist the enemy's attack speed, and maybe delay it.

Cangfang pondered for a moment, and then nodded in agreement, "What Mrs. Lu said is very true, since this is the case, tomorrow morning, I will do what Mrs. Lu said!"

Early the next morning, the defense lines in various parts of Mengjin were upgraded, and the patrols everywhere also changed into armor and were fully armed.

And these changes, Qi Guogong, who was far away on the other side, naturally noticed it, and immediately, he roared angrily: "What's the matter? It's been Mengjin Pass, it's been all night, and it hasn't been captured yet, a bunch of waste!"

"Back to Grandpa, tens of thousands of horses and horses suddenly came to Mengjin Pass last night to garrison, and our people suffered heavy losses at the West Wharf!" The adjutant general hurriedly explained.

Another lieutenant general also came out and said, "Moreover, those tens of thousands of horses, all of them are superb in martial arts, very similar to ......."

"Like what?" Qi Guogong hurriedly asked.

"Very, very much like...... The famous tiger riders and black-armored guards ...... back then."

"Tiger Rider...... Black Armor ......"

Qi Guogong was stunned, like a deflated ball, slowly sat down, and muttered to himself, "Hook...... Gou Chenzi!"

"Grandpa, don't worry, in my opinion, they are not the Tiger Rider and the Black Armor Guard, after all, the Tiger Rider and the Black Armor Guard have long since disappeared into the world with Wu Gong. Now, this force should have risen recently, and back then, that group of people ......" The lieutenant hesitated for a moment before saying, "They should be dead."

Qi Guogong's eyes suddenly turned red, "Nonsense! Tiger Rider and Black Armor Guard, how can they die so easily? And, only a few years later? You fools."

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, "The iron cavalry that was formed by Wu Gong back then, which made the people of the world frightened, were all at the disposal of Gou Chenzi, and they only obeyed Gou Chenzi's orders!"

"Sikong said in the letter to me that Zhenguo Gong is not dead?"

"Shut up!" Qi Guogong shook his head, a little panicked, and his thoughts turned, "If Gou Chenzi hadn't died, would it be Wu Sikong himself who wanted to rebel?"

"No! No!" He raised his hand and instructed the two lieutenant generals, "This matter is strange, you go and order, the five thousand people who came with the army of my Bai clan this time should immediately stop and return to the main camp."

An adjutant general was shocked and looked up, "If Ruan Gong asks, how should we explain?"