After Yanmen County started, the Northern Army did not move. Qin Ke didn't have the slightest intention of sending troops south, so he placed the five divisions of the Northern Army in Wuzhou, Shanwu, Pingcheng, Qiangyin and Mayi.

Wang Rong's merging state army was transferred to Yanmen Pass, and Wang Rong stood on the wall of Yanmen Pass, looking at the official road in the distance, his brows furrowed.

Zhang Gengxiao stood beside Wang Rong and said with a bitter face: "General, this formation of Yanmen Pass to the south is difficult to resist. ”

The old dog walked up from under the city wall and said, "General, how can we defend this Yanmen Pass?" ”

Wang Rong looked at the old dog and said angrily: "How to keep it?" Employ people. Call everyone to the castle tower, and we'll have a meeting here! ”

The old dog listened to Wang Rong's words, nodded, and said, "Oh! ”

After a while, the commanders of the divisions of the state army came to the city tower. Wang Rong stood in front of the city tower, on the city wall, and held a military meeting.

Wang Rong looked at the first division commander Lang Zeqing, division Sima Qin Changqing, Gou Anli, Yuan Tiangang and Wu Luo and other generals of the first division, and said with a serious face: "The first division will take over the defense of the main city, old wolf, old Qin, you see, this Yanmen Pass itself is to defend the north, and the height of the outer city wall is more than two feet higher than the height of the inner city wall. And all the fortifications are in the north, and there are no decent fortifications in the south, so your task is to put a decent line of defense for me in the south. ”

The old wolf nodded, without words. Qin Changqing's face was serious, while the three brigade commanders had a difficult face.

Wang Rong didn't look at the old dog's mask of pain, then looked at Yin He and Liu Heze, and said, "The second division is responsible for the defense of the eastern branch city. The situation of the eastern branch is slightly different from the main city, and the south side of the eastern branch is only a small road, which is relatively easy to defend. ”

Yin He listened to Wang Rong's words, and a smile appeared on his face. However, Wang Rong didn't finish speaking, he looked at Yin He's smile, his face was still very serious: "Jiaque, don't worry about being happy, the place where the East City was built, there are several mountains around, these places are very close to the East City, and the bow and crossbow can shoot at the city wall." The Second Division must send scouts to be stationed on these hills, to make careful investigations, and once it learns of the enemy's traces, it must attack the enemy first, cover it in an all-round way, and drive the enemy down the mountain. ”

The generals and colonels of the Second Division saluted one after another and responded loudly: "Whoa! ”

Wang Rong looked at the third division's commander An Hao and division Sima Changwo, and said: "The defensive task of the western branch city is also very arduous, not only to arrange defenses in the south like the main city, but also to be able to support the main city at any time. The reason why the eastern branch does not have this task is because their defensive task is very heavy, and most of the peaks in this note mountain are around the eastern branch. The western branch only needs to defend the south side. I believe in the ability of the two generals to hold the western branch city. ”

An Hao nodded and said, "Please rest assured, the general will definitely defend the western branch city like an iron bucket." ”

When the crowd dispersed, Wang Rong, together with Li Sujie and Zhang Gengxiao, entered the only brick and stone courtyard in the city, which was originally the residence of the Yanmen guard.

In the main hall, Li Sujie sat down, and the soldiers who guarded the capital quickly came up

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After a bowl of tea, he drank it all and asked Wang Rong, who was sitting at the top, "Zhong Ming, what does the sixteenth prince mean?" Doesn't he value you? How did you think of throwing us in such a place where there is no village in front of the village and no store in the back? ”

Zhang Gengxiao listened to Li Sujie's words, and said with a smile: "I see, what Su Jie wants to say is not that there is no store in front of the village or behind the village, but that birds don't." ”

Li Sujie said with a sneering face: "It's all the same meaning, the same meaning." ”

He looked at Wang Rong's expression, and then said: "Zhong Ming, look at the five divisions of the Northern Army, all of which are stationed in the main county towns, not to mention how chic they are. Look at us again? If you want anything, it's nothing, the whole one is to drink the northwest wind. ”

Zhang Gengxiao corrected: "Brother Su Jie, in this cold winter season, there is no northwest wind, we can't drink it." ”

Li Sujie looked at Zhang Gengxiao with a white face and retorted: "Don't bite words with me here, I just want to know, why did the Sixteenth Prince throw such a force with more cavalry than infantry from our Hezhou Army here to guard this Yanmen Pass?" ”

Wang Rong looked at Li Sujie, who was eager to learn, nodded, and said, "Okay, since you want to know, then I'll say it." ”

Li Sujie and Zhang Genghuang both put on a look of deafness.

Wang Rong looked at the two of them and said, "Since the establishment of the state army, I have fought once, and that is the battle of Pingcheng. The battle was divided into two parts: field warfare and siege warfare. To be honest, I was really surprised that the field battle was won. And what surprised me even more was the weakness of the Daijun cavalry, I remember that in my Wang clan of Pinyang Dongxiang, we used the Daijun cavalry of the Ji State as an imaginary enemy since we were young, hoping to defeat them on the battlefield one day. Time has changed, I have done it, but this Daijun cavalry is no longer a fierce god who can stop children crying in Yongguo, and their combat effectiveness is weaker than that of the Bad-bearded Wolf Guard. If the Daijun cavalry defeats us and the wolf cavalry, then we will be completely wiped out in the field. ”

Li Sujie nodded and said, "It's really strange, this generation of county iron cavalry is one of the trump cards of the Ji Kingdom, but I didn't expect it to be so unbearable." ”

Zhang Gengxiao replied: "I asked those captured soldiers of the Ji State, the situation of the entire Ji State eating empty salaries over the years is very serious, as far as the infantry soldiers are concerned, the vacant amount has been eaten by the superior generals and colonels by thirty percent, and some even forty percent. And the remaining sixty percent are mostly strong men who are temporarily arrested, or the old, weak, sick and disabled. I think the same should be true of this generation of county cavalry. ”

Li Sujie looked at Zhang Gengxiao and retorted: "That can't be so far behind, I didn't rush 10,000 wolf horses in the state, and I almost broke the Daijun iron cavalry with one charge." This... That's an exaggeration, isn't it? ”

Wang Rong took over the conversation and said to Li Sujie: "This is nothing strange, since the empty quota of people can be eaten, of course the empty quota of horses can also be eaten." And horses are more profitable than people. If a good northern war horse is transported to the south of the river, its value can increase by three to five times, and if it is transported to the south of the river, its value can grow to six to ten times, and the profits are huge, and it is impossible for the high-ranking officials of the Hebei State not to be moved. ”

Li Sujie listened to Wang Rong's words and said: "This is too exaggerated, if this is in Yongguo, it will be the crime of the whole family to exterminate the three clans."

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yes. ”

Wang Rong shook his head and said: "Wealth is moving, and there will be people in my Yongguo who do this, but these people are either high and powerful, or their families are huge. Speaking of which, this time I personally mentioned it to the Sixteen Princes to guard Yanmen Pass. ”

Li Sujie and Zhang Gengxiao looked at Wang Rong in surprise, and Li Sujie asked in a strange voice, "Zhong Ming? Are you all right with your brain? So saying, he got up and stepped forward, and reached out to probe Wang Rong's forehead.

Wang Rong slapped Li Sujie's paw away and said, "Stay away from me, my brain is good." ”

Zhang Gengxiao spoke out and asked, "General, why do you want to ask Ying to be stationed at Yanmen Pass?" ”

Wang Rong looked at the puzzled expressions of the two and said, "In order to reduce trouble." You must know that this merger state army was set up by the sixteen princes, so that when the entire merger state is under the jurisdiction of Yongguo, there can be an army that can shock the scene. We are honored to have been selected. Unfortunately, from the day we merged with the state army, we had the imprint of the Sixteen Princes. ”

Zhang Gengxiao understood a little and said, "Zhong Ming is planning to station in this Yanmen Pass to pacify Fenchuan County?" ”

Wang Rong nodded and said, "That's true, I plan to take the Bingzhou army to repair and renovate this city." Now the entire northern part of Bingzhou is in charge of my Dayong, so this Yanmen Pass is a critical place. ”

The two listened to Wang Rong's words and had to agree. In the following days, Wang Rong's troops and the state army began to repair the Yanmen Pass in full swing, not only establishing the southern fortifications, but also strengthening the northern fortifications. Antlers, bed crossbows, trebuchets, you name it.

When Li Mubai led the army to Yanmen Pass again, the situation was much more than he expected, the entire Yanmen Pass was like a hedgehog, and the trees near the gate were also cut down. At this time, almost two months have passed since he fled from Pingcheng.

Li Mubai looked at the familiar flag on the wall of Yanmen, and the whole person felt bad.

In order to be able to distinguish it from the Northern Army and other armies, the military flag of the state army was changed accordingly, and a white border was placed around the flag.

Li Mubai had already figured out that it was this Bingzhou army that defeated him outside Pingcheng. And this army is new in the establishment of Yongguo, and the debut of the Bingzhou army is the peak, and he Li Mubai is trampled under his feet in one fell swoop, creating his own prestige.

Now, Li Mubai met the Bingzhou Army again, of course, hoping to be ashamed.

When Li Mubai was looking at the city wall of Yanmen Pass, Wang Rong was also looking at the Ji army from the south at the head of the city. The fifth waited behind him, bowed and saluted: "General, the commander of this army is Li Mubai, and Li Xi, who was captured last time, has already gained a firm foothold in his army. ”

Wang Rong looked at the fifth candidate and said, "Putting Li Xi back is just to be able to attack him by surprise. Now, this chess piece is probably gone. ”

The fifth candidate's head was lowered even deeper, and he didn't dare to interject.

Wang Rong didn't mean to blame the fifth candidate, he patted the fifth candidate's shoulder comfortingly, and said: "Scatter all the arrests, I want to see how this military god of the Ji country plans to take the Yanmen Pass where I am stationed!" ”

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