"Who's outside the door?"

Tong Ran, the steward of Yang Qiang, replied: "Mr. Three, please see my head of the family, Yang Ran." ”

Soon after Song Cheng returned to the house, he was informing Ruo Zhiyue of many things tonight, and when he heard that Yang Qian was visiting, Song Cheng was surprised, he and Yang Qian had only met a few times, and they were not familiar with each other, what did he come to do with him?

Song Cheng said to Ruo Zhiyue: "You avoid it first." ”

Song Cheng put on rain gear and took Yang Qian to the house, he knew that Yang Qian had just learned of Yang Shi's death, and he was in a bad mood, and when he visited in the rain at this time, he must have something important to inform himself, Song Cheng did not make a noise, and asked directly: "What is the matter with the head of the family?" ”

Yang Qian looked back at Tong Ran and said, "Guard the door, don't let others eavesdrop." ”

The corners of Song Cheng's eyes twitched, and he said nervously: "Don't worry, the head of the family, I am the only one living in this courtyard." ”

Yang Qian stubbornly said: "The stakes are very high, it is better to be careful." ”

Song Cheng raised his eyebrows, becoming more and more curious about what Yang Cheng would say.

Seeing Tong Ran retreating, Yang Qian said in a deep voice: "Song Cheng! Have you already learned that the prince of the hundred families is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

Song Cheng's expression remained unchanged, and he shook his head: "I can't hide it, I only learned the news tonight." ”

"Is that true?" Yang Qian will be skeptical.

"I can swear to heaven below." Song Cheng said with a firm face.

Yang Qian looked at Song Cheng's expression, and hesitated for a while, could it be that he misunderstood the meaning of His Royal Highness the Prince? Didn't that action let yourself come to Song Cheng? Or does that Song character refer to the other children of the Song family? After pondering for a moment, he stood up and squeezed out a smile on his face: "The old man seems to have misunderstood something and bothered him. ”

Song Cheng saw that Yang Qian was about to leave, hurriedly held Yang Qiang's hands, and led him to the seat to sit down, Song Cheng said: "Don't worry, the head of the family, I really don't know that the son of the hundred families is the prince, but I know some other things, some things that may be very important to you, the head of the family." ”

Looking at Yang Cheng's curious look, Song Cheng smiled, did not speak, but drank tea.

Yang Qian hated in his heart, this Song Cheng wanted to let him say it first, but Song Cheng knew that if it wasn't what he needed......

Yang Qian hesitated, if the prince's meaning was really what he guessed, the situation was already very critical, and he couldn't delay at this moment, he gritted his teeth, and finally made up his mind, Yang Qian stared at Song Cheng's expression, and said: "His Royal Highness the prince and my eight great families are now in danger, can Mr. Three have a good plan to rescue the prince?" ”

Song Cheng's face was solemn, but his brows were slightly stretched, and he said in a low voice: "What does the family master mean by this?" ”

Yang Qian was not surprised when he saw Song Cheng, and knew that he had made the right bet, Yang Qian said: "The old man is coming to see you now, which is exactly what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intended." So, Yang Qian informed Song Cheng of the prince's expression, movements, and his guesses.

After Song Cheng heard this, his whole person relaxed.

There were too many things happening at today's dinner, each one more shocking than the other, and it also made Song Cheng, who had seen the situation clearly, instantly confused.

The son of the Shen family is the crown prince? Then why did he tell us from the perspective of a bystander that the prince came to Youzhou, did he want to test me and Liu Wanxiu? Is all this directed and acted by the prince?

With this layer of suspicion, Song Cheng once thought that the prince even walked with Jiuqu's people, and the purpose was to deal with these families he was in.

Hearing that the prince asked Yang Qian to find him, although Song Cheng still didn't understand why the prince wanted to pretend to be a child of the hundred families and a child of the Shen family, at least in the relationship between the prince and the two groups of people in Jiuqu, Song Cheng solved the confusion in his heart, the prince and the people of Jiuqu were still opposed, and the prince was currently in danger, and even had to let Yang Qian find himself through hints and want to ask for help by himself.

Song Cheng sorted out the current information, and couldn't help but have a headache, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really thinks highly of himself, where did he get such a great ability, if that person is by his side, it's okay to say, it's just ......

Seeing Song Cheng's actions, Yang Qian sneered: "My words have been finished, doesn't Mr. Three want to tell me something?" ”

Song Cheng smiled bitterly: "I didn't lie to you, I really don't know the identity of the prince, I'm just ......"

Song Cheng attached himself to Yang Qian and whispered.

......

In the early morning of the next day, the inner city was handsome.

Young Qiao Zheng's voice was full of joy: "With this map, I will go anywhere in the future, father-in-law, do we want to?" Qiao Zheng pointed to the northeast of the map and exerted everything, that place was the Dugu family's Lijing North Mansion.

Qiao Qi Lao Shangshu was also a little moved, he looked at Xue Mu and asked, "What is recorded on this map can be guaranteed to be true?" ”

Xue Mudao: "The student thinks that there is no need for Bai Shixiang to lie to us, now that the prince is in our hands, even if we don't have his map, we can leave here, and he can't risk his life to make a deal with us." ”

Qiao Qi frowned when he heard Bai Shixiang's name, he pondered for a while, and finally shook his head: "We still go to Yizhou according to the original plan." ”

When Qiao Zheng heard this, he knew that his father-in-law still didn't believe in the heads of the hundred families, and thought that he couldn't go to Fuzhou to capture the old lady of the Dugu family, Qiao Zheng sighed regretfully.

Qiao Qi stood up, tightened his robe, and walked to the sand table in the tent, and the center of the sand table was Youzhou City.

Xue Mu stood beside Qiao Qi and said: "Teacher, rest assured, although the city walls of Youzhou City are in disrepair, the city guards in the city are indeed complete, and the original defenders of Youzhou City, including the inner city, have about 3,000 people, plus the 5,000 soldiers we brought out from the mountains, it should be no problem to defend the city with the equipment." ”

"Should?"

Qiao Qi heard Xue Mu's lack of confidence, and said, "Mu'er, tell you the truth, if the other party attacks from all sides, how sure are you to defend this city?" ”

Xue Mu was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "Father-in-law, since I led the army, I have never fought a battle to defend the city, and my method of defending the city is limited to what is stated in the book of war, I ......"

Qiao Qi rubbed his sour eyes and said, "Tell me about your arrangement." ”

"Yes."

Xue Mu took a breath and spoke slowly.

"Youzhou City is located in the wilderness, surrounded by dense forests and crops, and the subordinates wanted to send people to burn the vegetation around Youzhou, but first, the iron riders from Jingbei Mansion were eyeing outside the city, and secondly, it was raining heavily this day, and the students gave up this idea."

The strong wall is the key to the premise of defending the city, what I am afraid of is that the besieging side will use these timber and grain to deal with the defending side, and now the situation is compelling, what Xue Mu said is also reasonable, Qiao Qi bowed slightly, and did not say anything to blame.

"How's the logistical armament?"

"The Youzhou treasury is full of grain and grass, the ordnance is full, not to mention the rolling wood and stones, even the lanterns, oil, lime, nails, and hoes that can be used to defend the city in the treasury have been transported to the city last night, as for the source of reserve soldiers, Senior Brother Meng Feng has issued an order, when the dawn comes, the young and middle-aged men who have reached the age of ten in Youzhou City will be levied, and the students believe that with the population density of Youzhou City, it is estimated that two or three thousand people can be mobilized in one hour."

"What should people do if they are resistant?"

"Because the major families are not clear now, they are all on our side, and with their joining, I guess we don't have to worry about the people's hearts."

Qiao Qi nodded, Xue Mu used the prince to gain the trust of the family and solve a lot of trouble for them, which made Qiao Qi feel more relaxed, you must know that there is such a thing as defending the city, once there is a crack inside, it will be a matter of time before the city is broken.

Qiao Qi closed his eyes in contemplation, his fingers rhythmically tapping the edge of the sand table.

Xue Mu and Qiao Zheng stood beside Qiao Qi, quietly waiting for instructions.

Qiao Qi said slowly: "It's not enough to have these families, the city has already been mixed with people from Dongdaying and Yizhou, we have to prevent them from colluding with the outside world, Qiao Zheng." ”

"Father-in-law."

"From today on, you are fully responsible for patrolling in Youzhou City, and you are not allowed to gather people to make trouble, no one is allowed to blow the horn in the city, and you are not allowed to hold up bamboo poles and other objects, which may be a means of exchanging information with the enemy, and another one must be strictly forbidden to prevent fire in the city."

"This ......" Qiao Zheng turned his head to look at the heavy rain that was still falling outside the tent, the air was so humid, how could there be a fire?

"You just do it." Qiao Qi frowned.

"Yes."

Qiao Qi listened to the sound of the rain, and remembered something again, he said to Xue Mu: "Tell your senior brother, tomorrow send someone to the major medicine stores in Youzhou to collect poisonous herbs, and then requisition large urns, firewood and wolf dung from all over Youzhou City, and put them under the city." ”

Xue Mu was stunned, this big urn and firewood could be used to boil hot oil, he could understand, but why did it have to be stationed under the city, and this poisonous herb......

Seeing this, Qiao Qi explained: "The heavy rain in Youzhou makes the soil soft and muddy, we must prevent the other party from digging tunnels into the city, starting tomorrow, you will bury two large urns between every hundred zhang under the city, pile up soil next to the urn, send people to listen carefully to the movement outside the city, if the enemy digs the tunnel, send people to burn poisonous herbs, sulfur, wolf dung, and blow poisonous gas and poisonous wind into the tunnel." ”

Xue Mu admired: "The teacher is thoughtful. ”

After Qiao Qi finished speaking, his voice was a little hoarse, and he sighed in his heart, these things are actually the most basic common sense of defending the city, but Xue Mu has always led the troops to be active around the nine-song and thirteen rings, and fighting in the mountains and plains is his strength. This apprentice of his own is good at strategy and scheming, if he is a military adviser, it is the best choice, if he is the commander of an army, he is required to have both offense and defense, or he is embarrassed.

However, what Xue Mu is commendable about is that he is self-aware, which is also what makes Qiao Qi the most satisfied, Xue Mu will not risk dabbling in things that he is not good at, take his strategy of defending the city as an example, in Qiao Qi's opinion, although it is full of loopholes, it is already perfect for a person who has no experience in defending the city.

Qiao Qi knew in his heart that Xue Mu must have consulted many military books with Meng Feng overnight, and even consulted the old men in the army who had participated in the defense of the city.

"No one is born a general."

Qiao Qi paused in his heart, and then added a sentence in his heart: "Except for those monsters of the Dugu family." ”

Several people were thinking about their own things, and while they were still thinking, Meng Feng walked in with Shen Ye with a tired face.

Meng Feng got straight to the point and said: "I just got the news from the city gate, there are signs of small army activities on the north and south sides of Youzhou, because the fog in the rain is too big, the vision is not clear, Zhi'an has personally led people to check, but according to the time, I guess that those should be the vanguard of the Beida Battalion and the East Battalion." ”