The first countermeasure proposed by Ouyang Xuan was to strengthen the construction of the fortress and military production, and the top priority was to speed up the construction of the Hengyuan Fort. In fact, Ouyang Xuan had already laid out this countermeasure in advance, especially the Hengyuan Fort project was prepared for this unexpected change, so its construction progress was extremely fast, and the current main body has been completed. The artillery and equipment supporting the fort are also being produced in a hurry, and there is no longer a need for more labor. The reason why I brought it up again was because Yokohara Fort was extremely important in the defense system of the Perak Army, and it was also to announce the settlement of the fort construction controversy. Some time ago, due to the large amount of resources invested in the construction of forts, there were runs on all walks of life such as grain and military production, and there were quite different voices within the Perak army. The development of the current situation proves that Ouyang Xuan is far-sighted, and everyone is naturally very convinced, and of course they fully support it.

The second response is to continue to recruit refugees and rupture. It can be expected that the Mongols will definitely attack the nearby prefectures and counties in the future, and the army will inevitably surrender to the general like Mao under the pressure of the army, and there will be many soldiers and civilians who will not submit to the rule of foreign races. After all, the Mongols regarded the Han people as talking animals, beating and killing at every turn, and the bloody people would never sit back and wait for the whip and knife to fall in order to survive. "There is a lot of strength in the people", if the Thunderbolt army is in a corner of the mountains and sticks to the mountains, the current population is enough, but what Ouyang Xuan wants is to expel the Mongols from the Han land, and the more people he needs, of course, the more the better. In response to this countermeasure, Li Shuang, Yang Xiucai, and other government administrators suggested that there were already too many refugees in the mountains, which had begun to be crowded, and that re-admitting the population would also lead to food shortages, and that the refugees should be resettled in the plains near Wugen Mountain and Hengyuan Town. Cao Ergou, Huang Dagen and other military personnel strongly opposed this, believing that too many refugees would be resettled in the rootless mountains and plains, and would inevitably be attacked by Mongolian cavalry, and would also increase the casualties of Perak soldiers who protected the refugees. Also opposed to relocating the refugees outside the mountains are Du Fu and other Hengyuan villagers, who shudder at the memory of the days when they were plundered by the Mongols. In response to this controversy, Ouyang Xuan thought about it again and again and finally adopted Lu Dezhi's opinion, and agreed that all future refugees would be resettled in Jiguan Mountain, and a small amount could be resettled in places that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, such as Wugen Mountain and Meihua Village. The only way to do this is to keep more people alive and then talk about the long-term livelihoods of the refugees.

The third countermeasure is intelligence. Ouyang Xuan knew the outline of history, but he didn't know the specific details. In order to "know the enemy and not be defeated in a hundred battles", it is necessary to take great risks to collect and transmit intelligence. In fact, even though the Thunderbolt scouts were extremely strong in individual combat and equipped with the most sophisticated equipment, they had the highest casualty rate. Ouyang Xuan requested that in addition to collecting military intelligence at this stage, he also requested that he would master the summer grain producing areas in the plain area within a hundred miles of Hengyuan Town. If the time is right, he will go to the armed army to grab food. In addition, he asked Qian Lao Er to send people to the Fan District to inform the armed caravan not to return to Xichuan for the time being, so as not to be attacked by the Mongols.

The fourth countermeasure is to lay out Xinjin City and Chongqing Mansion City in advance. After the disastrous defeat of the Song army in the Battle of Chengdu, there was no news of Pan's control. However, even if Pan's command was not damaged in the slightest and led his army back, it would be absolutely difficult to stop the Mongol attack. Although the city defense of Fucheng is tight, it is difficult to hold on to the lack of grain and grass equipment. You must know that the Mongols not only rode and arched alone, but also had a large number of Khitans, Han Chinese, Goryeo, and Jin people in the army, and the siege technology was not below the Southern Song Dynasty. And Xinjin City is surrounded by water on three sides, as long as the water army is undefeated, it can hold out for a while. Compared with the defeat of the two cities, Ouyang Xuan was more worried about surrendering without a fight. According to the urine of the Pan family's uncle and nephew, this is definitely a high probability event. The Thunderbolt army was to confront the Mongols in the plains, and the navy would be the absolute main force. The Thunderbolt army could not prevent the Pan family's uncle and nephew from surrendering to the Mongols, but they could not tolerate the naval army from surrendering to the Mongols as well. If all the naval armies of Fucheng and Xinjin City were to be attached to the Mongols, it would definitely be a nightmare for the Thunderbolt army. Fortunately, the Thunderbolt Army Water Camp and the Two Cities Navy were originally a family, and the cooperation in the early stage was also very harmonious, especially the Thunderbolt Army, which has long been committed to the Thunderbolt Army. The task of fighting for the water army of the two cities was led by Huang Dagen's water battalion, and Ouyang Xuan believed that Le Quan'an, Yu Laodu, and Liao Loach could successfully complete this matter.

After the military and political meeting, Ouyang Xuan left Li Shuang, Yu Zhu, Cao Ergou, Huang Dagen, Dong Hu, Lu Dezhi and Yang Xiucai behind. Ouyang Xuan only needed to listen to a few brief reports to have a general grasp of the situation under the rule of the Thunderbolt Army. He has full confidence in the future situation. Although there will be a shortage of food in the face of a large number of refugees who have and are about to pour in, and there will be a shortage of production capacity in the military industry, he still has sufficient confidence, but he needs to implement some important issues in detail. However, some of the issues are secret, and some of them are very sensitive, so the few people he left behind are the core personnel of the Thunderbolt Army.

The first issue is food. At present, there are more than 40,000 people under the rule of the Thunderbolt army, and although strict rationing is in place, there is a shortage of food. If a large number of refugees are brought in, it is clear that the gap will be even greater. Fortunately, it is now the summer grain harvest season, and many places in western Sichuan that have suffered less slaughter still produce grain, as long as iron farming tools and salt are used, grain can definitely be exchanged. Due to the war, especially the fear of the Mongol cavalry, the merchant activity was now extremely depressed, especially the land trade had been cut off. It's just that the shortage of food is imminent at the moment, and everyone still agreed to walk to Jiading Mansion and Meizhou to exchange food. In fact, the nearby counties of Qiongzhou, Pengzhou and even Chongqing still produce summer grain, but the summer grain planting area in these places is not large due to the destruction of the war and has not been harvested. Jiading Mansion and Meizhou have an early harvest season and a lot of summer grain, and they take waterways, not to mention that they are not afraid of being robbed by Mongolian cavalry.

The second topic is artillery production. The Thunderbolt Army already has more than a dozen types of artillery, which are divided into fortress artillery, field artillery, and naval artillery. The fortress cannon is powerful but bulky, and the naval cannon needs to be suitable for the ship's environment, can be used in wind and waves, and has waterproof accessories. Field artillery not only needs to meet the needs of firepower but also takes into account mobility, and has the highest requirements for the barrel technology. There was no shortage of Thunderbolt iron production, but the barrel was not needed to keep up with the low yield rate. Due to the central role of Yokohara Fort in defending against the Mongol attack, Ouyang Xuan asked the military factory to prioritize the production of the fortress guns and ammunition it needed. The second is the artillery used by the naval warships. Although the Mongols did not have a naval army, if a Song naval general surrendered to the enemy and attacked the Perak army, it was obvious that they would not be able to seize control of the water with the combat strength of three companies of the naval battalion. As for the field battalion and Huaguoshan, the number of artillery equipped is also insufficient, but it is not a top priority.

The third topic is the struggle for the naval armies of Xinjin and Chongqing. Don't look at the two cities, there are only a few hundred people, and they will be easily defeated by the Thunderbolts or the Mongols on land. But if it is on the water of Chongqing Mansion, it is an almost invincible existence. There is a saying in the Song army that "three years of infantry and ten years of water army", which means that to train a strong army, it takes three years for the infantry army and ten years for the navy. As a technical branch, whether it is ship construction, water combat skills, ship training, etc., it is not something that can be completed in a short time. Ouyang Xuan's task to Huang Dagen was that if the two city naval armies showed signs of surrendering to the Mongols, they would control Xinjin City even if they used force, and as for the Fucheng naval army, they would try their best to fight for it, and if they couldn't do it, they would seize or scuttle their warships.