Li Jian nodded, and then sighed: "Indeed, people like you and me, who have been loyal and good for generations, have more or less blood feuds with Yan Chuliao, this is the bottom line that we will not surrender to the enemy, but General Wei, you are still young, probably don't know that Xu Caiyong's family of thirty-seven people, regardless of women, children, old and young, all died on the battlefield, only Xu Caiyong, who was still in infancy, survived, it was Emperor Shun who saved him, and then raised by General Ye, and now I have witnessed General Ye die in the Golden Wolf City, you said that there was such an experience, Will Xu Caiyong still join the enemy? ”

Wei Qing couldn't help but be moved after hearing this, and said in a deep voice: "It's time to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”

Li Jian looked back at the humble general's mansion and sighed: "Everyone in my Liang is generous to death, just so that there will be a peaceful day in the world in the future." ”

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After the handover of military affairs in Yongzhou, Wei Qing prepared to rush to Bingzhou to prevent a sneak attack by the Chu State on a bypass. After it was determined that Xu Caiyong would stay in the Golden Wolf City, the selection of 100,000 soldiers became a problem, Li Jian gathered all the generals under his command in one place, and passed the order, those who were less than twenty-five years old, and those who had no brothers in the family, retreated to Red Dragon City, and the rest of the soldiers who stayed behind, each with ten taels of silver, and after finalizing the list of left-behind soldiers, Li Jian led the rest of the men and horses to Red Dragon City.

After entering the city, the army rested for a while, and Li Jian ordered people to strengthen the city walls, and at the same time build another urn city outside the four walls. The urn city and the city wall are the same height, a hundred steps apart, and the city tower has a passage in the middle and lower respectively, after the ingenious design of the Mo family giant, the passage can be dismantled from the city wall, in case the urn city is lost when it becomes a shortcut for the enemy to enter the city, between the two cities is dug out a huge ravine, filled with river water, forming a moat, there are boats to and fro on weekdays, for the soldiers and people to enter and exit, the bottom of the moat is buried with a bamboo pole that is sharpened at the top, and it is hooked with a fishing net, which is used to ambush the Chu army attacking the city from the waterway, and the two city towers are equipped with sandalwood and rolling stones innumerable, It's all in place.

Red Dragon City has never encountered war all year round, and the products are extremely rich, now it only needs to increase the number of people, day and night, Li Jian is confident that the urn city will be built within ten days, and there are Xu Caiyong and the 100,000 defenders who also regard death as home, unless the Chu State raises troops to the south, it is easy to block the ten days.

As far as the two sides of Liang and Chu are concerned, as the co-lord of the Central Plains for three hundred years, the Liang State has a huge innate advantage, because of its vast land and resources, there is time and Chu hard consumption, the battle between the two countries, is not only a competition of military strength, but also a competition of national strength, the territory is far inferior to the national strength of the Liang State of Chu, just raising the hundreds of thousands of troops, the daily consumption is a huge expense, if you can't capture the city of Liang as soon as possible, the national treasury is not enough silver, and when you can't afford to pay the military salary, there will be civil strife, so Li Jian guessed, within half a month, The state of Chu must launch an offensive again, so it can only speed up the deployment of defenses and make adequate preparations for the battle of defending the city in advance.

When the army entered the Red Dragon City, the people in the city were all in danger, worried about the outbreak of war, many wealthy families originally planned to move their families to the south, but when they learned that the person who led the troops was Wang Li Jian, the king of the Liang Dynasty, as if they had eaten a reassuring pill, not only did not choose to flee, but took the initiative to join the construction project of the urn city, this unexpected joy shortened the construction period of the urn city, and also allowed the 100,000 army to have time to rest.

Although in the hearts of the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Chu and Liao in the past, in terms of military leadership, Sikong Li was a well-deserved number one general in the world, but in the hearts of the people of Liang State, Li Jian, who has not tasted defeat so far, is a veritable military god.

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In Poyang City, Li Mixian and Ou Yunxi had already disguised themselves a few days ago and quietly infiltrated the territory of Liang State, preparing to visit those spies, while the two generals Sikong Li and Baili Jin gathered in the palace.

Sikong Li took a copy of the information that was hard to pass on in Yongzhou, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen has just received the news that Feng Jingquan has sent Li Jian to personally guard Yongzhou, and now the Yongzhou garrison is only 200,000 horses, and Wei Qing was transferred to Bingzhou for no reason, and now there is only Li Jian in Yongzhou, and the candidate for the Liangzhou guard has not been decided for a long time. ”

Chen Xiongqi said: "What kind of medicine is sold in Feng Jingquan's gourd, and he dares to put Li Jian in Yongzhou, is it fearless or a stupid move, what do you think?" ”

Baili Jin said in a deep voice: "On that day, Wei Chen was in the Hundred Divisions City, and was put on a move by Liang Guo's strategists with a trick to empty the city, the same strategy, and then the power will be greatly reduced, although there has been gossip that Feng Jingquan and Li Jian have always been at odds, but Wei Chen thinks that even if he Feng Jingquan is stupid again, he will not be a child's play in national affairs." If Li Jian dies early, it will do all kinds of harm to the Liang State and no benefit, besides, who the Liangzhou guard will be, and how many men and horses are stationed in Liangzhou and Youzhou, I don't know at all, so it is better to wait for accurate information before making plans. ”

Sikong Li sneered: "You should be so easy to get information now? I'm afraid that General Baili doesn't know that for this piece of information, Ben General lost seven spies, and it was delayed for five whole days! Now that the war between the two countries is imminent, it is extremely difficult to transmit every piece of information, and besides, Liang Guo, who is not as rich as the world, can no longer wait. If Yongzhou cannot be captured within three months, the soldiers' food and salary will not be paid! Your Majesty, Weichen thought that no matter whether Liang Guo's move was false or real, he would know if he fought a game. ”

Chen Xiong also understands the current situation of the Chu State, although the soldiers ate the Yan State without blood and forced Li Chengzhi to death, but the treasury of the Yan State was empty, and the King of Yan transferred the gold and silver treasures early, and even Baili Jin did not know its whereabouts, and what was needed to fight the war was not gold, silver and jewelry, but grain and grass. The land of Yan and Chu is barren, far less fertile than the Central Plains, and the yield per mu is less than half of that of Liang, and since the war between the two countries, the border of Liang has been strictly controlled, prohibiting officials and people from selling grain, grass and medicinal materials to Chu, cutting off a channel from the root.

Looking at the two generals, Chen Xiong sighed: "Although my Great Chu claims to have 700,000 soldiers, which is almost the same as that of Liang State, in addition to the 700,000 regular army of Liang State, there are 100,000 righteous soldiers and 1.2 million people, to solve the worries of Liang Guo's army. In the final analysis, my Great Chu is just a small barbarian country in the north, even after annexing the Yan State, it still can't get rid of this fact, a small barbarian country, competing with the orthodox Liang State in the Central Plains, can't afford to consume, only by taking the initiative to attack, can you have a chance of winning! Sikong, according to your meaning, whether he is false or real, you will know when you hit it! ”