Progress in rebuilding the city has been slow, but the bad news is growing ahead. At the meeting to report on the military situation, Chang Poyu asked Geng Zhong to read the latest battle report to everyone, and Geng Zhong cleared his throat.

"Three days ago, the Northern Wilderness rangers rode about 50,000 fine horses and broke through Liaoyuan City. Five hundred victorious defenders, all killed in battle, were hanged by the cruel enemy. All the people of the city were slaughtered, and there were even some young women, who were humiliated, and those who did not obey were killed......"

"Smack", Geng Zhong's battle report was just halfway through, and Chang Poyu, whose face was already flushed, smashed the horsewhip raised in his hand from the air and whipped it on the table in front of him. Immediately, there was a crisp sound of "click", the handle of the horsewhip snapped in response, and the sharp side thorns of the broken rod directly cut the old general's broad palm, and the surrounding generals were all silent in fright.

"Back then, the Marquis of Tiankui was ready to bury these barbarians who were inferior to pigs and dogs, but they were blocked by the first emperor, and they always felt that these barbarians could still be edified, so it was better to let them live, and even set up a rule of harmony, and married our good women in Daxia to these beasts and beasts. ”

Now, the tent was quieter. The first emperor decided on the national policy of reconciliation with the rangers and relatives despite public opinion. This national policy has always been criticized, and there were many shocks in the government and the opposition at that time. In the end, the rules set by the first emperor criticized the policy of harmony and forgiveness, and there was no forgiveness for killing, so the policy of harmony was postored. Now Chang Poyu actually bombarded "Heqin" again in public, which naturally made everyone nervous.

But everyone can also feel the anger of Chang Po, the Northern Wilderness Ranger took advantage of the fire to rob, and when Daxia stopped the Beast Legion for Kyushu, the Northern Wilderness Ranger stabbed him in the back, which was too insidious.

Before Chang Po's capture, he even uncharacteristically let the Changsheng army in northern Xinjiang stick to the city, try to avoid the battle, and let these rangers plunder the products and food of Great Xia, which has made him feel humiliated. I don't want the rangers to appreciate it at all, but they have intensified it, and this is already the fifth city they have captured.

The doctor who accompanied the army came up tremblingly and bandaged the wound on Chang Polu's bloody palm, Chang Polu gradually eased his breath and sighed,

"Our northern army is always victorious, the heroic spirit of the Marquis of Tiankui will not disperse, and the glory of the empire will not be extinguished, and if he is so humiliated today, he will be ......repaid a hundred times more in the future."

"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!" The surrounding generals were infected by the immortal military spirit on the old general's body, and they roared angrily, and even Xiang Bei, who was a little unclear, also raised his arms and shouted "repay a hundred times" with everyone.

It's just that after the impassionedness, what was left in front of everyone was still a deep helplessness, Chang Poyu couldn't continue to deceive everyone, because he couldn't continue to deceive himself, and the court had no intention of sending troops to reinforce him.

At present, the entire northern frontier of Great Xia is under enemy attack. Among them, the most pressure is the northwest defense line that he personally supervises, which is already fragile, and has to face more and more demon beast legions.

Geng Zhong once strongly advised Chang Po that as the commander, it was better to return to the DPRK to collect reinforcements. But Chang Poyu took out half of the Great Xia Five Army Tiger Talisman on his body,

"This tiger talisman seal seems to be divided into two, but in fact, this half of the tiger talisman in the army is just a fictitious thing. Have you ever remembered that you desperately begged for reinforcements for Shule, and the emperor could postpone the reinforcements for more than a month in order to celebrate the queen mother's birthday, not to mention, these so-called reinforcements are just a thousand elite soldiers temporarily seconded from Jinsha. ”

Geng Zhong couldn't answer, and he also knew that as far as the current situation was concerned, once Chang Po left the northern defense line, the entire two defense lines of Jinsha and Shuiquan would be useless, and in the face of the overwhelming beast army, Chang Sheng's army could only retreat in their respective cities and be broken one by one.

"General, there is no hope for backup, how should we ...... next?"

Chang Poyu glared at Captain Beacon fiercely,

"Hopeless support does not mean that there is no hope of victory, you see," Chang Poyu pointed to a newly drawn map in front of him and pointed to the generals around him,

"At present, the Demon Beast Legion is still increasing its troops, and we can't predict how many reinforcements will come to the land that will not come, but where the rangers are, 50,000 is already their upper limit. At this point, the old general suddenly stopped, brushed the long gray hair on his chest with his hand, and his eyes were slightly closed, as if thoughtful.

In the crowd, Xiang Bei, who was a little behind, also stared at the map in front of him, secretly speculating in his heart about Chang Poyu's thoughts, "If there is no hope for backup, then you can only rely on this little remnant of the army in your hand, but if you keep waiting, then this little bit of strength will only be eaten away a little bit." Therefore, Chang Poyu must want to take the initiative. ”

In the current form, taking the initiative to attack and facing the enemy on both sides at the same time is tantamount to throwing yourself into a net, so Chang Poyu should only be able to fight one side first, the key is to see which side this battle-hardened veteran wants to fight first.

Sure enough, Chang Poyu saw that everyone had been waiting for his plan, pondered for a while, and raised his hand to the location of the map due north,

"According to the route of the rangers, the next city to be targeted by them must be Lancheng, our Jinsha has collected a lot of stragglers who have returned from Tianyao during this time, plus the people and horses brought back from Yuzhu City by the pioneer captain, the number of people who have returned has been close to 10,000, and we are the closest reinforcements to Lancheng in northern Xinjiang. ”

Lu Jichuan's heart suddenly tightened, Mo was very sorry that he wanted to secondment Jinsha and other of his own men and horses to Lancheng to support? He simply asked, "Can General Chang make it clear?"

"I plan to gather the forces of the Northern Frontier first and quickly defeat the Northern Wilderness Rangers, so that I can gather the forces of the Northern Frontier again and use them to deal with these demon beast legions in front of me. ”

Lu Jichuan's color changed when he heard this, and before he could speak, Ma Zheng, who was standing beside him, jumped out,

"General Chang thinks twice, the Tiger Talisman you brought can only be loaned five hundred soldiers from our Jinsha City. I listen to you, are you going to transfer all of our victorious troops in Jinsha to the northern front line to fight against the Northern Wilderness Ranger?"

"Is there any problem?" Chang Poyu didn't seem to pursue Ma Zheng's identity as a captain of a thousand military colonels to question his decision-making as the protector of the five armies.

"What about Sands, after all, the enemy we face here is much stronger. Moreover, transferring troops without permission is a crime of punishing the nine clans. ”

Ma Zheng's flashing reminders were actually telling Chang Polu that he, the captain of Jinsha Qian, did not approve of Chang Polu's decision.

Chang Poyu has always disliked beating around the bush, but now in the process of dealing with a local snake like Ma Zheng, he has to try to control his own words to be more euphemistic. Ma Zheng's intention to stop the transfer of troops was not really worried that Chang Po was guilty of making a U-turn, but he always felt that Chang Po was here to seize Lu Jichuan and his own men.

When Chang Polu said his plan, he had actually anticipated the problems he was going to face, and he turned around and explained to Xiang Bei and Geng Zhong,

"Captain Vanguard, I ordered you to complete the restoration of the urn city within ten days, you may complete it?"

Xiang Bei originally wanted to throw the problem of insufficient stones to Chang Poyu, but after thinking about it, General Chang worked day and night, involving city defense, and he would personally inquire about everything, he had long known that the biggest difficulty in building Weng City was that there were not enough stones, but at this moment, he suddenly made himself speak, Xiang Bei couldn't help but peek at the old general's expectant gaze,

"Report to the general, promise to complete the mission!"

"Geng Zhong, I will leave you a thousand men and horses, cooperate with Xiang Bei, and use the urn city to defend it. Remember, no matter what the cost, you must defend the urn city for me!"

Ma Zheng still wanted to express his uneasiness, Chang Poyu didn't plan to give him another chance to waste time,

"The soldiers brought out by Jinsha were under the unified command of Lu Jichuan and assisted by Ma Zheng. Yang Sheng, you bring your 1,000 men and horses with you, and you are under the control of Lu Jichuan. ”

Chang Poyu's arrangement was not only to take care of the face of the soldiers in Jinsha City, but also to dispel Lu Jichuan's doubts. The formation of Lü Jichuan's troops was not affected in the slightest, and was still managed by Lü Jichuan and his men.

Ma Zheng was still dissatisfied, but in the face of the plan that his own boss had already agreed, he couldn't say anything.

In fact, this is a desperate move to fight against the rangers, and this kind of overwhelming force against the rangers must win a big victory in order to ensure morale and return to the Sands in time.

But the most dangerous part of this is the lonely city after he took the main force of the defenders away.

If it encounters a surprise attack by the Demon Beast Legion, if Jinsha can't withstand the attack of the tide of the Demon Beast Army, then even if the Ranger is defeated and the northwest defense line is lost, then no amount of victory is meaningless. The army of demon beasts that drove straight into the country was bound to fill the entire land of Great Xia with blood.

"I will let you complete the construction of the urn city within ten days, you must complete it for me, and then do everything to defend the city for me, and when the victorious rangers return with their army, I will personally thank you. ”

Although Xiang Bei felt that the construction of Jinsha Urn City was extremely tricky, he was not accustomed to the practice of "judging failure before trying". Once again, he climbed the halfway wall of the urn city wall.

On the urn city, you can see a slanting sun slowly falling, and the city behind the turn has gradually disappeared into darkness. I don't know how long this peaceful scene will last.

Suddenly, Xiang Bei saw neat rows of small houses at the foot of the city wall. These houses are short and capable, and what makes Xiang Bei's eyes shine is the walls of these small houses stacked with stones.

Xiang Bei specially found the front of these small houses, picked up a stone from the ground, and then carefully knocked on another stone, well, it was the pebble that had been looking for to repair the urn city.

Geng Zhong explained to Xiang Bei that these small stone houses were set up to facilitate the officers and soldiers defending the city. At the same time, he was also very curious about what Hubei wanted to do when studying these stone houses.

"I'm going to demolish these houses and use their stones for emergency ......"