Fan Yunchao and Li Ming quickly entered the military city through the urn city.

The urn city of Dunhuang city in four directions is only one hundred and fifteen zhang wide, it is said to be a city, it is more like a big passage between the military city and the outer city wall, the urn city is empty, there are no buildings to climb, the city wall of the military city on the opposite side is higher than the outer city wall, the wall is completely perpendicular to the ground, unlike the outer city wall and there is a certain inclination angle.

Once the outer city is broken through or destroyed by the enemy, the urn city has become a buffer zone to block the enemy's rapid attack on the military city, such a short distance is completely under the control of the bow and crossbow, supplemented by some city defense equipment, you can effectively resist the enemy's attack, and at the same time, the urn city is also a good battlefield to lure the enemy deep and set up an ambush to annihilate the enemy.

The enemy army occupying the outer city wall can not capture the military city, and can not stay on the outer city wall with no danger to defend for a long time, so they can only withdraw from the city, so that the outer city wall will be handed over to the defenders in the city, and the next attack will still have to start from the outer city wall, so repeated several times, the enemy's offensive momentum will completely collapse, and finally can only choose to withdraw.

After Fan Yunchao and Li Ming rode their horses into the military city, Li Ming consciously retreated and let Fan Yunchao drive his horse in front, in the military city, Fan Yunchao was the highest-ranking officer, and no one could walk in front of him.

Like the urn city, the military city is not directly connected to the urban area where the people live, they have special passages that lead directly to the city gates, and there is no need to use the same passage as the people to enter and exit the city gates.

There is only one city gate in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the four military cities to communicate with the outer city where the people live, except for the purchase in the army, it will generally not be opened, and the military city is actually completely isolated from the life of the people of Dunhuang City.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the common people were not allowed to enter the military city without permission, and when they left the city, they would go directly from the outer city to the outside of the city through the long corridor, and would not enter the area of the military city and the urn city.

The area of the military city is much wider than that of the urn city, and there are more than 44,000 people stationed here in Dunhuang City in peacetime, including the standing horse foot garrison, the equipment battalion, and the baggage battalion, and it can accommodate 200,000 people in wartime mobilization.

Barracks and training grounds are all over the military city, and there are shops and barber shops outside, all of which are available here, but all of them are operated by the army itself, and the sergeants of the border army can enter the outer city from the military city gate in batches only during the rest time, and there is a time limit for each time they enter the city.

Although the barbarian coalition army has withdrawn, the training atmosphere in the military city is still strong, and it is close to noon at this time, and the training of recruits has just ended.

The battle to defend Dunhuang showed the tenacity of the Dunhuang border army, but it also exposed the problem of insufficient training and insufficient tactical literacy of the border army in peacetime, and under the condition of occupying such a geographical advantage, nearly 30,000 people were killed and wounded, although more than half of them were temporarily conscripted city defense troops, but the results were still extremely painful.

Li Chengliang and Fan Yunchao wrote to the imperial court together, hoping to increase the official number of troops in Dunhuang from 44,000 to 64,000 in order to cope with the complicated military and political situation in the northwest frontier in the future.

In order to cooperate with the expansion plan of the Tang Kingdom to the west and north, the imperial court actually approved the new military quota of Dunhuang Mansion very happily this time, and increased the budget for the annual training of reserve soldiers in Dunhuang Prefecture.

In order to help Dunhuang Prefecture quickly restore the combat strength of the army, the Ministry of War specially transferred a 10,000-strong elite army from Suzhou Province and Ganzhou Province to supplement Dunhuang Prefecture, and approved Dunhuang Prefecture to recruit 13,000 additional soldiers on its own.

The City Lord's Mansion and the Garrison General's Mansion jointly issued a "Conscription Order" yesterday, hoping to take advantage of the lingering heat of the great victory in the defense of Dunhuang and hurry up to recruit a group of enthusiastic young people to join the border army.

After the conscription order was issued, it immediately attracted many enthusiastic young people to come to serve in the army, and the folk martial arts in the northwest prevailed, and many people had participated in the training of reserve soldiers before, participated in cleaning up the battlefield, and they longed to sweat on the battlefield.

There are also some people who have joined the army because they have too many brothers in their families and have a large family burden, and they cannot find a suitable job in Dunhuang City, and they are unwilling to go out of the city to pioneer and farm, and they have no strength but nowhere to use it, so joining the border army is a good choice.

The military salary of the border army is rich, about twice that of the work in the city, if you can make military achievements during the army, and the family can also get a series of preferential policies such as tax exemption, joining the army will naturally have a lot of attraction.

Fan Yunchao saw that there were a lot of young people who came to sign up for the army, and his mood became much better, it seems that the blood of the Tang people's patriotism and martial arts is still flowing in the veins, as long as there is this patriotic enthusiasm, it is the people's heart, and there is no need to worry too much about the future of the Tang Kingdom.

Fan Yunchao did not disturb the normal training and recruitment of non-commissioned officers of the border army, he knew that a good leader was not to cause trouble to his subordinates, and unnecessary inspection and guidance work was the most boring thing to waste the time of both parties, so he decided to go directly through the military city, go to the outer city, enter the inner city, and arrive at the city lord's mansion.

Fan Yunchao walked through the military city, and just walked to the front of the military city road leading to the outer city, suddenly a very noisy dispute came from the front, Fan Yunchao couldn't help frowning, who is arguing in front of the military city, don't you know that it is a felony to attack and harass the military city?

Before Fan Yunchao could get angry, one of his own soldiers behind him had already driven his horse past everyone, quickly entered the Yongdao Road, and went to the gate of the military city to understand the situation.

Li Ming also hurriedly stepped forward, walked to Fan Yunchao's side and whispered: "Don't worry, general, the last general estimates that the people outside the door should be the people who came to the labor army. ”

When Fan Yunchao heard this, he immediately understood what was going on, and the anger in his heart immediately disappeared a little, and sure enough, after a while, the soldiers reported that it was the people of the labor army who wanted to enter the city to offer condolences, but the guards at the gate of the military city stopped them outside the military city in accordance with the military laws of the Tang Dynasty, so there were some disputes.

Fan Yunchao knew that this was a good opportunity to enhance the integration of the military and the people and deepen the mutual trust between the military and the people, and he could not just ruthlessly refuse the hospitality of the people, if this time hurt the people's patriotism and support for the army, no one would come to ask the people to come to the army in the future.

After thinking for a while, Fan Yunchao immediately told one of his personal soldiers that he should inform the guards at the gate of the military city and ask the people of the labor army to retreat 200 zhang, and the representatives of the border army in the military city would go out of the city to receive condolences.

Soon, the people at the gate of the military city withdrew two hundred zhang and gave way to the school field in front of the military gate of the Beicheng army, and at the same time, the battalion officers of the Beicheng also quickly organized the representatives of the border army in place.

This time, a total of 600 elite soldiers of the border army were mobilized, all of them were tall, bright and bright, and their faces were fierce, because they were out of the military city to receive condolences, they did not carry long weapons, they only brought sabers and swords.

Half of the soldiers were wounded warriors who had survived a hundred battles, and their injuries were mostly in the face, head and neck, but did not hurt their limbs, and they still had strong combat strength, while those border soldiers who were seriously injured in their hands and feet were forced to retire from active service and be resettled.

A brass horn sounded, and the small gate leading from the military city to the outer city slowly opened, only to see a general in silver helmet and silver armor walking out first, followed by six battalion officers driving horses, and then behind were six hundred neatly draped border soldiers, who kept a neat pace and slowly pushed out of the military city.

The leading gentry and villagers and the laborers and ordinary people behind them were stunned, and they didn't know what the border troops who were going out of the camp were going to do, and at this moment, a sharp-eyed villager suddenly shouted: "It's General Fan! It's General Fan! General Fan has personally come out of the military city to receive our condolences!"

"Really, which one is General Fan?"

"Get out of the way, I want to see our big hero in Dunhuang City!"

"Ahh

“......”

In the midst of the noise, more than 600 representatives of the border army of Beicheng stood still on the school ground in front of the military city, and they formed a goose-shaped formation, although they did not hold their weapons in their hands, but just this neat military appearance exuded a solemn and murderous atmosphere, rushing to their faces, making the contingent that came to comfort the labor army feel a great sense of oppression.

A thousand generals on the far right of the second row quickly put down his raised right hand, and six hundred elite soldiers roared in unison: "Roar!"

This sound was like a flat ground explosion of thunder, a storm crossing, and even the condolence of the labor army retreated three steps, among which many gentry and village elders in the first row were so frightened that they fell down, and finally let the people of Dunhuang see the might of the border army.

A leading villager is more than sixty years old, but the body is still very healthy, when he was young, he also served as a border army, although he was also taken by the momentum of these six hundred elite soldiers, but he quickly recovered, he was the first to get up, took the lead in applauding, the other people only then reacted, hurriedly followed the applause, immediately applause thunderous.

The leader of the township said loudly: "Fellow villagers, this is our Dunhuang border army, the real tiger army, just with this roar, you can make the enemy frightened, and it really deserves its reputation!"

The little old man Zheng Feng was also a border soldier when he was young, and when he saw the Pao Ze brothers today, he couldn't help but be excited, and his emotions were difficult to suppress, and he hoped that the general would not be blamed, woo woo~~"

As he spoke, Zheng Feng bowed to the end and cried, I don't know if he remembered his career as a horseman, or if he remembered his comrades who died at a young age, but he didn't know where the sadness came from, maybe only those who had been soldiers could understand his feelings.

Fan Yunchao hurriedly jumped off the horse, stepped forward to support the excited Zheng Feng and said: "Uncle, it turns out that you are also our robe, and you are our senior, you don't need to make this big gift, please get up quickly, otherwise you will torture me and wait." ”

Fan Yunchao helped Zheng Feng up, and Zheng Feng was so excited that he was already choked up and speechless.

Fan Yuchao let his own soldiers support Zheng Feng, he jumped on the horse's back with a hollow head, standing on the saddle, his mount was well-trained and very obedient, although a heavy object suddenly fell on its back, it was not panicked, and it could stand firmly in place, motionless, so that Fan Yunchao could stand firmly on its back.

Another soldier hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the reins of the general's mount, fearing that the mount had been frightened and wounded the general.

Fan Yunchao's horse was quite psychic, staring at the pro-soldier with big eyes, shaking his head with some dissatisfaction, snorting, and spraying some snot and saliva on the pro-soldier, as if protesting against the pro-soldier's troubles, this pro-soldier knew the character of the general's mount very well, completely ignored those snot and saliva, and still firmly grasped the reins in his hand.

Fan Yunchao stood in the saddle, so that most of the people could see his figure, and he said loudly: "Fellow villagers, this general Fan Yunchao, thank you for your long-term care and support for the border army.

The country cannot stand without defense, and the people are uneasy without defense. It is the duty of soldiers to protect their homes and defend the country, and all our efforts are without regrets, and now they have been recognized by the fathers and elders of their hometown, and it is the honor of every border soldier.

The relationship between the border army and the people is like the relationship between fish and water, fish cannot do without water, water nourishes fish, water cannot lack fish, without the cleanliness of fish, water will not always remain pure.

The border army of Dunhuang City comes from the people, relies on the people, is the children of Dunhuang Mansion, and the people of Dunhuang Mansion are connected by blood, and it is only by relying on the support and support of the old folks that they can develop and grow.

In this battle to defend Dunhuang, the border army and the people made great sacrifices together to protect the safety of Dunhuang City, I think we need to thank not only the border army, but also our great Dunhuang people.

On behalf of the border army of Dunhuang City, I would like to express my most sincere thanks to you, because our border army has used the people's taxes and should not ask for anything from the people.

At the same time, the imperial court and the Ministry of War have clear regulations that the people are not allowed to enter the military city, and the Tang Army is not allowed to accept any civil gifts other than military salaries.

This is our common concept, Fan Yunchao is willing to lead the border army to breathe with you, share the fate, and connect with each other!"

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