Wu Feng immediately issued an order, ordering one of the five squadrons of the Third Brigade of the Fourth Wing to stay on patrol on the city wall, and the other four squadrons to guard the four gates respectively. The common people were only allowed in but not out, to prevent enemy spies from sneaking in to carry out sabotage -
Then, Wu Feng ordered the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion of the Fourth Regiment, together with the escorting troops, to seize the time to set up the twenty giant trebuchets on the four walls of Qingyang Fucheng, and debug them as soon as possible, and at the same time, do a good job in protecting them. Work. These twenty trebuchets were originally intended to be used to strengthen the defense of Qingyang Prefecture after the war. They have a long range, high lethality, and are very powerful. I didn’t expect that they would be put to use so quickly—
Several measures taken by Wu Feng soon had obvious results, and order in the city was restored to normal. Especially the bloody heads of several robbers hanging on the gate of the arena, which frightened those who wanted to do evil. Merchants also opened their shops and continued business as usual. The work of repairing the city wall is also progressing very smoothly. The enthusiastic people even dismantled items from their own houses despite the lack of materials, which moved Wu Feng very much. The moat cleaning and dredging work has been progressing slowly. Due to years of neglect, many sections have been completely blocked and require a lot of efforts to dredge it. However, with the strong support of the people, some progress has been made. It is estimated that it will take two to three years. Only genius can complete the water supply—
The recruitment also achieved very good results. Tens of thousands of people signed up enthusiastically that afternoon. After screening, those who were only children and those with insufficient physical conditions were eliminated, and more than 8,000 people still joined the army. The several troops led by Liang Chongxin who went out of the city to search for the dispersed troops achieved even more gratifying results. On this day alone, more than 12,000 dispersed soldiers came to the battle field in the west of the city to report. Wu Feng personally received them and had already prepared them. Hot water, food, medicine, tents and other supplies were delivered to them. These soldiers were very moved and expressed their willingness to obey the arrangements and fight the enemy again -
When Liang Chongxin returned from the search work that day, Wu Feng immediately had a secret conversation with him. Afterwards, Liang Chongxin and the three squadrons directly under him took the time to rest. That night, Liang Chongxin led the cavalry of the three squadrons to quietly leave the city overnight and disappeared into the night. middle-
That night, Wu Feng ordered the Fifth Brigade to take over the patrol work of the Second Brigade, and ordered Cui Wenxiu to lead the Second Brigade to conduct a three-day simple training of more than 8,000 newly recruited soldiers. He also ordered Mulige to take charge of the overall work of the First Brigade and be responsible for the reorganization of the more than 12,000 soldiers who had been dispersed, and strive to complete the reorganization within three days. Wu Feng also ordered the fifth brigade to take out a squadron, change into civilian clothes and disperse out of the city to collect intelligence—
After arranging all this, Wu Feng, Xiao Tang, Zhan Zhaobai, and Wei Dongchen looked around. The repair work of the city wall was burning the midnight oil and was in full swing. The cleaning and dredging of the moat had also made great progress. Wu Feng was checking Finally, the instructions were given to deepen and widen the moat, and ordered the messengers to immediately mobilize the second brigade and the more than 8,000 recruits, and work overtime overnight -
After checking all the areas, the sky has turned white. Wu Feng was still very energetic, but the other three were obviously not as good as him, but they all managed to hold on, "Master Li, when do you think the Luobei people will attack us?" On the way back to the city to guard the mansion. , Zhan Zhaobai couldn't help asking this question that everyone was very concerned about. Wu Feng thought while walking, and after walking for a while, he answered: "The enemy's main task at present is to snatch grain, grass and livestock. I guess the enemy hasn't discovered it yet. There is an anomaly here, but the enemy's scouts will notice it tonight at the latest. And when the main enemy forces in Bonan and Guide receive the news, it will definitely be tomorrow, and they will definitely have to spend two days to complete it. We will return to the division only after the food grabbing mission. To sum up, our enemy should take action against us in four days. So we still have four days to prepare, and we must make all preparations within these four days to cope with the upcoming attack. The battle." Wei Dongchen asked another question: "I heard that your Excellency once said that he has sent people to Taixuan Mansion and Guanxi and Heshuo counties to request reinforcements. Is there any news?" This was Wu Feng's attempt to strengthen the army at that time. He made it up casually because of the confidence of Zhan and Wei. Unexpectedly, they believed it to be true. Wufeng replied without blinking: "I guess it's almost here now, and there will be news tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest." -
Xiao Tang raised another question: "Sir, I'm afraid we have to prepare some medical staff. This battle will definitely not end in a day or two. Our own troops are definitely not enough, so there is no need to worry about medicine." "This I'm afraid we need to ask two gentlemen to come forward to coordinate." Zhan and Wei quickly said that there was no problem -
Returning to the city guard's mansion, it has been taken over by Wufeng's personal guard squadron and has become a temporary command center. As soon as they returned to the mansion to rest for a while, the guards came to report that the troops who had left the city for reconnaissance were back and had a report. After listening to the report of the reconnaissance team, Wu Feng learned that the enemy had not noticed the changes here yet, and was concentrating on robbing grain, grass and livestock in the countryside. Many people in the countryside were fleeing towards Qingyang Fucheng. It is estimated that the situation here will not be hidden for long. It seems that preparations need to be speeded up—
The second and third days passed quickly in the busy work. The repair and improvement work of the city wall has come to an end. The cleaning, channeling, widening and deepening of the moat is also progressing very quickly. Wu Feng attaches great importance to this work. , because when the enemy lacks effective siege facilities, the moat can play a very good role in delaying the enemy's attack. It can buy a lot of time for the defending side and greatly increase the losses of the attacking side. In the past two days, nearly 6,000 more scattered troops from the empire came to report. Wu Feng was very satisfied. Although these troops were dispersed, they were soldiers who had undergone formal training after all. They only needed to be reorganized. Without training, it can exert at least 50% of its combat effectiveness. Unlike those new recruits, after two or three days of training, they can barely serve as a logistics transport unit to help the regular troops in defense, and at the same time, they can also see what real war is like -
Time entered the fourth day after the war. Just after noon, Wu Feng received a report from the reconnaissance force. The main force of the Luo Bei people had arrived near Qingyang Fucheng. Wu Feng sat on his chair and sighed. The Luo Bei people The efficiency cannot be underestimated. It was a full day and a half ahead of schedule. Fortunately, I did not relax. The repair of the city wall has been completed and the work on the moat will also be completed in the afternoon. It is just in time to be used.
Climbing the West Tower, Wu Feng looked far into the distance and saw yellow dust covering the sky in the distance to the west. At a glance, he could tell that this was the dust caused by the rapid march of a large force of cavalry. As expected, the enemy still chose the accustomed direction of Xicheng as the main direction of attack. At first, they judged that although the enemy would return from the east, the West City was the direction they attacked many times. In their impression, the walls of the West City were much more shabby, and there was a high possibility that the enemy would choose the west as their main attack direction. I generously arranged eleven of the twenty large trebuchets on the west city wall, and only three on each of the other walls. It seemed that my judgment was correct -
Just when Wu Feng climbed up the tower to observe the Luobei troops, the Luobei troops were busy forming a group to set up camp. After receiving the report from the detective horse about the anomalies in Qingyang City, Ha Xian, who led the infantry on a raiding and food-grabbing mission, immediately sensed that the matter was unusual and immediately sent a fast horse to inform Kuerdo and Geya in Guide and Bonan respectively that everything had been done. The two men who defeated the Empire's Western Expedition Army also felt the seriousness of the matter and stepped up to complete the task of grabbing food. They ordered their respective lieutenants to stay behind, and they led the main cavalry back west quickly -
Luobei army camp. After a period of commotion, the troops of Kurdo, Geya, and Hasian had completed setting up camp, and the three of them also sat in Kurdo's tent. When Tu Da, the general who conquered the east, led his troops to return home first, he appointed Kurdo as the commander-in-chief, and Geya and Hasian as his deputy-
"Ha Xian, please talk about the situation first." Kurdo, who was in the middle, looked a little gloomy. After all, he was the coach. If something went wrong later, he would have to bear the main responsibility. "Okay, let me talk about it first. On the afternoon of the battle, after you led your troops to chase the defeated Tanghe people, I led the infantry on a food and grass collection mission under the order of the general. The collection mission in Qingyang Mansion was also completed smoothly. However, the scout report found that many small groups of enemies were moving around, and a large number of defeated Sanhedrins poured into Qingyang City. I immediately sent scouts to find out more, and found that Qingyang City, which originally had no defenders, actually had a garrison. The number is unknown, and I arranged for them to be mixed into Qingyang City in several batches with the local farmers who fled into Qingyang City, but until now, there has been no news about these people." Because Wufeng took the measure of only being allowed in but not allowed out, The city defense management has also been strengthened. No one is allowed to leave the city without Wu Feng's order. Although the agents sent by Ha Xian sneaked into the city, they were unable to leave the city, so they could not spread the news—
The three of them couldn't figure out where the troops in the city who dared to fight came from. Ge Ya pondered for a while and raised his own question: "The Tanghe people's Western Expedition troops have been completely defeated by us, and it is impossible to organize them again." , and according to our intelligence, there was no city defense force in Qingyang City before our war. So where did this force come from? How many troops are there?" Kurdo, who had been thinking hard, finally spoke: "Ge What Ya said is the same as what I thought. It is possible that the enemy is a later reinforcement and has not caught up with the previous battle. There will not be many in number. However, this general is not an easy person to deal with. He knows how to take measures as soon as he enters the city. It is not easy to guard against our spies and mobilize the local people to resist us. However, he also thinks too highly of his own strength. With just some defeated soldiers and some ordinary people, he wants to fight with Our large army is overestimating us. Don't think too much now, take the time to rest, and send more scouts out to spy on the situation. When the main infantry force arrives tomorrow, it will be their end." Ge Ya and Ha Xian They all agree with Kurdo's opinion. They all believe that in this case, no one can stop their pace of conquest -
Just as the Luobi people outside the city were gearing up to launch an attack, Wu Feng was also seizing the time to make final preparations. Mulige has reorganized the scattered troops. Except for the nearly 4,000 sick and wounded, Mulige has reorganized the remaining 14,000 troops into four regiments, taking turns taking them to Xicheng to familiarize themselves with the terrain. Cui Wenxiu also led The second brigade and more than 8,000 recruits brought various materials such as rolling logs, hammering stones, arrows, and boiling oil to the top of the city. Wufeng also ordered that a thousand box crossbows brought by the escort were also placed on the west city wall. It is also a powerful weapon, but since this weapon requires a certain amount of time to reposition the crossbow each time it is fired, its power is limited. At the same time, Wu Feng also ordered the troops to demolish the residential houses along the city wall, and promised to pay compensation after the war to prevent fires and chaos caused by enemy rockets during the war -
The people in the city also knew that the critical moment was coming, so they organized themselves consciously and worked overtime to prepare dry food, stretchers and other necessary supplies. At the same time, many people took the initiative to sign up to serve as stretcher bearers. The entire city is like a clockwork machine, everything revolves around the coming war -
At night, Wu Feng and Xiao Tang talked about tomorrow's war in the study room of the city guard. When Xiao Tang asked about Liang Chongxin's whereabouts, Wu Feng just smiled and did not answer. Since Liang Chongxin returned to Qingyang Fucheng on the evening of October 8, no one has seen him again. No one knows when and where he went. Along with him, three direct cavalry squadrons of Wufeng disappeared with him. .