Knowing that Fang Xie was coming back, Sun Kaidao led the generals to wait at the gate of Fangu City. When he saw Fang Xie's general flag appearing from a distance, Sun Kaidao immediately led his people to meet him. When he was still far away, he knelt down on one knee to salute, and all the generals behind him also knelt down in unison.
"The subordinates are waiting to congratulate the general for winning the flag and being promoted to Marquis."
Sun Kaidao said solemnly.
Fang Jie jumped off his horse, stretched out his hand to help him up and said with a smile, "Everyone, get up, the people who came back to report the news are also talkative, so they spread the word early. Let's let this go beforehand. Nothing happened at home these days, right? "
"without."
Sun Kaidao said with a smile: "However, as expected by the general, Baihuo's 10,000 wolf cavalry were stationed dozens of miles away a while ago. It is estimated that they did not dare to attack directly because they saw that our soldiers were strong and strong. After all, they are all cavalry. Fan Gu The city is also strong. Lu Fenghou led his men to build two stone walls more than two feet high on the other side of the canyon. The barbarians probably didn't expect that the back road was blocked and dared not act rashly. His idea. If the 200,000 wolf riders don’t return for a day, Bo Huo doesn’t even have the guts to go to war without authorization. His 10,000 men are really not enough capital.”
Fang Jie hummed: "Transport more food and grass to the Qingxia. Once the war starts, the soldiers guarding the Qingxia will be attacked by the enemy. It will not happen for a while. If the imperial reinforcements are not available, our battle will take a while. Brother Meng I would not be willing to leave more than 200,000 wolf riders in the northwest, no matter how powerful Meng Yuan is, this is not a small number, it will hurt the bones."
Sun Kaidao nodded: "My subordinates have already dispatched a large amount of food, grass and luggage to Qingxia, and divided the troops into three batches. Ten thousand people guard Fangu, fifteen thousand people guard the cottage, and the rest of the troops are in Qingxia. Side. According to the general's order, Chen Qianshan guarded Fan Gu, Xiahou Baichuan and Lu Fenghou guarded Qingxia, and his subordinates led troops to respond in the Shanzhai."
Fang Jie let out a hum, and the arrangement was quite satisfactory. Although the troops were a little scattered, they formed a character-shaped formation, serving as horns, supporting each other back and forth. The men and horses on the cottage were regarded as a mobile rescue team. Support, harass the enemy from the rear.
"Very good, and the matter of distributing food to the people is especially good."
Fang Jie said as he walked, "However, I want to tell the people that there will be fierce battles in a few days, and let them avoid it after planting food. , They have nothing to do, it’s better to avoid it in advance, don’t lose your life in vain.”
"The subordinate has already sent someone to tell the people when the food is distributed."
Sun Kaidao glanced to the west and said: "The scouts have been investigating on the west side of Langru Mountain. Kuoketai Mengge indeed has the tendency to deploy troops to meet the Mongolian barbarians. These days, Mongolian rangers continue to appear on the Mandu Banner grass field. It’s just that they didn’t expect us to block the canyon, and now our advantage is that the enemy troops on both sides don’t know whether the other party has arrived, so they dare not attack easily.”
Fang Jie nodded: "Taking advantage of this rare leisure time, let the soldiers rest and go into the city. I'll go to the canyon to have a look later."
Everyone followed Fang Jie into the city, because the canyon side was the most important point of defense, so Fang Jie ordered to send all the Yujian armor brought back from the Sui army's camp. heaviest. The emperor must have thought of this, so most of the supplies and arrows allocated were 150,000.
After Fang Xie entered Fan Gu, he first inspected the city defenses. It could be seen that Sun Kaidao hadn't been idle these days. The defense facilities on the city walls had been reinforced, and the key places were filled with sacks of earth. The roofs of the people's houses in the city are covered with a layer of mud, which is to prevent the enemy from attacking with feather arrows.
The density of the spikes is staggering enough. This defensive weapon can easily kill the soldiers who are besieging the city, and it can be used many times until the spikes are broken. Fang Jie saw that there were large tanks at intervals on the city wall, which were filled with kerosene. If the enemy attacked violently, pour the kerosene down, and any spark would burn it into pieces. Although the northwest is barren, there are many places near Langru Mountain that have this kind of kerosene. You don’t even need to dig it. Walking on it is like walking on a sponge pad.
People in this era don't know much about kerosene, they only know that it can burn. When Fang Jie was a scout in Fan Gu, he had sighed with emotion. In his previous life, this place would have been prosperous because of its rich oil. The people in the Northwest are not so impoverished, but rich as hell.
Looking out from the city wall, the east side of Fan Gu is open and unobstructed, which is an advantage for the wolf cavalry. The cavalry can't stop the cavalry's fleeting arrival, so from the beginning, Fang Xie didn't intend to let the black flag army and the wolf In field battles, the advantage of the Sui army is that they have absolutely rich experience in defending the city, while the wolf cavalry is still a student for the siege.
Attacking the enemy's weaknesses with their own strengths, the Sui army was not afraid of anything.
Looking into the city, the place where the grain and grass are stored is the original Biejiang Mansion. The courtyard walls have been raised, and the roof has been paved with soil. It seems that everything has been prepared.
The advantage of having a capable man is that basically everything has been arranged even in your absence.
"The subordinates blocked the other city gates."
When he said this, Sun Kaidao had determination on his face.
He knew that this time was different from the time when he had to surrender to the rebels. At that time, if he did not surrender, nine out of ten he would die. At this time, as long as he survived the attack of the Mongolian barbarians, he would have a good future. The matter of surrendering to the rebels can also be ignored. The most obvious thing he can see now is that the better he behaves, the more Fang Jie hates him. If the court investigates the past in the future, Fang Jie will excuse him.
"very good."
Fang Jie sighed in admiration, remembering what Hou Wenji said to him, couldn't help but struggle in his heart. If he left to go to the prairie at this time, and went back and forth for several months, it would definitely delay the battle. Moreover, Hou Wenji only mentioned the general location of Prince Zhong, and it would not take a while to find him.
"correct."
At this moment, Sun Kaidao remembered something: "A friend of Lord Hou once came here a while ago, a fat Taoist priest, who has not been out of the canyon for a long time."
Fang Jie was overjoyed immediately: "Let the scouts inquire about the news and see if we can find him!"
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canyon
Fang Jie stood on the stone wall and looked down, while Lu Fenghou stood beside him and giggled.
"Good job."
Fang Jie smiled: "From now on, you are a veritable fifth-rank general. His Majesty has granted me the right to appoint and remove officials from rank-4 and below."
"Thank you, Lord Hou!"
Lu Fenghou bowed with a silly smile.
This is also a special case during wartime. According to the rules, even a general of the third rank does not have the right to appoint and remove officials of the fourth rank at will. Fang Jie is only a fourth rank now, let alone this qualification. The emperor knew that this battle was important, so he gave Fang Jie this privilege to boost morale.
"Xiahou Baichuan!"
"The subordinates are here!"
"Before you were already a fifth-rank general promoted by the prince, and now I have promoted you to a fourth-rank Xiongweilang general."
"Subordinate... Thank you Lord Marquis for your promotion!"
Xiahou Baichuan quickly knelt down.
"Get up, you all know in your heart that you don't need to be too happy about how many officials you have been promoted to. The time to be happy is after you have survived this battle. At that time, His Majesty will give you more than that. Those who serve the country are the only ones who serve the country. Work hard, Your Majesty is a wise monarch and will not bury your contributions. In times of peace and prosperity, the country raises soldiers, and many people say that soldiers are useless, so we just have to laugh it off. But when the country is in trouble, it is time for us to draw our swords to clean up. Let those who say that soldiers are useless also see who will keep them safe at critical times."
"This subordinate is waiting for Master Hou to order!"
Fang Jie hummed: "Tell the soldiers, this battle will not be easy... What you are blocking are not only the fierce wolf knights, but also a group of people who are eager to go home. The former is more important. If it is changed to barbarians blocking our way home, you can imagine how fierce the enemy will be this time."
After Fang Jie checked the defenses on this side of the canyon, he went to the west side to check. Between the two stone walls is the entire canyon, which is the living space of nearly 20,000 soldiers. The entire canyon was blocked from both ends, the stone wall on the east side still had a door, and the west side was completely blocked. Standing on the stone wall to the west and looking out, you can see the vast and boundless prairie without clairvoyance.
A few years ago, 700,000 elite soldiers and millions of civilians bravely walked out from here in the Sui Dynasty. How high-spirited were they at that time? But who would have thought that in just a few months, the army would be defeated. I don't know if there are any remaining Han people on the grassland at this time, whether they are still hiding, or they were captured by barbarians and made slaves, and they are tortured every day.
The development of things seems to always fail to meet everyone's expectations. Fate first stabbed Tai Sui, and now it's time to poke Meng Yuan.
Standing on the stone wall, Fang Jie looked at the grassland already covered with green grass, and all he could think about in his mind was about Prince Zhong Yang Qi and Luo Yao.
In fact, until now, things are still weird.
According to the logic, if Kuoketai Mengge threw hundreds of thousands of horses into the Sui Dynasty, the back road must be properly arranged, but Lu Fenghou and his men spent two months building a stone wall in the canyon, and there was no movement at Meng Yuan's side. If it wasn't for Quoketai Mengge being an idiot, then it could only mean that something happened to Meng Yuan, leaving Mengge no energy to take care of this side.
As the Great Khan of the most powerful empire in the world, what could hold the emperor in the Mongolian Yuan country so that his hands were tied
Is it related to Prince Zhong's westward journey and Xiao Yijiu's westward journey? And the two Tianzun left successively, what is behind this? Little is known about Meng Yuan.
Fang Jie shook his head, not thinking the former was too likely. Even if Prince Zhong and Xiao Yijiu's cultivation bases were strong, they were not so strong that they could hold back the entire empire by themselves.
When thinking of this, Fang Xie couldn't help but think of Quoketai Menglie leading an army to attack the left halfback. What kind of interests drove Meng Yuan Khan and Emperor Sui to reach an agreement on this matter? There is no doubt that Yang Yi and Meng Ge's target is Luo Yao. Why is Meng Ge so afraid of a general of the Sui Dynasty, and even stood with the emperor of the Sui Dynasty for a short time
Didn't Mengge know at the time that even if the emperor of the Sui Dynasty had an agreement with him, he would definitely not easily release the two hundred thousand wolf riders back to the prairie? If Mengge could think of this, why didn't he send troops in advance? Occupy the canyon to respond? This is not something a talented and generous monarch should do, and it is impossible for people to see through.
Looking at the grassland, Fang Jie couldn't help but think of that man named Luo Yao.
What kind of secret does a man who aroused the hostility and even the desire to kill the two powerful empires of the Sui Dynasty and the Meng Yuan Dynasty hide? If he was just a strong general of the Sui Dynasty, there was no need for Meng Ge to send more than 200,000 people to try to kill him.
Fang Jie even firmly believed that in order to kill Luo Yao, he must bring a large number of masters with him in the Meng Yuan army. Since these people are confident that they can kill Luo Yao, why don't they just go and assassinate the Emperor of Sui? This shows that Luo Yao actually has an even more important position than the Sui Emperor in Kuoketai Mengge's heart!
So much so that the two emperors needed to join forces for him.
Fang Xie let out a long sigh of relief, the doubt in his eyes did not dissipate.
Luo Yao...
who are you
Fang Jie...
Who are you