Quan Langfu also had no idea: "Yes! This is indeed a headache, but the commander-in-chief has fought against the Yuli people before, and he should know their weaknesses, otherwise my father will not order your general!"
Kuang Langyu shook his head helplessly. At this time, he had no idea at all.
Su Shaokai suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't we go to the tower and have a look to see if there are any defects there."
Kuang Langyu felt that what Su Shaokai said was reasonable. There was no point in talking about it on paper here, so it was better to go on an on-the-spot investigation. Kuang Langyu then said: "Third brother, why don't you take me for a walk on the city tower to see where the city defense needs to be strengthened."
The commander-in-chief has this request, and as a subordinate, he must obey it unconditionally. Fortunately, it is not far from the city tower, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to ride a horse. Quan Langyu, Xi Ruoxuan, Su Shaokai and Quan Langfu were walking on the last line of defense of Dayou Capital City. The city wall was indeed thicker and higher than ordinary city walls. The capital city was naturally different from other ordinary capitals, otherwise Nor could it show the emperor's dignity and supreme privileges.
Quan Langfu pointed at the city tower and said worriedly: "Logically speaking, if we defend such a thick city wall, it should be fine. But the Yuli people don't follow common sense. I'm really afraid that they will do something dirty again. This is the capital, and my father lives in the Jinluan Palace. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Don't Langyu know the importance of the defense of the capital? If the capital is lost, it will almost be the death of Dayou. We must defend the capital no matter what, and we must not let the Yuli people have any opportunity. The determination is good and worthy of recognition, but what about the method? I can't just rely on the soldiers' fighting and the strength of the city wall to hold on! I heard that the third brother also used this trick and still lost Yancheng. I can't make the same mistake again, I have to come up with a more reliable method, preferably to defeat the Yuri people in one fell swoop and achieve a complete solution.
Kuang Langyu watched for a while on the city tower and saw that the soldiers guarding the city were all in place and in good spirits. There are plenty of weapons for defending the city, such as bows, arrows, and stones. Kuang Langyu couldn't think of any other way, so he had to get off the tower. Quan Langfu is an upright man. He said to Quan Langyu: "Commander, I have said everything that needs to be said. Yuli's army is really strong. I hope you can make plans early."
Kuang Langyu nodded: "Thank you, third brother, I will consider it. By the way, third brother, how many people do we have in the capital now?"
Quan Langfu immediately replied: "Since the fall of Yancheng, our army has suffered a lot of losses. We counted the number of people and found that only 150,000 came back. Adding the 40,000 troops in the capital, it is only 190,000. If we add the commander's two There are more than 10,000 soldiers, just over 200,000."
"Do you know how many people there are in Yuri?"
Quan Langfu thought for a while: "I don't know the specifics, but according to my judgment, they must be no less than 300,000."
Nai Langyu's heart skipped a beat. It seemed like I was going to have to fight another battle in which less would defeat more. But how to fight? Nai Langyu fell into deep thought.
Xi Ruoxuan had an idea. She carefully observed the terrain and felt that she could not passively defend the city against She Jingyan, but should attack. Against such a scheming opponent, attack might be the best defense. However, she only thought so in her heart. After all, she was not the coach, so it was Kuang Langyu who had the final say on how to play.
Quan Langyu really wanted to ask Xi Ruoxuan's opinion, but there were so many people here that I couldn't ask more questions. A commander-in-chief of the armed forces actually asked his wife for advice. If this news spreads, it is better to wait until the night is quiet, and we are in bed. Let’s discuss it together!
Quan Langyu inspected the East City, West City and North City as usual. These towers were all similar. Except for the different defensive soldiers, everything else was basically the same. Quan Langfu told Quan Langyu that the Yuli people's main target this time is probably Nancheng.
But Langyu disagreed with his point of view: "Why do you think so? If they come around to Dongcheng, wouldn't we be caught off guard?"
Quan Langfu thought for a while: "I also followed my intuition. The Yuli people came from the south, and Nancheng will naturally bear the brunt, so the defense of Nancheng should be the most important priority."
"This is more or less the same, but the other three cities cannot be ignored. The Yuli people are very cunning, so we cannot think of them too simply."
Quan Langfu clasped his fists: "What the commander-in-chief said is that the general knows he is wrong."
Seeing that he actually admitted his mistake, Kuang Langyu felt embarrassed and said, "Oh! Third brother, what are you talking about? We two brothers are discussing military affairs. There is no right or wrong. Don't be too polite. I don't care if you do this." Sorry."
When Fan Langfu saw what Fan Langyu said, he was also very happy. He feels good about this fourth brother. Since they haven't played together since they were young, they are not as emotionally good as his two older brothers. The prince and second brother were still very concerned about Quan Langfu when they were young. Quan Langyu was a commoner, so he was looked down upon by his three brothers, including this Quan Langfu. Especially the eldest brother, the prince, he always likes to tease Kuang Langyu, and sometimes even Kuang Langfu can't stand it anymore. He has stopped the prince's pranks several times, and Kuang Langyu remembers these things, so Kuang Langyu is very interested in him. This third brother is quite respectful.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Kuang Langyu left and said, "Third brother, I'm new here and I don't understand many things. If there is something wrong with you, you must say it. Don't dare to say it just because I am the commander-in-chief. You are still my third brother, my third brother forever."
Quan Langfu nodded: "It depends on what you said, okay! That's it for today. According to the report from Tanma, the Yuli people will not arrive until the day after tomorrow. I have to go to the military camp to see what else is going on. .”
Kuang Langyu admired the third brother's professionalism very much: "That's good for you. You must tell the soldiers guarding the city not to relax their vigilance. What if the Yuli people speed up their march?"
"This subordinate understands!"
"Okay, I still have some things to deal with in my house, so I'll leave first." Kuang Langyu said, clasping his fists and riding away. Xi Ruoxuan and Su Shaokai also followed closely.
Kuang Langyu was worried as he sat on his horse. Faced with the upcoming fierce battle, he felt really unsure. How to defeat the Yuli people? Kuang Langyu finally turned his attention to Xi Ruoxuan: "Xiao Xuan, do you think that in this capital defense battle, should we leave the city for a decisive battle, or should we not hold on?"
Xiruoxuan chuckled: "Who are you asking?"
"Of course I asked you."
Xi Ruoxuan joked: "You, a dignified Generalissimo Pingnan, actually asked a little girl for advice. Isn't it too outrageous?"
But Lang Yu didn't smile: "Xiao Xuan, I'm serious, I really don't know how to fight this battle, I'm really afraid, if the capital cannot be defended, how can I be worthy of my father! "
"You know your father. If your father loves you, why doesn't he make you the prince? I don't think the capital can be saved!" Xi Ruoxuan said angrily.
Kuang Langyu's face turned pale with fright: "Ruixuan, don't talk nonsense. Fortunately, there is only Mr. Su here. If word spreads, neither you nor I can afford it!"
"What are you afraid of? The worst case scenario is that you will be put in a cell again, or even beheaded, which is no big deal. I will be eighteen years from now..."
"Xianxuan, the more you talk, the more outrageous you become. I'm going to ask you where you are!" Kuang Langyu was really anxious.
Seeing that Kuang Langyu was really angry, Xi Ruoxuan stopped joking: "Don't worry, my lord, as long as I, Ruoxuan, are here, the Yuli people's nightmare is coming!"
Kuang Langyu perked up: "So you have an idea?"
"The idea is there, but it's not mature yet."
"Quick! Tell me and listen." Kuang Langyu was impatient.
Xi Ruoxuan thought for a while: "Have you ever heard of the Fire Ox Formation?"
"Fire Bull Formation?" Quan Langyu shook his head, "I've never heard of it."
"What about you?" Xi Ruoxuan turned to look at Su Shaokai. Su Shaokai also shook his head, saying he had never heard of it.
Xi Ruoxuan nodded: "If you don't know, it would be easy."
Quan Langyu and Su Shaokai were even more confused. What does it mean that it's easy to deal with if we don't know? We are not from Yuli. We don't understand, but they may not understand.
Xiruo The better, be it cattle or yaks, the cattle will collect it anyway, I want you to open your eyes and see what the authentic Fire Ox Formation is."
Su Shaokai understood somewhat: "Xiaoxuan, do you want to use these cows to deal with the Yuli people, but those cows are beasts, how do they know who to kill and who not to kill? Besides, the cows have a gentle personality, so they are not as good as Wolves and dogs are fierce, isn’t it too outrageous for you to rely on them to kill your enemies?”
Xiruo , Don’t worry about this, you will understand it by then.”
Kuang Langyu looked at Xi Ruoxuan doubtfully: "Is this possible?"
"Is it possible? Just remove the word "?", I'm sure it will work!" Xi Ruoxuan said confidently. Kuang Langyu liked to see Xi Ruoxuan's expression like this. If Xi Ruoxuan looked downcast, things would be difficult to handle.
"Okay! I'll send someone to collect the cattle right away."
"Also, you must prepare some more firecrackers, just for ordinary people's homes."
"Firecrackers? What are you doing with firecrackers?"
"Oh! Stop asking so many questions. Do you still want to win the battle? If so, just do as I say."
"Okay, okay, I'll just listen to you." Qian Langyu simply stopped asking. As long as I can defeat the Yuli people, I can do whatever you ask me to do!
They walked as they talked and returned to the palace soon. The first thing Nao Langyu did was to send out the servants in the mansion. Nao Langyu ordered that no matter how much money he spent, he must recruit cattle.
"How much do we need to collect?" The steward came over and asked.
"Didn't I say, the more, the better."
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty, a cattle is very expensive. According to the market price, it should be around ten taels. If we collect a hundred cattle, we can pay for it. If there are more, we don't have that much money in the house."
Kuang Langyu waved his hand: "You can go ahead and do it, the money is not enough, I will find a way, so don't worry about it."
"Yes!" The steward agreed and went out. Qian Langyu immediately stopped him again: "By the way, the collected cattle will be taken directly to the military camp. Don't take them back to the palace."
The housekeeper didn't know what Qian Langyu was up to. He wanted to ask but didn't dare, so he had to follow the prescription and get the medicine. Soon, all the cattle in and outside the capital were sold out. It was very cost-effective to sell a cow for ten taels of silver. In addition, it was not the busy farming season, so the farmers were still willing to sell. Only a few farmers were interested in selling their cattle. Some people have deep feelings, and they really can't let go of their old friend who will accompany them day and night.
The next day, Kuang Langyu came to the military camp. Before anyone arrived, he heard a cow's cry of "what?" The sergeants didn't know what was going on. Could it be that our cavalry is changing our mounts? No way! I've never heard of anyone sitting on a bull to kill an enemy.