Chapter 735: Defend Feng County
In Fengxian, countless people are frantically strengthening the city walls. Inside and outside the city, it seems to have become a large construction site. The fastest update turned out that outside the city was a large tract of crops that were about to be harvested, and now they have been completely harvested. For the people, it is not a big loss. It is only a month before they can have a fruitful harvest. Now, these crops harvested in advance can only become food for livestock. The people are feeling distressed!
Who is it? Of course, the damn Qi people who stole so much land, were still unwilling to give up. Now they are coming again. Don’t need to mobilize, there is no wages. When the notices spread across the four towns and eight miles, countless people brought tools to gather here from all directions and began to build defense lines.
The defending Feng County was the Houtu Camp that rushed from Shayang County. In the past two years, the Houtu Camp has experienced a lot of battles. From the original city gate army to the later participation in the war to destroy the Qianyue, and then to the four counties in the north to the many times, this army is not as good as the old battle camps such as Panshi, Miners, Canglang, but it is no less than the Hongshui Jumu camps that were awarded the camp number together.
Liu Xingwen cherishes these opportunities very much because he can become a general of the regular field army again and allow a city gate army to obtain a regular camp and flag camp number. His father, Old Master Liu, has made a lot of money. Now the five great masters of Shayang are the strongest, not their Liu family, the Tian family, and the Chen family are no worse than them at all.
Shayang is their hometown, and the soldiers from the top to the bottom of the Houtu Camp are all from Shayang. So Liu Xingwen was not worried about the soldiers' courage to defend their country in this battle. He was just worried that how many men could be left in the Houtu Camp after this battle? How long can he last?
Judging from the above plan, I don’t have much confidence in how long the Houtu Camp will last, and the orders I gave him are alive. Fight and retreat, delaying time, and the bottom line is Shayang County. The court was mentally prepared to destroy Shayang County.
But Liu Xingwen was really unwilling to give up! Not only did he, Chen Jialuo, who was rushing to Shayang County, was also unwilling to give up. Both of them were from Shayang. How much did they pay to prevent Shayang from being poisoned by the Shuntian Army? Now Shayang County has become the second largest county outside Yuejing City. Its influence in politics and economy has long surpassed Zhengyang County. If it is destroyed this time and it will take how much time it will take to restore its current state?
Standing at the top of the city, he stared at the defensive position that had gradually formed outside, but his heart was ruthless. Why can't he resist the enemy outside the national gate? Why can't he defend Fengxian?
He slowly turned his head, looked at the energetic soldiers on the city, and the latest weapons that had just arrived from Daye City and Taiping City, he took a deep breath.
It will definitely be able to keep it.
The defense system outside the city will be built soon. At that time, these weapons will form a solid defense zone that integrates the inner and outer defenses with the city. Although the Houtu Camp only has 5,000 soldiers, the county soldiers from each Shayang county have arrived in endlessly, which has made Feng County's defense force reach 10,000. This is also the limit that Feng County can accommodate.
"Big Young Master." Liu Bao's voice came from behind. The old housekeeper of the Liu family was now a general of the court and a deputy general of the Houtu Camp. In terms of his martial arts cultivation, he was even better than Liu Xingwen.
Liu Xingwen turned around and saw his father, Old Master Liu, walking over with a cane.
"Dad, you are not resting in Taiping City, why are you here for here?" He quickly took two steps to meet him.
Old Master Liu smiled and said, "What? Is it time to die when I eat and die? Although my body is old, I will still be able to deal with you. I heard from Liu Bao that you are going to guard Fengxian and never retreat?"
Liu Xingwen nodded: "Although the Ministry of War means to fight and retreat and delay time, my plan is to not retreat in Fengxian County, even if I can destroy all my Thousand Earth Camp."
"The Ministry of War means that you cannot defend Fengxian, so that you have this order." Old Master Liu looked at the busy construction site below through the battlements. "The General Staff Office established by His Majesty the Emperor in the Ministry of War not only read military books, but also had many experienced old men on the battlefield. They deduced many times that they believed that in Shayang, we could not withstand the attacks of the Qi people, so we had the plan to exchange Shayang for victory in the entire battle. It was right to delay time. When Zhengyang County wiped out the barbarians and His Majesty the Emperor defeated the Qin people in Zhongping County, the Qi people would naturally retreat."
"I can still achieve this goal if I defend Fengxian." Liu Xingwen said.
"Of course, Xingwen, if you can defend Shayang County in this battle, you will truly become famous and be able to compare with the Eleven-Black Kitten and others!" Old Master Liu paused, "They will look at you with admiration. My Liu family's second rejuvenation is really hopeful. So this time, I will also help you."
"father……"
Old Master Liu waved his hand and interrupted Liu Xingwen, "I know everything you want to say, and I know what my own body looks like. I can't live long. I can't last long. I have to thank Doctor Shu for being able to fight a battle happily before he died. It's not just dying in bed but for the country, but also for the family, on the battlefield. Then I, Mr. Liu, will not be in vain for my life."
Old Master Liu laughed: "I have nothing to regret. My family is prosperous, my children and grandchildren are full of people, and now I am famous all over the world. Who in the world doesn't know that I, Old Master Liu, knows the keen eyes?"
Liu Xingwen swallowed, he knew my temper, and since he had decided, he would not think about getting it back.
"By the way, the Empress and Yinggu will also come to Fengxian." said Old Master Liu.
"Didn't they say they stayed in Shayang County? Why are they here?" Liu Xingwen was a little angry, "When they are here, I am also reluctant to command the battle, and I have to send people to protect them. Isn't this causing trouble?"
Old Master Liu smiled and said, "Do they need your protection? Come on, the Empress is here, which will have a great effect on morale. The two of them, one is a master at level 9 and the other is a master at level 3. When you arrive in Fengxian, it is a killing weapon. Son. If you can defend Fengxian under the Queen's nose, the result will be more complete. As for commanding the battle, don't worry, the Empress will not interfere."
Old Master Liu was right, but Liu Xingwen actually didn't want these two Bodhisattvas to come to Fengxian from the bottom of his heart.
But no matter whether Liu Xingwen was willing or not, Yinggu appeared in Fengxian with Min Ruoxi that night. There were only one hundred guards in the palace who accompanied him, all of whom were very young, most of whom were fourteen or fifteen years old.
"General Liu, Yinggu and I are not here to point fingers and command the battle, we don't understand." Min Ruoxi made it straight to the point, which also made Liu Xingwen and his generals breathe a sigh of relief. "We are here to join the army for you. If you charge in the battle, you will definitely stop it, but if there are masters you cannot stop, then leave it to me and Yinggu."
Old Master Liu smiled and said, "There is a solid foundation for Xiaoxiaofeng County, with the empress and aunt in charge."
Liu Xingwen said: "Empress, even if she sits high and watches the battle, even if the army fights, they have a master who comes in person. Thousands of swords and swords, like a rain of locust arrows, makes him careless. On the battlefield of thousands of troops, his personal bravery actually plays a limited role. We are confident that we can stop them."
"Be prepared for any trouble." Min Ruoxi smiled and said, "I heard from Mr. Liu that you want to defend Fengxian, this is a big difficulty, and even His Majesty the Emperor has no confidence. Let me tell you, what have you done during this period?"
Liu Xingwen smiled and said, "It's nothing more. Only the three armies can use their lives. Empress, Fengxian and the county soldiers have gathered 10,000 troops, but the county soldiers have weak combat power. I urgently dispatched a group of veterans from the Houtu Camp to take them. I believe there will be some progress. In this battle, I plan to place the five thousand Houtu Camp outside the city and the county soldiers stay in the city."
"This is a bit risky." Min Ruoxi frowned.
"Feng County is too small, and ten thousand people can't be placed at all. If the county soldiers are placed outside the city, it will cause greater casualties. Let them guard the city for a while. Your Majesty once said that war is the best place to hone soldiers. The longer they persist, the more mature they will be. When the time comes, I will rotate slowly."
Min Ruoxi nodded and said, "How to fight, you can just make the decision."
"Thank you, Empress. In fact, what we need most this time is time. The later the Qi army attacks, the greater the hope of our final victory. So I have also done some other work, such as bribery."
"Hmm?" Min Ruoxi stared at the other party with her wonderful eyes widened and said, "Brief?"
"Yes, bribery, but the target of bribery is from Qi. Liang Da, Dengxian, has been considered our old acquaintances over the years. Everyone has business dealings. This time we started in advance, and they caught them off guard. In fact, we were not fully prepared. At least in Fengxian, we were not prepared. So I sent Liang Da a lot of gold, silver and treasures. My intention is very obvious, that is, he should not attack us in such a hurry and delay the time."
"It actually worked?" Min Ruoxi felt a little incredible.
"It worked. At least until now, the Qin army has not yet attacked." Liu Xingwen smiled and said, "Because of our early launch, the main force and main general of the Qi army have not been arranged in place, but there were originally 10,000 Qi** teams in Deng County. If Liang Da had sent troops to attack at that time, we would have been in trouble. At least we could not build such a complete defense system."
Chapter completed!