Since the fall of Kunling Pass and the Qi army occupied the six eastern counties with unstoppable force, Chen Du, the governor of Yuquan County of Dachu, was in panic all day long, and was shocked every day. Yuquan and Cihua neighboring Rang, which had 200,000 eastern border troops in the past were in front of Yuquan, and Yuquan rested at ease and had little idea of ​​what the military affairs were. What they did was nothing more than raising and transporting grain and armed forces for the eastern border troops, but even this part was not much, because the food and wages of the eastern border troops were basically supported by the six eastern counties, and only the insufficient part would be collected in the mainland.

Yuquan County itself has no defensive power. Three thousand soldiers in the county are still scattered in the entire county, responsible for the public security and robbery work in the entire county. As for city defense, it is almost nothing.

Now Yuquan is facing major changes unseen in decades. The six eastern counties were lost, and even the people of Kunling Pass were occupied by Qi. Yuquan County was suddenly exposed to the people of Qi. In Chen Du's view, Yuquan County is now like a yellow-flowered girl who had just left the bath, with a piece of thin sand on her body. At this moment, a strong man broke in. Then you can imagine what the fate of this girl is.

Yuquan is rich, but in fact, all of them are very rich, including the six eastern counties. When the country is peaceful, wealth is naturally the capital to make the local pride, but when the enemy comes to the front, wealth becomes an original sin. This is the place that the enemy likes the most.

In fact, since the emperor was besieged in Luzhou, wealthy families in Cihua County have begun to flee to Yuquan. They did not stay in Yuquan for long, so they took their families and fled farther away. What followed was the follow-up move of the people in Yuquan County.

At that time, the news was still under lockdown. Apart from these well-informed people, ordinary people didn't know what was going on. However, when Kunling was full of Qi troops and the Qi military flags were planted, they could not hide anything and the tide of escape began.

Chen Du actually wanted to escape, but he was a rank-level official. The people fled, and no one said anything. If he ran away, he would still be dead. The court would never let such a rank-level official who fled without fighting. Chen Du had no choice but to arrange for his family to embark on the road to escape, but he kept it.

Three thousand county soldiers were recruited, and then opened the treasury and took out a large sum of silver to recruit young and strong people. Unfortunately, the locals were used to being in peace. When they heard that the Qi people came over, they fled faster than rabbits. However, many of the people who escaped from the six eastern counties were destroyed and were willing to join the army. There were still a group of people who had nothing to do now. Although they might be killed by joining the army, they could at least eat enough, so Chen Du recruited 10,000 people.

With the soldiers, Chen Du felt a little more at ease. The next step was to repair the city walls and arrange the city defense. Yuquan, as the rear county of Cihua, was also the logistics base of Cihua. There were many weapons for transportation still in stock here, so he didn't have to worry about weapons. But the morale was very important.

The soldiers of the three thousand counties were completely devoid of morale. If it weren't for the military law constraints, I'd be afraid that there would be few people left. However, those who escaped from the six eastern counties had high morale with their blood.

Even though Chen Du had never fought a war, he had also seen the momentum of the eastern border army. He knew very well that he could not win any battle with his blood and courage alone. He was only doing his best and left his fate. What's more, he made up his mind that if the Qi people really fought, he would be in Yuquan for a few days and then ran away. By that time, no one could say that he hadn't fought, but he could not beat him. Even the 200,000 troops in the eastern border army were gone. He had to bear with thousands of county soldiers and some young and strong men for a few days! With such an excuse, he could make sense in all aspects.

The mansion has raised many good horses, and a group of experts from the world who have been recruited by themselves for their high salary. At that time, it is still not a big problem to protect themselves and escape.

The terrified days lasted for a month. When they were most afraid, the cavalry scouts of the Qi people actually went directly to the visible range and openly peeked at the situation in Yuquan County. They were extremely arrogant. Unfortunately, even some of the enemy's scouts, no one in Yuquan County dared to go out of the city to expel them.

Chen Du once thought that the deadline was coming and the scout had arrived. Will the enemy's vanguard be far away?

After a few days of worry, the most worrying thing did not come. Good news came. The Grand Marshal Cheng Wuben actually led 30,000 border troops to Jinghu County to start building a defense line. With such a striking goal, the Qi people's eyes were suddenly attracted. I heard that they had seen several battles, but the Qi people were defeated by Cheng Shuai.

This news made Chen Du very happy. Cheng Wuben was stationed in Kunling Pass for more than 20 years. An official like Chen Du naturally admired the Chu State. When Cheng Shuai was in power, Chu State was so scared like now. He was originally determined to escape, but after hearing the news about Cheng Wuben, his courage became much stronger. While vigorously promoting the news in Yuquan County, he sent people to Jinghu to ask Cheng Shuai for help.

Next, good news comes one after another.

The court center finally stopped quarreling, and orders were finally issued from the court. The first reinforcement army had already begun to set off, and the 20,000 troops of the western border army were also rushing here on a night and night.

What made Chen Du even happier was that the court clarified that the Chu State had entered the wartime system, with Ma Xiangdong taking charge of the overall responsibility of the Wen Dynasty, and Cheng Wuben taking charge of the entire Great Chu State. The military power of the entire Great Chu was handed over to Cheng Wuben's allocation. In Chen Du's view, as long as he survived the most difficult period, Cheng Shuai would definitely create another iron wall of the Chu State.

As he became more courageous, Chen Du naturally became energetic. He would upload and supervise the reinforcement and construction of the city wall every day. Qi Bing never came. The preparations for Yuquan County City became more and more skillful. The broken city walls became stronger and stronger day by day. The weapons of the city guarding were installed on the city wall. The soldiers did not look like they were in a daze at the beginning.

In short, when he heard Cheng Shuai's name, the entire Yuquan County seemed to have been completely transformed. The messenger who went to Jinghu came back, but did not bring back reinforcements, but brought back ten officers. It is said that Jinghu has insufficient troops now, and Jinghu is the center of the second defense line this time, so Cheng Shuai can't take care of Yuquan County now, but these ten officers will help Chen Du train his soldiers and command the city to defend.

Now basically the entire county town has been handed over to the officers of the eastern border army. It is precisely the arrival of these officers that the young and strong men and soldiers of Yuquan County are in the same shape every day. Whenever Chen Du heard the deafening sound of training from the schoolyard on the city wall, he felt even more comforted.

"Hello, the county magistrate!" Seeing Chen Du walking up to the city, Pang Jun walked over and bowed to Chen Du: "The construction of the city wall has been basically completed. I dare not say it is solid, but if the Qi army really comes to attack, I am sure that they will pay a heavy price."

Pang Jun was the general who sent by Cheng Wuben to assist Chen Du in guarding Yuquan. Pang Jun still respected this county magistrate. After all, the Qi army was approaching. The county magistrate not only did not escape, but also gathered county soldiers and raised more than 10,000 young and strong people. Now, after more than a month of training, these young and strong men are at least much stronger than before. It is impossible to pull them out for field battles, but they can barely use them to defend the city.

"Okay, let's leave the military affairs to General Pang. I don't understand military affairs, so I can only solve the worries for General Pang and cheer for you." Chen Du smiled. The Pang Army was just an ordinary tooth general under Cheng Wuben. In Chen Du's opinion, he was much stronger than the county soldiers under his command. Not to mention anything else, just where to stand, the momentum emitted from the inside out was not comparable to that of the county soldiers.

By the way, that is murderous intent, only those who climb out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood.

"Captain Jiang didn't cause trouble for you, right?" Chen Du asked with a smile: "If he dares to Ziya'er, tell me that I will deal with him." Commander Jiang is Yuquan's county soldiers. In terms of level, he is much higher than the previous Pang army.

"Fortunately, Commander Jiang supports the work of the last general very much." Pang Jun said in a calm expression.

"That's good, that's good." Chen Du said with a smile: "General Pang, do you say that the Qi army hasn't been fighting for so long, will they not come?"

Pang Jun looked at the distant horizon and said, "This is not known to the last general. The scouts sent out did not find any traces of them. However, although the Qi people have occupied Kunling Pass and the six eastern counties, they have many troubles. Their front line is too long, and the logistics supply is not so simple. Besides, General An is now very popular in Qi State, and the main force of the Qi people has gone to encircle and suppress General An. There are also people who can't take care of us for a while."

"General An is so brave!" Chen Du exclaimed sincerely, "If we still have 200,000 eastern border troops now, under the command of General Cheng, we will attack with General An in the two groups, why worry about the undefeated people of Qi?"

Pang Jun smiled bitterly and said, "If it were if time could be reversed, now the 200,000 eastern border troops are over. The 30,000 people brought back by Cheng Shuai is probably the only remaining group. General An, who uses his body as bait, seems to be a huge momentum, but he is cooked with fire and cannot last long." Anyone who knows a little about military affairs can understand this. As the main force of the Qi army turns, General An can't hold on for long."

"As long as Qi people don't attack immediately, we have Cheng Shuai here to take charge of everything. When Qi people recover and come back, they will find that they can no longer speak!" Chen Du said happily. He had unconditional trust in Cheng Wu.

Before he finished speaking, waves of muffled thunder came from his ears. He couldn't help but look up at the sky strangely. The blue sky and white clouds and the sun shine brightly. Why did it thunder?

Pang Jun's face around him changed color. Of course, he knew that it was not thunder, it was the sound of a large number of cavalry approaching. There was no news from the scouts sent out, so he was naturally finished.

"Ring the bell, blow the trumpet, the entire army prepares for war, and an enemy is coming!" Pang Jun opened his voice and shouted sternly.
Chapter completed!