In response to this, Wu Shaoyang said, "Brother, please feel at ease. I have sent several secret envoys and dead soldiers to Yunzhou and Weizhou. I believe that these two towns will not ignore the survival of Huaixi."

So Wu Shaocheng was a little relieved and rode his horse through the goose duck pond and entered the majestic and sturdy Runan City.

Caizhou, originally named Yuzhou, was renamed "Cai" because it avoided the temple taboo of Li Yu of Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty, but it was always used in later generations. It occupies atop the Ru River, controls Luoyang in the north, Yinghuai in the south, Xiangdeng in the west, and Central Plains in the east. It has always been a place where military strategists must compete for the north and south, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

Its capital, Runan City, also known as Ruyang City, is surrounded by many rivers and lakes:

Rushui is the main river. Its main rivers and tributaries pass around the entire city, flowing southeast into Guangzhou, and finally injecting into Huai River. The city walls of Runan were built along the way through Rushui, and the shape was like a gourd, so it was also called "Chunhu (Hu) City";

In addition to the Ru River, there is Lianshui in the west, Yanshui in the northwest, Yanshui in the east, and Wenshui in the south, all of which are injected into the Ru River from different directions, and the land outside the Runan city is cut out large and small lakes, such as Nanhu, West Lake, Triangle Lake, Shijia Lake, Chaitan, Hongchibei, etc. These lakes have embankments, rice is planted outside, and water chestnuts, water chestnuts (commonly known as chicken head fruit), fish and shrimps, etc., have always been the food of the military and civilians in Caizhou.

When the court and Caizhou started a war, Wu Shaocheng ordered the establishment of forts at the mouths of Zhuhe Rivers and the lake embankment to increase the strength to defend Xuanhu City.

Xuanhu City itself has tall pheasants and horn towers, which are divided into three levels: Xicheng, Dongcheng and Zicheng. Now Wu Shaocheng is determined to defend the suburbs of the city with 5,000 soldiers, and then defend the city with 5,000 soldiers. At the same time, he recruits the families of soldiers, craftsmen, vendors, and gangs into the city, take turns to garrison the city, and concentrate all the grain in the city in the city and distribute them uniformly.

The inside and outside the city are mutually supportive, and with the natural barriers such as rivers, lakes, Wu Shaocheng is very confident, "It is not a big problem to stick to it for three months to half a year. Then Tian Xu and Li Shigu will definitely mediate for me at that time."

In the backyard of the Huaining Army Yaman, the slave Xianyu Xiong'er knelt on the porch and told Wu Shaocheng that he had entered it: "After the fall of Yancheng, more than 10,000 of our Huaining Army soldiers did not return, and all died in the Big and Big Noodles River. There were mourning in front of countless households in Runan and Yamanyuan, crying and resentment. The slave was afraid that it would be unfavorable to defend the city in the future."

When Wu Shaocheng heard this, he was a little scared and asked Xianyu Xiong'er what to do.

"There are more than 100,000 yuan of money and money in the mansion. Please hold a banquet at the east pavilion of Zicheng and distribute it to the generals and their families to solidify people's hearts."

Wu Shaocheng agreed and entrusted the matter to Xianyu Xiong'er, and Wu Shaoyang went to do it.

Just after Xianyu Xiong'er left, Wu Shaocheng's daughter came in tears and told him the news of Dong Chongzhi's death.

Wu Shaocheng almost fainted.

It turned out that Dong Chongzhi's head had been sent to Runan City at this time.

Dong has always been Wu Shaocheng's most valued son-in-law and the most capable general in the entire team. "The traitor Gao Yue, if you cut off my door, you will definitely die well in the future!" Wu gritted his teeth and made up his mind that even if he died, he would die with Gao Yue.

At this time, the daughter hugged her younger brother Yuanqing and cried, advising her father, "I was killed with my husband, and you almost all the soldiers you are amateur. Now in this city, where are there trustworthy people who can protect my family?"

At this moment, under Zicheng, Wu Shaocheng walked to the door, and the guard holding the halberd was avoiding him.

Wu Shaocheng didn't think much about it and rode his horse in.
Chapter completed!