Zhang Ke said furiously, "How can you conclude that there must be no spies among these defeated soldiers?"

"These defeated soldiers are all my officers. They can use hanging baskets to hang them onto the city walls and then send people to identify them one by one. Even some spies can be found and executed on the spot.

Then the soldiers were placed in scattered and even if there were omissions, they could not make any waves. Governor Zhang can rest assured."

Sun Yuanhua listened to their argument, thought for a while, and said, "In the opinion of Benfu, you can let them in. Just as Zhang Tao said, just carefully identify it. Even if one or two spies are missed, it will not be a big deal."

Zhang Keda suddenly became anxious and said, "Sun Junmen, no..."

No, Sun Yuanhua said in an unquestionable tone, "Okay, stop talking, I have made a decision and cannot be changed. If these defeated soldiers are not allowed to enter the city, they will definitely surrender to the rebels, increase the rebels' strength, and it will be extremely unfavorable to the morale of the army.

Letting them enter the city will not only increase the number of defenders, but also increase morale and kill two birds with one stone."

Then he said to Zhang Tao, "General Zhang, this matter is left to you. Remember to strictly search, and then place them in scattered ways to help defend the city.

This servant has given you a chance to redeem your sins. If you still fail this matter, don’t worry about the official’s old love, and settle the new and old accounts together.”

Zhang Tao quickly replied, "Please rest assured by Futai. I will do my best to do my best to do this and ensure that there will be no mistakes."

I will do this now and I will leave.”

After saying that, he walked out of the lobby with a look of satisfaction, no longer as frightened as before.

Zhang Keda's face was gloomy. He regretted why he had to plead for Zhang Tao just now. He made the overall situation and helped him plead for better defending the city. As a result, he was fine. For his own selfishness, he did not consider the overall situation at all.

After dealing with this episode, we have to continue the previous issue and how to defend Dengzhou City.

After glanced around the civil servants and military generals below, they had no good ideas. Sun Yuanhua turned his attention to his old friend Wang Hui, hoping that he could help him come up with ideas.

Wang Hui also understood Sun Yuanhua's gaze and said, "Mr. Futai, I think that if you want to guard Dengzhou well, you must first figure out the situation in the city and make corresponding arrangements.

The second is to perform their duties, define the areas where each person is responsible, and implement the responsibilities to individuals, so as not to blame each other for any incidents."

Although Wang Hui and Sun Yuanhua are good friends, they still have to follow the rules of the officialdom in this public place and can only be called his official position.

In order to have a detailed understanding and grasp of the overall situation of the city and then consider the next response measures, he asked the owners of the "officials, households, military and criminal workers" to report the situation in their respective jurisdictions...

Soon, the six house owners reported their respective responsibilities. Sun Yuanhua thought about it over and over again and finally issued an order to defend the city.

Sun Yuanhua said: "Everyone, now the rebels will take advantage of the great victory and will definitely expand their ambitions. They will likely lead their troops to attack the city. In order to better defend Dengzhou City, our official ordered:

Order 1. The whole city will implement martial law. During the martial law period, control measures will be taken. Important places will define controlled areas and restrict personnel entry and exit from the controlled areas. Survey and inspection of the controlled areas, vehicles, items, and personnel. If there are any omissions, severe punishment will not be carried.

The second ruler, Wu Weicheng, the governor of Dengzhou, and Jia Mingjie, led two thousand soldiers to the Dengzhou Prefecture to assist, and 1,500 guards from all the garrisons, divided their troops to guard the city, strictly guarded the residents, banned refugees, and quickly calmed the riots in the city.

Ling San and Zhang Ke led their troops to guard the Shuicheng, and the 6th battalions of the Shuicheng, and arranged four red artillery cannons at Zhenyang Gate. All the Chinese artillery and ammunition were brought to the city to strictly prevent the rebels from attacking the Shuicheng.

The 4th orders of the city gate guards, including the 6th Division, the Artillery Battalion, the Gongshasou mercenary teaching battalion and all instructors went to the city to prepare for war. They placed one red barbarian cannon in the main building of the city wall, the corner building, and the horse-side building, and all the middle cannons and ammunition went to the city.

Order Wu, Geng Zhongming and Chen Guangfu, each led a thousand battalions to patrol the city. If there are rumors, inciting the people, robbery, and theft, "jianyin", they will be arrested and killed on the spot depending on the situation and report it later."

Sun Yuanhua said these orders in an unquestionable tone, and the civil and military officials below could only nod and obeyed their orders.

However, among the crowd, only Zhang Keda did not accept the order and still stood there, obviously not satisfied with his arrangement to Shuicheng.

He could also see Sun Yuanhua's thoughts. Zhang Tao is now incompatible with him, so it would be better to have a separate place. However, he was skeptical about Zhang Tao's ability and believed that Zhang Tao would easily have a chance of having another morning accident.

"Mr. Sun, the last general believes that Zhang Tao still has many Liao soldiers under his command, which are not suitable for guarding Dengzhou City. They can be transferred to Penglai Water City so that the incident will be avoided this morning's recurrence. This is for the safety of Dengzhou City. I hope the governor will think twice."

Sun Yuanhua thought about it and insisted on his own ideas. Zhang Keda disagrees with him and always advocates for the extermination. If he had not had his strong requests before and had promised him to defeat the rebels, he might not have sent troops, which made him such an embarrassing situation now.

But I can't really say that. Sun Yuanhua changed his reason. "Governor Zhang, as the general of Shandong, the battalions of the Navy are under your jurisdiction. If General Zhang commands the navy, it is suspected of being overwhelming, and the soldiers of the battalions of the Navy may not be willing to obey his command.

If the Navy battalions were dispatched to Dengzhou City, there would be many things to arrange, and it would be too complicated, which would easily give the rebels outside the city an opportunity. Governor Zhang would go to guard the water city."

When Zhang Keda saw Sun Yuanhua's words, he knew that he had made up his mind to guard the Shuicheng by himself. Moreover, as the governor of Denglai, he managed all military and civil affairs in the two prefectures. He was so persistent that as a subordinate, he could only obey orders.

"Since Lord Sun sees this, the lower official can only obey his orders. However, the lower official has another sentence, I hope Lord Sun can think about it carefully.

Kong Youde seems to be loyal and honest, but is actually treacherous and ambitious. Lord Sun should not give any fantasies about this person anymore, and try to wipe out his body with all his might, and do not do the trick of slandering it.

Even if the recruitment is successful, who can guarantee that he will not rebel again by scolding him?

The officials said this, and whether Lord Sun listened or not, the officials had already fulfilled their duties.”

Sun Yuanhua disagreed with his words and said, "I have my own plans for these things. Governor Zhang doesn't have to worry about it so much. Just guard the water city with peace of mind."

"The officials sued their retreat." Zhang Keda saw that Sun Yuanhua was still illusory and did not say anything more. After that, he walked out of the governor's lobby and led his army to Shuicheng to defend alone.
Chapter completed!