"Well, what Yang Bingma said is very reasonable, and I agree with it! Now, together with Envoy Yang Bingma, he will lead the generals to patrol the city. If envoy Yang Bingma has any suggestions, please feel free to tell me. I will listen to Yang Bing

It was arranged by the horse envoy!"

Ge Shuhan's reply made Yang Xi feel relieved again! This handsome man was really cooperative with him!

Although he didn't fully know the specific reason why Ge Shuhan made such a change in just half a day, Yang Xi believed that focusing on the overall situation must be a very important reason. He expressed something when he arrived.

He is upright and has proven this with practical actions. It would be unreasonable for a defeated general like Ge Shuhan to cling to his personal grudges and ignore the overall situation at this time.

The speed was also very fast at an emergency. In a short while, all the generals who received the order gathered in front of Ge Shuhan's handsome tent.

Sometimes, the generals are gathered together to set out together instead of gathering at the top of the city, just to build momentum and create a terrifying momentum!

Seeing that all the generals had arrived, Yang Xi saluted Ge Shuhan and said: "Marshal Ge Shu, in order to boost the morale of the soldiers, I will accompany the marshal to patrol the city to appease the troops!"

Ge Shuhan returned the salute and then gave an order to the generals: "The generals have been ordered to patrol the city with my commander and the Yang soldiers and horses!"

As he spoke, he took the lead and walked towards his horse with inconvenient feet. Several soldiers hurried forward and helped his brother Shuhan to mount the horse. Yang Xi also quickly followed, and the generals followed silently according to their positions.

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The tour of the city starts from the east gate and continues in the order of southeast, northwest and northwest!

After receiving the order, all the soldiers gathered at the city gate and were ready to be inspected by the generals!

It was a very hot day. In order to cause unnecessary loss of morale, all the soldiers lined up in the gate tower near the sun.

It was already past noon, the sun was moving towards the west, and a large block of shade appeared in front of the city gate. This also brought some convenience to the defensive sergeants. If there was no situation, even the sergeants guarding the city could

Hide in a shady spot under the city gate.

A group of generals rode tall horses and patrolled the city gates in neat formations. They shouted to the sergeants leading the formations, telling them that our army would be able to defend Tongguan and defeat the rebels in this battle. This show-like behavior was indeed inspiring.

morale.

The soldiers are in full swing, the generals are in full force, and the generals leading the army show such momentum, the morale of the sergeants must be inspired to a certain extent.

Yang Xi also took the opportunity to familiarize himself with the terrain in the direction of each city gate, especially the situation in the direction of the south gate where the fire had not yet burned out, but the Forbidden Valley natural barrier had reappeared, and he also had a better understanding of the situation in the direction of the south gate.

The forbidden ditch is actually a landform like a mountain valley. According to Yang Xi's estimation, the depth is about five to thirty meters and the width is about ten to fifty meters. It is located not far from the southeast of Tongguan City, with a total length of

It's dozens of miles away, and the closest point is right against the south gate.

If there is no suspension bridge connected to the road along the outer edge of the forbidden ditch, it will be difficult for even apes to climb.

To the west of the Forbidden Valley, there are Twelve Companies, which are twenty small beacon towers, guarding the Forbidden Valley. The Forbidden Valley and the Twelve Companies jointly defend Tongguan City. Unfortunately, there were so many soldiers of the Tang army who fled that they even destroyed a section of the city.

The forbidden ditches were filled up until they became open roads.

The sergeants guarding the 12th company on the side of the Forbidden ditch that became a thoroughfare also fled or were removed by Ge Shuhan.

Twelve consecutive cities are just twelve small beacon towers, and each city can only have about a hundred sergeants. If the Forbidden ditch is dangerous, and hundreds of soldiers guard the Forbidden ditch, their ability to block enemy attacks will be very strong.

But if the Jingou Heavenly Guards were filled with corpses, the role of the hundreds of sergeants on the beacon tower would be greatly reduced. Therefore, after Ge Shuhan fled back to the city and collected the defeated troops, he withdrew most of the sergeants on the 12th company.

return.

There were originally many shrubs growing in the forbidden ditch. You can still see the original landform of the forbidden ditch in the sections where there are no corpses piled up or the corpses are not completely blocked. However, the section of the forbidden ditch under the South Gate City is completely filled with corpses. Early in the morning, brother

Shu Han ordered oil to be poured on them and burned, but with so many corpses piled up, it was impossible to burn them all. The fire burned for a long time, but only nearly half of the corpses were burned. The ones piled below could no longer be burned.

Unless someone goes into the ditch, removes all the ashes and charcoal, burns it with oil, and piles hay, then it is possible to continue burning.

But it is impossible to send sergeants down to clean it now. The temperature is too high and people will be scalded to death.

However, after being burned, the Forbidden ditch has initially restored its nature as a natural moat, and has a certain function of defending against enemies. At least the rebels cannot attack Tongguan City on the corpses in the Forbidden ditch.

"Marshal Geshu, the general feels that the twelve consecutive cities should not be abandoned and troops should be sent to guard them again. There are twelve consecutive cities guarding the natural barrier of the Forbidden Valley. If the rebels want to attack Tongguan City, they will definitely pay ten times the casualties!"

After carefully observing the terrain in the direction of the south gate, Yang Xi solemnly said to Ge Shuhan: "The natural barrier of the Forbidden Valley has been cleared to a sufficient depth and has a certain degree of enemy resistance. If the Twelve Connected Cities are like this

Giving up means giving up half of Tongguan City’s natural advantages!”

In fact, Yang Xi didn't quite understand. Brother Shuhan gave up such an important defensive facility in the Twelve Linked City, and Hantongguan City, which was connected to the Twelve Linked City, also gave up. What on earth was Brother Shuhan thinking? If he wanted to hold on

Tongguan City, these places must be defended!

The natural danger of Tongguan does not only refer to the tallness of the city pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also refers to the combination of the city pass and the surrounding terrain to form an extremely strong defensive fortress. The rebels came from the east of Tongguan and wanted to break through it.

For Tongguan City, we must overcome the disadvantages caused by the steep terrain, capture the defensive positions outside Tongguan, and then capture Tongguan City.

If troops are deployed in Tongguan City and Twelve Liancheng City of the Han Dynasty, then if the rebels want to attack Tongguan City, they must first attack Tongguan City of the Han Dynasty, then pull out the Twelve Liancheng City, and cross the natural barrier of the Forbidden Valley before they can attack outside Tongguan City and have a chance.

Launch attacks on various gates of Tongguan. The Han Dynasty’s Tongguan City did not have many troops to defend, and the same was true for the Twelve Liancheng City. However, in order to break through these key passes, the rebels must pay a lot of effort and cost.

When Yang Xi arrived at Tongguan and initially set up defenses, he only listened to others describe the terrain and dangerous places in Tongguan City, but did not actually observe these places. It can be said that he did not have a very specific concept. After assigning the task, he only

After observing the situation in the direction of the east gate, he did not take a closer look in other directions. This was a mistake on his part, mainly because he was afraid that the rebels would attack the city immediately. During this patrol of the city, he looked carefully and found out the general terrain in all directions.

The initial military deployment also had some deeper thoughts, that is, the twelve consecutive cities must be stationed with troops.

If two thousand troops are deployed in Tongguan City of Han Dynasty, if the rebels want to attack Tongguan City, they will have to use at least ten times the force to attack the city. If they want to break Tongguan City of Han Dynasty and wipe out all the defenders above, they will have to spend at least several times more force.

price.

Each pass of the twelve consecutive cities can only be guarded by about a hundred soldiers, but to capture each pass, the price will be ten times higher.

Garrisoning troops at these places can not only serve as prominent defensive units for Tongguan City, but can also effectively block the rebels, delay their attack on Tongguan City, and also effectively kill and injure the rebels.
Chapter completed!