As the Turks approached step by step, Datong City, which was the forefront of the war, was busy. Tens of thousands of young and strong craftsmen came from all over Ganzhou to transport the rolling woods, stones and grains from the Ruoshui River into the river.

Datong City. People near Datong City rushed to help and brought rolling wood and stones to the city wall.

At the gate of the south city of Datong City, a team of grain transport trucks composed of hundreds of flat carriages transported bags of military rations into the city.

Zhang Xutuo happened to lead a team to patrol at the city gate. He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to give way and let the grain carts enter the city.

Liu Quan, the governor of Ganzhou, rushed forward and saluted: "See Zhang Sima with a humble position."

Although Liu Quan was a civil servant, he was a famous general before. He knew what materials the soldiers needed most when fighting the army was fighting, so he personally took on the logistics task and kept going back and forth between Zhangye and Datong City.

Zhang Xutuo returned the favor and smiled: "Governor Liu, how much grain has he transported to Datong City this time?"

"Yang Mincao said that Datong City needs to prepare for war, so we asked us to send 200,000 stones of grain, which is enough for the military and civilians of Datong City to be used for a year. Fortunately, there is Ruoshuihe, otherwise this task would not be possible at all." Liu Quan pretended to be complaining

He smiled and said, "He's easy to say, but I've run my legs thin. Zhang Sima can compensate me well."

Zhang Xutuo smiled heartily: "I wonder what compensation should governor Liu want?"

When dealing with foreign races, the Sui Dynasty has always been domineering and bloody. If you don’t mess with me, I’ll be happy not to mess with you. If you attack the border, then you will be prepared to retaliate. Therefore, the Sui army’s habits

The style is to be stable first, and then retaliate against the aliens with a hundred times more cruel means. This was the case in the most difficult period before, and now there is no worries.

The food transported from Zhangye County is not only the food for the soldiers and civilians who defended the city, but also the food for the Sui army when the counterattacked. As long as the army persisted until the Turks retreated, the Sui army would attack at the right time.

As for failure, loss, etc., the military and civilians in Datong City have never considered it.

"I don't want any material compensation." Liu Quan looked at Zhang Xutuo with anticipation, "I haven't been in a war for a long time. Can Sima Zhang let me defend the city?"

Zhang Xutuo was also a military general. He understood the mood of the governor who was "forced to enter politics" and asked with a smile: "If governor Liu also went to the battlefield, what should he do if the government affairs in Ganzhou?"

Liu Quan smiled bitterly and said, "Ganzhou used to be a mess, which made me one of the top two big ones. However, after Gong Gao became the chief minister of Liangzhou, he simply sorted out the government affairs of each state became clear,

In an orderly manner, I, the governor of Ganzhou, have been extremely relaxed and idle. I don’t have to hurt my brains when doing anything, or even do anything. In just a few months, I have gained nearly ten kilograms. And the civil servants of the General Administration Office

It’s so great. Compared to them, I think I am a waste. Instead of being a big fat pig, it’s better to pick up your old business and continue to lead troops to fight.”

Zhang Xutuo laughed: "As long as governor Liu arranges government affairs, I, Zhang Xutuo, have no reason to object."

"Thank you, thank you!" Liu Quan was overjoyed. He didn't care about talking to Zhang Xutuo. He turned his horse and ran to the grain transport convoy. He couldn't wait to ask the adjutant to explain the task, and at the same time ordered his personal soldiers to return to Zhangye to get his

Weapons, armor.

When the grain transport teams passed through the city gate, a large brigade of flatbed carriages slowly drove up. There was a lot of wood on the flatbed carriage. This was a catapult component made outside the city. Because the tall catapult could not enter the city gate hole.

Therefore, they are all shipped to the city wall to assemble.

Twenty catapults were originally deployed in the north wall of Datong City, but the walls that need defense were relatively long, and these twenty were obviously not enough, so Zhang Xutuo added fifty; in order to prevent it, he was also planning to deploy in the Nancheng City Wall.

Thirty horses, once the north city and the urn city are lost, the army will retreat to the south city wall to fight.

Zhang Xutuo immediately stared at the convoy slowly entering the city in an open space, and found that these craftsmen and the people who came to help were young and strong, with their exposed upper bodies well-muscled and shiny in the sun.

A group of quarrymen walked past him, talking and laughing, their grey tendons and flesh were bulging.

This made Zhang Xutuo have a thought, that is, to take these people as reserve soldiers, and with a little training, it will definitely be a strong army. Moreover, the people in Ganzhou are strong and can ride horses and shoot arrows.

When the counterattack was fought, these people also participated, and they would surely be able to hunt more Turkic soldiers and further expand the results of the battle.

"Zhang Sima." Zhang Dinghe urged him to report: "The messenger just sent the news that it was Wei Licao and Wang Gongcao brought the civilians from Doudan County to arrive tonight."

Doudan County is located in the eastern part of Ganzhou, Liangzhou in the eastern part of its eastern part and Shanzhou in the southern part. The Dadou Bagu channel to be built by Yangji is in Doudan County. During this period, Cao Wei Yunqi traveled to the Qiang people in Ganzhou.

The village lobbies tens of thousands of Qiang people with a perfect tongue.

When these Qiang people were building roads, the General Administration Office did what they said, paying wages every half month. After persisting in this for several months, the credit of the court had been firmly established.

When these Qiang people who were close to the court had completely eliminated their doubts about the court, they not only calmly built the road, but also helped Wei Yunqi persuade some people to sway left and right, or to engage in hostile Qiang villages, so that the General Administration Office could work.

Department'get more labor.

Now that the war clouds cover the land of Ganzhou, hundreds of thousands of enemy troops also put great pressure on Zhang Xutuo. He ordered Wei Yunqi and Wang Cong to bring the workers who were willing to fight to Datong City. As long as they made contributions,

Receive the same reward as soldiers.

Most of the Qiang villages were standing on the edge of the mountains. They relied on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat water. The living conditions were extremely difficult. They fought against hunger and cold for generations, fighting poisonous insects and beasts, and developed a tough personality that was not inferior to the Turks.

Because when the imperial court built roads, many of them had a copper coin and a tael of food, the Qiang people trusted the court that represented the orthodox world. When they heard that the imperial court recruited soldiers, the brave workers applied for the election.

Wei Yunqi and Wang Cong eliminated the old and weak, selected 20,000 warriors from them, and rushed to Datong City.

Zhang Xutuo had a small number of troops and was always worried that the Turks would attack day and night. If the soldiers were tired, they might not be able to defend for long.

Not only are there more than 10,000 laborers, but this 20,000 Qiang warrior is also coming soon, which makes Zhang Xutuo full of confidence in this war.

"Report." At this time, a dusty cavalry came from the north and saluted from afar: "Report to Sima Zhang, the scouts in front sent emergency military information, and the Turkic vanguard had already gone south."

"Where are the Turkic vanguards? How many people are there?" Zhang Xutuo had already heard that the Turks had completed the assembly, so there was no surprise to their arrival.

"Return to the general, the enemy's vanguard has passed the grasslands in the southern part of Shangde Mountain, with a population of about 50,000."

"Fifty thousand?" Zhang Xutuo looked at the scout here and asked, "Is it Bujia's army?"

"The vanguard consists of 30,000 soldiers from the servants and 20,000 Turkic soldiers."

"Call the generals to the official office to discuss matters." Zhang Xutuo ordered his personal soldiers and rode his horse to the official office.

"Here."

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Chapter completed!