It happened to be the time for the soldiers guarding the city to change shifts.
Sun Ming saw Zhang Bao and walked over quickly.
"grown ups!"
"Why are you here?"
Sun Ming asked Zhang Bao.
"How many people are guarding the city gate now?"
Zhang Bao ignored Sun Ming and asked.
"My lord, because the South City Gate is facing the direction of the rebels, we have arranged fifty people to guard the city wall."
"Twenty people are arranged at the north gate, and the guards at the city gate are all six people, divided into three squads."
"The rest are in the military camp."
Sun Ming said without hesitation.
Zhang Bao frowned, said nothing, and came to the city wall.
There are two city gates in the county capital.
But these two times, the rebels attacked the city from the south gate.
On the one hand, there is a mountain forest outside the south city gate, which makes it easier for them to hide their whereabouts.
So when the soldiers guarding the city discovered the rebels.
They are often already near the city gate.
on the other hand.
If they wanted to attack from the north gate, they would have to go around the mountains on both sides of the county capital.
It's easy to say they won, but once they fail, their retreat will be very troublesome.
During this first siege.
Zhang Guanxi and others ambushed a group of troops in the mountains and forests near the North City Gate.
However, he was worried about falling into a trap and did not attack, so he retreated in embarrassment.
For Zhang Bao at this time.
But he couldn't gamble.
One's own family knows one's own affairs.
If it were really those rebels, they would attack the city from both the north and south gates at the same time.
According to the current defense strength of the county government.
Simply overwhelmed.
"Please rest assured, sir, we will guard you day and night, and we will defend the city wall to the death!"
"If the city wall is lost, please chop off my head!"
Sun Ming looked at Zhang Bao and frowned, then he spoke to Zhang Bao.
"Swear to death?"
"What do I want with your head?"
"You have to remember that fighting a war is not just about fighting with all your strength, but also using your brain."
"Don't always think about risking the lives of your brothers!"
Zhang Bao said helplessly.
After these two battles.
He finally discovered it.
These soldiers today have basically not received any systematic training.
Be it siege or defense.
It's this round of back-and-forth, and then the hand-to-hand fighting begins.
Once the melee fight begins, it means either death or injury.
Coupled with the current medical conditions, basically those who are seriously injured will not survive.
"this……"
"It's my lord!"
Sun Ming hesitated for a moment and said to Zhang Bao.
I don’t understand what Zhang Bao means.
During the war before.
Chen Dadao likes this the most. He doesn't care about anything and just rushes up without fear of death.
What is needed is this fierceness that is not afraid of death.
At this time, when I heard Zhang Bao's words that contained a lot of flinching and fear of the enemy, I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in my heart.
"Let me ask you, what would you do if those rebels attacked from the north and south gates at the same time?"
"Where are you defending?"
Zhang Bao asked Sun Ming.
"Can't you?"
"If the rebels wanted to attack the north gate, they would have to take a long detour and be easily discovered by us. Moreover, these two times they relied on the mountains and forests in the south to launch sudden attacks."
"That's how we almost conquered it."
Sun Ming said very nonchalantly.
"What you said makes sense. I hope those rebels will think so too."
"Knowing that we were defending the South City Gate with all our strength, we came here to die."
Zhang Bao said calmly.
Sun Ming blushed for a while, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.
"If you are a rebel army and want to attack the county government, what will you do?"
Zhang Bao turned to Sun Ming and everyone and asked.
"We attack the county government?"
Sun Ming and the others looked at each other.
to be honest.
During the entire process of defending the city, they were just doing all the defenses according to what they had thought and knew before.
I have never thought about changing my position.
"Publish this issue among the military camps and let everyone think about it. Whoever can come up with a reasonable and effective plan to defeat our current county defense will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"
"Go for it!"
Zhang Bao waved his hand and said to Sun Ming.
Sun Ming and the others walked down with thoughtful expressions on their faces.
"Let's go to the North City Gate and have a look!"
Zhang Bao said to Lao He.
"Master, why didn't these rebels attack from the North City Gate?"
Lao He asked Zhang Bao as he walked.
After Zhang Bao said this.
Even Lao He felt that attacking from the south gate and the north gate at the same time would achieve good results.
There are not many people in their county, but I heard that when the rebel army was at its largest, there were tens of thousands of people!
"According to my guess, it is most likely because of Ma Junhou's previous suspicion of soldiers, and the leader of the rebel army is too suspicious."
"In addition, Chen Dadao is famous, so it is inevitable that he will be afraid."
Zhang Bao said to Lao He.
There are many reasons for this that Lao He does not know.
"Can this still happen?"
Lao He's eyes widened.
"Don't forget, in order to verify this suspicion plan, the rebel army even sneaked spies into the city."
"Maybe it still exists now. If that's the case, any action in our county government will be no secret to them."
"Uncle He, when you have time, ask your officials to check it out."
"They know best about the three religions and nine schools in this city."
Zhang Bao also had some concerns.
"Master, I'm short of manpower right now, so I'm overwhelmed."
"Early this morning, the chief clerk surnamed Huang took many of my people out to work. I don't know what they were doing. I plus the people who work on various affairs are not enough to handle them."
Lao He said helplessly.
At the very beginning.
There are nearly a hundred government officials in the county government.
Let Ma Yuanming take away half of it at once.
While defending the city, another half of them were killed.
At this time, there were only about twenty people left.
There are still many chores that need to be done on weekdays, and they are extremely busy.
"Forehead……"
"You don't have anyone left either?"
"I know Master Huang is busy with business."
"If that doesn't work, let's try to recruit some more government officials."
“If you want to do things, you can’t do it without people.”
Zhang Bao said helplessly.
"OK!"
"Then I'll get busy when I get back."
Lao He said happily.
Follow Zhang Bao up the city wall of the North Gate.
There are even fewer people on the North City Gate side.
Not only were there few people, but there were also far fewer rolling stones and bows and arrows to defend the city.
Zhang Bao was very frightened when he saw it.
This can't go on like this!
If the spies really get to know the truth about the county government, and they attack from both sides, it will be over.
Zhang Bao made up his mind.
Regardless of the current food reserves, conscription is imminent.
And these defensive tools.
All need to be reserved in advance.
These instruments are different from knives.
Basically, after a battle, these defensive tools can no longer be used.