Yang Xuan didn't sleep well that night. This was the first time in his life that he encountered such a dilemma.
A thousand heavy cavalry troops cannot withstand it at all with fortifications like earthen forts.
Although the opponent was scared off with Thor's Hammer last night, they didn't leave at all, they just retreated a little further. At this time, Tumu Fort was still surrounded by the opponent.
The merchants in Tumubao were so worried that they couldn't get in or get out.
Yang Xuan has never been a person who advocates violence, but today he understood one thing, fists are the last word.
This was being threatened at the doorstep of Dasheng's house. Yang Xuan couldn't bear this tone.
Iron Buddha?
Everything is cloudy in front of Thor's hammer.
However, Tumu Fort only has 200 Yulin Guards. Facing the Tiefutu with thousands of people, they simply cannot kill them.
This earthen fortress is an unlucky place, Yang Xuan thought bitterly.
However, I am not the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, and this is not the Ming Dynasty, but the Dasheng Dynasty. The 200,000 border troops in Youzhou Prefecture are still very powerful under the leadership of Prince Yan.
The biggest problem now is that this is the territory of Dasheng Dynasty. If they dare to surround Tumu Fort, they can only fight quickly, so they may launch an attack at any time.
Yang Xuan's assumption was correct. The general who commanded the Thousand Iron Pagodas was called Saikan. He was a famous warrior of the Fucha tribe and was good at fighting.
Originally, the plan was to launch a night raid last night, but because Sekan underestimated the enemy and was blown over by Mjolnir, the night raid on the Tumu Fort was forced to be cancelled.
In the Tiefutu camp, Sekan Youyou woke up, and the first thing he said when he opened his eyes was: "Have you caught Lizhu?"
Everyone looked at each other, and only then did Sekan realize that he was injured last night. Before he fell into coma, he ordered the retreat and camp.
"Send the order, the whole camp will rest, and we will attack Tumu Fort tonight."
"But Lord Commander, your injury..."
"What's the injury? I'm fine." Sekan stood up, waved his arms, and prepared to stand up.
But when he was about to exert force, he felt a sharp pain in his calf, causing him to fall down again.
"Lord Commander."
All the men came forward in surprise.
"What are you yelling about? It's just a minor injury." Sekan broke out in cold sweat from the pain, but he still said tough: "This matter is related to the rise of our Fucha tribe, and we can only succeed and not fail."
"yes!"
His subordinates responded in unison.
Tiefutu is an elite built by the Fucha tribe with all their efforts. They are all disciples of the Fucha family. There are only two thousand people in total. This time Sekan brought half of them out, and he must bring back Lizhu no matter what.
With the strong combat power of the Iron Buddha, the low earthen walls of the Tumu Fort could not withstand it at all.
Sekan believes that there is no suspense in this battle. Even after seeing the weird defensive weapons yesterday, he is not afraid at all.
Since it was discovered that the prairie cavalry had not retreated and were still surrounding the Tumu Fort, Yang Xuan ordered the reinforcement of defenses and preparation of war supplies.
Although the stock of Mjolnir in hand is not much, it is enough to fight a city defense battle.
The people sent out to ask for help successfully broke through the encirclement last night. When the news comes to Juyongguan, they will definitely come to help. As long as they hold on, the enemy will retreat.
It's just that the merchants in the Tumu Fort were all panic-stricken, but Ma Yuan and Amul came with the workers to help.
Yang Xuan could understand Ma Yuan's behavior, but when Amul came to help, Yang Xuan was a little confused.
What we want to fight are the prairie people. You are also a prairie people. Are you helping the Dasheng people to fight the prairie people?
Amul said angrily: "Mr. Yang, we grassland people make a living by herding. Why do you think we people come here to work as coolies?"
Yang Xuan suddenly realized that Ma Yuan was involved in ethnic conflicts, while Amul was involved in class conflicts.
As long as there are pastures, cattle, sheep and horses, who would be willing to stay away from home and come here to do such hard and tiring work.
With the help of more than 500 coolies, the defense can be reinforced very quickly.
Of course, Yang Xuan did not let these people work in vain, and gave each of them one tael of silver as wages.
In normal times, one tael of silver could cover more than half of their monthly income, and everyone was immediately working enthusiastically.
Although Tumu Fort is said to be a castle, it actually only has a ring of walls. When the market was renovated, shops were built inside and outside the wall, and a few more doors were opened to facilitate entry and exit.
And what they have to do is block those entrances.
As for the shops outside the wall, all valuables should be emptied out.
Time was running out, and they couldn't build a strong wall or clear the field. Anyway, they didn't have to worry about being besieged for too long.
In addition, Yang Xuan also set up many horse-repelling stakes within the range of the trebuchet based on the advice of the Yulin Guards.
The purpose of the horse-rejecting stakes is to block the road. If the enemy cavalry wants to charge and attack, they must first clear the horse-rejecting stakes.
However, due to insufficient materials, the number of Juma stakes is not very large.
Yang Xuan patted his head and thought of a good idea.
That's digging a hole.
Ma Yuan was stunned: "Sir, how big of a hole can we dig."
Yang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said: "There is no need to dig a big hole, we can just dig a small hole."
"Small pit?"
Ma Yuan's face was full of doubts, and Amul on the side was also puzzled: "A small pit cannot trap a war horse. The war horse can jump over it with one jump."
Yang Xuan gestured with his hands and said, "Just dig such a small hole."
The two of them looked at Yang Xuan's gestures and scratched their heads.
"I said, you two come and dig."
The two picked up shovels and started digging holes according to Yang Xuan's instructions.
Soon, two small holes the size of bowl mouths and as deep as knees were dug.
"Will this work?"
Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Of course it is useless to dig these one or two, but what will happen if this large area is full of such small holes?"
The two of them followed Yang Xuan's gaze and saw that everything they looked at was flat.
Seeing that the two of them still didn't understand, Yang Xuan explained: "Think about it, if there are small pits like this all over the place, what will happen if the horse's hooves step into these pits when the cavalry charges?"
"hiss……"
The two of them were shocked. Once the horse's hoof stepped into such a small hole, the huge impact could break the horse's legs directly, not to mention the people on the horse.
Just because of the heavy armor on the cavalry of Tiefutu, it would be difficult to get up even if they fell.
The two looked at each other, showing excitement.
"dig!"
More than 500 coolies, led by two people, began digging holes frantically.
Start from the outside and keep digging in. As long as the enemy doesn't come, keep digging. The more, the better.
But we kept digging until dark, but the Iron Buddha did not come.
Yang Xuan sent people to investigate the situation, and reported that only a few patrolling cavalry were seen, and no one else was seen.
Zhang Junbao said doubtfully: "Maybe they have withdrawn."
Yang Xuan chuckled: "Why are there still people patrolling after we withdraw? I'm afraid they are recharging their strength for a night attack at night."
Zhang Junbao encouraged himself: "We are not afraid of night attacks."
Yang Xuan said: "Go, take people to Shengfa Department Store to move out the oil. As long as they dare to come tonight, we will have a bonfire party."