At midnight, the light-controlled ship sailed quietly through the water and gradually approached the dock.
There was silence on the boat.
No one was allowed to speak, lest they be discovered by the occasional wandering cavalry in the wilderness.
Yang Fan saw that a new wall had been built outside the pier, with a height of about six meters. It seemed that the two commander-in-chiefs strictly implemented their orders. They built the pier wall first and then the wall. As a result, they ran out of time.
.The wall of the village has not been completed.
Many officers, soldiers and guardsmen were standing on the pier, looking eagerly at this rather small fleet. Some people were still crying softly. These people were still reinforcing the trestle late at night.
The ship finally docked.
When Mr. Wang and Mr. Zhang heard that Mr. Baihu had arrived with reinforcements, they quickly got up and ran to the dock.
I saw Yang Fan getting off the boat from a distance, and I almost cried with excitement. Mr. Yang was doing well in Zunhua, so he didn’t need to take the risk of coming back. He just had to find an excuse to have other official duties. But Mr. Yang still came,
They also brought so many reinforcements.
"Master Baihu," Wang Dali choked, "Now that you are back, the people in this village will have a backbone."
Looking at Wang Dali wiping his tears, Yang Fan patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.
"Convene a meeting of all officers to arrange defenses." Yang Fan didn't talk too much.
Now we must race against time.
A simple map of a dozen miles nearby was hung up. Officers from the regiment training and officers from the Baihu Station gathered together.
The carbide lamp made a popping sound. The room was bright and filled with the unique faint smell of the carbide lamp.
"After communicating with Jin Yiwei, these horse bandits may be more difficult to deal with. Judging from the equipment and weapons, they may be Jiannu disguised as slaves. There may be more than just this one in the entire Yanshan Mountains. I don't know how many there are specifically."
"Building slaves, this is terrible"
"Three hundred Jiannu cavalry, this is a complete record."
"The Manchus are extremely accurate in archery, and they can shoot in the eye with perfect accuracy within thirty steps."
There was a buzzing sound down below.
The officers in the regiment training were completely silent. They had no idea at all. The ignorant were fearlessly talking about these rookies.
"I brought 70,000 sacks this time. Tonight, all the people will be mobilized to fill the river sand with sacks, and then use sandbags to build the wall. Tomorrow morning, the wall will be raised to two feet. This matter will be done immediately, everyone is mobilized
stand up."
"Mr. Wang Qi, you are familiar with the terrain. Take 200 strong men outside the trench, bury the wooden stakes overnight, and grind the tables. You teach them to erect the barbed wire fence. It must be completed before dawn."
"General Zhang Qi, take the remaining 100 or so strong men to dig a hole outside the south gate. It is a small hole as wide as the mouth of a bowl and one foot deep. Make one hole per foot square. Make as many holes as you can by daybreak."
"We must withdraw at dawn, let's all go"
"Here!"
Everyone took the order and left.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
More than a thousand residents, more than 300 strong men, more than fifty guards officers and soldiers, and a thousand regiments worked hard under the bright moonlight.
Nannan's parents wiped away their tears, walked away from the sadness after their son was gone, and began to carry sandbags from the river beach at the pier. Nannan walked on her short legs and held a small lantern to illuminate the adults. Many children were also on the river beach.
Use ladles, ladles, and shovels to fill as many sandbags as you can. Whenever a sandbag is full, someone will carry it away.
Master Baihu said it well, no one is useless, people's abilities may be great or small, but everyone can do something within their ability.
Brother Zhang Wu and more than a hundred brothers dug a hole outside the south gate with a spade issued by Master Baihu. They didn't know why Master Baihu dug such a small hole, but they came back because Master Baihu came back and
We all live and die together, and we absolutely trust Mr. Baihu.
This strange shovel is so easy to use. Just step on it and it will pull out a small hole three inches in diameter and one foot deep. It is very efficient to dig holes one foot at a time.
At first, they were a little nervous, fearing that they would be discovered by the rangers wandering outside and be hacked to death by horse bandits.
However, once you start working in full swing, you forget about the danger.
Master Baihu also told them to dig holes as hidden as possible and place them in grassy areas, making them as inconspicuous as possible.
The night passed before I knew it.
The sky in the distance appeared fish belly white.
Everyone was exhausted, but everyone dug thousands of holes.
Hundreds of thousands of small holes on the south side of the entire village are secretly hidden under the grass.
The sky began to turn gray, and they were already far away from the south gate.
The sun jumped out on the horizon. It was dawn.
"Stop digging and withdraw immediately." Brother Zhang Wu ordered.
More than a hundred people quickly packed up their tools and ran back.
As soon as they ran into the south gate of the village, another bandit's horsemen appeared on the horizon.
They saw from a distance that the village seemed to have changed overnight.
Suhetailer stopped his horse and stood on the little earthen bag to watch. His mouth opened in surprise.
The city wall, which was only three feet high yesterday, suddenly rose to nearly two feet high overnight. Coupled with the seven-foot-deep trench, it looked even more towering.
The river side of the trench was also dug. River water came in, and there was at least three feet of water.
On the outermost side of the trench, some short wooden piles appeared at some point, with some ropes hanging on them, something that was a bit stiff but swayed in the wind.
However, this thing did not attract Su Hetai's attention. It was so short that it could be crossed by a horse, so it was of no use.
I must go back immediately and tell Mr. Niulu Erzhen Alinbao about the new situation here.
He turned his horse's head and ran towards the camp with a dozen white-toothed soldiers.
Fifteen miles away from the rocky beach, there is a simple camp with more than 40 tents spread out.
In the largest cowhide tent.
Alingbao was having breakfast, being served by two young girls who had snatched him away.
He didn't pay attention to this small Baihu Station. If the leader of Xitang hadn't drawn a circle on the map, he would not have come to this shabby place full of rocks and salt-alkali land.
Alinbao took a sip of the egg custard and clapped his lips with satisfaction. This Handi is so good, everything is much better than outside the customs.
Seeing Su Hetai come in, he smiled slightly.
"Su Hetai, what made you, Batulu, break into my account in such a hurry? You haven't had breakfast yet, sit down and have something together."
"Sir, the situation has changed"
Alinbao smiled slightly, what could change? Last night, the scouts were sent out thirty miles away by themselves, and neither Zunhua nor Yongping came to reinforce them. The situation in this village has long been investigated clearly. Fifty or sixty useless soldiers from the guard station
That’s all.
"The wall of the village became taller, from three feet to two feet overnight."
"How is this possible?" Alimbao put down his spoon.
"They have come for reinforcements, otherwise their manpower would not be able to complete such a large project."
"Our scouts on land have closed the road. They should have come from the water last night. I don't know how many people there are and what kind of soldiers and horses they are."
Alingbao pondered for a while, he was surrounded by cavalry, and if the opponent completed the wall, it would indeed increase the difficulty of the attack.
He was not willing to let his precious cavalry attack the fortified city head-on.
"Send an order to summon all the thirteen families of bandits that have been collected. Also bring back the seven cavalry groups operating in Jixian County. I want to see if this small village can master magic and repair the wall overnight.
No matter how many people came last night, I want them not to see the sun tomorrow."