After more than two months of construction, this small port that is not marked on the map has undergone earth-shaking changes.
There are rows of neat wooden fences, with straight and flat roads running through them, dividing the port into neat fields, like concrete and subtle city walls.
The closer to the coast, the busier the place becomes. The bustling crowds are like moving ants, carrying piles of goods from the port to the wooden cities, piling them into hills.
"Jingzhi, your urban management team is really well-deserved. The speed of building the port is much faster than that of me. Do you know that it took me half a year to complete the port in Ziyi Bay? Compared with yours, it's like a sheepfold. But the natives over there regard it as a treasure, saying that the broken stockade is grander than their capital. If they had known it, they would have captured a few kings and come here to see if they could spot it. You might scare a few to death."
Guan Ning cupped his hand and said humbly: "General Ziyi is too modest. The general just built a few more projects and is familiar with it. If the place is changed, let the general go overseas to build cities and fight at the same time. After building more, A good city can only be robbed by others."
"Hey! That's because you didn't go. You'll know if you go." Taishi Ci waved his hand carelessly: "Those natives are vulnerable, so take our Qingzhou men to beat them. Even if the commander is a pig, it's still You still win, for sure! Eh... Wenwu, why are you laughing?"
"No, it's nothing." How could Li Bin tell Tai Shici that what he just said was very ambiguous. He was not only being self-effacing, but also scolding himself.
Afraid that Tai Shici would continue to ask, he quickly suppressed his smile and asked: "General, you have been depressed these days. Today, you received the letter from the lord and General Gongming. Why are you suddenly so happy? Could it be that good news came from the front? What?"
He was good at changing the subject. As expected, Taishi Ci forgot to continue asking. Shaking the letter in his hand, he laughed and said: "The front? Where does the front come from? The rear? My lord said it well: Wherever the army is, it is the front. One line!"
He smiled beamingly, but Guan Ning and Li Bin felt their hearts skip a beat. They asked in unison: "Is Piao Yujin in danger of being attacked by soldiers?"
"Yes, take a look, this is the analysis of the lord and his advisers...this is Gong Ming's warning and letter..."
Taishi Ci nodded, handed the two letters to the two of them respectively, and said, "General Gongsun was careless and underestimated the enemy. He was plotted by Hu Lu, and Hu Lu did not let us stop because of his deliberate efforts. Gongming changed the formation like this. If Wuwan doesn't come, that's it. If he comes, he will definitely take Piaoyujin. There will be a battle soon!"
Li Bin was speechless.
He did somewhat understand why Wang Yu asked him to serve as Tai Shi Ci's deputy. This general was a person who was born with no fear. As a military general, his aggressiveness was indeed rare.
If it were anyone else, even if the natives of Sanhan were indeed weak and pitiful, they were in a barbarian land overseas with no backup and nothing familiar. They would suddenly have to face the siege of a large number of aggressive natives. Even with ten costs I'm afraid I can only perform 30% to 40% of my performance.
But Taishi Ci didn't feel anything at all. He was still so brave and domineering, and his attitude in negotiating with the opponent was extremely tough. As for the general's courage, his momentum also inspired others to a certain extent, so there was a series of subsequent victories. .
However, this time his mission was to defend, and he really needed to have a stable person beside him to prevent him from overshooting and causing a huge battle of three hundred to twenty thousand.
In fact, based on the current situation, if the enemy really comes, it is really possible to develop into that situation.
The armed force under Taishi Ci's direct control was only 500 people called the Marine Corps. These people were composed of soldiers and sailors who had participated in the war in Sanhan. After the prisoners of the Taishan bandits were transported to the peninsula and handed over to Gong Tian's leadership,
Taishi Ci took these people back to Qingzhou and led them northward.
Apart from this, the only defensive force in Piaoyujin is Guan Ning's construction brigade.
The composition of the current construction brigade is different from that of the past. The original demoted soldiers have basically gone somewhere in the past two years. They either re-enlisted in the army, or returned to their places to work as pavilion chiefs, officials, or simply return to work.
the common people.
Those who stayed and those who were added later were all people who were good at construction. In short, as Guan Ning himself said, his army had become a professional engineering force.
Although this unit also participates in military training and can go into battle, its combat effectiveness is at the level of a militia at best. Moreover, it is not cost-effective to use precious technicians to work as militiamen and soldiers.
Therefore, although Guan Ning's troops numbered more than 8,000, Li Bin never included them in his combat strength. Calculated in this way, if the enemy really attacked, Piaoyujin's defense strength would really only be Taishi Ci's five.
Hundreds of people.
Li Bin admired Taishi Ci's natural fearlessness, but the current situation made him worried. When he read the letter, he brushed aside all the analysis and focused on Xu Huang's arrangements until the letter
At the end, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, General Gongming acted cautiously and left General Guan's three thousand men to support him in Quanzhou, otherwise..."
"Actually, it's not necessary. Wen Chang's side has to deal with Qu Yi and needs reinforcements, but..."
Taishi Cihun smiled nonchalantly and said: "Brothers, Jingzhi and younger brother haven't seen each other for a long time, right? This time we just take advantage of this convenience to get closer. The construction projects here are all the same, so you don't have to stay here all the time.
To command and dispatch, you might as well go to Quanzhou to welcome us and discuss matters of assistance and cooperation in defense."
"This..." Guan Ning actually had this idea too.
Dad has been worried about his life all his life. It turned out that the two brothers did not have a career, so he was worried about their future. When the time came and the two brothers separated, he was worried about his brother's safety.
Previously, my lord Qingqi went south and fought in Xuzhou for a series of fierce battles. The good news came one after another. The whole Qingzhou was rejoicing. Only my father was worried all night and had trouble sleeping and eating. He was afraid that his younger brother would run into Qingzhou's fierce generals in the battle and lose his life. He was also afraid of saving his life.
After taking his life, my younger brother didn't know what was good or bad, refused to turn from the dark side to the bright side, and had to fight to the end... In short, he was heartbroken.
After a few months, the old man seemed to have aged for more than ten years and suddenly became senile.
It wasn't until he got the news about his younger brother that the father finally let go of his worries. However, within a few days of feeling relieved, the old man became troubled again because he missed his son.
Speaking of which, Lao Guan brought his own fault for this. He sent his son away with his own hands, and he was the one who was worried about him. Now he is the one who misses his son. But poor parents in the world, Guan Ning has nothing to say.
In fact, he himself missed his younger brother very much, but Guan Ping only stayed in Gaotang for a few days before he was transferred by Wang Yu to the Taishan Army to serve as deputy general to Xu Huang, and then as the vanguard general, leading the army northward.
This is indeed a rare opportunity to meet.
"This, this, this, just go, are you afraid that without you, this place will not be able to cope with the situation?" Taishi Ci vigorously patted Li Bin on the shoulder, making the latter stagger, and said in a rough voice: "This
There are still civil and military personnel here, so what’s there to worry about?”
Guan Ning thought about it too. Without further ado, he took the order immediately.
Taishi Ci looked carefree, but in fact, he didn't really just want to have a good time in the war. As soon as Guan Ning left, he discussed defense matters in detail with Li Bin.
"If Karasuma is coming, there are only two ways, either by Lulongsai. Or by Baitan..."
Lulongsai is known as Xifengkou in later generations, located at the easternmost part of the eastern foothills of Xuwu Mountain. It is just between the two mountains and is one of the important passages from the grasslands of Inner Mongolia to Youzhou. Baitan is a small town in the northernmost part of Yuyang.
The county seat is almost directly north of the later Miyun Reservoir. There is a gap in the Yanshan Mountains here, which can also be passed by the army.
"Gongming's arrangement is to set up defenses in multiple places, with the main force in the middle. If one place is under guard, the main force will respond quickly to the rescue. If Karasuma uses Baitan, 80% of the time he will hit the main force of the Taishan Army, and it will not be our turn... From Lulong
It is said that it is unlikely to come. Tian Fashi is guarding Youbeiping, but we expected the enemy to be lenient, so we will assume that Tian Fashi was careless and was slipped in by the Karasuma people..."
Li Bin rolled his eyes when he heard this. Tian Kai was not a fool. How could he not care about such an important pass as Lulongsai? However, he was right to be lenient when he expected the enemy. Piaoyujin was too important, how could he be careful?
It's not an exaggeration.
"If we go through Lulongsai, Hu Qi will probably come from the east, and maybe it will be very close to the coast. So, someone here has an idea. Let's discuss it together..."
It was said that it was a discussion, but Taishi Ci didn't leave much chance for Li Bin to interrupt. He opened his mouth like a repeater and started wildly. After saying that, he waved his big hand and slapped Li Bin hard on the shoulder. He laughed and said
: "That's it, I attack and you defend. Isn't this a good arrangement? Do it well, I'm optimistic about you. By the way, I'll leave it to you to report back to the lord. I'm going to organize the army now. Before the war
Taught."
As he spoke, he left irresponsibly. Li Bin held back his words, but was slapped back by Tai Shici. In the end, he could only sigh silently in his stomach and accept his fate. These days,
Honest people are destined to be bullied.
Fortunately, Karasuma passed through the Youbeiping defense line silently, and the chance of appearing outside Piaoyujin was very low. General Ziyi's bold plan was just allowed to go with him.
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Before Shanhaiguan was built in the Han Dynasty, Lulongsai was the easternmost section of the Qin-Han Great Wall and one of the most important military fortresses in Youzhou.
Because the city gate is built on the mountain, it is different from the city wall built on the ground. It is extremely majestic. The main outer city wall is five feet high, three feet wide and one hundred feet long. It is made of stones stacked from the inside to the outside. On the main wall
On both sides of the city wall, there are also auxiliary walls built on the mountain, with a merit of more than 200 miles, which can be said to be the most powerful pass in the world.
The Youzhou frontier army has a battalion stationed here all year round. Even in the most difficult moments of the Hebei War, Gongsun Zan never mobilized a single soldier from this place. After Tian Kai was stationed in Youbeiping, he never relaxed the defense here and sent all his troops to this place.
Nearly 40% of the total, that is, 3,000 troops and horses are stationed here.
However, on the night when Taishi Ci decided to guard the port, Lulong Sen was falling into complete chaos!
If someone approaches from the direction of the grassland, he will definitely feel very strange, because the five-foot-high wall of the city wall is still standing, and the city gate is tightly closed. Where does the enemy come from? But if he can look in another direction,
You will suddenly realize it.
The south gate of Lulongsai was wide open, and the surroundings were covered with blood and corpses. People in the city were glaring at each other, fighting fiercely, and killing each other, all wearing the same Han military uniforms.
"Yan Rou, you brought a thief into the house, you will die!" A man dressed as a school captain was covered in blood, and he was fighting fiercely with a knife. He was beating and cursing.
Yan Rou shook her pigtails and jumped as fast as a giant monkey. She kept sneering: "Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be martyred. Only those who survive can write! Tian Rong, you can
Go die in peace, don't worry, you won't be lonely, because your brother will be with you soon, hahahaha!"
"Writing history books? You deserve it! Bah!" Tian Rong was furious, swung his sword like the wind, and slashed at Yan Rou: "My brother will not be as careless as me. You want to kill him? In the next life!"
"Do you think I will use the same move twice? Listen carefully...listen! Do you hear that? Tadun's 20,000 troops have already arrived. What can Tian Kai do to stop him? Don't give it to me.
Die!" While Tian Rong was distracted by the sound of horse hooves in the distance, Yan Rou stepped forward, stretched out like a poisonous snake, and stabbed straight into the opponent's heart.
"Be a smart person in your next life." Without looking at the other person's glaring eyes, he skillfully twisted, pushed, and pulled out the knife, letting the blood from Tian Rong's heart spurt out all over his face. Yan Rou raised the knife to the sky and shouted loudly.
Smiling evilly: "Tian Rong is dead and Karasuma's army is outside the city. Who dares to resist? Hahaha..."