So I play chess

Chapter 117 City Defense Layout
Different from formal edicts, the edicts issued by Zhaohua Palace are not taken over by Zhongshu, but are often drafted directly by the Ministry of Rites, and submitted to the right minister Feng Xian'er, and then proclaimed.

At this moment, the Ministry of Rites is writing an article on this important matter in Southern Chu, and it is about to be sent to the counties.From the selection of the author to the detailed content, in fact, there should be some selection and scrutiny. The process is very long, and even if it is kept around the clock, it will not take a day or two.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites closed the door tightly, but there was no trace of busyness inside.

Outsiders don't know that these procedures have been completed half a month ago. The two different edicts are placed in the hidden compartments under the Ministry of Rites Shangshu's case, and they can be copied according to the actual situation.

After all, Nan Chu couldn't wait that long, and neither could Tang Xianyao.

The Ministry of Rites only needs to put on a little show, and then it can be announced directly.

In contrast, others are faster.

Beiyu's eyes and ears in Lianzhou, the armies and counties, and even some personnel from the local clans, have quickly spread the news from Lianzhou through their own channels.

But Tongcheng is quite far away, and they don't know anything about the situation in Lianzhou for the time being.Wen Gu had to deal with other unexpected troubles.

Not long after Li Mao left the city, Wen Gu received the news from the secret guards that the progress of the Chuyang Pass march was a bit delayed compared to the originally estimated time, which must have been delayed by something in the middle.

There is also specific news about the approximate number of teams in the front and back.There are 500 people in the vanguard and 500 people in the rear.It's just that in the vanguard team, there is an extra coffin for no reason.

When Wen Gu heard this, he knew in his heart that it was Liu Zhu who met them and let Chu Yangguan know of Tang Mingyi's death.I then asked if I had seen Liu Zhu or other civilians in the two films, but I got a negative answer.

Wen Gu originally thought that, except for those related to Tongcheng, other people should have misunderstood Liu Zhu as Tang Mingyi's party.And Bibu Langzhong is Song You's confidant, Chuyangguan should not embarrass them.

I really didn't expect this to happen.

Originally, he planned to go to Lianzhou to find a better future for Liu Zhu, but this time it hurt him instead.

Wen Gu didn't have much time to grieve, so the sage took the sons and daughters left in Liu Zhu's mansion and some servants and servants who took care of them into the house.It is very likely that Chuyangguan will take revenge on Liu Zhu's family first, so it is safer to be with her.

Then he gave up other inferences and mobilized two armies in the city to prepare to defend the city.At the same time, he also passed the news to Li Mao and Lao Zhao.

The 2000 Liangzhou Army outside are being divided into seven parts, each carrying out the transfer of the population of the six counties.Once completed, [-] troops can be allocated to support Tongcheng.

Then the city only needs to persist until that time.

But compared to outside the city, it is more difficult inside the city.

Although in terms of numbers, the [-] Dingyi army has no advantage over the [-] defenders in the city, and is even at a disadvantage.But no one knows how fiercely the desperate Chuyangguan will fight.

What's more, if he also abandons Dingyi and mobilizes all Dingyi troops to come to Tongcheng, as he did back then.I'm afraid the situation at that time was much more difficult than that of Liangzhou back then.

Right now, for Wen Gu, the Liangzhou Army needn't worry too much, but the Tongcheng Army has only been in the army for a short time, and no matter whether it is personal combat power, formation or formation, or even the will of the army, it is far from enough to go to the battlefield.

Wen Liang originally thought that the eldest lady didn't have any skills in defending the city, and although he was not that good at it, he was still better than the eldest lady, so he wanted to arrange the arrangement by himself, but was called back urgently by Wen Gu.

"Uncle Wen, how many people are equipped with enough weapons from Lianzhou?"

As soon as Wen Liang walked in, Wen Gu began to make arrangements.She hasn't had time to ask about this batch of weapons and horses, but Wen Liang has already checked.

"Miss, this batch is not too many, it's only enough for [-] lightly armored soldiers."

"Where are the horses?"

Wen Liang replied: "There are fewer horses. They were in a hurry to go back this time, and even rode some away. The remaining ones are less than one hundred and fifty. Including what we originally had in the city, there are more than six hundred in total."

This was not beyond Wen Gu's expectations, and they didn't really come here to give these away: "There are only 1000 people left in the city without weapons."

Wen Liang followed Wen Gu's words and said: "The 1000 people can be divided into two groups, and they will guard the four city gates day and night. Control. The remaining four teams deliver stones and sulfur to the defenders."

There was nothing wrong with Wen Liang's arrangement, but Wen Gu had other ideas: "It's just that I don't think Chuyang Pass will be easily attacked."

Wen Liang immediately understood: "Miss, do you think that Chuyangguan has insufficient troops and cannot be easily damaged?"

Wen Gu nodded: "Four thousand soldiers and horses can neither attack nor encircle, but they must enter the city, what will he do?"

"Chuyangguan looks rude, but in fact it has much more bad intentions than Shen Jing." Zhou Tong also rushed back at this time, "In his vanguard, there must be craftsmen and generals, either rushing chariots, or tunnels. , can be built right away, if Li Mao can really kill that guy’s wood, we just need to prevent him from digging tunnels.”

Zhou Tong was supposed to be patrolling the four city gates, but at this moment he just came here. Wen Liang frowned and said, "Why are you here?"

Seeing Wen Liang's displeasure on his face, Zhou Tong spread his hands: "The city gate is deployed, it's finished."

"Zhou Dutong is so fast?" Wen Gu asked suspiciously.

"Yes, don't worry about me being a young lady?" Zhou Tong was rather smug, seeing that Wen Liang was still suspicious, he continued, "Actually, it's not all due to me, the female inspector helped a lot .”

"Jin Wan? Tell me about it." Wen Gu immediately became interested.

It turned out that Jin Wan had arranged the affairs in the city, and Wen Gu didn't send her anything, so she found Zhou Tong by herself, and took the initiative to take the errand of delivering weapons to the Horse Dough Building.

After finishing the errands with the pawns, he helped Zhou Tong arrange some haystacks and stones. Zhou Tong saw that she was quite interested in this matter, so he taught her some basic city defense arrangements. Then, Zhou Tong had other thoughts, he came to ask the eldest lady for orders.

Wen Gu immediately understood Zhou Tong's thoughts: "Zhou Dutong wants Jin Wan to lead the army together?"

"Miss is really..." Zhou Tong responded immediately, and wanted to imitate Li Mao's flattery, but he couldn't think of a new word after holding back for a long time, "It's really witty!"

Wen Gu smiled and said: "Zhou Dutong thinks it is feasible, so let's do it, but Jin Wan has no experience, the big battle is coming, don't make any mistakes before the battle."

"Miss, don't worry, I know Chuyangguan. He thought Tongcheng was still the old group of wine bags and rice bags, so he dared to bring 4000 people to kill him. If he knew that the city was our Liangzhou army, he would never dare to act rashly. Just Here, he lost first."

Wen Gu nodded, but still warned: "Chuyang Pass is extraordinary after all, although Zhou Dutong is also outstanding, but don't underestimate the enemy."

Zhou Tong listened to the young lady's praise of himself, and was about to answer a few words, but suddenly heard someone on the roof humming softly.

(End of this chapter)