The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 109 Blocking the Enemy Outside the Fifth Battalion?The villagers' brains are a bit big!

After asking a few words about the messenger, it turned out that this person didn't know much, and he came here just to deliver a letter.

"Master Yang, you stay guard in the pass first. I'll go to the street to see what's going on. We'll discuss the solution after we come back." Song Yingkui couldn't judge whether the news from Han Yuhong was accurate, let alone Talk about a countermeasure.The guards came here to send a message just to call Song Yingkui over, and the villagers at the Fifth Battalion are also anxiously waiting for Song Yingkui, the only man with soldiers, to go over and stabilize the situation.

"Defense, you have to go and come back quickly. The military situation is urgent. Maybe someone will be sent to pass the order to the pass after a while. You have to be there." Yang Shunan was afraid that he would not be able to deal with it after receiving the military order, so he asked Song Yingkui to go to Wu Stay in the tent for a while, and come back as soon as you figure out the situation. There are still a lot of people waiting for him to be the backbone.

Bringing five or six sentry cavalry, Song Yingkui rode a fast horse to Wuying Street.When I entered the street, I felt that the market was already in chaos. The shops that should be closed were closed, and the footmen ran out in a panic leading their mules and horses. native.

"The garrison is here. I've been waiting for a long time." As soon as he arrived at the Liting station, the guards yelled and passed the news, and Han Yuhong ran out with several old men to meet Song Yingkui.

"Ting Wei, where did you get the news about the Xifan soldiers crossing the Yellow River? But did the county government send someone to pass it on?" What Song Yingkui couldn't figure out was why he didn't receive any decent news?Sending letters back and forth from the county will not neglect the Shiping Garrison, right?
"How can the county government take care of our small place now? They don't know what to do. I heard the news of the Xifan soldiers crossing the river from the footmen who ran over on the street. Today, our town There are [-] or [-] footholds who have been there. They all told that the Fan soldiers had crossed the river, and they are now fighting fiercely with the officials and soldiers in several fortresses in the west of Wazhou. Fanzi's rangers can be seen on the edge of Wazhou city. In the afternoon, there were not only foot households passing by on the official road, but also big households who ran out from Wazhou City. They all fled eastward with their families, and according to this posture, Wazhou City may not be able to keep it.” Seeing that Song Yingkui had doubts about his source, Han Yuhong quickly opened his mouth to explain.

"For such a big event, why didn't the county and Wazhou pass any news? The battle in Wazhou City is tense, and it should be sent to the surrounding soldiers and volunteers to help defend?" The story of the Yellow River is likely to be true, but this makes Song Yingkui even more puzzled. Wazhou is about to fight a big war, so why don't the surrounding soldiers and horses be dispatched to help?What do the bigwigs in the province think?They want to rely only on the soldiers in Wazhou City to defend?

"Who knows what the people above are thinking? What we need to consider when defending is the Fifth Battalion. The villagers want to ask you whether there is no shortage of food and grass in the army. Also, if the Tibetan soldiers enter our Fifth Battalion, Can the guards repel them and protect the village?" No matter how big the outside world is, it is not as important as the affairs of the Fifth Battalion. What the country gentry like Han Yuhong is most concerned about is whether the Shiping soldiers can provide them with protection.

"Ting Wei, whether we can fight back the Xifan soldiers from our fifth battalion depends on how many people can come. If the city of Wazhou is destroyed, the four surrounding areas will be full of Tibetan soldiers. No matter how good our Shiping guards can fight, It is also difficult to deal with. If Wazhou is not lost, the situation can be controlled. With my official here, it is unlikely that the enemy will try to enter our fifth camp through Shiping Pass from the direction of Didao, unless there is still a chance of their troops being over ten thousand Another thing, if three or five hundred soldiers rush in from other places, our Shiping soldiers can also take care of them."

Han Yuhong's question made Song Yingkui speechless, it was too amateurish.The main force of Xifan came from the direction of Wazhou, and the Shiping garrison was hard to resist even if each of them had three heads and six arms.

"Song Shoubei, if Wazhou City is not protected, the direction of my fifth battalion to guard against the thieves will no longer be Shiping Pass, but Langwa Pass and Yanchuan Gorge Pass. Can your army block these two entrances?" After listening to Song Yingkui's answer, a village elder questioned him.

"Langwa Mountain Pass and Yanchuan Gorge Pass? These two places have no fortresses to rely on. I didn't have any defensive tasks in these two directions before at Shiping Pass. With more than 300 people under my command, how could it be possible to be in two places? Keep the enemy out? Langwa Mountain only has the official road, and it is difficult to march in other places. It is still possible to block it. The mouth of Yanchuan Gorge is easy to block, but the enemy can detour to Zhangwuzhuang and enter Yang's house from the mountain road Fort and then attack the defenders in the direction of the gorge, this place can't stop people."

Speaking of Wuying, this place can be regarded as a small basin, surrounded by mountains. Except for the gentler mountains on the side along the mouth of the Chuanchuan Gorge, the mountains in other places are very steep except for a few tunnels. It is a natural danger.If the plan is made early and the number of troops is larger, it is possible to block the incoming enemy and prevent them from entering the country.That's why the villagers asked Song Yingkui if there was any way to block the Xifan soldiers outside the town.

"Guarantee, why don't we raise manpower now and build two forts at Langwa Pass and Yanchuan Gorge Pass? On the defense side, add some Xiangyong. Let's block these two entrances first. As for them entering the country around Zhangwuliang Let’s slowly discuss countermeasures, after all, it’s a mountain road, and it’s hard to turn it over, if it’s not possible, let’s go down to Shahekou to build a fort, and directly block Dayingchuankou.” Song Yingkui’s words did not make the village elders give up The idea of ​​blocking the enemy from the outside, on the contrary, wants to further improve this idea.

What are these people thinking?Even if their idea can be implemented, what's the use if they can block the Fan soldiers outside Wuying Town?If the overall situation is ruined, what's the use of defending Wuying and a small town?You can't rely on such a small place to be self-sufficient, right?

"Everyone, the situation is not clear now. It's not the time to think about these things. I think so. I will make some arrangements after returning to customs tonight. I will send sentry riders to Yuyuan and Wazhou early tomorrow to investigate the situation and wait for the situation to be cleared." Let's discuss it after we have a clear understanding. Now everyone will go back to the village and calm down the villagers first. Anyway, Wazhou City is still in the hands of the government and the army, and the situation is not so bad that it can't be controlled." Seeing that the topic was off topic, Song Yingkui didn't want to talk to these guys with big brains anymore.To figure out the situation, it seems that you have to rely on yourself.

After chatting briefly with the villagers, Song Yingkui got up and returned to the customs, and arranged matters such as inquiring about news overnight.

"Master Yang, tomorrow morning, you will take seven or eight sentry riders to go to Yuyuan and Wazhou City to find out about the military situation. You must find out what the situation is now. Uncle San, you will be in charge of the workshop area and the wheel factory tomorrow. Temporarily shut down, the ironworks will continue to operate, and 100 workers will be drawn from the workers to fill in the soldiers. Right now, we must put the military first. Brother, don’t worry about the racecourse tomorrow, take someone to Wuying Street We are guarding in the shop, if you need something important, hurry up and send me a message on horseback."

(End of this chapter)