Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 15 Coping
At the top of the west city of Minshan Fort, although it was late at night, the soldiers still stood with their heads held high and energetic, looking ahead. Only the firewood burning in the brazier made some noise from time to time.

Qin Li took a look around and nodded with satisfaction.

Qin Li was very grateful that Yuan Wenshao promoted him to the position of centurion, so when it was his turn to be on duty at night, he was very serious and would come out to inspect every once in a while.

After the inspection, Qin Li was going to rest for a while, at this moment, he seemed to see a little light out of the corner of his eye.

Qin Li turned his head and looked at the mountains and forests outside the city, but the fire from the top of the city could only illuminate the vicinity, and the distance was dark.

And in this darkness, a fire was shining in an unknown distance.

"No, beat the drum!" Qin Li's face changed and he shouted.

The accompanying corps leader was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and shouted: "Hurry up and beat the drum."

The soldiers got the order and quickly beat the big drum on the top of the city.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

The heavy and melodious sound of the drum resounded like thunder, resounding through Minshan Fort.

Yuan Wenshao was sleeping soundly when he was awakened by the sound of drums and shouted loudly: "Zhang An, what's going on? Why are there drums?"

Zhang An opened the door and walked in, saying, "Return to Captain, the sound of drums is coming from the west side of the city, I have already sent someone to inquire."

"West side city?"

Yuan Wenshao's expression changed when he heard the words, he put on his clothes hastily, and said: "The drum beating at the top of the city must have spotted the enemy, follow me to have a look."

As soon as Yuan Wenshao got dressed and left the room, the soldiers who went to inquire about the news rushed back with a soldier.

"Report to the captain, the beacon fire outside the city has been lit. The centurion asked the young man to come and report to the captain."

"Have you ever found the enemy?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

"Never."

Yuan Wenshao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but soon became nervous again.

Minshan Castle exists to discover the enemy's situation, and then temporarily stop the enemy from preparing for Wuning City. Even if they fail to defend in the end, they will not be questioned.

But now the Northwest Commander and Wuning City are guarding here, if something happens, the entire Northwest Defense Line will be in chaos, and his culpability will be serious.

"Could it be that Xixia knew that Sun Qi was at Minshan Fort and came to him specifically?"

Yuan Wenshao quickly refuted this guess. It had only been two days since Sun Qi arrived at Minshan Fort. Xixia got the news, and it was impossible to send troops so soon.

"Zhang An, go and tell Duke Ding and Cheng Shoubei about the situation, and tell them to evacuate quickly!" Yuan Wenshao ordered.

No matter what, Sun Qi and Cheng Deyuan couldn't stay here.

"Yes!" Zhang An responded and hurried away.

Yuan Wenshao mounted his horse and headed to Xicheng.

When they came to the top of the city, they saw Qin Li directing his soldiers to transport the defense materials to the top of the city.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Wenshao nodded with satisfaction and walked over.

"My subordinates have met Captain Yuan."

When Qin Li saw Yuan Wenshao coming, he saluted quickly.

Yuan Wenshao waved his hand and asked, "What's going on? Has the beacon fire gone out? Did you send someone out to investigate?"

"Back to the captain, the beacon fire burned out before half a cup of tea. My subordinates don't know the situation outside the city and dare not send anyone to investigate." Qin Li replied.

"Let's go, follow me up to the top of the city to have a look, and tell me the location where the beacon fire is lit." Yuan Wenshao said.

There are 200 people in Minshan Castle, 50 of them are scouts, and there are only 150 people in the castle. It is normal for Qin Li not to dare to send people out to investigate the situation.

"This way, Captain, please."

Qin Li led Yuan Wenshao to the top of the city, pointed to a place and said: "Captain, this is the direction where the beacon fire was lit, but it's too far away, and it's dark, and my subordinates don't know how far it is."

Yuan Wenshao had been to several scout camps several times. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that there should be Camp No. [-], only a dozen miles away from Minshan Fort.

The farthest scout camp is thirty miles away from Minshan Fort, which means that the outer scout camp has probably been removed.

When Yuan Wenshao thought of this possibility, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

If the No. [-] Scout Battalion had not lit the beacon warning, the enemy would have probably reached Minshan Fort quietly.

"Use the hanging basket to put a few people down, and be sure to detect the enemy's whereabouts." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Yes!" Qin Li agreed, and hurried to make arrangements.

After Yuan Wenshao made the arrangements, he went down to the tower and had to send Sun Qi and Cheng Deyuan away no matter what.

"Captain Yuan, are Xixia's bastards here for a sneak attack?"

As soon as he got off the city, Yuan Wenshao saw Sun Qi and Cheng Deyuan leading a group of soldiers over. Before he could salute, Sun Qi asked.

Yuan Wenshao clasped his hands and said, "Duke Hui Ding, we only discovered the beacon fire so far, and the specific situation is not clear. For the safety of you and Cheng Shoubei, I ask the Duke and Cheng Shoubei to leave as soon as possible."

"Leave?" Sun Qi said coldly: "If I run away without even seeing Xi Xia's sons, how can I have the face to command the Northwest Army!"

When Yuan Wenshao heard this, he became anxious and said: "Ding Guo Gong, you are the commander-in-chief of the northwest. Once something happens, the morale of the northwest army will be unstable and the border will be in danger. Please put the overall situation first, Duke Ding!"

"That's right, Duke, this subordinate thinks what Yuan Xiaowei said is reasonable, you can't put yourself in danger." Cheng Deyuan also persuaded.

Minshan Fort is within the scope of Wuning City. If something happens to Sun Qi here, he will not be able to escape the involvement.

"Stop talking!" Sun Qi interrupted the two of them with a wave of his hand, and said with burning eyes: "The Xixia bastards are all sneak attacks by a small group of troops, and the largest number is no more than a thousand. There are more than 100 soldiers in Minshan Fort, plus the old man. Personal guards, with the benefits of the city, what are you afraid of?"

"My lord, that's what I said, but what if Xixia learns that you are here and comes after you?" Yuan Wenshao said.

"That's right, if the Duke is worried about Minshan Castle, his subordinates can stay." Cheng Deyuan said.

"Don't talk about it, I won't leave anyway until I find out how many people there are in Xixia." Sun Qi said firmly.

He wasn't stubborn either. All the soldiers of Minshan Fort knew he was there. If he ran away as soon as there was an enemy, he wouldn't be able to hold out for long if his morale was low.

However, there are a large number of people outside Wuning City. Once Minshan Castle falls, it will be too late to move.

"Let's go up to the city with the old man." Sun Qi said and walked to the city wall first.

Yuan Wenshao approached Cheng Deyuan and whispered: "Cheng Shou, the safety of the Duke must not be compromised. Please quickly mobilize some troops and horses."

"When I arrived, I had already sent people to Wuning City to mobilize troops and horses." Cheng Deyuan said.

"That's good." Yuan Wenshao breathed a sigh of relief.

Sun Qi walked around the city and saw that the defense equipment was sufficient. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Have you ever sent anyone out of the city to inquire about the enemy?"

"My lord, my subordinates have sent people there, but there is no news yet." Yuan Wenshao said.

Sun Qi pondered for a while and then said: "Let people demolish all the houses in the city that can be demolished and move them to the top of the city."

"Duke, don't you need to be in such a hurry?" Yuan Wenshao said.

It has been very common to demolish houses as supplies for city defense since ancient times, but now it is too early to know how many enemies there are.

Sun Qi said in a deep voice: "Based on what I know about the Xixia cubs, if they are small in number and unable to attack by force, they will definitely come to show off their power after being discovered. Now that the enemy has been exposed, but there has been no movement, it means that the number of enemies is quite large. .”

"Since this is the case, the Duke should leave." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Hmph!" Sun Qi snorted coldly: "What will the soldiers think when I leave? When the Xixia bastard comes, will the soldiers still have the will to fight?"

(End of this chapter)