Pirate Song

"Jiang Qianju! I'm here for the first time, and I don't know many things. I hope Jiang Qianji will introduce the situation here first." Gao Huaiyuan looked at the surrounding soldiers and whispered to each other, but couldn't say anything. So, he went out and clasped his fists and asked the worried Jiang Fang.

"Oh! Lieutenant Gao's question is very true. This is because Jiang has not thought carefully! To be honest, the situation in Huangzhou is not very good right now! Our garrison troops are too weak, and the [-] township warriors you lead are only mere mere There are more than [-] people, but this time the Jin soldiers have exceeded [-], which is more than ten times the strength of our city.

Although the Huaidong army is rushing towards this side right now, they are far from being able to quench their thirst. I am afraid that before they arrive here, the Jin army has already approached the city. Jiang is worried about this right now. Is there any good policy? Seeing Gao Huaiyuan, the newcomer, Jiang Fang came out to ask questions, so he quickly introduced the situation to Gao Huaiyuan, and asked Gao Huaiyuan for advice.

Gao Huaiyuan also felt his scalp numb when he heard it, more than 2000 to more than 3, this number is too big!What's more, it was the Huamao Army of Pu San Anzhen, an elite division of the Golden Army, who came to attack Huangzhou this time. With their strength, it is conceivable how difficult it is to defend Huangzhou City!

Gao Huaiyuan, a newcomer, had nothing to do with Jiang Fang's questions about him, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to ask: "Jiang Qianju, please forgive Gao for offending, Gao wants to ask, except us in the city Apart from soldiers and horses, are there still civilians available? In addition, are there any soldiers and horses available in the nearby villages and towns?"

After Jiang Fang heard Gao Huaiyuan's question, he hurriedly replied: "There are only a few thousand households in Huangzhou. I have just sent people to recruit all the young and strong people in Huangzhou City, and sent them to assist the defenders. It is estimated that more than a thousand people can be recruited to defend the city, but they can only help a little at most, which is useless! And there are not many available soldiers around Huangzhou right now, it seems that this time Huangzhou is in danger!" When he said this, Jiang Fang already had a look of despair on his face.

After Gao Huaiyuan listened to Jiang Fang's introduction, he lost his mind. He knew the situation here was dangerous before he came, but he didn't expect it to be so dangerous. How could Zhao Fang send him here to make contributions? Just like pushing him into a fire pit, it is basically impossible for them to hold Huangzhou with their small number of troops.

The lobby of the government office was in a mess at the moment, everyone was discussing how to defend against the enemy, but after discussing for a long time, they couldn't come up with any solution, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help feeling a little worried.

It was because of this that he discovered that Jiang Qianzhi was actually not a serious soldier in the army, but also a civil servant, who basically had no combat experience, and the defenders here were basically as innocent as him. With the experience before the battle, when encountering such a crisis, I feel a little panicked.

Such a group of people, when faced with an enemy army ten times their size, trying to block the Jin army is like a child's play. If the defenders here cannot increase in large numbers in a short period of time, then Huangzhou is probably in danger .

Listening to these people discussing and discussing, they couldn't come up with any solution. On the contrary, everyone panicked. Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but became a little impatient. If they don't wait for them to figure out a way, Huangzhou City has already been conquered by the golden soldiers!

So Gao Huaiyuan couldn't bear to go out again, and said loudly: "Everyone, please listen to the next sentence! At this time, if everyone continues to argue like this, it can be said that it will not help the matter. Gao is not talented. He used to follow Mr. Meng and Mr. Hu in Zaoyang area. The general and others have dealt with the Jin army. From Gao's point of view, everyone should mobilize the people in the city as much as possible at this moment, strengthen the city wall as soon as possible, and prepare various defensive equipment!

Although the Jin army is coming aggressively this time, they are progressing very fast and did not carry too many siege equipment. If we work together, we may not be able to defend Huangzhou City!

And before Gao Mou crossed the river, Mr. Zhao had already informed Gao Mou that the army from Xiangyang is now heading here, and the Huaidong and Jinghu Road armies have also marched towards this area, as long as I can survive a little longer In time, we will be able to wait until the reinforcements arrive, and the Jin army will naturally retreat at that time!

From my point of view, right now we should act as soon as possible and do what we can do first. Now that Mr. Gao has arrived here, I hope Jiang Qian will order me to join the city defense as soon as possible, so we still have some time to prepare! "

When Gao Huaiyuan came out and spoke loudly, the hall of the government office suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their attention to Gao Huaiyuan. Just now, they didn't pay much attention to the new Daye county captain, but now Gao Huaiyuan After Huaiyuan said these words, they couldn't help but start to look at the young county captain in front of them again.

Especially after hearing Gao Huaiyuan mention that he used to work under Meng Zongzheng and Hu Zaixing, Jiang Fang seemed to have a backbone suddenly, and hurriedly got up and asked, "If Captain Gao said so, did he really serve in the army in Zaoyang before? The officer is short of manpower like you right now, and you came just in time! Listen, everyone, today is an urgent matter, and we can only do what Gao Xianwei said first. I temporarily ordered Gao Xianwei to be my official. Deputy, Gaoxian Lieutenant, do you have any other high-level strategies?"

When Gao Huaiyuan heard this, it was good, he became Jiang Fang's deputy right away, this official was promoted fast enough, no one used him as a solid food just now, now he has become the backbone of Huangzhou City!This Jiang Fang really went to the doctor when he was sick!But that's good too, it's a good thing for him that he can enter the decision-making layer of Huangzhou City, it's safer than letting mediocrity command him.

So Gao Huaiyuan did not refuse, and immediately bowed to thank Jiang Fang, took over the job, and then said: "Thank you Jiang Qianzhi for your respect, but Gao is so disrespectful! Now that Gao is new here, he is not yet familiar with the situation in the city. I understand, but I can't come up with any good solution, it's better to let my subordinate patrol around the city first, and then make suggestions for Jiang Qian, I don't know what Jiang Qian wants?"

Although those other people were somewhat dissatisfied with Jiang Fang's appointment, they were restless at the moment, and they were too lazy to compete with Gao Huaiyuan for power, so it was equivalent to passing the appointment, and Gao Huaiyuan became the deputy general of Huangzhou City.

Seeing that it was not too early, there was no result after such discussions, so Jiang Fang had no choice but to disband the people in the government office. First, according to Gao Huaiyuan's proposal, he sent people to recruit all the people in Huangzhou City, and sent them to the city wall separately to strengthen the city wall. Gao Huaiyuan's [-] township soldiers were assigned to the east gate of Huangzhou City to take over and defend the east wall. It was an errand for Gao Huaiyuan's troops.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Gao Huaiyuan did not dare to take a break, so he immediately arranged for Zhou Hao to bring six hundred soldiers from the township to the east gate of the city, and took over the defense there, and arranged for the defense of the city wall in groups and sections. Jiang Fang also sat in the government office. I can't help but personally take Gao Huaiyuan on a tour of the city.

Since Gao Huaiyuan came here, and his life was at stake, he didn't refuse, followed Jiang Fang to inspect the city carefully, and didn't get a general idea of ​​the situation in Huangzhou City until it was time to light the lights at night!

After seeing the preparations for the city defense of Huangzhou City, Gao Huaiyuan became even more worried. What was different from what he thought before he came here was that although he had already heard about the Jin army going south, Jiang Fang underestimated the Jin army's coming. The preparation work can be said to be very insufficient, and it can even be said that basically nothing useful has been done.

If Huangzhou City continues like this, it may take less than two days for the Jin army to conquer Huangzhou City. Gao Huaiyuan was really frightened.

And now Jiang Fang can be said to have been frightened to death. Accompanying Gao Huaiyuan for this round, he seemed very impatient and wanted to direct every detail, but the result was a lot more messy.

Gao Huaiyuan had no choice but to end this inspection, and dragged Jiang Fang back to the government office. Up to now, Gao Huaiyuan didn't care whether Jiang Fang was happy or not. After asking Jiang Fangqing to retire from his attendants, Gao Huaiyuan immediately surrendered to Jiang Fang said: "Jiang Qianju, please forgive Gao Mou's blunt words. After seeing the situation in the city with the adults today, Gao Mou is really worried, because from what Gao Mou sees, if it continues like this, Huangzhou City will definitely not be able to stop the Jinbing's attack. ! The final result is that the city will be ruined and the people will perish! Gao Mou said so offended, I wonder if Jiang Qianxia is willing to continue listening?"

After Jiang Fang heard this, he immediately asked in surprise: "What did Captain Gao say? But isn't this officer doing enough? If Captain Gao has something to say, he might as well just say it. Jiang also knows that he is not good at using soldiers. Today It is up to Lieutenant Gao to contribute more to this matter! Now that things have come to an end, we should all work together, and Lieutenant Gao can just say it!" He has lost his mind now, and he can't care about Gao Huaiyuan's words Listen to it!So he hurriedly asked Gao Huaiyuan to continue.

Gao Huaiyuan saw that Jiang Fang was not the kind of self-willed person at this point, and knew where his own weaknesses were. In this case, things would be easier to handle, so he bowed his head and pondered for a while, then said to Jiang Fang: " Since Jiang Qianju doesn't care that Gao Mou speaks badly, then Gao Mou just speaks out!

Judging from the current defense situation of Huangzhou City, it can basically be said that it is full of loopholes. The Huangzhou garrison was originally insufficient in strength, but the garrison has not been deployed in a unified manner, but concentrated in the southern camp of the city. The army needs to pass through the city and defend on the four walls. This will delay a lot of time and cannot effectively dispatch troops and horses to deal with the Jin army's attack on the city. This is the biggest problem of Huangzhou's city defense at present.

Furthermore, the south of Huangzhou City faces water, and our army is defended by water troops on the river. Even if the Jin army besieged the city, they would not be able to attack Huangzhou from the south of the city. For the soldiers, it is undoubtedly a huge waste!This is the second!

The Jin army may approach the city at any time now, but the defensive equipment such as bows and arrows in the city has not been transported to the city wall in large quantities, and the defensive equipment has not been prepared, and the city gate has not been reinforced. Once it is used, making preparations will not help. It has laid a hidden danger for the city to fall in the future, this is the third!

The northeast and west gates are still opening and closing the city gates on time, and no checkpoints have been set up to check the spies. Once the spies from the Jin army sneak into the city, when the time comes to attack the city, once the spies in the city cooperate with each other, Huangzhou City will be in chaos immediately, and it is only a matter of time before it falls. !This is four!

What's more, the lower officials saw today that the people in the city were not ready to accompany the defenders, they were still busy, and they were even going out of the city to take refuge. Once the news of the Jin army's imminent arrival spread, the people rushed out of Huangzhou, It will make the guarding manpower in the city more scarce, this is the fifth!

If the above five points cannot be resolved as soon as possible, the officials dare to say that Huangzhou will definitely not be able to sustain the onslaught of the Jin soldiers, so please Jiang Qianzhi must adjust the current defense force as soon as possible to solve these problems, so that Huangzhou can have the strength to fight!Otherwise, once the golden soldiers arrive, it will be too late to solve it! Gao Huaiyuan unceremoniously pointed out a few important things that Jiang Fang has not done right now.

After Jiang Fang heard this, he was startled and broke into cold sweat. He had done a lot these days, but in the eyes of Gao Huaiyuan, an expert, his busy work was useless. Come here, otherwise, Huangzhou may really be captured by the Jin army in one fell swoop.

"It turns out that there are so many flaws in this official, so what should we do now based on Gao County Lieutenant's seeing?" Jiang Fang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Although he was a little displeased, he still asked Gao Huaiyuan.

"It's not too late. If you want to stop the Jin army from attacking the city, you can't delay for a moment now. Although there are not many defenders in the city right now, the officials observed that Huangzhou City is most vulnerable to the onslaught of the Jin army. On both sides of the north gate and the east gate, the terrain outside the north gate is flat, which is suitable for the Jin army to deploy troops, while the east gate has a narrow moat and waterway, which is easy to be taken by the Jin army!

As for the south gate where the water gate and wharf are located, the Jin army has no ships, so there is basically no threat to the south gate, but to prevent the Jin army from sneaking in here, you only need to stay behind a small number of townspeople to guard it. After that, there are many ravines outside the city, and it is difficult for the Jin army to launch an attack, let alone use large equipment. It is easy for our army to defend but difficult to attack, so we can also deploy a small number of defenders.

In this way, we can invest most of our troops at the north gate and east gate, which can alleviate the serious shortage of our troops. At this time, Gao Huaiyuan turned around and stood in front of a map of Huangzhou hanging on the wall, pointing at the map and speaking to Jiang Fang.

After Jiang Fang heard this, he had no choice but to nod to express his admiration, because he had been here for a long time, but Gao Huaiyuan, who had just arrived, hadn't seen clearly how to deploy defenses, which made him feel a little ashamed. So he nodded again and again, and gradually began to calm down a little.

Gao Huaiyuan saw that Jiang Fang did not raise any objections, so he continued: "Thank you for your trust, sir, then I will continue to talk about it! Now is the time to wait. It can be said that the Jin army may approach the city of Huangzhou at any time. Please deploy troops immediately, my lord. Stationed above and below the city wall, ready to counterattack at any time. Fortunately, during this period of time, the supplies prepared by the adults are relatively sufficient. As long as a large number of bows and arrows, rolling logs, kerosene, artillery stones, etc. are transported to the city wall as soon as possible, presumably as long as the army The upper and lower soldiers dare to defend with their lives. Even if there are many Jin soldiers, it will be very difficult to take Huangzhou City in a short time!

Another thing is that for the defense of the city wall, the adults must be responsible to the people. Each section of the city wall must strictly appoint a person in charge, and there must be no situation where troops are sent in front of the battle, so that every soldier knows where his battle position is!Only in this way can the lieutenant generals and soldiers not be chaotic in battle!

Apart from these, my lord is most familiar with the grounds of Huangzhou, so I will gather all the available people in the city as soon as possible, and mobilize all the men between the ages of 14 and 50. While checking whether there are spies in the city, we will divide them into pieces Allocate a city wall, and be responsible for the material support of a section of the city wall full-time, and at the same time allocate weapons to them when necessary, and guard the city together. In this way, the subordinates feel that it is no problem to increase thousands of soldiers!

In addition, there are still some craftsmen in the city, gather them together, and rush to make various defensive objects as soon as possible, such as maces, artillery carts, etc., which will play a very important role in resisting the Jin army's attack on the city!

Even women have to do what they can, and they can be responsible for boiling water, cooking, and treating the wounded. As long as the whole city is mobilized, only if the soldiers and civilians of Huangzhou City are so united, the lower officials think that Huangzhou City will not be destroyed by the Jin army! "

Although Jiang Fang didn't have any skills, he was still a magnanimous official. Now he finally understood that he was not the material to command the war. Fortunately, at this time, Zhao Fang sent him Gao Huaiyuan in time, so that He was like a drowning man who suddenly grabbed a handful of life-saving grass. After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's sensible arrangement, Jiang Fang immediately stood up and said, "Everything is arranged according to what Gao Xianwei said. Jiang, thank you Gao Xianwei for your advice." Already! It seems that we will have to rely more on Gao County Lieutenant in the future for the matter of guarding, so I will call the troops to make arrangements!"

At this critical moment, Jiang Fang also followed Gao Huaiyuan's suggestion, and immediately agreed, and without rest all night, he called together the officers and officials in the city and began to arrange various affairs.

And Gao Huaiyuan naturally stood beside Jiang Fang, constantly giving him various reminders. In this way, the city defense dispatch of Huangzhou City basically started to work in a positive direction, and the city suddenly became lively.

Under Gao Huaiyuan's guidance, Jiang Fang divided the soldiers and horses in the city into several waves, each of which was stationed on the city wall, and according to Gao Huaiyuan's statement, he also dispatched nearly 500 people to serve as the central army, which is actually a reserve team. In critical moments, always support the defenders of the city walls.