Chapter 449: Preparing for Battle

Jishi City at the foot of Jishi Mountain, and Jishi Lake next to Jishi City. This desolate place in the past has changed now. The high walls of Jishi City in the shape of a five-pointed star stand tall. The lake water drawn from Jishi Lake flows slowly along the The five-meter-wide moat gurgled and flowed, and after going around the city for a week, it poured into Jishi Lake again.

On the rugged and precipitous Jishi Mountain, there were few forests, and it was full of hard granite. With the gradual construction of Jishi City, the stone materials on the mountain are decreasing day by day. A large number of stone materials have been taken out and hewn into neat pieces. It became a series of houses in Jishi City, and the large amount of soil excavated from the moat was transported up the mountain, spread on the mountain, and then transplanted with trees of different sizes. Today, Jishi Mountain is lush and lush. Rows of stone houses appear and disappear in the forest, and a road leads directly from Jishi City to the top of the mountain.

In the city, roads extending in all directions divide the city into separate areas. In some areas, there are already many houses and the construction has been completed, but in most areas, there are still countless people who are busy. , the entire Jishi City is still a big construction site.

The first to be completed is the administrative area and the workshop area in the city. The various military workshops transferred from Juliguan have begun to operate at full capacity. The addition of a large number of technicians from Langya County has greatly improved his production capacity. Now in the warehouses in the workshop area of ​​Jishi City, all kinds of ordnance are piled up like a mountain, but the long history Jiang Jiaquan is still urging them to step up production.

Outside the city, large tracts of fertile fields are now growing well. The drainage system extending from the city is exposed outside the city, passing through the fields, providing irrigation water for a large number of fields. Countless women and children are disappearing between the crops. Now, without exception, everyone is holding a large handful of weeds.

Although today's Jishi City has a population of more than 100,000, it is still in the stage of building the city and is still extremely short of labor. Except for those strong laborers who came back to help for a few days during the spring plowing, the rest of the time , these fields are taken care of by the old and the weak, women and children, it is almost September, and it is the harvest season, and Jishi City is changing every day, and all the people are filled with happy smiles.

There is no reason not to feel happy. Once these crops are harvested, it will be regarded as having survived the most difficult time, and Jishi City can start to be self-sufficient. These lands will become the permanent property of the people here, and the towering The Jishi City gave them a great sense of security.

Where there are people, there is life. This originally desolate place is now full of cocks and dogs, and it is very lively. In the wide moat, ducks and geese float leisurely on the water, and on the embankment, Several children were carrying long poles, saying they were letting ducks and geese go, but they were actually happily chasing and playing.

The soldiers on the city patrolled back and forth with guns and knives pressed, and everyone smiled when they saw the cheerful children in the city.

In Jishi City, ordinary people are brimming with happiness from inside to outside, but among the high-level people, the tension is getting bigger and bigger as time goes by.

Zhang Shouyue died,

The first thing Zhang Junbao did when he ascended to the position of county guard was to accuse Gao Yuan of being a member of the Donghu. Jiang Jiaquan didn't care about Zhang Junbao alone, but after Tan Feng, Chunyuyan and others arrived in Liaoxi City, Jiang Jiaquan We had to take this matter seriously.

Zhang Junbao is safe and sound in the position of the county guard, which shows that the court has acquiesced in this person's status under the current situation, which also means that Gao Yuan's crimes have been confirmed, and Zhou Yuan's army is trapped. The whole army of Zhang Shubao, the right army, was wiped out, but the left army, under the leadership of Gao Yuan, broke out. In the eyes of those who don't know the truth, it is the crime of letting Gao Yuanli pass Donghu The evidence has become conclusive, otherwise, hundreds of thousands of troops will be killed in this battle, and your team of less than 10,000 people, why did you escape back?

This is really something that can't be said clearly.

Huang Zhan led more than a hundred cavalry into Jishi City under the guidance of the military justice staff. The information he brought shocked Jiang Jiaquan even more. Zhang Shubao, Huang Desheng, Lu Hong, these three people died like this Jiang Jiaquan was even more worried when he thought of the deep relationship between Lu Hong and Gao Yuan.

As time went by, more and more intelligence gathered from Fufeng, Zhou Yu and Hu Yanchao broke out, more than 30,000 troops were stationed in the Niulan Mountain camp to rest, and 3,000 elite soldiers from Tianhe County entered Liaoxi City. In Jiang Jiaquan's eyes, they slowly formed a line, and he already smelled a conspiracy from it.

The matter of Jishi City can be hidden from a fool like Zhang Junbao, but in the eyes of a shrewd person like Tan Feng, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain it. Sooner or later, he will find out that Jiang Jiaquan has never understood Tan Feng. It was Ning Zecheng's confidant, but he overthrew Ning Zecheng without hesitation during the Jicheng incident. If he was jealous of evil, why would he tolerate Zhang Junbao's evil deeds? It is impossible for Tan Feng to kill Zhang Junbao's father and brother. I don't know, but he chooses to tolerate it. Is it just to stabilize Liaoxi? Stabilizing western Liaoning does not necessarily require Zhang Junbao, Gao Yuan has already broken out, without Zhang's father and son, Gao Yuan's prestige in western Liaoning can also achieve this.

What exactly is this person trying to do?

Jiang Jiaquan had a headache.

But this pain didn't last long. When the latest information appeared on Jiang Jiaquan's desk, he suddenly understood everything.

Tan Feng, what a powerful character!

Zheng Jun sent news that Zhou Yu, who was in the Niulanshan camp, led a standing army of 10,000 and brought a large amount of military supplies, suddenly disappeared from the Niulanshan camp, while in Liaoxi City, Zhang Junbao led thousands of troops, and was marching towards Fufeng. .

The purpose of the two armies dispatched is self-evident.

Zhou Yu must have gone to deal with General Gao Yuangao, and Zhang Junbao must have come for Jishi City.

Tan Feng used Zhang Junbao's accusation against Gao Yuan to get rid of Gao Yuan, and saturate Gao Yuan's accusation of Tong Donghu, and then brought disaster to Langya, pulled Ye Tiannan completely off his horse, and took Langya back to the court's jurisdiction. Now Liaoxi is also under his control Among them, Zhang Junbao only has a name. This person's plan is to connect Liaoxi, Langya, Tianhe, and Ning Zecheng's fief Fenzhou. Unexpectedly, Tan Feng, It turned out to be a loyal follower of senior brother Li Ru. What he wanted to imitate was the prefecture and county system of the Qin State, and took back the fiefdoms of the major nobles one by one to the court's jurisdiction.

amazing!

Jiang Jiaquan gave Tan Feng a thumbs up in his heart, this man is young, only in his early thirties, to have such a city, such a scheme, he is really a hero.

After thinking through all this, Jiang Jiaquan's heart stopped. Zhou Yu's attack on General Gao Yuan this time would definitely suffer a big loss. He only knew that more than half of General Gao's 7,000 troops had been lost when he set out, but he didn't know that the infantry had already died. Leading his troops to pick up the response, he had misjudged the strength of his opponent, and with General Gao Yuan's ability, what awaited Zhou Yu was bound to be a disastrous defeat. But here, it is extremely dangerous!

Now in Jishi City, apart from Ye Zhen's 1,000 soldiers, there are only those recruits in the new barracks left. There are many young and strong, but it doesn't help anything when they really fight.

Those who came to attack Jishi City must be the 3,000 troops from Tianhe County. Zhang Junbao may even piece together thousands of people to make up the number. Even so, it is not something that Jishi City's current strength can resist.

"Come here, give me an order to summon Tang Ming and Wang Yi to lead their troops back to defense."

"Order Bai Yucheng to lead his troops to return to Jishi City immediately and abandon the outer blockade."

A series of orders were issued from the Changshi room, and Jishi City began to prepare for battle.

Three days later, Bai Yucheng's 500 cavalry returned to Jishi City. Ten days later, Tang Ming and Wang Yi returned to Jishi City with 1,000 troops each. Hundreds of people have been stationed in Baokang and Yingkou for nearly half a year, and the number has expanded to a thousand.

Jishi City now has 3,000 infantry and 500 cavalry. Jiang Jiaquan is confident that these troops may not be enough to go out to fight in the field, but there is no problem in defending Jishi City. As long as General Gao defeated Zhou Yu and returned to Jishi City, everything would be better.

What's more, Dayan's strength is greatly weakened now. How could Zhao Guo, who was beaten by Dayan two years ago, not come to pick up this cheap truth? Thinking of Feng Fayong's vague remarks when he visited a few days ago, Jiang Jiaquan couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Wuji finally reappointed Zhao Mu as the Taiwei of Zhao Guo. Presumably now, Zhao Mu's eyes have been cast in the direction of Yan Guo.

Two years ago, the four cities that Gao Yuan won for Dayan, as well as the land extorted from Zhao State, were already in danger.

As soon as Zhao Mu made a move, Tan Feng, who wanted to deal with General Gao, would definitely stop and sue for peace. Zhou Yu's tens of thousands of troops in Niulanshan might have to rush to Yuyang again.

After this crisis is over, it will be time for General Gao to show his great ambitions. Jiang Jiaquan has a smile on his face. Hejian and Liaoxi take these two counties. General Gao will be able to speak on this continent. Capitalized.

"Chang Shi, all the generals are here!" The owner of Chang Shi's house, Bo Wang Wudi, came in. This person, like Jiang Jiaquan, came from Yuyang County. He was a friend Jiang Jiaquan met when he was in Yuyang. Like him, he was also full of talents and had nowhere to display them. After being summoned by Jiang Jiaquan, he immediately took his family and mouth and joined the Eastern Expedition Army. Now that Gao Yuan has not come back, he first acted as a master in Jiang Jiaquan's Changshi Fangquan, and handled some documents for Jiang Jiaquan. rs