Borrow the day to change the day

It turned out that when Qingshui Mingyue was locked in the hands of the Ming army, because of lack of food and pay, they didn't put much thought into defense at all.

There are only a few cannons on the top of the city, and they are just pretending. It's hard to say whether they can fire or not.

When the Ming army is defending, it may be possible to maintain it in peacetime in order to cope with the inspection.But now Zhong Jinwei and the others found that these cannons showed signs of rust.

The most common equipment for defense, rolling logs and stones, are only a small amount at the top of the city, and they are piled up in the city.

The stones were piled there and no one moved them, but there were not many of them.

Besides, the armory was very empty, with mice running around, and there were only a few bundles of arrows piled up in a few corners.There are bows and crossbows, but they snap when picked up and pulled, making them unusable at all.

The only good thing is that there are a few barrels of gunpowder, which can be used to make ends meet.

Several leaders including Zhong Jinwei and Lu Xiangsheng talked to each other in a barracks after the inspection.

The eight hundred of them are strong, powerful and skilled in martial arts, but most of them are armed with sticks, guns and knives, and not many people carry bows and arrows with them. [

If you knew that you would participate in the city defense battle when you came out this time, you should bring more long-range weapons.In this situation, it looks like he is going to fight Jianlu hand-to-hand.

Ke Jianlu has more than 7000 people, all of whom are experienced veterans.Eight hundred people are strong, but most of them are rookies on the battlefield.If you rely on the city and use defensive weapons to defend, there will be no problem.At least these [-] people are strong, much stronger than Changli's town soldiers.

But now, the expected defensive equipment is missing, and the situation is grim.

If I had known this earlier, it would be better for Jianlu to attach great importance to this Qingshuimingyue pass, and then fight vigorously to capture this pass. If it is captured in this way, the defense behind will probably be much easier.

Several people were silent for a while, and no one spoke.Or Lu Xiangsheng felt that he could no longer be silent, no matter what, time would not wait for them.

"Supervisor, I think that although the defensive conditions are a bit crude, but relying on this dangerous pass, we are still sure that Jianlu can be blocked in front of the pass." There was no trace of disappointment and remorse in Lu Xiangsheng's voice, which seemed very calm.

"Yeah, we have to move quickly, and do more preparatory work if we can. Jianlu will appear at the pass at some point." Yan Yingyuan also echoed.

Zhong Jinwei looked at these two historical celebrities, and found that their psychological qualities were indeed strong, they were not chaotic in times of danger, and they did whatever they needed to do.

"Okay, when we made the decision to stop Jianlu, we put life and death aside! It's better to stop Jianlu here than to fight against Jianlu in the wild." Chief Wei Zhong Jin took a breath and said loudly.

Both Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan nodded slightly, while Yu Haijing and Lu Xiangsheng's servant who stood aside looked at their three core figures with piercing eyes, with a sense of pride in their hearts.

Because before they came, as Zhong Jinwei said, they had already made up their minds to be a hero again after 18 years.

Everyone put aside their frustration at the lack of existing defense equipment and began to discuss defense measures.

First of all, defensive equipment must be prepared as soon as possible, as much as it can be done.But the premise of this is to give an early warning to Jianlu, and you can't let Jianlu discover it when he runs in front of you. It will be difficult to defend in a hurry.

Listening to their discussion, Yu Haijing interrupted and said, "Master Hou, you can follow the small road to the top of the two nearby peaks in this pass. You can see far away. Jianlu must have a light to travel in this dark night. In this way, the people on the top of the mountain can see Jianlu approaching, and they can also know the general marching situation of Jianlu.”

"Okay, then let's send people up to watch, and warn the city if we encounter Jianlu." Zhong Jinwei nodded after hearing this, of course it's good to have such a good place, but it's a pity that he didn't bring binoculars, otherwise he would be able to monitor the enemy's situation It's clearer. [

Yan Yingyuan thought for a while about the two peaks that Yu Haijing mentioned, frowned and said, "Those two peaks are very high. If Jian captives come over, how will they inform the city?"

Yu Haijing didn't think about this question, she was taken aback after hearing this, and didn't answer.

Lu Xiangsheng responded to Yan Yingyuan's question: "The summons at night are all using fire as an excuse. If there are more enemies, just burn a few piles of fire."

Yan Yingyuan had thought of this method a long time ago, but he thought it was not good, so he didn't say anything. Now that Lu Xiangsheng proposed it, he asked: "Your subordinates know this method, but in this way, the movement on the top of the mountain is very loud, and no matter how far away Jianlu is, it will be too far away." See, didn't you remind them too?"

Zhong Jinwei heard this and said: "Then don't light the fire, just raise a torch, the momentum will be much smaller."

After hearing this, several other people felt that the distance from the top of the mountain to the city should be no problem, so they all nodded in agreement.

One of Lu Xiangsheng's servants suddenly said, "It would be great if we could know how many people came from Jianlu."

Another servant heard his companion speak, and replied: "Isn't there only more than 7000 Jianlu, how many more do you want to know?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the guard who spoke behind him and said: "A large army must be divided into the forward and the middle army, so it can be swarmed up."

Yan Yingyuan also turned his head to look at the first servant and said, "If you want to know the number of Jianlu forwards, what do you want to do?"

The servant scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I, I just want to know how much, so I have a good number in my heart."

Lu Xiangsheng was a man of high skill and courage, and suddenly he said in his heart: "It would be better if we could know the number of Jianlu strikers, but there must be an easy way."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, his brain moved, and he said: "I have a way to use our number as a base to estimate. If there are 800 people from Jianlu, we will hold a torch; if there are 600 people from Jianlu, we will have two Separately hold a torch, and so on. We can count the number of torches under the city and know how many Jianren have come!"

"Okay, this method is very good, but in this way, wouldn't it be necessary to send a few more people up the mountain? Our number of people is small, can we only have one person to do this?" Yan Yingyuan agreed first when he heard it, and then immediately Disadvantages of this approach are presented.

This defect is the so-called under normal circumstances, just use a few more people.But now there are 800 people against more than 7000 prisoners, and a few more people in the city are a valuable combat force.

However, Yan Yingyuan's question was not difficult for Zhong Jinwei. He asked: "Is there anyone with a strong learning ability? I will teach him a few simple Arabic numerals, and he can do as many simple gestures as possible."

Lu Xiangsheng's servants usually lead a team of civilians, and when Zhong Jinwei asked, there were only a few of them.

As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard it, he asked them to call over quickly, and taught one to nine twice by himself, to see how many people could understand.

Then they didn't wait stupidly, but continued to discuss other issues.

Zhong Jinwei had heard about Changli County Magistrate Zuo Yingxuan's defense experience, and immediately proposed several methods such as installing wooden rafts at the top of the city, and using a small amount of gunpowder to make a simple ten-thousand enemy.

Both Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan thought it was good, so they ordered people to go down and do it quickly.

In addition, people were sent to demolish all the houses in the city, and it counted as much rolling logs and stones as they could get.

Time was passing by slowly, and the night was getting darker and darker. Lu Xiangsheng's servants came out of the barracks one after another, brought a group of civilians with them, and started to do things.

The eight hundred minzhuang all knew that they were competing with Jianlu for time, so they were all working against the clock, and they needed supervisors at all.

Among those who came over from the servants, there were really a few people with good memories. Zhong Jinwei simply taught it twice, and two of them remembered it.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei added a less than sign to let him use it in combination.Then he was quickly dispatched to the mountain, and the other person was watching the movement on the top of the mountain.

As soon as the early warning task was assigned, several people breathed a sigh of relief. There only needed to be a certain number of people guarding the city wall, while the others could all do the preparations.

Inside Qingshuimingyue pass, there are torches pinned everywhere, illuminating the places where things are done.Although no one was talking loudly, the voices of doing things gathered together were not small.

Fortunately, there are mountains blocking this pass, and you have to go around several corners to see the Qingshuimingyue Pass directly.

Therefore, before Jianlu discovered the abnormal situation in the pass, he would be discovered by the sentry on the top of the mountain.

Zhong Jinwei stood on the top of the city, accompanied by Yan Yingyuan, while looking at the movements in the city, he looked up at the peak with sentries from time to time to see if there was a signal, and prayed that Jianlu would come as late as possible!