Zhu Wenzheng's pale face turned red, and the veins on his forehead were beating wildly. This time, he was really angry. He saw clearly what Xue Xian did on the court, how he rushed into the city gate, and how he was persuaded by Xiao Yun.

Not returning, everything fell into his eyes. In his opinion, the Hongdu War was nothing more than using the strong city wall to fight against Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops. Once the war was dragged into a stalemate,

That is victory, and this victory must ensure that the city walls of Hongdu are strong and the city gates are tightly closed. Once a city gate is broken, the 600,000 troops swarming in will definitely capture Hongdu City immediately. What we have done before

Everything, Jinling, including the lives of the 20,000 soldiers in the city, may be difficult to survive. How can he not be angry and furious?

Zhu Wenzheng stared at Xue Xian and shouted loudly: "As the commander of the city defense, he is responsible for the safety of the city gate. His first duty is to ensure that the city gate cannot be lost. Today, the general personally led two thousand soldiers and horses to rush out of the city, regardless of the enemy and us.

The widow showed the courage of an ordinary man. If Master Xiao had not arrived in time to prevent the general from rushing into the enemy army, the current new city gate would have been broken by the Han army!

As a general, what you want is not to have one soldier and one city, but to coordinate the overall situation, so that you can achieve great things! In the battle of Hongdu, I am determined to defend the city. What I want is not Xiang Yu who is brave and foolhardy and shows off the courage of an ordinary man, but Xiang Yu.

Defend a city, defend the world, use thousands of soldiers to kill them, fight with millions of troops, cover the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers, and suppress Zhang Xun's power? "

Although Xue Xian was disobedient to discipline, he was convinced by Zhu Wenzheng's scoldings. He muttered a few times in a low voice but did not dare to speak.

Xiao Yun saw that Xue Xian was much older than Zhu Wenzheng, and that although they had different levels of official positions, they had similar status. At this time, Zhu Wenzheng pointed at his nose and scolded him without saying a word, so he admired him.

The attitude of admitting mistakes, haha

He smiled and said: "General Xue was just worried that the city gate would be breached, so he took the bold step. I believe that after this incident, he would understand the importance of Hongdu City to the soldiers, the lord, and Jinling. He did not dare to

There won’t be a next time!”

Xue Xian is also a master who adapts to the changing circumstances. Hearing what Xiao Yun said, how could he not understand? He quickly said: "Commander, please rest assured. The general will definitely guard the new city gate and will never dare to act recklessly and cause flooding."

They didn’t care about it, and the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers were disregarded!”

Zhu Wenzheng cursed for a while. Seeing Xiao Yun's support, he snorted coldly, turned around, raised his fists at the thousands of soldiers on the city gate, and said: "In the battle of Hongdu, you all sacrificed your lives for more than a month.

, which prevented the Han army from capturing a city gate.

, you all sacrificed your lives, Zhu Mou will remember it in his heart, and he is deeply grateful. However, Chen Youliang's 600,000-strong army came this time, and they must be determined to win Hongdu, and there will definitely be a large group of people coming to attack. This patrol city

The responsibility of the door is entirely up to you!"

Xiao Yun looked at Zhu Wenzheng who was bowing and saluting, and felt quite emotional in his heart. Before this, this perverse and misbehaving young master of the Zhu family was still a dissolute son who was reviled by everyone. After just one month, he was completely transformed.

Up and down the city

, whether it was a former veteran or a new recruit, they no longer had any responsibility for his dissolute behavior. Instead, they had a sense of trust in him. This feeling clearly told Xiao Yun that as long as he was in Hongdu City, he would definitely succeed.

Can hold it!

On the top of the city, Zhu Wenzheng said calmly: "Now the enemy troops have only retreated initially, and the attack will come soon. Now many soldiers in the city have begun to panic. General Deng, you immediately lead a thousand soldiers and horses to patrol the city quickly.

Pay close attention to the enemy's movements, and once there is news, immediately organize troops and horses to defend the city!"

"General, take your orders!" Deng Yu responded with his fists clasped from behind.

Zhu Wenzheng glanced at him again and said: "Xue Xian listens to the order!"

Xue Xian said hurriedly: "The general is here!"

Zhu Wenzheng said: "Immediately organize your troops to rush into the city gate and repair all the city fortifications. Anyone who approaches the city gate, whether they are friend or foe, will be killed immediately!"

Xue Xiandao: "Yes, I obey your orders!" He turned around and led a group of soldiers to rush outside the city tower.

Zhu Wenzheng's eyes swept over and finally landed on Xiao Yun's face. He pondered for a moment and said: "Master Xiao, quickly lead your personal guards to the various water gates in Hongdu and ask the soldiers to roll logs, beat stones, use tung oil, and lime.

Strong crossbows and feathered arrows were sent to various city gates along the waterway."

Xiao Yun was surprised and said: "The commander-in-chief said that Chen Youliang's next attack will be from the water channel?"

Zhu Wenzheng turned around and glanced at the Han army camp a few feet outside the city gate. Under the night, on the Han army dragon boat, people were coming and going, chariots and horses were surging, and tens of thousands of torches quickly illuminated the entire camp.

It was like daytime, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and soldiers were swarming in crowds, which gave people a chill in their hearts.

"Chen Youliang is bound to capture Hongdu when he comes here. He has been attacking the city for more than a month now, with countless casualties. He has attacked all eight gates of Hongdu including Fuzhou, Gongbu, Tubu, Qiaobu, Zhangjiang, Xincheng, Liuli and Tantai.

All the times, only the sewer remained silent. This time I’m afraid...? "

Xiao Yun saw his heavy expression and knew that he was worried, so he hurriedly comforted him: "Commander, don't worry too much. The waterway construction is extremely hidden, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It will not be easy for Chen Youliang's army to attack!"

Zhu Wenzheng nodded and said: "What Mr. Xiao said is true. However, after this battle, many soldiers in the city were killed and wounded. Now there are less than 15,000 people. Guard Fuzhou, Gongbu, Tubu, Qiaobu, Zhangjiang, and Xincheng."

, Liuli, the eight gates of Tantai are already very difficult. If you want to defend the waterway again, you may not have enough troops? "

Xiao Yun thought for a while but didn't know what to do. With these fifteen thousand soldiers, he had to guard eight city gates. Each gate had less than two thousand soldiers. If he wanted to divide his troops again, he was afraid...? "I just don't know what to do."

Just then, I suddenly heard a shout from a distance.

Although the voice was not loud, Xiao Yun heard it clearly and couldn't help but follow the sound. However, he saw two young men following a young general with smiling faces inside the Fuzhou Gate. They said with a smiling face: "This is

Soldier, can you let my two brothers join in? Although my two brothers can't help much, they can still help collect wood, stones, and deliver bows and arrows. Just go and talk to the commander and let me

Will the two brothers also join in the defense of Hongdu?"

"If it doesn't work, it won't work!" The young general said angrily: "Our commander-in-chief has an order to do no harm to the people. The people of Hongdu City cannot participate in the war...?"

As the young general talked, he walked around to inspect the city gates. The two common people still refused to give up. They nodded and followed the young general gradually away, and could not hear anything he said.

"Yes, why didn't I think of that? We don't have enough soldiers, so we can use the people?" Xiao Yun was startled by the sudden influx of ideas, and pulled Zhu Wenzheng to express his thoughts? "

Unexpectedly, Zhu Wenzheng, who seemed to be extremely open-minded, encountered this problem, shaking his head like a rattle, "No, this is absolutely not allowed? Marching and forming formations do nothing to harm the common people. This is what a famous general does.

Although I, Zhu Wenzheng, am not talented, I still know this truth!"

Xiao Yun smiled bitterly and said: "Principles are dead, but people are alive. At present, there are less than 20,000 soldiers in Hongdu. It is not easy to guard the eight city gates. If the Han army breaks through Hongdu because there is no commander to guard the waterways,

All the people in the city

He must have suffered a great disaster. It will not be as simple as Qiu Wugui. Maybe his family will be destroyed. Moreover, "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. If Hongdu is not breached, the people of Hongdu also have a share of the responsibility?"

"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country?" Zhu Wenzheng squinted his eyes and murmured, and suddenly said: "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country! Master Xiao is right, once Hongdu City is destroyed, the family will be destroyed.

, even though I didn’t kill Boren at that time, Boren died because of me...? "

"It's rare that the commander-in-chief has thought clearly...?" Xiao Yun was very happy to hear his agreement.

"It's just that although this is a good idea, I'm really confused as to how to implement it?" Zhu Wenzheng stared at Xiao Yun and smiled bitterly.

Xiao Yun said with a smile: "This is easy to do. The commander-in-chief can select a group of soldiers from the guards, and then rule the streets and lanes of Hongdu with security chiefs and li chiefs, and let them select people and strong people from each street and lane.

, and then the personal guards trained a little, and let them stand in the waterway

Deliver weapons, equipment, food and fodder at each city gate, help dig trenches inside the city gate, and set up defense lines, so that fewer soldiers are needed at each city gate and are deployed to the waterways. Once the war at the city gate becomes tense, these civilians can also help to assist the battle.

Kill the enemy!"

After listening to Xiao Yun's arrangement, Zhu Wenzheng was convinced. Then he relaxed his frown and breathed a sigh of relief: "Then everything will be done as Mr. Xiao said!"

Xiao Yun nodded and said: "My lord, you have worked hard all day and night. You want to take a rest while the Han army is about to come. Is this what I am planning to do to select the strong men?"

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In the hazy night, a couple secretly walked out of Hongdu, along a forest path, and hurriedly fled north. Just by looking at the package on their shoulders, it was obvious that the owner was from a wealthy family. At this time, the husband was holding his wife

He held up his wrist and whispered: "Xiaomeng, look, after passing through this forest, we will leave Hongdu. Then we will go all the way north. I heard that most cities are relatively stable. Where can we find some business? What?

Is it better than being killed?"

When the wife heard this, she said angrily: "How did you know you were going to be killed? You had to escape anyway... I have lived here for more than half my life. I am familiar with all the neighbors. Most of them I am unfamiliar with.

I heard that when a Tatar sees a woman, he will take her back and sleep with her for a night... As a grown man, how can you bear to...?"
Chapter completed!