Chapter 753

When I arrived near Hongzhou Prefecture City, I felt that Hongzhou Prefecture City was very different from what I saw a few months ago. In the original Hongzhou City, except for the four gate towers built with blue bricks, the surrounding city walls were all made of clay.

However, now, the city gate tower originally built with blue bricks has turned red. It was raised and reinforced with red bricks on the original basis. In addition, the walls of the city walls have also been raised and reinforced with a large number of red bricks. The city is much taller and more majestic than the original Hongzhou City.

The streets and houses in the city have also been renovated and appear to be much more neat and regular. Especially the streets rebuilt by Yuanyou Cement are much more comfortable than the original yellow mud road. Although the pedestrians make the entire road surface look gray, as soon as rain passes by, it will still look so clean as before.

Hongzhou seemed very crowded, mainly due to the arrival of the 20,000 troops and their families, which made this city, which was not very large, feel more stressful.

In the end, Dong Qun moved more than 5,000 families of the Xiang army to Naiwangjing and renovated the newly renovated Wuyan Ancient City. After all, Wuyan Ancient City is one of the few excellent wharfs on the west bank of the turbulent Wuding River.

This is also the place where the Western Xia garrisons evacuated. If the Western Xia soldiers and horses want to attack Hongzhou, they must first seize the Wuyan ancient city. Or they can only cross the river from the downstream Xiazhou, and then seize the Sanchakou belonging to Youzhou before they can advance to the Wuyan ancient city.

Wang Yang and Zhe Keshi stayed in Hongzhou for three days, then continued northward and rushed to Wuyan Ancient City, and inspected the Wuyan Ancient City that had been destroyed by the elites of the Song Dynasty in the past.

However, now the city wall has been repaired, and nearly half of the buildings in the city have been repaired, which is enough for the migrant people to live and live.

Even the farmlands near the ancient Wuyan City are gradually appearing lush and green at this moment, and the faces of migrating people are filled with indescribable satisfaction and smiles.

When Wang Yang saw all this, his heart became heavier and heavier. The person became more and more silent. Zhe Keshi, a companion who had been with Wang Yang for a long time, naturally noticed Wang Yang's strangeness. However, every time he asked, he was perfunctory by this guy and could only give up.

He didn't want to say it, afraid that no one could force him to say it. If he was willing to say it, he would tell him even if he didn't ask.

"It's not enough, it's far from enough. The walls of Wuyan Ancient City are only restored to this point, and it's not enough. It's too low. Let the guards continue to raise the walls, at least 150 meters. In addition, the city walls must be renovated according to the standards of our Song Dynasty, and women's walls are added, and arrow towers are also needed to be added at four corners..."

"Jingluo Wang, this Wuyan Ancient City is just a castle that was rebuilt in an ancient city. If it is built according to your request, it will probably cost a lot." Huang Shouxin, who was accompanying him, couldn't help but look at Wang Yang in disgrace.

"It's okay, but I ask you to put down everything at hand from now on and repair it as quickly as possible. Before the end of May, I will see that the ancient city of Wuyan has fully met the requirements of my official. Do you understand?" Wang Yang was extremely determined, or stubborn.

These people subconsciously cast their eyes on Zhe Keshi. Zhe Keshi glanced at Wang Yang, who had almost no expression on his face, and shrugged: "Zhe also agrees with Wang Jinglei's meaning. I hope you all will work together and live up to the instructions of Zhe and Lord Wang."

Seeing that the two senior officials had such a unified opinion, Huang Shouxin and Dong Qun, the heads of civil and military affairs of Hongzhou, could only accept the order helplessly.

Not only the ancient city of Wuyan, but also the city defense of Naiwangjing also put forward higher requirements. After Hongzhou was dealt with, Wang Yang and Zhe Keshi continued to ride north and head towards Youzhou.

At this moment, five days have passed. When he saw this Youzhou armed to his teeth, Wang Daren was quite satisfied. Even if he was Zhe Keshi, his eyes could not help but look a little red.

"Be good, this is not as good as a city, it's like a formidable towering giant beast." Looking at the towering arrow tower above the city wall, the thick and tall city wall, and the same sturdy and fanged city wall, Zhe Keshi was very moved.

"That's natural. The cost of repairing and renovating Youzhou alone would cost nearly 500,000 yuan. If it weren't for Wang Jingluo's support, how could this be like this?"

"How about the ten thousand soldiers who migrated here?" Wang Yang nodded repeatedly with satisfaction. This was what the military fortress he imagined was like.

"Although this ten thousand wing army is not as good as our border army, it is not much different. After all, it has been stationed in the border areas between the Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao Dynasty for a long time, and there are even many veterans who originally retreated from the border army..." Zhong Shi and Bi Zhong Shidao were much younger.

Moreover, his personality is not as steady and calm as Master Zhong. However, there are many passionate soldiers who are energetic. They are also old acquaintances with Zhe Keshi. They laughed and laughed at the beginning when they met.

"Relying on this Yuzhou City, how many enemies do you think you can block?" After entering the city, Wang Yang got off at the city gate, climbed onto the towering city wall, looked at the urn in front of him, looked into the northeast direction, and asked leisurely.

"If you don't say anything else, the last 200,000 enemies will be confident that they can last for a month." Zhong Shihe did not agree rashly, but thought about it and gave his answer. "However, as far as the current strength of the city is concerned, the losses will not be small."

Wang Yang turned his head, as if he wanted to listen to him in more detail. Zhuang Shihe did not disappoint Wang Yang, but continued to analyze the pros and cons of Youzhou today.

"If there were really 200,000 troops to attack, it would be a bit reluctant to defend for a month... After all, there were not many young and strong people in Youzhou City, even with the support of this ten thousand wing army. However, the ten thousand wing army, whether it was armoured or armored, had only eight thousand spears and two thousand bows. As for armored equipment, there were less than one thousand leather armor."

"Now, among the guards of Youzhou City, there are 5,000 Yuanyou crossbows, 3,000 bows, and 500 Yuanyou armor. The rest of the defenders are all iron armor, but their defense is naturally not as exaggerated as Yuanyou armor. As for the three thousand cavalry, there are 1,000 Yuanyou armor cavalry and 2,000 wart armor cavalry. This can be regarded as a trump card and support for our Youzhou."

"But if there is really an army of 200,000, the three thousand armored cavalry will not have much use. They can only cooperate with the infantry to defend the city, and occasionally use the enemy's carelessness or weakness to raid one or two, mainly harassing the enemy."
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