On the sixth day of the April 19th year of Chongzhen, Ningyuan City was as calm as if it was far away from the war.

"Guide Lu! Emergency military information!"

Lu Qiaochu, who was inspecting the progress of the field hospital construction, put down the wooden house model in his hand, looked at the horse exploring that was almost rushing toward him, and calmly said: "Report."

"A large number of soldiers were found to be cutting wood and weaving ropes to build siege and rushing cars." The horse sniffed, "It has been three or five days since the situation."

While walking towards the command post of the Bell and Drum Tower, Lu Qiaochu said unhappily: "Why did it take three or five days to find it?"

The detective quickly explained: "The key area for the detection of the sentry is to prevent rivers. The northeast region is a secondary warning area. The daily reconnaissance and patrol range is only 30 miles, and it only spreads to 50 miles every ten days to patrol. This is the rule set by the General Staff."

Lu Qiaochu didn't say anything else. She was a little nervous and asked more. This kind of patrol and ward off must be under the supervision of the General Staff. Even Xiao Donglou would not ask about it without any special circumstances.

The northeast is the Songjin area. The Donglu pursues the Qing border policy there. They basically demolish the city and destroy the forts. They will not station large troops, so there is no need to waste too many horse exploration resources.

"How many people are there?" Lu Qiaochuchu asked.

"It has not been found out yet." The detective said: "Teacher, will you send more people? There is a main force in Hexi to patrol horses, and even if we reduce some manpower here, there is no big problem."

Lu Qiaochu entered the command post, looked at the newly drawn map, nodded and said, "The news is reported to the camp. In addition, more people will be sent to find out the origin and number of the Northeast's encroachers. Allow active attacks."

The horse was exploring the horse and came out.

Lu Qiaochu sat in front of the map, slowly pondering every word he said just now, and said to himself: Since the enemy soldiers are preparing siege equipment, they must have the idea of ​​attacking Ningyuan City, should I make a defensive arrangement now?

"From the Mei family," Lu Qiaochu suddenly shouted, "Go and invite the two Qianmai, and find me a book called "Cao Dian"."

The two Qianzhong headquarters officers left by Xiao Donglou were veterans of Tianxiong Army who followed Lu Xiangsheng back then. One of them was Chang Zhifan, who had gone up the mountain with him. The other Zhu Rui. After Lu Xiangsheng was killed, he returned home to farm. Later, the crown prince recruited the Second Guard Battalion, and he joined the army again because of his previous robes.

There are people in the officialdom that tea is cold, but the camp emphasizes personal charm. Lu Xiangsheng's personal charm is enough to make people follow him unswervingly, and even transfer this loyalty to his descendants. Therefore, famous generals in ancient times said that "love soldiers as if they were sons". Generals who can truly do this will naturally gain an iron army that will never be able to fight.

Chang Zhifan and Zhu Rui were left in Ningyuan City not only because they could respect Lu Qiaochu. It was also because both of them had made great achievements in the battle in Tianjin and had a lot of experience in defending the city. Now they were arranged in Ningyuan. When the Second Division advanced eastward in the future, one of them was the vanguard and the other stayed in Ningyuan, which were all very critical tasks.

The two were supervising the exercises in their respective operations. When they heard that the instructor was invited, they immediately left. This kind of daily exercises are the work of a staff officer, and the chief officer is the same as if he is present or not.

When the two of them entered the city and entered the bell and drum tower, Lu Qiaochu was still reading the "Occurrence and Defense" in "The Book of Care". When she saw the two of them coming in, she quickly stood up and bowed, and politely asked them to sit down.

Chang Zhifan and Zhu Rui did not refuse much, and sat on both sides of Lu Qiaochuchu and waited for Lu Qiaochuchu to speak.

Lu Qiaochu was a little anxious. She was promoted to the rank of colonel after she transferred to the Second Division. She didn't have much confidence in the face of these two colonels, General Qian, who might be promoted to the camp at any time.

"Two colonels," Lu Qiaochu cleared his throat, "It's this, I just reported the horse exploration and found a large group of soldiers thirty-five miles northeast of Ningyuan. I have ordered people to report to the division headquarters and sent additional horse exploration to find out."

The two nodded, indicating that this arrangement was very appropriate.

"Although I was ordered to preside over Ning Yuan, I have never fought a war, so I have to listen to the opinions of the two colonels more." After Lu Qiaochu said that, he saw the two of them inadvertently glance at Cao Dian on the table, and two red clouds suddenly appeared on his face.

Chang Zhifan and Zhu Rui did not mean to look down on Lu Qiaochu. No one was born to fight. Chang Zhifan said: "Ningyuan is more like the rear of a large army, so protecting the safety of food and weapons is the first priority. The official thought that sticking to one's defense should be the right move and attacking is a strange move. If the special reconnaissance battalion can be called to break the enemy's back, that would be even better."

Zhu Rui was not good at speaking, and even in the camp, he was concise and cherished his words as gold. At this moment, he said "yes" and nodded, giving him a lot of face.

"If it is a defense, according to the "Cao Dian", you need to set up a village at the city gate. I don't know if our soldiers are sufficient." Lu Qiaochu asked carefully.

Chang Zhifan smiled and said, "The instructor must have seen the "City Defending Regulations" in the "Occurrence of the Attack and Defence". Indeed, the city gate can protect the city gate from being attacked immediately; the second is to facilitate entry and exit of the city, deploy and mobilize, and not to find out the reality of the enemy; the third is to wait for an opportunity to attack and wait for defense; the fourth is also the most important thing, to receive reinforcements, especially those that transport food and military funds."

Lu Qiaochu didn't expect that a sentence in "Cao Dian" could actually extend three principles. He listened very seriously and wanted to take out paper and pen to record it immediately.

I heard Chang Zhifan continue: "I have just said that Ningyuan seems to be the center of this battle, but in fact it is the rear of the army. We should refer to the "Green Taiwan Example" in the "Green Road Chapter". As a grain platform, the focus is on guarding and waiting for assistance. Because the city has abundant food and grass, there is no need to send reinforcements to transport grain, and there is no need to go out of the city to respond, and there is no need to attack instead of defense."

"What about protecting the city gate?" Lu Qiaochuchu asked.

"The grain platform with a city can be sealed and guarded." Chang Zhifan said: "The city gate is the weakest part of a city. If there is insufficient troops, it is better to use earth and stone to seal the door behind it, so that it is difficult for the enemy to break the door by crashing."

Zhu Rui nodded aside, and agreed.

"The gates are opened on all sides of Ningyuan City. If the enemy ants attack the city, one is real and three is empty, and our army has two thousand troops, it may be ineffective." Chang Zhifan said: "It is better to seal the two gates in the west, the north, and the south gate to respond to the enemy, so that the troops can be allocated without any obstacles."

Ningyuan City is an inclined square, and the map is more like a diamond. The so-called four gates in the southeast, northwest, southwest and southeast are actually four gates in the northeast, northwest, southwest and southeast. Among them, the two gates in the northwest and southwest face Xingshui, and the two gates in the east face Liaodong. Chang Zhifan wanted to leave these two gates without sealing, so that the army could easily attack from the south and attack from the east gate was more convenient.

Seeing that Zhu Rui did not object, Lu Qiaochuchu said it well again and naturally agreed.

"But there is no need to rush to seal the door now." Chang Zhifan said: "It is time to seal the enemy again when the enemy comes. The most urgent task is to find out the scale of the enemy and make it easier to deal with it. In addition, it is to deepen the moats in the outer city and prepare to build a hollow enemy platform."

"This matter was handed over to President Chang Qian, but President Zhu Qian wanted to clear the non-military personnel in the city and indicate the actions to avoid intruding into the spy and opening the door to present to the city." Lu Qiaochu said.

Chang Zhifan and Zhu Rui had no good supplements, and responded. Lu Qiaochu then remembered the "private order" problem that appeared in the Second Division not long ago, and was about to chase them out to make up for it. Then he thought that this was simply a class just now, and the city defense matter was originally written on the military order of the two thousand generals, and he did not say that he had issued an order, so that's all.

Not long after Chang Zhifan and Zhu Rui left the Bell and Drum Tower, they rode a horse and rushed into the city, heading straight to the Bell and Drum Tower, bringing the latest news about the coast camp.

"So soon?" Lu Qiaochu was quite surprised when she heard that there was news from the camp. When she saw the Tangma who reported the news, she realized that she had made a mistake.

This Tangma is not affiliated with Ningyuan City, but a Tangma sent by the coast camp.

"Report to the general, our vanguard unit encountered the sank troops half an hour ago, and immediately launched an attack and defeated them in one fell swoop. The current division headquarters moved to Caozhuang Post to attack the stalkers entrenched in Xiaotuanshan Fort."

"Is the war going to begin now?" Lu Qiaochu found that he had made a mistake and quickly coughed twice to cover up.

The two armies met and tried each other, followed by a full blown attack, and there was no leisure and leisure like a letter of war or a verbal battle. Xiao Donglou had long been trying to destroy the two white flags, preferably not even one of them could not escape. This time, he found that the forces of the two white flags were different from what he had imagined, so he naturally punched him first.

"This news is immediately informed to the two thousand generals." Lu Qiaochu ordered, suddenly envious of each department for having its own staff team, and his name is the guard, but there is not even a person to discuss.

After receiving the news, Chang Zhifan and Zhu Rui immediately returned to the bell and drum tower command post, and waited for the two staff members to arrive, and immediately held a military discussion. The situation where the three commanders were together and the instructors were in the middle seemed a bit different, especially because the instructor was still a woman.

Although Lu Qiaochu had never presided over the military discussion and had seen it, he said in a deep voice: "The 2000th Headquarters of the Third Battalion will report the situation first."

At that moment, a staff officer stood up, holding a willow whip, pointed to the map, and said, "This is Xingshui, commonly known as the Daughter River, the Sannu River, and recently called Ningyuan River..."

"Cough cough!" Chang Zhifan knew what his subordinates were doing. Seeing Lu Qiaochu pursing his lips and holding back his smile, he quickly coughed dryly to think he was reminding him.

The chief of staff turned red, and he said for a while: "Xiaotuanshan Fort is here Xingshui, Ningyuan River..."

"It can be called Xingcheng River." Lu Qiaochu suppressed his smile and named this river that was complex.

"Yes." The adviser said: "Xiaotuanshan Fort is located southwest of Ningyuan, northwest of Caozhuang Post. Because it is leaning against Datuanshan, it is named. Just like Changling Mountain in the northwest of Ningyuan, it is leaning against Changling Mountain..."

Chang Zhifan finally couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Chief Zhao is the best in geography and is famous in the army. But now the military discussion is about it, so let's put it simply."
Chapter completed!