Chapter 510

Knowing that Fang Xie was coming back, sun Kaidao and his generals waited at the gate of fangucheng. Seeing Fang Xie's general flag from a distance, sun Kaidao immediately welcomed them with people. Far away, he knelt down on one knee to salute, and the rear generals immediately knelt down together.

"My subordinates congratulate the general on his victory and his promotion to Marquis."

Sun Kaidao said solemnly.

Fang Xie jumped down from his horse, reached out his hand to help him up, smiled and said, "get up, everyone. The people who came back to report are also talkative and publicize it early. Let it go first. Nothing has happened at home these days?"

"No"

Sun Kaidao smiled: "However, the general did not expect that the ten thousand Wolves of Baihuo had been stationed dozens of miles away a while ago. It was estimated that they saw that our troops were strong and did not dare to attack directly. After all, they were all cavalry, and Fangu city was also strong. Lu Fenghou led people to build two stone walls more than two feet high over the canyon. The barbarian should have not expected that the back road had been blocked and did not dare to act rashly. He was waiting for Kuok Taimenglie made up his mind. The 200000 wolves didn't come back for a day. Bai Huo didn't have the courage to fight without authorization. His 10000 people were really not enough. "

Fang Xie said, "send more food and grass to Qingxia. Once the war starts, the soldiers guarding Qingxia will be attacked from both sides. It's not a matter of a while. If the imperial court's reinforcements don't arrive, our war will take some days. Mengge won't be willing to leave more than 200000 wolves in the northwest. Even if Mengyuan is strong, it's not a small number and it hurts muscles and bones."

Sun Kaidao nodded: "my subordinates have transferred a large number of grain, grass and baggage to Qingxia, and divided their troops into three batches. 10000 people guard fan Gu, 15000 people guard the stronghold, and the rest are on the other side of Qingxia. According to the general's orders, Chen moved the mountain to guard fan Gu, Xiahou Baichuan and Lufeng Hou guard Qingxia, and my subordinates led troops in the stronghold."

Fang Xie said that the arrangement was in order. Although the troops were slightly scattered, they were in a pin shaped array, acting as horns and supporting each other back and forth. The people and horses in the stronghold were mobile rescue teams. Fan Gu and Qingxia could immediately support and harass the enemy from the rear no matter which side was tight.

"Very good. In addition, it is particularly good to distribute food for the people."

Fang Xie said as he walked, "however, we should tell the people that there will be a fierce battle in a few days. Let them avoid it after planting food. The northwest boundary depends on heaven. If food is planted, they can only wait for heaven to rain and water. They have nothing to do. It's better to avoid it in advance. Don't lose their lives."

"My subordinates have sent people to tell the people when they distribute food."

Sun Kaidao glanced at the West and said: "The scouts have been scouting in the west of langrushan. Kuo Ketai mengge has indeed sent troops to meet the barbarians of Mengyuan. These days, Mengyuan Rangers continue to appear on the grassland of Mandu banner, but they didn't expect us to block the canyon. Now our advantage is that the enemy on both sides don't know whether the other party has arrived, so they don't dare to attack easily."

Fang Xie nodded: "take advantage of this rare leisure, let the soldiers rest and enter the city. I'll go to the canyon later."

The crowd followed Fang Xie into the city. Because the canyon was the top priority of defense, Fang Xie ordered to send all the feather arrows and armor brought back from the Sui army camp. In the battle of guarding the city, the consumption of feather arrows was the heaviest. The emperor should have thought of this, so the allocated baggage feather arrows accounted for the majority, with 150000.

After entering fan Gu, Fang Xie first checked the city defense. It can be seen that sun Kaidao has not been idle these days. The defense facilities on the city wall have been reinforced, and the key places are filled with sacks. The roofs of the people's houses in the city are covered with a layer of soil to prevent the enemy from attacking with arrows.

The density of nailing and clapping is amazing enough. This kind of defensive weapon can easily kill the soldiers attacking the city, and can be used many times until the nailing and clapping are broken. Fang Xie saw that there was a large tank on the wall at intervals, which was filled with fire oil. If the enemy attacked fiercely, pour down the fire oil, and any spark can burn into a piece. West Although the north is barren, many places near langrushan have this kind of fire oil. You don't even have to dig. Walking on it is like walking on a sponge pad. It's difficult for a person to extricate himself if he is accidentally trapped.

People in this era don't know much about kerosene. They only know that it can burn. Fang Xie lamented when fan Gu was a scout. If this place were rich in oil in previous generations, it would have been prosperous. The people in Northwest China are not so poor, but rich enough to flow oil.

Looking out from the city wall, there is an open area in the east of fan Gu, which has advantages for wolf riding. The cavalry can't stop it in an instant. Therefore, Fang Xie didn't plan to let the black flag army and wolf riding fight in the field from the beginning. The advantage of the Sui army is that it has absolutely rich experience in guarding the city, and wolf riding is still a student for attacking the city.

The Sui army was not afraid of attacking the enemy with their own strengths.

Looking into the city, the place where grain and grass are stored is the original biejiang house. The courtyard wall has been raised and the roof has been paved with soil. It seems that everything is ready.

The advantage of having a good man is that almost everything has been arranged even in his absence.

"My subordinates have blocked another gate."

When he said this, sun Kaidao had a determination on his face.

He knew that this time was different from the time when he had to surrender to the rebels. At that time, if he didn't surrender, nine times out of ten he would die. At this time, as long as he carried the attack of Mongolian Yuan barbarians, he would have a good future. Even the matter of surrendering to the rebels in the past could be uncovered. The most real thing he sees now is that the better he behaves, the more he will hate him, If the imperial court traces the past in the future, Fang Xie will excuse him.

"Good"

Fang Xie exclaimed, remembering what Hou Wenji said to him, he couldn't help struggling in his heart. If he left for the prairie and went back and forth for several months, he must have delayed the war. And Hou Wenji just said the general location of Prince Zhong. It's not a matter of a moment and a half to find it.

"That's right"

At this time, sun Kaidao thought of one thing: "a while ago, a friend of the Marquis came. A fat Taoist didn't go out of the canyon for many days."

Fang Xie was immediately happy: "let the scouts inquire about the news and see if they can find him!"

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canyon

Fang Xie stood on the stone wall and looked down. Lu Fenghou stood beside him, laughing.

"Well done"

Fang Xie smiled: "from now on, you are a real five grade general. Your majesty granted me the right to appoint or remove officials below four grades."

"Thank you, marquis!"

Lu Fenghou smiled and said goodbye.

This is also a special case in wartime. According to the rules, even the senior general of the third grade has no right to appoint or remove officials from the fourth grade at will. Fang Xie is now just the fourth grade, and he has no such qualification. The emperor knew that the war was important, so he gave Fang Xie the privilege to boost his morale.

"All rivers in summer"

"Subordinates in"

"Before, you were the fifth grade general promoted by the Lord. Now I promote you to the fourth grade Xiongwei Lang general."

"Subordinates... Thank you for your promotion!"

Xiahou Baichuan quickly knelt down.

"Get up, you all know in your heart that you don't need to be too happy about how much you have been promoted. It's time to be happy after surviving this war. Your majesty will give you more than that. Those who join the army will only serve the country. Your majesty is a holy monarch and won't bury your credit. In a peaceful and prosperous age, the state raises troops. Many people say that soldiers are useless. We just need to Just laugh it off. But when the country is in trouble, it's time for our generation to clean up. Let those who say soldiers are useless also see who will keep them safe at the critical time. "

"Subordinates, please listen to the Lord!"

Fang Xie said, "tell the soldiers that this battle will not be easy... You are not only blocking the fierce Mongolian wolf riders, but also a group of people who are eager to go home. The latter status... Is much more valued than the former. If the barbarians block our way home, you can think of how fierce the enemy will be this time."

Fang Xie checked the defense on this side of the canyon and went to the West. Between the two stone walls is the whole Canyon, which is the living space of nearly 20000 soldiers. The whole canyon was blocked from both ends, with doors left on the stone wall in the East and completely blocked in the West. Standing on the stone wall in the west, you can see the vast prairie without thousands of miles' eyes.

A few years ago, 700000 elite soldiers and millions of people of the great Sui Dynasty went out from here. How energetic was it at that time? But who could have thought that they would be defeated and killed in just a few months. I don't know if there are any remaining Han people on the grassland at this time, whether they are still hiding, or whether they are caught by barbarians and become slaves, suffering daily.

It seems that the development of things will never meet everyone's expectations. Fate first stabbed the big Sui Dynasty, and now it's time to stab the Mongolian Yuan.

Fang Xie stood on the stone wall and looked at the grassland covered with green grass. His mind was all about loyal Prince Yang Qi and Luo Yao.

In fact, up to now, things are still strange.

According to the truth, Kuo Ketai mengge threw hundreds of thousands of people into the Sui Dynasty, and the back road must be arranged properly, but Lu Fenghou took people to build a stone wall in the canyon for two months, but there was no movement in Mengyuan. If Kuo Ketai mengge is not an idiot, it can only explain what happened to Mengyuan, so mengge has no spare power to take care of this side.

As the Khan of the most powerful empire in the world, what could bind the emperor in Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty?

Does it have anything to do with Prince Zhong's Westward Journey and Xiao 19's westward journey? What's behind the departure of two heavenly masters? For Meng Yuan, I know too little.

Fang Xie shook his head and didn't think the former was too possible. Even if the accomplishments of Prince Zhong and Xiao 19 were strong, they were not strong enough to trip up the whole empire on their own.

When thinking of this, Fang Xie couldn't help thinking of Kuo Ketai menglie leading his army to attack the left avant-garde. What kind of interests drove Mengyuan Khan and the emperor of the Sui Dynasty to reach an agreement on this matter? There is no doubt that the goals of Yang Yi and mengge are Luo Yao. Why is mengge so afraid of a general of the great Sui Dynasty, and even hesitate to stand with the emperor of the great Sui Dynasty for a short time?

Mengge didn't know that even if the emperor of the Sui Dynasty had any agreement with him, he would never easily put the 200000 wolves back to the prairie. If mengge could think of this, why didn't he send troops to occupy the canyon in advance? This is not what a brilliant monarch should do. People can't see through it.

Looking at the grassland, Fang Xie had to think of the man named Luo Yao.

What kind of secret is hidden by a man who aroused the hostility and even the heart of killing of the two powerful empires, the great Sui Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty? If he was only a strong general of the great Sui Dynasty, mengge did not need to send more than 200000 people to try to kill him.

Fang Xie even firmly believed that in order to kill Luo Yao, he must bring a large number of experts in the Mongolian Yuan army. Since these people are confident that they can kill Luo Yao, why not just assassinate the emperor of the great Sui Dynasty? This shows that Luo Yao has a more important position than the emperor of the Sui Dynasty in Kuo Ketai mengge's mind!

So that the two emperors needed to work together for him.

Fang Xie breathed a long sigh of relief, and the doubts in his eyes did not disperse.

Luo Yao

Who the hell are you?

Fang Xie

Who the hell are you?