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Chapter 216
After several cavalrymen galloped out, Qiu Zhiqing stared at the north and became dazed.

I just hope that I can persist for a longer time, and I also hope that those left behind on the Great Wall piers can return to the city safely.

As for repairing the Outer Great Wall when you have time...

Hehe, Qiu Zhiqing never thought about it. After the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was basically no threat from the north.

The high cost of maintaining the Great Wall was also taken to the northwest to fight with the Qiang people.

The Outer Great Wall has not been maintained for two or three hundred years, and it is in dilapidated condition. It is simply a dream to repair the Outer Great Wall with the power of one county.

The prefect of Yanmen County can only renovate Yanmen Pass and strengthen the city defenses of counties outside Yanmen Pass!
It is rumored that when the Qiang people were making fierce noise, the imperial court spent tens of billions of military expenditure on maintaining the northwest frontier army every year, and the garrison was as high as more than 60 all the year round.

Naturally, the outer Great Wall side was abandoned.

The pier guards were re-established after the Xianbei attack last year!
If it wasn't for the sudden arrival of Xianbei last year, Pingcheng, which has a battalion and [-] regular troops, would not have fallen so quickly, at least it could last for more than half a month.

This is the reason for wanting to relocate village households outside the city to the city.

There are reserved fields and food in the city, and if there is enough population, Qiu Zhiqing has the confidence to defend the city for a month.

But Xianbei will not spend a month in this barren city, they are here to rob, not to slaughter the city!
And as a group of qualified robbers, they would not spend too much time in the county town that had already been looted half a time by themselves.

Why half time?Because although the city was broken last time, before the treasury could be moved, it was defeated by the county soldiers led by the prefect of Yanmen County, and the danger of Pingcheng was resolved.

Sure enough, not long after the messenger arrived in the city, the beacon towers in the north were filled with soaring smoke, and the beacon towers relayed the urgent news from this border.

Originally, the young and strong who had returned to the city before, or were in their respective positions, were still a little confused.

Why did I only hear the warning bell, but did not see the beacon fire in the north.

Seeing the rapid transmission of the beacon fire in the north at this moment, I was relieved and at the same time nervous!
Qiu Zhiqing cursed secretly, these people didn't even investigate, and a police call of the highest level came, and they were not afraid of being arrested by military law.

This was Qiu Zhiqing's misunderstanding. Those who stayed on the pier naturally had their own investigative methods and judgments, otherwise no one would make fun of their lives.

Qiu Zhiqing was standing on the north gate of the city, watching the soldiers and the young and strong, busy one by one, and began to transport various supplies to the top of the city.

Carry bundles of arrows to the top of the city, and put the cauldron and water on it.

When transporting supplies to the city wall, they would also stockpile some supplies in the courtyard under the horse road, so as not to pile up at the top of the city and cause blockage.

Those coals are not used to boil water, but to prevent water from freezing.

In this season, dripping water really turns into ice, pouring well water directly is much more effective than pouring boiling water.

Pouring boiling water is simply a reward for Xianbei people.

There are about 200 soldiers in the city at the moment, one department, based on Wu Xian's original left camp, one song, and more than [-] soldiers. Wu Xian is now also an army commander, which can be regarded as a promotion.

Further up, there is the school lieutenant, or the miscellaneous general, at his age, he is considered a rookie.

In addition, there are four hundred county soldiers and three thousand young and strong.

After some publicity, Qiu Zhiqing became a victim of corvée.

In the past, the corvée had never cooked food so honestly that it could make people full!What's more, it is common for servants to bring their own rations.

This also caused the previous big household to escape and become a private household of the mountain people, directly returning to the county and re-registering.

These people were considered hidden households of big households before, without household registration.

For the sake of these populations, Qiu Zhiqing used corvée who had enough to eat to get all those who were willing to be naturalized.

In this way, there are more than 5000 households with more than [-] people on top of the household registration in Pingcheng.

It is enough to defend the city!

But even Qiu Zhiqing, the old and the young, didn't let them go, and let them be responsible for cooking and fetching water.

Cooking is easy to understand, and fetching water is to lift the water to the root of the city wall.

The people on the city wall will hang the water bucket up through the pulleys. Whether it is directly splashing water or adding ice to the city wall at night, it will be a good prop, isn't it?
In the evening, the number of people entering the city one after another did not decrease, and all the soldiers staying on the pier at the outer Great Wall had already entered the city.

This shows that Xianbei's vanguard is not far away from them.

"Pass down the order to close the north gate, and let the people outside the city enter the city through the east and west gates!"

"Order!"

The one who led away was the military marquis promoted by Qiu Zhiqing, named Sun Huai, who was nominated by Qiu Zhiqing because of his vigilance, strong learning ability, and resolute personality.

Together with another man named Hu Lai, he was promoted to be a military marquis at the same time, and each led a troop of troops, serving as the subordinate of the military commander Wu Xian.

Seeing Sun Huai going away, Qiu Zhiqing turned his gaze to Wu Xian, and said directly:

"The official also taught you half a month, now I order you to take full charge of defending the city, are you sure?"

Wu Xian swallowed. He was just a military lord guarding the arsenal, and it was his first time on the battlefield last year.

Unexpectedly, for the second time on the battlefield, Ming Ting would hand over the entire city defense to himself. This...

"Inferior... Inferior..."

"What? I haven't learned anything after following me for half a month? Don't be nervous. When it's critical, I will help you clean up the mess. Don't worry about it.
Haven't you always envied Shuya's literacy and his own writing?How about I get one for you right now? "

Hearing this, Wu Xian felt a little dumbfounded, and gave a deep bow excitedly: "Thank you for your support, Master, this disciple knows what to do! Please also give me a letter from my mentor!"

When he said that, he officially confirmed the master-student relationship.

Of course, like Zheng Yan, he is just a registered disciple. He can teach what he wants to learn, but he will not pass on his mantle.

"Since that's the case, your name is Xian, and the person who donates it. The dog of the ancestral temple is named Tang Xian, and the one who is fat is the one who offers it. Your name should be called Zong Fei!"

Seeing Wu Xian's half-understanding look, knowing that he was illiterate, Qiu Zhiqing explained to him, and only then did he have a general understanding of his newly acquired characters.

He also has writing, Wu Xian happily agreed.

"Teacher, don't worry, this time defending the city will definitely live up to the expectations of the teacher. The half-month study will definitely make the Xianbei bandits have a lot of trouble!"

With this attitude, Qiu Zhiqing was very satisfied.

Government affairs are busy, and if he wants to benefit one party, he must cultivate some capable people.

Otherwise, how much can one person do?
When night fell over the northern part of Shenzhou, a blaze appeared ten miles north of the city.

A few riders were separated from the team, galloping towards Pingcheng, stopped a hundred steps north of the city, bent their bows and set arrows...

(End of this chapter)