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Chapter 139 Arming
There are thirteen counties in Qingzhou. After receiving the call, all the county guards, without exception, led their troops to Zhennan Pass in person.

According to the degree of wealth, the number of leaders of each side is slightly different.There are as many as seven thousand, and as few as three or four thousand. The Thirteenth Route troops gathered here, not including the 4 soldiers of the state army, but also [-] soldiers and horses.

The ten-mile company battalion, the flags are flying.Together with the cooks who carried the food, nearly 30 people poured into the pass, which was not too big.The scheduling issue alone has made many officials and generals overwhelmed.

After a long-distance raid into Zhennan Pass, Chai Jian and the county lieutenant had settled down and their subordinates had not rested for a few days before a soldier came over and reported that the state shepherd had something important to discuss.

Zhennanguan Shuai tent was set up in the center of the city.When Chai Jian entered, besides Qingzhou State Shepherd King Cang Yu and his staff generals, there were already many county guards seated.

There is no need to talk too much about etiquette in the army, Chai Jian casually greeted several colleagues, and found a seat at random to sit down.

Half a quarter of an hour later, all thirteen county guards arrived.Wang Cangyu looked around and tapped his fingertips forward.

In an instant, on the huge conference table, a huge sand table made of awe-inspiring aura floated.

In the center of the sand table is Zhennan Pass, and in the dense jungle to the south of the city, there are a large number of small red dots.

Wang Cangyu picked up the baton on the table, pointed his finger in a circle outside the city and said:
"I think everyone should be aware of the situation of Wu Man. The new Wu King was born, and all the tribes in the southern border surrendered, and they stared at me in Qingzhou.

During this period of time, I sent scouts out of the city many times to investigate, and found that Wuman had gathered outside the Nanguan Pass of my town recently.Therefore, I invite you here this time to talk about the defense of the city. "

After Wang Cangyu finished speaking, Gu Wei, the Magistrate of Zhouchuan County who was opposite Chai Jian, stood up.

Gu Wei bowed his hands slightly to everyone, and said in a deep voice:
"Lord Zhou Mu, colleagues. I dare to ask, when will the imperial court receive new support?"

"..."

Faced with Gu Wei's question, most of the county guards turned their attention to Wang Zhoumu, who was in the main seat, which was precisely the doubt in everyone's mind.

Wang Cangyu's complexion darkened slightly when he heard the words, and said lightly:
"Honshu Mu has asked for help from above many times, and the reply from the court is just to let us defend with full power..."

Hearing this, everyone was already prepared, but they were still somewhat disappointed.

Total defense without support sounds nice...

Seeing that the morale of the crowd was a little low, Liu Zhenjin, the Commander of Qingzhou Wudewei who was sitting under Wang Cangyu, suddenly stood up.
"You don't need to be like this. As far as I know, Zhennan Pass is an old defensive city against the Nanman, but the defense formation is not weak.

The defensive formation was specially designed for the barbarians, which can greatly reduce the spells of the Wuman's masters.In this way, relying on the geographical advantages, there is still hope for defending Zhennan Pass. "

"That's right, there is a military general in our army who obeys the order of the seven kills. With the evil spirit of the army formation, he can also suppress the magic of the witches and barbarians by attracting the stars of the seven kills."

Beside Liu Zhenjin, the commander of the state capital army also echoed his words.

When these two spoke, the originally suppressed people relaxed a little, and began to list their own preparations one after another.

"Xiaguan invited his good friend Jinzhai Gong to come to help him. Presumably with his ability, he can suppress a Nanman great witch."

"The old man brought the family's treasure, the Golden Flood Lantern, so it's no problem to check and balance the barbarian's spells."

"I have ten thousand catties of shark oil, which can make the fire tunnel immortal for a hundred days."

"I……"

……

Everyone said something to each other, and the morale that had just dropped was gradually picking up.

At this time, Wang Cangyu also began to take the opportunity to arrange the defense of Zhennan Pass.

The front and sides of the pass are the most important for the Wuman attack, and they need to be defended with heavy troops; while the north side must not be relaxed, and the enemy must be alert to sneak attacks from the rear.

After intense discussions, everyone finally decided that the city defense forces in various places should be led by the county guards themselves.The front of the pass is guarded by the prefectural army, with soldiers and horses from the five counties on both sides, and the rear is guarded by the three counties with the least troops.

In order to avoid disputes, Wang Cangyu deliberately retained the independent command of the county guards to the maximum extent.

The entire meeting lasted from morning to evening, except for the arrangement of defense lines.The specific details about targeting Wuman masters were also finalized one by one.

The overall core idea is to only defend and not attack. No matter how provocative or defeated the opponent is, the army must not step out of the city gate.

It is not enough to defend the city with formations, and taking the initiative to attack is tantamount to digging one's own grave.

At the end of the meeting, Chai Jian and Gu Wei came out side by side.Zhou Chuanjun and Yingya are neighbors, and they can be regarded as good friends who have known each other for many years.This time, the two counties also happened to be assigned to guard the right side of the pass.

"Old Chai, you haven't learned Confucianism or Taoism for so many years?"

Gu Wei quietly put a bamboo pen in his hand into Chai Jian's arms.This bamboo brush is a Confucian and Taoist artifact collected in the Guwei family, which allows beginners to use Confucian and Taoist magic.

Chai Jian put away the bamboo pen, nodded gratefully to Gu Wei,
"Soon, I feel that maybe after this battle, my Confucianism and Taoism practice can officially enter a new level."

Gu Wei couldn't help curling his lips when he heard the words. He didn't know how many times he had heard the old friend's words.

"Which time you didn't say that... okay, I'll go back and prepare to deploy my defenses, and remember to help each other if something goes wrong."

"As it should be."

……

The people and horses in the camp were separated, and under the leadership of the county guards, a large number of defensive facilities began to be constructed.Set up artillery stones, prepare gold soup, adjust bows and crossbows, build and reject horses...

More than [-] porters worked in batches to dig trenches day and night, strengthen the city walls, and set up simple traps.

During this period, Wuman's scouts also came to harass them from time to time, but they were all stopped in time by the elite rangers of the state government army.Although some casualties are unavoidable, this is not enough to affect the construction progress.

In just half a month, Zhennan Pass, which was originally in disrepair, became a fortress armed to the teeth with the unremitting efforts of tens of thousands of people.

The gold soup is full of pots, and the rolling stones are like mountains.Near the three five-meter-wide and deep moats around the city, there are densely packed horse-repelling and spike traps.

Wang Cangyu even brought over all the wealth of Qingzhou Prefecture, sixty shock-level rune cannons, all of which were brought to the top of the city.

The price of one shot of this thing is ten low-grade spirit stones, and its power is enough to flatten a mountain. It can be called a proper war machine.

At the same time, Wu Man's army was also rapidly gathering, from the scout raid at the beginning, it gradually turned into a sneak attack by a small group of tiger and wolf cavalry.

The casualties of the porters continued to increase, and as a last resort, Wang Zhoumu ordered everyone to retreat to the city.Stand on guard, and stick to the city.

For several days, except for a few tigers and wolves roaming outside the city, there was no sign of the Wuman army.This made the porters in the city who had always been in a state of anxiety slightly relieved.

But Wang Cangyu and others knew that this was just a short period of calm before the rainstorm, and no one dared to relax because of it.At all times, there were at least two sheriffs sitting on the walls of each city, keeping an eye on Wuman's movements.

……

Midnight ~

A rare autumn rain brought a little chill in winter.

The full moon was hidden in the thick dark clouds, and on the silent city wall, only the shark oil brazier stubbornly provided some light in the dark night.

At the corner of the city wall, a young soldier in a hat touched his comrade in arms and whispered:

"Uncle, you said that the old forest is so dark, is there something unclean? I heard that the so-called wizards in Wuman are all proficient in raising ghosts."

"Guess what, there must be a lot of dirty things in here. But you don't have to be afraid, as long as we don't go in, those ghosts and ghosts won't come out."

The older veteran, Youzi, smiled. Unlike the young soldiers, he had participated in several missions to hunt down Wuman spies, and had personally seen the barbarians perform strange witchcraft.

Just one domesticated ghost made the three strong men lie on the bed for more than half a year.

Seeing the lamented look of the veteran, the young soldier was puzzled and wanted to continue asking.Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the city wall.

"Enemy attack! Prepare to defend!"

swoosh~~

The loud arrow shot straight into the sky, and the rain cloth on the catapult on the city wall was quickly lifted. Under the control of the soldiers, hundreds of huge rocks burning with raging fire drew beautiful arcs in the sky.

Boom—boom—boom—

The flint fell to the ground, splashing countless water, and a large amount of black oil flowed out from the flint, continuing to burn on the rain.

Relying on the light brought by the flame, the soldiers defending the city wall could also see clearly the situation below.

In the light of the fire, a barefoot, dark-skinned Wuman, like a civet in the dark night, shuttled swiftly across the battlefield.

The barbarians bit their sharp blades and approached quickly, and the dense spike traps played a very limited role.Often, as soon as the trap fell, they were deftly avoided.

"It's the Panteng clan of the Nanban, everyone brought the golden soup and rolling stone!"

As soon as Chai Jianfang climbed onto the city wall, he recognized the identity of the incoming enemy, and immediately issued orders to respond.

In the forest behind the Panteng people, dozens of wizards wearing plumed hats raised their staffs high and sang ancient songs.

"Given by the Witch God Courage"

"Given by the Sorcerer God · Power"

"Blessed by the Witch God. Speed"

"Blessed by the Witch God·Bloodthirsty"

……

The light red halo spread to the entire battlefield along with the song, and all the affected Panten people instantly turned into little supermen.

The distance of more than [-] meters is only five seconds, and many soldiers have not had time to prepare to throw stones and gold soup, and the afterimages of the rainy night have come under the city wall.

The 20-meter-high city wall played a very limited role in resisting the barbarians who were already good at climbing.

In just 5 minutes, a large number of Wuman climbed the city wall.Fighting hand to hand, the defenders of the city fought fiercely with the powerful Wu Man with their sophisticated iron weapons.

hum-

A golden brilliance flashed around the city.The moat formation was activated, which immediately weakened most of the blessings of the witch god.The Panteng barbarians on the city wall suddenly lost their momentum, and the guards took the opportunity to counterattack and kill them.

The situation improved. Under the cover of infantry, the archers began to throw arrows in an organized way, and the trebuchets were replaced with more powerful explosive bombs.

Arrows are like rain, and stones are thrown to urge death.The fight lasted less than half an hour, and Wuman had already left thousands of corpses in front of the city.

Under the huge casualties, even though the Panteng people had a large population, they had no choice but to retreat.

Accompanied by the faint sound of the horn, the Wuman fled to the rear at a faster speed than when they came, and hid in the dark mountain forest again.

Looking at the Wuman who fled in the desert, Chai Jian's armor was stained with blood, and he raised the horizontal knife in his hand:

"Great victory!"

The sheriff took the lead, and countless soldiers shouted excitedly,

"Great victory!"

……

Although the victory in this battle was not significant, it weakened the fear of the barbarians in the hearts of all soldiers.

This is also the real purpose of Wang Cangyu and his choice to delay the opening of the formation, to put more barbarians on the city wall.

Face-to-face fighting is always the best way to stimulate blood.

　Thank you for your reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)