Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 289
After a big battle, Zixuan temporarily relaxed his mind, put his arms around his wife's shoulders, and was talking to his wife about the situation in the city.

There was a girl talking outside, "Master, the boy in front came to report that General Li and the others are here, and they have something to do with the master."

When Zixuan heard this, he didn't know what happened, so he hurried out, "Jinghan, you should rest at home, you're fine, don't worry about anything." After saying that, he went out.

When I came to the living room in the front yard, I saw several generals sitting in the room, but that General Li was not sitting, but was walking back and forth.As soon as they saw Zixuan approaching, these people quickly surrounded him. "Lord Lin, the spies just came to report that the Beiyuan army has arrived outside Zhenyuan Pass. This time, the Beiyuan army is coming in a menacing manner, and there are [-] people. What should we do?"

When Zixuan heard this, his heart was shocked, 10 people?This Beiyuan Kingdom is a big deal. "Everyone, it's not too late. I'm afraid we have to act quickly at this time. Immediately send people to gather all the people outside the city into the city. This time, the people have to bring all the food and livestock at home. Otherwise, Isn’t it all left to the enemy army? Ladies and gentlemen, soldiers are precious and fast, let’s split up, within fifty miles outside the city, not a grain of grain or a head of livestock can be left to the enemy army. With 10 people, let’s see how long they can last?”

These generals hurriedly led their troops to separate operations, while Zixuan wrote a few letters and sent them out of the city.These letters were addressed to the county magistrates of Taonan County, Xianghai County, and Zhen'an County, which are neighboring counties.In addition, there are the magistrates of Buyeo and Hanju, and the magistrate of Longju.The most important thing is a letter to the capital.In this letter, Zixuan wrote in detail the circumstances of this battle, as well as the situation of the Beiyuan Kingdom's continued increase of troops, and of course a small complaint against Mo Hongfan.

This night is destined to be sleepless again.

Ziwen and Wenxuan led people to clean up the battlefield immediately. They originally planned to do it tomorrow morning, but now that the military situation is urgent, they can't care about it. "Everyone pay attention, all kinds of weapons must be taken away, not a single bit left behind. Pick up all the arrows and save them for defending the city. The bows and arrows in our city are limited." Ziwen shouted loudly. .

No one spoke, but they all lowered their heads and searched carefully.The soldiers of the Beiyuan Kingdom each carried several pots of feather arrows on their backs, and now they were scratched a lot.On the first few days of the first lunar month, naturally there is no moon, and everyone holding torches and lanterns in their hands is very busy.

It took about an hour, and there was nothing left on the battlefield except for the corpses.Ziwen looked at it and felt that it was almost done, so he quickly withdrew the crowd back into the city.

As soon as they returned to the city, the spies from the Beiyuan Kingdom came here. When they saw the corpses all over the ground, they were so frightened that they hurried back to report.The commander-in-chief of the Beiyuan Kingdom was shocked when he heard that all the troops of General Bart in front were dead. "When I sent someone to report this morning, wasn't it all right? Why did they all die so quickly?"

He didn't dare to take any risks, he only said that he would stay here at Zhenyuan Pass tonight, and then go to Xizhou tomorrow.So this person's little hesitation actually helped Xizhou's side.

By the time it was daylight, almost all the people from the villages outside the city had moved to the city.In the past few days, they have known the news of the enemy's attack, and they have already prepared everything, and are waiting for Master Zhizhou's order to enter the city.So this time the migration was very fast, even more neat than Zixuan expected.Everyone said, take everything with you and leave nothing to the Tartars.

The four gates of Xizhou City are closed tightly at the moment. Although there are more people in the city, the security is still orderly and there is no chaos at all.These newcomers were all arranged in different parts of the city.At this time of life and death, the cohesion among the people is revealed, and the people in the city all give up the vacant houses to others to live in.Of course, some of them were not very cooperative, but after the people in the yamen came, they were able to solve them smoothly.

Not only Xizhou City, but several nearby counties also implement the same method, making sure that when the enemy comes, nothing will be left behind.

It was already noon when the Bei Yuan army arrived outside Xizhou City.Looking at the corpses everywhere in front of him, Yide, the commander of Beiyuan, had a cloudy face. "Come on, let's find a place to bury these corpses first, we can't let our Beiyuan warriors leave their corpses in the wilderness like this." So they dug up the snow and temporarily buried these corpses.

Yide did not rush to attack the city, but sent people to investigate around to find out the situation.When he found out that the nearby villages had been emptied, he couldn't help but sighed, "Bart's death may have been tricked by someone else. Alas, I didn't think carefully enough. I thought it was just a small border town and didn't need many troops." It can be won. Where did you think, it actually hurt Bart."

The people next to him quickly persuaded him for a while, and it was finally good.It was already afternoon at this time, so Yide ordered the army to settle down, and then attacked the city tomorrow.An army of [-] surrounded Xizhou City. This time, even the birds couldn't even think about it.

Zixuan stood at the top of the city, looking at the Beiyuan army outside the city.At this moment, people below are crowded and bustling, but their actions are orderly and there is no chaos at all.Zixuan secretly sighed, it seems that the person who came this time was actually a great expert in military warfare.In this way, the situation in Xizhou has become a little more dangerous.

"Have the things transported from Longzhou and other places been properly placed?" Zixuan asked.

"It's all been stored. Those saltpeter and sulfur are all stored in the warehouse of the state government and heavily guarded." It turned out that the power of the bomb was tested that day, and Zixuan sent people to several nearby state capitals. Gather raw materials.In fact, there are also these counties, but Zixuan sent someone there to teach the people in the county government how to make the bomb.In this way, several counties can also have more power to protect themselves.

Both saltpeter and sulfur can be used as medicine, so many medicine shops will have them, and some firecracker workshops will have stocks.Zixuan also taught the method of making the bomb to the neighboring state capital, and with the cooperation of various places, he got some raw materials back.

"We must pay attention to precautions. Most of the next defense of the city will depend on those bombs. Send people over there and do more. If we want to kill all the 10 people, we need a lot of bombs." No Zixuan is cold-blooded, but on this kind of battlefield, either you die or I die, kindness is useless here.

The people on the side also understood this, nodded, and went to arrange things.

In Prince Fu's mansion in the capital, several exhausted people rode to the gate of the mansion. One of them jumped off the horse, his legs went limp unconsciously, and he almost fell down.He stood up reluctantly and walked to the door.He said to the guard at the door, "Guys, I'm from Xizhou in the north. Princess Ning'an's elder sister sent us here to see the prince."

The gatekeepers are all cronies of Prince Fu's mansion. Everyone knows that the princess's sister is in a place called Xizhou in the north with her husband.These people did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly reported to the inside.

Mingyu and Jingxian are playing with their newborn daughter. This is their second child, who looks a lot like Jingxian. Mingyu likes to hug her for a while every day.

"My lord, the guards in front have come to report that the concubine's sister has sent someone to meet the lord." A girl outside came in to report.

When Mingyu heard this, he felt a little puzzled, "Okay, first invite people in, and I'll go see them right away." Turning around, he said to Jingxian, "Jingxian, wait here first, I'll go and have a look. Two Sister, I'm afraid there is something wrong."

Jingxian nodded, "Hurry up, don't forget to tell me if you have something to do."

Mingyu walked out quickly, and after walking for more than a quarter of an hour, he arrived at the living room in front, where he saw three people, one of whom he was very familiar with was Changshun. "Chang Shun, why do you think you're here? What is Second Sister looking for?"

Changshun was exhausted at the moment, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Mingyu. "My lord, the Northern Yuan Kingdom sent troops to attack Xizhou. When I came out of Xizhou, the enemy army was already attacking Zhenyuan Pass. Madam sent me to the capital to report and request the imperial court to send troops to rescue." After these words, Changshun passed out. land.He was really tired, and they didn't rest at all along the way.

The two people next to him also said, "We only reached the capital after running to the death of several horses. I hope the prince will quickly find a way to solve the difficulties in Xizhou." After finishing speaking, these two people also passed out.

Ming Yu hurriedly ordered the three of them to settle down, and invited a doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment.As for himself, he hurried to the palace with the letter.

The emperor was still revising the memorial in the imperial study, and when he heard that Ming Yu had come, he felt a little perplexed.It's the first lunar month, Mingyu is not at home to accompany his wife and children, why did he come into the palace?
After Mingyu came in, before the emperor could ask any questions, Mingyu said first, "Brother Emperor, Beiyuan sent troops to Xizhou, here is the letter sent by the second sister, you should read it quickly."

When the emperor heard this, he quickly took the letter and read it carefully. "Beiyuan sent [-] troops to attack Zhenyuan Pass? Is it on New Year's Eve? So it's five days from now, what's the situation in Xizhou now? Xizhou only has [-] troops stationed, and I'm afraid it's dangerous right now. Come here, pass the order immediately , and ask everyone from the Ministry of War to come and see me immediately."

The eunuch outside hurried out to deliver the decree, and then the two brothers discussed these matters in the imperial study.Half an hour later, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of War and others all arrived in the imperial study.

"Northern Yuan Kingdom sent troops to Xizhou, and the prefect of Xizhou sent people to report the letter. Let's take a look. I want to hear your opinions on how to rescue them." The emperor handed the letter to these people.

(End of this chapter)