King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 77 Preparations before the war
After discussing the countermeasures and assigning soldiers and horses, Li Lin went up to the top of the city to check the terrain. The gates of Lelang City were closed, and they could only enter but not exit. Didn't some refugees enter the city, they all ran from Huntai and Loufang For the people who came out, Li Lin instructed Xu Liang beside him, "These refugees must be resettled properly, and the approximate number of people must be counted. Each person must be tied with a white cloth strip on his arm to distinguish him from the residents in the city. Settle the refugees collectively and send people to monitor them." .The food will be distributed uniformly!"

Xu Liang cupped his hands and said, "No!"

"Wait!" Li Lin stopped Xu Liang who was about to run down the wall.

Xu Liang wondered, "What else is there for the general?"

Li Lin was entrusted with his chin and became a thinker. Xu Liang didn't dare to go down now. Li Lin thought for a long time and suddenly said to himself, "Yes, I don't know how to build a gun tower, but this is equivalent to a blocking battle." , Make a few trenches, trenches or something should be good!"

Li Lin beckoned and called Xu Liang to his side. Li Lin said, "Xu Liang, do you know what a trench is?"

Xu Liang shook his head, "This subordinate doesn't know..."

"What about the trenches?"

"The subordinates don't know..."

Li Lin patted Xu Liang on the shoulder and said, "You are so stupid, look, if the enemy rushes from us, we will dig rows of deep pits in the distance in front of them. Hit them with bows and arrows, and it will be very difficult for them to fight back! Then, isn’t it only us who shoot them, and not them who shoot us?”

Xu Liang still shook his head and said, "This subordinate still doesn't understand..."

Seeing Xu Liang's bewildered look, Li Lin sighed and said, "Hey... I'll do it!" Then he went down to the city with Xu Liang.

After a while, Li Lin handed a few blueprints to Xu Liang and said, "Just dig according to the blueprints I gave you. I have marked the approximate depth and width on it. Let's act quickly, before Gongsun Du's army arrives." Done!"

Xu Liang held a few blueprints that surpassed the millennium, frowned and looked at them for a long time, then looked at Li Lin and said, "Is this... can it be done?"

Li Lin smiled and said, "Don't worry, otherwise I think there is such a large open space at the gate of the city. Isn't this a place for Gongsundu to set up an array? In this way, even if it doesn't have much effect, it can't be used for them." A place with large siege equipment!"

Xu Liang thought for a while and nodded slowly, "Okay, my subordinates will do their best!"

Li Lin called Yan Rou and Yan Zhi brothers again. Since they are here, we can't let them idle. Good job, the two of you will write a curfew notice and post it in the city. If someone asks, just say that I asked you to post it, and then your two brothers will take turns to be in charge of this really late night patrol task. , I was the one who told you two in the evening that you were passing it on to the other three sects in the city."

Yan Rou and Yan Zhi brothers looked at each other, nodded hesitantly and said, "No!"

After Li Lin had ordered everything, he went up to the top of the city again. Xu Liang had already led people to start work. Li Lin was watching from the top of the city while shouting, "Hey! You can dig a little deeper. Be thicker, remember, how thick this soil is, your life will be thick, and how hard this soil is, your life will be as hard! Hurry up, maybe the enemy will come in a while!"

Li Lin encouraged the laborers under the city, and followed Xu Liang to command in an orderly manner. There were also soldiers on the top of the city who kept bringing up the equipment to defend the city. Unknowingly, the sky gradually darkened, and erected one after another on the top of the city. With the torch, Li Lin looked around. Before it was dark, they fought with Koreans a while ago. With their IQ, they didn’t even know what a night attack meant. But now they are fighting with Gongsun Du. Maybe they will say that we are not good. What should we do if we attack the city at night? You said that it would be great if we put a few searchlights on the top of the city to brighten the lights below the city. I don't believe that Gongsundu and the others can still come by plane!
While thinking about it, Li Lin suddenly felt a beam of light coming in heavily, which was very dazzling. Li Lin quickly blocked his eyes and said angrily, "What's the matter, so dazzling?"

A soldier on one side said, "Oh, I'm sorry, General, it's my goggles that reflected light, which made the General's eyes shine!"

Li Lindao: "Really, isn't this interrupting my train of thought... Hey, no, what are you talking about?"

The soldier said cautiously, "It's the goggle that my subordinates have been wearing since they were young. It was uncomfortable to wear just now, so I took it out and changed the place."

Li Lin anxiously said, "Hurry up and show me!"

The little soldier was terrified, and hurriedly took out a small bronze mirror from his arms, about the size of a fist, just to protect his heart.

Li Lin took it over and observed it carefully for a long time. The little soldier said with a bitter face, "This is just an ordinary bronze mirror, not worth much. If the general likes it, I will give it to the general!"

Li Lin ignored him, took the bronze mirror, took a picture in front of the torch, and changed a few angles, Li Lin looked at the city, and came out, "Haha! Yes, how could I forget this matter? , the principle of reflection!"

While Xiaobing looked at Li Lin's cloudy face, he was very frightened. Who knows if he touched the general's brow, Li Lin came over and slapped Xiaobing's shoulder fiercely and smiled, "Haha, you are lucky, you have made meritorious service!" , go down to receive the reward in a while!"

Xiao Bing was very strange, but nodded hesitantly and said, "Yes, yes, thank you General."

Li Lin said, "Quickly, call Taishi Ci!"

Xiao Bing said yes, and hurried down to the top of the city, or not? He turned around and looked at Li Lin who was holding up his ordinary bronze mirror and smirking, wondering in his heart, "Is my bronze mirror really a treasure? Otherwise, how can the general?" I like it so much, but this is really what my mother bought for ten dollars? '

After a while Tai Shici ran up to the top of the wall, Li Lin was still holding the bronze mirror, changing his posture and giggling, Tai Shici was also very strange, walked into Li Lin and said, "Yuanjie, are you looking for me?"

Li Lin smiled, pulled Taishi over and said, "Come on, Ziyi, take a quick look." As he spoke, Li Lin put the bronze mirror under the torch and changed the angle a few times. A small bright spot appeared under the head.

Tai Shici looked at Li Lin's excited appearance, and was even more surprised. He heard from Xu Liang today that Li Lin gave him some strange blueprints, called trenches, and asked Xu Liang to take a large number of people to dig the pit. Now I saw Li Lin holding a broken bronze mirror, playing tricks played by children, could it be that Li Lin has lost his mind?
Tai Shici asked suspiciously, "Yuan Jie, what do you mean?"

Li Lin smiled and said, "Look, Ziyi, I have such a small bronze mirror, which can illuminate a place by reflecting light!"

Tai Shici nodded and said, "Yes, we always played like this when we were young? What's the matter?"

Li Lin patted Tai Shici on the shoulder, and couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, "Then if we take out a few big bronze mirrors and put them on the top of the city, wouldn't they be able to illuminate a large area under the top of the city? "

After hearing the sound, Tai Shici said hesitantly, "This...... no one has tried it yet......"

Li Lin smiled and said, "Let's give it a try. Hurry up and collect bronze mirrors in the city. If you want to make them, if you can't do it, you can find a craftsman to do it first. The sooner the better, you have to do it before Gongsun Du's army comes. You must see everything under the city at night!"

Although Tai Shici was skeptical, but the military order must not be disobeyed, he immediately cupped his hands and said "No!" and immediately went down to the top of the wall.

Li Lin sighed, waited and watched for a long time, leaned on the pillar of the tower, a little sleepy, and called out "Come on!"

The soldiers on the side hurried over and asked, "What's the matter, General?"

Li Lin said, "Bring me some quilts and mattresses. I want to rest on the top of the city." Li Lin has this habit, and he also stays at the top of the city every night. He must always pay attention to the city. Of course, it is almost unnecessary to wash your face and brush your teeth, and you can deal with it casually when you think of it. Li Lin is still like this when he is training soldiers.

The soldier hurriedly said, "Wait a moment, General," and ran away.

After a while, Li Lin felt that he couldn't lift his eyelids. Seeing that his quilt hadn't been delivered yet, he sat down against the pillar and fell asleep in a daze.

After a while, a pair of hands covered Li Lin with a quilt. Li Lin woke up from a dream and grabbed the man's wrist. "Who?" Li Lin asked subconsciously with his eyes wide open.

"My son is me..." Li Lin heard the voice very familiar, rubbed his eyes, and took a closer look. Sure enough, it was Fang Fang.

Li Lin asked suspiciously, "You are not at home to take good care of the house, what are you doing here?"

Fang Fang said, "Everything is fine at home. My wife is worried about your son's hard work, so she asked me to bring you bedding and cakes made by Miss Yu'er herself." Fang Fang kicked the box in his hand as he spoke.

Li Lin stood up and said with a smile, "I'm really hungry after hearing what you said." Before he finished speaking, he snatched the box, opened it, and took out two pastries and stuffed them into his mouth.

Li Lin mumbled while chewing, "Hehe, Yu'er's craftsmanship has improved!"

After eating two yuan, Li Lin wanted to take more. He suddenly paused, frowned and said to Fang Fang, "Everyone at home knows that I'm back?"

Fang Fang said, "Master, not long after you came back, someone from the prefect's mansion came to inform Madam."

"Yinger didn't say anything?"

"Madam said that a man should put state affairs first. You don't have to worry about your family. You also specially asked me to bring all the generals in the family to help you. Madam also said that he brought his family to wait for the news of your son's victory!"

Li Lin nodded, and said melancholy, "Hey...you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for..."

Li Lin said again, "How many generals have you brought with you? Let's go back and protect the family. I don't need you to worry about me here. I want Yinger and Yuer to take care of them at home. When I win the battle, I will definitely come back." Stay with them for a while!"

(End of this chapter)