"Let the soldiers get a good night's sleep, and there will be no more harassment tonight.

"Sleep full, break the city at dawn!"

His expression was calm and composed, and he spoke with confidence, as if dawn would definitely break through the city.

Miao Youfang and Zhu Jun led five hundred cavalry to rush through the city gate and return to the base camp.

"General Bamboo, Erlang cooked cattle at the top of the city, how many drinks do you want to go up?"

Miao Youfang warmly invited.

Zhu Jun was a thin, middle-aged man, taciturn, the only fourth rank in Songshan County, responsible for guarding the North City Gate.

It was because of him that Xu Erlang dared to let the cavalry attack the enemy camp, otherwise he would be killed.

He shook his head and said lightly:

"Let Mr. Xu send you to the North City Gate, just drink."

After all, he took his subordinates and galloped away.

"No fun!"

Miao Youfang shook his head, got off his horse, and climbed up the steps to the top of the wall.

Iron pots were set up on the bridleway, and the soldiers were sitting around the iron pots eating meat.

With happy smiles on their faces, they ate meat with great enthusiasm.

Looking at the excited faces of the soldiers, Miao Youfang remembered the conversation with Xu Erlang during the day.

Xu Erlang forcibly confiscated the cattle, dogs, chickens and ducks of the people in the county, and rewarded the guards and soldiers with a small amount of rice as compensation.

Miao Youfang felt that something was wrong at first, thinking that this was not a disguised form of plundering people's property.

But Xu Erlang told him that in times of war, the interests of soldiers should always come first, followed by the common people.The soldiers were exhausted after days of bloody battles, and eating meat could boost their morale.

As for the people, if they cannot defend the city, their fate will be even worse.

Miao Youfang now felt that what he said was indeed reasonable.

He walked straight into the Wengcheng, and saw Xu Erlang leaning over his desk to examine the map, frowning in silence.

"Erlang, according to what you said, they should withdraw their troops tomorrow."

"That would be true if there were no reinforcements."

Xu Erlang looked up:

"But I think reinforcements from the Yunzhou rebels are coming soon."

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Chapter 52 Ace Force

Xu Erlang pointed to the map and said:

"Songshan County is one of the important strongholds in Yang Buzheng's second line of defense. If Songshan County is preserved, Qingzhou's grain and grass can be transported to the south through the Songhe route.

"The entire northwest area with Songshan County as the focus can be used as the rear of our army, supporting our army to entangle with the Yunzhou rebels."

Miao Youfang looked around. On the map, Xu Erlang used charcoal to draw the city walls occupied by the Yunzhou Army. "Songshan County" was like a nail embedded in the northwest of the rebel advance line.

"If you draw it like this, I can see the importance of Songshan County. This hero is still wondering why such a small broken county is so important to Yang Buzheng, even though you often say it is an important stronghold of the defense line. .

"But what's important, I don't have a clear understanding of Mr. Miao. Isn't it clear at a glance..."

Miao Youfang nodded while watching:

"Erlang is worthy of being a Jinshi of the two rankings. A scholar from Yunlu Academy, I am very comforted by this hero."

"Read more books when you have time to improve your rhetorical level." Xu Erlang replied calmly.

In the face of vulgar warriors, he is quite experienced.

Never easily angered.

Xu Erlang continued:

"Unless the Yunzhou rebels are defeated on the two fronts of Dongling and Wanjun, and they have to increase their troops to the battlefield and are unable to support Zhuo Haoran, otherwise, Zhuo Haoran will not withdraw his troops, but wait for support."

Dongling, Wanjun and Songshan counties formed the second line of defense.

"Then what should we do?" Miao Youfang asked without understanding.

"There is still plenty of food and grass in the city, as well as Zizhong who guard the city. Naturally, we can't stick to it and wait for the reinforcements of Yang Buzheng." Xu Nian pondered:

"The premise is that the battles at Dongling and Wanjun won't be too tragic."

"What if it's tragic?" Miao Youfang asked without understanding.

"Then be prepared to fight a protracted war in isolation." Xu Nian sighed.

Dongling and Wan County are relatively more important than Songshan County.

Fortunately, before he sent troops, Sun Xuanji gave him a large number of heavy firearms, including cannons, bed crossbows, cart crossbows, and firecrackers, all of which were powerful weapons for defending the city.

As for materials such as kerosene and rolling logs, Songshan County has a lot of reserves because of its own wealth.

The Dafeng garrison has the confidence to fight a protracted war.

While speaking, he summoned a centurion and ordered:

"Send scouts out from the west city, take pickaxes and shovels, sneak along the Song River, and squat down the enemy's grain road."

When the centurion took the order to leave, Miao Youfang took the initiative to analyze:

"You want to cut off the enemy's food and grass before the reinforcements come?"

A few days ago, he led the cavalry into the camp, massacred and burned the food and grass of the rebels. Even if the fire was finally extinguished, the remaining food and grass might not last for a few days.

Xu New Year said "hey":

"No, I want to destroy the official road, delay the speed of the enemy's reinforcements, and then anger Zhuo Haoran and force him to attack the city. In this way, we may be able to eat Zhuo Haoran's army before the reinforcements of the rebels arrive."

Marching and fighting must be accompanied by the transportation of food, grass and armaments, and these things depend on vehicles.

The normal movement of the vehicle depends on the road.

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