Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"Anything that can be eaten is not reserved for the Turkic army."

"If this is the case, as long as Chang'an sticks to it for a long time, the Turks will retreat."

"I heard from Xuanling before that this time the Tuli soldiers used strange moves."

"This battle has been fought for so long, and they have already killed 10,000+ people. The interior of the Turkic army will never be very peaceful."

"If we take the countermeasure of strengthening the wall and clearing the wild, we can also take advantage of the situation to maximize the effect of the previous mind-attacking technique."

"Your Majesty, this time, we must be resolute in the fortification of the wall and clearing the wilderness. Don't even leave the corpses along the way to them."

"Then the rest depends on how much our army's last elite can fight off the Turks."

"Can our Chang'an City hold on until the day the Turks can no longer survive..."

"Do your best and obey the destiny."

After hearing Du Ruhui's strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others were overjoyed.

At least in this way, they really saw the hope and opportunity of victory.

Therefore, Li Shimin directly arranged for Hou Junji to carry out the matter immediately.

And according to what Du Ruhui said before, the strength of fortifying the wall and clearing the field must be strong, and the speed must also be fast.

At this time, due to the exhaustion of all the way from the mansion to the palace, Du Ruhui was obviously weaker and more sleepy.

It was time to send him back home.

However, for some reason, Li Shimin kept holding Du Ruhui's hand, but he was unwilling to let go.

At this moment, seeing Li Shimin's appearance, Du Ruhui couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"His Majesty."

"Chen, I'm afraid I won't be able to advise His Majesty in the future."

Listening to his words full of too many emotions and memories, Li Shimin couldn't hold back, and a teardrop fell from the corner of his eyes.

"Oh, Keming!"

"Kemin!"

"Don't say such despondent words."

"I am the Son of Heaven, I will not allow you to die."

"Besides, there is Sun Simiao, there are so many genius doctors and so many precious medicinal materials in the treasury, aren't they?"

"You can recuperate in the mansion with peace of mind. When the Turks retreat this time, I will bring Xuanling and the auxiliary machine to your place to see you."

"Drink tea with you, play chess..."

After saying goodbye to Li Shimin, Du Ruhui who was being carried out suddenly stopped.

Then stretched out his emaciated and skinny arm, and tremblingly stretched out to the map of Datang on the ground.

In the past, I don't know how many times, he sat on the ground with Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin like this, constantly pointing out the country along this map, and making military decisions.

Afterwards, several eunuchs lifted Du Ruhui closer again so that he could touch and touch the huge map on the ground.

At this time, Du Ruhui sighed lightly, "Oh, I can't bear it..."

Chapter 389 Preparing for the Hibiscus Garden

Seeing this, Li Shimin's heart was full of grief, he turned around secretly, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Then he hurriedly ordered Fang Xuanling to roll up the map and send it to Du Ruhui's home.

……

Du Ruhui's plan to fortify the wall and clear the country was thoroughly adopted and resolutely implemented.

In ancient times, people's feelings for their hometown and land were much deeper than those of later generations.

It has even reached a point of faith and obsession.

So many elderly people are unwilling to leave.

But at this time, it is no longer up to personal wishes.

No matter men, women, old or young, cattle, sheep or livestock, everything that can be eaten will be moved away together.

Even the wild fruits on the trees and wild vegetables on the ground were all set on fire.

For a moment, the entire surrounding area of ​​Chang'an City, as well as the large area between Chang'an and Wugong, was filled with panic and desolation.

Under this large-scale operation of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, everyone can clearly know that the Turkic army is coming.

Looking at the situation, it is also very serious.

Some of the imperial relatives, officials and noble families in Chang'an City, as well as the wealthy households in the surrounding area, have already prepared for a rainy day and are nervously preparing to deal with it.

However, in the current high-pressure state where there is a lot of noise and panic, the imperial court has ordered the cessation of all unnecessary activities.

Even if they wanted to run, they couldn't.

But in the Furong Garden at this time, Ma Zhou, whose thinking, consciousness, and knowledge far surpassed ordinary people, had already realized that something was wrong.

However, he did not seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and escaped ahead of time, but chose to stay in this lotus garden with these children.

Of course, they will not sit still.

On the first day when the news of Jingzhou city's destruction came, Ma Zhou summoned Sun Simiao, Gao Kan and others, and told them that the Turkic army was coming.

Now that the imperial court has lost even the city of Jingzhou, it is at a disadvantage and extremely passive in front of the Turkic army.

But our Furong Garden is outside Chang'an City, and we will be the first to be impacted at that time.

If we run away, we will burn all the prince's possessions, and ignore the prince's entrustment and trust to us.

But if we don't run, we will have to prepare for the battle with all our strength from today, and even be prepared to fight the Turkic army head-on.

After listening to his words, everyone was very unanimous in their willingness to obey Ma Zhou's dispatch and arrangement.

After all, before Li Qiu left, he directly delegated power to Ma Zhou.

Especially Gao Kan, after hearing this incident, he seemed even more excited.

Without the slightest fear.

On the other side of Youzhou, the senior brother Wang Xuance and the third junior Xue Rengui have already fought the enemy and made great achievements.

But I was still walking in the same place in the Furong Garden.

Seeing that he was left far behind by Jing Wuming, Jing Riqi and other girls, as well as his two fellow disciples.

How could he not be in a hurry?

Subsequently, under the arrangement and dispatch of Ma Zhou, Furong Garden began a series of preparations for the battle.

First of all, most people in the Furong Garden directly gave up the construction of their previous houses and palaces.

Instead, those building materials with a lot of reserves, city wall bricks, were all used to rebuild the walls in the Furong Garden.

Due to the limited time, they did not move the outermost area, which was quite large and relatively tall and solid.

Instead, the reconstruction started from the first wall of the Zhongzhai.

Just like building a formal city wall, they widened, thickened, and heightened the original rammed earth wall, and then tiled the outermost perimeter.

Due to the abundant building materials in Furong Garden, many craftsmen and skilled workers, this city wall was built very quickly.

When completed, the wall will be seven meters wide at the bottom, nearly three meters wide at the top, and eight meters high.

And there are tall and solid battlements made of bricks, which are much stronger than the city walls in Wugong and Jingyang.

While working hard here day and night to build the city wall, two descendants of Lu Ban, Gong Shumo and Gong Shuyang, also brought some students and craftsmen, and began to build and arrange defensive crossbows and other equipment for city defense.

As for the defensive crossbows, defensive equipment, and siege equipment, Li Qiu arranged for the two of them to design secretly.

This matter is more secretive, but also very important.

Even Li Qiu didn't expect that a chess move he arranged casually before would play a huge role today.

There is absolutely no need to doubt the skills of Gongshuyang and Gongshumo brothers.

Ever since Li Qiu gave them this order in secret, the two of them have been very caring.

In the wooden workshop (secret base) specially provided for the two of them in Furong Garden, many trials and attempts were made.

So when Ma Zhou proposed to resist the Turkic army and guard their own Furong Garden today, the two of them directly took out the ready-made and mature technology that had gone through many tests.

Then, in just a few days, they built sixteen city defense crossbows that were super powerful and could shoot through horses hundreds of meters away.

And the long-range, powerful hand-held giant crossbow, hundreds.

In addition, many of the defense equipment they involved were built one by one.

At the blacksmith shop, the craftsmen and students here were not idle, and began to make some simple armor and helmets.

When defending the city, it is used to guard against the arrows and flying arrows shot by the Turks.

Minimize losses as much as possible.

In the Tang Dynasty, armor was forbidden but soldiers were forbidden, crossbows were forbidden but bows were forbidden.

Things like armor, armor, and crossbow arrows are expressly prohibited, very strictly.

But weapons, such as knives, swords, axes, hooks, forks, etc., including bows and arrows, are also prohibited.

For example, on the streets of Chang'an City, there are many people wandering around with sabers and swords at their waists.

Like those hunters who use bows and arrows to hunt for a living, it is all right.

Theoretically, weapons such as spears and spears are also prohibited.

However, people in the Tang Dynasty favored martial arts, and ordinary people would practice martial arts with guns, and the government generally turned a blind eye to it.

The management is lax.

And like Furong Academy, these children practice martial arts every day, and there are a lot of spears and swords in it.

Even Li Shimin, Li Jing, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Chai Shao, Qin Qiong and many others have seen it, but no one has ever raised any objection.

Therefore, the weapons in the Furong Garden are sufficient, as long as more bows, arrows, and armor are made.

Chapter 390 Sending the Prince to the Eastern Capital

Because Hou Junji was the minister of the military department of the imperial court, and he was also the main person in charge of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields.

Therefore, when the troops around Chang'an City were transferred before, the thousand guards in the Furong Garden had already been transferred away.

On the surface, there are only a few craftsmen and a group of children from the Furong Academy left in the Furong Garden.

Normally speaking, Li Qiu is the king of the county, and Princess Ake of Yunzhong is also counted. They have a fixed number of personal guards beside them.

Add up at least five to six hundred people.

But Hou Junji was in an extraordinary period, and treated him extremely, not even a single guard was left for Furong Garden.

If it is common sense, or if Du Ruhui is in charge of this work, the children in the Furong Garden will definitely be transferred to the city.

Or simply send them to Youzhou to save their lives.

At least, Hibiscus Garden is also a part of the solid walls and clear fields.

But Hou Junji, as if he didn't know there was a place called Furong Garden.

It's just that more than 1000 elite guards affiliated to the official here were transferred away, and then everyone in the Furong Garden was left to fend for itself.

What kind of thought he had in his heart, couldn't be more obvious.

Can't wait for the Turkic army to kill Li Qiu's garden, assets, and all the people who are close to Li Qiu inside!

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On the other side, the Turkic army and the troops of Li Jing, Chai Shao and others launched several city defense battles around the cities of Haoyuan and Wugong.

During this period, soldiers were assisted, and village braves were the mainstay, and they fought a war of attrition with the Turkic army.

Every city is broken in two or three days, and all the soldiers and townspeople in the city fight to the death.

In this way, they lasted seven or eight days longer.