The military newspaper reported that three thousand cavalry were invading the country. The only people Zhao Tingduo could mobilize immediately were more than a thousand people from Mida City.
It is obviously too risky to block three thousand cavalry with a thousand men and horses, and have to turn their backs to the royal court in Xuyang Prairie.
Mr. Yu and several lieutenants looked at Zhao Tingduo unblinkingly, feeling nervous.
If Zhao Tingduo wanted to protect himself, all he had to do was shirk or delay sending troops, and An Guogong and General Lei, along with the entire Zhenbei Army, would be annihilated.
However, they cannot condemn it.
After all, it was the Zhenbei Army's voluntary intention to send troops to mine.
Moreover, in two years, Zhenbei Army also made enough money.
Zhao Tingduo said without any hesitation: "I will immediately lead the 1,400 people from Mida City to Pingliang Castle and block the way back from the royal court.
In Hecheng, Mr. Yu hastened to deliver the message. It would be best to use carrier pigeons and messengers together."
When Mr. Yu heard that Zhao Tingduo was willing to send troops, he quickly responded: "Yes, I will grind my ink right away!"
The lieutenants also got up one after another and went out to make arrangements to notify the mine and Leizi Camp to set off.
All the people in the study left, leaving only Song Liyun and Zhao Tingduo.
From the moment she was called over by Wu Dan, she actually didn't say a word, she just listened silently.
Logically speaking, Song Liyun should not have come to attend these military matters. It was only because the couple had discussed everything over the years that she was allowed to attend them as soon as possible.
Only the couple, Zhao Tingduo looked at Song Liyun, frowned slightly, and said slightly apologetically: "Ayun!"
I don't know what to say anymore. He must send troops.
It's just that Song Liyun just sent his brothers away in the morning, and now he is facing her husband sending troops to the army. She will definitely not feel good about it.
Seeing Zhao Tingduo's troubled face, Song Liyun was very nervous, but there was no panic on his face. He only stretched out his hand to stroke a shallow wrinkle between his eyebrows: "It's okay. I'm at home, so don't worry about sending troops. Nothing can happen to my brother!"
Nothing can happen to Zhao Tinlei.
Even if the emperor knew that Hecheng was smelting iron, the income in recent years has greatly reduced the treasury's military needs.
But the evidence of illegally deploying troops cannot be suppressed.
As long as Yunzhou is hit by disaster and is impeached, Zhao Tinlei will definitely be demoted or even return to Beijing to atone for his sins.
This is not a good thing for the Zhenbei Army and Mida City.
Except for Zhao Tinglei and Zhao Tingduo, who are brothers by blood, the two parties have an inseparable relationship based on their geographical location and business contacts.
Without Hecheng and the Zhenbei Army, Mida City would be on the verge of being isolated and helpless.
Likewise, Hecheng's life was not easy either.
Without the continuous supply of livestock furs and various gemstones and minerals on the grassland, the Wu Dynasty would also suffer heavy losses.
As Mr. Yu said, as long as the Di soldiers who cross the border are blocked in Pingliang Fort, the upcoming great change can be resolved.
But Mida City's dispatch of troops inevitably aroused the hatred of the royal court.
In the past three years, Mida City has avoided intervening in the battlefield of Xuyang Grassland and only focused on development in this gap.
Even when tribes came to attack, they hid their strength and just drove them away.
This time, when the Zhenbei Army was rescued, this relationship was clearly made public.
As long as Di Bing retreats from the Wu Dynasty, he will definitely regard Mida City as a traitor and enemy.
Next is the annexation war, and there will no longer be peace in the Mida Valley...
This day will come sooner or later, and Mida City has already been mentally prepared.
Zhao Tingduo could not avoid it, so he sent troops that night.
The team of thousands of people left with a roar, no matter how low-key it was, it also aroused surprise from the surrounding tribes and people in the city.
Song Liyun stood on the high city wall and once again watched the dust and smoke disappear.
In the city lord's mansion, Song Liyun called Fang Zheng, Jian Fangtong, Lao Qian, and Aqiya together for a meeting.
Among these people, Fang is the guard of the Zhenbei Army of the city lord's palace, Jian Fangtong is the secret patrol outside the city, Lao Qian is from the urban management bureau, and Aqiya is a soldier of the Wuda tribe.
Each one has been carefully cultivated by Song Liyun.
It was the reserve armed force left behind after Zhao Tingduo took away the city guards, and it was also the patrol camp that Song Liyun mentioned.
Although it seems to be piecemeal and unorganized, it is a system of its own and has not been scattered by the departure of the army outside the city.
Moreover, Mida City has also experienced several special situations in the past three years.
Especially when the tribe wanted to attack Mida City, Zhao Tingduo led his troops outside, many merchants panicked, and the city was in chaos.
Under Song Liyun's dispatch, the patrol battalion coordinated its advance and retreat in a coordinated manner, soothing the mood and quickly calming down the chaos and allowing the merchants to settle down.
Now, the system she has mastered has experience in everything from disputes and fights in the city to the deployment of soldiers to protect the city.
This time, it's just a return to wartime status.
Song Liyun looked solemn and said to Fang Zheng: "From now on, the guards at the city gate will be on duty in three shifts, and we cannot relax at night."
Fang Zheng was originally from the city lord's palace, but now Song Liyun arranged for him to be at the city gate, entrusting him with the entire city defense.
Fang Zheng bowed and accepted the order.
Song Liyun said to Lao Qian again: "From now on, alcohol is prohibited in the city during the day, and violators will be whipped ten times out of the city.
There is a curfew at night, the city gates are locked after dark, and no one is allowed to wander in the streets without a warrant from the city lord."
This is a matter for the urban management officer Lao Qian, so he should do it.
The ban on alcohol during the day is also to prevent drunken fights and gatherings to cause trouble. If you want to drink, you have to go out of the city to drink.
A night curfew can reduce chaos even more.
In addition, fire protection should be checked, and all water wells, water cellars, and buckets should be placed in conspicuous places in case of emergency.
Everyone in the patrol camp has received fire-fighting and first-aid training and can handle emergency problems at any time.
What Aqiya needs to do is to take people and prepare enough horses in the city.
In the past, due to the increasing population in the city and limited area, except for the stables in the city lord's mansion, other merchants were not allowed to raise horses and could only rent public carriages or horses.
The back garden of the City Lord's Mansion is a hidden horse farm. They usually plant flowers and grass, but now they have to raise horses.
Jian Fangtong has the most special task, and Song Liyun arranged it for him alone.
Ever since these horse bandits arrived in Mida City, they have been wandering around in various tribes. Just like Song Liyun's eyes and ears, all tribes are under surveillance.
The horse bandits are highly skilled in martial arts and have Mida City as their backer. They appear and disappear every day, and their methods are vicious and vicious.
Some people with evil intentions in the tribe hate this very much and can do nothing about it.
The presence of the Jianma bandits, although it caused scolding, also eliminated many hidden dangers.
Under close control from inside and outside, Mida City is like the miraculous windmill outside the city, running slowly but firmly and powerfully.
Only three days later, the reasons for the fall of Pingliang Fort and the dispatch of troops from Mida City in the Wu Dynasty became public knowledge. People's hearts suddenly became unstable, and various rumors spread like the wind across the grassland.
The merchants in the city had already investigated the relationship between Mida City and the Zhenbei Army, but there was no concrete evidence. Now that it is clear, they have settled down.
The Wu Dynasty was strong and the city of Mida did not collapse, so merchants like them could escape unscathed.
But some tribes who moved from Xuyang Grassland two years ago to escape the war can no longer sit still.
They originally betrayed the Royal Court tribe. If they continue to go with Mida City, once the Royal Court comes over, they will all be hanged.
Therefore, the leaders contacted each other and wanted to go to the city lord's mansion to inquire about the situation.