"If it is difficult to repair, we must find a way to repair it. First demolish the west wall, then move it to the east."
"There must also be bricks built outside the city. We are here to stop the Xilu, not to defend the city of Urumqi!" Song Xuan recovered her thoughts and said.
"Yes, commander." Liu Yi and other thousands of households agreed, and began to command the officers and men of the post to tear down the west wall and fill it up to the east, blocking the gorge.
The soldiers immediately rolled up their sleeves and got to work. Now that they had laid one more brick, they might be able to hold on for a moment longer when the Xilu attacked. There was no doubt. After a day and a night of hard work, they demolished half of the west wall.
All the bricks were piled on the east side, blocking the entire gorge. When they couldn't be laid together for a while, they were covered with water and mud.
"Quickly, order Song Yuan to lead his thousands of households to build those stones over there; order..." Song Xuan kept giving orders.
"Commander, let them all have a rest." Tang Qin couldn't help but advise Song Xuan when he saw that the soldiers had started working at dawn in the morning and had not stopped until now.
"No!" Song Xuan said: "The Westerners will arrive at any time. You will sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. You won't forget what the emperor said when he inspected our guards, right? This is peacetime now, soldiers.
It’s better to be a little tired than to be beaten to death by the Xilu when the time comes.”
Having said this, Song Xuan paused and continued: "Although this is a narrow escape mission, I still want more soldiers to survive until the reinforcements led by Zhang Fu arrive."
Tang Qin didn't care that according to the official system, he should call Zhang Fu General Zhang or Vice General Zhang, but said: "But if we continue like this, when the Xilu come over, the soldiers will not have the strength to fight."
"I have sent out sentries. If I find that Xilu is about to arrive, I will report back immediately. I will let the soldiers have a good rest."
As soon as Song Sheng finished speaking, he heard a whistle from outside and couldn't help but be startled. Tang Tan was also stunned and said with a smile: "Commander, the Western Captives are coming soon. Let the soldiers rest."
"Did you learn prophecy or something? How can you say it so accurately?" Song Sheng also smiled, turned around and said: "Pass my order, the Xilu will arrive in half an hour, and order the soldiers to be divided into two
The workers take turns eating, and the one who eats last will work for a while, and then rest after eating."
"Yes, commander." Pu Bing immediately agreed and went down to deliver the order.
Each Qianhu immediately divided his subordinates into two shifts to take turns to eat, and brothers Liu Jiao and Liu Shu were no exception. They were in the Qianhu of uncle Liu Yi, so they were assigned to eat first. After hearing the order from Baihu,
The brothers put down what they were holding, returned to the tent, took out their own utensils, and went to line up for meals with their uncle Liu Yi.
Today's meal was extremely sumptuous. Although they had eaten better than usual these days, with enough mutton tubes for every meal, it was far from as good as this meal. The Huotou Army cooked all the remaining good things in the kitchen.
The food is comparable to Chinese New Year. Platefuls of grilled sausages, roasted whole lamb, braised pork slices with cabbage... Bring them here, the quantity is sufficient, you can eat as much as you want.
Today's staple food has also been changed. Usually it is pancakes baked in advance, but today all the rice brought is steamed, and the steam is radiating to the sky.
The commander of the Huotou Army was originally a soldier of the left guard of the government army. He was injured in a battle and was getting older. After Yunxi implemented the New Deal, he withdrew from the fighting force and became the Huotou Army. This time he went to stop the Xilu.
Most of the Huotou Army stayed behind, and only a few people, including him, followed the army to the city of Urumqi.
At this time, while preparing food for everyone, he said seriously: "Brothers! Eat hard and be full. When the Xilu come over, I don't know when I will be able to eat such a good meal!"
At that time, Liu Yi saw that his eye circles were red, and he felt a little worried.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers in Qianhuli had unnatural expressions, Liu Yi was about to say something. Commander Huotou took out a bottle of shochu from nowhere and poured some for everyone. His hometown is Shandong and Henan.
Shi picked up the wine bowl and said in Mandarin with a strong accent: "Brothers are about to meet the Xilu. I will not talk about the situation, but just say a few auspicious words." He raised the bowl as he spoke.
"I wish you all a great victory, immediate success, long life, and princes for generations to come!" After saying this, he finished the drink in one gulp and took a look at the bowl.
Liu Yi also raised his glass: "For the emperor, for victory, for the future! Cheers!"
Soldiers from half a thousand households raised their glasses together and shouted: "For the emperor, for victory, for the future! Cheers!"
Immediately, all the soldiers who were queuing up to eat raised the bowls in their hands, and those who had no wine poured a bowl of water, shouting loudly: "For the emperor, for victory, for the future! Cheers!" The sound moved the sky.
"I hope everyone can really survive this war, live a long life, and be princes for generations." Liu Yi thought in his heart.
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Just as the soldiers of the left and right guards of the government were shouting loudly, fifteen miles east of Urumqi, more than 100,000 people were gathering together for a meal.
These people were the Xilu who had fled all the way from the Yiwu Basin. They fled westward under the leadership of Timur's grandsons Shahalu and Salha, and miraculously did not break up. Although the last soldiers who fell behind were all
They were wiped out by Zhang Fu's troops, but most of them managed to escape into the gorge, preparing to flee back to the city of Samarkand.
But when they escaped here, they suddenly discovered that there was a rider wearing a Ming military uniform, and they were shocked. Shaharu immediately sent someone to chase after the rider to have a look, and when the person he sent came back, he told him: "
General Shaharu, General Salha, the city of Urumqi is now controlled by the Ming army, and at least 10,000 Ming troops are blocking the exit of the gorge."
Shaharu felt desperate. They managed to get here, but they were still blocked by the Ming army. Did the evil god want them to die here?
Shaharu immediately planned to commit suicide, but was stopped by Salha. "Shaharu, it's not the moment of despair yet. We have more horses than Zhang Fu, and they are faster than him. Zhang Fu wants to lead
It will take at least four hours for the army to get here."
"These four hours are our opportunity. In these four hours, we must break through the defense line of the Ming army in front of us. We don't want to annihilate them all. We just want to open a way of escape so that we can lead most of the soldiers to escape back to Samarkand."
City." Salha said.
"Then let the soldiers attack the Ming army immediately!" Shaharul put down the knife in his hand and said.
"It's not time yet! The soldiers are tired after running around all morning. Let them have a meal before attacking the Ming army! Although time is urgent, we can't just rush forward." Salha added.