Everyone's status is different, and their perspective and emphasis on looking at problems are naturally different. Yao Mei looked up from the bottom and saw Du Shunli using his power to harm the people and force good girls into prostitution, while Chen Qing looked down from the top and saw something different.
It was Zhe Yanzhi who used his wife's family to control the county government and evaded the government government. In the final analysis, it was his desire for power that caused the trouble.
It could be seen that Yao Mei was very tired, so Chen Qing comforted her a few words, promised to make the decision for her, and asked the soldiers to take her down to rest.
He immediately came to the side tent and met the famous doctor Wang Fuchun coming out of it. Chen Qing asked: "How is he doing?"
Wang Fuchun quickly saluted and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, this child is very strong. If an ordinary person would have died long ago, he actually managed to hold on."
"Can it be cured?"
"It shouldn't be a big problem. It's actually just a flesh wound. Cut off the slough and apply medicine and bandage. Change the medicine every three days. After treatment for about half a month, he will recover."
"But he has a fever all over his body and needs to bring his temperature down."
"I gave him medicine to wipe his body. Now his temperature has dropped. I gave him some medicine to drink. After a good sleep, he should be back to normal tomorrow. He looks serious, but in fact the problem is not big."
"Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Wang!"
"Where! Where! It is an honor for me to serve His Majesty."
Chen Qing asked his soldiers to take the doctor out. He went into the tent again and looked at Yao Song. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, he went back to the tent to rest.
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Early the next morning, Chen Qing asked the soldiers to arrange a carriage, let Yao Song lie in the carriage, cover him with a quilt, and let his sister Yao Mei take care of him. The famous doctor Wang Fuchun also sent a lot of medicine.
The team continued to march northward, and there was still twenty miles away from Datong City. There was a small town called Anping Town. There was an inn in the town. Chen Qing arranged for the Yao brothers and sisters to live in the inn, and then stayed there.
Two guardsmen protected them.
The team continued to march towards Datong City. In the afternoon, the team arrived at Datong City, where they were joined by the governor Zhe Yanzhi, the governor Shi Zhaojun, the deputy governor Yan Jun, the prefect Yelv Qiyan, the general judge Liu Dingguang and other civil and military officials.
Go out of the city to welcome the arrival of King Yong Chen Qing.
Everyone saluted together, "See His Highness King Yong!"
Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "Datong Mansion is our northern gate. The conditions are difficult and the climate is cold. Thank you for your hard work in guarding the country's gate!"
The Lord's words moved everyone, and Zhe Yanzhi bowed and said: "In the coldest month of winter, with white snow, Your Highness is not afraid of the wind and cold, and comes all the way to visit us. This is our honor, and it also puts a heavier burden on our shoulders. Your Highness has worked hard all the way, please come in."
City rest!"
The crowd surrounded Chen Qing like stars holding the moon, and entered Datong City. Three thousand cavalry entered the specially prepared military camp.
Zhe Yanzhi immediately sent hundreds of sheep and hundreds of jars of wine. The sergeant slaughtered the sheep and roasted them, drank heavily, and spent the whole night happily.
Early the next morning, Zhe Yanzhi, Yan Jun and Yelu Qiyan accompanied Chen Qing on the city wall to inspect the defense of Datong City. This was actually the reason why Chen Qing came to Datong to inspect. The pressure from the grassland nomads had already appeared, and the pressure would increase in the future.
Datong's military status will be more prominent.
Datong City was the western capital of the Liao Kingdom. It was rebuilt according to the specifications of the capital city. The city is tall and majestic, and is made of large bluestones. It is extremely strong. There are two gates in the north and south and an urn city. Only 20,000 troops are enough to defend Datong City.
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"How is the construction of that section of the city wall that we destroyed when we attacked Datong City?"'
Zheyanzhi smiled and said: "Your Highness remembered it wrong. What we blew up was not the city wall, but the auxiliary gate of the West City. As the city wall is strong, it is really not easy for the iron fire thunder to blow it down!"
Chen Qing said with a smile: "That's right! There were too many cities attacked. I forgot to mention that it was very strong, so let's talk about its shortcomings. I'm here to understand the shortcomings and then solve the problem."
Zhe Yanzhi smiled at Yan Jun and said, "General Yan, tell me! You have been studying the defense of Datong recently, so you should know something about it."
Yan Jun leaned forward and said: "Datong City's defense is good in all aspects. After a hundred years of construction, it is already very complete. If we must point out the weaknesses, I think the moat is not wide enough. If the moat is wider, it will be more conducive for us to focus on shooting.
Moreover, the enemy's large siege weapons, such as nest carts, large ladders, etc., cannot get through. They can only rely on siege ladders. To deal with siege ladders, kerosene is enough."
Yan Jun's idea was right. Chen Qing looked at the moat under the city. It was indeed not wide enough and was a bit incongruous with the tall and majestic city wall.
Chen Qing turned around and asked Yelu Qiyan, "May I ask Lord Yelu how many people have escaped from Yingzhou?"
Yelu Qiyan said quickly: "Report to Your Highness, there are probably more than 80,000 people."
"No one goes back?"
Yelv Qiyan shook his head, "The city of Yingxian County has been completely burned down, and the city walls have collapsed in many places. The people are worried about their safety and are unwilling to go back."
"How many young people can be organized among the refugees?"
Yelv Qiyan thought for a moment and said, "About ten thousand people!"
"If I ask them to dig a moat, do you think it's feasible?"
"It's a bit difficult to report back to Your Highness!"
Next to him, Zhe Yanzhi sarcastically said: "Prefect Yelu has always cherished the power of the people and was afraid that the refugees would suffer a little bit. Of course there is difficulty in his eyes!"
Yelu Qiyan glared at Zhe Yanzhi and quickly explained: "Your Highness, the difficulty with Beizhong is not that they are unwilling to work, but because Beizong doesn't have that much money and food in his hands. The little food he has in his hands has to be shipped from Taiyuan Prefecture.
, has been supporting it for several months.”
"Captain Zhe, how much food is left in the army depot?"
Zhe Yanzhi bowed and said: "About 100,000 shi, which can support an army of 30,000 for about half a year."
Chen Qing nodded, "Let's do it! Allocate 50,000 shi of grain from the military treasury to the government. After the spring, I will arrange to send 100,000 shi of grain from Taiyuan Mansion and Lingxia Road each, and 100,000 shi each to the civilian treasury and the military treasury."
, in addition there are sheep and various other supplies.”
Yelv Qiyan was really moved. Without food, it would be difficult for the refugee camp to sustain itself. All kinds of chaos occurred one after another. Unexpectedly, His Highness solved the food problem when he came.
Yelu Qiyan choked up and said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will definitely arrange for the civilians to dig the moat."
Zhe Yanzhi felt very uncomfortable and unwilling. He tried to find ten thousand reasons to refuse, but he still dared not refuse. Moreover, King Yong used digging a moat as an excuse, which was related to the defense plan, so he could not refuse.
"I'll arrange for the distribution of food!" Since he couldn't refuse, Zheyanzhi readily agreed.
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Chen Qing immediately inspected the warehouse, the city gate and the city wall. He suddenly discovered that there was a large open space between the houses and the city wall, which was three hundred paces wide. Although he also knew that this was necessary for defense, it was usually about a hundred paces wide.
, three hundred steps is too wide. How many houses will be demolished?
Chen Qing frowned and asked: "Captain Zhe, why do you want to demolish the open space of 300 steps?"
Zheyanzhi quickly explained: "Reporting to Your Highness, the humble position is due to two considerations. One is the need to defend the city. Defending the city is not only a matter on the top of the city, but also requires the cooperation of large weapons below the city, such as heavy trebuchets, city walls, etc.
If the head cannot be put down, then it must be placed under the city and thrown out of the city."
"If it's a heavy trebuchet, a hundred steps is enough."
"Your Highness, I have another idea, which is to build another wall, called the inner city wall. If the enemy breaks the city wall, we can retreat to the inner city wall to continue defensive operations."
Chen Qing disagreed with the idea of an inner city wall. If the tall and strong outer city wall couldn't be defended, how could the inner city wall be defended?
Chen Qing just smiled and did not comment further.
Yelv Qiyan's heart was pounding with nervousness. He also saw that His Highness King Yong did not agree with the demolition of the three hundred steps of residential buildings.