The strategic significance of sending 500 cavalrymen to attack King Zhelan is obvious.
King Zhelan couldn't figure out the truth and didn't dare to send a large number of troops to investigate.
Because once the troops are sent out and are seen by the Dayin Army in Weizhou City, who knows what they might think.
When Tong Gu and nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Weizhou City saw the appearance of Dayin's cavalry, although there were different opinions, overall it boosted their confidence and morale.
What's more, he also received top-secret information from the scouts sent by Zhao Muyun.
For now, he is the only one who knows this news.
Zhao Muyun told many things through the scouts.
Tong Gu had completely believed what his immediate superior said.
After all, at this point, there is nothing we can do except obey Zhao Muyun's orders.
However, according to the decree issued by the imperial court, Weizhou also came under the control of Zhao Muyun.
Other prefectures will definitely withdraw after the war is over, but the 2,000 soldiers and horses of Weizhou Zhechoufu will be directly under Zhao Muyun.
Tong Gu and his subordinates must obey.
That would be even more beneficial for Zhao Muyun!
He now has plenty of time and is fully prepared to build fortifications at Feihukou.
If the 5,000 Tatars and Subutai in Feihu Ridge do not contact each other for more than three days, King Zhelan will conclude that something has happened and will take further action.
It is unknown whether they will raise an army to attack, or go to the desert to seek support, or take other actions.
What Zhao Muyun needs to do now is to firmly grasp the initiative on the battlefield and lead King Zhelan by the nose.
Then, at the critical moment, they dug up the impounded lake and used the flood to deal a fatal blow to King Zhelan.
Now we are building fortifications relying on the mountain terrain of Feihukou to prevent the Tartars outside Weizhou City from attacking and to retake the important road of Feihu Ridge.
Captains Zhong Dahu and Du Wei, along with 2,500 men, had already started working enthusiastically.
With the reference of Zhendi Fort, Zhong Dahu became the on-site contractor without the need for Zhao Muyun's guidance. At one command, more than 2,000 people started construction at the selected site and worked enthusiastically.
Digging trenches, setting traps, carrying stones and cutting wood to build simple city walls.
Within a day or two, the general outline of the fortifications had emerged.
Just like the thousand men led by Lin Feng who were heading to the landslide lake, they had already set up camp in a hidden forest nearby, surveying the situation and preparing to start work.
The earth and rocks blocking the river valley are more than 100 meters wide and more than 30 meters high.
Lin Feng and his team wanted to loosen and thin the soil and rocks below; at the same time, they continued to build a dam of a certain height on top of the soil and rocks of the landslide lake.
Building dams increases the water storage capacity of the impounded lake and increases the water pressure.
As one thing increases while the other decreases, once it is necessary to dig the embankment to release the water, the rushing flood will carry away the thinned earth and rocks below, thereby allowing the entire impounded lake to discharge floodwaters through the power of water.
Among Lin Feng's thousand men, five hundred were people from Yinzhou rescued by Zhao Muyun and his party in Shulechuan.
They were captured by the Tartars to build the city. Some of them were civil engineers and had some construction experience.
They were actively involved in the construction of Zhendi Fort and Yinzhou City.
Now, let them deal with the landslide lake issue, it will be a piece of cake.
However, they were now cutting wood in the woods in the rain and making various tools and equipment.
If construction of the barrier lake were to begin under bright sunshine, the muddy river water would certainly arouse suspicion downstream.
But it’s different when it rains. The Tartars downstream will not be suspicious of the muddy river water.
At this moment, Zhao Muyun, accompanied by Yin Ji, Wang Tiezhu, Tang Yanhai, Li Si and others, was discussing military secrets in the camp of Feihu Ridge.
Suddenly, someone came to report: "Sir, Tian Qing has arrived from Shuozhou, escorting grain and grass!"
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Zhao Muyun raised his head and said happily, "Please invite him in!"
Just after setting fire to the 5,000 Tatars at Feihu Ridge, Zhao Muyun ordered food and supplies to be transported from Shuozhou, considering that he would have to stay at Feihu Ridge for many days.
Han Zhong, Tian Qing and Shi Yong were arranged by Zhao Muyun to stay in Yinzhou.
After capturing Feihu Ridge, Zhao Muyun transferred Tian Qing to Shuozhou for garrison and commanded the troops stationed in Shuozhou.
Of the original 3,000 soldiers from Shuozhou, Zhong Dahu brought 2,000 men to fight with Zhao Muyun.
Of these two thousand men, five hundred were assigned to Lin Feng's army, and together with the five hundred Yinzhou soldiers, they made a total of one thousand men and headed to the impounded lake.
The 500 soldiers left in Shuozhou were commanded by Tian Qing, and another 1,000 young and strong men were recruited from Shuozhou Prefecture and also came under the jurisdiction of Tian Qing.
Tian Qing asked Han Zhong to send a hundred veterans from Yinzhou to train the 1,500 men under his command.
Before he had even started training for a few days, he received a task from Zhao Muyun asking him to supervise the transportation of food and fodder.
Tian Qing hurriedly discussed with Huang Chang, Bai Ruolan and Zhao Wen in Shuozhou City.
It just so happened that Bai Ruolan used the Bai family's previous transportation channels to transport all the 100,500 taels of silver, 30,000 shi of grain and 10,000 jin of pig iron that Yinji had promised from Jinyang to Shuozhou.
In addition, Mahmud also exchanged tens of thousands of kilograms of dried mutton and tens of thousands of sheepskins from the desert during this period.
The dried mutton and sheepskin were immediately sent back to Shuozhou from Yinzhou, and then through the Bai family's network, they were bought by merchants in the capital, Guannei Road, and Jiannan Road and sold inland.
At the same time, through these merchants, they also obtained the food, pig iron and even brought in a lot of craftsmen.
Bai Ruolan used her and the Bai family's property as a dowry and gained Zhao Muyun's approval. After he promised her that she would become the captain's wife, he brought her business talent to the fullest.
She wanted to store up food for Zhao Muyun in the rear.
After hearing what Tian Qing said, Bai Ruolan immediately gave the newly arrived 5,000 shi of grain and 1,000 jin of dried mutton to Tian Qing to send to Feihu Ridge.
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