Chapter 495: Deployment of Defense in Mida City
The military report stated that three thousand cavalrymen had invaded the border, but Zhao Tingduo could only immediately mobilize more than a thousand men from Mida City.
Using a thousand men to block three thousand cavalrymen while having their backs to the royal court of Xuyang Grassland is obviously too risky.
Old Yu and several deputy generals stared at Zhao Tingduo without blinking, feeling nervous.
If Zhao Tingduo wanted to protect himself, he only needed to shirk or delay the dispatch of troops, and Duke Anguo, General Lei, and the entire Zhenbei Army would suffer a devastating disaster.
However, they cannot condemn it either.
After all, it was the Zhenbei Army's voluntary decision to send troops to mine.
Moreover, in two years, the Zhenbei Army made a lot of money.
Zhao Tingduo said without hesitation: "I will immediately lead 1,400 people from Mida City to attack Pingliang Fort and block the retreat of the royal court.
"To Hecheng, Elder Yu, please send a letter quickly. It would be best if you could use both carrier pigeons and messengers."
When Elder Yu heard that Zhao Tingduo was willing to send troops, he quickly responded, "Yes, I'll grind the ink right away!"
The deputy generals also stood up and went out to arrange to notify the mine and the Leizi Camp to set off.
Everyone in the study left, leaving only Song Liyun and Zhao Tingduo.
Since she was called by Wu Dan, she actually didn't say a word, just listened silently.
Logically, Song Liyun shouldn't have come to these military affairs, but the couple had discussed everything over the years and decided to let her sit in at the first opportunity.
Only the couple were there. Zhao Tingduo then looked at Song Liyun, frowning slightly, with a hint of apology: "Ayun!"
He didn't know what to say next, he had to send troops.
However, Song Liyun had just seen her brothers off in the morning, and now she was facing her husband going to war, so she must not be in a good mood.
Seeing Zhao Tingduo's embarrassment, Song Liyun was very nervous, but she didn't look panicked. She just reached out and smoothed the slight wrinkle between his eyebrows: "It's okay, I'm at home, you can go to the army without worry. Big brother can't be in trouble!"
Nothing must happen to Zhao Tinglei.
Even if the emperor knew that Hecheng was smelting iron, the income in recent years had greatly reduced the national treasury's military supplies.
But the evidence of the crime of privately mobilizing troops could not be suppressed.
As long as Yunzhou suffers a disaster and an impeachment is filed, Zhao Tinglei will definitely be demoted and may even have to return to Beijing to atone for his sins.
This is not a good thing for the Zhenbei Army or Mida City.
Apart from the fact that Zhao Tinglei and Zhao Tingduo are brothers by blood, the two sides have an inseparable relationship based on their geographical location and business dealings.
If it loses Hecheng and the Zhenbei Army, Mida City will be isolated and helpless.
Similarly, Hecheng was not having a good time either.
Without the constant supply of livestock furs and various gemstones and minerals from the grasslands, the Wu Dynasty also suffered heavy losses.
Just as Mr. Yu said, as long as the Di soldiers who crossed the border were blocked in Pingliang Fort, the impending major changes could be averted.
However, the dispatch of troops from Mida City inevitably aroused the hatred of the royal court.
Over the past three years, Mida City has avoided intervening in the battlefield of Xuyang Grassland and has only focused on development in this gap.
Even when a tribe attacked, they hid their strength and simply drove them away.
This time, in order to rescue the Zhenbei Army, the relationship was made public.
As long as the Di soldiers retreat from the Wu Dynasty, they will definitely regard Mida City as a traitor and enemy.
What follows is a war of annexation, and there will be no peace in the Mida Valley...
This day will come sooner or later, and Mida City has already been mentally prepared.
Zhao Tingduo had no way to escape, so he sent troops that night.
The thousand-man team left in a hurry. No matter how low-key they were, it still attracted the surprise of the surrounding tribes and people in the city.
Song Liyun stood on the high city wall and watched the dust and smoke drift away again.
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 Zheng is the Zhenbei Army guard of the City Lord's Mansion, Jian Fangtong is the secret patrol outside the city, Lao Qian is from the Urban Management Bureau, and Aqiya is the personal guard of the Wuda tribe.
Each one has been carefully nurtured by Song Liyun.
It is the reserve armed force left behind after Zhao Tingduo took away the city guards, and it is also the patrol camp mentioned by Song Liyun.
Although it looks fragmented and disorganized, it is a self-contained system and has not been scattered by the departure of the troops outside the city.
Moreover, in the past three years, Mida City has also experienced several special situations.
Especially when the tribe wanted to attack Mida City, Zhao Tingduo led the troops outside, many merchants panicked, and the city was in chaos.
Under Song Liyun's command, the patrol battalion coordinated its advances and retreats in a measured manner, calmed the emotions, and quickly quelled the chaos, allowing the merchants to settle down.
Now, with the system she has mastered, she has experience in dealing with everything from small disputes and fights in the city to big matters like deploying troops to defend the city.
This time, it is just a restoration of the wartime status quo.
Song Liyun looked solemn as she said, "From now on, the guards at the city gate will take turns on duty, and they can't let their guard down at night."
Fang Zheng was originally from the City Lord's Mansion. Now Song Liyun arranged him to the city gate and also put him in charge of the entire city defense.
Fang Zheng bowed and accepted the order.
Song Liyun then said to Lao Qian, "From now on, drinking is prohibited in the city during the day. Anyone who violates the rules will be whipped ten times and expelled from the city.
There is a curfew at night, the city gates are locked after dark, and no one is allowed to wander the streets without a warrant from the City Lord's Mansion."
This was the responsibility of the urban management official Lao Qian, so he agreed.
The ban on alcohol during the day is also to prevent fighting and gang disturbances after drinking. If you want to drink, you have to buy it and drink it outside the city.
A nighttime curfew would further reduce chaos.
In addition, fire protection should be checked. All wells, water cellars and water buckets should be placed in a conspicuous place in case of emergency.
Everyone in the patrol camp has received fire-fighting and first-aid training and can handle emergencies at any time.
What Aqiya had to do was to take people to prepare enough horses in the city.
Previously, due to the increasing population and limited area of the city, other than the city lord’s mansion which had a stable, 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. It usually grows flowers and grass there, but now it is used to raise horses.
Jian Fangtong's mission was the most special, and Song Liyun assigned it to him specifically.
Since these horse bandits arrived in Mida City, they have been wandering around in various tribes, acting like Song Liyun's eyes and ears, keeping every tribe under surveillance.
The bandits are highly skilled in martial arts and have Mida City as their backer. They appear and disappear at any time of the day and their methods are vicious and cruel.
Some people with bad intentions in the tribe hated this to the core, but they could do nothing about it.
Although the presence of Jian Ma Fei caused some criticism, it also eliminated many hidden dangers.
Under close control from both inside and outside, Mida City is like the miraculous windmill outside the city, running slowly, steadily and powerfully.
Only three days later, the reasons why Wu Chao lost Pingliang Fort and sent troops to Mida City became public knowledge. People were immediately in turmoil, and all kinds of rumors spread across the grassland like the wind.
The merchants in the city had long been investigating the relationship between Mida City and the Zhenbei Army, but they had no concrete evidence. Now that they knew everything, they calmed down.
The Wu Dynasty is a big country, and as long as Mida City does not fall, these Wu Dynasty merchants will be able to escape unscathed.
But some tribes that migrated from Xuyang Grassland two years ago to escape the war could no longer sit still.
They had originally betrayed the Royal Court Tribe. If they continued to walk with Mida City, they would all be hanged once the Royal Court attacked.
So, the leaders colluded with each other and went to the City Lord's Mansion to inquire about the situation.
They want to see what the City Lord’s Mansion will do next?
(End of this chapter)
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