Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Zixuan drank with Mo Hongfan and others for a while. At this time, a man came in from outside. He seemed to be a government official from the state government. "Sir, someone from the government just came to report that someone was sent by the prefect of Longzhou. I need to see you in an emergency."

Zixuan stood up and cupped his hands towards Mo Hongfan, "General Mo, it's really unlucky. I originally wanted to accompany everyone to drink more. There is something going on in the state office, so Lin can only go back first. Lin will come back tomorrow. , I must have a drink with you all." With that said, Zixuan walked out.

In the big tent, there was a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who was very heroic. As soon as he saw Zixuan was about to leave, he stood up and stopped him. It was another person next to him who reached out to block this person.

Mo Hongfan turned around and glanced at the person behind him, who nodded to him. Mo Hongfan quickly smiled and said, "Since Mr. Lin has official business to attend to, Mo will not force you to keep Mr. Lin. When we have the opportunity in the future, we will definitely have a drink together. We will never get home until we are drunk."

"Definitely, definitely." Zixuan agreed quickly, and then led the people from the government office out of the tent. When he came outside, he saw all the people he brought gathered together. He waved his hands and led these people out of the camp and walked into the city.

The group moved very quickly and entered the city in a short time. "Close the city gate immediately. No one will open the city gate without my order." Zixuan ordered directly.

When the city guard heard this, he quickly replied, "Yes, don't worry, sir. Even a bird can't come in without your order." This is not bragging, Zixuan's order, in this Xizhou City, is It’s easier to use than an imperial edict.

Zixuan and his party quickly returned to the state government office. As soon as they entered the meeting hall behind the state government office, Zixuan asked, "Madam, have you discovered anything?" They had an agreement at that time. If they found anything, they would tell them. The prefect sent someone.

Jinghan nodded, "Well, I made some discoveries. Those people are not our Daqi soldiers. They don't know how to use chopsticks. Although in front of the two armies, ordinary people rarely have the opportunity to use chopsticks. But human instinct will not Change, I brought a lot of chopsticks here today, but none of them were useful." Jinghan said, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, but her eyes were cold.

"Also, I accidentally heard those people talking. They were not speaking our language, but the language of Beiyuan. These people might be soldiers of Beiyuan. This Mo Hongfan actually surrendered to the enemy and treason. He deserves to be damned." Jinghan couldn't suppress the anger in her heart.

"I also arrested a few people and brought them back. You can interrogate them and see if you can find out anything."

As soon as Jinghan said this, Zixuan was stunned on the spot, "What? Caught someone? How did you catch him? In their military camp?" This guy is incredible, right?

Jinghan smiled proudly, "The medicine I asked for from my aunt is something that will make people lose their mind when they smell it. Those people just went to grab food, so I took the opportunity to give it to those who were standing guard. The opportunity to bring food and wine fascinated them. Then they obeyed my order and came back with me. "Qian was born in the palace, what kind of things have he never seen? The palace is the most dirty and dirty place, and there are many things that outsiders don't know.

Zixuan was speechless, Qian's medicine, coupled with Jinghan's evil intentions, I'm afraid most people would fall for it. "Okay, then bring it up and ask."

At this time, someone pushed four people in. These four people were all dressed in the uniforms of Daqi soldiers. They were basically the same as the people Zixuan brought to the camp. No wonder no one cared. What's more, everyone was busy grabbing delicious food at that time, who would pay attention to this?

These four people stood there, their eyes were straight and unfocused, and they looked like they had lost their minds.

"Who are you and where do you come from?" Zixuan asked.

These people started talking, but what they spoke was the language of Beiyuan Kingdom, not the language of Daqi. This time, their identities were directly exposed. Naturally, there were people in the government office who were proficient in Beiyuan dialect, so they listened and explained to Zixuan and the others.

"They are the guards of Prince Qi Ge of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. This time when Da Qi burned Wild Wolf Valley, they were secretly let go by Mo Hongfan and his men, and then went around to the back of the army. They wanted to capture it before the army's squadron. Xizhou, and then wait for the army to come back, and then take the opportunity to clean up our Daqi army. This time, a total of 80,000 people escaped, and another 30,000 people were ambushed. When the time comes, they will attack us together. I was caught off guard." The officer said, his face changed drastically.

After hearing this, Jinghan and Zixuan completely understood. These soldiers are all from the Beiyuan Kingdom, and there may be a few of them who are Mo Hongfan's subordinates. I just don’t know when did Mo Hongfan defect to Beiyuan?

Zixuan's face was also very ugly. He turned around and went to the study, picked up a pen and wrote two letters, then came out and handed them to the people in the state government. "Send these two letters out of the city. One is sent to Daqi's army to ask them to quickly return reinforcements. The other is sent to the capital. Mo Hongfan's father, the Marquis of Zhenbei, holds the capital camp in his hand. There are more than 100,000 troops. If he rebels, the emperor will be in danger." Zixuan reacted very quickly and immediately thought of the capital.

Several people divided into two groups and hurried out of the city to report the news. Naturally, we couldn't go through the North City Gate, so we took the East City Gate. But when we got to the east city gate, before we could get out of the way, we heard someone on the gate say, "Hurry up, there's a sneak attack. In the water, shoot arrows into the water."

After hearing this, they naturally knew that they could not get out for the time being, so someone immediately turned around and reported to the Yamen.

As soon as Zixuan heard that there was a sneak attack, and it was Dongcheng, he immediately ordered to go down and guard all the city gates. Not only outside, but also inside the city, no other people are allowed to approach. "Madam, I am afraid that people outside the city know something and attack the city in advance. Come on, accompany me to the city wall to take a look. We are afraid that we will have to hold on to the city again this time."

Jinghan accompanied Zixuan and led the people from the Yamen to the North City Gate. Sure enough, someone also discovered a sneak attack at the North City Gate.

"Sir, there is movement in the water. Those bells rang just now." When the city guards saw Zixuan, they quickly came up to report it.

"Okay, you are doing a good job. You must always be vigilant. The 50,000 people outside the city are not our sergeants from Daqi, but the Tatars from Beiyuan. They wanted to sneak into the city, but they didn't expect it. We have already set up traps underwater." Zixuan nodded, very satisfied with how cautious these city defenders were.

Under the water of this moat, there are many mechanisms. After digging the moat, Zixuan led people to set up iron railings inside. These iron railings, along with the moat, completely circle Xizhou City. At regular intervals, one of these railings will rise out of the water, and then a thick iron wire will be placed on it, and a bell will be tied to the iron wire. As long as someone tries to pass through the iron bars, they will definitely touch the bell above and make a sound.

Moreover, the river bed near the iron railing is covered with various spikes. If you want to cross the iron railing, you must step on the ground to use your strength. In this way, you will definitely be injured by those sharp thorns. And even if someone can break the iron railing and successfully pass through, there will be a crossbow buried in the ground on the other side. Once touched, thousands of arrows will be fired.

For these mechanisms, Zixuan and Jinghan have discussed and experimented many times, and they are indeed very useful. Now that these people want to make a sneak attack, the moat alone is enough for them to survive.

The people of Xizhou all know that the moat cannot be flooded. But no one knows what is underneath. The common people will all warn their children not to go into the water. In addition, there will be people patrolling along the moat during the day, just to prevent children from accidentally going into the water. Therefore, in recent years, no one has been injured due to underwater mechanisms.

At this time, outside Xizhou City, Mo Hongfan shouted angrily, "This Lin Zixuan, why is he so damaged? He can even create so many tricks on a moat."

It turned out that after Zixuan and others left, the people in the tent started arguing. The person who wanted to stop Zixuan blamed Mo Hongfan for letting Zixuan go. If Zixuan is captured, Xizhou City will be within easy reach. But Mo Hongfan said that since Lin Zixuan was able to govern Xizhou so strictly, he would definitely not let the entire city be destroyed without attacking just because of a single magistrate.

It was the man behind, Prince Zige of Beiyuan, who spoke up and agreed with Mo Hongfan's words, thus stopping the quarrel in the tent. Just then someone came outside to report that four patrolling soldiers were missing. Mo Hongfan immediately realized that something was wrong, so he led his troops out of the camp, hoping to let people swim across the moat secretly and find a way to attack the city.

But they didn't expect that this moat was a man-eating trap. Before the soldiers reached the center, they were discovered by people on the opposite wall. Under a hail of arrows, no one survived. At this moment, Mo Hongfan was really fuming.

"Hmph, you Daqi people, you keep saying what kind of gentleman you are, is this the kind of gentleman you are? I think you are worse than us. At least we will not design such vicious things." Someone next to him said sarcastically. .

At this moment, Siege also regretted letting Zixuan go, so he decided to attack the city immediately. There were fifty thousand of them this time, and they didn't have many guards in the city, so they might as well attack by force. "Mr. Mo, your cronies are in the city. If we launch an attack, can they open the city gate and let us in?" Sieg asked.

Mo Hongfan nodded, "It should be possible. These people were all arranged after I came here in the first month. There are quite a few of them, so they should be about the same. Yesterday, I sent someone to deliver the letter. They know that I am outside the city."

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