Taiyuan is a big city, in order to defend the need to climb the city ladder has many convenient to transport individual soldiers, only in the place of the eight city gates there are gentle slopes, used to transport heavy materials, such as artillery, horses, cavalry, wood, boulders and so on.

There are soldiers at the entrance of the city, and ordinary people can't go up at all, but no one dares to stop the factory governor of the Tangtang Dongchang factory, and the group rode up the slope, and soon went up the city wall, and then went east.

The wind and snow in the city were very tight, and the cold was even worse, and the soldiers on duty curled up one by one and huddled in the cave to chat, and the patrols who walked back and forth also avoided their feet from time to time.

The city is very wide, more than ten meters, and it is not crowded to count horses in parallel.

Flying snow and flying wildly, the vision was blocked, Chang Yu rode slowly, looking at the distance outside the city, his face was solemn, and he was silent for a long time, Wu Mengming curled his neck, showing his two eyes and looking around, I really don't know why I came up to suffer this crime.

The two big guys on the head of the city attracted Chang Yu's attention, these are the two Hongyi cannons, and they are also the most powerful artillery at this time, with a range of about two kilometers, which is a sharp weapon for siege or defense, Zhou Yuji blocked the thieves and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Ningwu Pass for several days, and part of it relied on this thing.

But this big killer weapon is not only in the imperial court at this time, there are also a lot of thieves in the hands of the army, most of them are captured from the hands of officers and soldiers, Ningwu War thieves and Zhou Yuji used artillery to bombard, and finally broke through the red-clothed cannon of Ningwu Pass was captured from Taiyuan City.

Walk to the northeast corner, there is a corner tower, there are many soldiers in it to avoid the wind and snow, see Chang Yu and others coming, immediately want to disperse, but Chang Yu stopped, called a person, let him give the order to go down to take back the patrol post, there is no need to suffer on a snowy day, there are so many enemy towers on the corner tower in the city, they can avoid the wind and snow, and can also be used as a lookout post, the patrol post is like a chicken rib at this time, and it is categorically abandoned.

At first, these pawns thought that a senior general came to inspect, and then heard that it was the governor of Dongchang Factory and the commander of Jinyiwei, and they were afraid of excitement.

Yingze Gate, the southwest gate of Taiyuan City, is also the main gate, commonly known as the big south gate, there are three floors of pavilions built above the city gate, there are more than three zhang high, carved railings and painted buildings, flying eaves and arches, very imposing.

Chunxiang arrived first, dispersed the soldiers who were sheltering from the wind and snow, and informed the city tower that it was forbidden to step into it at will within 100 steps. Immediately, the perimeter of the city tower was controlled by the Jinyi guards and the eunuch army, and no one was allowed to approach.

Chang Yu and Wu Mengming walked into the lobby of the city tower, and couldn't help but raise their eyebrows, the city tower can be used as a command center during wartime, and used as a place to find out in their spare time, or a place for the soldiers and generals on duty to rest, at this time the hall is in a mess, in addition to a few tables and chairs, there are a few braziers and some firewood, which should be used by soldiers to keep warm.

"Clean up," Chang Yu said, and walked towards the second floor.

The second floor is relatively empty, except for the brazier, there is not a table or chair.

As for the third floor, only dust remains.

"Chunxiang went down to find the nearest store to borrow some tables and chairs to come over urgently" Chang Yu had to make some preparations for the meeting, and he couldn't let everyone sit on the ground and roast the brazier, it was too down-to-earth.

The rest of the people were busy with their own work, Chang Yu stood on the second floor of the city tower, looking from afar by the railing, his eyes were cold and slightly contemptuous, as if he had seen the one-eyed dragon drawing his sword and pointing at him six hundred miles away through the snow.

"Old Wu, you go and transfer people, prepare for action tonight" Suddenly Chang Yu turned around and said, Wu Mengming, who was originally in a daze behind him, suddenly his eyes lit up,

"How much to bring? Is it enough to have 300 men under the lowly army? ”

"The soldiers are fine, not many, more than 100 is enough, in addition, you go to the barracks to find Cheng Ming, transfer some people from his Teng Xiangwei, his subordinates are good at riding and shooting, and they are useful at critical moments, but you don't need to tell the real purpose of the action before departure, you arrange many other details first, and I will go to find you after I finish dealing with the business here."

Wu Mengming left overjoyed.

As soon as the front foot left, Jiang Quan sent a hot meal, a big pot of hot mutton soup, steamed buns and a few side dishes, which shocked Chang Yu's appetite, and he wanted to wait for Zhou Yuji to use it together, but he didn't come left and right, but he waited for Chunxiang who went to borrow tables and chairs.

So everyone simply arranged the tables and chairs, and let go of the feast.

Not long after the chopsticks were moved, a foreign servant came in to report that Cai Maode, the governor of Taiyuan, was here.

"Hurry up and invite him in" When Chang Yu heard this, he hurriedly stopped the dishes and chopsticks, hurriedly wiped the corners of his mouth and went to the door to greet him.

In the wind and snow, I saw a few figures hurriedly walking, the first one, about sixty, sloppy beard, casual clothes, at first glance it looked like a beggar, and when I came to see it, my face was yellow and thin, but I had a Buddha bead on my wrist, and I looked at Chang Yu with a puzzled face.

This person should be Cai Maode, Chang Yu vaguely remembers that the first sentence of Cai Maode's information is "Good interpretation, the body of law is like an ascetic head", it seems that the historical data is true!

"Governor Cai" Chang Yu gave his hand: "Our East Factory Chang Yu".

"Uh, hmm, Lord Factory?" Cai Maode thought at first that it was just a little eunuch at the door to greet him, but hearing what he said, it was Chang Yu, the superintendent of the East Factory, how could he be so young and greet him in person, it was really incredible, and he was a little confused for a moment.

"It's our family, Governor Cai invites you in" Chang Yu smiled slightly, he has always been courteous to this kind of loyal minister.

Cai Maode was shocked, and everyone behind him was also surprised.

It was cold outside, and everyone hurriedly entered the cabinet, but they saw a few eunuchs drinking mutton soup around an iron pot, and they felt really ridiculous, but Chang Yu didn't think so, and after leading everyone to sit down, he said: "Governor Cai will introduce our family."

Oh, Cai Maode just retracted his mind a little, and began to introduce Chang Yu one by one, and he came with Wang Zongyou, the governor of Shanxi, Mao Wenbing, Lin Gangzhong, Bi Gongchen, Zhao Jianji, the chief of the political department, Sun Kangzhou, the prefect of Taiyuan, and Shi Fan Zhitai, the governor of Yangqu County

Chang Yu and Yiyi gave a salute, and there was a lot of respect between his words, because in his memory, these were loyal ministers who would rather die than surrender in the end.

The dignified factory supervisor, such a style, is too non-mainstream, everyone is surprised, secretly whispering, surprised.

During the greetings, his own entourage served hot tea.

At the same time, Zhou Yuji hurriedly came, with a few generals behind him, but it was Ying Shisheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, and generals Niu Yong, Wang Yongkui, Zhu Kongxun and others, as well as He Chengxin and Yang Zhenwei.

The door of the pavilion has been closed, and the two braziers in the hall are vigorous, and the warmth is warm.

After greeting each other, everyone sat down, Wenchen was on the left, the military general was on the right, and Chang Yu was in the center.

With a light cough, everyone's eyes focused on him.

Chang Yu glanced left and right and said: "This snowy day, I invite you all to count in your hearts, we are not here to chatter, at this time, the thief army is in Pingyang Mansion, six hundred miles away, and the army will come to Taiyuan City in the near future, how to destroy the bandits, how to defend Taiyuan City, do you have any suggestions?" ”

This topic instantly made everyone present frown, and no one responded for a while.

"Our family is here to supervise the army by the emperor's order, but it is only the responsibility of the inspector, how to destroy the thieves and defend the city still depends on your strength," Chang Yu saw that everyone was silent and continued.

It's just that as soon as he said this, it made the people present begin to mumble in their hearts, hey, it's the prison army again, the dead eunuch is misleading the country, on weekdays, a eunuch in the prison army is pointing fingers, which makes people feel aggrieved, and now there is a eunuch leader, isn't it even worse, who dares to make suggestions at will, if it doesn't work, he has to be responsible.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Chang Yu knew his thoughts, and coughed lightly: "This governor doesn't know anything about marching and fighting, so this trip only looks at it and doesn't interfere, doesn't create any constraints for you, and lets go of your hands and feet as much as possible, and our family rewards and punishments are clear for meritorious service."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other and nodded frequently, thinking that this little eunuch was self-aware, and his heart felt even more peculiar.

"However, this governor's trip is not a tour of the mountains and rivers, there are some things to do, and some things must be said at the moment" Chang Yu's words changed: "From today on, this is the operational headquarters, everything is prepared for the upcoming battle, and you must not leave the city wall at will if you don't have to."

Hearing this, some of the people nodded slightly, a little worried.

"Military affairs are under the jurisdiction of General Zhou Bing, Governor Cai and his friends are assisted, and this governor is responsible for food and logistics, do you have any objections?"

No one has any objections!

"Since there is no objection, there is no matter of the governor, how to arrange military affairs to deal with the thieves is left to General Zhou Zongbing" Chang Yu said and got up and walked to the sheep soup on the side and sat down, and continued to feast.

This move made everyone a little confused, and they ran all the way from the capital to here, and hurriedly summoned everyone to say these two words? Hey, it's really a matter of letting everyone go, or is he just a hands-off shopkeeper.

Thinking in his heart, his eyes were all looking at Zhou Yuji.

Zhou Yuji was a little funny in his heart, he knew very well where Chang Yu was the shopkeeper, and all he talked about along the way were all kinds of countermeasures, and they had agreed on it early, just to avoid suspicion or easy to arouse suspicion of unauthorized power, so he ran aside and let him take the position.

"Today's twenty-nine, according to reliable information, the thief army has sent troops from Pingyang Mansion, and they are on their way north at this time" Zhou Yuji sighed heavily and said, everyone was really shocked, the thief army had already gone north, but it was ridiculous that they didn't even know it one by one.

In fact, Zhou Yuji didn't know, it was still the information sent by Chang Yutuo's spies, in fact, it was just his own speculation, because the second thief army broke Fenzhou (Fenyang) in early February, so it can be concluded that the thief army had gone north at this time.

"Although Pingyang Mansion is more than 600 places away from Taiyuan, there are several cities during the period, but they are all small cities, and it is difficult to resist the footsteps of the thief army, so there is not much time left for us, and we should be ready to fight now." Zhou Yuji continued.

"General Zhou, the thief army is pulling out at this time, is it possible that we will wait for the rabbit in the second time, let it trample on the city and ravage the people? This government believes that troops should be organized to support immediately, and no matter how bad it is, it must set up several lines of defense to meet the head-on attack" Although Cai Maode's body is thin, his voice is full of energy.

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