Li Xinchen didn't entangle with Xiao Shilian on the issue of drinking tea anymore, Xiucai met a soldier, and he couldn't explain it clearly, of course Li Xinchen wouldn't be stupid to talk to Xiao Shilian about any reason, he didn't want to ask for hardship, so he changed the topic at the moment:

"The treasury in this city has already taken people to take inventory, and there is not much food, but it can also last for three or five days, but these grains are obviously old grains, and it is not guaranteed whether they can be eaten or not, so it is best to eat what we brought first."

"We don't have a lot of food with us." Xiao Shilian smiled bitterly, "Even if some were actually seized in Ji Nancheng later, it was only four or five days of hard work, even if it really added those grains, it wouldn't be able to support a week's ······."

"With so many people, you still want to last up for a week?" Li Xinchen poured a basin of cold water directly, "This is still a granary, and the rest of the arsenals, money vaults, etc. have also been seen, and it can really be said to be empty." But fortunately, I found a lot of large fortification equipment outside the arsenal, and it may be that it was really difficult to take things when I moved them in the first place. ”

Xiao Shilian showed a look of surprise on his face: "Isn't this already very good?" ”

Li Xinchen glanced at him angrily: "You go and see those guys yourself, you can not break in the process of moving to the city, thank God." After being exposed to the wind and sun for such a long time, you can still see what the loss is. ”

Xiao Shilian was silent for a moment, since this Zhangshan County was given to Xiliang, it was obviously in a state of not asking, the entire city was an empty city, and even grass had grown in many places on the city wall, so it was good to be able to find these things.

"But there are still a lot of sasswood rolling stones," Li Xinchen showed a happy look on his face, "At least these hardwoods and boulders won't be unusable because of the wind and sun, otherwise we'll probably be really empty-handed." ”

After a pause, Li Xinchen stood up and slammed straight at the wall, and Xiao Shilian realized at this time that Li Xinchen didn't know when he had drawn a simple map of the city's defense. Stretching out his hand to point on the map, Li Xinchen said in a deep voice:

"Boqing, you see, because there is a water in the east and Jingshan in the west, the entire Zhangshan County is long from north to south and narrow from east to west, and the city gate is also one from north to south, and two from east to west, but it is difficult for the enemy to expand the formation from the east and west, so it is very likely to attack from the north and south, more precisely, the north gate."

Xiao Shilian also restrained his smile at this time: "The matter of our small number will definitely be reported to the main force by the enemy scouts who have fled back, so this is not a secret." Moreover, there is no way to compare this Zhangsan County City with Gangneung City, and the city is even lower, so there is no need to attack specifically around the east and west. ”

Li Xinchen bowed slightly, and then drew a circle on the map: "Fortunately, this Zhangshan County relies on the water, so the moat is directly drawn from the water, and it surrounds the line from the north gate to the west gate, you have seen it just now?" ”

Xiao Shilian smiled bitterly: "You said the moat? It had long since dried up, with only some stagnant water, and now it was a mud ditch, and there was a blockage between the moat and the water, but it should be possible to dig it. ”

"Without further ado, we must dig it up quickly," Li Xinchen frowned, "This Zhangshan County is different from Gangneung City, there is a large stone bridge on the moat outside the gate of Gangneung City to facilitate access, and this Zhangshan County City is connected to the outside of the city and the city by a suspension bridge, so this moat is even more important." ”

"Okay, let's arrange it." Xiao Shilian hurriedly got up.

Li Xinchen waved his hand: "After talking about everything first, we are not short of this moment now." Boqing, you look here, most of the houses in the south and east of the city are thatched rammed earth, which cannot be relied on, but the north and west of the city are mainly brick and wood structures, we can dismantle them as sassal wood and rolling stones, and now the rest of the city guards are all owed bed crossbows and gold juice boiling oil, etc., and this is the only thing we can rely on. ”

The layout of the city of Zhangshan County is a typical style of the northern city of Jingxiang under the control of the Northern Dynasty, the east side near the water wharf and the south side of the vulnerable enemy are naturally the places where the people at the bottom of the society live, and the north and west of the city are the residences of high-ranking officials and nobles, including the government and warehouses are also here, and now it is convenient for Li Xinchen and them.

"In addition, although it is unlikely that the west and east of the city will be attacked, we still have to beware of the enemy's feints, and assign soldiers according to the situation when the time comes," Li Xinchen said in a deep voice, reaching out to pick up the armor next to him, "Let's go, what we need to do most now is to dig through the moat." At least for the past two days, there is no hope on the Gangneung side, and we have to rely on ourselves to save our lives. ”

Xiao Shilian nodded, although the enemy had not yet arrived, he could already feel this sense of urgency. The small Northern Zhou forward team that had been repelled in the city before had already given Xiao Shilian a full understanding of the enemy.

At least this Northern Zhou vanguard is different from the Northern Qi or Northern Zhou armies that Xiao Shilian had encountered in Lüliang before, although most of the Northern Qi armies in Lüliang are also veterans, but they are obviously very different from the Northern Zhou in terms of morale and training, as for the Northern Zhou armies led by Yu Wenxin and Wang Liangtong later, they are actually mainly based on the surrender of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

After attacking Xiliang, these armies in Xiliang were even more unbearable, and even among the most elite Xiliang Janissaries, there were still many kneeling and begging for mercy, not to mention the rest of the Xiliang army. In Xiao Shilian's view, the reason why the Xiliang people were able to hold Jiangling City was only because of years of operation, the strength of the city, and the existence of Lu Teng and the Northern Zhou people.

After all, those Northern Zhou armies that directly belonged to the Jiangling Governor were nominally the allies of Western Liang, but in fact they were out-and-out warlords.

And when he fought against the Northern Zhou strikers who rushed into the city before, Xiao Shilian felt for the first time what it meant to be "evenly matched". These Northern Zhou soldiers are not the Northern Qi troops who changed their clothes and armor, let alone the weak-legged soldiers of the Western Liang, but belong to the Xiangyang Tun garrison army, and they are one of the main forces on which the Northern Zhou Dynasty relied to make a fortune.

Nine years ago, it was this army that rushed all the way to the city of Jiangling, forcing Wu Mingche to give up the attack on Jiangling and return with hatred. Now there is no doubt that Xiao Shilian and Li Xinchen will face the opponents who really defeated Nan Chen and Wu Mingche nine years ago.

And in the past nine years, not only Nan Chen is stepping up training and learning lessons, these enemies are also getting stronger, whether it is the previous Xiangyang Governor - Suiguo Gong Yang Jian, or the current Xiangyang Governor - the veteran Wei Chi Yuan, they are not idle people, and under their command and training, the elite of these Northern Zhou soldiers can be imagined.