Yuan Fang swallowed his saliva, hesitated again and again, weighed the pros and cons, and then stiffened his neck and said, "What's the matter, is it guilty of being afraid of heights?" It's not a shame. ”

Ye Qingru suddenly realized and said, "Oh, it turns out that brother-in-law is afraid of heights, I said why don't you like to climb trees." ”

Yuan Fang rolled his eyes and said: "I don't climb the tree because I can't climb, it has nothing to do with fear of heights, how tall the tree is, I'm not that serious." ”

Yuqing covered her mouth and snickered, stopped Xia Yi and the girls from sarcastically saying, "Okay, you guys are about to reach the top of the mountain." ”

Ren Fei gloated and said: "Alas, the big boss, if you are sick, you can be cured." Everyone laughed, making Yuan Fang blush.

At the beginning, Tang Jian, Yang Xing, and Yuan Fang had been together for a long time, and everyone was very familiar with each other, so they didn't have so many scruples, laughed loudly, and pretended to be remorseful and said: "So that's the case, I knew that we would stay below, Doctor Yuan, don't be reluctant, if it doesn't work, we'll go down." ”

Yuan Fang glanced at Tang Jian angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not so useless." ”

Finally, the hanging basket arrived at the top of the mountain, and Yuan Fang was the first to jump out of the hanging basket, and the down-to-earth feeling made him feel a lot more at ease.

There are many soldiers stationed on the peak, especially the hanging basket is heavily guarded, there are outsiders, everyone is naturally impossible to joke with Yuan Fang, instantly restore the majesty of an officer and general, and walk to the command post at the highest point of the south peak with a blank face.

Along the way, Tang Jian kept introducing some changes on Niujiao Mountain, such as most of the original sparse woods have been cut down and cleared, only the trees in the edge area still remain, and the vacant land cleared in the central area has spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build and rebuild into a garrison camp.

In addition, in some places where the terrain is suitable, there are also a lot of caves dug to store food supplies, listen to Tang Jian's introduction, the food reserves here are enough for 10,000 people for a year, plus the spring on the top of the North Peak and a large amount of oil charcoal, even if you are trapped, it is definitely not a problem to hold on for a year and a half.

In addition to these mountain reconstructions, what surprised Yuan Fang the most were the two iron chain bridges between the south peak and the north peak, with these two bridges, the south peak and the north peak were called a whole, and the space available and controlled was more than doubled, of course, these two iron chain bridges were not all, in the past, the defenders' warehouse also had two iron pipe pontoon bridges, the length of which was enough to be built in the nearest place between the two peaks, in case of emergency.

There are also a lot of trebuchets erected on the edge of the two peaks, densely packed to look at it makes people worry, these guys are not really throwing stones to kill the enemy, but throwing oil cans to kill the enemy in a large area by sputtering, its lethality is very large, the effect is very good, this is much farther than the original Yuan Fang They threw with their hands The range is much farther, the coverage is wider, and the firepower is stronger, of course, the only drawback is that it is a rainy day, and the fire attack is difficult to work, but it doesn't matter, the top of the mountain is also prepared with enough strong bows and crossbows, It can also block the enemy from the defensive line.

At the highest point of the south peak, Tang Jian's command post is built here, which is a building similar to a fortress made of bluestone, but there is only one floor, with a defensive strength of more than one meter and a wall like a city wall.

After entering the command post, Tang Jian invited everyone to sit down, and the orderly soldiers left after serving tea, Tang Jian smiled and said, "Doctor Yuan, Yuqing, you're welcome, how about tasting my tea?" ”

At the beginning, Ren Fei followed Luo Siping to the county town, so he was not familiar with Tang Jian, nodded politely and took the lead in picking up the teacup, inadvertently dipped his little finger in some tea, and gave Yuan Fang a look when he didn't find anything abnormal, of course, these were very hidden Tang Jian didn't notice it.

Yuan Fang secretly laughed at Ren Fei's caution, but he still understood the indispensable truth of guarding against people, nodded slightly and took a sip of tea.

In fact, Ren Fei's caution is of no use at all, not to mention whether the poison detection potions he got can really detect all the poisons, thinking about it in another way, if Tang Jian really has any bad intentions, they are not at the mercy of others on other people's territory. There is no nonsense, Yuan Fang is still straight to the point to ask about the battle situation in Yunfu and Yanhai counties, Tang Jian naturally will not hide it, and explain the current situation in detail.

Similar to the information obtained before, the armies of the Ningyuan Empire and the Yuanhe Empire have not changed during this period, the troops of the Ningyuan Empire retreated to the west of the county and were stationed less than a hundred miles away from Yanhai County, and the troops of the Yuanhe Empire were still besieging Yunfu County, not attacking or retreating, and their intentions were incomprehensible.

According to the few pieces of information he had, after some discussion, the other party's thoughts were still elusive, and Yuan Fang no longer cared about it, but asked about the defensive deployment of the Dongzhou defenders.

Tang Jian was very puzzled by what Yuan Fang asked what he was doing, but he still gave a detailed answer, explained the role and influence of each military important place, and explained the number and types of troops of each defender and the equipment configuration according to Yuan Fang's requirements, which were clearly marked on the map.

Looking at the map and pondering for a long time, Yuan Fang finally spoke: "Tang Jian, if you send a message back to the imperial capital from here, how long will it take at the earliest?" ”

Tang Jian was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "If it is an urgent military situation, it will take seven or eight days for the messenger to travel day and night. ”

Yuan Fang looked disappointed when he heard this: "It takes so long?" ”

Tang Jian hesitated for a moment and said: "If it is particularly urgent, you can also use the flying pigeon to pass the book, but it is generally not used unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

Yuan Fang was puzzled and asked, "Why?" Isn't it faster to pass the book of flying pigeons? ”

Tang Jian nodded: "It's very fast, two days at most from here to the imperial capital, but the problem is that the flying pigeon is not safe, and it is easy to be intercepted by someone and cause the military information to leak." ”

Yuan Fang nodded abruptly and said, "Oh, so that's the case." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Fang made a decision and said: "No matter how much, just use the flying pigeon to pass the book, well, and send a messenger at the same time, both prongedly, I want to get in touch with Yang Xing as soon as possible." ”

Tang Jian was puzzled and asked, "Doctor Yuan, is it really so urgent?" ”

Yuan Fang nodded and said, "Well, the sooner the better." ”

Next, Yuan Fang motioned for Tang Jian to retreat from others, leaving only a few henchmen, and began to tell the plan he came up with along the way, this plan is extremely risky, it can be regarded as the kind of battle that breaks the kettle and fights against the water, and if it doesn't succeed, it will become a benevolent, but although the risk is high, the rewards received once it succeeds are equally amazing, and it can completely reverse the passive situation.