Chapter 194
"Go slow, my lord!"

Seeing that Diao Chan was about to set off, Diao Chan hurriedly called out. After a while, she came closer and then stumbled off her horse.

She held a bundle in her hand, made of blue Tang silk, and handed it to Liu Bian in the car, saying:

"Here... here are the clothes for adults to change and wash. They are all made of the latest Tang silk. There are several new color samples among them, which have just come out! Please take them away and try them on!"

"clothing?"

Liu Bian looked at Diao Chan, then took the burden, put it aside, looked at Diao Chan and said:

"You are so anxious just to give me this..."

Liu Bian said that a thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Wan'er asked you to send it, right? Hey, she is also very good at instigating others."

Diao Chan below was looking at Liu Bian's back in a daze, and just laughed sarcastically and said, "My lord is right, my concubine is not tired, I am very satisfied to be able to help lord Wan'er these days."

"Well, keep trying."

Liu Bian nodded, then patted the package beside him and said:
"Thank you very much."

Diao Chan was about to say something like no need to thank you, when suddenly there was a shout on the city wall.

"The time has passed! Master Military Advisor, do you still want to stay here? The whole team is waiting for you!"

The voice was loud, and it was obvious that he didn't want to save Liu Bian's face.

Liu Bian raised his head, but saw Xiahou Dun's face on the city wall.

"Hey, General Xiahou, calm down, I'm leaving now!"

Liu Bian was too lazy to argue with him and simply waved his hand to signal the carriage to start.

Before leaving, he saw Huang Zhong was looking up at Xiahou Dun on the city wall under the city gate, his eyes were not friendly.

……

In a small border town in Jizhou, thousands of soldiers were busy setting up fortifications. A general in armor was walking among them. Every soldier or school officer who saw him saluted him.

"General, the current fortifications are almost ready, the people in the city have also evacuated, and the horse traps outside the city have also been set up."

A school officer walked up to the general and reported with his chest up. He looked at the general in front of him with admiration in his eyes.

"Okay, take me to see it."

The general nodded and then walked towards the outside of the city.

"General?"

The school officer was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly caught up from behind and said:

"General, the Youzhou soldiers are not far away. It is too dangerous to go out at this time. You should stay in the city."

"Setting up a battle in the city?"

The general turned his head and looked at the junior colonel who was speaking, revealing a rather delicate face under his helmet.

"Do not."

The general shook his head lightly and said, "Go, gather all the cavalry and infantry, and line up outside the city. I have a military order to issue later."

"Outside the city..."

The school officer thought for a moment in surprise, and then quickly replied: "Yes!"

After that, he ran to issue general orders.

The general mounted his horse and led several other guards around him to rush outside the city.

"General, why did we build the fortifications so far away from the city? But the fortifications on the city wall are very simple?"

A school officer following the general couldn't help asking.

The handsome general looked at the subordinates beside him, and then said:

"Who said our city walls are crude? From here, can you see it?"

"what?"

The school official was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look in the direction of the not-so-high city wall behind him, only to find that the flags on the city wall were fluttering, billowing in the wind, and there were crowds of people under the flags, as if tens of thousands of people had surrounded the entire city wall. The top is full!Moreover, there are complete facilities for bows, crossbows and rolling stones on the city wall. It is obviously a city that is extremely well-prepared and extremely difficult to capture!
The flags were fluttering in the wind, and the letters were all written with the big character "Zhang".

When the school officer saw this scene, he didn't look surprised at all. He just turned his head and looked at the handsome general and said:
"General, isn't that what you asked for? Youzhou soldiers don't know, we don't know, half of the bows and crossbows on the city wall are broken, and there are actually only 200 people on the city wall, but they can't see it because of the banners." Really, if Youzhou soldiers attack the city, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand one attack from the other side."

"When did I say I was going to block it?"

The handsome general smiled calmly, but there was also a lot of helplessness hidden in it.

"This city wall was originally used to show Youzhou soldiers."

"For them to see?"

The school officer frowned in confusion, but at this time they had reached an open plain.

"This is where the trap the general requested is laid!"

The school officer put aside his doubts and introduced the situation here to General Qingxiu.

"From the general's horse, to the left and right, [-] feet to the left, and [-] meters to the vertical, barbed wire, bridles, bridle cables, and traps for horses have been laid out in the ground."

"Among them are three thousand iron caltrops and horse ropes every ten feet. Starting from the place where the Youzhou soldiers first entered, there are thirty in total. The pits and trenches run through both sides for a total of four hundred feet. There are ten rows of two hundred feet in length. It has been covered with fake grass. However, due to time constraints and the need for too many materials, the tripping rope should only be supported once, and the depth of the trench is not very enough. Not very big."

"If we can come some time earlier, the results will definitely be better than now."

Listening to the report of his subordinates, the Qingxiu general nodded lightly and said: "It's okay, it's enough to make it like this."

At this time, there was originally a horse detective report on the side.

"General Zhang! The Youzhou cavalry led by Gongsun Zan is less than ten miles away! There are a total of [-] troops and horses, and the entire army is here!"

Everyone's expressions became serious in an instant.

"Thirty thousand!?"

The school officer who spoke just now spoke in surprise, then looked at the handsome general beside him and said, "This Gongsun Zan actually intends to use all his troops to attack this small town? General, we don't have enough manpower..."

There was no look of surprise on the face of the handsome general, he just nodded quietly and said:

"This is not surprising. This battle was the first battle that Gongsun Zan led Youzhou soldiers to invade our Jizhou. He needed a complete victory to inspire the army and at the same time deter the prefects and county magistrates of all counties and counties in Jizhou. Therefore, this battle Gongsun Zan will definitely do his best."

The school official heard his heart trembling, looked at General Qingxiu and said: "But, general, we only have 3000 troops in total, of which [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, how can we stop these [-] Youzhou soldiers?"

"That's why I made so many preparations for Gongsun Zan."

General Qingxiu pointed the whip in his hand to a plain ahead, and then said:
"Go, all the other infantrymen come here and form a formation fifty feet back! The spearmen are in front and the crossbowmen are behind! The other cavalrymen are on both sides of the formation. Pay attention to the position of the pit when charging. Charge horizontally and wait for the military order!"

"Yes!"

The school officer answered loudly, then turned around and left quickly.

General Qingxiu found another messenger and said: "Go and secretly tell the [-] defenders in the city that they can start to retreat when the battle formation in front starts to retreat, but all the crossbows and arrows on the city wall must be destroyed. Take it away without leaving any weapons behind."

"clear."

(End of this chapter)

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