After Fang Hetong finished talking about local defense, it was Wei Yuan's turn to explain the defense deployment of Taichu Palace.
Taichu Palace has thousands of years of experience in resisting aliens, and has its own system of defense in the two counties. First, the true king is aloof and supervises the world; then each of the true kings guards one side, acting as the sea-fixing needle; powerful Taoist monks such as Zhang Sheng tour various places to check for deficiencies
Repair the leaks and rush for timely reinforcements; finally, disciples such as Wei Yuan, who are masters of casting or newly promoted Taoist disciples, are scattered in various strongholds as defensive fulcrums.
The Taichu Palace is equivalent to laying a large net in the two counties to calm the invasion of the Northern Liao Dynasty. This plan actually has some cheating meaning. If the foreign tribes can pull out the outer strongholds, the
The troops used must be above Daoji, and they can easily be caught and swallowed by Taichu Palace. Wei Yuan knew this very well, but he had no complaints. War is a way of making choices, and victory must be accompanied by sacrifice.
After communicating with Fang Hetong about the defense situation, Wei Yuan took the time to chat with the civilian warriors for a while. At this time, the men had finished their work and cooked a large pot of broth using the dried meat Wei Yuan brought.
Brown rice was added to the soup, and they ate steaming hot. They had been hungry for several days, and this pot of broth was actually cooked for one piece of dried meat per four people. At this time, each man only had a small bowl, and no one
There was a lot of competition, but no one wanted more.
People who have been hungry for a long time are very likely to get sick if they are suddenly full. These farmers don't know this truth. They can only be taught by Fang He. The truth is easy to say, but difficult to do. The food and dried meat of Taichu Palace's army are also called when they are placed in the mortal world.
It's delicious. But hundreds of men can restrain themselves and don't mess around or rob. In Wei Yuan's view, this is already an army with strict military discipline.
Being able to turn a group of illiterate peasants into a well-disciplined army in just a few months shows that Fang and Tong are really talented.
Seeing Wei Yuan, these simple men were full of gratitude and stood up, but they did not dare to speak. They answered whatever Wei Yuan asked.
Night fell in the blink of an eye, and the men went back to rest after drinking the broth. Ordinary people could see at night after eating Taichu Palace's special military rations for two days, but it was only the first day, and they still couldn't see clearly at night.
If the casting is successful, the five senses will naturally improve. Not to mention the lightning-like eyes, at least it will not be a problem to see what a fly looks like from more than ten feet away. However, Fang Hetong only took them to practice for two months, and everything was
Relying on the ability to stand up, they can make some progress. At this time, they just have more strength and physical endurance, and they have not yet been able to develop their five senses.
Fang Hetong also hadn't slept for a long time, so Wei Yuan asked him to go to bed first, and he would stay awake for half the night, and then come back to change the guard in the middle of the night. Fang Hetong didn't show any pretense, and went to rest on his own.
Wei Yuan stood on the wall and looked north. At this time, the night was getting darker. In the distance, he could only see a vast grassland with a few lonely big trees standing on the grassland. Farther away was the surging night, blocking everything.
Wei Yuan frowned slightly. His senses have been keen since he was a child, and after the casting was completed, he became even more powerful. As long as there is a little skylight, it is almost like daylight to Wei Yuan. Disciples with the same cultivation level use Taoist clairvoyance, and Wei Yuan is not as powerful as him.
The naked eye can see far.
There is grassland outside Quyang County. You can see not only for hundreds of miles, but also for seventy or eighty miles. But now that the wind and sand are not blowing, Wei Yuan can only see thirty miles away, and fifty miles away is the turbulent night, and he can't see anything at all.
thing.
After watching for a while, Wei Yuan felt vaguely that the night seemed to be alive and was deliberately blocking something. When it was almost three o'clock, the night was even more surging and spreading, making it impossible to see anything twenty miles away.
Wei Yuan raised his head, and there was a crescent moon above his head, as well as some sparse stars. With the moon, there was faint light from the sky. This light was enough for Wei Yuan, and it was impossible to see only twenty miles.
Wei Yuan picked up a rectangular iron box and placed it on the wall. With a tap, a short gun popped out of the iron box. Wei Yuan held the gun in his hand and stared at the billowing night.
"Liaoman is coming." Fang Hetong also appeared on the wall with a solemn expression.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Wei Yuan asked.
"I'm used to keeping vigil at night, so I can't sleep. And if the Liao barbarians are coming, I'll feel uneasy. I want to come up and have a look." Fang Hetong held a big bow in his hand, with several runes on the bow slightly shining green.
Light. But there is only one magic weapon long arrow in the quiver, and the rest are ordinary iron arrows.
Fang Hetong looked at the night in the distance and said: "Liaoman night attacks are usually carried out by small teams, about seven or eight cavalry. If the defenders are careless and they break through the wall, they will send a signal, and the large troops from behind will soon catch up.
Arrived. But a small place like ours doesn’t have much money, and Liao Man doesn’t like to come here. As long as we can block the probing team, we’ll be fine.”
Just as he was talking, Wei Yuan suddenly felt a chill in his heart and felt something approaching quickly in the night!
The night was rolling, and suddenly a horseman jumped out of the night, like a flying fish out of the water. The horseman jumped several feet, and when he landed, he made no sound!
The sky was dim, but Wei Yuan could see the cavalryman clearly in an instant.
His armor is made of animal skin, with pieces of square iron armor on it, and fur is exposed on the opened collar. His helmet is also made of leather and has two pointed ears exposed. He has four-fingered hands.
Holding a short bow, his eyes are disproportionately large, and the gray pupils are almost entirely occupied by pupils. In addition, his nose is flat and his two nostrils are pointed forward, resembling a bat.
The war horse under the crotch of this Northern Liao cavalry is about the same size as a human war horse. It seems a bit small under the tall knight. But the horse has two fangs in its mouth, which makes it look particularly ferocious. There are a number of breathing holes on the belly, which appear from time to time.
Expelling clouds of white gas.
This is a war horse unique to the Hanhai Liao tribe. It breathes in through its nose and exhausts through its abdomen. This horse is ferocious in nature, eating both herbivores and carnivores. Its speed is similar to that of human war horses, but its endurance and load-bearing capacity are far superior to human war horses. Superior human war horses can
A horse can run a thousand miles with its breath, and then it has to rest. But a Liao horse needs to rest only after it has run three thousand miles. After eating and drinking enough, it can go more than ten days without eating or drinking.
Therefore, the human cavalry is no match for the Liao on the northern grasslands. If there is no city and military base to support them, they will not be able to escape if they lose. The Liao cavalry can catch up for a thousand miles in one breath until the human horses die of exhaustion.
The horse that jumped out of the night was a typical Northern Liao light horse, wearing short armor, with a quiver hanging on one side of the horse, and a saber and a throwing spear on the other side.
One after another, Bei Liao Qingqi jumped out of the night, and in the blink of an eye there were twenty of them, rushing towards Shayang Village. Only then did Wei Yuan hear the slight sound of hoofbeats, and changed to the ordinary road base.
The monks couldn't hear any sound at all, and could only tell that someone was coming from the vibrations on the ground. However, when the Beiliao cavalry ran, the ground vibrations were much lighter than those of the humans. They were more like wild beasts walking at night and were difficult to detect.
Fang Hetong had cast an invisibility spell earlier to hide the two of them, then picked up a few dummies made of straw and placed them behind the battlements. If viewed from outside the wall, it would look like someone squatting on the battlements.
Keep vigil in the middle.
However, Wei Yuan still has some doubts. According to the data, the Hanhai Liao people have excellent eyesight. They can see things at night as if they were in the daytime. Their eyesight is four times that of ordinary people, which is equivalent to that of human monks who have completed the casting process. Fang He and these straw men
How can you deceive people if the workmanship is poor?
When Wei Yuan was confused, he saw Fang Hetong taking some pieces of papyrus and pasting them on the face of the straw man. The faces painted on the papyrus were all lifelike. It must be said that Fang and Tong had good attainments in calligraphy and painting in Junzi's Six Arts. And the papyrus was
It is yellowish brown in color and only one head of the straw man is exposed. It is really hard to tell that it is a dummy in the dark.
Chapter completed!