Yun Liu and Xier took the order and left.

Chen Xi yawned and was about to rest on the lounge chair under the window facing the inner city wall. He Hong just came up from under the city wall, followed by a team of soldiers.

More than a dozen soldiers lined up in an irregular shape of "one". Under He Honggang, they lazily patrolled the city wall.

According to Chen Xi's instructions, He Hong did not dare to reveal the identity of Chen Xi who was standing by the window above his head.

The soldiers were forced to catch up with the city wall and walked around the city wall. When the sun was scorching, people were walking in the sun. They quickly became dizzy and hot. Everyone was so hot that they were dry and listless. They pretended to walk around and looked around, and soon they went down the city again and went to the city gate and the camp cave to hide in the shade. From Chenxi, they heard someone cursing "Tortoise Son" and "Tortoise Grandson" from afar.

When He Hong returned to Chen Xi, he didn't even dare to sit down. He knew that the soldiers he led were performing too badly and accepted the judgment of fate tremblingly.

Chen Xi pressed his hand and said, "Sit down and talk!"

He Hong dared to sit down, with a little puzzled look on his face and asked, "Sir, are you... patrolling and defending?" As the governor of two provinces, Chen Xi was busy with everything he had. In his opinion, it was abnormal to stay on the city for so long.

"What kind of defense is inspecting? I am preparing for a war. There are about four or five thousand rebels in the west direction of the city. They will launch an attack in about half an hour. This is the first important place to bear the brunt of the battle!" Chen Xi said solemnly.

He Hong was shocked and stood up directly: "Sir, don't laugh!"

Wang He, who was summoned by Chen Xi, appeared in front of the second floor door and shouted sternly: "Who is laughing at you, sit down!"

As soon as He Hong saw Wang He, he knew that this person was not a good person to mess with. He sat down and swallowed: "Sir, this rebel is about to attack the city, are you still... not in a hurry?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "There is nothing worth nervous about... He Qianhu's style of conduct today, and I appreciate it very much. Although you don't have the ability to lead troops, you have the spirit of progress and know etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame. This is very good. A general must know shame before he can continue to make progress and achieve success..."

He Hong was crying when he heard this. He was afraid that the rebels would come to attack the city. Chen Xi actually commented on him here.

Seeing that He Hong was not speaking, Wang He sternly said, "Sir, are you talking, don't you hear it?"

He Hong quickly said, "The villain heard it, but... the villain dares not think about making achievements or something. It is already very good to be a thousand households. Please don't spend the fun of the villain!"

"Who has fun with you? I am telling the truth... Before that, I have investigated all the thousands of households in Baoqingwei, understood the personalities of each of you, and finally chose you. Today, I asked you to come and sit with me. In addition to hearing your views on the guards of the city gate, I also want to see if you can create talents."

"This way, I will give you a chance to make meritorious contributions! Go back and rectify the bastards under your command, and let them follow you to do a big vote today. If you can perform the tasks assigned by me, I will promote you to be a guerrilla general... Although this guerrilla general is temporary, I will never treat you badly when I am with me!" Chen Xi said with a smile.

He Hong almost thought he had heard it wrong, and Chen Xi wanted to promote him? He always felt that what he did was simply embarrassing. The Qianhu Office in Shaoyang where he was mainly responsible for guarding Shaoyang City. Most of the soldiers under his command were hereditary local military households. They mainly farmed on weekdays, but they were deputy stints when marching and fighting.

Due to the lack of strict training, the officers and soldiers have very poor fighting will, and even if they perform official duties on weekdays, they are perfunctory. He has strictly controlled these people before, but found that it was useless. No one listened to him. He had been hit by a few times in private and simply lived with him.

After so many years of being in the process, now someone appreciates him and has entrusted him with important tasks. Moreover, Bole is Chen Xi who is highly praised by others and even the commander-in-chief wants to flatter him. He feels that his life suddenly has hope.

He Hong stood up and saluted: "Sir, please rest assured. The villain will never let you down. You must make contributions even if you fight to the death..."

Chen Xi nodded in praise.

He will not stay at the city wall for a long time. Once a war begins, the city wall will inevitably become a place for siege by the rebels, especially when the city gate is abandoned and the city wall does not have natural dangers as a barrier.

Chen Xi gathered He Hong in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

Only by leading soldiers to fight can the city wall be guaranteed to remain unabated, which is also a prerequisite for completing the encirclement of the rebels entering the city.

If the city walls and gates are completely lost, even if the city can suppress the rebels with individual quality and excellent weapons and equipment in the city, the rebels can rely on the city defense to make advances and attacks and retreats and defends.

On the contrary, as long as the city wall is in the hands of the Ming army, even if the city gate is temporarily lost, it can launch a counterattack from top to bottom and cut off the rebels' retreat.

Until noon passed, there was still no movement outside the city.

Although the west gate of Shaoyang was opened, the rebels still did not cross the river directly from Shaoshui, or cross the river on a section of the river near the city, so as not to be discovered by the defenders at the top of the city and lose the suddenness of the attack. Therefore, from beginning to end, no movement of the rebels was found on the top of the city, and the hot earth was so quiet that it was scary.

It was the hottest time of the day. Chenxi fell down the city wall. Because the walls were isolated from the river wind, he felt a heat on the street. Chenxi wanted to run to the nearby ancient well and lift a bucket of water to cool himself down to relieve the heat... He didn't know when he would last for this ghost weather.

Ma Jiu came over with several guards, came to Chenxi, saluted respectfully, and said, "Sir, what you ordered has been arranged, and the war can be started at any time!"

Chen Xi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well done well, the initiative in the war is not in our hands. After the defense is completed in the city, we must ensure the concealment of the ambush. Tell the soldiers that this war is of great importance. Anyone who retreats during the war will delay the military aircraft after the war, regardless of the outcome!"

Chen Xi issued a death order to the soldiers in the army because he knew that most of the soldiers were new soldiers, with zero combat experience and no number compared to the rebels. If the soldiers were passive and fearful of war, this battle would be very difficult.

This is also the fundamental reason why Yun Liu and Xier questioned Chen Xi's combat plan before. There is no need to stand on a dangerous ground to fight this battle. They can fight steadily. However, Chen Xi chose this way of approaching and fighting in close combat. Moreover, the combat environment is so dangerous that neither Yun Liu and Xier could see the hope of victory in this battle.

Ma Jiu took the order and took the people to make arrangements, while Chen Xi decided to go to the prefect's office.

In any case, he would also inform the government office before the war. If there were any problems in this battle, the government office and the county office could still call on the military and civilians in the city to advance and retreat together.

If you don’t say hello, the government office will be completely unaware of it. After the war begins, you will hear that the city gate is lost and the officials will take the lead in escaping, and then the city will be in chaos.

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Before three o'clock, the weather was extremely hot.

In the grass north of Guihua Village outside the south gate of Shaoyang City, a group of people wearing thatched and vine armor approached the city gate little by little along the thatched ditch covered with thatched.

Scouts come in and out from the south of Shaoyang City from time to time, and the city gate is in a semi-closed state. In the eyes of the rebels, this is the best time to siege the city.

The number of these people wearing straw raincoats and vine armor was about sixty or seventy. When they advanced less than a hundred steps away from the south gate, they suddenly came out of the haystack and rushed towards the city gate like a cheetah.

It was midsummer and the hottest time in the afternoon. Even if these people appeared, the observation posts on the city gate tower did not find any clues at the first time. The sixty or seventy people rushed to the city gate quickly. The first person to find the traces of the rebels was the officers and soldiers hiding in the city gate cave to enjoy the cool air.

"ah!"

No one issued an early warning. When the officers and soldiers lying on both sides of the city gate hole, when they saw someone attacked, their first reaction was to quickly get up and help the officers and soldiers of the city gate guards close the city gate.

But the cast iron gate was too heavy, and at this time they didn't have time to close. They shouted. Seeing the rebels getting closer, the people immediately dispersed and turned around and fled like a betrayal dog.

Sixty or seventy elite rebels wearing straw raincoats and vine armor saw this and waved their weapons and rushed into the city gate hole. Some of them went to push the city gate, while more people rushed in through the gaps between the two iron gates, preparing to kill the officials in the city gate hole, so as to win precious time for the subsequent troops to arrive.
Chapter completed!