The two of them greeted each other here, just to compliment each other. After the greetings were finished, Xinwenli had already taken the soldiers to separate all the arrows prepared by Dongfang Ming.

After he came back, he said to Dongfang Ming excitedly: "The leader of Dongfang is indeed a god. He actually collected enough 100,000 arrows overnight. This time the chance of us defending Ping'an County has greatly increased."

Dongfang Ming smiled: "What I want is not that the chance of defending the city is greatly increased. What I want is to be sure to defend this county town, and I also want to capture Jin Mingzhe alive."

His words were so decisive that Duan Zhixuan and Xin Literature had no doubts at all. Then, Dongfang Ming and they came to the county yamen.

"Since we want to lose weight, in my opinion, it's better to take the initiative first, and we can directly turn off the offense to defend."

His idea was very bold, because the number of militias in the entire Ping'an County was only about 400. Although some soldiers were collected in the city in the past two days, the total number was less than 1,000.

This time, Jin Mingzhe was determined to win Ping'an County. It is said that 100,000 mercenaries were preparing to invade a large amount.

Moreover, Jin Mingzhe had already put aside his words before. If the prefect of Ping'an County did not leave the city to surrender, then the day when the city was broken would be when Jin Mingzhe was waiting for his troops to massacre the city.

"Let's do this, please find a map about Ping'an County and the surrounding hundreds of miles. Let's see if there is a more suitable ambush location."

"This...well, then I'll go find a map now!"

Although Duan Zhixuan didn't know whether Dongfang Ming's plan could work, the only person who is trustworthy here seems to be Dongfang Ming.

Although the new literature and science are brave, they are brave but not wise. If you want to discuss any issues with him, it is tantamount to playing the piano against a cow.

As for the soldiers in other cities, they were just a group of ordinary people who didn't understand military affairs. They had only gathered together in the past two days to prepare for the army to fight.

In fact, it is just to collect someone. If Dongfang Ming does not come, it will be a matter of time before the city of Ping'an County is destroyed.

Duan Zhixuan found a map and spread it on the table, while Dongfang Ming looked at the map in front of him with his chin.

The area under the jurisdiction of Ping'an County is quite large. After all, it is located in the border area. Although the area of ​​the county is only a few dozen miles, the area outside the county is hundreds of miles, and it is surrounded by mountains and is rugged and difficult to move around.

There are also many tigers and wolves in the mountains, so there are some unreclaimed land around Ping'an County.

Without cultivation, there will naturally be no way to come and go, which has created a natural barrier for Ping'an County.

If we can make good use of the surrounding terrain, we can really resist Jin Mingzhe's army.

He carefully analyzed that the south side of Ping'an County was the hinterland of the Great Sui Dynasty. Even if the Great Sui Dynasty was poor and weak, it would not allow the Goguryeo army to advance into Ping'an County from the rear, so there was no need for defense in the rear of Ping'an County.

As for the east and west sides, there are undulating mountains. If Jin Mingzhe wants to siege the city, he will definitely carry large-scale siege equipment, such as catapults and heavy crossbows, so they will not pass by the mountain.

Now the only road in front of Jin Mingzhe is right in front of Ping'an County, but both sides of this road are also covered by mountains.

There is a section of the road in the middle that is even more rugged and difficult to walk on, and the road is very narrow.

Dongfang Ming touched his chin and then pointed to the narrow area of ​​the road: "Two, what is this place?"

"This is Yangyangang, about thirty miles away from the county town. It is like the rugged and difficult to walk here now. It is completely a Yangyan path, but this is the only passage to Ping'an County."

Dongfang Ming nodded: "Since it is difficult to move here, why can't we set up defenses here? If we can establish fortifications here, we can completely block the large-scale attack of Jin Mingzhe's army. I think the terrain here should be much higher."

"To be honest, the height of the left and right sides of the valley is thirty or forty feet from the ground. If Jin Mingzhe's army really passes by from below, their archers will definitely not be able to reach our ambush."

Duan Zhixuan knew what Dongfang Ming meant very well, so he spoke.

Dongfang Ming smiled satisfied: "Isn't this better?"

"But there is a problem. The roads on both sides are rugged and difficult to travel. Our army has not been trained. If we really want to climb a mountain, we may suffer damage. Even if the two armies have not fought, we will lose our troops first."

"This is not what we should consider. New General, what do you think about this?"

After all, Duan Zhixuan was not a marching man, so he couldn't ask anything about this matter, so Dongfang Ming turned his goal to new literature and science, hoping to see what he had.

The new literature and science seem very smart now, and immediately spoke, "I have understood what the Eastern leader meant now. The leader wants to bring all our army to Yangcaogang and ambush Jin Mingzhe's army here."

"Yes, I do have this idea now."

"The idea is feasible. And although the height here is dozens of feet above the ground, there are also some places to climb between the rocks. If you can bring some strong soldiers, you may not be able to set up defenses on it. But now there is a problem, that is, in addition to the shooting room above, we also need some soldiers to confront Jin Mingzhe's soldiers."

"Jin Mingzhe is a general of Goguryeo after all. The army he led must have shield soldiers, and the weapons we can damage Goguryeo's army from above are only bows and arrows and rolling stones, but these two things seem to be nothing in the eyes of shield soldiers."

"That is, the army needs a delay, right?"

"Yes, that's what I mean."

Dongfang Ming and Xinli and Literature have sufficient experience in leading troops to fight, so after some discussion, the two of them directly discovered the problem of ambushing here.

The main reason is that no frontal army can delay Goguryeo's army. If there is an army that can intercept it, the idea of ​​them ambushing above is completely possible.

Moreover, the army that Jin Mingzhe brought this time was a huge army after all, and it was impossible to wipe out this army here with hundreds of them alone.

So they must set a goal, that is, to damage the siege equipment of the Goguryeo army as much as possible.
Chapter completed!