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Chapter 382 Looking back at the motherland (thanks to JackDai2016 reward)

Wang Yuanlang did not arrive in Chang'an City after all, but stopped in Fengxiang Mansion. The white-haired old man also recovered some strength.

Once Fengxiang Mansion passes, Chang'an is to the east. Wang Yuanlang said directly that Chang'an City cannot be defended. As he said, Chang'an City is really unable to be defended.

Just because Chang'an City is too big, there are twenty or thirty miles around the city wall.

Such a big city has never been a place to stand. In terms of war, it is not that the bigger the city, the harder it is to break through. This is a misunderstanding.

Just like in history, tens of thousands of Jin people attacked the Bianliang City of the Northern Song Dynasty, the same is true. Just because the city is too large, the direct consequence is that the defense line is too wide. For example, Chang'an City, with a circumference of 20 to 30 miles, is about 15,000 meters, and two soldiers on one meter wall require 30,000 soldiers.

This just needs 30,000 people to stand a whole wall. If the enemy makes a random sound and attacks the west, there will be only exhaustion on the wall, and even a temporary war report will be passed on, which will not be a moment.

Facing the enemy who attacked the city one after another, it would make no sense to stand a circle of city walls. Therefore, a big city like Chang'an is really solid. Without 200,000 defenders, it would be impossible to cover everything, and there would be many flaws in front of the enemy.

So from the perspective of war, the city is too big, and most of the time it is a burden.

Wang Yuanlang knew that Chang'an City could not be defended, so he stopped in Tianxing City in Fengxiang Mansion. When Wang Yuanlang arrived in Tianxing City, the people of Tianxing City had already begun to take their families out of the city. The blocked carriages on the streets stretched for several miles.

Even Wang Yuanlang, who was sitting in the prefect's yamen, could not find all the officials in the city. Obviously, many officials fled with their families.

Wang Yuanlang dragged his tired body and cursed endlessly. The officials who came in front of him were also frightened and rubbed their hands and looked at Wang Yuanlang.

Someone even asked, "Wang...Shumi, can Tianxing City still be defended?"

Wang Yuanlang glanced coldly, did not answer, but said: "Every evening, every school officials are missing, who are there to be killed in the whole family."

The officials present were shocked when they heard this, and some people said again: "Shumi Wang, why can't we get along with me? We are just scholars with no power to tie up. We can't even take up weapons. If we just stay here, we can't help much."

Wang Yuanlang sneered: "When he was in a high position and was domineering, did he think that he had no power to tie a chicken? Now that he is in trouble, he is afraid that he will escape? If he doesn't kill such an official, why should he keep it?"

But someone suddenly said, "Shumi Wang, you lost the battle, not us, we have not blamed you yet. You want to pull us together to take care of it. My family has a lot of children and grandchildren, can you all stay here and wait for death?"

Wang Yuanlang stood up with his tired body, glared at him, and said angrily: "Come on, take this guy off and behead him! See who dares to escape."

The left and right generals were already furious, as if they were waiting for Wang Yuanlang's words. Before Wang Yuanlang's words were finished, the generals had already drawn their swords forward.

"You dare, I am an official appointed by the court. Even if I am guilty, I should review and decide. How dare you touch me?"

The military general could not hear anything else. He drew his sword and left, blood splattered, and a head fell to the ground.

The officials in the audience were stunned and stunned. Most of these officials didn't even go to the prisoners to be executed. How could they have seen such a scene of killing people with a knife drawn?

Blood was still flowing, but the military man was not afraid of dirty blood. One dragged the corpse and the other held his head. The corpse was thrown outside the door, and the head was hung to the top of the city.

Wang Yuanlang had already spoken: "You will go back to their respective yamen as soon as possible, and instruct the yamen to appease the people and collect the fire-striking items. The granary in the city must be kept strictly under supervision, and no one is allowed to be missing. Mobilize the people who do not want to leave their homes to move heavy objects to the city tower. The imperial guards in the city will immediately gather at the yamen."

Everyone was trembling, as if they were even moving their legs and feet.

Wang Yuanlang's last words: "Don't panic, everyone, Bianjing reinforcements have arrived in Chang'an and will soon arrive in Tianxing. Everyone will do their own duties and do not slackew."

There were 200,000 reinforcements from Bianjing. Wang Yuanlang said a big talk at this time. Where can there be 200,000 reinforcements from Bianjing? The total amount of battle is only 50,000 young and strong. I wonder if it is young and strong. Wang Yuanlang sent people to urge the reinforcements to set out long ago. As for whether the reinforcements have really arrived in Chang'an, Wang Yuanlang was not sure.

However, the vanguard of the Tuoba people had already arrived at Tianxing City. There were about ten groups of people patrolling the city for several times, and then turned around to attack Ma Bei.

Even this group of rovers scared the people in the city so much that they didn't even dare to leave the city. The city gates immediately closed. The Taoist temples in the city suddenly became crowded, and countless people were asking gods and worshiping Buddhas.

There are also wealthy families who have already dug deep pits in their backyards. The savings of their ancestors from generation to generation are piled up into mountains. How can they be transported in a hurry? They can only bury them quickly. They only hope that when Tuoba people come, they will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. As long as they have their lives, they will be able to spend some time digging them out.

However, most of the imperial guards in the city fled, and more than 2,000 military officials arrived at the yamen. There were only six or seven hundred people. I don’t know if there were many people who fled or those who were empty-handed.

Six or seven hundred people were led by Wang Yuanlang and dozens of confidants to the city, but most of them were swaying their legs.

Xu Jie, who was heading south from Wulahai City, was sitting in the carriage, with two more people in the carriage, one was the old Tuoba King, and the other was Yang Sanpang, who was covered in gauze and snoring like thunder. Although he snored everywhere, he still saw Yang Sanpang grinning from time to time, which seemed to be unbearable.

Old Tuoba Wang is very skilled in martial arts. Although he is not young, he thinks that his face is rosy and his skin is tight, so he doesn't look old.

At this time, the old Tuoba King suddenly had wrinkles on his face, his face turned yellow and black, and he really looked like an old man.

Xu Jie took advantage of the smooth road and poured a glass of wine for the old Tuoba King from time to time. The old Tuoba King didn't refuse and picked it up and drank it.

Xu Jie originally wanted to chat with the old Tuoba King to comfort the love man who had been old all night, but he didn't know where to speak.

After a long time of silence in the frame, the old Tuoba Wang said first: "Master Xu, how do you think I, Tuoba, should survive this disaster?"

Xu Jie smiled and replied, "Old Wang asked this question, but I think I will definitely answer this question?"

Old Tuoba Wang nodded: "If Master Xu had a good plan, he would naturally not say anything. He would probably wait for me to ask questions. As long as I, Tuoba, can resist Shi Wei, it will benefit you and not harm you."

Xu Jie nodded with a smile and replied, "It's better for Lao Wang to go to Gao Ming. Well, Lao Wang to go to Gao Ming. I don't have a plan for Gao Ming. How will Shi Wei attack Tuoba? I think Lao Wang can guess it, but it's just a joint attack from the beginning and the end. But I have a deal that can help Tuoba."

"Please tell me, Grand Master Xu."

Xu Jie's face turned right and poured a glass of wine for Tuoba Ye. He said: "I have no horses in Dahua, but my crossbow bow is the most powerful, with wide armor. I have 10,000 strong crossbows and 3,000 thick armor. How about you, Tuoba, 10,000 horses?"

Tuoba Ye lowered his head and said nothing.

Xu Jie looked at Tuoba Ye a little nervously, afraid that Tuoba Ye would disagree. Horses were too important for Xu Jie. Xu Jie quickly spoke again: "Old Wang knows Shi Wei people. They don't have thick armor. Most of them are light horses. They have strong crossbows in their hands. They can kill people through armor in a hundred steps. I have been fighting with Shi Wei for three hundred years. Shi Wei people always return in a desperate situation, and they rely on such a weapon."

Unexpectedly, Tuoba Ye said directly: "The strong crossbow is 15,000 yuan, and the thick armor is 6,000 yuan. For 20,000 horses."

Xu Jie was overjoyed when he heard this, slapped his hand and replied, "One word is certain."

The old Tuoba king picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and replied, "Thank you, Grand Master."

"Thank you, Lao Wang, too." Xu Jie replied.
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