Bring the whole war back to Nanming

Chapter 51
One day later, Fang Xiaobai led an army of [-] troops to the city of Yangzhou.The Ming army guarding the city thought it was the Tartars who had killed them, so they closed the city gate urgently. Fortunately, Shi Kefa stepped forward in time to resolve the crisis.

Fang Xiaobai got off his horse and walked into Yangzhou mansion side by side with Shi Kefa who came to greet him.

"Xiaobai, you came so timely, icing on the cake is worse than giving charcoal in the snow. I ordered all the general soldiers and guerrillas in the surrounding area to rush to help Yangzhou Prefecture. Except for you and Dingwei (Liu Zhaoji's character), no one came. A friend in need is a friend, alas."

After not seeing him for a few days, old man Shi was quite haggard, and his words revealed exhaustion.

Fang Xiaobai thought to himself: If your order is useful, you won't stay in the city waiting to die!Yangzhou is a dead end, besides an angry youth like me who ran over with a twitch, you still want them to die?

If others can't rely on it, then rely on yourself: "Master Shi, how is Yangzhou City's preparations?"

Fang Xiaobai asked tentatively.Shi Kefa's complexion gradually became ugly: "To tell you the truth, some time ago, I was ordered to return to Nanjing to face the saint, and did not prepare for the defense of Yangzhou city. It was not until a few days ago that I was shocked to hear that the Tartars went south and destroyed more than ten cities in the north of the river. Let me rush to Yangzhou to preside over the war."

Depend on!Feelings are Emperor Hongguang's stupidity, why call him back at such a critical juncture?It's purely full of food and nothing to do. It's unreasonable for this kind of rubbish to keep the court alive.

"You mean, nothing was prepared before I came?"

Shi Kefa was close enough to see clearly the throbbing veins in Fang Xiaobai's temples, swallowed and said, "Yes, you can say that."

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It was quite straightforward to admit it, and it seemed that I was busy: "Master Shi, before the Tartars invade Yangzhou, we need to strengthen the city defense, seal the city gates, and most importantly, evacuate the people of Yangzhou City!"

"Why evacuate the people? Could it be!"

Shi Kefa looked at Fang Xiaobai in disbelief, who nodded helplessly.

"My lord's guess is correct. I have received accurate information. The Tartars will massacre Yangzhou after they conquer it!"

Although in history, Duoduo slaughtered the city because of too many casualties to vent his anger, but now the number of troops defending the city is more than three times that of history, the casualties must be greater, and the massacre of the city is inevitable.

"I can't decide this matter." Shi Kefa said helplessly.

"What? You can't be the master? Are you kidding me? The dignified Jiangbei governor can't even evacuate the people?"

Fang Xiaobai didn't believe that Shi Kefa couldn't do such a trivial matter.

"That will shake the morale of the army. If the people are gone, what will the soldiers think? They will think they have been abandoned by the court."

ha?How could Shi Kefa have such an idea: "My lord! Do you think we can hold the city?!"

"Isn't it? We have no way out! If the city falls, I will die with Yangzhou!"

Shi Kefa downplayed it, and his words were full of determination, which is what this elder brother did in history.Fang Xiaobai didn't know what to say, all the words turned into a sigh.

"My lord has made up my mind. I have nothing to say. I will do my best. I hope my lord will not regret today's decision."

Fang Xiaobai left and did not stay to have dinner with Shi Kefa and other civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty. He was in a bad mood, just like the battle in Jiangbei, the opponent was not a god, and his teammates were all pigs.

Liu Zhaoji spat at Fang Xiaobai's back, and said disdainfully, "Hmph, you arrogant man, do you want me to teach him a lesson?"

Shi Kefa waved his hand weakly: "He came from afar, and he has done his best. Now this Yangzhou city, if the imperial court does not have any reinforcements, it will be a dead end. We are ready to kill ourselves. It is not his duty to guard Yangzhou." , Now that they are willing to take such a big risk to stay with us, they should be grateful, and stop fighting in the same room."

The aggrieved Liu Zhaoji had no choice but to give up.

The sun was just over the top of the head, and the army led by Fang Xiaobai had a hasty lunch. After resting for half an hour, they started their grand civil engineering.

Bags of sandbags were carried on the soldiers' bare shoulders and thrown towards the city gate and the city wall. These things could block bullets, let alone bows and arrows.

More than a dozen gates of the city were sealed with earth burned by the stove, and only the north gate was left for the people inside and outside the city to enter and exit.Hundreds of bed crossbows and tiger squatting guns were pulled up the city wall, and the muzzles were aimed at the outside of the city. The shells were processed and placed in ammunition boxes and placed aside.

Miss Avalon put the bows and arrows in the city's warehouse into the quiver, and after being blessed by the magic of Eternal Queen Alarielle, they were evenly distributed on the city wall for easy access.

Inside the city, the common people were extremely busy digging pits and removing door panels.

The people's enthusiasm to defend their territory in the face of war made them spontaneously form civilian teams, and they worked enthusiastically in various parts of the city. Shi Kefa opened the weapons depot to provide them with weapons, and put up the city wall to show off.

After an afternoon of hard work, the city defense of Yangzhou City was finally initially completed.

At night, Fang Xiaobai was invited to attend a dinner at Shi Kefa's mansion in Yangzhou.

"Anyway, Shi Kefa didn't specify the number of people, Boris! Go and call Alari, Kuaidao Liu, and old man Lin, and let's eat the big ones!"

A group of five people handed over invitations, and under the strange eyes of the porter, walked into Shi's mansion swaggeringly, and bumped into Shi Kefa and his party head-on.

"General Fang Shen, come to the humble house. If there is any lack of hospitality, please bear with me!" Shi Kefa cupped Xiaobai, not at all the airs of Dongge University scholar.

"My lord, you are more polite." People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. Fang Xiaobai is soft but not hard. With mutual humility, the relationship between the two parties is very harmonious.

"General Fang Shen will go in and sit down first. There are still some guests behind me. I will come later."

"It doesn't matter, you are busy first, you don't need to greet us specially." He clasped his fists and led the four of them into the open-air dinner.

"Boris, take a seat at the back."

Fang Xiaobai whispered in Boris' ear.

"Why, my lord?"

"You'll find out later."

A bewildered smile fell into Boris' eyes, and he knew what his lord was going to do again.

"it is good!"

Boris simply discussed with Alarili and Kuaidao Liu. As for Lin Zhangjun, people from the two worlds couldn't talk together.

Boris and Kuaidao Liu deliberately hammered the heads of the little officials sitting in the last seat to seduce them away, and Fang Xiaobai and the three immediately grabbed their seats.

After a while, Boris and Kuaidao Liu walked out of the backyard like nothing happened. As for the officials who chased them out, they probably slept in some inconspicuous corner.

Some guests saw Fang Xiaobai's shameless behavior and couldn't help staying away from them, for fear that they would provoke him and suffer innocent disasters.

The cold dishes on the table were all served, and those poor little officials hadn't moved their chopsticks yet, so Fang Xiaobai and his party were cheap.

"Don't be dazed, eat it! Mmm! It's delicious, I haven't eaten Chinese cuisine for a long time, I must enjoy it today!"

Picking up a piece of refreshing cucumber, the crunchy taste reawakened Fang Xiaobai's taste buds, he finished half of the pot in one go, drank a few sips of rice wine, and the moment he raised the glass, he found that Ailarili hadn't moved his chopsticks.

　I have to end the line on Zhang’s side, otherwise it will be difficult to write later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)