Chapter 61 Close the Box

At this time, it doesn't matter what his identity is. As long as he doesn't fight against the government, he can't offend him. What's more, isn't it a pity that the rebels are about to suppress the city?

So after Zhao Zhizhou pondered for a while, he thought about it. Liu is definitely not simple, but it should not be the same as the rebels. As long as this can be confirmed, even if he raises private soldiers, it is not a big deal. Nowadays, the world is unstable, and no one of the rich people will support selfishness. Soldier, this is also their way to protect themselves. As long as they don't fight against the government, it's okay to close one eye.

There is a great possibility that LiuDi may be supported by a superhuman dealer in the south and send LiuDi back to Shandong to buy slaves or women and ship them to the south* to earn a lot of money.

Now that there is such a mess, although such a big-scale trafficking of human beings is not a sight to see, there are so many refugees. If they are not taken away, sooner or later, it will cause chaos. Instead of forcing these refugees to join the rebels, it is better to let Liu differently get them to the south, which also save Starve to death or cause trouble to the government here.

After understanding this, Zhao Zhizhou no longer hesitated and ordered to open the city gate and connect the township bravery of more than 200 Xishan Village into the city.

However, after Zhao Zhizhou ordered, these villagers outside the city did not enter the city immediately. Instead, several of them wandered outside the north gate, as if they were checking the terrain outside the north gate.

The ancient cities were built relatively early. After the wall was built, the area of the city was fixed. As the population increased, the places in the city were generally not enough.

So some people bought land and built houses outside the city, especially near the city gate, and spontaneously formed a city outside the city gate, and the same is true for the situation in Mouping County. Outside several city gates, such houses have been formed, called closing boxes.

But after Li San arrived here today, he observed the situation here and found that the officials here were simply stupid.

Nowadays, the rebels are about to visit the city, but the houses in the Beiguanguan outside the north gate have not been demolished at all. There are also some houses built by rich people outside the north gate. The houses are strong and tall. Once the rebels come, they can use these closed houses to the defenders on the roof and on the wall. Shoot against others to cover the siege of the city.

And the rebels don't need to go far to find materials at all. If they need materials on the spot, they can remove the closed houses, take beams and other things, and build siege equipment on the spot.

But this can also be ignored by these stupid officials. All they know is that they are safe to hear that the rebels are coming and rush into the city to close the city gate.

After the arrival of the rebels, they can easily use these closed houses to cover their bodies and launch attacks on the city gates, which is extremely unfavorable for defending the city, so Li San is very dissatisfied with this.

Just as he checked the terrain, Qian came over and said to him, "Brother Li, the gate has opened. Please enter the city! Lord Zhizhou is also waiting for you in the gate now. Don't lose your courtesy!"

Li San then nodded and greeted him. He let the people he brought stay outside the city for the time being. He followed Qian Patrol into the city gate and saw Zhao Zhizhou in the city gate.

"Li San, the family of Liu Yuan's family in the small Xishan Village, see Lord Zhao!" After seeing Zhao Zhizhou, Li San immediately recognized his identity from the official uniform and hurried forward to salute.

Zhao Zhizhou saw that Li San was very young, but he was quite tough, indeed like a man, so he nodded with a slight smile and said to him, "Except for free! Li San, since you are here, why don't you let your brave families enter the city? At present, the rebels are not far from here. It's better to enter the city early to arrange and lock it!"

Li San quickly replied, "Your Excellency, it's not that the little ones don't let those brothers enter the city, but that the little ones have something to report to you!"

"Tell me! What do you need to show me? Is it necessary? Just say it, but whatever you can do, I will try my best to satisfy you!" Zhao Zhizhou is not very arrogant at this time, pretending to be very approachable, and said to Li San in a low posture.

Li San shook his head and said, "I dare not ask! Before the little one came, our Master Liu had already ordered him to lead people to guard the north gate! As for the conditions, our master has already said what should be said! How dare you mention other conditions!

The reason why the little one didn't let those brothers enter the city is that the little one just saw that outside the gate, the houses in the Beiguanguanxiang did not be demolished. Although the little one is not talented, he also knows more or less some ways to defend. Once these closed houses are not demolished, they will definitely be used by the rebels. At present, the rebels will be under the city. However, these houses outside the city are all there. I'm afraid it will be very inappropriate if it goes on like this

So the little one came in and asked the adults to order as soon as possible to mobilize people to tear down these closed houses out of the city. It would be best if the masonry could be transported into the city. If it was too late, at least the beams and other things should be brought into the city, otherwise these things would be used by the rebels!"

When Zhao Zhizhou heard this, his face suddenly changed. These days, he can be said to have been panicked for a long time. He only asked for help everywhere, asked for help, and mobilized the township bravery to practice in the city to assist in defense, but completely forgot about this matter.

Li San's words are really right. The closing box outside the city gate is indeed not good for defending the city, but the people here did not expect it, and some people may not want to say it, afraid of offending some large families!

Now that Li Sanyi said it, he remembered that it was indeed a serious omission, so his face tightened. Although he was a little embarrassed, he did not dare to see that it was wrong and did not admit it.

So after listening, his face changed and he shouted harshly, "Who did this? I have already said that we should be fully prepared. Why hasn't the compartment been dismantled so far?

Come and send someone to do it quickly. Even if you work until dawn tonight, you must dismantle the doors outside the city! Never be taken advantage of by the rebels! Hurry up and do it!"

In fact, during the day today, in order to prepare to resist the rebels' attack on the county, Zhao Zhizhou has assigned the garrison in the city in the state government. Each gate has sent special personnel to be responsible for it, and he is personally responsible for the garrison of the west gate, so that the time will be messed up and let the rebels take advantage of it!

At this time, when I heard Li San's reminder, everyone panicked, because this matter was indeed a big deal, and they ignored it collectively. It was not until now that I felt that it was a very stupid thing not to remove the compartment.

So those officials and gentry, who were assigned by each other, dispersed as soon as they heard the bombard and ran to the gate where they were responsible for guarding.

And the one responsible for guarding the north gate area is Lu's magistrate surnamed Lu of Mouping County. Hearing this, Lv Zhixian also hurried down to summon people and hurried out of the city to dismantle the customs box.

There are still many people in the city at this time. Although these people can't copy the guys to fight, there is still no problem in order to save their lives and let them do some rough work. After a lot of work, Lv Zhixian sent people nearby to drive the people to the front and drive them out of the city gate, so that no matter what they think, they must We will demolish the houses outside the city and raze them to the ground tonight.

As for the people brought by Li San, the people in Xishan Village were not dispatched by Lv Zhixian County. This was agreed in advance. Li San disdained to let his brothers exert this kind of effort to do this kind of rough work.

Therefore, Li San asked his people to disperse their vigilance outside to prevent the rebels from suddenly sending light horses to harass here. Once the rebels sent a small number of cavalry at this time and suddenly appeared outside the city gate with lightning. It is estimated that those people who are busy demolishing houses at this time must be in chaos. It will definitely run into the city like crazy. At that time, the rebels can completely chase the people and rush into the city to seize the gate.

So after hearing this, Lv Zhixian felt that it made sense, so he asked Li San to act on his own and let him take people to set up security outside the gate. After it got dark, he sent people to light a large number of bonfires outside the city to illuminate a large area outside the city to prevent the sudden attack of rebels.

As for the demolition of the house, you definitely can't do fine work at this time. As long as you can push down the house, as for how to knock it down, people have their own way to find some beams, and several people carry the wall or house. It won't take long to push down the house down.

However, after observing for some time, Li San told Lv Zhixian that the gate outside the Beiguan does not need to be completely dismantled. Some houses about 100 meters away from the city gate can be preserved, and the masonry of the houses demolished on the periphery are piled on the passage between some unremoted houses inside and block the surroundings. The passage that can penetrate into the compartment, leaving only the main road leading to the gate, which is not completely sealed.

Although this main road was not completely sealed with masonry, Li San asked his people to help, got a lot of beams and rafter wood, found some big nails or ropes on the spot, tied them into deer forts and horses, and blocked the main road, forming an obstacle to the rebels, so that they could not push out of the city gate. .

Lv Zhixian is not a civil official, but also a timid and afraid person. He knows little about the matter of defending the city, or even knows nothing about it. Fortunately, this guy is not a guy who doesn't know how to pretend. Seeing that Li San seems to be very experienced, he listens to Li San.

He also saw that the Xishan village bravery brought by Li San were some tough soldiers. He was responsible for guarding the north gate. Of course, in the future, he will be expected to help him guard the north gate these days.

Therefore, all kinds of suggestions and opinions put forward by Li San are very kind. Li San said whatever he said, and what he should do. He was quite cooperative, and he didn't dare to stand up at all.

(Today, there was a small surprise, and there were two ** on the monthly ticket list! It feels good, haha, continue to ask for monthly tickets and continue to rebound! In addition, I especially thank you for the rewards of the two brothers, Zhibai and Nannanzhiyu!)