As the dispute between Wang Lingwen and Dong Zongben gradually subsided in the court, Suizhou City entered a state of intensifying preparations for war. During this period, Dong Zongben recruited two thousand young men and handed them over to Dong Zunhui and Zhao Kuangyin for training, and then ordered them to go to the city to cooperate in defense. As for the most important east and west city gates, they were handed over to the first and second battalions to defend separately.

The east and west city gates were all disrepaired, and even the city gate towers were dilapidated, leaving only the surface of the city. Such a city tower, let alone a catapult, can even be shot through even a crossbow. After Dong Zunhui guarded the east gate, he immediately ordered the soldiers to repair the city tower, replace the decaying beams and wood, and add bricks. At the same time, a guardian was set up on the city wall to select soldiers with good eyes, and the alarm bell sounded immediately whenever there was a situation.

In addition, Dong Zunhui also ordered people to set up a checkpoint a hundred steps behind the city gate. First, dig out the ground, dig out two deep trenches, and buried two circles of giant trees in front and back in the deep trenches. In the middle of these two circles of giant trees, the giant trees were built with earth and rocks and pressed, and then wrapped with wet mud to form a simple city wall. The soldiers can move freely on the city wall between the two circles of giant trees, and the two wooden walls in front and back also provide security for the soldiers. In this way, it is equivalent to adding a urn city behind the Ximen City Gate. Even if the enemy breaks through the city gate, they can only be massacred by a battalion of archers in front of the wall of the city wall!

In just three days, Dong Zunhui's troops completed the construction of this checkpoint and reported it to Dong Zongben. Dong Zongben came to check it and admired it very much and ordered a wooden wall to be built at each of the four gates. Because the north and south city gates had been blocked, the civilians were not in a hurry to build it. On the contrary, the wooden walls of the west gate, which Zhao Kuangyin was responsible for, had not been established for a long time.

The first is because Ximen is facing Xiangzhou, and the possibility of being attacked by Wang Lingwen's troops is relatively small. It is rumored that An Shenqi will send reinforcements to Suizhou, so Ximen's defense pressure is less; the second is because Zhao Kuangyin does not want to copy and is unwilling to learn from Dong Zunhui, so that people feel that he has no opinion. However, it cannot be said that Zhao Kuangyin is not prepared. He also ordered the soldiers to build a large number of deer antlers and resist horses, which are placed after the city gate, and blocked the city gate as soon as it gets dark.

That night, the moon was bright, and there was no figure on the street except patrol soldiers.

In a small shop in Suizhou City, a black shadow slipped out of the shop and walked quietly to the top of the cellar. Seeing that there was no abnormal movement around, he gently tapped the cover of the cellar, "Dududu...Dudu", then uncovered the cover and slipped in.

When Zhao Xing, who was hiding in the cellar, heard the secret code, he was so hungry that he quickly came out of the jar, snatched the lunch box that the black shadow was carrying, and swallowed it. The delicious food he ate was that even the mixed grain cakes that he couldn't see on weekdays were stuffed into his mouth.

The owner of the small shop was the black shadow. While serving Zhao Xing for dinner, he whispered to the situation in the city.

After Zhao Xing finally had enough food to eat, he was attentive to ask questions. Zhao Xing frowned and asked in a low voice: "So that's why Dong Zunhui is extremely strict in his defense, and it's not easy to attack the city gate?"

The owner of the small shop nodded, "Yes, sir, you know me. I, Zhao Ende, have always been cautious in doing things and never dared to make a mistake. Since Dong Zunhui's troops moved to the East City Gate, I walked there twice under the guise of going out of the city to purchase. The wooden wall built by Dong Zunhui was very solid, no less than a solid city wall. On the wooden wall, at least fifty archers patrolled back and forth, and were very vigilant!"

"Can you attack with fire?" Zhao Xing was a little unwilling to give up. After all, Dong Zunhui was Dong Zongben's parent-child. If he was killed or captured at the beginning of the battle, it would greatly impact the morale of the Suizhou defenders and greatly reduce the difficulty of attacking the city.

Zhao Ende shook his head, "I think that after Dong Zunhui built the wooden wall, he ordered people to apply mud on it and build bricks and tiles outside the mud. I'm afraid that the wooden wall was afraid of fire, so he made preparations in advance. Moreover, the wooden walls were prevented from being in front and behind. Even if we cooperated inside and outside, we would not be able to break through the wooden wall in the short term."

Zhao Xing sighed, "Where are the West City Gate, have you been there?"

Zhao Ende shook his head, "I am just pretending to be a shop owner in a small shop. I don't usually have a big deal. I've taken a bit of a risk when I went out from the East Gate twice within three days, so I haven't been to Ximen. However, my fellow servants passed by Ximen. According to him, there was no wooden wall built on the Ximen, but only some antlers were built to resist horses. And they were piled aside during the day, and the city gate was blocked only at night."

Zhao Xing's heart moved. He leaned forward and asked quickly: "That Zhao Kuangyin is so careless that he didn't build a wooden wall?"

Zhao Ende nodded and whispered: "Sir, please speak softly! The investigations in the past two days are very strict, so don't let the neighbors hear the news. Zhao Kuangyin did not build a wooden wall. It is said that he is busy eliminating the old and weak soldiers and training the army, and has no time to care about these idiots."

Zhao Xing's eyes were already filled with tears, "Brother is blessed by the Spirit of Heaven, Zhao Kuangyin is careless. The days to avenge you are finally not far away!" In Zhao Xing's view, although Zhao Hai committed suicide in front of Dong Zunhui, he was stabbed by Zhao Kuangyin with a poisonous arrow before, so Zhao Kuangyin is his big enemy!

Zhao Xing whispered: "You go out of the city tomorrow and take my token to find Wang Xichangdu Yuhou. He has already sneaked into Suizhou with two thousand personal troops. In order to achieve the effect of the raid, the two thousand personal troops did not carry heavy weapons such as catapults. They have now dressed up as thieves and camped about fifty miles west of Suizhou City.

The last time my elder brother and I assassinated Dong Shanfu was to use this to reduce the morale of the Suizhou army and prepare for the troops to attack the city. However, I didn’t expect that Zhao Kuangyin was so skilled in martial arts, and I didn’t expect that Dong Zongben actually implemented a city-wide search as soon as possible, so it was delayed for these days. Now that I have an understanding of the city defense, you will send a letter tomorrow, suggesting that Wang Duhou launch an attack from the Ximen during the day, kill Zhao Kuangyin, and capture Dong Zongben alive!”

"Daytime?!" Zhao Ende asked in surprise.

"Of course it's day!" Zhao Xing explained in a low voice: "Dong Zong was a big rope in the city. We were caught many people, and even my guards were caught. Fortunately, only my elder brother and I knew, so this was not exposed. We were both, by the way, plus your two friends, there were only four people. Even if they were all sacrificed, they would not be able to move away from the horse, kill the defenders at night, and open the city gate. Only in the daytime, we agreed with Wangdu Yuhou to catch your mule cart to transport goods and come to the west gate. Pretend that there was something wrong with the mule cart and separate the city gate so that Zhao Kuangyin would not close the city gate. In this way, as long as the troops took the opportunity to rush into the city, Suizhou would be ours!"
Chapter completed!