Wang Yuan ordered a meeting in the afternoon of the next day: after everyone arrived, he announced
"Colleagues, Mr. Li (here Li Gang) has ordered all ministries to strengthen their alert this morning, delineated defense zones for each ministry, and issued us two types of heavy weapons. Follow me." Everyone came to the yard and found that there were three gates placed there. The red-coated cannon, some wooden boxes placed next to the cannon, and some three-bow crossbows (a large crossbow that requires ten people to work together, can fire five crossbows at a time, with an effective range of one thousand meters) Wang Yuan said to everyone Said: "Everyone has seen the three-bow crossbow. It was invented by Mu Guiying, Marshal Mu. It was used many times in the Song and Liao wars. I won't go into details here. Let's focus on the red cannon. This time it fired It's a thunder cannon. The shells are filled with lime, which can damage the eyes of enemy officers, soldiers and horses, reducing their combat effectiveness or even completely losing them. However, there are not many of these shells, so be careful to save them." Then everyone returned to the house. , Wang Yuan divided the 5,000 men and horses he led into three parts, each responsible for guarding a 300-meter-long city wall and a city gate. The rest served as a reserve team in case of any unexpected events. Tang Feng's troops were responsible for guarding the city gate. .
Tang Feng returned to his unit's station and found that Liu Weichen and several battalion commanders were directing the soldiers to count the ordnance they had just received. Tang Feng ordered the troops to assemble, conveyed Wang Yuan's order, and then took everyone to the city responsible for guarding. Arrange defenses near the door.
Liu Weichen said: "Captain, I think the main force cannot be deployed in the outer city. It should be deployed in Wengcheng. If it is deployed in the outer city, the enemy will use catapults to throw boulders. Our soldiers are likely to be injured, but it is different when deployed in Wengcheng. Well, due to the protection of the outer city wall, the huge rocks thrown by the enemy cannot hit the barbican. Even if the enemy breaks through the outer city, our soldiers can stick to the tower and look down, shoot bows and arrows or throw stones to kill the enemy. Tang Feng said: "You are right. The outer city is not as easy to defend as the Wengcheng. Since ancient times, siege troops have often been able to break through the outer city relatively easily. However, when they break through the Wengcheng, they will suffer heavy casualties and even be discouraged. The siege failed. Use Wengcheng as the focus of defense, but we must also try to kill as many enemies as possible in the outer city." Brief explanation, five days later, all the 100,000 Song troops guarding Tokyo entered the position according to Li Gang's order. He was ready for battle and wanted to give the Jin army a head-on blow from afar.
