Chapter 51: The Flames of War
When Gao Yuan arrived at the county office, Wu Kai, Lu Hong, Huo Zhu and other officials, large and small, had already gathered, and when he saw Gao Yuan, Lu Hong said sharply: "Gao Bing Cao, where are your troops?"
"Don't worry, the first team will be here soon, and I've already sent someone to inform them." High and far-reaching." Lord County Lieutenant, what's going on?" Since Lu Hong called him Gao Bing Cao, it was clear that he was on official business, and he was no longer called uncle, but county lieutenant.
Lu Hong sighed, "The attack of the Donghu people has begun."
Gao Yuan took two steps closer and said in a low voice: "Didn't you say two days ago that they would only grab outside the Curie Pass, why is there such a big battle?"
"They crossed the line, they not only robbed the villages outside the pass, but also bypassed the Curie Pass, and now they are only more than 20 miles away from Fufeng County, Zheng Xiaoyang sent people back to report that several villages have been looted."
"Curie Guan weishenme did not set off wolf smoke to call the police?" Takato asked.
"With such a big wind and snow, even if they set off wolf smoke, I'm afraid that the smoke column will be blown away by the wind before it rises." Lu Hong shook his head.
"Is it possible to attack Fufeng City?"
"I don't know, but be on guard! Just in case!" Lu Hong sighed, "The alarm bell is ringing, and all men over the age of sixteen in the city have to go to the city to prepare for war."
"How can those who have not undergone any training fight, isn't that sending them to their deaths?" High and far across.
Lu Hong glanced at Gao Yuan, "What's so strange about this, just the more than 100 people under you?" If the Donghu people really attack the city and the city is broken, they will all have to die, not only they will die, but even their families will have to die, and if they go to the city, even if they just throw a stone, maybe they will stone a Donghu person to death, and if they die a Donghu person, their combat effectiveness will be reduced by one point, and one life will be exchanged for one life, which is worth it. Besides, the Donghu people are mainly cavalry, and they may not necessarily attack the city, this is a loss of business, unless the king of Donghu gathers a large army, he will attack the city wall, but it is not so easy to mobilize a large army, without a month or two of mobilization, it is impossible to gather a large number of people, there is this time, we have already known the news, this time so suddenly, it must be a single action of a certain tribe, there will not be too many people, Fufeng City should not have a problem, do this, just in case. By the way, the news you said last time seems to be true, and we were careless."
"County lieutenant, what should I do outside the city?" Gao Yuan whispered.
"The villages outside the city can only ask for their own blessings!" Wu Kai sighed, "This time the attack was so sudden, many villages didn't get the news, and the wind and snow were so big that they didn't have time to retreat, I'm afraid that this time, the losses will be very heavy."
Looking at Wu Kairu's appearance of mourning, Gao Yuan glanced at Lu Hong, and Lu Hong said in a low voice: "The largest farm in Wu County is outside the city, ten miles away from Fufeng City, if the Donghu people come, it will definitely not be guaranteed, if this is the case, Lord Wu will lose a lot of money this time, no wonder it hurts."
Gao Yuan nodded, "I hope these Donghu people only rob things and don't kill people, otherwise, this time I'm afraid that Fufeng will suffer." County lieutenant, if I take people out of the city, I may be able to save some people."
"No way!" Lu Hong didn't think about it, and flatly refused, "The people from Donghu are all cavalry, and you have more than 100 people going out, it's not enough to stuff people's teeth. Besides, there are more than 100 regular soldiers in the city, if the Donghu people really go crazy and want to attack the city, you still have to go into battle as the main force, Gao Yuan, can you?"
Gao Yuan took a deep breath, "County Lieutenant, but don't worry."
Lu Hong glanced at Wu Kai and Huo Zhu, and shook his head, "This time, I don't know how to end it yet, I'm afraid it's not easy to explain!"
A county official walked in and saluted several people: "Lord Wu, the eligible men in the city have been assembled, please go and give a lecture."
Wu Kai stood up and said to Lu Hong and Huo Zhu: "Two adults, let's go together."
A group of people walked out of the county office, in front of the county office, densely packed with men, there were rich people in luxurious clothes, there were beggars in rags, there were young men with green faces, and there were wrinkled old men, everyone was carrying different things in their hands, there were kitchen knives, sickles, sticks, sheep forks, and some had nothing but a stone in their hands, everyone stood silently and looked at the officials on the steps.
Everyone seemed calm as if they had experienced something like this many times in general. Seeing this scene, Gao Yuan's heart was suddenly shocked.
"Folks, I don't want to say more, we are going to suffer a big disaster this time, the village outside doesn't know what it has been plagued by the Donghu people, the people in the village may no longer be there, there may be your relatives inside, everyone knows, I, Wu Kai, am also a native of Fufeng, and there are also my relatives outside. However, now is not the time to be sad, nor is it the time to be afraid, because fear is useless, if the Donghu people really come and break through Fufeng City, we all have to die, our families have to die, we will lose more relatives, we can only unite as one, can we keep Fufeng, can we keep our relatives, I will go into battle with everyone to protect our homeland, and never let the Donghu people come to poison our homeland." Speaking of zuihou, Wu Kai raised his arms and shouted.
The people's emotions were ignited by Wu Kai in an instant, countless voices shouted, looking at Wu Kai from afar, I really can't see that this guy still has the talent to be an orator, whether these words are true or false, but after all, the morale of the people has been ignited.
There was a sound of neat footsteps on the street, everyone's eyes turned to the direction where the footsteps came, and the crowd flashed out of a passage, and two teams of navy blue soldiers held swords and guns, and walked with neat steps, running over, and the front was Sun Xiao.
Gao Yuan exhaled, yes, it only took them less than half an hour to get here from the Nancheng military camp.
"Yu Gao Bing Cao, the first team of the first team of Fufeng County is full of fifty people!" Sun Xiao took a step forward, clenched his left hand into a fist, struck a blow on his right chest, and said loudly to Gao Yuan. At this time, the soldiers were all dressed in neat military uniforms, wearing the cowhide armor that Gao Yuan had just gotten for them, saying that it was armor, but in fact, it was to drill out the eyes of the two pieces of nitrate haode cowhide one by one, and then tie them together with cloth straps, and wear them on the body like a vest, just to protect the chest and back.
Gao Yuan nodded, "Join the ranks!"
Sun Xiao stepped back. As soon as they stood still, Yan Haibo's two columns of infantry had also rushed to the formation.
"Gao Bing Cao, the second team of the first team of Fufeng County soldiers should be fifty people, but there are forty-seven people, and Cao Tiancheng and the other two soldiers have not returned from a business trip!" Yan Haibo said loudly.
"Get in the queue!"
The arrival of this team, so that the atmosphere of the field instantly reached a climax, such a neatly dressed, high-spirited, heroic army of the entry, so that Fufeng finally thought, it turns out that we still have an army in Fufeng, looking at them, the belief of victory immediately rose a few steps.
The county commander Wu Kai, the county lieutenant Lu Hong, the deputy lieutenant Zhang Han, and the superintendent Huo Zhu and others were all dumbfounded, they knew what this army was like before, and it was not much better than calling Huazi, Wu Kai did not wait for this army to arrive and began to speak, and he did not regard this army as any life-saving medicine, in his opinion, maybe these people in the city are more reliable, they have families and businesses, and they are not afraid that they will not rise up to resist, but this army is all bachelors who have nothing, and they want them to sell their lives, I'm afraid it's very rare. Although Gao Yuan was appointed as the soldier of this team, in Wu Kai's eyes, Gao Yuan's ability to do business should be a good hand, as for leading the troops, he really didn't think of it.
At this time, seeing this army with a new look, everyone looked at each other, and Wu Kai and the others looked at Gao Yuan's eyes and suddenly changed.