Chapter 3 Persuasion

Su County Commander immediately praised Yang Yun as a guest and did his best to be courteous.

Yang Yun said: "Su County's order is polite, I was ordered by my master to come to help you pacify the barbarians, and it is important to discuss the strategy of breaking the thief first." ”

"This ......"

Su County Ling was a little embarrassed, and County Lieutenant Hu and the surrounding officers and soldiers and yacha all looked embarrassed.

Su Xian Ling sighed: "Xiao Zhenren may not know, although there is a thief's heart in the bottom, but the thieves are fierce, with the imperial court to report, thousands of southern barbarians in Jiannan Province Shuzhou, Pengzhou, Hanzhou, Maozhou and other places to burn and loot, the place is miserable, the soldiers and horses everywhere take care of one and the other, Jiannan Dao Marshal only let the counties guard themselves...... If you don't leave at this time, you won't even have a chance to escape when you turn back. ”

Hu County Lieutenant added on the side: "What the Su County Order said is very true, there are hundreds of barbarians around Shifang County alone, and all the officials and soldiers in the city add up to less than 100, and the county city wall is even more damaged in many places due to disrepair, where can it be prevented?" ”

Su Xian Ling nodded and said: "The intentions of Wuzun Zhenren and Xiao Zhenren, this official understands it, and the evacuation is really due to the lack of strength, so it is ...... Why don't you go to Zhiluo County, Hanzhou Prefecture with you to take refuge, and after the thieves leave, you can recommend Xiao Zhenren to the imperial court? ”

Yang Yun said: "If you know the direction and time of the barbarians' siege, then find a way to level the thieves...... Suppressed by spells, are you willing to fight alongside me? ”

Su County Ling and Hu County Lieutenant couldn't help but glance at each other, and Lin Huochang and other government soldiers also looked at each other, obviously Yang Yun's suggestion was beyond their cognition.

"Little real person, don't laugh." Su Xian Ling smiled bitterly.

Yang Yun said: "Before the master sent me, he had pinched his fingers and calculated that when the thieves attacked the city, it was the coming day, and the direction of entering the city was the damaged part of the city wall in the north of the city. At that time, the officers and soldiers in the city only set up an ambush in the north of the city, using straw and tung oil as a guide, supplemented by thunder, and the barbarians would shoot them with rockets as soon as they came...... The master gave me a sigil recipe to help the fire, and I could add a fire to them, and when the fire started, the thieves would be calm. ”

Yang Yun talked eloquently, as if there was really God's help, and the victory was in his hands, but in fact, what he said was just from his analysis.

Since he met two groups of barbarians in the north of the city, and these barbarians were the pioneers of pathfinding, they must attach great importance to this place. He saw that there were several gaps in the city wall in the north of the city, and after the officers and soldiers withdrew from the wall, the north of the city was basically in an undefended state, so he expected that the barbarians would attack the city from the north gate.

As for the fire attack strategy, it was just a temporary idea for him, around the narrow gap in the city wall, there were not many thieves entering the city at one time, if he took advantage of the barbarian vanguard to enter the city and the follow-up men and horses were crowded, he would definitely block the way of the thieves and retreat, and they would collapse without a fight.

Yang Yun spoke very confidently, and the analysis was also the way, and the people present whispered after listening to Yang Yun's words, and the intention of retreating was greatly reduced, but Yang Yun also knew that it was not easy to let these people stay.

Su Xian Ling looked hesitant, obviously moved, and hesitated for a while before asking, "Did the commander really give you a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Yang Yun looked annoyed: "Don't believe me? Still don't believe in the teacher? ”

Su Xian Ling arched his hand and complimented: "Don't dare, you are a master in the world, presumably Ling Shi is even more of a master among the masters." It's just that this thief is menacing, burning, killing and looting, and even the Zhechong Mansion is helpless against it. ”

"What Su County's order said is very true, we still don't use our arms as a car, this is not the time for me to die bravely for the imperial court, and I am not afraid of running out of firewood. Xiao Zhenren, we appreciate your kindness, but you have come to the wrong place, you should go to see the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, only his old man is qualified to make a decision. Lieutenant Hu said anxiously beside him.

Yang Yun was a little speechless, and even pointed out the time, place and way of attacking the enemy by himself, but this group of people didn't have the intention of making contributions at all, they just wanted to escape.

Yang Yun said: "Su County Order, the barbarians have not yet attacked the city, you will flee with the officials and people, and the court will be held accountable afterwards, right?" ”

One sentence made Su Xianling embarrassed.

It's nothing for the common people and ordinary soldiers to flee, but the county commander, as the head of a city, flees without a fight, even if he is not investigated for killing his head and apologizing afterwards, at least he will lose his official position and resign, and it will be difficult to be used by the imperial court.

The current truth is that the people can escape but the officials are not allowed, and if they escape, their careers will come to an end.

Yang Yun looked around at the people present: "The north of the city is in a remote area, surrounded by ruins and broken walls, and there are woods a few miles away after leaving the city, which is convenient for hiding your whereabouts...... Even if the family teacher miscalculated the time and place of the barbarians' siege of the city, could it be that you would not be able to delay your escape? ”

This may seem like a sarcasm, but it is actually showing the way for these people.

Hearing this, County Lieutenant Hu's eyes couldn't help but light up: "Su County's order, the little real person is reasonable. We just waited in the north of the city according to the instructions of the little real people, and if the thief did not come, we would go out of the city and withdraw to Ruoxian when the time came; If the thieves are not in the north of the city that night, but choose to attack the city from the side, we can quickly leave the city through the gap in the north wall of the city. ”

Su County Ling hesitated for a while.

The surrounding officers and soldiers and the yacha all looked at each other angrily, and their eyes seemed to say, you Hu County Lieutenant is really a grass on the wall, and he has always insisted on escaping before, but now he heard Xiao Zhenren say that the court will investigate the responsibility of you officials afterwards, so he suddenly changed his face, and his feelings are not the people who are desperate with barbarians who have black gauze hats on their heads!

Su Xianling's expression became firm: "If all my soldiers and civilians in Shifang take refuge in the prefecture and let the southern barbarians plunder, they will never have the face to be a man in the future...... Do you want to live in the world and be inferior? It's better to listen to the words of the little real person, fight to the death with the thief, or achieve fame! ”

County Lieutenant Hu immediately responded: "Yes, we obeyed the orders of Su County and fought with the barbarians!" ”

The official made a statement, but none of the officers and soldiers below responded, looking at each other.

Seeing the cold scene, the faces of Su County Ling and Hu County Lieutenant were very unsightly, and Lin Huochang, who accompanied Yang Yun to the county office, hurriedly raised his arms and shouted in a very cordial Shu voice: "Brothers, military merit is just around the corner, what are we hesitating about?" If you even know the time and location of the barbarian's siege, and there is an immortal master to help, you still don't dare to fight, you are definitely a bad seed without eggs. We just have to wait in the north of the city, the barbarians will fuck him when they come, and if they don't come, they will withdraw from the north of the city, what is there to be afraid of? ”

"Yes, fight with the barbarians!"

Everyone has a herd mentality, and some people stand up to take the lead and paint a bright future, and one by one the officers and soldiers and the yacha have no fear, and their emotions are rising.

Of course, the main reason is that they respect the "spells" shown by Yang Yun, and there is a Taoist priest who knows spells who is willing to help, as if victory is close at hand.

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Yang Yun said that he finally won everyone's trust, and Su Xian Ling expressed his public stance to stay with him to resist the Nanban invasion.

In the court, Yang Yun behaved arrogantly, and it seemed that victory was within reach, but after thinking about it after leaving the court, he felt that he was too impulsive, and he had superpowers that captivated people's souls and souls, and he should cherish them.

And he didn't think that the officers and soldiers below and the yacha had the heart to fight to the death, and it was likely that there would be deserters before the war, and now there were seventy or eighty people, and there might be only forty or fifty people left before the battle, and the number of thieves was unknown.

"Let's get some tricks out of it and let them know that I have what it takes to lead them to victory!"

Yang Yun still had some regret before, but the next moment he had changed his cowardly mentality and immediately stimulated his self-motivation.

Others can be cowardly, but he cannot cower.

Su Xian Ling and Hu Xianwei and others chased Yang Yun to ask about the immortal law, Yang Yun said to Su Xian Ling and the others who were entangled: "It is useless to say more, the strategy of retreating from the enemy is determined by the master, and the master's Taoism is unfathomable, since his old man thinks that my disciple can help you retreat from the enemy with a trip, then you should believe in my ability." ”

"The top priority is to quickly create the spell that the master gave me to help the fire, and the time left for us is only about eight hours!"

At this time, Su County's order was completely Yang Yun's head, "Xiao Zhenren is right, what are you doing with the pestle?" Hurry up and prepare materials for the little real person. ”

Yang Yun said: "I need charcoal, saltpeter and sulfur now, as well as yellow paper. Help me find some cinnabar pen and ink. ”

Su Xian Ling and the others looked at each other, and Hu County Lieutenant hesitated: "There are others, and sulfur is difficult to find for a while." ”

Yang Yun has studied history, of course, he knows that gunpowder has not yet been born in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, even if someone discovers the principle, it has not been popularized, as for the raw materials for making gunpowder, it is impossible to reserve it in the people, such as sulfur, saltpeter and other substances are more used in alchemy, usually sold in pharmacies in big cities, and Hanzhou is at the junction of Han and Barbarian, the economy is backward, and it is completely predictable that there is no inventory.

Yang Yun said again: "There should be an iron-making kiln in the city, take people to the kiln to see, there is a layer of yellow condensate on the top of the kiln, that is sulfur." If the sulfur is insufficient, you can use realgar and orpiment instead! ”

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The sky is about to brighten, and in the compound separated from the county government by a wall, a large group of people are busy cleaning up.

An elderly and wealthy old man fidgeted, his brows furrowed, and looked at the door of the mansion from time to time.

This person is Zhou Shaoning, the head of the Zhou family, a wealthy gentleman in the city.

The relatives of the Zhou family have evacuated first, but because of the big business of the family and a lot of goods, Zhou Shaoning needs to spend a lot of time packing boxes, and is worried about encountering robbers on the road, so he wants to use the evacuated officers and soldiers to help escort him, so he stayed for the time being.

"Master, there's news."

A man dressed in black and wearing a hat hurried in.

Zhou Shaoning hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it, are you about to set off?" ”

Jiading's face was sad: "The people from the county government said that they would not be on the road for the time being...... I heard that there was a little real person with profound spells in the city, and he encouraged Su County Ling and Hu County Lieutenant to stay behind to defend against the Southern Barbarians. ”

Zhou Shaoning hurriedly said: "What a little real person, isn't this nonsense?" When the barbarians came, the chickens and dogs in the city were not left, and they couldn't be stopped if they were sent to death as soldiers, but what should the people and goods of my Zhou family do? ”

A person who looked like a housekeeper stepped forward in the back: "Master, let's hurry up to the county government to persuade Su County, it's too late to wait for the sky to dawn." ”

"Let's go!"

Zhou Shaoning immediately wanted to take someone to the county office next door.

The family who came to report the news hurriedly stopped Zhou Shaoning's way: "The master can't go, the county government has strictly ordered not to disturb, and he said...... If our Zhou family is in a hurry to leave, let us go on the road and never stop it. ”

Zhou Shaoning's body was immediately a little unstable, and he needed the support of his entourage to stand still.

The housekeeper said: "This Su County order has given him so many benefits in vain, and this time he also promised to escort our goods to the state, he is not trustworthy." Master, this ruined county town can't be left, let's go. ”

Zhou Shaoning was very calm at this time, and waved his hand: "If the officers and soldiers don't leave, we will die if we go out of the city, how can so many goods be delivered to the state capital?" Then send someone to the county government to inquire, and report as soon as there is a situation. ”

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