Before dawn the next day, all 5,000 soldiers went out of the city to harvest wheat, and there were about 3,000 hectares of wheat fields around Jiuyuan County, half of which were official fields, and the wheat fields of the people of Feng'an County were also concentrated in Jiuyuan County.

In fact, when Xie County's order told the people of Guo Song's order in the county, the entire county was boiling, there were many opponents, few supporters, and almost the crowd was angry, although the wheat was not fully ripe and the impact was not great, but the people had too many doubts about Guo Song, so when Guo Song proposed to immediately harvest the wheat, many people instinctively dissatisfied with him.

The wheat is your own, you refuse to accept it, and the government can't force it, Guo Song no longer forced the people, and ordered the army to grab the official land first.

Thousands of people watched from afar as the soldiers grabbed the wheat, and everyone watched coldly at first, but it didn't take long for the people to waver, what if the Xue Yantuo people really killed, if they didn't harvest the wheat, wouldn't they all be snatched away by the Xue Yantuo people?

Thinking about it calmly, the people also realized that the risk was too great, and the loss of harvesting wheat ten days in advance was not large, and soon more than 100 people were shaken and also devoted themselves to harvesting wheat.

By the fourth day, half of the people were engaged in the wheat harvest.

In the afternoon of that day, Li Ji's scouts brought back an important piece of information, they found Xue Yantuo's outpost at the fork of the Yellow River in the western part of the Hetao, about a hundred people.

The news spread quickly in Jiuyuan County, and the people of the city immediately panicked, they all knew what it meant to have an enemy outpost, and those who did not participate in the wheat cutting began to complain to each other, and they didn't care about the darkness, they all dragged their families to the wheat field to harvest wheat.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the city, dyeing Jiuyuan City with a layer of gold, Guo Song stood at the head of the city with a halberd in his hand, looking at the countless small black spots in the wheat field in the distance, those are the people who are harvesting wheat, and most of the official field has been harvested, and it should be able to be harvested before the enemy comes.

But it is difficult to say about the people who have only gone to harvest wheat today, unless the soldiers go to help them cut the wheat, but the soldiers have to prepare for war, I am afraid it will be difficult to separate again.

"Envoy, leave them alone, whoever makes them self-righteous and doesn't listen to advice, they deserve a loss!" Liang Wu said angrily on the side.

Guo Song shook his head, "Things can't be thought of like this, if their wheat fields are really trampled by the Xue Yantuo people, it will cause division among the people and cause dissatisfaction among the people, and the most important thing to defend the city is to unite as one, if we don't help them harvest the wheat, how can they help us defend the city?" ”

After Guo Song finished speaking, he turned back to the soldiers and said, "Go and tell Xie County Order, once the wheat in Guantian is harvested, I will arrange for three thousand soldiers to assist the people in harvesting wheat." ”

"Obey!"

The soldier said yes and galloped away.

At this moment, a black dot appeared in the distant sky, and a soldier shouted, "The Scout General is back!" ”

The scout general is the soldier's affectionate name for the fierce son, and a trip to the Western Regions made the soldiers have a deep affection for the fierce son.

Guo Song also saw the fierce son flying in Ranran, and a trace of worry rose in his heart, generally there is no situation, the fierce son will circle and fly, and gradually approach this side, and now it is flying in a straight line, which means that it has found the enemy's situation.

The Tang army scouts found that the enemy outpost was just a precursor, and once the fierce son found out, it must be a large group of cavalry to kill this side.

Mengzi circled twice on the top of Guo Song's head, and his wings fell on his shoulders, Guo Song caressed the back of Mengzi's neck lovingly, and the hairless chick of the year became an eagle soaring thousands of miles, he gently pushed up, "Go!" ”

Mengzi flapped his wings and flew to the tallest and largest pine tree in the city, which was a tree planted in the pre-Qin era, which has been nearly a thousand years so far, with a thick trunk and dense pine branches, as high as more than 20 zhang, just like a sacred tree, Mengzi's new home is there, occupying an eagle's nest.

Next to him, Liang Wu asked a little nervously, "How far is the enemy army?" ”

"Judging from the anxiety of the fierce son, the enemy army is likely to be on the edge of the Yellow River, that is, the last time their logistics army was stationed, they usually do not cross the river at night, they should cross the river early tomorrow morning, and our scouts should also find it at that time."

Liang Wu hesitated for a moment and said, "Could it be that they are going to attack Lingzhou?" ”

"Impossible!"

Guo Song categorically rejected Liang Wu's speculation, "Since our scouts have discovered their outpost spies, their target must be Fengzhou." ”

"How many days will it take to get to us?"

Guo Song thought for a while and said, "Counting the time for them to cross the river, they will move forward at full speed, and it will probably be three days before they arrive at us." ”

Guo Song immediately ordered: "Send a light alarm!" ”

The alarm is aimed at the army and ordinary people, divided into slow, light, urgent, urgent four kinds, slow is the early warning, before the discovery of the enemy outpost Guo Song has issued an early warning, and once it is clear that the enemy is coming, the time is about two or three days, then send a light alarm, if the enemy is only one day away from the city, then it is necessary to send an emergency report, if the enemy army is killed within a hundred miles, then it is necessary to issue an emergency alarm.

A bell rang from the bell tower in the city, "Dang! While! When—"

The bell was heard all over the city, and everyone's faces changed, and sure enough, Guo Song guessed that Xue Yantuo was really killed.

........

In the county office, Xie Changzhi officially apologized to Guo Song, "The lower officials were short-sighted and did not do their best to stop the people's criticism of Guo Yuanjun, which damaged Guo Yuanjun's reputation, and the lower officials have the responsibility to apologize to Guo Yuanjun!" ”

Guo Song waved his hand, "In the face of the facts, these rumors will not damage my reputation, but will prove my foresight, but now is not the time to talk about this, I went to the county order to discuss how the army and the people can work together to defeat the invasion of the Xue Yantuo people." ”

Xie Changzhi thought for a while and said: "This matter is too involved, why don't you gather the four big families tomorrow morning, and everyone will sit down and discuss it together and come up with a safe plan?" ”

Guo Song still admires this Xie County Commander very much, he is very smart, and he thinks about the problem carefully and thoroughly, but because he was born poor and has no background background, he has never had the opportunity to be promoted, and he has been a county magistrate in Feng'an County for eight years, and he was transferred to Jiuyuan County last year to continue to be a county magistrate, at least he has to do it for another seven years.

Guo Song nodded, "Just follow the proposal of Xie County's order, but tomorrow is a little late, can we sit down and discuss tonight." ”

"Alright! That's tonight. ”

........

At night, the lights in the back hall of the county government were brightly lit, and more than 20 important figures from the military, government, and people gathered together to discuss the defense plan against the invasion of the Xue Yantuo people.

In addition to Guo Song, there are also Xue Changshou, a newly appointed secretary of the army appointed by Guo Song, Cao Wannian, and three important military generals, Li Ji, Ma Wei and Lu Mingbo, Ma Wei and Lu Mingbo are the town generals of the western and central cities respectively, and they are all the generals of the original Shence Army.

These two people met Guo Song on the night when Guo Ziyi took over the Shence Army, and they both knew that Guo Song was the henchman of the Son of Heaven, and he had a deep relationship with Guo Ziyi, and it was also for this reason that the two were very respectful to Guo Song, and after receiving Guo Song's order, they immediately led their troops to Jiuyuan County.

Guo Song slowly said to everyone: "According to the latest intelligence, it is speculated that the people of Xue Yantuo should cross the Yellow River tomorrow morning, and then travel for about two and a half days to arrive here, and it is likely that they will arrive in Jiuyuan County around noon the day after tomorrow." ”

The patriarchs of the four wealthy families looked at each other, and the patriarch of the Leng family, Leng Qian, asked uneasily, "What about the wheat fields outside the city?" ”

"How many wheat fields are left unharvested?" Guo Song asked.

"About a thousand hectares?"

Guo Song asked again: "How many days does it take to harvest normally?" ”

"If you harvest it day and night, it will take five to six days!"

The patriarchs of the four families all looked at Guo Song nervously, after all, they were a little unreasonable, they didn't believe Guo Song before, and Guo Song could completely refuse.

Guo Song turned around and asked Xue Changshou, "When will the wheat in Guantian be harvested?" ”

"Returning to the envoy, it will be over tomorrow morning."

Guo Song immediately said: "After the end of the official field, all the soldiers will do their best to help the people harvest the wheat, and strive to complete the harvest in two days!" “

The four patriarchs were overjoyed and got up together to thank Guo Song, "Thank you for helping us with all your might, regardless of your past suspicions." ”

Guo Song waved his hand lightly and said with a smile: "Don't mention the previous things, from now on, we must unite as one, and the army and the people will jointly defend Jiuyuan County." ”

"Guo Yuanjun is right!"

Leng Qian, the patriarch of the Leng clan, the head of the four wealthy families, took the lead in expressing his position, "If the city is broken, none of us will survive, and our wives and daughters will also be taken away by Xue Yantuo, so we can only fight against the tide and fully assist Guo Yuanjun to defend Jiuyuan County together!" ”

The other three patriarchs also expressed their support.

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Since everyone has reached a consensus, then I will talk about my plan to defend the city." ”