The Yamen of Zhuo County, Taishou and the county lieutenant, as well as the county officials and county officials of Zhuo County, as well as Zou Jing and Liu Tao, were all sitting together at this moment.

Suddenly heard that there are tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves going north, and they may arrive in Zhuo County tomorrow, Taishou was startled, and the county lieutenant was also embarrassed.

"Tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves are heading north, really?" The county guard still asked, after all, he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. And before the disaster comes, people often do not face it head-on, but subconsciously avoid it, even if it is self-deception.

The other county officials and county officials were also looking at the scout at this moment, being watched by so many people, especially the officials, the scout was originally just a family member, so he was naturally a little nervous at the moment.

"Don't worry, whatever you see, just say it......" Liu Tao patted him on the back.

"Whoa!" The detective's back was shot painfully, but he calmed down a lot, and told what he saw and heard again, and at the same time vouched for his life, which is true!

"Tens of thousands...... Originally, there were only 1,000 county soldiers in the county, plus the militia and newly recruited soldiers, adding up to only 7,000 ...... "Taishou is really not optimistic about this war, 7,000 against tens of thousands, a few thousand are still new soldiers, what is the situation of the county soldiers, he knows better in his heart."

"Taishou doesn't need to worry......" Liu Tao stood up and said his theory.

"Indeed, the Yellow Turban thieves are all from common people, and their combat power cannot be compared with the regular army." The county lieutenant also realized this, and was immediately a little excited, although his soldiers were not well trained, but the combat power of a group of civilians was higher.

"At the same time, a large number of civilians who have no combat experience are coerced, and it seems that they are in a state of momentum, but in fact these people are unstable, and they will riot at the slightest setback. So what is really worth noting is only the elite of the Yellow Turban Thieves who are no more than three thousand! Zou Jing nodded, "So I propose, go out of the city to fight!" ”

"Out of town to fight?" Listening to Zou Jing's words, the others suddenly jumped up. At this time, I am afraid that I can't defend the city, and I still go out of the city to fight?!

"Listen to me!" When Zou Jing heard this, he immediately shouted, signaling everyone to be quiet, "If the thieves attack the city, they will inevitably take the lead in attacking the city with the coerced people, and when the time comes, tens of thousands of thieves will attack, which is no different from the regular army attacking the city, we will fight very hard, and even Zhuoxian may be lost because of this!" ”

After a pause, seeing everyone's expressions relieved, he continued: "On the contrary, when you go out of the city to fight, you only need to break the opponent's 3,000 elite soldiers, and then disperse the opponent's recruits, so the people who are engulfed will be left unattended, and they will naturally scatter in all directions. Our enemies, in fact, are only these 3,000 people, and the pressure is much less! ”

"Don't say it so simply, how to rush through the camp of tens of thousands of people and attack their Chinese army, this is the most difficult!" If you are too guarded, you will not be fooled, and the risk of a frontal charge is still very high.

"But it's much simpler than defending the city, those people who are coerced, as long as they know that we are not going against them, they will definitely not try their best to resist!" Zou Jing retorted.

This is a big truth, they have been forced to attack the city, considering that the defenders will not take the initiative to fight, and there are overseers behind them, those people who are coerced can only rush forward, only hoping to take the city quickly so that they can survive.

But if it is out of the city to fight, then the people know that they are not coming at themselves, so they will naturally not resist desperately, and they will take the initiative to get out of the way. Although there is a bit of risk, the battle itself is not a sure thing.

"My department will charge personally!" Zou Jing knew that this group of guys was unreliable, so he could only rely on himself. Besides, those recruits and county soldiers, he also felt unreliable.

"General!" Liu Tao had another idea, "Can you ask the general to restrain the new soldiers with 2,000 soldiers and horses, and contain those people who are being coerced for us." As for the enemy's headquarters, leave it to our militia to deal with! ”

"How can you militia be more elite than my subordinates?" Zou Jing retorted that the soldiers under his command were killed at the border, and they were not at the same level as the militia group that had only been trained for a month.

"But if it weren't for the general's arrival, how would the recruits be restrained?" Liu Tao retorted, anyway, he didn't think that he, a thousand militia soldiers, could make the recruits charge obediently, after all, most of them had only been trained for a few days.

"Those thousands of recruits are useless!" Zou Jing shook his head, it was safer to take the risk of charging directly than to go out with unstable recruits.

"The people on the other side who are being coerced don't have to be any better off for them! Besides, it's just containment, and it doesn't need to be tough! Liu Tao also has his thoughts, thousands of recruits are better than tens of thousands of people who have been coerced, not to mention anything else, it is good to be able to kill a gap and let them kill it.

"Are you really going to take a risk?" Zou Jing weighed it when he heard this.

"Taking risks is definitely something to be taken, and taking risks is much less risky than not taking risks! It's just that if the militia loses troops because of this, I hope to add some to the recruits! Liu Tao also offered his price, and he couldn't sacrifice in vain.

"Okay, I can promise you this! Not only that, if you can kill the enemy, I will give you the first credit to the assassin! Zou Jing agreed without even thinking about it.

The first merit is not the earliest merit, but the team that has made the greatest contribution. When Liu Tao heard this, he couldn't calm down!

A war involving tens of thousands of people, the first contribution was made under such circumstances, and then the soaring prosperity was just around the corner. Let's just say that Zhu Jun, who broke the tens of thousands of Lianglong army with 5,000 people, was directly made a marquis, and he could also enter the court as a counselor.

Fight, wait for the general, Liu Bei can break the Yellow Turban of Zhuo County, can't he Liu Tao do it? !

"The two of you need to think about it seriously, if there is any accident, it will be the whole county of soldiers and civilians to suffer together!" Taishou is still a little worried, especially if they fail to fight out of the city, then who will protect Zhuoxian?

"The recruits will leave you a batch to assist you in defending Zhuo County!" Zou Jing thought about it, and finally gave in slightly. Soldiers are recruited and trained at the same time, and some of the training time is too short to take out, but it is better to stay.

"General, I have to go back to Zhuangzi and mobilize!" Liu Tao stepped forward.

"Well, I also need to go back to mobilize here, and I will assemble outside the city tomorrow!" Zou Jing nodded, and then quickly left.

The two left, but the others did not, and finally Taishou took the lead to discuss the issue of city defense. The premise, of course, is that Zou Jing is defeated, trapped in the enemy's formation, and even killed, how to do a good job in city defense.

Not to mention anything else, whether to let the rout return or not is also a question.

Of course, these had nothing to do with Liu Tao, he went directly back to Zhuangzi, gathered everyone, and at the same time told Zou Jing and his plans.

"Outside the city? Thousands vs. tens of thousands? Even if Liu Tao explained the key, after hearing this plan, not to mention Lu Yan and Jian Yong, the two civil officials, Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu, the two middle-level commanders, even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, couldn't help but exclaim.

As a result, Liu Tao knew it again, and it was tempting to take advantage of it, and finally threatened that everyone in Zhuoxian City would be finished, so that the four of them made up their minds......