In the early morning of the next day, the detectives had already reported that the thieves did have tens of thousands of troops, and at the same time, they were approaching Zhuo County little by little. However, at that speed, it is estimated that it will be up to 50 miles a day, and it should only reach the area around Zhuoxian tomorrow.

The problem is that along the way, the township is constantly destroyed, and the local people are constantly coerced, in other words, the longer the time, the larger this army becomes, it may be one or two thousand at first, and after coming to Zhuo County, I am afraid it has exceeded thirty thousand!

"General!" After Liu Tao received the news, he immediately found Zou Jing, "The enemy army is expected to arrive within ten miles of Zhuo County until tomorrow evening, but from another point of view, we only need two to three hours to deploy a formation fifty miles away."

When the enemy arrives in the evening, it is a time of exhaustion, and we will wait for our work, and at this time we will charge and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop! ”

Zou Jing thought about it, and also felt that it was better to take the initiative to fight than to wait for the enemy to get closer little by little, so that the soldiers would have a fear mentality. This can not only minimize the damage of the war, but at the same time, as Liu Tao said, wait for work with ease, and the chance of winning is greater!

"It's okay, I'll mobilize immediately!" Zou Jing immediately got up and went over to make arrangements.

About a quarter of an hour later, the newly recruited 5,000 elite soldiers were gathered. Many of them have already received the news that the Yellow Turban Thieves have begun to move north, and for the recruits who have just enlisted in the army for less than a few days, they are more afraid than excited, and more timid than brave.

Zou Jing took a look at them and was somewhat disappointed that such a force would only lag behind.

swept the corner of his eyes, but he saw Liu Bei's tun, a hundred people neatly organized, but he was an outlier among these five thousand people, and immediately nodded, it seems that there are still excellent talents in the army!

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll just say it!" Zou Jing looked at the five thousand people in the first place, "There are tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves heading north, and they will arrive in Zhuo County tomorrow evening at most." However, Ben did not intend to wait for them to arrive, and thought that he would first set up a formation fifty miles away, so as to wait for the labor to destroy them......"

When everyone heard this, they suddenly trembled a little, thousands against tens of thousands, how to fight? These days, they have almost always learned how to line up and raise guns, at most they learn how to thrust, and nothing else.

"Scared?" Zou Jing looked at the five thousand people, "Don't forget, you are all from Zhuo County, the thieves are now going north, if you don't stop them, then they will be a disaster to the township, and when the time comes, your hometown, your family, will either be killed by them, or they will be coerced as thieves!" If you retreat now, then your family will be exposed to the blade of the thief! ”

As soon as Zou Jing said that, many people suddenly calmed down, they can go, but can the family go? They actually have no choice, in the face of thieves, they will either fight to the death or follow the thieves! Seriously, there are really hundreds of people, silently thinking in their hearts, or just count from the thief!

"What are you afraid of?" Seeing this, Zou Jing immediately shouted, "Those yellow turban thieves are just a group of farmers who have just put down their farm tools, and they are no different from you, and they are just who is braver in the fight." Everyone is Yan Zhao Nan'er, who has been afraid of whom? Besides, have you ever thought that this is tens of thousands of thieves, if you can break it, then how much credit it will have?! ”

Then he drew his sword, raised it and shouted: "Make meritorious contributions, wait for the generals, and now have the opportunity to put it in front of you!" I will write you this article, do you have the guts to take it!? ”

"Yes!" Liu Bei immediately shouted, and his soldiers also responded. Then some brave soldiers also responded, and in the end, although scattered, these 5,000 people all responded.

"Rest assured, I don't ask you all to go!" Zou Jing looked at everyone, "Ben General has considered that there are not many soldiers in the elite, but those who have courage will stand on the left side of the queue in the army!" If you don't have the courage, stand on the right side and choose immediately! ”

Liu Bei didn't say a word, and immediately took the Bentun soldiers to the left. Infected by it, another group of soldiers passed. However, there are many people who are afraid, and when I heard that I don't need to go, I chose to go to the right.

Three thousand remained on the left, and two thousand on the right. At this time, there are some people on the left who are ready to move, and they seem to regret choosing this side.

"If you regret it, you will pass, and I will not force you!" Zou Jing looked at the phalanx on the left and said slowly, "But if you stay, then if you take a step back on the battlefield, you will not be spared!" ”

Then a thousand more people went to the right, and only two thousand went up and down, and did not choose to leave. Most of them are from Zhuo County, and they have families at home, they can't escape, they can't escape, they can't escape, they can only stay!

"Okay, you are all excellent Yan Zhao boys!" Zou Jing praised, "You immediately formed a team and re-selected the tun commander and the military waiter...... That's right, Liu Bei! You have come to serve as a military commander and rule over a thousand of them! ”

"Whoa!" Liu Bei replied in surprise, he didn't expect that just by making a choice, he would be promoted to military Sima.

This military Sima does not have a high gold content, maybe the Yellow Turban Thief will be disbanded, but before the Yellow Turban Thief is finished, he may even go further! A thousand people and a hundred people, the credit that can be made is a completely different concept!

"As for the rest, leave it to the commander of the county lieutenant to help defend the city! If you don't have the courage to go out, then give me a good defense of the city, if we are unfortunately defeated, then you say that it is the last barrier in Zhuoxian! Zou Jing looked at the other three thousand people.

"Whoa......" replied naturally, this group of guys who have no courage, it is estimated that if they really wait for the thieves to come, they may not be able to defend the city, but it is possible to surrender.

Zou Jing saw it in his eyes, and would explain to the county guard later that he would take a good look at the three thousand people.

After doing this, he led his troops to the outside of the city and joined Liu Tao's 1,000 soldiers. Since it was a local battle, they would come back about a day before and after, so they did not bring heavy soldiers, and each person only carried about two days of dry food, and began to assemble.

Zou Jing's headquarters has 2,000 people and 200 people, and there are 500 cavalry, and he will agree to field battles, largely because of these 500 cavalry. When the cavalry defends the city, it cannot be effective, and only when it is in the field, the combat effectiveness is the highest.

There were also a thousand spears, five hundred swords and shields, and two hundred archers. Considering this situation, two hundred archers stayed in Zhuoxian to defend the city, and only brought two thousand soldiers to fight. Finally, there were two thousand pikemen, all mobilized recruits.

On Liu Tao's side, there were 700 pikemen, 200 sword and shield soldiers, 100 archers, and finally 50 cavalrymen. Also considering that the archers could not be used, they stayed in Zhuo County to defend the city.

Naturally, Lu Yan and Jian Yong stayed. When necessary, they would bring a thousand heavy soldiers and a hundred archers into Zhuo County to assist the Taishou in defending the city.

"Don't be reckless, it's really not good, it's okay to go back." Before setting out, Lu Yan came to Liu Tao to persuade him.

"Second brother, don't stop me from making contributions!" Liu Tao smiled, to be honest, he was really nervous. Unlike the previous group fights, this time I really had to fight with tens of thousands of people.

"Anyway, be careful!" Lu Yan sighed, and then said goodbye to the three brothers.

"Expedition!" Zou Jing gave an order, and 5,000 soldiers began to march towards the south......