Huoqiu, the head of the city.

The county commander Yin Song strode through the defense in the left and right flattery, although the enemy army had left, but he was not sure when he would come again, his face was silent, and sometimes he nodded to the flattery and said a thing or two, but his heart was still full of anxiety.

Alas, the hateful soldiers in the city were not satisfied with the battalion, and there were no unscrupulous generals to command, so they could only sit and watch the enemy army wreak havoc outside the city, killing the people.

“…… The empty city resists the enemy, unheard of in ancient times, and the Ming Gongwen Tao Wu is strategic, and he is humbly admired. ”

"That's it, a group of Qiu Ba also dare to play sneak attack, but I don't know that it is already in Ming Gong's calculations, haha......"

Yin Song stopped and said solemnly: "Everyone, the opening of the city in the past three days is to show that the enemy is unprepared, and secondly, to facilitate the people to prepare salaries.

Now that the vanguard of the anti-Zhou Dynasty has come, the army has pressed the city in the past two days, and the eastern city has been locked, so the northern city has also been locked, leaving only the southwest two gates for the people to enter and exit. ”

"No."

"Report ......"

A servant rushed over and said, "The Xu family is ready to go out of the city to avoid trouble, but they are carrying three carts of grain and grass, how to deal with it, please make it public." ”

Yin Song sneered: "Joke, will it be safer outside the city?"

This official has long said that it is up to them to stay, but if anyone dares to go out of the city with more than 100 catties of grain and be punished as collaborating with the enemy, this notice will be posted at the gate of the city, how to do it, do you need to repeat it again? ”

"I'll deal with it."

Yin Song waved his hand, took a few quick steps, and stopped in front of a tall man.

"Iron war, stealing Buddha and selling copper, it is a capital crime, you also sold it to the north bank, and you can be sentenced to a major crime of collaborating with the enemy, remembering your mother to filial piety, this official originally intended to leave you a life, today you are guilty of meritorious service, and the city head is very brave and very good.

This official promoted you to the position of brigade commander, and took over the post of brigade commander who sacrificed his life for the country, and hoped that you would be loyal to the country and defend the city and protect your family. ”

Tie Zhan was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked: "Xie Minggong." ”

Yin Song patted his iron arm and said with a smile: "Just guard the city with peace of mind, your old mother will be supported by the ya, and she will be accompanied by clumsy jing, so she will be worry-free." ”

"No."

……

Xie Jiaji, the originally lively and noisy street market was empty, the doors of all the houses were closed, and a pair of frightened eyes were peeping out behind the crack of the door.

Riding a high banner, under the escort of two knights, he rode his horse proudly and shouted:

"According to the order of the commander of the Great Zhou Huainan Camp, prepare grain and grass, pay three grains per household, and those who have no food can also use money instead, and hand it over before sunset to ensure safety, otherwise, the sword has no eyes......"

In front of a large courtyard in the distance, Jia Yin looked at Qi Sanduo, who was shouting, and said to Qin Yue a little impatiently: "We don't need too much grain and grass, do we use it like this, it's enough for the big family of Xie Mansion to eat." ”

Qin Yue looked at the Xie family who was paralyzed on the ground, although they were dressed decently, the early scenery was long gone, and the men, women, and children were trembling.

"In war, there must be sacrifices. 500 of us eat and use it to solve it, and there are more than 20,000 people in the camp. If we pay an extra portion of grain and grass here, the people of Dazhou will suffer less, and the hearts of the tigers must be hardened. ”

"It's easy to say that big eaters are like you said, in this troubled world, you can still eat and drink spicy food, they all have a guilty background, and they should suffer some hardships, but what are you forcing those poor people to do?"

Qin Yue said: "Force it first, you can see at a glance that there is really no money and no food, and then let them help transport the grain, give more copper coins, and have a few days of money on hand, and when we leave, they can also live with peace of mind." ”

As he spoke, a few fast horses galloped from the avenue, but the scouts who had been sent out to inquire about the news returned.

"Let's go, come into the house and talk."

The temporary command post of the Huya Battalion was set up in the front hall of the Xie family, and when I heard that the scouts had returned, Qiao Qingshan, Zhao Shanbao and several others also rushed over.

"Huoqiu has 500 officers and soldiers, and the county government has organized nearly 1,000 people to help defend the city, and now the second gate in the northeast has been killed by the jack gate, only the west gate and the south gate are for people to enter and exit, but the defense is extremely strict, and there are sentinels three miles away and five miles away......

The report was Tang Dong, the leader of the scouts, the most inconspicuous but the most thoughtful of the soldiers brought out by Chen Scar, who was arranged by Qin Yue into the scout team and worked full-time to find out the news.

"Is there any news of the iron war?"

"Yes, Tie Da was originally a prisoner, because he needed people to defend the city, so he was released, and now he is assigned by the line of fire as a brigade commander, and now he is on duty at the west gate, but he is famous, and the people in the city call him a flying axe."

Jia Yin smiled: "Flying axe, so majestic." ”

He heard that Tie Zhan had been promoted, but he was sincerely happy for him, either because of Gu Beixiong, or because of sympathy, in short, the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

Qin Yue tapped his fingers on the tabletop, clicked, pondered for a while, and said: "In this way, we don't have to think about this Huoqiu for the time being, just grab enough grain and grass in this countryside." ”

Chen Scar shook his head and said, "It's right for us to make more noise in the countryside, but we can't give up Huoqiu."

A certain has been eating military rations for nearly 20 years, and some things are clear, but the iron battle is simple, and no matter how capable he is, it is impossible to control his subordinates immediately, plus his poor background, it is even worse. ”

Qin Yue slapped the table and said, "Right, why didn't I think of this layer, but this city is so tightly defended, how can we attack?" ”

Chen Scar said with a smile: "If the jack gate falls, the defense of the east city and the north city must be weak, because there is only one battalion of people in the city, and the people can only defend it, if you secretly go to the city at night, you can occupy the city wall in two quarters of an hour at most."

With you and me, the skills of the spear and Jiayin, as long as you borrow strength on the wall once, you can turn over the wall, and it is not a big problem to hold on for a while, and then everyone carries the ladder to the city.

We threw many crossbows and spears, and when the main force of the enemy army in the south and west of the city arrived, we were already in a high and downward crossbow formation.

You must know that there are obviously not many crossbows in the city, otherwise it would be impossible for the brother who stole the city yesterday to escape with his whole body. ”

Qin Yue's eyes lit up, and he stared at Yutu and began to ponder.

If, according to what Chen Scarzi said, then it doesn't seem to be too difficult to capture Huoqiu, in the same number, the equipment and combat power of the Huya battalion are significantly higher than that of the ordinary military camp, which can be seen in the last military camp competition.

Blood kills heavy armor steps, and flying tigers ride heavy armor.

In terms of defense, the archers of the whole battalion are inferior to those of the Shanyue battalion, and the other worst ones also have a cortex armor that covers the heart.

Therefore, as long as the head of the city is attacked, the battalion of a county defense is confident that it will be taken on the premise of less losses.

But how to steal the city by surprise is a problem?

He was thinking about the problem, and the others were not bothered, so they all sat and thought, but Zhao Shanbao couldn't sit still, moved his butt a few times, and finally came to Chen Scar's body and asked softly: "Chen Tou, can you open a ban and drink a bowl of wine?" ”

Chen Scar's eyes rolled and he ignored him lazily.

Qin Yue tilted his head, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's time to drink a bowl, no, everyone is so good to eat and drink." ”

"Really?"

"Really."

Qin Yue smiled: "There must be a tail hanging behind us, since this is the case, why not eat and drink a good meal?" ”

Only then did everyone understand and applaud, and they went out to kill pigs and sheep, catch chickens and dogs, and go down the mountain as a whole gang.

There were many people in the Huya camp, and they had to guard the collected grain and grass, so they set up a long row of cauldrons outside the village along the side of the road, and the fire was blazing.

At dusk, all kinds of meat skewers are harmonized, and the aroma of wine begins to waft in the evening breeze.

In the willow forest outside the village, three men swallowed their saliva in unison, and one of them said, "Ma, they are eating and drinking spicy food here, but we are going to suffer from cold and starvation." ”

The other said: "Why don't we go back and report that they are eating meat and drinking wine here, so we will simply let the people from above copy them." ”

"Yes, let's go."

……

Huoqiu County Ling Yin Song was already three minutes old when he received the spies' report, and he sat for a long time, and finally waved his hand in frustration, and said: "Our county's troops are thin, and we can only hold on to the city and the villagers in the suburbs...... I can only compromise them. ”

"Let the four cities be on guard and make no mistakes."

"No."

The Huya camp was lively with food and drink until the end of the day, but they no longer entered the village to disturb the people, and they all slept in their clothes on the grain bags outside the village entrance, and gradually there were snoring sounds, and the movement of horses snorting from time to time added silence to the night.

The Xie family, who had been worried all day, breathed a sigh of relief and went to bed one after another.

Most people are thinking that it is the king who is the bottom line, and the pigs and sheep will pay back the money, and the three grains will not be wronged, and they will really get peace.

Only the landlord Xie Bingkun's family was distressed in the face of the empty warehouse, and their savings for many years died.

"Don't howl, the land is still there, the house is still there, the people are still there, it's okay, people also have a conscience, and they left us half a year's food."

Xie Bingkun, the head of the family, was in the aftermath, and stopped the cry of his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with a soft drink, went to the second floor of the hall in the dark, touched the inner wall where the longevity was placed, and found that it was smooth and undamaged.

He turned and went downstairs, his eyes wide open, and he looked out the window in surprise.

The drunken and sleepy Qiu Ba at the entrance of the village actually moved, and quietly led the horses and knives one by one, and quietly went east.

Damn, why don't you go away, what are you doing with a team of people.

He found that his heart was starting to ache again.