The development of the situation was basically expected by Chen Ziqian, but there were 50,000 people from all over the four roads who were assembled, which was simply a catastrophe for Zhilin County.

In the barracks, as the holiday ended, the soldiers had already returned to the barracks.

Chen Ziqian also moved from the county government to the barracks, and his daily life and diet were in the handsome tent.

The enemy is pressing, and even Chen Ziqian does not dare to slack off this time.

Sitting in front of the desk, Chen Ziqian looked at the battle reports sent back by scouts from all walks of life, and his brows were tightly locked.

Just two days ago, the main force of the rebels arrived in the county town, and the 80,000 troops called for battle outside the city.

The first battle was lost, the morale of the rebels was greatly boosted, and the Taishou side was already passive, and now he didn't even dare to move, and he was unable to meet the battle in the city.

The main forces of the rebels were not in a hurry to attack the city, and the enemy and us were in a stalemate.

The rainy season has arrived, and it is a good choice to waste the rebels in this way, and when the rebels cannot be assembled, the danger of the county can be solved, and the rebels can only retreat.

But will things go as smoothly as expected?

The answer is obviously impossible, the rebel side is overwhelmed, Taibei County has been defeated in many ways, and three of them have taken the initiative to surrender before the battle even starts.

The rebels not only took the city, but also annexed the defenders.

This is also the reason why the rebels only gathered four soldiers and horses, but 50,000 people came to attack Zhilin County.

Chen Ziqian looked at the battle report and felt that his brain hurt.

Taibei County, which is too guarded, is also mediocre enough, and there are so many soldiers under his hands, and there is not even one who can fight, all of them are wine bags and rice bags.

Forget it, while defending the city, I didn't know how to send troops out to reinforce other fronts, and I sat on the city and watched the other roads being beaten, so I just sat back and waited for death.

"Report!" A herald hurriedly ran into the big tent and said, "Lord Qiqi, the rebel army of 50,000 horses has passed through Beiwangpo, less than ten miles away from the county seat. ”

"Probe!" Chen Ziqian waved his hand and said.

Captain Yang and Liu Tong and other leaders were wearing armor, and they exchanged heads and ears in the handsome tent, and there were many discussions, but they couldn't think of any way.

Chen Ziqian also had a headache, there were 2,500 soldiers under his hands, and the city was old and dilapidated, how easy was it to stop the menacing 50,000 horses?

"My lord, the main battlefield of the county is deadlocked, and it is the rainy season recently, and the rebels have 50,000 horses, in order to break the stalemate on the main battlefield as soon as possible, they must take a quick battle strategy, if there is no way to deal with it, Zhilin County is afraid that it will be difficult to escape."

Yang Zhiying analyzed the situation, the rebels came on an expedition, mostly soldiers and horses from the north, and in the rainy season, in the face of a small county town with a strength of less than 3,000, it must be confident.

"Don't worry, it's muddy outside the city, and even if the rebels have 50,000 horses, they won't dare to attack in a big way in a short time." Chen Ziqian squinted his eyes slightly and said: "Our army still has an absolute advantage, and it will not be a problem to hold out for a few days, but during this period, the rebels will definitely take action, but it is still uncertain what method the rebels will take to attack Zhilin." ”

Chen Ziqian pondered for a moment and said: "This way, be safe, County Lieutenant Yang, you are the commander of the former army, and you personally led 1,500 sword and axe men to assemble at the east gate and stand by." ”

"Whoa!"

"Fan Zhong, you are the deputy commander, personally lead the remaining 1,000 men and horses to defend the city pass, if the rebels come to attack the city, they will be shot with bows and crossbows."

"Whoa!"

"You wait and go back to command the departments first, and be ready for battle at any time!" Chen Ziqian waved everyone away, muttered for a moment, and then picked up a pen and wrote on a piece of leather.

This is a letter he wrote to the Taishou of Taibei County, and the content only mentions two points.

One of them: please send troops to reinforce Zhilin County as soon as possible, once the county seat is broken, the left flank of the county is opened, and the rebels can take advantage of the situation to besiege the county, and then the whole county will be restless.

Second: Taibei County is located in the north and the Central Plains of the transportation hub, the rebels are bound to win, within two days, the battle lines will be broken, if there is no way to win, it should be opened as soon as possible to beg for surrender, so that the people of the county can avoid the war, this merit is comparable to a big victory, Wanwang Taishou Lord think twice!

Chen Ziqian asked people to send the letter to the county seat quickly.

In fact, he didn't expect Taishou to send troops to help, this person is a complete waste, the defeat of Taibei County has been decided, and it is only a matter of time before the rebels settle in.

The reason why I had to send a thankless letter at this time was mainly because I received 5,000 stone of grain and grass from people at the beginning, but I couldn't fulfill my promise to stick to it for ten days.

Sending the letter can be regarded as a notification in advance: Zhilin County is about to end, and you should hurry up and prepare for the future!

An almost humiliating letter, you can imagine how angry Taishou, who has already torn his face with the rebels, will be when he sees this letter.

Chen Ziqian didn't care how Taishou would get angry, what he cared about was what Taishou would do next.

People, they always want to save face, especially a big man like Taishou, who was taught to be a man by a teenager, and if he didn't win a battle, where would the old face go in the future?

Can Taishou win?

Once you send troops to fight, you may win in the short term, but the defeat in the big picture will only be faster.

Of course, there is also a possibility that it is too shameless.

People are shameless, and naturally they can do everything.

But no matter what, Taishou would not let the main force of the rebels not fight at this juncture, but waved his troops north to fight him.

The worst result is nothing more than Taishou running away with the men and horses, which will be more convenient, and Chen Ziqian can also abandon Zhilin County and transfer all the way to the west with the people and horses.

In short, there are still many ways, after all, this is not Chen Ziqian's territory at all, and you can go at any time.

It's just that now I haven't even seen the face of the rebels, so I abandoned the city in such a gloomy way, and the morale that I had just cultivated will inevitably collapse.

If Taishou can take the lead in escaping first, then it will be much more logical for him to make a strategic transfer here.

After the letter was delivered, Chen Ziqian paced back and forth in the tent a few times, thinking about what else had not yet been arranged.

Thinking about it, Lin Xiaodao's face suddenly appeared in his mind, and he almost forgot about this buddy when he got busy.

"Someone!" Chen Ziqian casually greeted, and a Shadow Squad reservist immediately entered the big tent.

Now that the war is imminent, the twelve special recruits have to enter their posts in advance to protect his personal safety, and the training plan can only be put on hold temporarily.

"You go to the county government for me, find General Lin Xiaodao, and tell him that the rebel army of 50,000 horses is menacing, and Zhilin County may not be able to hold on for a few days, let him plan early, if there is any need for him to speak, I will do my best to help." Chen Ziqian said and waved the other party back.

Although the bond relationship with Lin Xiaodao is still in the first stage, through getting along in the past few days, coupled with the previous discussion of strategies and martial arts, the favorability has once again increased to 79 points, and it may break through to the second stage at any time.

It took so much effort to brush up the favorability, of course Chen Ziqian didn't want to miss Lin Xiaodao like this.

But this person is very arrogant, and has thrown olive branches openly and secretly many times, but people are stunned and dismissed with a simple sentence of wanting to serve the old mother.

Chen Ziqian is also very helpless in this regard, in order to pull Lin Xiaodao into the camp, he has tried his best to brush up his favorability recently.

Why can't that buddy not enter the oil and salt, and he is still indifferent when he says that the sky is broken.

"If you don't kneel down and call the lord, buddy is really leaving!"