Ganqi's play is finally over, even if it is Chinese New Year's Eve, Ganqi is still busy preparing for the battle.

The snow really stopped, Chinese New Year's Eve stopped, it was melting, and the weather was still cold.

If you want to come to Yanjing City for the Spring Festival, it must be very lively. It's just that the Spring Festival in Xiongzhou is not so lively, according to the past practice, the government will also organize many celebrations, but this year there are none.

Linyu Mountain, in the later Qinhuangdao City, the last remnant of Yanshan to the Bohai Sea, is also the location of the pass.

The New Year's Festival has just passed, and on the second day of the Lunar New Year, seven or eight thousand thieves came down from the mountain.

To the west, dozens of miles is the county seat of Anxi, which is near the city of Qian'an in Tangshan.

The footsteps were on the snow that had begun to melt, it was muddy, and there were seven or eight thousand people, and there were cursing and complaining everywhere.

There are also people who boost the morale of these complainers: "Brothers, let's go back to the county seat, as long as we rush into the county seat of Anxi, what do we want, how much gold and silver treasures we want, it is the New Year, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, everything is prepared for everyone, just wait for everyone to enjoy, everyone work hard, and there are still fifty or sixty miles to arrive." ”

"Brothers, when the time comes, everyone will follow the owner of the village and the military division to rush, there are only a few hundred garrisons in Anxi County, this time I will wait for tens of thousands of horses, and it is easy to find and take things."

"Brethren, hurry up!"

"Damn, it's still the military advisor who thinks thoughtfully, knows that we have a hard time, and entertains us to go into the city for the New Year."

"This time I have to grab a and go back......"

A thief, after all, is a thief, and he can't get rid of the idea of a thief.

Di Yong didn't think about stopping these thieves' unreasonable ideas at this time, the conditions that can mobilize these thieves to work their lives are silver and women, if they suppress these thoughts, there are really few people who will sell their lives.

Some things are so cruel, what ideological work, what great benevolence and righteousness, those things take a long time, and now Di Yong does not have so much time to build these people's thoughts, so Di Yong only has one rule, that is, do not kill innocents indiscriminately, and other looting and looting or something, let them go, this is the most real motivation for these people to work hard.

This is also the reason why thieves in ancient times could not achieve great things. In the Great Song Dynasty, there were thieves who rose up almost every year, but in the last two Song Dynasty for nearly three hundred years, there were hundreds of people on a small scale and tens of thousands of people on a large scale, and none of them could succeed.

Anxi County, a small county town, has a population of 350,000, and the entire county together has a population of only about 100,000. A place where war has not been heard for hundreds of years.

Although many people in the city heard that a group of thieves had come near Linyu Mountain, few people took it seriously, because a large number of officers and soldiers also came nearby, and the officers and soldiers in Luanzhou heard that there were tens of thousands. For the officers and soldiers, some thieves are naturally out of the question, and the people of Yanyun still trust the Liao army.

It's also because the thieves from Linyu Mountain have been here for several months, and they have never heard of them going down the mountain to wreak havoc in the township, and they have never even heard of blocking the road and robbing the road, so people don't take this gang of thieves seriously, and probably guess that these thieves are afraid of the officers and soldiers, and they hide in the mountains and dare not show their faces.

The robbers, who did not dare to show their faces, have become the talk of the people after tea and dinner in recent months, and they only think that this living thief is as timid as a mouse, and some are ridiculous, and he will starve to death in the mountains for a long time.

The joy of the New Year is still permeating Anxi County, from Yanyun to Yongzhou in the south, as long as there are Han people, they are all celebrating the New Year. Whether it is a soldier or a peddler's pawn, they all have to celebrate the New Year, and this annual party will be a long time after the climax of the first lunar month, and then the busy work of the new year will begin.

The sun is shining, this winter's rare good sun, drying quilts, furniture, bacon and salted fish to eat during the New Year should also be taken out to dry.

Smoke curls in the kitchen, and the women are busy. In the courtyard, at the door, and under the corner of the street, there were people sitting and basking in the warm sun.

The soldiers on duty for the New Year were a little unlucky, sitting under the battlements of the city wall with weapons, facing the sun, and enjoying the rare comfort of the cold winter.

Suddenly, a soldier who put his hands in the sleeve cage looked at the east, and then was stunned, and quickly took out the hand in the sleeve cage, wiped his eyes, and immediately panicked, and shouted: "Yes...... Yes...... There are thieves! ”

There was also an old soldier sitting under the battlements beside him, pouting and saying, "Nonsense! ”

"What a thief!"

"I'll take a look......" The old soldier stood up, looked to the east, but really saw a large group of people, at first glance, the people in front of the head are still relatively well-armed, the old soldier Han disagreed: "This is the official army, my own people, I want to come ......"

"No, no......" The old soldier suddenly became alert, because the armor and blade style of those people were wrong, and a big flag came into view, a big word "hemp". The thief on Linyu Mountain has been rumored for several months, and the name of the thief Kou Ma Niu is so calloused that the old soldier hears it.

The old soldier shouted at the top of his voice: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, close the city gate quickly, quickly!" ”

"Close the gates!"

"The hemp cow on Linyu Mountain has come down!"

"The bandits are coming!"

"Drumming, drumming!"

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The rapid and fierce drum beat broke the joy of the Spring Festival in the small town, and the vast majority of people looked at the city tower with a puzzled face, although the city tower was dilapidated and a little low compared to other big cities, it was still the tallest building in the whole county.

"The bandits are coming!"

"The thieves have come down the mountain......"

Anxizhi County is a Khitan man named Xiao Da, and he also has a Khitan name called Trimu, he is not a Jinshi, but a Khitan nobleman.

Xiao Da was hurriedly hugged to the top of the city by a group of panicked soldiers, and the thieves outside the city were all over the mountains, slowly forming a formation, and more than a dozen men on horseback were running back and forth, constantly shouting orders, so that those thieves stood where they should stand.

"Quick, go for help!" Xiao Da shouted loudly, but he was also heading down the city.

Then I saw Xiao Da get on a horse by himself, turned his head and shouted: "This official went to Luanzhou to ask for help, and you resisted." Don't be afraid, there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers stationed in Luanzhou, and you can rush here at night, and you will definitely be able to save everyone. ”

After saying that, Xiao Da beat his horse and walked quickly, and went straight to Nancheng.

The Khitan nobleman seems to have lost the blood of his ancestors and lost the glory of his ancestors in this world of flowers.

The soldiers at the head of the city looked at the magistrate who was galloping away, and they were all stunned.

Outside the city, there was a sudden shouting, and the cowhide drums were pounding.

An ironclad man stood in front of him on horseback and shouted, "Bring up the long ladders, listen to the order of the drums, and rush up to the city with me." ”

"The military advisor is mighty!"

"The military division is invincible!"

It didn't take long for the drums to beat suddenly.

The thieves are attacking the city.

The soldiers on the city wall were all six gods and no masters, some shouted loudly to fight back, and some people picked up their bows and crossbows and were already shooting.

Someone was still standing in a daze.

Some people turn around frequently, probably thinking about running away.

There are even people who shout directly with a crying voice: "What should I do, what should I do? ”

Sporadic feathered arrows shot at Di Yong's heavy armor, and the sound of ding dong left some marks, Di Yong had already come to the bottom of the city, and personally led people to erect a long ladder.

Di Yong was the first to climb the ladder, turned his head and shouted, "Brothers, rush up with me!" ”

Ma Niu was behind Di Yong, and then stepped on the long ladder, shouting, "Brothers, follow." ”

If you want a long ladder to be difficult for the enemy to knock down, you have to go up as quickly as possible, and use the weight of people to pile on top of the long ladder, so that it is difficult for the people at the head of the city to knock down the ladder.

In fact, the defenders of the city need special tools to knock down the long ladder, such as a long branch, and use the branch to hold the long ladder, and then many people can hold the trunk of the tree together to push the long ladder down.

But on the head of this Anxi county, there has not been an enemy for a hundred years, where can there be such a thing?

A panicked soldier at the battlement kept stabbing down with a spear, hoping to drive down the climbers.

But it was a defense, the spear that had just been stabbed down was actually caught in Di Yong's hand, only to see Di Yong exert himself again, and the person was dragged out by Di Yong and fell down from the battlement.

Between the gaps, Di Yong climbed a few times in succession, and in an instant, he was able to get up to the battlement. A spear swept out, and he was firmly behind the battlement where the ladder was held.

The siege battle can be so simple.

There was not even a fierce battle in this small city of Anxi, and when more and more thieves climbed the city walls, the ground was full of kneeling people begging for mercy.

The thieves burst into cheers and hurried into the city, seeing which house was big and which was rich, and rushed inside.

Di Yong stood on the city wall and didn't go down, and there was a Ma Niu standing next to him, laughing.

Ma Niu is enjoying the victory of this moment.

Di Yong suddenly said: "Master Mazhai, you take people down together, one hour is the limit, when the time comes, everyone will go up to the city to gather." ”

Ma Niu smiled: "I know, let's leave after grabbing it." ”

saw Di Yong shaking his head: "If you don't leave, you won't leave when you enter the city!" ”

Ma Niu's face was startled, and he asked, "Strategist, aren't you leaving?" ”

"Well, we'll stay here."

"This can't be done, the army of Luanzhou will come as soon as it is said, let's stay here, won't we become a turtle in the urn?" Ma Niu was scared.

Di Yong smiled and waved his hand: "There are not many people in Luanzhou at this time, at most there are only three thousand, and there is no way for them to take us when they come, we have to find a way to defeat them." ”

"The 3,000 officers and soldiers are not something we can easily defeat, military advisor, you can't think about things so simply, it's safer for us to grab it and leave!"

How could Di Yong be simple? He was thinking quite complicatedly, since he had started to attack the state capital, how could he retreat back to the mountains?

Di Yong's plan, or Gan Qi's explanation to him, is not only to attack the county seat, but also to defeat the official army of the Liao, and to occupy a few more cities to expand the number of men and horses as much as possible.

Otherwise, how can the Liao army be mobilized to suppress it?

Di Yong looked at the panicked look on Ma Niu's face, and said with confidence: "The master of Ma Niu's house is afraid? ”

"I ...... I'm not afraid, we said before, let's go, grab it and leave! ”

It's what I said before, but what's the use? Di Yong only said: "Master Mazhai, when did I hurt you?" I'm helping you earn a future, do you really want to be a mountain king in the deep mountains and old forests for the rest of your life? ”

"Strategist? This future also has to be enjoyed by life, right? Ma Niu said.

"A spark can start a prairie fire, not to mention that we have tens of thousands of horses? The owner of Mazhai can rest assured that as long as we gain a firm foothold in this city and repel the first wave of enemies, the momentum after that will not be comparable to the past. ”

"This ......"

"Is the owner of Mazhai still worried? So hesitant to look forward and backward, in fact, it has become a big thing? Di Yong said again.

"But what if you can't beat it?" Ma Niu asked worriedly.

"If you can't beat it, how about we go back into the mountain? The first wave of the Liao army, the number of people must not be large, even if he can't beat it, he can't kill it all, let's take people into the mountain again, it's still safe. "Di Yong is fooling Ma Niu, this kind of thing, can only succeed and not fail, once it fails, it is a rabble cottage, and people's hearts will immediately disperse.

"Since the military advisor is so thoughtful, what ...... Then I'll take a gamble with the military advisor. "Ma Niu is not ambitious, but I really think that even if I fail this time, I can make a comeback, at least I can go back to the mountains and continue to sit back and relax.

It's just that Ma Niu doesn't know the reality, once he fails, how can Gan Qi continue to spare no effort to support him? Ganchi doesn't support him, and what does he eat? Out of the mountains to grab it? The thieves who are frightened, the thieves who scatter people's hearts, frequently go out of the mountains, and it is really not far from destruction.

This, in fact, is a battle against the water.

Di Yong naturally wanted to prepare for this last battle, and said: "After an hour, start demolishing the house, move all the bricks, stones, beams and other heavy objects to the city to defend against the enemy, remove the door panels and bed boards and the like as shields to defend against arrows, and also cut down all the trees in the city, make long pole branches, collect all the things in the city that can start fire, and prepare to defend the city!" ”

"Okay, well, listen to the military advisor." Ma Niu nodded like pounding garlic, attacking and defending the city, he didn't know anything, but fortunately, Di Yong understood everything.

"All the plunder, the money, are to be kept for themselves, but the food must be all pooled." Di Yong arranged them one by one.

This small Anxi city ushered in a catastrophe.

Gan Qi of Xiongzhou, standing at the head of the city and looking into the distance, frowned slightly, he knew that it had begun.

So he opened his mouth and said to a few people around him: "Zhang Zhizhou, General Zhao, quickly go and collect all the boat sampans in all the villages by the Juma River." But there were passing merchant ships, and all of them were intercepted. ”

Zhang Li asked when he heard this: "I'm afraid that this will make the people complain, I don't know why Gan Jinglu is like this?" ”

Gan Qi smiled and explained: "Beware of smuggling!" ”

How could Gan Qi say that it was to prepare for a large army to cross the river to the north and start a war?

"So...... All right. Zhang Liyi reluctantly accepted Ganqi's explanation that he had to go to work, which was also a big project.