The Pucheng lobby has now become a pot of porridge, and everyone, no matter what angle they are standing, is trying to stretch their necks and shout for their camp. The nobles and the martial arts were all abandoned when their lives were at stake.

On the table in the lobby, an edict is spread out so ordinarily, but this ordinary edict has turned the lobby into a vegetable market.

Now, the civil and military forces in the entire hall are divided into three parts, and the moderate faction led by Liu Guoxiao, the county honor, still resolutely insists on defense, relying on the tall city wall to resist thieves outside the city. Of course, this includes his brother-in-law, Qianhu Yuqin.

Now that he has made up his mind to exhaust his troops, isn't he acting exactly as he originally envisioned? The siege of the city consumes his military morale and his food and grass materials, so why should he risk going to war?

In fact, his proposition is also a last resort, and now the status quo of the guard under his brother-in-law's name, he is very clear, counting on him to defend the city, it is better to count on his sister to give birth to eight children at a time.

As for the non-muddy army that was stationed before, in his heart, Liu Guoxiao was even more vigilant, and he surrendered all the way, as soon as he got out of the city, he couldn't say that those pickled things with a heart to the pole would run to the enemy, it was better to look at his own eyes.

As for the so-called temptation mentioned in the governor's edict, it is better not to care, fight a battle, let the blood splash, let the thieves chill, let their morale soar, and let their military exploits show, instead of letting everyone look at themselves with contempt, this is the first place.

The urgent need for a military merit is indeed what these young Zhang family members are eager for, because all the official positions in them are just relying on Zhang Yuan's collusion up and down, and at the same time, relying on the court's weakness to suppress the thieves in Shaanxi and give alms.

For the young Zhuang faction like Xiao Fifteen, although they calmly know that their military experience is insufficient, and they show infinite humility to those old fighting men, it does not mean that there is no blood in their hearts, and in this hidden humility, there is a more ardent expectation of military achievements, and all of them want to wash away the name they bought through this war and become a real general.

Ganquan blocked the door battle, Xiao Fifteen and most of the brothers in the group have participated, but, in their hearts, although they personally feel the strength of the thieves, but in fact, they also found a variety of reasons for the failure of the last battle to block the door, the cause is no other, it is just the competitiveness of young people, this kind of competitiveness, often subconsciously, covers up the most fundamental reason for the matter.

In their opinion, there are three reasons for the failure last time, one is that the thieves have been in battle for a long time, and they have only been able to form a township for three months, and they are all homeless people who have never seen blood and have not gone through battles, and failure is inevitable.

Second, at that time, the thieves took advantage of the soldiers, such as the longbow, such as the thunder, which was an unprecedented weapon, but now it is different, the longbow, I have equipped more than a thousand here, if it is not limited to the lack of iron, in fact, this thing can be done by everyone, thunder, that thing is no longer a secret, although the power of their side is still not up to the level of the thief, but in the nearly 10,000 catties of gunpowder, the selected medicine essence can already give the thief a surprise.

The third point is that at the beginning, it was just that the thieves were cunning, and they prepared a large number of ambushes outside the battle, and when the two sides were about to divide the winners and losers, they suddenly killed and caught themselves off guard, which led to the defeat.

Now it seems that these three items, I have been prepared, especially the last one, now it is reversed, the thieves attack, we defend, the thieves are exhausted, I already have 20,000 guards and Xiangyong reinforcements on the periphery, as long as once here is successful, 20,000 recuperated troops will go out of battle, and the thieves will be caught off guard, and the victory is no longer five or five, but will be victorious.

However, after all, such a victory is not achieved independently by oneself, and the military merits are also shared by everyone, where is the righteousness?

Kill out, take the initiative to strive for a military merit, and extinguish the arrogance of the thieves, this is the right thing.

The third faction is the indispensable Zhang Cunmeng and his subordinates.

It's not impossible to go to war, and in this way, you can also express your determination to draw a line with the thieves in front of Shangguan. Not playing is an embarrassing position recently. Among the literati, they are very wary of themselves, but among the generals, they want to charge into battle with themselves, isn't it a trouble caused by a rogue background?

So, the brothers who didn't get mud watched the quarrel between the generals and the Zhang Jiajun brothers with red faces and thick necks.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." The county commander Liu Guoxiao crackled the wood, and it took a long time to suppress the sound of the quarrel, and looked at the indignant military man, and couldn't help but sit down.

"My lord, if you don't send troops, there is actually no need to quarrel." Liang Xiao, the county leader, stepped forward and bowed and spoke. "Could it be that adults want to be disrespectful to the top of the mountain?"

Yes, this is what Liu Guoxiao is most anxious about.

The governor issued an official order to Yu, which one dared not to implement it? Although here, he knows the battle situation on the front line best, but the governor who is far away in the world will not dare to hold the official document no matter what, but once he goes to war, he will definitely lose, even he is a literati who knows this truth, why is the general soldier who sits in Xi'an and commands the military affairs of the whole Shaanxi also attached? Isn't this a waste of the little strength that has been accumulated so hard to defend the city?

"I don't know what happened outside the city, the guerrilla general He Ren and Long He, who were involved in the military reinforcements in various counties, had moved." Liu Guoxiao put his elbow on the public case, rubbed his forehead vigorously with his hand and asked Liang Xiao, the county in charge of internal and external transportation.

Thieves besiege the city, said to be a siege, in fact, it is just to block the four gates, other places only go back and forth to patrol and monitor, although the army can not enter and exit, but it is not the same as the iron bucket of the siege, at night, with a rope to fall a few clever sentinels, out of the city traffic inside and outside, it is still possible.

"General He has a word that the guards outside have almost been rectified, as long as we drag on here until the thieves are tired, he will make an appointment with us to fight inside and outside, and the battle will be decided."

Liu Guoxiao nodded, noncommittal.

Zhang Cunmeng, who had been silent, suddenly stepped forward, bowed down and saluted: "My lord, there will be something to say in the end." ”

Liu Guoxiao tilted his head, looked at Zhang Cunmeng, who had an unknown position but rarely spoke, frowned slightly, waved his hand and said weakly: "General Zhang, please speak." ”

The reason why Zhang Cunmeng remained silent in this quarrel was because he knew that this kind of controversy was not something he should be involved in, his identity was there, and once he made a mistake, it would be a catastrophe.

But now, seeing that the real principal in this city is in a dilemma, it is the time for him to sell his good fortune and invite credit, and to get closer to the literati and county respect, at least he can also pull a protection for himself.

With the consent of Liu Guoxiao, Zhang Cunmeng bowed down again and cautiously suggested: "The thieves outside the city are powerful, and it is really inappropriate to take the initiative to attack. First a small high hat went up, looked at Liu Guoxiao, who had soothed his expression, and looked at himself with straight eyes, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

But in the blink of an eye, he saw that his immediate boss Zhang Xiaofifteen was guarding his face sinking like water, and he sighed secretly in his heart at the moment, and hurriedly spoke: "Zhang Garrison advocates going to war, which is also the practice of old man. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help but despise it, this is two-sided flattery, both sides are not offended, and it is equivalent to saying nothing, it is really a fox for many years.

"What do you mean?" Yu Qin was impatient with his sleek sophistication, and asked with disdain on his face.

Zhang Cunmeng coughed, and then said: "Actually, the thieves besieged the city, we should go out of the city to fight." ”

The county lord who was optimistic about him just now couldn't help but feel angry on his face, and asked angrily, "What do you mean?" ”

"The county is angry." Zhang Cunmeng hurriedly compensated for it, and hurriedly said what he thought in his heart: "Actually, the thieves besieged the city, we should really fight, otherwise it will have too much impact on the morale of the army, and at the same time, it will also make the thieves think that we are afraid of them, so they have improved their morale. ”

Zhang Cunmeng's words are the real veteran insights, and against cowardice, this is a taboo for soldiers. This remark was immediately unanimously approved by the Shaozhuang faction headed by Zhang Shoubei. In their eyes, Zhang Cunmeng is no longer so unpleasant.

Liu Guoxiao also knew this, but said helplessly: "Why don't I know? Why, looking at the thieves outside the city, we really don't have the strength to fight, and if we really want to go out of the city to invite a battle and be defeated, the consequences will be even more unimaginable. When the time comes, let alone attack, there will be a crisis even in defending the city. ”

"Your Excellency is very worried." Zhang Cunmeng turned the conversation back again, and immediately received a boo from the main battle faction.

"What the hell are you trying to say? Is it just two-faced? A child of the Chen family stepped forward and scolded Zhang Cunmeng loudly.

Zhang 15 can be respectful to you, but it doesn't mean that our brothers are used to seeing you as a boneless guy.

Zhang Cunmeng hurriedly said his reasoning: "Now, since the governor has signed the official document, then we must fight. Looking at the county lord who was in a dilemma, Zhang Cunmeng continued: "Actually, there is also a way to fight a war, as long as the law is implemented, we will go out to fight and strike at the arrogance of the thieves, and there is no risk, in this way, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Guoxiao, who was worried, sat up straight and asked curiously, "What?" Is there such a way? The old general, come on. ”

"My lord, in fact, there is no other way to do this, but I just ask the county lord to send people out of the city again, contact the guerrillas outside the city, and make an appointment time, we are only for the thieves all the way, first come to a small inside and outside cooperation, and catch him off guard, not only to implement the governor's order, but also to crack down on the thieves."

As soon as this plan came out, everyone couldn't help but look at each other in embarrassment, yes, in fact, things are as simple as that.

"In particular, if we always attack like this, we will force the thief to give up his plan to besiege the city without fighting, and can only attack us, at that time, we can give full play to the power of our equipment and really consume the strength of the thief."