When the cold sun had just risen, and before he had time to sprinkle his only warmth on the earth, when the expected wind had not yet arrived, when the thousands of birds and beasts in the world, everything was still sleeping sweetly in peace and quiet, suddenly, a dull, thunderous drum beat shattered all this.

One, two, three, from monotonous slow, to urgent, with the urgent drum beat, an unknown number of drums suddenly joined the chorus.

There was a loud sound in the east, then in the south, and then in the north, the ensemble began to be joined, and for a moment the whole world was filled with the sound of this great mixture of drums, and there was no room for any other sound.

Slowly, on the east side of the fortress facing Ji County and the warehouse area, a war horse appeared on the high beam, and on the war horse of the divine horse, there was a mighty and powerful rogue, the iron armor on his body, shining a chilling blue light in the cold sunlight.

The man looked resolute, holding the reins in one hand, holding a big flag high in the other, and on the black flag, a big white word, like cold ice, slowly stretched in the gradually rising north wind, and then began to fly wantonly.

The attention of all the creatures between heaven and earth seemed to be suddenly attracted by this ride, a general, and a banner, and even the sound of war drums that still filled the heavens and the earth became nothing. Time seems to be frozen at this moment. The air also seems to be infected by the cold air brought by this ride, a general, and a large flag, and it has condensed into thousands of years of ice.

Moved, yes, just after a moment of solidification, just behind the high ridges, one, two, three,,, countless rogues with knives and guns slowly revealed, until they became a line, and then became a piece, slowly under the guidance of the banner of the word, spread down the beams, overflowed across the dry riverbed, spread to Jixian, spread to the warehouse fortress, and became a sea of people who were tearing the sky to the bottom, to drown the two fortresses that seemed lonely and small in front of this kind of sea.

"I'm here, little thief Lu Shi, let your achievements become my family business, and let your foundation become the foundation of my hegemony." Gao Yingxiang, who was stationed at the height of the ridge, facing the battlefield and had an unobstructed view, was now complacent about the two county towns and fortresses that seemed to be stormy in front of hundreds of thousands of horses, and couldn't help but think proudly.

"I'm here, this time I'm really facing you, in the end, let's see if you're as tough as people say, as people say, we, in fact, have a battle sooner or later, so let's start now." Li Zicheng rode on his black horse, letting his fiery chest stir violently in the cold wind that gradually became fierce.

"Here we are." The fifth battalion of the left of the revolution, the old harrier, Zhang Xianzhong,; Luo Rucai, and other big and small poles are even more enthusiastic and heartbeat, we are here, the rich land will be ours, and the endless population will be ours.

"Here we are." Wang Changshun shouted and excited in his heart, coming here, it will be closer to his hometown, as long as he crosses the Yellow River, it will be a return to his hometown.

"Here it is, these ungrateful dogs, it's still here." Guangwu, who was standing on the slightly dilapidated wall of Ji County, spat fiercely at his palm.

"It's good to come, come at this time, only then can the combat effectiveness of our garrison be seen, and only then can we be recognized by our fathers and elders for military merits." As a deputy general, Zhao Zhuang, who came to study the military situation with Guangwu before dawn, and had not had time to leave, came over with a smile at this time, looked at the boundless army of rogues outside, and said with joy.

Yes, it's good to come, or it's always so stuffy, it really makes people feel depressed.

Guangwu looked at the rogue who was slowly coming up, and said to the deputy with a relaxed face beside him: "You hurry back to your post now, resolutely hold the warehouse fortress, before our army arrives, even if you fight to the last man, you can't lose the fortress." ”

"You can rest assured, the warehouse area is called a solid one by Erlang, and the materials inside are called a rich, that is, millions of thieves fight for a year or two, and they don't want to touch it for half a point, so it's absolutely no problem." Zhao Zhuang stretched his neck to look at the Liukou who was slowly advancing in the distance again, and then knocked on the Jixian city wall in front of him, and said worriedly: "It's just that although the Jixian city wall has been reinforced, after all, it is still the old city wall, and it is too far away from my side." Looking at Guangwu, who was concentrating on observing the enemy's situation, he once again put forward the opinion that he had put forward countless times: "Otherwise, it's better for your brother to go to the warehouse, I'm here to keep an eye on, once my city wall here is not a problem, your brother can still control the overall situation, and be an insurance for that side, right?" ”

Guangwu didn't look back, and rebuked impatiently: "Don't talk nonsense, the city wall of Jixian County is not very strong, but I still have more equipment to defend the city, the most important thing is." At this time, Guangwu looked left and right, and saw that his brothers were all around him, and said in a low voice: "The most important thing is that the situation in this city is too complicated, in case at the critical time of the war, those guys who don't have the same heart as us, give us a moth to come out, at that time, it will really be dead, and now, the only one who can suppress them is me, you can't." ”

Hearing this explanation, Zhao Zhuang closed his mouth, and the original nonchalant expression with a smile on his face disappeared.

Yes, this Ji County is not as good as the fortress of their own base, here in name, or the governance of Daming Shanxi, in this county, or the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the streets are rampant, or those gentry and tyrants, although forced to break into their own army, but, usually from time to time there are still some small hands and feet, this time the rogue attack, is when the gang of guys are panicked, they wait for the troops to guard, in fact, it is a disguised occupation, and really build Ji County into a bridgehead into Shanxi in the future.

However, anyone can see that the powerful gentry in the city are not convinced, and now they are just pressed by 300,000 rogues outside the city, in comparison, it is better to let the rogues break through than to let the rogues break through, so they tolerate it like this, once things are not good, or when the city is in crisis, where do you not know, there are not one or two people who ignore the overall situation in the bastard?

The prestige of Erguangwu has been terrifying in these three counties, and it is really the town's residence, and it is really not good to change it to yourself.

"Big brother, take care, if things can't be done, I'll take you over there, don't fight too hard with those ungrateful guys." Zhao Zhuang had no choice but to tell again, saying this, in fact, it was a pun, with 3,000 soldiers to garrison the army, plus 3,000 masters who have also been trained, plus nearly 10,000 townships in Ji County who have the same hatred for the enemy, and countless materials generously "sold" by businessmen, in the face of the 300,000 rabble, everyone is confident in defending Ji County, but I am afraid that those wolf-hearted guys will make trouble, they are all old brothers who came out together with Suide, and it is not easy to live until now, not to mention, with King Chuang, there are better days to live, It's really bad in the hands of these wolf-hearted guys, and it's really not worth it.

Guangwu turned around and looked at the ant-like crowd of people running in the city, where he clearly saw the county honorable Zhang Zhongchao, with all the officials and officials busy, shook his head lightly and said: "I will not retreat even if I fight to the last soldier, because this is about the trust of these people and officials in our army, once we give up easily, then, in the future, we will return to Ji County, and then enter Shanxi, it will be extremely difficult." ”

This is the consciousness of the general, looking at the overall situation and seeing further.

Zhao Zhuang saw that he couldn't convince the brother in front of him, so he could only solemnly arch his hand and say, "Brother, take care, I'll go." ”

"Okay, there you go." Guangwu said calmly, then stared at Zhao Zhuang's eyes, and said word by word: "Go back and tell all the brothers that on the other side of the river, there is our Lady Chuang Wang, and she will not retreat a step before King Chuang takes us back." ”

Zhao Zhuang didn't speak, just nodded firmly, this is more effective than any supervising team, any kind of oath, as long as the lady does not take a step back, then, everyone will resolutely fight to the death.

As soon as Zhao Zhuang left, Qianhu in Jixian County strode to Guangwu's side, looked at the ant-like rogues outside the city, and asked with a grin: "How is it, Brother Guangwu, the food prepared for this gang of rogues is still sufficient?" ”

Guangwu laughed: "I have too much chewing here, and my Erlang has prepared countless on the other side, I am only afraid of supporting them, but I am afraid that they will want me to pay for my life." ”

"That's good." Hearing Guangwu's assurance, the thousand households were relieved at that time, and the county was comforted, in fact, what he valued more was the incomparably powerful equipment of the army, as long as it was sufficient, Naji County would be impregnable.

"My subordinates are useless, I can only give you a hand, you look at those guys, the thieves haven't attacked yet, their legs are already trembling, and their lips are chapped, so on the ground, this first wave of attack resistance, it's all up to the old brothers, as long as the first wave of you fight well, then, my people, immediately a group of little tigers." The thousand households looked at their subordinates, as well as those signatories, and couldn't help but envy He Guangwu said.

Guangwu smiled, these signatories all participated in the war with the passion of protecting their families, they were originally just tailors and small traders, where did they really go through the battle array? Now, being able to pee your pants in front of 300,000 rogues is already a very good performance, where is there too much to ask for? But as Qianhu said, as long as his first wave plays with momentum, then these people will immediately become tigers, and there will be no problem in defending Ji County.

"Don't worry, this old brother, after all, Liukou is Liukou, in my eyes, it is a local chicken and a dog, and it will break when you touch it." Looking at Qianhu who nodded, he suddenly lowered his voice and said worriedly: "However, this is the time to entrust it to the adult." ”

The Qianhu looked at Guangwu and said firmly: "Don't worry, this Guangwu brother, I will watch those bastards, I am not as good as you when killing thieves, but you are definitely not as good as me when you kill those bastards." ”

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard an earth-shattering cry from the rogue outside the city, Guangwu hurriedly held the battlement mouth to observe, and saw that the overwhelming rogue array suddenly split into two, and in the earth-shaking shout, Xiang Ji County, to the warehouse in both directions.

Really a big war began.