Four days later, a pair of patrolling dukes on the south gate of Mianshang County were listlessly stationed on the city wall, and one of the officers had just yawned, just rubbed his sleepy eyes, and it was the officer's sharp eyes, and suddenly he saw that there seemed to be several teams of men and horses on the distant horizon at the southern end gradually revealing their figures.

The officer's eyes froze, and he immediately lifted his spirits, and shouted to the public leader who led the team: "Chief! Look, there seem to be soldiers and horses coming over there! ”

When the public leader of the team heard this, he immediately looked south, and it happened that at this time, the sound of horns suddenly sounded among the large number of soldiers and horses. After another moment, the dukes on the city wall saw more and more men and horses emerging from the south side of the flat land, from the dense forests of the mountain cols, like a swarm of black and oppressive ants. And those public officials can probably see that those people and horses are dressed in all kinds of clothes, and it seems that they are definitely not the officials and soldiers from the state capital.

The thieves have really come to attack Mianshang County!

The gang of thieves came quickly, but fortunately, two days ago, according to the instructions of Li Zhixian and that Lord Xiao, our brothers sent people around to lure the villagers from nearby villages into the city for temporary shelter, so they didn't teach them to be killed by thieves......

The man leading the team gritted his teeth, and immediately kicked the ass of the officer next to him, and shouted, "It's still fucking here!" Hurry up and report to Lord Xiao and Li Zhixian that they know that the thieves are about to attack the city! ”

When Xiao Tang, Hua Rong, and Niu Gao rushed to the city with more than ten cavalry and more than 100 horse soldiers, there were already 1,000 of the large number of thieves who had set up their positions first, and there were also three teams of tribes advancing in the direction of the east, west, and north gates of Mianshang County, and it seemed that they were about to encircle and launch an attack on all sides. Suddenly, a strongman leader drew his sword and shouted, and a roar like a landslide suddenly sounded between the thousand thieves under his command and the nearly 10,000 people and horses around him! At this time, the faces of the servants standing at the head of the city were already white, and the thieves were so powerful, how could they resist it?

"Lord Xiao!" At this moment, Li Zhixian had also brought a group of people to Chengtou Mountain, but he, a civil official, found a Song Army's commander-style clothes and armor at this time, and he was still carrying a long sword in his hand, and said to Xiao Tang: "According to the order, the lower officials have organized several teams of young men recruited in the city in the past few days, and all of them are listed at the north gate at this time!" ”

Xiao Tang nodded solemnly, and replied to Li Zhixian: "Li Zhixian, according to the agreement between you and me, the county town has already been equipped with the equipment for defending the city, such as rolling wood and stones, golden soup and boiling oil, etc., at the north gate, and you lead all the people and the public to just defend there!" ”

"Xia Guan understands, it's just ......" Li Zhixian glanced at the hundred or so soldiers behind Xiao Tang again, although the county seat of Mianshang was originally guarded by officers and soldiers, but in the past few days, through Li Zhixian's mobilization call, there are also about 2,000 young people in the county who are also willing to assist Xiao Tang and Li Zhixian to protect the county, after all, they are also very clear that if the city is broken by the thieves in Hedong, no matter the life, wife and children, they will fall into the hands of the thieves, and they all say that the rabbit bites people when they are in a hurry, at such a time of life and death, Of course, there will be many villagers who must stand up to protect their property, homes and relatives.

It's just that Xiao Tang ordered Li Zhixian to lead all the townsmen to defend the north gate, and now all the equipment used to defend the city in the city has also been placed there, with these numbers and configurations, it must be able to hold on for a while. Even if these soldiers under Xiao Tang are brave and good at fighting, but they still have to allocate to guard the east, west, and south gates, then there are only more than 40 people in each direction, how can they be enough for this little manpower?

Xiao Tang saw that Li Zhixian was worried, and he also understood why he was worried, so he immediately said to him: "Li Zhixian doesn't need to worry, how to resist the thieves from climbing the city wall, I have my own countermeasures." ”

"My lord! I'm coming! ”

Before Xiao Tang's words fell, he saw Ye Qing with a spear in his hand, and also hurried to the city gate tower with a group of people, and now Ye Qing has agreed to surrender to Xiao Tang, and his title has been changed, at this time Ye Qing reported to Xiao Tang again: "Fortunately, in the nearby villages and counties, the martial artists, nurses and some idlers in the county town who are familiar with me have also been summoned by me to bring more than 300 people, and they are all willing to resist the thieves on the orders of the lord!" ”

Xiao Tang patted Ye Qing's shoulder to show encouragement, and then said to the martial artists and idlers he brought with some martial arts: "Today, I am also fortunate to be able to fight side by side with you, and the survival of Mianshang County depends on your struggle." ”

When the more than 300 martial artists and idlers heard this, they immediately saluted Xiao Tang in return, and said bluntly What Xiao Renxia is serious, it is also a blessing for us to be able to guard the city side by side with the famous Xiao Renxia.

It's just that Xiao Tang also knows very well that these characters inside and outside the county who rely on their performances, become big helpers, and even fight in the market have their own thoughts, although they look at Ye Qing's face, among them, there are certainly some people who often go to the rivers and lakes and are willing to serve because of their respect for their own name. But more people probably also know that Xiao Tang is doing important positions in the court, as long as he can help him defend Mianshang County this time, his future future will be far better than making a living by selling martial arts among the people.

What's more, Xiao Tang had also known Ye Qing before: There will be a large number of officers and soldiers outside Mianshang County to help, and they are all good at fighting with Xiao Tang to Hedong Road, which is by no means comparable to the officials and soldiers who fled in panic when they saw thieves on Hedong Zhulu. And these people saw that Xiao Tang was not afraid of danger, so they not only believed it, but they were also willing to take this opportunity to fight for the future. Otherwise, with such a huge disparity in the number of enemies and friends, how many people would be willing to share weal and woe with this county seat?

Xiao Jiasui must have already returned to Tongluo County to transfer people and horses to support, involving the life and death of himself, the commander of the three armies and all the people in Mianshang County, Xiao Tang also believes that his henchmen and subordinate generals will not be lazy, and the time left for them to mobilize troops and horses should be enough. But now the two sides can't communicate with each other, no matter what happens in the middle, Xiao Tang can only rely on these manpower to resist the siege of the Tianhu thieves until Xiao Jiasui, Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng and others led a large group of officers and troops to Mianshang County.

In Tian Hu's view, it is a foregone conclusion that Mianshang County will be breached. Xiao Tang is a man, there is no physiology.

At this time, Tian Hu, who rode a horse and held the rear of the army, had a more hideous look on his face, and now he commanded a large number of Hedong thieves, Xiao Tang was also too big, and dared to lead the small cavalry army to leave the area heavily guarded by the official army without authorization, and now he has no time to withdraw to Tongqi County, which has been surrounded on all sides, as long as it will not be long before the city gates on all sides of Mianshang County are breached, then the situation will evolve into a one-sided slaughter, Xiao Tang will not escape, and the famous Ren Xia in the rivers and lakes will die in the hands of Lao Tzu, Looking at the entire Great Song Green Forest, which one of those who doesn't open their eyes dares to underestimate my Tian Hu?

As for the possibility of the officials and troops of Tongyu County coming to help, Tian Hu did not consider it. It's just that Xiao Tang has a short time to react, and Tian Hu also immediately ordered the gathering of the thief army after fighting with him in Shimur Mountain, and quickly came to attack Mianshang County. As for cutting off Xiao Tang's retreat and arranging soldiers and horses to travel sentinels at dangerous places...... Tian Hu asked himself what he should do, and he did it, and now that his henchmen are trapped in the city again, how can he let the cooked duck fly away?

Thinking of this, Tian Hu waved the horsewhip in his hand hatefully again, and shouted violently: "Little ones, give me the siege of the city, the first to occupy the city tower, reward a thousand yuan, and the girls in the city Peugeot also let him choose first, kill!" ”

Several strongman leaders beside Tian Hu immediately ordered, and the thieves who were ordered to attack the four city gates in the east, west, south, and north of Mianshang County also responded violently after hearing the big leader's order to attack the city, and the speed of the four thousand thieves squirming forward became faster and faster. The thieves with the long ladders in the front row hissed, and the sword and shield bearers in the middle of it also set up their wooden shields, while the archers in the back drew their bows and arrows in unison, and aimed above the walls......

A fierce battle with Xiao Tang defending the city and Tian Hu attacking the city finally began.