Li Shan is a small history under the county commander Yang Xing, responsible for delivering orders for the county order, he was born poor, and Zhang Song has always been good friends, after Zhang Song fell ill, he was invited by Li Shan to go around.

Li Shan is slightly older than Zhang Song, has a dark complexion, is as tall as Zhang Song, has thick eyebrows and big eyes, is quite loyal, and meticulous in his work.

At this time, Li Shan was standing at the door of Zhang Song's house with a serious face, Zhang Song knew that Li Shan had always been unsmiling, and a serious face did not mean that something had happened, if something really happened, Li Shan would definitely remind him, so he didn't care about his seriousness.

"Brother Li, come in and have a drink." Zhang Song put down the wooden stick in his hand and said to Li Shan.

"No need, you better hurry up and follow me, Yang County Ling is in a hurry to find you."

Zhang Song didn't force it, just said: "Okay, wait for me, I'll go with you immediately." ”

Back in the house, Zhang Song called his sister Xiaolan out and told her to lock the door of the house after she left, hide in the house and not go out.

Looking at his sister's nervous appearance, Zhang Song felt that he was a little too nervous, but thinking of the thief situation in Liangzhou during this period, Zhang Song felt that it was still necessary for him to do so.

However, in order to ease her sister Xiaolan's nervousness, when parting, Zhang Song pinched her sister's little face and said to her, "Good Xiaolan, smile." ”

However, Xiaolan tried a few times, and the muscles on her face were so stiff that she couldn't laugh.

Helplessly, Zhang Song put the little finger of his right hand into his mouth, hooked the corners of his mouth, and the index finger and middle finger of his right hand stretched out the upper and lower eyelids of his right eye, and made a grimace unexpectedly, Xiaolan was amused and laughed.

Zhang Song smiled and said to Xiaolan: "At home, remember the words of the eldest brother, the eldest brother will come back soon." ”

Xiaolan's eyes widened, her eyes were full of trust in Zhang Song, and she nodded vigorously at Zhang Song.

"Brother Li Shan, let's go." In Xiaolan's reluctant eyes, Zhang Song said to Li Shan and walked forward.

Li Shan followed Zhang Song silently, and after walking for a while, he suddenly asked, "Is there that one?" ”

"How many thieves have there been in Yongping County in the last year? How many times has the county successfully resisted? Zhang Song knew what Li Shan was asking, so he asked a seemingly unrelated question.

Li Shan didn't answer, he knew that Zhang Song didn't need him to answer at all, there have been more than a dozen thieves robbing in Yongping County in the past year, each time, the thieves have gone away, the loss of the people's property is a trivial matter, and the dead people have not appeared, and none of the thieves have been arrested, in this sense, the county has not successfully resisted the thieves once.

"This time it's different." After a moment of silence, Li Shan said, "The thieves have been repulsed, and the county will send someone." ”

Zhang Song looked back at Li Shan behind him, Li Shan's serious face was still so meticulous, if there was anything else, it was to add a touch of firmness.

"Maybe." Zhang Song didn't argue with Li Shan, because he knew that from the available information, Li Shan could only come to this conclusion, and he thought of another question, "Brother Li Shan, if I'm not here, please take care of my family, kid is grateful." ”

Li Shan nodded and said, "That's nature." ”

In the middle of the conversation, the two went under the city walls.

At this time, the walls were different from the previous ones, with torches everywhere and above, and the women were packing up their utensils and preparing to return.

Most of the men and young men under the city wall got up and moved after a rest, discussing the defense of the thieves today, especially the young man was even more frowning, and his words revealed excitement and pride.

Zhang Song searched carefully, but did not find the young man he knew, did not find his younger brother, and did not find any trace of his mother, but thinking that there were so many people, it was normal not to meet him for a while, so he put his mind at ease.

Seeing Li Shan, everyone greeted him humbly and warmly, and Li Shan didn't answer too much, but just hummed a few times in his nostrils to show his answer.

When he was about to climb the stairs to the city wall, Li Shan solemnly saluted one of the old men, and the old man hurriedly got up to return the salute, and said bluntly: "The grass people don't dare to be such a big gift as Xiao Shi. ”

This old man was the stone road who treated Zhang Song, and he was the most famous doctor in Yongping County to Zhangye County. After using his medicine, Zhang Song obviously felt that his condition was getting better much faster.

Zhang Song also solemnly saluted Shi Dao, but Shi Dao didn't pay attention to Zhang Song, and didn't even look at Zhang Song, Zhang Song smiled bitterly in his heart, but he didn't care, just quietly waited for Li Shan to finish talking to Shi Dao.

Since stepping on the steps of the city wall, Zhang Song let Li Shan walk in front.

The one-zhang high city wall is really not too high, and after a while, Li Shan and Zhang Song reached the top of the city wall.

As soon as he climbed to the top of the city wall, Zhang Song couldn't help but tremble all over, when he walked in the city, because there were buildings blocking him, he didn't feel how tight the wind was, but on the top of the city wall, Zhang Song found that the cold wind tonight was much stronger than in the past, and the biting cold wind seemed to strip off people's clothes, and drilled straight into people's bone marrow. The water in the water tank had frozen, and the water on the top of the city wall had also frozen, and Zhang Song accidentally stepped on it and almost fell.

The young men on the top of the city wall had already put on the cotton clothes sent by their families, hid under the battlements, and gathered in groups to resist the cold wind, leaving only a few people to observe the movements of the thieves.

Yang Xingzheng, the county magistrate, was talking with his subordinates such as the main book, the history of the record, and the history of the main record room, as well as the people from the county's big families.

"Changshang, Zhang Song has already brought it." Li Shan replied loudly.

When the few people who were talking heard the voice, the people from the big family glanced at Zhang Song and Li Shan with cold faces, and then drank the tea in the bowl without raising their heads, their eyes were still full of disgust. The main book, the record history, and the master record room history only nodded slightly to Zhang Song, and then stopped talking.

Yang Xing, the county commander, enthusiastically stretched out his hand to support Zhang Song, who was saluting, and said loudly: "Zhang Song, you came just in time, there is something to ask you in this county, look outside the city, the thieves' attack has failed, why haven't they retreated?" ”

Zhang Song struggled to control his trembling body, and replied respectfully: "This matter has its own decision between the county and the monarchs, and the grass people dare not put their beaks. ”

"Hey, you are out of sight, the ancients said, the wise man has a thousand thoughts, and there will be a mistake; A fool thinks a thousand times, and he will get one. You might as well tell me about it. Yang Xing, the county magistrate, laughed and said.

After Yang Xing finished speaking, several people present laughed.

After observing for a while, Zhang Song hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Without him, I must be waiting for reinforcements to arrive in order to attack the city again." ”

Except for Yang Xing, the laughter of the rest of the people stopped abruptly, and the master bookkeeper also said in a lost voice: "Wait for the reinforcements to arrive?" How is it possible, where are the reinforcements from the thieves? Don't talk nonsense! ”

Now that he has opened his mouth, for the sake of his family and the people in the city, Zhang Song simply said clearly, "More than a month ago, more than 100 thieves came to our county, and at the same time, Linze and Wulan counties were also attacked by more than 100 thieves, and the thieves in the three counties combined have more than 300 people, and in addition to the flying dragon thieves, I have not heard that there are thieves in Zhangye County who have reached the scale of 100 people. If the weather is so cold, and the thieves are still not leaving, there must be a plan. ”

Everyone present was speechless, in fact, this truth is clear when you think about it, but they do not have the habit of collecting information for comprehensive analysis, and are used to listening to others make decisions, so naturally they don't know.

Yang Xing had hoped that other flying dragon thieves would not come to Yongping County, but after listening to Zhang Song's analysis, there was no luck at the end.

With more than 300 defenders, plus the darkness of the night, without the arrival of reinforcements, it has become very difficult to hold the county seat of Yongping, and once the city is broken, what will the thieves who have already been enraged do, just thinking about it makes people shudder.

The master book, the record history, the master record room history and others were also aware of this problem, but they couldn't think of any good way, so they didn't speak, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little depressing.

Yang Xing paced restlessly, his eyes looked at the people from the family, but no one looked up and looked at Yang Xing. Yang Xing was full of disappointment, but he couldn't do it, his county order was not very looked down upon by the big families, and he was counting on them to resist together, and he offended these big families by getting angry rashly, but there was no good fruit to eat.

In the end, Yang Xing stood in front of Zhang Song, looking at the young man in front of him who was still trembling, Yang Xing was silent, he felt that he invited Zhang Song over to be a little sick and rushed to the doctor, a young man can do more than others?

However, Yang Xing thought that a month ago, he was still struggling with how to quickly warn thieves, and the young man in front of him easily used different colors and different shapes of flags to successfully solve the big problem of warning thieves, and could know the number of thieves, the distance, the direction of coming, etc.

Maybe Zhang Song really has a way, with a glimmer of hope, Yang Xing asked: "Is there a plan to defend the city?" ”