Barbarian Dadan Yu Tu Man also had a headache, and even regretted coming to Shangjun to fight the autumn breeze. Zhou Cong moved all the people into the city, and asked Chang He to support the attacked county seat at any time. He came to rob, not to attack the city and occupy his upper county, and it seems that this deal is becoming less and less cost-effective. Besides, Huang Shuhan, a fierce general, is eyeing him again, do you want to drag Huang Shuhan to fight with him?

But isn't it a loss to bring 100,000 people out and not grab something? Forget it, just shake a shot, and attract you Huang Shuhan to Shangjun first. After all, Shangjun is a poor place, and Huang Shuhan has to bring food when he comes to Shangjun.

So don't work too hard when you give the order to attack the city, just make a posture that I'm going to eat Gaole County.

The main force of 70,000 people wandered around Gaole County, and spies were sent to observe Huang Shuhan's movements. As for Zhou Cong's granary, it would be foolish to pounce on it directly, and the walls of the county government are much taller and stronger than those of ordinary county seats.

On the other side, Huang Shuhan also received information that the barbarian Dadan Yu was "working hard" to attack Gaole City. And Zhou Cong has already brought 20,000 militia reserves to the county government to guard the largest granary in the county, which is not bad for a person who has never fought a war.

"Send someone to send a letter to Zhou Changshi, and ask him to honestly guard the county seat. Don't provoke the barbarian Tu Man, the task of rescuing the besieged county is handed over to Chang He to solve. And tell him we'll be there soon! ”

The herald was about to run after receiving the order, but was stopped by Huang Shuhan: "Wait! Tell Zhou Cong that the barbarians are not good at siege warfare, and let him insist on defending his city. If you go to rescue other counties, it is easy to fall into the ambush of the barbarians, which is called encirclement and reinforcement. Remember, fighting a sports war outside the city, the little militia in his hand is simply not enough to see! ”

He didn't need Huang Shuhan to teach him how to teach Zhou Cong, because Zhou Cong knew that he couldn't fight, so he didn't plan to be strong. This method of all hundreds of thousands of people entering the city, and Chang He leading troops to support him outside at any time is the method of Chang He, a professional soldier. He himself just does it honestly.

Now Zhou Cong himself is reasoning with the soldiers from Gaonu County - why did he hold 20,000 reserves selected from various counties and did not move.

"Now all the grain in the upper county treasury is in the county government. We have 20,000 men guarding the county government, and sooner or later the barbarians will come to fight us for food. With us, the other counties are much safer! ”

"Yes, that's what you said. The county government has food, so the barbarians want to come to the county government to get food! Why did you slaughter our Gaonu County first! ”

"My Brother Dong! When the barbarians enter Shangjun, they have to kill a chicken first to scare and scare the monkey! We're going to have to be scared out of the way to go deep into the county hall, right? Directly ran to our county government to attack the city, and was cut off by the back counties of the back road! ”

"I don't believe it! It's all you, what are you doing, hiding the wealth from the people! Only then did the barbarians attack the people! You're a bastard who uses the people as a shield! ”

Thanks to twice as many people as the people who stopped him, otherwise the soldiers of Gaonu County would not have hacked Zhou Cong to death.

"That's it! Pull it down, lock it up! Cao Duwei knew that the person who had just lost his relatives could not reason with him, and stopped this meaningless debate.

"Lao Cao, am I useless? dragged the people of a county to suffer with me. "A county was killed to the point that only 2,000 women were left, and they were tortured in an inhuman form.

"Circumference, this is war. In fact, your method of hiding the wealth of the people is the best in the long run, and it is also very good in the short term. ”

"You're comforting me?"

"A few of you relatives who have not died, just come over and listen to what my old Cao said."

Several of the officers present gathered around.

"Only by hiding wealth from the people can the people support us to fight, so that we can resist the invasion of the barbarians more powerfully. I won't talk about this big truth. ”

"Hide the wealth from the people, just scatter the grain, and the barbarians want us to go to the county to grab the grain, so don't think about breaking a few granaries and quickly move the grain and run. They had to search from house to house, which gave General Chang time to rescue them, and also gave Huang Jieshuai time to send a large army to encircle and suppress them. ”

"It's impossible for the barbarians to enter the Central Plains with that little strength, so they beat us just to rob. As long as the cost of robbery is high, they have to give up the robbery - after all, they only have a head on their shoulders like us. ”

"Now we need to be vigilant at all times. The barbarians are now playing in any county, and it is a loss-making business. Only by laying down the upper county town, and the upper county town that we guard, can we quickly get a large amount of food. Therefore, sooner or later, the barbarians will come to our upper county town, and when the time comes, we will have to fight to the death to defend the only and largest granary in the upper county. ”

"Captain Cao, why did the barbarians show off their might under Gaole City?"

"They're provoking our soldiers in the upper county. The soldiers of Shangjun are selected from various counties, and the barbarians are beating the homes of those of us who are on a business trip in Shangjun, trying to provoke us, and then make us unable to stand the psychological pressure of our hometown being besieged, and then abandon Shangjuncheng and run to fight with them. ”

"What does Captain Cao mean that if we go to fight the barbarians, the barbarians will transfer us away from the Shangjun City, and then eat the Shangjun City with all our might?"

"After all, there is a large amount of concentrated grain here in the entire upper county."

"Alright, Circumference, you can't fall. Now that the people of the whole county are watching you, and if you are there, everyone will have the confidence to stick to it. If you're not there, you'll be in a mess without a leader. ”

"Shall I go and appease the people?"

"Of course, Zhou Changshi, you are acting as Taishou, of course you have to say what you want to educate and motivate the people."

So he went to the gate of the county and gathered the people.

"I, Zhou Cong, am mediocre and shallow, just an ignorant child. It was my incompetence that attracted the barbarian invasion, causing the people of Gaonu County to suffer from the seedlings. Here I plead with the people of the county! With that, Zhou Cong bowed to the crowd again.

"Now the barbarians are attacking Gaole County, and maybe other counties will be attacked. They did this to provoke the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in our upper county, and to make us lose our minds because of the safety of our compatriots and relatives. As soon as the soldiers and civilians of our upper county start to be impulsive, start to get distracted, and start to make their own plans, the barbarians will crush us in one fell swoop. ”

"War is cruel, and war is won by sane people. Zhou Cong has been in the mainland all the year round and has never experienced war, so when this war comes, I will not be stubborn and stubborn. I will listen to the advice of the soldiers, General Changhe, Captain Cao Sandu, these are all battle-hardened soldiers. Everyone doesn't believe me Zhou Cong, can you still not believe them? ”

"Listen to me, General Chang has already arranged, as long as we all defend the city where we are, General Chang will support the attacked city at any time. In addition, the festival made Huang Jieshuai already handsome army arrive. As long as we can hold out for a few days, Huang Jieshuai will come to our rescue......"

He said on the stage, the people below are also discussing, to be honest, a person who can't fight has become the chief of the border county and has also acted as the Taishou, and the people of the upper county still have some lack of confidence in Zhou Cong. Needless to say, in terms of character, the promise of tax reduction and exemption has basically been achieved. He didn't understand military talent, so he didn't do it but obeyed Chang and Cao San's arrangement, which was acceptable.

However, the tragedy in Gaonu County has always made the worries of outsiders in the county always unrelieved. Also, as the best city in Shangjun, this must be where the food is, which means that the barbarians will definitely come to attack Shangjun. This made all the people in Shangjun Town worry about what to do if the city was broken.

However, overall, everyone's satisfaction with Zhou Cong is still relatively high.

"Zhou Changshi, you don't have to say those false things, you said that the seven achievements of tax exemption are really free for us. Since you said that you can hold it this time, we also believe you, and if we arrange for you to give orders, we will all obey your orders. ”

"Yes, when the time comes, you will order, we will follow you when you go up the knife mountain and down the oil pot."

"I don't believe much in the words of officials, but I believe in your words."

"Zhou Changshi is young, have you asked for a wife?"

"Without saying a word, we will help you find ten or eight beauties for you to choose from!"

Yes, I was supposed to discuss war, but I don't know which guy led me astray.

"If you have a wife, you can take a few concubines!"

"That's right! This guy's sister is just right! ”

"Hahahaha......"