This winter is very difficult, and even the New Year is closed by heavy snow, and the atmosphere of the New Year is suddenly gone.

Ye Chen didn't recruit everyone from Yuxian County back, and he just had a meal with his grandfather for the New Year.

Bai Feng has been operating in the county for less than three months, and all the work has been prepared to be completed, and now all the projects can be built after the beginning of spring.

Bai Feng took advantage of the authority of the county order to plan a wasteland, preparing to let the displaced people reclaim 300,000 mu of land, which was actually the Ye family's own tuntian.

The county is relatively desolate, and there are no big families, and the small families are not enough to compete with Bai Feng, and behind Bai Feng is the Ye family.

Therefore, Bai Feng can act arbitrarily in Yu County, and other officials are also set aside by him, and the small officials are all from the Ye family.

This winter, only the escort battalion is still training day and night, and other activities have been reduced or suspended.

It can be expected that as long as the spring is over, the county will definitely be a vigorous construction.

However, before the county could start construction, a sudden change disrupted all of Ye Chen's plans.

Winter turned to spring, and the snow had not completely melted, but a war report from the north alarmed the entire Han Dynasty.

"Report, the Wuhuan people have invaded Youzhou from five directions." A fast horse rushed into Jixian County and shouted loudly.

People heard the shouts of fast horses and got out of the way.

Assassin Shi Mansion, Guo Xun has already summoned officials of all sizes in Jixian County.

"Immediately order the county guards to do a good job of defense, and not let the Wuhuan people enter the city." Guo Xun gave an order after briefly saying the battle report from the front.

"Changshi, immediately report to the imperial court, and request to send troops immediately, this time the Wuhuan people are menacing, and the five-way attack is probably not as simple as looting." The invasion of Wuhuan in the north is a big deal, and no one in the entire Han Dynasty dares to despise it.

When the Youzhou Thorn History and the counties received the news, Ye Chen had also received the news.

"Liu Qi, how many Wuhuan people are there who attacked Liaodong?" Ye Chen was worried, there were only a few thousand soldiers and horses in this Liaodong Imperial Court, and they were scattered all over the place, and even Xiangping was only more than two thousand soldiers and horses as the county governor.

"There are about 30,000 of them, and this time the Wuhuan people have all the soldiers and horses of the whole clan and invaded Youzhou from five directions, and I am afraid that this Youzhou will be ruined." Liu Qi was also shocked when he received the news.

"Immediately inform the county quickly, let them prepare soldiers and horses, guard the Ye family, and you go and invite Wu Xian to come."

Time is urgent, these Wuhuan people are all cavalry, and I believe that it will not take five days to reach Xiangping City.

"Wang Tianhammer, do you know why this Wuhuan people invaded suddenly?"

"Young master, I'm afraid it's because this heavy snow is too big and it has been raining for too long."

There were a few heavy snowfalls this winter, one after the other, usually just two days after the snow stopped.

Ye Chen also guessed that there must be too many cattle and sheep in the northern grassland, they had no food, and then went south to plunder, but this time the scale was too big, and it was actually attacked in five directions, with more than 100,000 horses.

The "young master" Wu Xian also heard the news and hurried over.

"I'm afraid that the Wuhuan people will kill Xiangping this time, and I'm afraid that there is no place to hide in the entire Youzhou, so I can only rely on myself. You immediately let our people go into the city to take refuge, give up if they should give up, as long as the people are safe, and move several nearby Zhuangzi to Xiangping City and Yejiabao. ”

Originally, Yejiabao was designed to be inhabited by thousands of people, but now it is only a wall, and there is still a lot of empty space inside, and there are definitely not enough houses for people to move in, but there is enough open space for them to set up tents to live.

With Ye Chen's order, an evacuation of tens of thousands of people began. Fortunately, Bai Feng arranged for tens of thousands of displaced people to go to Yuxian County, otherwise the displaced people and the original tenants would definitely not be able to accommodate them, and it would be impossible for Xiangping City to help the Ye family accept so many people.

The clouds of war loomed over the entire Youzhou.

"Quick, dig a few more wells in Yejiabao, and dig more dry toilets."

"Order the workshop to make more bows and arrows, and make as many arrows as you can."

"Maintain order."

"Don't block a few major roads."

"Bring in all the iron ore, and use it as a tool to defend the city when necessary."

Ye Chen was busy all day, issuing various orders, he wanted to defend Yejiabao, now Yejiabao is the most important place, all industries are concentrated here, if Yejiabao is breached, then it will take at least a year for the Ye family to recover.

Ye Chen was confident that he would defend Yejiabao, and his confidence came from the fact that the city wall had been built and was built quite strongly, and the guard battalion could arrive in time in a few days.

There is no industry to protect at present, as long as the people are evacuated and not massively killed by Wuhuan, and if Xiangping is defended, then Wuhuan will not be able to reach Yuxian.

Time is very tight, the battle report in front has been coming, fortunately, the Wuhuan people are not good at attacking the city, a county town can not be beaten for half a day, although there are only a thousand soldiers inside, some even only a few hundred, but many families have private soldiers, and they can also recruit strong men to help defend the city.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were still a few days left, Ye Chen ordered the one thousand guard battalions left here to actively prepare for battle, and also ordered the Zhuang Ding to help.

First of all, Ye Chen dug a few trenches outside Yejiabao, and also built several low walls, which were not surrounded by a circle, but built at intervals.

Ye Chen also ordered the workshop to step up the production of weapons and armor, which had already been built a lot, but it was not enough to change the outfits of all the guard battalions, so they could only change as many as they could.

"Second brother" Tai Shi Ci hurriedly came to find Ye Chen, the armor on his body was not taken off, he was covered in sweat, followed by Guan Yu.

"Big brother, you're back, with big brother and Yun Chang in my heart, I have the bottom." Seeing Tai Shi Ci and Guan Yu Ye Chen, he breathed a sigh of relief, with the two of them killing gods here, Ye Chen would be sure to defend Yejiabao.

"Big brother, now that the situation is urgent, it is expected that the Wuhuan people will arrive within three days, and I don't know if the newly trained 2,000 guard battalion can have the strength to fight."

This is what Ye Chen is most worried about, if these two thousand soldiers and horses have been trained, then Ye Chen has five thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, and there are many family guards, although their combat effectiveness is low, but there is no problem in assisting in defense.

"Second brother, after a month of recruit training and more than a month of tactical training, this new 2,000 guard battalion is already ready for a battle." Tai Shi Ci said to Ye Chen in a firm tone, he was very confident in the soldiers and horses he had trained.

"Okay, then I don't know if a thousand cavalry can be trained." This cavalry began to train very early, earlier than the training of the two thousand new guard battalions, and these thousand cavalry were still transferred from the old guard battalions.

"Second brother, this cavalry has been trained by Yun Chang, and it has now been formed, because it is directly trained by the original guard battalion, so there is no need to worry about combat power. This time, when I received the news from my second brother, I came back with the cavalry first, and the other 3,000 soldiers and horses will not arrive until tomorrow morning. ”

"Okay, from now on, the cavalry will be led by Yun Chang."

Guan Yu smiled and nodded, this was also his wish.

"Okay, big brother, Yun Chang, let's discuss the defense first, this time Wuhuan attacked 30,000 soldiers and horses in the direction of Liaodong, and they were all cavalry."

"Ziyi, Brother Ye, I have an idea." Guan Yu stroked his beard and said.

"Yun Chang, please speak."

"There are already 4,000 guard battalions in this Yejiabao, plus some Zhuang Ding guards and the like, the city wall will be crowded, if this thousand cavalry is placed in Yejiabao, it will not play a role, at most it will be used as infantry, which is a pity."

Ye Chen felt justified when he heard it, the city wall couldn't accommodate so many people at once, and besides, it was not easy to train cavalry, so it was a pity to let them defend the city.

"Then I don't know what Yun Chang thinks?"

"You took it out of the city, first hid in the woods, and waited for an opportunity." Guan Yu's face was solemn, he had this confidence, although a thousand cavalry was small, it could play a big role at a critical time.

"Well, okay, then there will be Chief Lao Yun." Ye Chen made a decision after a little thought, Guan Yu's strategy was beneficial to his own side and was the best choice at the moment.

"Yun Chang, big brother, you come with me, I have something important to give you." Ye Chen took Guan Yu and Tai Shici to the blacksmith workshop.

"Song Cheng, bring over the things I asked you." Ye Chen found Song Cheng, who was building a bow and arrow, and called over.

After a while, Song Cheng brought two people over, and the two of them carried a long thing and wrapped it in cloth.

"Big brother, this is for you." Ye Chen pointed to the thing wrapped in the cloth and said.

"Second brother, what is this?" Tai Shi Ci looked at Ye Chen suspiciously and said.

"Big brother, just open it and know." Ye Chen said with a smile.

Tai Shi Ci grabbed that thing with one hand, and as soon as he got his hands on it, he guessed that it might be a weapon.

The cloth was opened layer by layer, revealing the shape of a weapon, which was a spear.

Tai Shi Ci knew at a glance that this gun was not simple, and it was cold to start, and the head of the gun flashed with a cold cold light, as if it could devour the enemy's life.

The body of the gun is engraved with patterns, the hand will not slip, and it is generally heavier and longer than the average spear, but it is also more suitable for Tai Shici.

"Good gun, good gun." Tai Shi Ci fondly stroked the spear.

How can a military general not love weapons, Tai Shici has never had a suitable spear, and his combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced, which is very obvious from his discussion with Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was also very happy when he saw the weapon in Tai Shici's hand, and the two of them often competed in martial arts and had already received a very deep friendship.

"It's good if big brother likes it." He was also very happy that Tai Shi Ci could have a suitable weapon.

"Yun Chang, there is also a gift from you this time." Ye Chen said to Guan Yu who was smiling on the side.

Guan Yu followed Ye Chen to the side of the warehouse suspiciously, he knew that he had a weapon, and it was very suitable for him, Ye Chen could not build a weapon for him.

"What is this?"

Ye Chen opened the warehouse, and a batch of weapons were neatly placed in the warehouse.

"What, a weapon armor made of hundreds of steel!" When Guan Yu took a few pairs of armor and took a look, he found that all the things were cast from high-grade steel, and it seemed that there were quite a few, at least more than a thousand pairs.

"This is more than a thousand pairs of weapons and armor, how many are only produced in an emergency, these will be replaced by the cavalry first, and the rest will be given to the rest of the guard battalion."