In two days, Kang Bao led more than half of the Quang Nam Road soldiers out of the city, went up the mountain to cut down trees and transport them back to the city, while the remaining soldiers stayed in the city and took over all the blacksmith shops, burned the fire and melted iron to forge arrows, and began to make crossbow arrows in large quantities for bed crossbows.

For the defender of the city with such a large disparity between the enemy and us, the most effective and lethal defense of the city is to fire a hundred bed crossbows at once, and the more crossbow arrows mean that the longer the time to hold the lonely city can be delayed.

Taking advantage of the fact that the White Lotus bandit army has not yet increased to the side of Qianzhou City, both inside and outside the city are busy making crossbow arrows.

Two days later, one evening, Cheng Erniu returned as scheduled and entered the city from the north gate of Qianzhou City.

He did not disappoint Guo Ye, and successfully requisitioned 3,000 soldiers from Langzhou, Wuzhou, and Chenzhou, and requisitioned dozens of mules and wagons full of grain and grass materials from the hands of the Sanfu Thorn Shi.

At dusk on the third day, Ruan Laosan returned as scheduled to recruit government soldiers, which was also a worthwhile trip. The assassination of Shaozhou, Yongzhou, and Yuanzhou was the warrant of the general manager of the march on the Guangnan Road, who not only actively cooperated with the allocation of grain and grass, but also added 30% to the original basis, giving Guo Ye enough face.

There is no way, although the Shilin Qingliu system is not a standout in the court now, but since the fall of the eldest grandson Wuji, the old ministers of Tiance Mansion have been like yesterday's yellow flowers, and the Shilin Qingliu system has steadily overwhelmed the limelight of the other two lines.

The old fritters in the officialdom of the three states, the political sense that people in the officialdom should have is absolutely sensitive, and now Guo Ye just needs their assistance and cooperation, so he naturally can't wait to actively cooperate. It's easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow, this time is when Guo Ye is in need, how can they not be active? And they are also generous, and they don't have to pay out of their own pockets, so why not?

With the return of Ruan Laosan and Cheng Erniu, Guo Ye also ordered the closure of the four gates of Qianzhou City, and at the same time ordered Kang Bao to stop manufacturing crossbow arrows, and officially entered the first-level combat readiness state of the Qianzhou City Defensive Battle.

In addition to leaving 1,000 government soldiers at the East Gate, West Gate, and North Gate to garrison, Guo Ye put four battalions of troops under Guangnan Road, Cao Luxun's Black Armor Xuan Barracks, and other 3,000 government soldiers all pressed at the South Gate.

Because the south gate of Qianzhou City leads to the southern states, it is the gate that the White Lotus Sect bandit army must attack to counterattack and recapture Qianzhou City.

The three forces were combined into one and twisted into a rope, and a small 30,000 men and horses guarded a city gate alone, plus there were hundreds of bed crossbows and piles of bed crossbows as a weapon to defend the city, although Guo Ye did not dare to guarantee whether he could defend Qianzhou City for fifteen days, but on the premise of fighting to the death, he could at least defend Qianzhou City for ten days.

The remaining five days can only rely on the temporary play on the battlefield and the blessing of God.

After all, things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and there are many, many uncertain factors, even a sudden rainstorm can stop and delay the pace of the White Lotus bandit army's attack.

In the following time, the whole city was on alert, quietly waiting for the counterattack of the White Lotus bandit army with sufficient preparations.

On the first day, it was calm.

The next day, news came from Lingnan Mansion that Li Jing led the army of Lingnan Road to pull out of Lingnan City, and slowly went south to regain the lost territory.

Early in the morning of the third day, the scout who was in charge of patrolling outside the city reported that a White Lotus bandit army with a number of about 20,000 appeared fifty miles away.

In less than half an hour, another scout rode into the city and reported that there was another White Lotus bandit army with a number of about 30,000 on the official road forty miles ahead, which had already made peace with the first White Lotus bandit army in front and was speeding towards Qianzhou City.

Another full hour passed, and near noon, the third group of scouts returned to the city, bringing Guo Ye the worst news of the day, that is, the third White Lotus bandit army had appeared, with a total number of 100,000, and had already made peace with the previous two bandit soldiers ten miles outside the city.

However, there is also a little good news in this worst news, that is, these three White Lotus bandit armies with a total of 100,000 people seem to have a very short gap in weapons, at least three to five of the ten people do not have swords and shields, but are armed with the most common hoes and sickles in the people.

Guo Ye also judged some clues from his news, that is, these three White Lotus bandit armies with a total of 100,000 people were uneven in terms of weapons, and their combat effectiveness was not as terrifying as imagined.

However, in less than a day, 100,000 people had already gathered, which shows the strength of the White Lotus Sect's Dharma Protector Army in the southern region.

At noon, it was already time to eat, but Guo Ye didn't dare to relax for a moment, and at the same time ordered Zhu Fatzi to go to the room in the city to explain, don't send food to the city for the time being, so as not to distract the guards on the city tower for a while because of eating, in case the White Lotus bandit army suddenly launches a general attack, it will be overwhelming.

At this time, he needed the nearly 30,000 defenders at the head of the city to raise a hundredfold of their spirits, so that everyone was highly nervous in the face of the imminent attack of 100,000 enemy troops, and he could not relax for half a minute.

Until the sun turned west, and an hour and a half had passed, the last group of scouts Pegasus returned to the city, and brought Guo Ye the last comforting news, that is, the 100,000 White Lotus bandit army did not seem to plan to launch a general attack today, but began to cut down trees and set up camp ten miles away. Judging by this posture, it should be that he is still waiting for the meeting of other places to reinforce the bandit army.

At this time, Guo Ye felt both relieved and slightly depressed, relieved because the bandit army camped and waited for other troops to meet before attacking the city, so that it could be more or less relieved for a day and a half, and the depression was because he didn't know how many bandit troops would come one after another, 50,000? Lakh? Or hundreds of thousands?

Thinking about how many millions of bandit troops under the city were densely packed a few days later, attacking like dark clouds covering the sun, Guo Ye was cautious and panicked when he thought about it.

A philosopher said well that real fear comes from the fear of the unknown, and Guo Ye was in such a state of mind at this time.

However, he knew very well that the role he was playing on the city tower at this moment was not only the commander of the lonely city this time, but also the backbone of the nearly 30,000 defenders in the city.

Even if he was afraid in his heart, he couldn't show it in the slightest, even against Pang Feihu and others, he didn't have half a point of performance.

On the contrary, he took a deep breath, put a faint smile on his lips, waved his hand at Pang Feihu and the others, and said with a light smile: "This group of bandits is quite sympathetic to us, knowing that we haven't eaten yet, they deliberately set up camp to delay the attack, so that the brothers can have a full meal and wait for work." Flying Tiger, give the order to the brothers and let the brothers prepare the meal! ”

As soon as these words came out, the tense atmosphere between several generals in the city was blown away for a while, and everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Guo Ye yelled at Zhu Fatzi in the distance again: "Fat Zhu, inform the guys, prepare more meat for dinner today, and make sure that the brothers are well fed." ”

"Gotcha!"

In the relaxed atmosphere, Zhu Fatzi's previous trembling mood was gone, and his legs and feet were particularly sharp when he ran down the city tower.

As Pang Feihu and the others went away with their own work, Guo Ye also dismissed the pro-soldiers who followed him closely, and stood alone in a corner of the city tower, ignoring the noise above the city tower, and looking at the bandit camp ten miles away wholeheartedly.

Although, looking ten miles away, there is no ugly person at all.

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Ten miles away, 100,000 bandit troops started to build a camp, only a moment and a half of effort, the prototype of a huge camp has begun to take shape, only to see one after another tightly connected camps, this plain has been occupied, everywhere you can see cooking smoke curling up, obviously the White Lotus bandit army also began to make a fire to make food.

In the middle of the camp is the camp of the leader of the three-way White Lotus Protector Army.

The inside of the camp is different from the outside, although the capital of the three bandits has gathered, it makes people feel a little quiet and strange.

Suddenly, a white lotus bandit with a white scarf on his head stopped outside the camp tent, then turned over and dismounted, opened the curtain and rushed inside, shouting loudly: "Report to the head of the family, the little one approached the south gate to investigate, and learned that the third son of our family had been killed by Guo Ye, the general manager of the Guangnan Road march, and was punished by the five horses. The head of the third prince hung high above the south gate, and a line of words was painted with lime on the city wall. ”

"Oh my God? The dog thief Guo Ye actually killed my son? ”

An old man roared fiercely in the tent, roaring like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring: "Chong'er, it was my father who hurt you." ”

Then he heard a loud voice next to him and remembered, and asked, "What is written on the city wall?" ”

The soldier who came on his horse replied: "This is the fate of all those who rebel!" ”

"桀桀~~"

Angry laughter, or the old voice roaring: "Rebellion? If it weren't for the support of my Guan Long clan, would the Li clan be too far away to take over the world and sit on this country? Li Shimin is ungrateful, and Guo Ye is the revenge of the old man who killed his son, and the two of them are incompatible. I, Guangyuan Zhao Clan, Zhao Youxin, swear here today that if I break through Qianzhou City, I will kill Guo Ye's dog thief Ling Chi with 3,000 knives to sacrifice my son! If he breaks Chang'an City again in the future, I will slaughter the Li royal family, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!!! ”

Obviously, the person in charge of this tent today is the old head of the Guangyuan Zhao clan in the Guanlong clan - Zhao Youxin.