Looking at the past, the eyes are full of wanderers, in the fields, on the edge of the stalks, under the trees, on the official roads, and in the ditches...... Outside the north gate of Whitewater City, almost every inch of land, there was a person, and the crowd was surging, and the momentum was monstrous.

Wang Er, Ma Xiaotian, and the thousand soldiers who followed behind Zhu Yuanzhang were taken aback at the same time, although they had experienced several battles, followed Zhu Baba and the township brave soldiers, and even the officers and soldiers against each other, but it was the first time to face this huge army, for these people who had never seen a large army, the scene of so many people standing together was really a bit terrifying.

They don't even have the basic ability to judge the number of people, Ma Xiaotian is like this, after he gasped, he said a little timidly: "This ...... That's at least 100,000 people......"

Although Wang Er next to him was proud and brave, he was also a little in a trance, he shook his head and said, "It's definitely not 100,000, but ...... I think there are 80,000 ......."

Seeing that the two right-hand men around him actually showed such a pig brother, Zhu Yuanzhang did not get angry, nor did he blame them, this is a normal reaction that a new Ding should have when he saw the army for the first time, people are such things, it is precisely because of fear that they will know how to be cautious of their words and deeds, and make correct judgments in battle.

A person who has no fear, who rushes head-on when he sees an enemy, dies quickly and is of no use at all.

In fact, not only Wang Er and Ma Xiaotian, but also the thousand people brought by Zhu Yuanzhang were frightened, everyone's eyes widened, and fear spread among them.

"Don't scare yourself!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted the shoulders of the two subordinates hard, and said seriously: "If you pass on my words, the enemy on the opposite side is only five thousand, which is not much." He saw that Wang Zuo had 8,000 troops, but he only said that there were 5,000, so that his soldiers would have less fear, otherwise their waists would not be straight. Once a person's waist can't stand up, courage will fall.

"Five thousand?" Wang Er and Ma Xiaotian wiped their sweat: "Brother Zhu, do you count right?" We don't think it's more than 5,000 ......."

"I said that five thousand is five thousand, and immediately inform the whole army of the number of enemy troops." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

Ma Xiaotian and Wang Er hurriedly turned around and reported the number of five thousand, and then the soldiers passed it on one by one, passing the number to the people behind. The trembling mood of the army eased slightly, but everyone was still very uneasy, and five thousand was not a small number, how could you not be afraid?

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that now was not the best time for him to go out and meet Wang Zuohang, because his soldiers had to cross this psychological hurdle, and if the soldiers were afraid, then the effect of his negotiations with Wang Zuohang would be greatly reduced.

He turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Don't panic, everyone, listen to me......"

"Don't look at the number of enemies, in fact...... Hey, they don't have as many fighters as we do! Zhu Yuanzhang opened his head loudly.

"Aren't all of these 5,000 people warriors?" Someone asked.

"It's not!" Zhu Yuanzhang responded loudly: "In our cottage, farmers are farmers, soldiers are soldiers, craftsmen are craftsmen, and our cottages are used to separating people into use, so all the people standing here today are soldiers." But ......"

He paused and said loudly: "But Wang Zuohang has no cottage!" He is a rogue, wandering all over the world, he has no base, so think about it...... He didn't hide the old people, children, women, and craftsmen from the cottage, so he could only take all these people with him. ”

"Huh? That's right! The soldiers were immediately overjoyed: "That's right, that's right, then according to that, at least half of his 5,000 men can't fight." ”

"That's right! He arranged the young and middle-aged people in the front, and the old, weak, sick and disabled followed behind, and when we looked at the front from the front, we could only see the young and strong in front, and the old, weak, sick and disabled in the back were blocked, and only a figure was exposed, so we felt that those people were all soldiers. When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he found that the soldiers' spirits were lifted, and it was obvious that the pressure brought to them by the number of people was instantly reduced a lot, and more than half of the five thousand people were removed, but in fact, there were only about two thousand. One thousand against two thousand, it doesn't feel as scary as one thousand against five.

"Plus, his soldiers are terrible at fighting power!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Look at the weapons in your hands, all the spears, the iron spear tips." Look at Wang Zuohang's subordinates again, and see with your own eyes what they are taking. ”

The soldiers looked over, and saw that the army weapons hanging on the left side of the king were really varied, just take the visible ones, someone was holding a wooden spear in his hand, just like Zhu Yuanzhang's army used before, this is considered very serious. Someone was holding a hoe with a smooth grip and a lot of yellow mud on it; Someone took a plowshare, rusty and scarred, and I don't know how many years it has belonged; Someone held a scythe for harvesting crops in his right hand and a wooden pot lid in his left hand, which appeared to be a combination of sword and shield; Others had a burning stick; Someone lifted a chair leg; Someone is holding a slingshot......

If you want to talk about military appearance, this is the most untidy army that everyone has ever seen, and it is a few grades lower than the township warrior army that I met when I came to Baishui last time, and I can't tell that it is an army at all.

After the soldiers found out about this, they took a closer look, and the army hanging on the left side of the king did not stand in a horizontal and vertical queue, they were not even divided into squares such as the central army, the left wing, and the right wing, but were chaotic and casually crowded together. Standing together like this, if there is a real battle, the whole army will only have a little crowding or running, and someone will fall, and it may cause a stampede.

At this moment, the soldiers couldn't help but laugh: "This ...... It turns out that the number of people is just paper tigers, this is not here to fight at all, it is completely a scare thing. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the morale of the soldiers had been reversed, and he also felt happy in his heart, these soldiers had followed him for more than a year, and they slowly began to become veterans, they also had certain insights into the battle formation, and they could also use their eyes to make some basic judgments on the enemy's combat strength, which was very good!

He said to the soldiers in a serious tone: "Don't be afraid of them, they are just a kind of peasant, and you are trained warriors!" ”

"Got it! Follow Zhu Bugs, we are not afraid of this kind of rabble! The soldiers responded loudly.

After pacifying the soldiers, seeing that the morale of the army was invigorated, Wang Er, Ma Xiaotian and others all showed a kind of expression that Wang Zuohang dared to come, and we would beat him, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled with satisfaction, he patted Wang Er and Ma Xiaotian on the shoulders and said: "It may not be necessary to fight, after all, they are all righteous soldiers, and fighting each other is not conducive to our big plan, I have to negotiate with them first, and see if I can persuade Wang Zuohang to change places to play, you two with us, let's go over together......"

"To ...... Into...... Inside so many rogues? Ma Xiaotian was a little scared.

"What? Scared? ”

"I'm afraid...... How can you be afraid? Ma Xiaotian stubbornly said: "I'm not afraid of anything...... Go for it! ”

"Good!" Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead and left, Wang Er didn't have any problems, he followed as soon as his chest was straight, Ma Xiaotian hesitated again and again, although he was afraid, but a man's face was really important, his eyes were closed, his heart was horizontal, and he also followed.

Just as the three of them walked forward, there were already some skirmishes between Wang Zuojiao and the officers and soldiers and Xiang Yong in the confrontation. A large group of people suddenly rushed out of the rogues, and this group of people did not rush out from a certain point, but from the front of their army, one after another, scattered and killed.

From this point, it can be seen that the rogue army lacks unified command and deployment, and when they are facing the enemy, they pay attention to the bold first, the timid follow, and the uncourageous don't go on......

After all, the base is large, and there are hundreds of people who rush out so scattered. As soon as these people rushed, they gave the opposite Xiangyong team an illusion, as if all the rogues were about to rush over...... This is an "innumerable" rogue all over the mountains......

The three hundred household officials of the regular establishment of the imperial court took the lead in retreating and running, and a large group of officers and soldiers also followed their own commanders and turned their heads and ran, and then their escape led to the village yong, and those chaotic village warriors also ran together.

With a "coaxing", standing in front of the Liukou, faintly supporting the thousand soldiers of Baishui City, half of them ran away. The half that was left behind did not run, but there was a unified feature, and the back of their chests was embroidered with a big Xu character......

Only Xu Renjie's Xiangyong team is still holding on!

Xu Renjie is still like that, in his thirties, wearing a Confucian shirt and carrying a sword in his hand. He stood in the middle of the village warrior team, his face was a little blue, but he did not run away, but shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid! If we run away, the white water will be finished, your parents, wives and children, all will be finished, no one will run, raise the spear in my hand for me! ”

His words boosted a little morale, and the townsfolk raised their spears with a look of horror...... Their legs were shaking, and they were sweating profusely as they looked at the rogue rushing over, but ...... They had obviously received very strict training in the past, and the spears they raised were actually lined up in a very beautiful array of spear tips, like hedgehogs facing the rogues who rushed over.

The villagers closed their eyes, thinking that they were about to be trampled by the rogues.

"Bump!"

The rogues, who had the audacity to rush over, crashed into the spear array...... Blood flew up, howling miserably, and the villagers who closed their eyes and waited for death found that no knife seemed to have fallen on their bodies...... Those fierce rogues were all blocked from the spear array, and their corpses were pierced on the spears, and they couldn't advance for half a minute......