This small village on the banks of the Juyang River is a family that has only recently moved out of Linzi County, the family surname is Zhao, and it is composed of more than a dozen families, in order to get more land, they have taken the lead in establishing a settlement next to the richest land on the bank of the Juyang River, but they could not have imagined that it was this greed that brought ruin to their family.

Houses were burned, meager possessions looted, men killed, women humiliated, and despite their pleas for mercy, they could not escape the cruelty of the bandits.

At the same time that the bandits were bloodied in the small village, in a field not far away, an old man and a teenager were lying in the grass, they were full of grief and indignation as their relatives were killed, their homes were destroyed, and the young man's eyes were about to bleed, and he wanted to rush out several times to fight hard, but he was held down by the old man.

The grandfather and grandson were also from a small village, and they went to the field at night to catch rabbits, but they narrowly escaped.

The old man whispered to the young man: "I'm afraid that this bandit is going to attack Yidu County, you go to Yidu County to report, go quickly!" ”

At this moment, several thieves suddenly spotted them and shouted, "There's someone over there!" ”

The old man was in a hurry and pushed the young man violently, "Run!" ”

"Grandfather, what about you?"

"Leave me alone, run away—"

The old man cried out in a hurry, and the young man, with tears in his eyes, turned and ran into the woods not far away, and when he plunged into the woods, he faintly heard his grandfather's screams.

The boy couldn't help crying, and he ran along the Juyang River to Yidu County in the south.

When the day was about to dawn, the city gate of Yidu County slowly opened, and several caravans waiting outside the city were impatient to enter the city, but they were stopped by several soldiers guarding the city, who wanted to check the goods, lest they be infiltrated into the city by spies.

At this moment, a teenager stumbled in the distance, he ran for more than a hundred miles, the soles of his feet were worn out and bloody, and he ran to Yidu County with the belief of revenge.

He finally ran out of strength. Kneeling outside the city gate, he shouted in a hoarse voice: "The bandits are coming!" ”

The two soldiers were shocked and hurriedly asked, "Where did the bandits come from?" ”

"I don't know!"

The boy cried loudly, "They killed my father and grandfather!" ”

The two soldiers looked at each other. Although it was a little unbelievable, the blood on the soles of the young man's feet and the cry of pain did not look like a prank, and the two soldiers did not dare to delay, and carried the young man and ran towards the county seat, and the city gate that had just been opened was closed again.

At present, the military administration of Beihai County is temporarily in the hands of Wei Yunqi. But the army of Beihai County was not large, only five hundred men, and it had only a little symbolic deterrence.

After all, when Zhang Xuan made the decision, he was still just a tooth general who assisted in the attack on Qinghe County, and Zhang Jin said that even if he attacked south, he would attack the more wealthy Qi County, not Beihai County.

It's just that some things don't move with people's will, when the Wagang army attacked Jibei County, Zhang Xutuo was forced to retreat south, and Zhang Xuan also changed from the general of the co-attack to the main general of the Qinghe County battlefield. The importance of Butterworth suddenly became apparent.

At this time, Wei Yunqi had just received the news of Zhang Xutuo's retreat to the south, and seeing that Zhang Xuan was staying in Qinghe County, he was also a little nervous in his heart, Beihai County's defense was weak, would it become the target of Zhang Jin's attack?

As soon as the morning dawned, Wei Yunqi got up early and was sitting in his study to write a quick letter to Zhang Xuan, hoping that he could send an army back to Beihai County.

At this moment, an old family member outside the door hurriedly reported, "Master." Captain Du has an urgent matter outside the mansion and asks to see him! ”

Wei Yunqi was secretly taken aback, put down his pen and got up and walked to the outer hall, the captain who stayed in Beihai County was called Du Yunsi, a native of Zhuo County. About twenty-seven or eighteen years old, tall and burly, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a fifty-pound Yanling sword, brave in battle, and a person trusted by Zhang Xuan. That's why he was left to lead 500 people to garrison Yidu County.

At this time, Du Yunsi was anxiously pacing back and forth in the lobby, and there were footsteps behind him, only to hear Wei Yunqi ask: "Captain Du came over so early, is there something wrong?" ”

Du Yunsi hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Qi Qi Changshi, I have received urgent information that a thief army has entered Beihai County. ”

Wei Yunqi frowned, "Where did Captain Du get the information?" ”

"It was a teenager who came to report that their village was slaughtered by thieves last night, and he was the only one who escaped, and he felt that he was not lying, so he rushed to report to Changshi."

Wei Yunqi groaned and asked, "Where is this young man now?" ”

"Just outside the gate of the house, the lowly position brought him too."

"Call him in, I have something to ask him."

After a while, two soldiers brought the young man to Wei Yunqi, the young man knelt down and kowtowed, Wei Yunqi asked softly, "What's your name?" How old is it? ”

"The villain's name is Zhao Feng, and he is fourteen years old this year."

Wei Yunqi asked again, "Where is your village?" ”

"At the junction of Nord Stream and Juyang River."

Wei Yunqi immediately walked to the map by the wall, staring at the map of Beihai County on the wall, and he quickly found the intersection of Beixi and Juyang River, about a hundred miles away from Yidu City.

He was secretly taken aback in his heart, and asked urgently, "When did the thief army slaughter your village last night?" ”

"It shouldn't have been long after dark."

"How many thieves know?" Wei Yunqi continued to ask.

The young man lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "I don't know, there are a lot of people, about a few thousand. ”

Du Yunsi asked anxiously: "Changshi, what should I do?" ”

Wei Yunqi said to the two soldiers quietly: "Take this young man down to rest, and arrange for him." ”

The two soldiers went down with the teenager, and Wei Yunqi said to Du Yunsi: "If the thief army is marching in a hurry, they should arrive in Yidu County now, they can't walk slower than a teenager, since they didn't arrive, there is only one explanation, they are camping halfway." ”

"Changshi is right, it is more than three hundred miles from Qinghe County, and they must be very tired, and it is more likely that they will be stationed in camp."

Having said that, Wei Yunqi was still very worried, they only had five hundred troops, and they couldn't hold the city at all, even if they recruited people temporarily, it was useless, seeing that the thief army was about to kill at noon, how should they deal with it?

Wei Yunqi is a very powerful character, he once went to the Turks single-handedly to borrow troops, and almost wiped out the entire Khitan, his resourcefulness is very powerful, but it is difficult for a clever woman to urge without rice, and it is too late for him to go to Qi County to borrow troops now.

Just when Wei Yunqi was in a dilemma, a soldier rushed over, bowed down and said, "Qi Qi Changshi, the general has an eagle letter delivered!" ”

Wei Yunqi was overjoyed, "Give me the letter quickly!" ”

The soldier presented the eagle letter to Wei Yunqi, who quickly opened it and read it, and patted his forehead gently, "Heaven will not kill me!" ”

"Changshi, what did the general say?" Next to him, Du Yunsi asked anxiously.

"The general has already sent cavalry to arrive, and there may be reinforcements from the Qi County side, but we must hold out for at least one day."

Du Yunsi smiled bitterly, let alone insist on one day, he couldn't even hold on for an hour, such a large city, there were only five hundred defenders, and the thief army could break through it in one go.

"Long history, we still have too few troops."

Wei Yunqi already had an idea, five hundred soldiers could not defend the city, they had to be pulled outside to fight, try to drag the thief army as much as possible, he said to Du Yunsi: "You quickly go and invite the head of the Teng family to come to the county office, I want to discuss it with him first." ”

After speaking, Wei Yunqi cleaned up a little and hurried to the county office

In the hall of the county government, Wei Yunqi invited Wang Yunqian, the county commander Zhao Shu, Sima Liu Ling, and Teng Xuan, the head of the Teng family, and told them about the critical situation in front of them, which immediately stunned everyone.

"Long history, the thief army and the thief army are going to slaughter the city." Wang Yunqian was so frightened that his voice trembled.

Wei Yunqi said to everyone in a deep voice: "The general has sent five hundred cavalry to the rescue, but they will not arrive at night at the earliest, so we have to deal with it for at least one day, I have a plan, I hope everyone can cooperate." ”

He whispered his plan to everyone, and everyone nodded silently, so it could only be done, and the county commander Wang Shu said: "I'm worried that the people's combat effectiveness is too weak, and the big war will be frightened." ”

Wei Yunqi smiled slightly, "The combat effectiveness of the thief army is not much better, the key is to make the thief army dare not attack the city easily, anyway, there are still a lot of armor and weapons in the warehouse, first find a few thousand young people and dress them up as the Sui army, I bet that the thief army doesn't know how many defenders we have." ”

Wang Yunqian nodded, "This matter will be left to us, does Changshi want to go out of the city?" ”

"I'll take five hundred soldiers out to fight first, and try to delay them coming to attack the city, and I'll leave the city to you."

"Changshi rest assured, we will do our best to do it."

Wei Yunqi smiled at Teng Xuan again and said, "I invited the head of the family to come over, I wanted to ask the head of the family to borrow something." ”

(To be continued.) )