In the following days, Wen Chou did not accompany Zhao Yun and the others anymore, but let them move around in Shahe Township and Taolin to enjoy this different style. Wen Chou began to be busy arranging to defend against the Black Mountain thieves again.

Because there is accurate information coming again, the house county direction to the Black Mountain thief Kou Guo Daxian Department has led an army of 15,000 to open out! Fifteen thousand troops were a large number, almost the majority of the forces that could be mobilized. And among the 15,000 troops, there are as many as 5,000 elite thieves, and another 3,000 elite thieves, even the other 7,000 thieves, are also quite majestic, not old and weak soldiers in the general sense. It can be seen that Guo Daxian's power and ambition.

If it is on the way to march again, it is inevitable that there will be more than 20,000 people, even if there are more than 30,000 people!

So many thieves and bandits infestation is not something that Wen Chou's 1,500 or 600 Taolin soldiers can resist! Therefore, since he received this shocking news, he only discussed it with Jiang Xuan, Qu Chang Dong Jiang and others, and then decisively went to Pingjian County to seek assistance. Even in the direction of Gaoyi County, Jiang Xuan led several generals and schools to report and contact one or two in person.

The military situation is urgent and the situation is dangerous, so it must be carried out at the same time, otherwise, there will be a danger of overthrowing! Suddenly, the entire Shahe Township and Taolinsai entered more urgent combat preparations. Within a few days, after the news spread to Pingjian County, Gaoyi County, and the townships under their jurisdiction, the atmosphere in this area began to become depressed and heavy.

Many villagers began to organize their family assets and support the elderly and children and rushed to the nearest county town to seek protection. As a result, Gaoyi and Pingjian counties began to be more noisy and crowded. On the official road to these two counties, it is densely packed with villagers dragging their families and mouths, causing the road to be blocked, even if the county officials want to go out of the city to patrol, they have to spend some effort.

As a result, as soon as the second half of February arrived, the number of Qianshou in the two counties had increased from 40,000 to 70,000 or 80,000. The county magistrates, county lieutenants, and other county officials of the two counties also attached great importance to this matter, and arranged manpower one after another to appease these villagers who had taken refuge, and organized manpower to arrange defense matters, so as to make use of as much as possible the people's strength of 70,000 or 80,000 people. In this way, as long as there is no chaos, the county can be saved.

When Wen Chou returned from Pingjian County, Jiang Xuan and others were still discussing anti-thief strategies in Gaoyi County. If Guo Daxian comes to attack, Gaoyi County will bear the brunt, and it will inevitably be fiercely attacked by most of the Black Mountain bandits, if there is no defense strategy, even if there are 30,000 or 40,000 people in the county, it may not be able to resist it.

In the official temple of Gaoyi County, on the listening hall.

The magistrate of Gaoyi County sat in the hall, other county lieutenants and other military generals lived in the left column, county officials and other civil officials lived in the right column, and Jiang Xuan, together with Dong Jiang and others, lived in the guest position. However, the atmosphere in the hall was not very good, not only did the scribes and staff report little hope that they could successfully resist the attack of the Black Mountain bandits, but even the generals were also pessimistic. Even if there are one or two people who have undiminished blood and want to fight with the thieves, they can't stand the obstruction and talk of such people.

made Jiang Xuan, Dong Jiang and others quite helpless. Originally, they hoped to be able to form a temporary alliance with Gaoyi County, and to advance and retreat together to resist the attack of the Black Mountain bandits, so as to increase the success rate of surviving this catastrophe. But no matter what they said, everyone in the hall always had a "must lose" argument, and they did not respond to Jiang Xuan's proposal of the alliance.

But he said again and again that he should do his best to gather the people and guard the city, so that the thieves would not succeed in this trip. As for other rather dangerous things, such as sending troops to attack thieves and mobilizing the people to attack the thieves halfway, we should not even think about it. As for the other people who did not come to the county, as well as the crops planted by the leaders outside the county seat, it was not something they could take care of.

Jiang Xuan, Dong Jiang and others came with hope, but they didn't want to return disappointed. I didn't expect the people of Gaoyi County to be like this, maybe it was because they had experienced several attacks by Black Mountain bandits in the past few years, and I think they knew better the current situation of Gaoyi County, so they made such a conclusion. Jiang Xuan and the others can only think so.

Although they may not be able to have more manpower to assist Tao Linsai, they still hope that Wen Chou and the others can really resist Guo Daxian's attack, and even be able to repel him, which would be better. For this reason, he did not say the words to take a step back, but only insisted on it.

When Jiang Xuan and Dong Jiang returned to Taolinsai, as soon as they reported the situation to Wen Chou, Wen Chou frowned and felt a big headache. Thousands of calculations have not been calculated to be so uncooperative in Gaoyi County! Suddenly, the chance that he could successfully resist Guo Daxian's troops was much lower, and the cost also soared. However, this headache did not bother him for a long time, because Guo Daxian's 20,000 army had already arrived!

Plugged in the peach grove, in the council hall. Wen Chou was discussing with a cadre of generals how to deal with this unexpected situation, and visited the Malay newspaper.

"Report!" A high-pitched voice came from a capable probe, which seemed quite urgent.

"Speak!" Wen Chou said in a deep voice, and the others in the hall were also waiting with bated breath for the soldier's words.

"The first 3,000 troops of the Black Mountain Bandit Kou have arrived in Gaoyi County, and they will be able to reach beyond Gaoyi County in only three or four days!"

When everyone in the hall heard this, most of them gasped, only this vanguard must be the elite of the Black Mountain bandits, there are 3,000 people, and they are marching so fast!

"Well, so fast?" Wen Scandal muttered. Then he asked, "Where is most of it now?" Have you ever found out?! ”

When everyone in the hall heard this, they listened attentively, and the movement of this large army was the most important thing! is the key to this battle. Even if the thieves are extremely powerful, their number is small after all, even if they can cause some damage to Shahe Township and Gaoyi County, it must not be much, and it is within the range of bearability. If it is an army of 20,000 or 30,000, even if it is not so elite, it can make this area uninhabited! The harm is much greater.

"The large army of thieves has been driven for a long time, and the number of people encountered along the road has exceeded 20,000, and it is located in the vanguard for two or three days!"

"Sure enough!" Wen Chou was angry. "Order all the scouts and scouts, and make sure that every move of the thieves is under the control of our army. Go ahead! Wen Chou said to the horse.

"The thieves did this, and it was expected. It's just that it will inevitably slow down their march by wrapping up the heads of the villagers along the way. I'll have a lot of time to prepare. Jing saw Tanma out of the hall, Jiang declared.

"In this way, I don't know what kind of strategy I have to retreat from the enemy and calm the people?" Wen Scandal said, Fang Cai asked with a soothing face.

"I don't dare to boast about retreating from the enemy and relieving the people, but we can't let the vanguard of the thieves and robbers go unpunished, and we should frustrate their spirit!" Jiang Xuan said cautiously.

"How do you frustrate its spirit?"

"Naturally, it was a blow to them! Otherwise, it will make them think that we and other villagers are brave and courageless! ”

"It's a frontal attack," Wen Chou was surprised, even the other people in the hall also felt that Jiang Xuan's strategy was out of level. Because of the huge disparity in numbers and strength between the two sides, there are 3,000 elites of thieves and 1,000 elites of Taolinsai, how can they have a head-on battle? If the battle damage is severe, it will definitely be very detrimental to the next series of battles!

"I know what you are worried about, but there are three benefits to a frontal attack."

"Three benefits, let's hear about them."

"First, it has seriously demoralized the thieves, so I don't need to explain much; Second, it can improve the morale of the people in Gaoyi County, so that they have some confidence in the next battle, so that the thieves will not be defeated or even abandon the city as soon as they come! Third, it can promote the combat confidence of our coalition soldiers, after all, the thieves are powerful, and even the county soldiers of Pingjian County are not necessarily full of morale. With these three benefits, is it possible to risk a battle! ”

"What you say is reasonable, if our army can really defeat the vanguard of thieves, it can indeed play the above role." Wen scandal said, and thought carefully for a while. But everyone in the hall is still not optimistic about this move. It's just like Yan Liang and Wenba, who are battle maniacs, still frowning and thinking.

"Besides, with the elite of our army, supplemented by the support of thousands of villagers, there will definitely not be much war damage. Are you so unconfident in your soldiers? Seeing this, Jiang Xuan continued.

"What Sima said, we also know it, but I just feel sorry for every soldier under him. But since it is a battlefield, how can there be immortals, Sima Zhi's words, I, Dong Jiang, agree. ”

With Dong Jiang's beginning, the others no longer had doubts, and they all expressed their approval. Of course, this is also with the tacit approval of Wen Chou, otherwise everyone would not have passed this resolution so neatly.

"Since all the monarchs agree, then without further ado, we will now dispatch all the elite soldiers, five hundred cavalry, two hundred archers, five hundred sword and shield men, two hundred pikemen, and two thousand strong soldiers in the township, and all the generals and colonels will lead the troops and soldiers, and set off immediately!" Wen Chou also ordered very decisively.

"No!" The congregations stood up and answered. At that moment, they poured out one after another, and summoned their subordinates Qutun to go. Even the township is strong, and there are also wandering Liu Zhong to summon it.

said that it was a convocation, but in fact, all the soldiers had already gathered, just waiting for the military order from above! Even the elite of the township have already gathered in a team of 100 people, or patrolling, or practicing skills, or fighting, in short, they are all waiting for soldiers, as long as the order from above comes, they can quickly gather into thousands of people. This is only a small part of the results of Wen Chou and others' preparations these days.

In less than three moments, all the armies gathered on the peach forest! The north wind was fierce, making the tiger-headed black flag in front of the army hunt loudly, as if it was about to jump out; There was also a black flag embroidered with the word "Wen" in a big bucket, and it danced in unison.