But such news did not surprise Wen Chou, Jiang Xuan and others. Because since the camp of the Wenchou coalition army was pulled out, the fall of Gaoyi County has been inseparable, but I didn't expect that so soon, Gaoyi County didn't even hold on for a day! Of course, after learning that the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Gaoyi were the first to abscond, they were relieved.

Before the war, Jiang Xuan returned to Shahe Township to take charge of everything and prepare for everything in case Wenchou's army was defeated, including re-recruiting the elite and contacting other counties and townships for reinforcements. Now it seems that this decision was very correct. At least it ensured that when the head of the township saw Wen Chou return from defeat.

Moreover, he also actively organized thousands of elites to once again strengthen the defense forces in Shahe Township and Taolinsai. Although it is not necessarily stronger than Gaoyi County, with the concept of unity of the villagers, it is much better than the poor performance of Gaoyi County. As for whether it can withstand the attack of Guo Daxian's army, no one dares to guarantee this!

At present, there are as many as 50,000 or 60,000 villagers gathered around Shahe Township, including 4,000 or 5,000 residents of Shahe Township, 15,600 Liu Min who settled down in April and May last year, more than 3,000 Li Damu thieves and prisoners, and 16,700 thieves and prisoners who just moved in last month, plus 15,600 camps and villagers from Jihe Township who had just moved to take refuge! There are also nearly 2,000 remnants led by Wen Chou.

Such a rough calculation is also quite a considerable number. But half of them were women, and there were only 30,000 left, and out of the 30,000, half of the old and the young, and there were fifteen thousand. But this is just an algorithm in the ordinary period, and these personnel in Shahe Township have repeatedly fought with thieves, resulting in more casualties among the strong, far less than the base of women, so the current Shahe Township will draw at most 10,000 hands.

Of those 10,000 men, 4,000 were prisoners of thieves. This is an uncertain factor, in case of defeat, these "former thieves" who have just longed for the lives of the people are very likely to repeat the mistakes of the past and quickly embark on the road of robbing houses and robbing houses. This is not what Wen Ugly wants to see.

Even if these captives were to be recruited, they could only be used as auxiliaries, not as the main force. In addition, Shahe Township and Taolinsai really can't come up with any military strength. It was necessary to defeat Guo Daxian's army before it completely digested the results of the battle in Gaoyi County.

Because if Guo Daxian's army absorbs the 20,000 or 30,000 people in Gaoyi County as a coward, then even if he really has a firm foothold in the southeast of Changshan Country, then the surrounding Pingjian County, Shahe Township, and Luancheng County will all be under his threat, which is unbearable for Wen Chou.

However, if the power of Shahe Township led by Wen Chou alone cannot resist Guo Daxian's expansion, it is necessary to quickly seek several reinforcements! Now that the matter is clear, Wen Chou, Jiang Xuan, Yan Liang, Tie Qian and other generals have gone to nearby counties and townships to seek reinforcements.

Wen Chou went to the most important county town of Pingjian, Jiang Xuan and Yan Liang carried Wen Chou's documents to Luancheng County, where Du Yi was seated, and Tie Qian and other soldiers and generals from various townships returned to their hometowns with heavy money and promises to seek assistance. Time is pressing, and we have to divide the troops to do it, otherwise the style of doing things in a literary and ugly style will inevitably go to the counties and townships.

As soon as the gate opened, dozens of horsemen flew out and galloped away in different directions.

Pingjian County is not far from Taolinsai, less than 100 miles, and the speed of the healthy horse is only half a day's journey. Even the farthest Luancheng is only a day's journey without sparing horsepower, and other places are even faster.

Wen Chou only brought two entourages with him on this trip, after all, it was the time when Taolinsai was short of troops, and he couldn't spare extra manpower. A group of three people, on the road, did not stop, quickly whipped the horse, only to see the shadow of the tree that followed the retreat. But after half a day's effort, he came to the county seat of Pingjian.

At this time, Pingjian County has long lost the busy situation of the past, and there is no endless flow of people, only a pre-war panic atmosphere shrouded in it. Even the guards at the gates were more than doubled, and even the soldiers patrolling the walls were much more numerous than usual. It can be seen that the cautious attitude of the whole city.

Wen Chou's three horsemen flew over, which immediately attracted the attention of the guards, and they all nervously clenched the spears in their hands. When I saw that Wen Chou was dressed in complete armor, he immediately hung the silver gun obliquely, and on his handsome face, there were beads of sweat rolling down from time to time, this is the weather in February and March, if it is not a strenuous exercise, how can he sweat! You can see its anxious form. The two behind Wen Chou are also fully armored, and they are obviously Tao Linsai's standard dress.

This is not the first time Wen Chou has come to the county seat, and he has led people to come many times before to handle all kinds of official business. These county officials all know him. Seeing that it was Wen Chou, the original nervous mood suddenly relaxed. A group of county officials hurriedly stepped forward to ask Wen Chou's intentions. It's quite dutiful.

"Wenjun, come here in a hurry, what's the matter?"

"I want to meet the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, and I have important matters to discuss. Please also wait for a report or two. Wen Chou Zhu Ma said.

"Wen Jun come with me, the county monarch has an order, if Wen Jun comes, there is no need to report it." Because it was a tense period, the city gate was tightened. Generally speaking, Wen Chou could leap into the city and go to the official temple, because he was in urgent military order. But out of respect for Pingjian County, there is a dialogue between these two sentences.

Since the team leader said this, Wen Chou was unwilling, so he immediately rode his horse and led people through the city gate. The leader had already found horses and led the way. A group of people rode through the market, so that the already small number of Qiantou in the market guessed the words and rushed home.

After a short time, a group of four people had already arrived at the official temple. Seeing that the team leader just said something to the guards, he turned to Wen Chou and said, "Wen Jun, come with me, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and others are listening to the deliberations of the hall." The guard trotted to the magistrate.

"Good!" The four of them handed over their horses to the guards and strode towards the auditorium.

"Report, Taolin Captain Wen Junye has come outside the temple!" Before Wen Chou and the others came outside the hall, the guard had already entered the hearing hall and reported to the officials.

"What? Wen Jun has come outside the temple? When the county lieutenant heard this, he stood up in surprise and said.

"I'm coming to the auditorium."

At this time, there was some commotion among the officials in the court, and it was obvious that the information of Wen Chou's arrival had a certain impact on them.

The county magistrate Zhang Chi only frowned slightly, then got up and coughed lightly and said, "Since Wenjun is here, you will go with me to greet you!" As he spoke, he walked out of the hall. However, everyone in the hall got up one after another, wanting to follow the county monarch out of the court.

"Zhang Gong, why be so polite! The kid came uninvited, it was really presumptuous, and I ask Zhang Gong to forgive me. Before Zhang Chi left the hall, he heard Wen Chou's hearty words. But Wen Chou had already come outside the hall, and he was seeing Zhang Chi leading people out of the hall. I don't know what it means, so I said.

When the officials heard the voice, they looked at it, and saw a burly and majestic man outside the hall, wearing armor, walking towards them with a tiger step. What a mighty general. This is the voice of their hearts sighing.

"Wen Jun is here, it is the glory of the county, how can you talk about presumptuousness?" The county gentleman bowed his hand and said with a smile.

"With the armor on your body, it is inconvenient to give a big gift, please don't blame Zhang Gong." Wen Chou also said it. Then he smiled at County Lieutenant Liu. As the person in charge of the military of a county, he naturally deserves the respect of Wen Chou, not to mention, he is asking for them now! Wen Chou wants to do the etiquette in place and not disgust them.

Everyone returned to the lobby and sat down in turn.

The county monarch Zhang Chi said: "Wen Jun did not go out of the army to Gaoyi, did he defend against the thieves?" How did it get here, huh? ”

"Defeated," Wen Scandal said, just sighing. Then he said: "It's not a secret, the kid came here this time to seek Zhang Gong's help!"

"Defeated?" Zhang Chi said in surprise. Although it is inevitable that it is not a good thing to see Wen Chou coming here and being in such a hurry, the defeat of the army has already happened, but when it is really determined from Wen Chou's mouth, he can't help but be surprised.

"Defeated. However, it also hurt one-third of the thief's strength. It's just that Gaoyi County, afraid of thieves absconding, Gaoyi County has been owned by thieves. Before everyone in the hall could come out of a bad news, Wen Chou threw out an even worse news.

When everyone heard this, they were not only in an uproar. There was chaos in the hall, and there was no end to each other, which showed the great impact of this news on them. Even the county lieutenant Liu Jun couldn't help but be shocked. For him, who is in charge of the army, he knows very well the dangers and horrors of the thieves who captured Gaoyi County. Thinking that he himself is not a mediocre talent, he has also led the army to fight against the thieves several times, and he knows the methods of the thieves to persecute the people.

"When?!" County Lieutenant Liu Jun got up and asked in surprise.

"The news just came this morning, and I think it fell yesterday." Wen Chou replied.

"So it's not the worst." Liu Jun, the county lieutenant, pondered for a while before speaking.

"Liu Jun, what did you think of?" Seeing this, the county gentleman Zhang Chi asked.

"Oh, since Wen Jun came in a hurry, he must have thought about the stakes. Please also ask Wen Jun to solve your doubts. When the county lieutenant Liu Jun heard this, he smiled at the ugly words of the article.

"At the end of last month, I led the army to Gaoyi County to fight the thieves, fortunately Meng County sent thousands of troops to help, first defeated the thieves in a battle, and then the thieves army of nearly 30,000 people arrived, my coalition army was small, had to temporarily avoid its edge, garrisoned the camp and Gaoyi County into a corner"

Wen Chou first talked about the process and situation of the battle with the thieves after he left the army. So that everyone in the hall can understand the comparison between the current strength of the thief and his ugly strength. Let them have a basis for making decisions about the future.

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