Chapter Twenty-Six: The Edge

"Report!" Zhao Ying, who had just taken a turn in the cottage, had not yet sat in the hot chair when a soldier came to report.

"What's the matter?" She asked. Didn't think it was anything serious.

"Report, report to the deputy owner of the village, someone, someone is coming to attack the village!" The bandit soldier had apparently come running, gasping for breath and replying.

"What!" Zhao Ying stood up in shock, she really didn't expect someone to attack the cottage. You must know that attacking the cottage is actually similar to attacking the city, but it is not something that a little person can do, don't look at the Black Tiger Village, there are only more than 70 bandit soldiers, but if you want to capture it, you need at least 200 people, because the gate of the village is so big, and there are not many bandits who can meet each other in short arms. As far as Zhao Ying knows, the Black Tiger Village did not have a conflict with any big cottage, and only had a grudge with the Blood Knife Village, but the scale of the Blood Knife Village was not as good as the Black Tiger Village, how could the bandit soldiers guarding the gate of the village be so eager to return.

"How many people? Where have they been? Stabilizing her emotions, Zhao Ying asked.

"According to the spy brothers outside the village, there are more than 300 people, all with short knives, and they are less than ten miles away from the stockade." With two more gasps, the bandit replied.

Zhao Ying took a deep breath, it is entirely possible for more than 200 people to capture the cottage, not to mention that there are more than 300 people, she knows that the time has come to test the Black Tiger Village and test her Zhao Ying, if she can hold it, then it will naturally be all right, and if she can't hold it, then even if she dies, she will not be able to repay the lord's trust in her. She tried her best to calm down, at this critical moment, only a clear mind could resolve the crisis, blindly cowering and dodging, or a hot-headed desperate gamble, would bury the future that the lord had won so hard, and it would also bury the lives of herself and Brother Yun.

"Go down and rest first. Come! Zhao Ying first let the thief go down to rest, and then shouted outside.

"Deputy Leader!" A guard outside came in and answered.

"You go and call Captain Zhao Yun, Captain Qiu Hu, and Captain He Da, and say that I have something urgent to discuss, by the way, tell Captain Qiu Hu and ask him not to disband the soldiers. Go ahead. Zhao Ying commanded.

"Yes." The guard said yes, turned and walked outside.

"Wait a minute." Zhao Ying called him again, she thought for a while, and said, "When you go to call Captain Zhao Yun, call that bear baby by the way, the two of them should be together." ”

“…… Be. When the guard heard the word Xiong Wa, his face instantly turned a little blue, he hesitated, but he still responded, in fact, he knew that Xiong Wa was almost the same as a normal person, but the fear of him had gone deep into the bone marrow.

"Deputy Leader!" Not long after, several people arrived one after another to greet Zhao Ying.

"Sit down, it's urgent, so I won't be polite to you. Just now, the spies came to report that a group of people were coming to attack the village, and there were more than 300 people, all with weapons, and now they were only ten miles away from the village. What do you think? After several people sat down, Zhao Ying briefly introduced the situation and then asked.

"What, how could it be? There is no big conflict between our Black Tiger Village and other cottages, and how can there be more than 300 people, and the nearby cottage is the White Wolf Village, which one does not have this strength, is it a medium-sized cottage? But it doesn't make sense, we haven't offended any big cottages, and nothing can attract them! As soon as Zhao Ying finished talking about the situation, He Da took the lead in speaking, but he didn't say anything meaningful, just scratched for a while.

"Indeed, it is difficult to imagine more than 300 people, even if it is the overlord of this area, the White Wolf Village, there will not be so many soldiers, and even if they have so many soldiers, it is impossible for them to bring them all out to attack us, at least there are many people left to guard the cottage, of course, it is impossible to be a big cottage farther away, if it is a medium-sized cottage, then let alone our Black Tiger Village, it is a White Wolf Village with a population of 2,000, they will not pay too much attention to it, and they will never send troops to attack us, so, I guess, These more than 300 people are likely to be coalition forces, that is, they are likely to be the combined army of these cottages in our nearby area, but even if it is not a cottage army, there will be many flaws in cooperation, and more than 300 people are still a disaster for us. Qiu Hu was also surprised when he heard the news, but he didn't mess up, at least after thinking about it for a while, he could guess the origin of the more than 300 people outside the cottage. But his attitude was equally negative, and although he did not say that he must not win, there was always a sense of the invincibility of the enemy in his words.

"What's the panic, it's just three hundred bandits, and it's just a chicken, a dog, and you can destroy it."

As soon as such arrogant words came out, Zhao Ying, Qiu Hu, and He Da were stunned for a while, and in the Juyi Hall, it became audible for a while. Only Xiong Wa is still sitting there dumbfounded, he has been taught by Zhao Ying, in terms of knowledge, although he is almost the same as ordinary people, but he only roughly understands that someone is coming to attack the cottage, and he is not very clear about the rest, as for letting him understand the issues discussed by several people, it is even more difficult for him.

"Ha, Captain Zhao Yun, it's really not that I He Da looks down on you, do you know what the concept of more than three hundred bandit soldiers is? It's also a joke! After a while, He Da looked at Zhao Yun and said sarcastically.

"Yes, Captain Zhao Yun, empty talk is misleading. Although you are stronger than me, I have more experience than you in this area, there are more than 300 enemies, and we only have 80 people available, it is too difficult for us to defend the cottage, let alone destroy them. Qiu Hu also said to Zhao Yun, although it was not He Da's mocking tone, but the meaning in his words was almost the same.

"Hmph, you two are the captain of the Black Tiger Village!" Zhao Yun shouted, "As the captain of the Black Tiger Village, the two of you are in a high position in the Black Tiger Village, especially now that the lord is not there, we are the pillars of the cottage, you two do not want to kill the enemy and defend the village, but repeatedly preach the fallacy that the enemy is invincible, in this case, you might as well surrender, see how I, Zhao Yun, destroy the enemy, don't blame me for not being merciful!" ”

"You ......" Qiu Hu and He Da's faces changed color, and they wanted to say something angrily, but they opened their mouths but felt that they had nothing to say.

"Okay, Zhao Yun, you said it, aren't we discussing a good strategy against the enemy now? However, you do have some problems. As a captain, you should have the confidence to win, even a captain like you has no belief in victory, so how can you think that our soldiers will have the courage to fight in such a situation of disparity in strength. Zhao Ying got up to play a round game, and finally said a word to Qiu Hu and the two. This is not because Zhao Yun is his younger brother, but the remarks of these two people are indeed suspected of increasing the ambition of others, just a few people here, they just talk about it, if they still say this in front of the soldiers, it will really push the situation on the edge of the cliff to the abyss of no return.

"The deputy owner of the village is a lesson." Qiu Hu and the others lowered their heads and thought about it, they were indeed wrong, so they were taught.

"Captain Zhao Yun, since you dare to say such a big thing, then you must have some ideas, it is better to say it and listen to it, if it is really feasible, then you are the first merit of this battle, after the lord comes back, I will definitely ask for credit for you, and if it is not feasible, we can also discuss countermeasures." After talking about Qiu Hu and the others, Zhao Ying didn't save any face for Zhao Yun, since you said a big thing, let's talk something practical. I won't let others think that you are my brother, so I will favor you. Of course, she also knows Zhao Yun, and he shouldn't say anything he is not sure of, this is a good time for him to establish his prestige in the cottage again, but the premise is that he can really keep the cottage.

"This battle will be won, there is no doubt about it." Zhao Yun's first sentence was this, sharp!

"Heh, we have been talking about our feelings for a long time, and you haven't listened to a word! There are more than 300 people on the other side, and we only have 80, and we dare to say that we will win? He Da said.

"Captain Zhao Yun, don't say such things, there are only a few of us in this righteous hall, so you don't need to cheer us up." Qiu Hu said.

"Captain Zhao Yun said that we will definitely win, I don't know what basis there is?" Zhao Ying is willing to believe Zhao Yun, but empty saying that victory is really no different from a slogan.

"There are many reasons, but I'll just make a few points here. First: the other party is attacking the village, and we are defending the village, which is geographically advantageous; Second: although the other party is numerous, it is a patchwork of things, and people's hearts are unstable, while our side is a side guarding the village, united as one, this is a harmony; Third: the opponent's initial attack, morale is flourishing, the edge is exposed, but if we can break its edge at this time, it will be able to make the enemy's morale low, and our morale is high, we have this condition, although he and I have not transferred, but we both have the combat power of a first-order general, and young, if one of us kills the opponent's heads-up general, this is also our advantage, this is called morale available; Fourth: our soldiers but disabled, you can go back to the village to recuperate, as long as it is not a lack of legs and broken hands, two days can be recovered, and the enemy soldiers are disabled, can only be fed outside our village, we only need to send a small number of soldiers to ambush outside, will be able to take the opportunity to kill and injure a large number of wounded, although our soldiers are few but endless, and the other side is gradually fewer, which we occupy the greatest advantage. With these four points, it is not a lie that our side will win! Zhao Yun said his reasons, his demeanor was calm, not arrogant or impatient.

"Well said! We will win this battle! After listening to Zhao Yun's remarks, Zhao Ying's confidence also increased greatly, and she stood up and said.

"Victory!" Qiu Hu and the two were also infected, Zhao Yun did say it wonderfully, no matter how severe the situation was, at least they also saw the hope of victory, they also didn't want the Black Tiger Village to become history like this, they were a captain in the Black Tiger Village, if they really surrendered to other cottages, it was unknown whether they could live well.

"Since Captain Zhao Yun has put forward such a high opinion, it is better to have Captain Zhao Yun to command this battle, I don't know what your opinion is?" Zhao Ying said.

"No!" Qiu Hu and He Da both agreed, but Zhao Yun himself raised objections.