In the next few days, Gu Xuan arranged for Chen Anmin to take Ma Mingze and a few other literate people to go around the city to promote the benefits of having a Liangguo household registration and being a Liangguo person, although others didn't understand what he meant, especially Chen Anmin privately felt that this little prince was in a high position and didn't understand the people's feelings, and he just did some useless work by his temperament, but his fate was difficult to disobey, and after seeing Gu Xuan's decisiveness and ruthlessness in killing Xu Sanjin, he didn't dare to be lazy, and he did it seriously.

The people in the city should be like storytellers and singers, just listen to music, and this benefit is real, I have to give money after listening to the story, watching and singing, only this, after listening to it, I can get money, how can there be a better deal than this?

Seeing that the money in his pocket is decreasing day by day, it is visibly decreasing with the naked eye, Gu Xuan himself is also extremely helpless, since he entered this Huangsha County, he has not heard a single good news, if he doesn't say anything, it's only been a few days, and the money has been almost consumed, the only good news may be that no one has really moved away because of the sudden withdrawal of the Youzhou army, after all, if the people run away, then he will lose completely this time, not to mention that it is a big joke to spread it, and he will definitely have to be thrown into the well when he returns to Beijing to report on his work, and he will not be able to run away if he is convicted。

Although the resources at hand are limited, and there are many problems faced, as long as the hearts of the people are integrated together, there will always be a solution.

It doesn't matter if you put the money in, as long as you can get a return in the end, it's worth it, otherwise the money is put there, as long as you don't use it, the money is a stone, and only when you spend it in exchange for something else, it will reflect its value.

It's also thanks to the fact that he grew up in the deep palace compound that can be called luxury compared to the folk, and at least he doesn't value things outside the body as much as ordinary people, and he spends it, not so distressed, not to mention that the second brother's poem is not written, the daughter is scattered and comes back, as long as it has an effect in the end, it will not be lost.

The matter here is on the right track, and the next urgent need to be solved is two, one is to recruit enough talents to run the entire county government, and the second is to find a hidden mineral, and can be excavated, after all, he has to go to the nearby city to buy ore to cast armor, he doesn't have the money, and even if he buys it to be transported, he doesn't have enough troops to escort it, once he is robbed in the middle of the road, it is even a complete loss of capital, he naturally won't be so stupid.

Just when Gu Xuan was sitting in the county office and thinking while looking at the newly handed official documents, Ma Erhu outside suddenly ran in with a panicked face, and after breaking in, he didn't even care about saluting, and hurriedly pointed outside and said loudly: "Lord Wang! Lord Wang, it's not good!"

Gu Xuan came back to his senses, put down the official document, raised his head, looked at the big man in front of him with a panicked face, frowned and scolded: "What is worthy of such panic? Look at your appearance! It's simply unseemly, you are the king's personal guard, and it will be the king's face if this is going to be passed out! No matter what happens in the future, calm down!"

After slowly getting used to the somewhat lofty identity of the prince, he spoke and did things, and between his every move, he slowly gained majesty, after all, he was the prince of Liangguo who grew up in the imperial city since he was a child, and he had seen the dignitaries and dignitaries, and the nobles of Tianhuang did not know how many ordinary people, so he subconsciously began to imitate those Huang Zi ministers who were prominent and majestic in the court.

Ma Erhu was also taken aback at the moment, and after calming down, he finally realized his gaffe, and he didn't dare to refute, so he quickly stood up, bowed his head and bowed his hand: "What the prince taught me a lesson." ”

Gu Xuan waved his hand, got up and walked out, at this time, there seemed to be a mess outside, and there was a faint shouting sound, as if something big had happened, Gu Xuan's heart sank, and he turned his head and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Ma Erhu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "It's the news from Zhu Lao's messenger, there are horse bandits coming to attack the city!"

Sooner or later, Gu Xuan didn't show any shock after hearing the news, but seemed very calm and confident, this expected raid was actually quite late, fortunately, as soon as he came, he directly blocked the entire city with Xu Sanjin's method, even if the horse bandits and the Rakshasa clan had spies ambushed in the city, it was equivalent to being directly locked up by him, and he couldn't send out the information, but after a long time, the other party was not a fool, and he still came.

Gu Xuan took a deep breath, shook his body, tidied up his clothes, and then pushed open the door suddenly, and walked quickly all the way to the gate of the county ya, Chen Anmin, Jinglong and others were already waiting here, and the remaining officials and Ma Mingze were also among them.

The wound on Jinglong's neck was not deep, relying on the strong body tempered by these years of daily practice, the wounds have all been scarred, with his rich experience in being a soldier in the Youzhou army for several years, and then being a cavalry guard in the imperial city for twenty years, the people in the county government have been organized here by him, and there is no panicked mess as imagined.

"Lord Wang!"

Jinglong's armor was already neatly dressed, standing at the front with his sword, he saluted Gu Xuan first, and the others also followed suit.

Gu Xuan said in a deep voice: "Let's go, since it is a horse bandit attacking the city, this kind of major event cannot be delayed, from which direction is it coming from?"

After all, Huangsha County is a county seat, no matter how big and small it is, if you want to surround all four directions, it is estimated that you have to gather all the nearby horse bandits, not to mention that there is a newly built fortress of the Youzhou Army not far from the rear, and the horse bandits will deliberately bypass unless they are crazy.

Jinglong immediately said: "Back to the prince, it's the North City Gate!"

The south is facing the direction of Youzhou, while the north gate is facing the vast sand sea ahead, and the horse bandits are already hiding in it, attacking the city from the north, which is the most normal.

Gu Xuan beckoned, didn't ask much, and directly ordered: "The Ma family brothers and Uncle Jinglong are with this king, what should the others do, a little thing, it's not a big deal, go!"

The two brothers of the Ma family, who had already received horseback riding training, rode fast horses with Jinglong and Gu Xuan from the gate of the county government to the north gate, while Chen Anmin stayed in the county government with a few officials, and he was also happy not to mix, after all, he was a civil official, could it be that he had to go into battle to kill the enemy?

Four fast horses galloped past, the people along the way didn't seem to have gotten the news yet, maybe they had been used to it for a long time when they got the news, Gu Xuan didn't see the slightest panic at all, everyone was still doing what they were doing, and they were not affected by these external factors at all, but when Gu Xuan and the others rode by, at least someone cast their eyes, not the previous indifference, it seems that throwing money outside every day these days has some effect.

When he arrived at the gate of the North City, Gu Xuan did not delay, directly pulled the reins cleanly, turned over and dismounted, and then went up the stairs all the way to the city wall, and at this time, Zhu Lao had already greeted him from the city tower, and saluted as soon as he met.

"Lord Wang!"

Gu Xuan waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, what's the situation?"

Zhu Dachun pointed to the distance on the other side of the city wall and introduced: "The one who attacked was the light cavalry of more than 30 people, and we had such a tall city tower, and we had the city defense equipment moved from the county government before, and they couldn't attack it." ”

Gu Xuan was slightly stunned for a moment, he thought that what kind of formation was there, it turned out to be thirty people?

Although Huangsha County does not occupy a large area, all kinds of buildings in the city are built in full accordance with the specifications of the big county, and the city walls are extremely high and thick, even if they have fallen into disrepair because of the greed for money over the years, it seems a little tattered, but if there are no siege equipment, no one wants to come up easily, which is also the reason why Gu Xuan has not been very flustered, but after learning that the total strength of the other party is only thirty people, he is still a little surprised, unless these thirty are peerless masters, otherwise such a high city wall, and there are soldiers on the city wall to block it, they will never be able to climb up。

Gu Xuan couldn't help but ask, "Just thirty people?" Are you sure there are no other ambushes?"

Zhu Dachun shook his head and replied seriously: "The terrain in front is open, and there is no ambush, and I have also placed reliable people on the other three sides, although the prince can rest assured, not to mention that our city walls are high and thick, and those sieges on weekdays are mostly for show, in fact, they are just to rob the nearby villagers." ”

It is impossible for a huge city to live by trading, although there is very little arable land here, but there are still some scattered small villages nearby, but as soon as Gu Xuan came, he implemented the strategy of clearing the wilderness, and specially sent people to collect the nearby villagers to bring baggage into the city, and then directly blocked the entire city, without giving the horse bandits and Rakshasa cavalry outside a chance.

Gu Xuan walked to the edge of the city wall and looked out from the gap, Jing Long was guarding with a long knife in his hand, beware of cold arrows that might come up from below.

As far as the eye can see, the yellow sand in front of you is rolling, and under the sunshine, there are thirty horsemen driving a group of people slowly approaching.

Gu Xuan's eyesight is excellent, and he can almost see the dress of the thirty people clearly, all of them are covered with face scarves, but judging from the figure, it should not be the Rakshasa clan, and the clothes are also a little tattered, it should indeed be the horse bandits nearby, at this moment, they are driving the dozens of people in front of them in a semicircular formation like driving sheep to approach Huangsha County.

Those dozens of people should be all locals of Youzhou from the physiognomy, at this moment one by one their bodies are scarred, being driven away by people with horsewhips and whippings, they are all weak in body, and they are all wearing single clothes, and they can only stumble forward, the scene is unbearable.

"Lord Wang, do you want to release arrows?"

Ma Erhu suddenly came up and asked, seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer, he couldn't sit still, the memory of the brutal massacre of the horse bandits that night came back to his mind, and the fear of the horse bandits hidden in his heart forced him to step forward and suggest that these days in Lao Feng's blacksmith shop, the father and son have rushed to make a batch of sharp arrows, which have been armed in the newly pulled militia team.

However, if you release the arrow at this moment。。。。。。

Before Jinglong could open his mouth to reprimand the other party's behavior of suddenly leaning over, Gu Xuan had already said angrily: "What kind of arrows do you put in it? Don't you see that there are all the people below?"

And at this moment, a miserable cry was also heard on the ground in the distance.

"Open the door!"

"Open the door!"

"Open the door!"