At this time, it was already early afternoon, and there were many soldiers from the city defense battalion of the Governor's Mansion gathered on the tower of the South Gate, including 600 people, and more than 200 people, who were staff members from the Governor's Mansion.

A firm voice said: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry, our Director Zhou has already made a plan. We are here to watch our victory, not to die. ”

Another voice said: "There are only 600 soldiers here, Commander Jiang, can your soldiers beat the cavalry outside the city? I see that there are no less than 4,000 cavalry outside the city." ”

"And more and more. ”

Jiang Tao said: "Master Ye, don't worry too much. Don't you believe in Master Zhou?"

Gongfang Ye wiped a handful of sweat, angry and frightened, he felt that promotion and wealth were the most important, and he would not enjoy life by fighting and killing.

The crowd was full of discussions, with occasional burst of laughter.

Jiang Tao thought angrily: These officials and old men don't know whether they are dead or alive, they still talk and laugh, if the cavalry outside invades the city, do you think that if you surrender, you will be spared death?

In the crowd, someone asked: "These light cavalry downstairs are coming from the south, could they be the troops of the South Gate Pass Command Division?"

"If you look at their armor, it's clear that it's not. ”

Someone else asked, "Could they be the troops of the Jiang Long Weidu Command Division?"

"No way. It is impossible for Jiang Longwei to cross the South Gate Pass. ”

"There are 50,000 defenders stationed at the South Gate Pass, and even if there are 500,000 cavalry, don't think about crossing the South Gate Pass. ”

"Definitely. There is a kind of cavalry that can easily cross the South Gate. ”

"Yes? ”

"What if it's the bird cavalry of Lion Spring City in the Mountain Domain?"

"Bird cavalry! Of course the bird cavalry can. ”

"Do you know the twenty-two cavalry of the Seven Domains of Daxuan?"

"Heh, isn't it the twenty-first cavalry?"

"A new detachment of Red Tiger cavalry has appeared. ”

"A cavalryman riding a red tiger?"

"Exactly. ”

"And this kind of cavalry?"

"Where?"

"In the mountains between Cloud City and White City. ”

"......" everyone laughed, it turned out to be a bandit soldier in the Southern Regions.

(Twenty-two Great Cavalry - Imperial Capital: Shenlongwei Avant-garde Light Cavalry, Shenlongwei Right Guard Heavy Cavalry, Meicheng Heavy Cavalry, Shicheng Beast Cavalry, Shangdu Heavenly Cavalry, Imperial City Beigang Sailor Fish Cavalry, Forest Domain: Tiecheng Iron Cavalry, Heicheng Tiger Cavalry, Northern Regions: Red City Flying Cavalry, Qingcheng Light Cavalry, Steppe Wolf Cavalry, Sand Domain: Shacheng Cavalry, Trilateral City Camel Soldiers, Mountain Domain: Shiquan City Bird Cavalry, Southern Regions: Qingcheng Giant Crocodile Soldiers, Yuncheng Elephant Cavalry, Yuncheng Flying Sparrow, Baicheng Southern Tiger Cavalry, Baicheng Nangang Sailor Fish Cavalry, Jiangcheng Jianglongwei Avant-garde Light Cavalry, Bacheng Balongwei avant-garde light cavalry, Haicheng Donggang sailor fish cavalry. The cavalry of the Middle Domain did not form a scale and was not too famous. ）

Jiang Tao didn't listen to the gossip of others, he was worried, how could he just become the commander of the city defense battalion, and he encountered the disaster of war!

After escaping back to the south gate, he sent people to report to Zhou Dongcang about the enemy situation outside the south gate, and at the same time gathered the soldiers of the city defense battalion who were searching for the assassins in the city, and took the initiative to deploy soldiers to assist the city gate officials at each gate to guard the city gate.

He personally stayed at the south gate, and after training the soldiers, he led the soldiers and climbed the south gate tower, and saw hundreds of cavalry appear outside the city gate, and the cavalry formed a team in hundreds, and stationed the horses in blocks.

Jiang Tao became more and more anxious: What do so many cavalrymen want to do? Why didn't the soldiers I sent to contact and inquire about the news come back?

The cavalry under the city are all strong men wearing iron helmets and wrapped in armor, they only show part of their faces and eyes, plus the tiger's back and bear's waist, the waist is hung with a sabre, and the bow and arrow are carried on the shoulder, which is even more fierce and murderous, they should be the most well-equipped soldiers in the entire Jiangcheng, and they are the elite soldiers who are one in a thousand.

A hundred or so cavalry formed a hundred-man team, ten hundred-man teams formed a thousand-man team, and now, six thousand-man teams had been assembled, and they dug up the hills, filled in the hollows, and stationed their horses in the open space three arrows away from Yuanyang City.

The 6,000 cavalrymen, dressed in uniform and armor, acted almost in unison, holding the reins of their horses or nailing the reins into the ground, squatting or sitting, waiting for orders from the commander of the vanguard and the officers of the thousand households.

On the tower of the south gate, Jiang Tao could see from a distance, and as far as Jiang Tao could see, there were thirty or forty hundred-man teams, either riding war horses, or setting up carriages and animal carts, pushing stone-throwing carts, and coming with high spirits.

Jiang Tao guessed that this was the enemy's siege force, and it was their task to pile up dirt bags, build ladders, and throw stones.

The last forty centurians pulled the siege equipment and stone-throwing carts on the carts and stopped in the open space less than two arrows from the south gate.

One hundred cavalry detachments were led by ten thousand household officers, and ten thousand regiments were stationed in order in the open space outside the south gate.

There are more than 2,000 acres of vacant land, which has become a battlefield.

The sound of military trumpets whined from below, followed by the rumbling of war drums, and the cavalry, either lying or seated, rose almost at the same time, and the metal armor rubbed against each other.

As soon as the drum was blown, all 6,000 cavalry mounted their horses. As soon as the commander-in-chief gives the order, they will attack.

One of the first four thousand men was a combat cavalry, and the other three thousand troops, under the protection of the combat cavalry, drove a cart full of equipment and a cart of animal power, pushing a huge stone throwing cart, from the land of three arrows to the land of one arrow.

The avant-garde commander was a sturdy man, with a sword hanging from his waist, a golden helmet on his head, and a pale green armor, and he rode a red horse from behind the queue, and took the lead in running to the south gate tower, stopping at a place a stone's throw away from the south gate. The commander was followed by his two teams, a cavalry escort of twenty men and a deputy commander.

Before attacking the city, persuade you to surrender. When persuading to surrender, set up a ladder. A stone's throw away, after the three thousand-man team stopped the stone throwing truck, three ladders were being installed.

There were more than 800 people on the south gate tower, of which more than 200 were officials of the main government. Where had they ever seen so many cavalry! Under the sun, they felt a chill down their spines. Silent.

Jiang Tao is the head of the military attachés here, and after he comforted the officials of the presiding minister's office, he read the letter in his hand again, and said in his heart: Why didn't Director Zhou personally come to the south gate to meet the enemy?

Not long ago, Zhou Dongcang asked the deputy director of the clerical office to bring a letter to Jiang Tao, saying that the Jiangcheng Governor's Mansion was invited by Hua Zhongxian to cooperate with the Jianglong Weidu Command Division to raise troops and ask for guilt. The guilt is fake, and it is true to take the opportunity to snatch Hua Zhongxian's treasure. There is only a city gate tower at the south gate, and there is no urn city and arrow tower, and the enemy army from the south must attack the south gate, and the battle of the south gate is inevitable.

Zhou Dongcang said in the letter that he had sent a letter eagle to ask for help from the Greentown Governor's Mansion, the Overlord City's Mansion, the Kaicheng Lord's Mansion and the Zixin City Governor's Mansion. Before the arrival of the rescue army, he would personally defeat Jiang Longwei's vanguard troops in order to establish his prestige.

If he defeated the Jianglongwei avant-garde light cavalry, one of the twenty-two cavalry of the Seven Domains of the Great Xuan Kingdom, Zhou Dongcang would become famous in the first battle.

Zhou Dongcang also said in the letter that this battle will be won, and as the new commander of the city defense battalion, he must set an example and pacify the work, and protect the officials who go to the south gate to watch the battle. Let the officials of Yuanyang City witness a battlefield battle with their own eyes, accept the baptism of war, and be mentally prepared for the continuous wars in the future.

Jiang Tao read the letter again, took a few deep breaths, and said in his heart: I'm going crazy, being the commander of a city defense battalion, the pressure is so great.

Jiang Tao pretended to be calm. Other officials looked apprehensive. The bureaucrats, who are usually pampered and well-behaved, were very anxious and nervous when they watched the battle from the castle tower today.

The low-ranking people had been exposed to the sun for an hour standing on the city wall, and they were sincerely frightened and anxious, and the language they had complained about had long since disappeared. What they are worried about is: is there really going to be a war?