Chapter 052: Back Water (2)

Zhang Shuo's panic was confirmed.

Originally, Wu Pei expected it well, after all, the displaced people were not regular soldiers, they had not undergone strict training, and they lacked resilience.

However, when Wu Pei ascended to the top of the city on the second day, his face suddenly changed greatly, because overnight, there were 20,000 more homeless people outside the city!

"The city is broken!"

When Wu Pei said this, his face was still deeply incredulous, he didn't know why the city with 20,000 soldiers was lost, but the new 20,000 homeless people did come from the east!

In the beginning, the reason why the displaced people took the east of the city as the main direction of attack was to prevent the people in the city from breaking through to the city!

20,000 soldiers could win a field battle with 100,000 homeless people, so why couldn't they even defend the city? That was a city of government! A city with a five-zhang city wall! How could it be broken in only four days?

Not only did Wu Pei feel incredulous, but the Nanyang County Guard at this time also couldn't believe that he had 20,000 government soldiers, and the city was strong, and he was beaten down by just 100,000 homeless people!

At this time, the Nanyang County Guard was riding his horse on the official road, looking back in horror from time to time, when he escaped from the city, he was accompanied by twenty-six loyal guards, but now, there is no one around him!

Mu Ang –

A low roar came, Nanyang County Shou's face turned pale, and then he waved the horse whip in his hand again, but the horse under his crotch had been running for a day and a night at this time, and he had no strength anymore!

The military horse that was galloping bent its front hooves and suddenly fell to the ground, and the county guard who was sitting on the horse also rolled on the ground a few times, although he was lucky to be fine, but he was desperate at this time!

Mu Ang –

At this time, the roar was already close at hand, and Nanyang County Shou could clearly hear a heavy footsteps, he knew that he was going to be finished, and the monster chased after him again, but there was no longer a guard beside him to break off!

The footsteps got closer and closer, and a monster with black hair, two horns, and a face like a cow and a horse appeared in front of the county guard.

When the Nanyang County Guard saw this monster, he immediately recalled the scene on the city wall, hundreds of such monsters jumped on the city, they were infinitely powerful, and then they could knock a soldier away with a wave, Changge could not pierce their fur, and 20,000 soldiers were defeated by these hundreds of monsters!

The monster smashed Nanyang Gunhou's head with a kick, interrupting his memories, and then sliced open his chest with its sharp claws, grabbed out the internal organs and began to swallow heavily......

In Hecang County, when Wu Pei saw 20,000 homeless people who suddenly appeared, he was shocked and immediately sent someone to spread the news to several squires in the city.

Since the human society has a family name, there have been families linked by blood relations, and some families have officials in the family, then this family can be called a squire, and some families have obtained a hereditary title because of the great achievements of the state, then this family is called a nobleman!

Of course, a small place like Hecang County can't raise famous families, and most of the people in the city have ancestors who have been petty officials or barons, but even so, these families still have many privileges, such as ...... Recruit servants and private soldiers!

For example, the Zhu family, who had a good relationship with Zhang Shuo, was very generous to give twenty servants when he heard that Zhang Shuo needed manpower, and according to Zhu Jun, there were hundreds of servants in his family, and twenty people were not a problem at all!

There are so many servants in just one Zhu family, how many potential soldiers must be among the several big clans in the city?

Originally, Wu Pei didn't want to transfer people from these big clans, he was confident that he could completely defend the county seat with the 2,000 young men he recruited, so why should he deal with those big clans anymore? After all, if he wanted to transfer people from the big clans, the price he paid was not small.

But now it's different, there are 20,000 more homeless people outside the city, if Wu Pei doesn't transfer people, the county will definitely not be able to hold it!

Those people in the big clan are not stupid, and when they heard the news from Wu Pei, they knew that the current situation was very critical, so they sent out the people in the clan without saying a word.

I didn't know if I didn't know it, I was startled when I saw it, but after Wu Pei incorporated all the people sent by these big clans, he found that there were more than 1,500 people in total! You must know that when Wu Pei recruited for the first time, there were only about 2,000 young people in the city!

The new fifteen-hundred-odd people went straight to the city wall without training, because at noon, the homeless people attacked the county seat again!

The shouting and killing on the city head was more intense than yesterday, and under the city wall, Zhang Shuo silently debrided and bandaged one wound after another.

The anesthetic had run out yesterday, so Zhang Shuo could only treat the wound simply, without anesthetic, stitching the wound was no different from Ling Chi for these wounded soldiers!

Zhang Shuo also thought about whether to go back to the real world and bring a few bottles of anesthetics, but the lingering panic in his heart made him hesitate, he was worried about what to do if the city was broken.

If the golden finger is used up now, if the city is broken within seven days, he will face tens of thousands of homeless people at that time, and he will be no different from ordinary people!

But if he keeps the golden finger, in case the city is broken, he can still go to the real world to hide, and the big deal is that he will never cross over, and live his life honestly in the real world!

At dusk, Wu Pei, who was covered in blood, walked down the city again, looking at the hundreds of wounded soldiers moaning in pain on the street, his face was a little heavy.

"My lord, can the county still be able to hold on?" After Zhang Shuo finished bandaging a wounded soldier, he finally couldn't help but ask.

When Wu Pei heard Zhang Shuo's inquiry, his face suddenly froze, and then he shook his head imperceptibly.

"Didn't you hold it today? The casualties of the soldiers were only three hundred, why couldn't they hold it?" Zhang Shuo didn't panic, just asked in a low voice.

Wu Pei glanced at Zhang Shuo, and said with a complicated expression, "There are 20,000 displaced people today, and there may be 20,000, 30,000, or even 100,000 tomorrow!

"How come?" Zhang Shuo asked puzzledly, "Why do the displaced people insist on capturing the small Hecang County? Even if Hecang County is demolished, it is estimated that they will not be able to find enough food for them to eat for a day!"

"Because ......" Wu Pei raised his head, looked up slightly in the direction of Fucheng, and replied in a low tone, "Because, they are no longer satisfied with being homeless people!"

In the Nanyang County Mansion, Ma Shun sat on the seat belonging to the county guard, and there was a map made of silk cloth on the table in front of him, on the map, a red line ran through the southeast half of Dazheng, Ma Shun's eyes flickered faintly under the lights, like a hungry wolf who saw fat!