Li Xiaojiang and Jin Ding came to the barracks with the soldiers, by this time the soldiers had finished their day's training and had finished eating, and when Li Xiaojiang was away, General Wang would take over the training of the troops in his place.

Li Xiaojiang took out the talisman and took away all the soldiers and the soldiers of the Sanren Alliance who had been training for a few days, and Li Chengzhou temporarily named them the Sanzi Battalion.

The soldiers of the Loose Character Battalion had just received a few days of training, and they could only barely get through the queue, and it was a fool's dream to let them line up to meet the enemy.

But releasing them back into residential areas would cause uproar, and it would be better to stay in the barracks and strengthen discipline.

Li Xiaojiang used the talisman to transfer all the soldiers, the original 800 soldiers and the more than 1,000 people in the Sanzi battalion.

General Wang watched them take everyone away, and the entire barracks became empty, and even his former subordinate Jin Ding was better mixed than his current self.

He sighed, turned and walked back to his room, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Xiaojiang led all the soldiers to the gate of the city, and the five hundred legionnaires stood on the city wall in battle and prepared to meet the approaching enemy.

Three hundred Mengjia soldiers were on standby in the city square, ready to support the fallen section of the city wall at any time—but the eight-meter-high wall should be difficult for these barbarians to breach.

The soldiers of the Loose Word Battalion were mainly responsible for carrying supplies, carrying crossbows and arrows to the city walls, and carrying 500 pairs of swords, shields and spears to the city walls, ensuring that the soldiers had new weapons to replace when their weapons wore out.

When they were done with all this, they could pick up their weapons and go up to the walls to help in the battle, making sure that each soldier was accompanied by two Loose Battalion soldiers.

Li Chengzhou watched Li Xiaojiang arrange in an orderly manner, so he didn't talk much, if he took over at this time, if he got rid of it, and the city was captured, he would really become a sinner.

Night was falling, and it was pitch black outside the walls, but the soldiers kept their eyes wide and did not dare to slacken.

At this time, there were already spies gradually returning to the city, bringing the latest news.

"They are at least twice as many as we are."

"They will number more than four thousand."

"They seem to have shields made of cowhide and rattan in their ranks."

"There were archers in their ranks, and some people picked up arrows on their way after their march."

"They cut down trees while marching, and seem to have the ability to craft siege weapons."

"Their number is close to five thousand."

The last spy to return to the city disguised himself as close to the enemy three times in a row, and the most recent one even stepped on his hand to find the most accurate number of people.

The team seems to know some siege techniques, as the last scout saw the presence of battering rams in the enemy ranks.

When Li Xiaojiang heard the news, he hurriedly went to Li Chengzhou to discuss, this enemy didn't seem to be too easy to mess with, and it was really possible that the boat would capsize in the gutter.

Jin Ding also hurriedly followed, and the three of them got together, and Li Chengzhou was really shocked when he heard the news.

Originally, I thought that the city was high and deep, and it was impossible for the enemy to break through the city, and if I couldn't figure it out, I could wait for Fang Changge and them to get out, but now the situation seems to be a little bad.

Li Xiaojiang asked tentatively: "Why don't you call Fang Lao out?" ”

Li Chengzhou had a bitter face: "The last time I went in, Fang Lao had already predicted this matter, and he said that there would definitely be an enemy attack, let me take care of it myself, don't bother him." ”

Suddenly, Li Chengzhou remembered that he seemed to have caught a coward with a high status, and he hadn't had time to interrogate him.

"Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to win a hundred battles, let's go and interrogate that the crow will surely pry something good out of his mouth."

They hit it off, and the men rushed to the cell.

When the crow was brought out by the jailer, his legs were weak, and he felt like he was going to die.

Li Chengzhou originally wanted to see how Li Xiaojiang interrogated, but before he could start asking, the crow knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, as long as he could spare himself, he could do anything.

After a quarter of an hour, the three of them looked solemn, and the news they received from the crow's mouth was not optimistic.

Although the Fire Bull Tribe can command the tribes within a hundred kilometers around, in fact, he belongs to a small surrounding country, and the small country will also build cities, and teach some knowledge to the Fire Bull tribe to win over, and help the Fire Ox tribe build simple cities and make simple standard weapons.

There will even be a simple military formation.

According to the crow, there is an iron mine next to the city of the Fire Ox, and the ore in it is used to make weapons that are stronger than ordinary weapons.

Li Chengzhou began to believe what Fang Changge told him in private, the location of Los Angeles is too remote, the big forces disdain to fight, the small forces can't fight, the population is small, and the resources are small.

Now it seems to be smooth sailing, but if it is discovered by the big forces, the endless stream of soldiers will swallow the newly established New Tang Dynasty at any time.

Now there are only 5,000 people, and Li Chengzhou feels the pressure.

In this case, Li Chengzhou did not dare to hold it any longer, and immediately gathered the soldiers of the Sanzi Battalion and took them to the armory to get the armor.

"Your Majesty, this weapon and equipment are okay, this armor is a heavy weapon, and it poses a great danger to these barbarians, Your Majesty must think twice."

The guards are bitter.

Li Xiaojiang was very angry: "What Your Majesty has decided to do, is it your turn to point fingers?" ”

The guards immediately realized that what they said was wrong, and quickly gave up their positions and let the Sanzi battalion take away the armor.

With 1,000 pairs of armor and more than 1,000 people, Li Chengzhou chose a few of the largest soldiers to put on the leather armor made by the recent craftsmen, and followed the soldiers of the Meng family to prepare for support at any time.

The rest of the people put on their armor and took their weapons to the city wall, and the two soldiers of the Loose Word Battalion followed a legionnaire, but now the combat power is much stronger than before.

Li Chengzhou himself put on armor and personally led the returning guards to the battlefield to support everywhere. Li Xiaojiang defended on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Meng family on the Jinding Belt Square supported him at any time.

The inhabitants of the castle also seemed to realize that something was wrong, and they were talking about it.

Li Chengzhou remembered that the residents of his city were not unarmed farmers, they were warriors with stone spears before entering the city, nearly 6,000 residents, and more than 3,000 men in the prime of life.

Li Chengzhou decided that if he saw that the city could not be defended, he must return the weapons he had collected to the residents before the enemy entered the city, and fight the enemy to the end.

Li Chengzhou walked on the city wall with his personal guards, and now he is a banner, and wherever he goes, his morale will be high.

It was late at night, and Li Xiaojiang was a little confused when he heard a strange sound coming from outside the city wall, so he asked the soldiers next to him to bring torches and throw them down.

The faint glow of the torches illuminated the scene outside the city walls, and a dense crowd of barbarian soldiers gathered under the walls.

Li Xiaojiang immediately beat the drums of war.

"Enemy Attack !!!"