Listening to Wei Xuan's intermittent opening remarks, everyone gasped, before Wei Xuan persuaded Taishou Yinde countless times to purchase food for disaster relief and arrest the leader of Taiping Dao, Yin De and most of the officials of Taishou Mansion were alarmist as Wei Xuan, even most of the Wei family members present only thought that Wei Xuan was benevolent and righteous, but just wanted to save more victims. Some people are even very dissatisfied with the Wei family's continuous increase in disaster relief, after all, there are still many people in the Wei family who are not doing very well.

Unexpectedly, now all the prophecies have come true, and the people here finally understand now that Wei Xuan used to be the postal governor of the north, and was in charge of the Wei family's White Tiger Hall, and was naturally the person who knew the most about the activities of Taiping Road in the entire Hedong.

So everyone turned their anger to Taishou Mansion and Yin De, officially these corpse vegetarian guys let the situation erode, and thought of a way to expel Wei Xuan, causing the situation to finally get out of control when it should have been alleviated.

Fourth Uncle Wei Yuan said in an angry manner: "Yin De's old puppet forced Zhong Dao to resign a few years ago, just to hide how chaotic and erosive Hedong is under his rule. Now it's up to him to respond. ”

Wei Su waved his hand: "Fourth, this is Hedong, even if he dies alone, there is only one person, but my Wei family is all here, so he can ignore Yinde, and my Wei family can't sit idly by!" Listen to Nakado continue. ”

Hearing Wei Su say this, many people who wanted to scold Yin De couldn't help it, looking at Wei Xuan, they were glad in their hearts, in the past six months, my family has made some preparations under the promotion of Wei Xuan, at least the food is enough.

Wei Xuan continued: "There are 3,000 soldiers in Hedong, but there are only 2,000 people who can really go up to the city wall to resist the thieves. Each family should have a thousand strong men, and only three or two thousand people can be raised in a short period of time, and these people can only maintain order and transport materials in the city.

Next, the recruitment of soldiers by Taishou will definitely be a matter of the day after tomorrow, there are seventy or eighty thousand people in Anyi City, but in this case, it is very good to be able to recruit five thousand people, and it will take at least half a month to form combat effectiveness, that is to say, Anyi City will probably need to rely on three thousand county soldiers and family members and three thousand people to defend the city in the next half a month.

And even if the envoy for help is sent today, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court can only come out of Liangzhou or Bingzhou, considering that the thieves may blockade Huoshan and Wangwushan, and connect Taihang, the possibility of the imperial court sending troops from Liangzhou is the greatest, even if it is all cavalry, it will be at least twenty days from preparation to arrival! ”

Everyone began to sit still, the Baibo army claimed to be 100,000 people, at least 20,000, although it may not be as good as the county soldiers, but it should be about the same as the strong men put together by various families, so the risk of Anyi City being captured is very great.

Wei Xuan looked at everyone's expressions in his eyes and said with a smile: "Since our Wei family has made some preparations, if the thieves break through the city and come to rob the wealth, without fire attack, the current guard force of our Wei Mansion will probably be able to support it for three days!" If you abandon your ancestral business and flee after the city is broken, you will probably be able to take a hundred people away from the guards. Because we only have so many war horses, it's hard to say whether we can escape smoothly. ”

Everyone was thinking about Wei Xuan's words, calculating the risks, Wei Xuan did not say that he would flee now, the Wei family had been in Anyi for generations, and it was impossible for the family to flee without seeing the thief soldiers, so now everyone is pinning their hopes on the thief soldiers to continue to attack Pingyang and Xiangling after the capture of Xiangfen, and it is best to continue to go north to Yangshan and Huoshan, so that although the thief soldiers may grow like a snowball, at least the defensive pressure on Anyi City will be much smaller at the moment. It is impossible to wait for the thieves to arrive in Anyi, and the reinforcements from the imperial court have also arrived.

At the same time, we must also prepare for the worst, the thieves will arrive in Anyi the day after tomorrow, then An Yicheng needs to defend for at least 18 days before there may be reinforcements. In case Anyi can't hold it, most of the people in the Wei family are qualified to let the guards ride their war horses away, so what about the next ones?

Wei Su glanced at Wei Cheng, Wei Cheng was looking at Wei Xuan with a smile, obviously he was very satisfied with the young people of this family, not satisfied with his analysis and arrangement today, but with the fact that he had done so much preparation before, this is called foresight, at least the Wei family does not have to worry about smashing the Wei family in the city before the thieves break the city.

And the sudden extra 100 war horses are the last hole cards, and they can always run out of a few as a last resort.

Wei Su looked at his three brothers again, except for Wei Yuan, who was angry, the other two had very solemn faces, Wei Le looked at Wei Su's gaze and asked, "Zhong Dao, if the whole clan hides in the manor in the southwest, can you hold on to the imperial court for reinforcements?" ”

Wei Xuan smiled bitterly, knowing that his second uncle was also unwilling to ask by chance, he thought about it and said: "If the Wei family escapes, Anyi City will be destroyed, and the thieves will definitely come to Anyi in the starry night when they learn the news, and then use this as a base to fight against Wang Shi." Then the people in Anyi City will be used by the thieves, and the team will definitely expand rapidly, Yang Feng once broke the two manors of the Tang family in the middle of the night, although our manor is prepared, but if more than 10,000 people attack at the same time, it should not be able to withstand three days.

On the other hand, as long as Anyi City is in our hands, even if the people of the whole city flee and the county soldiers flee, the danger faced by our Wei family in the city is not greater than that of the manor, on the contrary, the city wall of Anyi can provide us with some cover, at least for two or three more days. This is also the reason why I transferred the grain to the city early and abandoned the manor. ”

Wei Xuan didn't say that if the Wei family hid in the mansion in Anyi City, the thieves might just rob money, and in order to settle Anyi as soon as possible, they might still treat some of the Wei family members well, but if the Wei family escaped, the thieves would definitely loot or even burn the alleys and manors outside the city in order to loot wealth.

Wei Yong thought for a while and asked, "Will Yinde's old horseman abandon the city and run away?" Can the county soldiers be in their hands in advance? ”

Wei Xuan said: "I hope he can hold on, if he really wants to run, he will run as soon as possible, so that my Wei family may be able to hold on for a few more days when he takes over Anyi!" ”

Wei Su asked, "Zhong Dao, have you made a deduction about the thieves before?" If you come to defend the city, do you have the confidence to support the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Wei Xuan again. This is also what they are most concerned about, now that Wei Xuan's previous prophecies have come true, has this excellent young man ever thought about how to lead Anyi to hold on until the imperial court reinforcements come?

"Taishou and Wuguan Lu and the county soldier Sima don't know the soldiers, and what Xuan is worried about is that the three armies will be incompetent and exhausted."

Wei Xuan did not directly answer Wei Su's question, although he relied on advanced historical knowledge to prepare, but he had never led troops to fight on a real scale. He didn't want to hit everyone and didn't want to deceive the people present, all the people here were close to the Wei family, and he needed to let them know the truth.

But Wei Su wanted the answer, the most direct answer, because any decision in the next step was related to the future of the Wei family, as the sect leader and the head elder of the clan, of course he wanted to send the core members of the Wei family and the younger generation away as soon as possible, but Wei Xuan brought him too many surprises during this time, and he hoped that there would be surprises this time. Then he asked, "What if Yin Hedong is willing to let go of power?" ”

"That is, if the old man does not let go of power, we will unite with the city family to expel him. Jun Cheng, Gong Cao, and Lord Bo are all on the side of my Wei family, and the kid from the Biqiu family is afraid that he also hates the old puppet of Yinde, what else can he do with Yinde? Wei Yuan said angrily.

The corners of Wei Su's mouth twitched and said angrily: "Expelling Yin De, you will lead Anyi to defend the city?" ”

Wei Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and Wei Xuan had no choice but to stand up and relieve the siege: "Fourth uncle, Yin Taishou and my Wei family are now the two pillars of Anyi City, and one is indispensable. Even if he doesn't do anything, as long as he stays in the city, the people can see him and feel at ease. If he really wants to expel him at this time, not only will the people of Anyi not understand, but the court will not let go of the Wei family afterwards. The responsibility for the survival of Hedong is also all on the Wei family. ”

Wei Yuan grabbed the conversation again and said: "I know this, Zhongdao, you still say if you can let him take the initiative to hand over power, if you are asked to defend the city, are you sure?" ”

Wei Xuan smiled bitterly, but said: "Xuan didn't think about this matter before, but Xuan has discussed these things with Gongming, Zilong and others, and has a little experience, no matter who guards the city, Xuan will definitely go all out to assist him, and will provide some of his ideas for reference in time." Elders and core members of the Wei family, please keep calm these days, only if you are not chaotic, the Wei family will not be chaotic, and if the Wei family is not chaotic, Anyi City will not be chaotic. Although the thieves are numerous, they are a rabble after all, as long as we are united, I believe that we will be able to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court.

In addition, I have asked most of the people in the manor outside the city to retreat, and the mansions may be crowded and noisy during this time, and I hope you will hold on for a while. ”

Wei Su nodded and said to Wei Le: "The money and food recruited by the Taishou Mansion must be prepared in advance, and some young and strong people should also be arranged. All the major families in the city will look at my Wei family! ”

Then Wei Su emphasized a few more words, to the effect that everyone should stick to the door and work hard to get through this crisis together, and then most of the people left to prepare separately, leaving Wei Su, Wei Le, Wei Cheng and Wei Xuan.

Wei Suxian asked Wei Xuan: "How many people are there in Wenxi now?" ”

"There are ten people in the White Tiger Hall who are stationed, and the child has already sent twenty horsemen to listen to the eldest brother's dispatch just now, they are all good, and they will definitely be able to protect the eldest brother at a critical moment. I estimate that if the thieves break through Pingyang, they will definitely come to Anyi first, as long as Anyi is not broken, the Wenxi County soldiers should be safe if they don't leave Chenglang Station. ”