Early the next morning, Yuan Rui quickly arranged the relevant things.

Qi Feng led people to guard the west gate, which was a city gate where the Miao people came to face him, and it should also be the direction of the Miao people's main attack.

Xu Meng led people to guard the north gate, and the soldiers in the hands of the two of them were all patrolling synthetic battalions that had undergone simple training this time.

And Chen Tai took the regiment to guard the east gate, it would be relatively easy here, and it would be a little difficult for the Miao people to attack directly, and they had to bypass the west gate and the north gate.

The sixth son of the South Gate told Yuan Rui that he would lead people to guard it, this place is close to Xiangshui, and it is difficult for the Miao people to call directly, and it is relatively easy to guard.

Xu Bing and Master Liu followed Yuan Rui's side, with more than a dozen soldiers, and commanded in the center.

Yuan Rui actually didn't know anything about command, but she understood that as long as she was still there, Qi Yang's soldiers would not panic and would have fighting spirit.

Another point, Yuan Rui hopes that he can hold out until the reinforcements arrive, because he knows one thing, the Miao people can never do big things, they are too scattered, and it is difficult to form a perfect organization.

Another point is that Yuan Rui has made corresponding preparations in advance, and he believes that Qi Yang can hold it.

Fortunately, some time ago, the second prince reported that Yuan Rui specially asked people to prepare a lot of various military equipment to defend the city, which should be enough for the general mountain bandits, but Miao people really dare not say it.

Even though a lot of preparations were made in advance, many people still had great opinions, some did not believe that the Miao people called, and some were reluctant to give up those belongings at home.

Yuan Rui won't care about these at this time, if the city is broken, it won't be a matter of money, without people, what can those possessions do.

Dozens of arresters and officials played a great role, and Hu Xiancheng and Liu Zhushu are also old people in the county government, and I believe that there are still many of their people.

Some wealthy families were even more desperate for their lives, and it didn't take much time to speak, and more than half of the people began to leave the city from the south gate and fled everywhere along the Xiangshui River.

In this, Yuan Rui entrusted Hu Xiancheng and Liu Zhushu to say two points, as long as the Miao people are repelled in the future, and the people come back, all the houses and land deeds will be recognized, and no one will touch the things at home.

But in case the city is broken and the people's homes are damaged, the government will recognize it, but the county government can only try to compensate for the damaged property.

In three days, the more than 3,000 regiments, townships, and patrols left behind in Qiyang County were removed, and only dozens of young men with martial arts recruited by the six sons remained.

Yuan Rui originally had another worry, that is, once these irregular soldiers encountered danger, they would first flee with their lives, but when he saw those soldiers who were actually no different from ordinary people, he was immediately relieved.

This is Qiyang, it is their home, it is the place where they grew up, when someone comes to seize it, all they can do is to fight back, otherwise, their family will lose the home they rely on to survive.

Time goes back to ten days ago, Tian Jiakang of Wugang Military Village has already received news that Luyang is occupied by the Miao people.

Strictly speaking, Wugang Military Village is not a city, and the reason why it is called a military village is because it is composed of five large villages.

The closest to Luyang is Xiakou Village, which is called Xiakou because it is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, in this place, the Wugang Army garrisoned a battalion with 1,500 soldiers.

Behind it is Shantang Village, a small cottage with some people and hundreds of soldiers.

Further east, near the border of Qiyang County, is Chimu Village, which is also a pass that guards the narrow passage between Qiyang and Wugang.

There are also two villages in the south of Wugang Military Village, one Wuyang Village, which is close to Jingzhou, and has more dealings with King Miao, because the relationship is relatively close, only a few hundred soldiers are stationed.

There is also a Chengbu Village, which is the junction between Wugang and Jiaozhou, and it is also a small pass, which plays a role in communicating the two states.

There is no way to distribute it in this way, there are less than 5,000 soldiers, and they are not used for war, at most they are to set up a buffer zone between the Han and Miao, just in case, and they can resist a little when the contradiction intensifies.

When General Tian heard the news, he hurriedly transferred more than 1,000 soldiers from the two nearest military villages in Shantang and Wuyang to the mouth of the gorge, which was considered to be a barely confluence of the soldiers of the two battalions.

But this point of people really didn't play a big role, and before he did too much arrangement, the Miao people arrived.

The elder led by the Miao people this time was Elder Deadwood, one of the four elders of Wulingman, who knew the situation of Xiakou Village very well, and also knew that Xiakou Village must be the key defensive place of the Wugang border army.

But he has his own way, the Miao people will not go through any passes at all, and the Han people are not good at climbing mountains, so they have a pass.

But the Miao people are different, you can't go through the pass, just go over the mountain, whether it is a steep slope or a cliff, these are difficult to Miao people.

It is impossible to say that General Tian didn't expect it, but what can he do, such a big mountain, can he spread a line. He could only put all his soldiers in the military village, at least there was a place to cover it.

It's not that he didn't want to withdraw first, but as the leader and general of the Wugang Military Village, he was going to escape, and there was only one end, and he was directly killed by the court's order.

Not only him, but also a civil official like Yuan Rui, when faced with the attack of bandits, if he abandoned the city and fled, there was only one end, that is, he was killed by the court.

Since there is no way to escape death, I believe that most officials will choose to face it bravely, at least they can leave a good reputation and a chance for advancement for their families and future generations.

So here in Xiakou Village, it soon entered the most brutal offensive and defensive battles. Although the Miao people were poorly armed and had no rules, they were numerous and very brave, causing huge casualties to the soldiers in the military village.

The soldiers of Wugang Military Village are also very clear that they have now become Jedi, and they can't escape death if they surrender, and they can only have a glimmer of life if they surrender, and they can only have a glimmer of life if they do have a lot of military resources stored in the military village, and the defensive equipment is very effective.

But Elder Deadwood will not leave him too much time to think about it, the Great Witch Festival is very clear, and it is the first step to conquer the Wugang Military Village, and after the Wugang Military Village is taken, the other tens of thousands of soldiers of the Miao people will be divided into three routes, all the way to the east to Qiyang, all the way to the north to Chenzhou, and all the way to the south to attack Jingzhou.

The idea of the Great Witch Festival is very clear, that is, to occupy all the outer edges of the Wuling Mountains and create an independent Miao territory.

These places are all Han and Miao mixed areas, not only close to Wuling Mountain, but also many Miao people can be used as a foundation, and it is easy to become the territory of Miao people after occupying them.

If there is a map, you will clearly see the power of the Great Witch Festival, north to Lishui, east to the edge of the Wuling Mountains, the edge of Dazeyuan, and south to the border of Jiaozhou.

In such a large area, millions of Miao people occupy most of the area and become the absolute masters, and more importantly, the Miao people are very familiar with the terrain in this area and have strong combat power.

Elder Deadwood also has no intention of fighting for a long time in Xiakou Village, since Xiakou Village has become a Jedi, there is no need to waste too much time here, just leave a few thousand people to fight slowly, and the other Miao warriors will go east again, straight to Qiyang.

After receiving the order of General Tian, the hundreds of soldiers stationed in Chimuzhai directly abandoned Dazhai and rushed to Qiyang that night along the official road.

General Tian no longer hopes that he can escape safely, but he still has an expectation, if he can leave a little incense, let Yuan Rui, a holy minister, take care of his family for the sake of reporting the news.

General Tian thought very clearly and did it in place, Yuan Rui saw hundreds of soldiers who were ordered to come to report the news, and not only remembered General Tian's private feelings, but also paid full respect to General Tian's hundreds of people who did not lose in vain in Dazhai and added a lot of strength to the future Qiyang guard.

These soldiers are not like the improvised people in Yuan Rui's hands, these are border troops, regular soldiers, who have been fighting with the Miao people for many years and are very familiar with the situation of the Miao people.

These soldiers were directly handed over to Qi Feng by Yuan Rui, relatively speaking, he had the least number of people in his hands, and it was the main gate, and the pressure he faced in the future was also greater, and it was also the city gate that was most likely to be broken through by the Miao people.

The Miao people almost followed the soldiers of Chimu Village, the front and rear feet, before dawn, the east gate was already densely covered with Miao people wearing homespun clothes.

The Miao soldiers have no rules to fight, and there are no generals and other people who lead the troops, so they are a group of simple-minded reckless people.

In the city, not to mention Yuan Rui, a scholar, even Qi Feng is not even a half-hanger, the three boys of the Xu family have finally been on the battlefield, but they all followed the boss to kill, and they have not led troops seriously, and they don't understand how to arrange troops.

Fortunately, there is another one on the side who knows a little bit about fighting, the small leader who was withdrawn from Chimu Village is called Zhou Da, who has been in the Wugang Army for almost ten years, and is now a brigade with 500 people under his command.

He first discovered the fighter, and now the Miao soldiers are standing outside the city, they are simply living targets, and they are sorry for the stupidity of the Miao people if they don't fight.

He went directly to Qi Feng's side and whispered a few words to Qi Feng, and Qi Feng's eyes immediately lit up.

"Childe, Zhou Da said, if at this time, find thousands of soldiers to this place, directly take advantage of the fog, and shoot three rounds casually, not to mention much, at least the Miao soldiers can lose thousands of people."

Yuan Rui didn't understand, but he would listen, and after thinking about it, he understood that the Miao people were standing outside the city unobstructed like this, they were originally looking for death, and the Miao soldiers did not have so much armor protection at all, so they were even more easily injured.

Soon, with the addition of the original 600 soldiers of Chimu Village, the east gate of the city gathered 1,200 soldiers who could shoot arrows.

Qi Feng arranged very carefully, three arrows per person, and stopped directly after shooting regardless of the result. Although there are a lot of arrows in the city, they can't be wasted, after all, the days are still long.