Chapter 51: The Fire of War

When Gao Yuan arrived at the county office, Wu Kai, Lu Hong, Huo Zhu and other officials of various sizes had already gathered. Seeing Gao Yuan, Lu Hong said sharply, "Gao Bing Cao, where are your troops?"

"Don't worry, Xianwei, the first team will be here soon, and I have already sent someone to inform them." Gao Yuandao. "Lord Xianwei, what happened?" Since Lu Hong called him Gao Bingcao, it was clear that it was business affairs. , he no longer called him uncle, but called the county lieutenant.

Lu Hong sighed, "The Donghu people's attack has begun."

Gao Yuan took two steps closer and said in a low voice, "Didn't they say they would only be fighting outside the Curie Pass two days ago? Why is there such a big battle?"

"They crossed the border. They not only robbed the villages outside the pass, but also bypassed the Curie Pass. Now it is only more than 20 miles away from Fufeng County. Zheng Xiaoyang sent someone back to report, and several villages have been looted."

"Why didn't the Curie Pass set off the wolf smoke to call the police?" Gao Yuan asked.

"Such a big snowstorm, even if they set off the wolf smoke, I'm afraid that the smoke column will be blown away by the wind before it rises." Lu Hong shook his head.

"Is it possible to attack Fufeng City?"

"I don't know, but you have to be vigilant! Just in case!" Lu Hong sighed. "The alarm bell rings. All men over the age of sixteen must go to the city to prepare for war."

"How can those who have not received any training be able to fight? Isn't this sending them to death?" Gao Yuan said with a discolored expression.

Lu Hong glanced at Gao Yuan, "What's so strange, just relying on the more than 100 people under your command? If the Donghu people really attack the city and break the city, they will all die, not only they will die, but even their families will die. , Go to Decheng, even if you throw a stone, maybe you will kill a Donghu, and if you die, their combat effectiveness will be reduced by one point, and it is worth it. The cavalry is the main force, and it may not be able to attack the city. This is a business that loses its money. Unless the Donghu King gathers a large army, he will attack the city wall. However, how easy is it to mobilize a large army? It is impossible to gather a large number of people. With this time, we have already known the news. This time is so sudden, it must be a single action by a certain tribe. There will not be too many people. There should be no problem in Fufeng City. Just in case. By the way, the news you said last time seems to be true, we were careless."

"County lieutenant, what should we do outside the city?" Gao Yuan said in a low voice.

"The villages outside the city can only ask for their own blessings!" Wu Kai sighed, "This time the attack was so sudden, many villages did not get the news, and the wind and snow was so heavy that it was too late to retreat, I am afraid that this time, the loss will be Terrible."

Seeing Wu Kai's mourning appearance, he glanced at Lu Hong from afar, and Lu Hong said in a low voice, "The largest farm in Wu County is just outside the city, about ten miles away from Fufeng City. Bao, if this is the case, Lord Wu will lose a lot of money this time, and it is no wonder that it hurts."

Gao Yuan nodded, "I hope these Donghu people only rob things and don't kill people, otherwise, I'm afraid that Fufeng will suffer this time. County lieutenant, if I take people out of the city, maybe I can save some people."

"No way!" Lu Hong didn't even think about it, but categorically refused, "The Donghu people are all cavalry soldiers. If you go out with more than 100 people, it's not enough for people to stick their teeth. Besides, there are only more than 100 soldiers in the city. , If the Donghu people are really crazy and want to attack the city, you have to go into battle as the main force, Gao Yuan, can you?"

Gao Yuan took a deep breath, "Xian Li, please don't worry."

Lu Hong glanced at Wu Kai and Huo Zhu and shook his head, "This time, I don't know how to end it, I'm afraid it's hard to explain!"

A county government official came in and gave a salute to several people: "Master Wu, the qualified men in the city have been assembled, please come and speak."

Wu Kai stood up and said to Lu Hong and Huo Zhu: "Two adults, let's go together."

A group of people walked out of the county government office. In front of the county government office, there were densely packed men. Some of them were rich, and there were beggars in ragged clothes. The things they were carrying were not the same, there were kitchen knives, sickles, sticks, sheep forks, and some had nothing but a stone in their hands. Everyone stood there silently, looking at the officials on the steps.

Everyone looked very calm, as if they had experienced this kind of thing many times before. Seeing this scene, Gao Yuan was shocked.

"Folks, I don't want to say too much. We, Fufeng, are going to suffer a great deal this time. The village outside doesn't know how it has been devastated by the Donghu people. The people in the village may no longer exist, and there may be With your relatives, everyone knows that I, Wu Kai, is also a native of Fufeng, and there are my relatives outside. However, now is not the time to be sad, nor is it the time to be afraid, because fear is useless, if the Donghu people really call, If we break Fufeng City, we will all die, our families will all die, and we will lose more relatives. Only when we unite together can we protect Fufeng and our relatives. I will go into battle with everyone to protect our homeland. I will never let the Donghu people come to poison the homeland." At the end, Wu Kai raised his arms and shouted.

The people's emotions were instantly ignited by Wu Kai, and countless voices shouted. Gao Yuan looked at Wu Kai, but he really couldn't see that this guy still had the talent to be a speaker. It ignited the morale of the people.

There were tidy footsteps on the street, everyone's eyes turned to the direction of the footsteps, and the crowd of swarms flashed a passage. Two teams of navy blue soldiers held knives and guns, and ran in a uniform pace. Come on, the first one is Sun Xiao.

Gao Yuan let out a sigh of relief, yes, it took them less than half an hour to get here from the Nancheng Barracks.

"Cao Gao soldiers, all fifty people from the first capital of the first army of Fufeng County are here!" Sun Xiao took a step forward, clenched his fist with his left hand, struck his right chest, and shouted at Gao Yuandao. At this time, the soldiers They were all dressed in neat military uniforms, and they were wearing the cowhide armor that Gaoyuan had just bought for them. It was called armor, but in fact, two pieces of tanned cowhide were drilled with eyes one by one, and then tied together with cloth belts. , It is worn on the body like a vest, just to protect the front chest and back.

Gao Yuan nodded, "Enlist!"

Sun Xiao stepped back. Just as he stood still, Yan Haibo's two columns of infantry had also arrived in line.

"Reporting to Gao Soldier Cao, Fufeng County Soldiers 1st Brigade No. 2 should have 50 people, but actually there are 47 people. Duo Cao Tiancheng and two other soldiers went out on business and have not yet returned!" Yan Haibo said loudly.

"Enter!"

The arrival of this team brought the atmosphere to a climax in an instant. The entry of such a neatly dressed, high-spirited and heroic army made Fufeng finally think that we still have an army in Fufeng, watching them , the belief of sure victory has risen a few steps immediately.

The county magistrate Wu Kai, county lieutenant Lu Hong, deputy lieutenant Zhang Han, and postmaster Huo Zhu were all stunned. They knew what this army looked like before, and it wasn't much better than beggars. Wu Kai didn't wait. When the troops arrived, they began to lecture, and they did not regard the troops as a life-saving medicine. In his opinion, perhaps the people in these cities are more reliable. They have a family and a business, and they are not afraid that they will not rise up to resist. The army is all bachelors with nothing, and it is very difficult to make them work hard. Although Gao Yuan has been appointed as the soldier of this army, in Wu Kai's eyes, Gao Yuan's ability to do business should be a good hand. As for leading troops, he really hadn't thought of going there.

At this time, seeing this new-looking army, everyone looked at each other in dismay, and the eyes of Wu Kai and others looking at Gao Yuan suddenly changed.