In the other gate of Xinye City, the captain of the city gate was almost scared to death, because suddenly there were many soldiers and horses from unknown places outside Xinye City, and those soldiers and horses came towards Xinye City frantically. However, the city gate captain failed to close the city gate in time.
He originally thought that this might be the end for him, letting some soldiers and horses rush into Xinye City.
"It's over, it's over, it's over!" The captain of the city gate was completely hopeless. This Xinye is on the border of Jingzhou. It can even be strictly said that this is the territory of Jingzhou, but it was taken by Liu Mang, the king of Shu. He exchanged a county of Nanyang for Xinye. Originally, Xinye's defense was still okay, but because of the Yangtze River Above, the Yangzhou navy fought a big victory, which made it look like this. Could it be the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou
"Captain, Captain, don't panic, don't panic!" Someone reminded, "This is not the enemy army, this is not the enemy army!"
"Not the enemy?"
"Yes, look, those soldiers and horses are wearing our banner and our black military uniform." The soldier on the side said to the captain at the city gate.
&n: 10,000￥Book￥Ba￥￥3.nsb.cmbsp;??? "Our soldiers and horses?" The captain at the city gate saw the Yangzhou flag and the black armor, and it really was Yangzhou All the costumes of the soldiers and horses, and even the captain of the city gate can see that these seem to be the defenders of Xinye. The city gate captain was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he became nervous again. "It's not good, it's not good, it's a disaster, it's a disaster!" Suddenly, a rout of soldiers rushed into the city and shouted loudly in Xinye City. There was an uproar, because those accents and clothes were not the same as the original Xinyecheng defenders.
So what happened. Actually let the broken soldiers appear in Xinye.
"Refugees. Those refugees are rioting. Rioting!" The captain of the city gate immediately caught a rout soldier and learned such an inconsistent question and answer from the rout soldier.
"Refugees riot?" The captain of the city gate was stunned for a moment, and then broke out in a cold sweat. Xinye has taken in a lot of refugees over the years, because of Yangzhou's fertile land policy, and the refugees who have been fighting in many places every year All of them came here, and many people who attacked Yuzhou and Liu Bei migrated from Yuzhou were also resettled in Xinye. It can be said that the number of refugees in Xinye is almost 100,000. If the refugees riot. This is really a disaster.
"Hurry up, hurry up, go to Daying to find General Guo and tell him such things!" The captain of the city gate ordered to his subordinates. Guo Yi. "Yes!" The soldier on the side nodded and left, but came back soon.
"What did General Guo Yi say?" the city gate captain asked. He urgently needs a backbone to tell him what to do next. He is just a grassroots official and is only in charge of the city wall.
"Guo, General Guo Yi is not in the camp." The soldier said out of breath.
"Not in Daying? Can you go to Guo's mansion for questioning?" asked the city gate captain. Maybe Guo Yi is in the Guo family mansion.
"No, there is no need to go to the captain, these routs were brought out by General Guo Yi." The soldier said to the captain at the city gate.
"What? These routs are General Guo Yi's troops? What about General Guo Yi?"
"Maybe, maybe it's no longer in the army!"
"Hurry up and go to the prefect's mansion to find the prefect." Chengmen Xiaowei, the immediate boss, is gone. Then he can only go up to find someone, instead of going directly to the prefect. That's because it's a taboo to go beyond the boss to find a superior. Who likes a subordinate who reports to his superior through himself.
Soon the personal guard came over and informed, "Report to the captain, the prefect, the prefect is not in the prefect's mansion!"
"Where's the person?" The captain of Chengmen was a little stunned, and the captain of Chengmen was a little dumbfounded. This is because his boss, Lieutenant Chengmen, is not here, so he might not be in the army anymore. not there.
"Do you know where the prefect has gone!?" The captain of the city gate was anxious.
"The housekeeper in the prefect's mansion said that the prefect went to live in another courtyard in the countryside a few months ago. He said it was to avoid suspicion." The soldier replied to the captain at the city gate.
"Avoid suspicion?" The city gate captain raised his brows.
"Captain, our lord prefect used to be the eldest son over there." The soldier pointed to Fang Fang, and the captain finally understood that Liu Qi, the prefect of Xinye, was an official of Yangzhou and the king of Shu. Another status of Liu Mang's courtiers is the eldest son of Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou.
When Yangzhou and Jingzhou were allies in the past, naturally Liu Qi could govern for the people in Xinye with peace of mind. You must know that Liu Qi has a way of governing the people, but after Jingzhou and Yangzhou fell out, this Liu Qi's identity became embarrassing. , he is a subject of King Liu Mang of Shu and Jingzhou is his father's territory. So Liu Qi was very straightforward, I won't stay with you anymore, I just avoided suspicion, hung my seal and went to the countryside to find a small house to take care of myself.
"Hurry up and inform the other captains of the city gate to discuss the matter together." The captain of the city gate wanted to let the other captains of the city gate discuss together. , at any rate, they can come up with ideas for each other.
"Captain, you don't need to go! Those captains, Captain Hao, Captain Chengdu, and Captain Han have all gone out with General Guo Yi." The soldier said while looking at his captain, his eyes were a little bit Complicated, there is also a sense of sighing, and there is also an element of luck in it. The captain's surname is Yang, and his name is Yang Chao. He is the captain of the North Gate. He was not called by Guo Yi because of this Yang Chao. He is not in the same way as Guo Yi. If he puts it nicely, he is called steel, and if he puts it badly, he is called out of gregariousness. He Yang Chao does not want to get along with those Guo Yi and others, so he Yang Chao is very out of gregarious The forehead was kicked out by Guo Yi and others. The other captains of the city gate can be said to be very rich, but Yang Chao is bitterly living on a little salary in his hand. Guo Yi also didn't call Yang Chao when he went out this time. So it's only now. The captains of the three city gates on all sides of Xinye and Guo Yi disappeared into the army together. Only he, Yang Chao, stayed in Xinye City alone.
"General, you may have the highest official position in Xinye City!" The soldier beside him added a sentence.
"Well, what's this called!" Yang Chao also smiled wryly. Of course, Xinye is a county, and there are many officials who are older than Yang Chao, but they are all civilians or those officials and businessmen who belong to the Yangzhou Ministry of Commerce. The military is out of control, and letting them come has no effect. So in the huge city of Xinye, the biggest general in the end became a small captain.
"Captain, this is the only way to go now! If this Xinye City is lost, even if you have ten heads, Captain, it's not enough to kill you!" If Xinye City is lost, the next one in Xinye will not be able to escape. Yi has disappeared into the chaos army, and the other captains are not there, so he, the captain, will be the one who will be unlucky next.
"That's the only way to go!" Yang Chao smiled wryly and asked him to make arrangements. He first needed to know how many soldiers and horses there were in the new field that could be deployed. It is also necessary to know how many weapons Xinye has, so that Yang Chao can do great things.
"There are only 2,000 defenders in the general's city." Among the military supplies sent from the gates, there are less than 2,000 people in the four gates.
"Two thousand people?" Yang Chao's eyes widened. "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Yang Chao still has fifteen hundred people under his command. This is a city gate, and the other gates add up to only 2,000 people? Are you kidding me? Could it be that there are only 500 people in the other three gates
"Captain, there are 152 people from the south gate, 100 people from the west gate, and 98 people from the east gate! A total of 350 people."
Well, adding up to five hundred people at the three city gates is an overestimation of them.
"Where is the person? Where did the person go?" Yang Chao was about to growl. Suddenly there was a rebellious army, and suddenly the refugees rioted. He, Yang Chao, hadn't reacted much. Not enough.
"Captain, these, these may be related to General Guo Yi!" A soldier reminded him.
"Guo Yi?" Yang Chao came to his senses after hearing the reminder from the military marshal. He also knew that Guo Yi was on empty pay.
The most basic arrangement of the four city gates in Xinye is the arrangement of 2,000 soldiers and horses, which means that there should be a total of 8,000 defenders in Xinye.
The original north gate was the gate of Xinye, so there were 5,000 troops stationed in the north gate. Now because Xinye has changed its owner, it has changed from the former barrier to the north of Jingzhou to the current barrier of Yangzhou to the south of Jingzhou, so A large number of soldiers and horses were dispatched from the north gate to enrich the south gate.
There are 5,000 soldiers stationed in the south gate, and 1,500 people in each of the other three gates. Although Guo Yi brought out a lot of soldiers and horses, you shouldn't have less than 500 people in the three gates. It's Xinye, Jingzhou is on the opposite side of the Yangtze River, even if General Hao Shao's soldiers and horses are stationed by the Yangtze River, you can't play like this.
Three or four thousand of the eight thousand soldiers and horses can be used as a base, and Yang Chao doesn't know what to say about Guo Yi after eating almost ordinary salary.
"Where are the rations and other ordnance!" Yang Chao continued to ask.
"There is no shortage of captains in these Xinye cities." Military rations and ordnance, as long as they are guarding the city, they will naturally be distributed in the city. Besides, two thousand people can't eat much food.
"Report, report to the captain, the refugees, the refugees have come towards Xinye City!" Someone reported to Yang Chao over there.
'How many refugees are there, and how far is it from Xinye City? "
"Up to ten miles! The number of people can't be seen clearly, there are a lot anyway!"
"Pass my military order, close the city gate, and prepare for battle!" Yang Chao issued the order methodically.
"Captain, can we win?" The Marquis next to him was puzzled.
Yang Chao didn't directly answer Junhou's question, but instead asked, "Do we have other options?" Junhou was silent, they are all in Xinye City now, once Xinye City is captured by refugees Now, they have all seen what Xinye City will look like, and the pain of the Yellow Turban Rebellion is still engraved in the hearts of many people.
"Send me to the water army camp immediately, and let General Hao Shao send troops to rescue us." Yang Chao prepared with two hands, one is to ask for reinforcements, and the other is to stick to it.
"yes!"
"Wait!" Yang Chao waved his hand. "Ride on my war horse." Yang Chao said to the scouts under him. Although Yang Chao's war horse was a good horse, it was an old horse. Even so, it cost more than half of Yang Chao's savings. On weekdays, Yang Chao would not be willing to ride at all. I can't wait to ride him on a horse, but now he is taking it out for his subordinates to ride, which shows that the tense is already serious.
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"There's a refugee riot?" Hao Shao recast a large camp dozens of miles away from Xinye's flank. This camp is backed by the Yangtze River. Liu Wei, the king of Shu, taught Xinye and other places to Hao Shao. , Hao Shao made full use of the terrain between Xinye.
The terrain of Xinye City is flat, all plains, and once the enemy lands from the Yangtze River. Xinye City will have no danger to defend.
Moreover, Xinye used to defend against the north, so it is completely easy to attack and difficult to defend for the gap in the south.
That's why Hao Shao set up a large camp on the bank of the Yangtze River. Firstly, he can patrol the bank of the Yangtze River and send out scouts to prevent the Jingzhou navy from landing suddenly on the bank of the Yangtze River. In Xinye, he Hao Shao can also attack halfway. For Jingzhou, the Yangtze River is a natural moat against the north from invading the south of the Yangtze River. But also for the north, the Yangtze River is also a barrier for the south to invade the Central Plains.
With such a good resource, why not use him. Hao Shao did what he said, after mobilizing countless grain, grass and lime wood from Shouchun. This large-scale building on the edge of the Yangtze River came out.
There are only 10,000 men in the entire Yangtze River garrison camp, but Hao Shao is confident that he can stop 100,000 enemies from Jingzhou.
Hao Shao is studying military affairs in the army, and now a scout suddenly ran over to ask Hao Shao for help. This script is wrong. You must know that Hao Shao is the vanguard of Yangzhou and Jingzhou. He is the front line, and Hao Shao should insist on asking for help. Jingzhou's attack could not help asking for help in the direction of Xinye Zaoyang Yiyang, but now it is turned around.
After the scouts explained, Hao Shao knew that this was a riot from the refugees, and the chaos broke out from within Xinye.
"There are 8,000 soldiers in Xinye City? Even if there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in Xinye, they can lean against the city wall and repel the enemy in Xinye." The deputy general next to him spoke up. Although the refugee riots are a headache, there is no way out. What the refugees fear most is siege warfare. They have no weapons, no sharp knives, no armor and shields in their hands. What they fear is siege. As long as they guard the four gates of the city, they will be fine. From small to large, from thousands to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, this is how to take down several cities of the big man, but that's all. The 8,000 soldiers and horses in Xinye City are enough to resist for a while, so why did they immediately send people out for help
"Why is a captain here to report?! Where is your prefect of Xinye?" The deputy general expressed his doubts again, this is not a trap.
"General, our prefect has not been seen for several months." The scout replied.
Hao Shao nodded. He was aware of Liu Qi's avoidance of suspicion. Liu Qi even informed Hao Shao. Becoming an official or something else, the staff of the prefect of Xinye has also arranged a course, but there have been no suitable talents. This made the official post of prefect vacant in Xinye.
"Then what about the garrison captain?" Logically speaking, it is also a matter for the garrison captain, not a captain.
"Our General Guo Yi is also gone." Yang Chao did not say that Guo Yi was no longer in the army, fearing that it would affect morale, he only said that General Guo was also gone.
The garrison captain also disappeared? What is this new field playing? Hao Shao frowned
"You go down first, I will write a letter to Shouchun with the general, requesting to send troops." Hao Shao's lieutenant general said to the scouts, although Hao Shao has the right to mobilize troops and horses in Xinye, but that is also a precaution Jingzhou, instead of sending troops to Xinye to help, you must know that Hao Shao has less than 10,000 troops in his hands. If he goes to Xinye, who will guard the Yangtze River? Eight thousand defenders in Xinye City are enough.
"General, I beg you to send troops to Xinye quickly. In our city, there are no eight thousand defenders in our city. There are only two thousand. Less than two thousand, general!" The scout shouted loudly at Hao Shao. The number of troops can still be seen.
Two thousand soldiers and horses are divided into four gates, and each gate has five hundred people. If it is a small county town, then it is definitely enough, but this is a county town, and five hundred people can't see clearly on the city wall. of.
"Two thousand people? What's the matter?" Hao Shao and the lieutenant also suffered a lot. What's the matter with two thousand soldiers. Xinye's standard equipment is 8,000 soldiers and horses, and it can even be expanded to 15,000 soldiers. At the beginning, Liu Biao's garrison in Xinye had more than 10,000 troops.
Only then did the scout tell the story of the empty pay in Xinye City.
"It's unreasonable." Hao Shao was so angry that he went to the police and went to eat empty pay and drink the blood of soldiers. This is the most intolerable for a general, especially a general like Hao Shao who came from the grassroots, and he knows how cold and warm the soldiers are. Eight thousand soldiers and horses have shrunk by three-quarters. This soldier and horse can eat enough. Hao Shao was about to question Guo Yi, the captain of Xinye Defense, but then he remembered that Guo Yi had disappeared a long time ago.
"Pass my military order, and you can send troops to Xinye to quell the chaos!" Hao Shao stood up, and it was time to make a decision as soon as possible. They were going to Xinye to help the Xinye defenders quell the chaos.
"General, if you go to Xinye, what will you do with the Yangtze River camp!" Hao Shao's deputy general next to him asked suspiciously. The Yangtze River Navy camp is guarded by Jingzhou soldiers and horses. If you mobilize them, what can the Jingzhou army do if they take action.
"I only bring 5,000 troops!" Hao Shao said to the lieutenant general, "The remaining 5,000 troops will teach you to stay in the Yangtze River camp to guard against the Jingzhou navy!"
"The general's 5,000 troops are stretched!" The deputy general was consoling Hao Shao, and 5,000 troops were not enough to quell the chaos or defend the Jingzhou army. In the past, 10,000 soldiers could send out scouts to monitor the Jingzhou army crossing the river in the Yangtze River camp, and they could attack halfway across the river. Now, 5,000 soldiers and horses can only stay in the Yangtze River camp, waiting for the enemy to attack. .
"Give me 800 miles to expedite, go down the Yangtze River and send it to Lujiang Shouchun, and ask for reinforcements like a military adviser. I will take 5,000 troops to contact the siege of Xinye first." Hao Shao compromised. After a while, 5,000 men and horses stayed in the Yangtze River camp to guard against Jingzhou soldiers and horses, and another 5,000 men and horses went to lift the siege of Xinye first, and then asked for reinforcements from Shouchun Lujiang to send troops to quell the chaos. After that, Hao Shao took his soldiers and horses back to the stronghold of the Yangtze River Navy.
"That's the only way to go!" The express mail was sent out from the eight hundred Li camp in the Yangtze River.
It took only a day to cross the Lujiang River along the Yangtze River, and the whole Yangzhou knew about the riots of the refugees in Xinye. Lu Bu immediately dispatched Bingzhou Wolf Riders to suppress it, and a bloody storm was inevitable.