"Five thousand?"
Not only Xie Linlang, but the entire workshop was stunned! The tongs in Xie Linlang's hand fell to the ground, but now is not the time to engage in crafts...
Several masters and workers in the workshop all surrounded them. If the news of the rebels going south just made them a little nervous, then the news of the attack of the water bandits completely panicked them!
Water bandits, that's water bandits! Water bandits slaughtering villages, killing people and setting fires are not uncommon in the Liangjiang area. They originally thought that the water bandits would not come to them, but they suddenly came, and so many people came! Didn't they all dispatch around a hundred people before? !
The outside of the workshop gradually became noisy, and it was obvious that the news of the attack of the water bandits had leaked out.
Xie Linlang settled down, sat on the bench in the workshop and asked, "Where are those people from?"
Xiangcheng is surrounded by water on both sides, mountains on one side, and land roads on the other, and on the southeast side of the water, only the east side has a gate, but the south gate does not.
If the water bandits want to enter through the door, they must enter the Black Water River, then the method of burning the water bandits last time can be used again, after all, the river is narrow and easy to burn.
But the messenger said tremblingly, "The water bandits came from the south! Their boats are so big that they didn't even enter the river!"
Xie Linlang nodded, her expression not panicking.
Xiangcheng faces the curved river in the south, the city wall is very high, there is no entrance and exit, the river beach is very shallow, and it is not suitable for large ships to dock.
That way, there's still room for things to turn around!
She stood up suddenly, walked out with everyone, and said as she walked.
"Don't worry, the southern city wall is very high, and the river beach is too shallow to stop large boats. It's not so easy for them to attack the city. I'll go over to see the situation first, everyone, don't panic."
She said that she got on the horse, and everyone had six gods and no masters, but when they saw her so calm, they all calmed down, as if the sky would not fall as long as she was there... This kind of thought has penetrated into people's hearts unconsciously, so now Xiang Cheng didn't panic after hearing the news, but was a little flustered.
Xie Linlang took Ru Nian's horse and ran towards the southern city gate. Everyone on the road stood on both sides of the street and looked at them with complicated expressions. There was no way, Xiangcheng had no troops. If a large number of water bandits came in, they would Is there a way out
But seeing Xie Linlang galloping on his horse, he did not look flustered, and the passers-by onlookers gradually gained some confidence.
Master Xie is not panicking, and since there is a solution, there is no need for them to panic.
Seeing this, Mr. Huang stood on the street and shouted, "Everyone, don't look at it, let's continue to work! Lord Xie will not let the water bandits have the opportunity to enter the city! The only thing we need to do now is not to delay Lord Xie. Legs, keep doing what you have to do, don't stop, we, we have to trust him!"
Huang Lao's voice was not loud, but he used his inner strength to transmit it very far. When everyone heard it, their hearts suddenly felt at ease!
Also, Mr. Xie didn't say anything, what are they doing so nervously? Or hurry up and do what you are doing, and don't cause trouble for Mr. Xie at this time.
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When Xie Linlang arrived at the southern city wall, the soldiers on the city wall were already frantic!
God knows how scared they were when they saw so many water bandits coming across the river? !
Fortunately, those water bandits seemed to be worried about something, and they didn't attack the city as soon as they came, but as long as they didn't walk on the river, they couldn't feel at ease!
Xie Linlang glanced at Jiang Mian and asked the officers and soldiers on the city wall.
"Are they approaching slowly, or are they wandering in that position?"
The officer said nervously, "My lord! The water bandits have been wandering in that position, neither approaching nor far away!"
Xie Linlang nodded, and then looked into the distance. There were quite a lot of boats on the other side, and they were all big boats. They didn't approach directly. I thought it was because the riverside was shallow and couldn't dock, but there might be other reasons.
It's just that the current situation is a bit difficult to handle. As we all know, Xiangcheng has no boats, or not at all, but they are all small boats that carry passengers. There are two medium boats and none of the large boats. Otherwise, Xie Linlang would not have specially let it People go to build ships.
It's just that boat building is not cooking utensils. It can be made casually. Right now, her big boat doesn't even have a shadow, but the other party has a big boat that is said to be the most advanced.
So the water battle is definitely not good. She has no boat, so she can't use a small boat to fight, so she can only defend
This makes Xie Linlang a little uncomfortable. For the water bandit, you either cooperate with him or beat him once, or he is eyeing Xiang Cheng and harassing her every day. Is she still earning money
Seeing Xie Linlang frowning, the Confucian Nian beside him whispered, "Actually, there are also three boats in the Red River Valley, and the adults can mobilize them with the tokens in their hands..."
Xie Linlang stretched out his hand to stop him, "Ordinary ships can't beat them. You also said that their ships are more advanced than the ships of the overlords of Zeguo."
Ru Nian suddenly stopped talking. If it was troops, soldiers, and weapons, they could still think of a way, but the boat really couldn't be changed.
"Then... let's prepare a little more boulders of boiling oil to defend the city wall?"
Xie Linlang squinted and said, "... Compared with those, I want to know more now, what is the real purpose of this group of people."
Originally, she thought that since this group of people came, they would definitely be caught off guard, so she should go ashore and think about how to attack the city.
In the end, they didn't do anything and just stared from a distance. Didn't this give them enough time to prepare tools for defending the city
This kind of behavior is so weird that she can't help but wonder what other purpose the other party has, or what are they waiting for...
But these are things to come later, Xie Linlang asked the officers and soldiers on the side.
"Are there enough wooden boulders on the city wall?"
As someone who is very cautious and meticulous in some aspects, Xie Linlang even has to lead the river into the city. She has already perfected this basic preparation, so she could be so calm when she heard the news before, because even if the water bandits came When attacking a city, the people on the city wall can also resist it with these defensive tools.
The officers and soldiers beside her replied, "Go back to your lord, the rolling wood boulders have always been prepared, do you need to burn the rolling oil now?"
Xie Linlang shook her head, "No, let's see what they are going to do first. You can send a hundred officers and soldiers over and divide them into two groups to defend them day and night. When they start attacking the city, let me know when."
"This..." Seeing that Xie Linlang was about to leave after speaking, the people on the city wall were stunned. Is this Master Xie too relieved? There are five thousand water bandits over there! Just send a hundred people over to guard it
Seeing their doubts, Xie Linlang smiled soothingly at them.
"Don't worry, they can't attack. As for me, there are other preparations to do."
It is not her style to come and not to be indecent, and to guard the city honestly.