This small village on the Juyang River is a family that moved out of Linzi County not long ago. The family surnamed Zhao is composed of more than a dozen families. In order to obtain more land, they took the lead in establishing settlements next to the most fertile land on the Juyang River. But they never thought that it was this thought that it brought a catastrophe to their family.∽↗∽↗,

The house was burned down, the meager property was looted, the men were killed, and the women were humiliated. Although they begged for mercy, they still could not escape the viciousness of the bandits.

While the bandits were slapping the small village, an old man and a young man were lying in the grass in a field not far away. They looked at their relatives being killed and their homes were destroyed, and the boy's eyes were almost bleeding. They wanted to rush out several times but were held tightly by the old man.

The grandparents and grandchildren are also from small villages. They went to the field to catch rabbits at night, but escaped by chance.

The old man whispered to the young man: "I'm afraid this bandits are going to sneak attack Yidu County. You go to Yidu County to report, go quickly!"

At this moment, several bandit soldiers suddenly discovered them and shouted, "There are people over there!"

The old man was anxious and pushed the young man violently, "Run!"

"Grandfather, what about you?"

"Don't worry about me, run away"

The old man shouted in anxiety, the young man's eyes were filled with tears, and he turned around and ran into the woods not far away. When he crawled into the woods, he faintly heard his grandfather's screams.

The boy couldn't help crying, and ran while crying. He ran along the Juyang River to Yidu County southward.

When it was almost dawn, the gate of Yidu County slowly opened. Several caravans waiting outside the city were eager to enter the city, but were stopped by several soldiers guarding the city, wanting to check the goods, for fear of being mixed into the city by spies.

At this moment, a young man stumbled from a distance. He ran for more than a hundred miles, his soles were worn out with blood. He supported him to Yidu County with the belief of revenge.

He finally lost his strength. He knelt outside the city gate and shouted in a hoarse voice: "The bandits are coming!"

The two soldiers were shocked and asked quickly: "Where did the rioters come from?"

"I have no idea!"

The boy burst into tears, "They killed my parents and grandfather!"

The two soldiers looked at each other. Although it was a bit incredible, the blood on the soles of the boy's feet and the painful crying did not seem like a prank. The two soldiers did not dare to delay and lifted the boy and ran to the county town. The newly opened city gate was closed again.

At present, the military and political affairs of Beihai County are temporarily in the hands of Wei Yunqi. However, Beihai County does not have many troops, only 500 people, which only has a little symbolic deterrence.

After all, when Zhang Xuan made the decision, he was just a tooth general who assisted in attacking Qinghe County. Zhang Jin said that even if he attacked the south, he would attack the richer Qi County, rather than Beihai County.

However, some things did not change according to people's will. When the Wagang Army attacked Jibei County, Zhang Xutuo was forced to retreat south, and Zhang Xuan also changed from a joint attack to the main general of the Qinghe County battlefield. The importance of Beihai County suddenly became prominent.

At this time, Wei Yunqi had just received the news that Zhang Xutuo retreated south. Seeing that Zhang Xuan stayed to fight Qinghe County, he felt a little nervous. Will Beihai County have weak defenses become the target of Zhang Jincheng's attack?

Just as dawn, Wei Yunqi got up early and was sitting in the study and writing a quick letter to Zhang Xuan, hoping that he could send an army back to Beihai County.

At this moment, an old family member outside the door urgently reported, "Master Du, there is something urgent outside the mansion to ask for a meeting!"

Wei Yunqi was secretly surprised, put down his pen and walked towards the outer hall. The captain who stayed in Beihai County was named Du Yunsi, a native of Zhuo County. He was about twenty-seven or eight years old. He was tall and burly, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist. He used a 50-pound goose-feeding sword to fight bravely. He was also a person that Zhang Xuan could trust. That was why he left him to lead 500 people to defend Yidu County.

At this time, Du Yunsi was pacing back and forth in the lobby anxiously, and footsteps came from behind. Wei Yunqi asked, "Is there anything wrong with Captain Du coming here so early?"

Du Yunsi hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Report to the Chief Secretary, I have received urgent information, and a bandit army has entered Beihai County."

Wei Yunqi frowned, "Where did Captain Du get the information?"

"It was a young man who came to report that their village was massacred by the thief army last night, and he alone escaped. Bei Yi felt that he was not lying, so he came to report to the chief."

Wei Yunqi pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is this young man now?"

"Just outside the mansion, Bei Yi brought him too."

"Call him in, I have something to ask him."

Soon, two soldiers brought the boy to Wei Yunqi. The boy knelt down and kowtowed. Wei Yunqi asked softly, "What's your name? How old are you?"

"The villain is called Zhao Feng, and he is fourteen years old this year."

Wei Yunqi asked again: "Where is your village?"

“At the junction of the North Stream and the Juyang River.”

Wei Yunqi immediately walked to the map beside the wall and looked at the map of Beihai County on the wall. He quickly found the intersection of Beixi and Juyang River, about one hundred miles away from Yidu City.

He was secretly surprised and asked anxiously: "When did the thief army massacre your village last night?"

"It shouldn't be long before it gets dark."

"Do you know how many thief soldiers are there?" Wei Yunqi continued to ask again.

The boy lowered his head and thought for a moment, and hesitated: "I don't know either. There are many people, about a few thousand."

Du Yunsi asked anxiously: "Shi Shi, what should I do?"

Wei Yunqi said to the two soldiers without saying a word: "Take this young man down to rest and arrange for him well."

The two soldiers took the boy down, and Wei Yunqi then said to Du Yunsi: "If the bandit army used urgent marches, they should have arrived in Yidu County now. They could not have walked slower than a boy. Since they had not arrived, there was only one explanation. They were stationed halfway."

"The Chief Secretary is right. It has been more than 300 miles from Qinghe County. They must be very tired, and there is a high possibility of camping."

Having said that, Wei Yunqi was still very worried. They only had 500 troops and could not defend the city at all. Even if they temporarily recruited civilians, it would be useless. Seeing that the thief army was about to come at noon, how should he deal with it?

Wei Yunqi is a very powerful figure. He once went to the Turks to borrow troops alone and almost destroyed the entire Khitan. He was very smart, but he was hard to be urged by a clever wife. Now he was too late to borrow troops from Qi County.

Just when Wei Yunqi was in a dilemma, a soldier ran and bowed and said, "Report to the Chief Secretary, the general has a letter of eagle!"

Wei Yunqi was overjoyed, "Give me a letter!"

The soldier presented the Eagle Letter to Wei Yunqi. Wei Yunqi quickly opened it and read it, gently patted his forehead, "I won't die!"

"Sir, what do you say to the general?" Du Yunsi next to him asked anxiously.

"The general has sent cavalry to come, and reinforcements may come from Qi County, but we have to hold on for at least one day."

Du Yunsi smiled bitterly, let alone persisting for one day, it would be impossible to hold on for an hour. Such a large city, only 500 defenders, can be defeated with one go.

"Chief, we still have too few troops."

Wei Yunqi had already had an idea. Five hundred soldiers could not defend the city and had to be pulled outside to fight and try to hold the thief army. He said to Du Yunsi: "Go and invite the head of the Teng family to the county yard as soon as possible. I want to discuss with him first."

After saying that, Wei Yunqi cleaned up a little and hurried to the county yard.

In the lobby of the county government, Wei Yunqi invited the prefect Wang Yunqian, county magistrate Zhao Shu, Sima Liu Ling, Teng Xuan, and Teng Xuan, the head of the Teng family, to tell them about the critical situation, which immediately scared everyone to the point of being stunned.

"Changshi, the thief army is going to massacre the city." Wang Yunqian's voice was trembling with fear.

Wei Yunqi said to everyone in a deep voice: "The general has sent 500 cavalry to rescue him, but they will not arrive at night as soon as possible, so we have to deal with it for at least one day. I have a plan, and I hope everyone can cooperate."

He whispered his plan to everyone, and everyone nodded silently, and there was only this. County Magistrate Wang Shu said: "I am worried that the people's combat effectiveness is too weak, and I will be frightened when the battle comes."

Wei Yunqi smiled slightly, "The combat effectiveness of the thief army is not much better. The key is to prevent the thief army from siegeing the city easily. Anyway, there are still many armor and weapons in the warehouse. First, find thousands of young and strong men and dress them up as Sui army. I, the thief army, don't know how many defenders we have."

Wang Yunqian nodded, "This matter is left to us. Will the Changshi leave the city?"

"I will take five hundred soldiers out to fight first, and try my best to delay their attacks. I will leave the city to you."

"Don't worry, we will do our best."

Wei Yunqi smiled at Teng Xuan again and said, "I want to ask the head of the family to borrow something."
Chapter completed!