Linzi County is named after the East Linzi River. It is the second largest city in Beihai County after Yidu County. It is a famous farming area. It is surrounded by fertile land and rich products. It is also one of the two major population gathering areas in Beihai County.￥f,.

Linzi County is tall and sturdy, with a wide moat. It is currently like Yidu County, and it has gathered nearly 200,000 people to escape the war, making the county town crowded inside and outside.

The magistrate of Linzi County was named Sun Jian, a native of Liang County. He was from the imperial examination. He was about thirty years old and was very smart and capable. Although the people in Linzi County were mostly troubled, he was still managed in an orderly manner and had never had any trouble. Even Wei Yunqi praised him for his talent as a prefect.

At this time, Sun Jian had already received a letter from the thief army that was about to attack. Although he was so scared that his hands and feet were cold, he was not at a loss, but seized all the time to deal with it.

He first asked the county magistrate to lead the yamen runners to move all the people living outside the city into the city, and then personally recruited strong men, regardless of whether they had been bandits or were trained in the military palace, and they would all be requisitioned as long as they had some military experience.

Sun Jian was almost sleepless all night and was so busy that he didn't touch the ground. By the early morning of the next day, he actually recruited 15,000 strong men.

Although he was exhausted, the huge sense of crisis made him have no time to rest. He rode his horse to the north city gate and shouted to the county lieutenant who was counting the supplies: "Prince Ma, how are the supplies prepared?"

Ma County Wei was a thin old man in his fifties. He was promoted from a county official to a county lieutenant. Although the county lieutenant was in charge of public security, he was more skilled in managing warehouse supplies and was also a very smart old official. His only disadvantage was that he had a little back and had to speak loudly to him to hear clearly.

County Ma turned around and smiled, "Don't worry, county magistrate! He has already obtained six thousand pairs of armor, and the weapons are completely enough!"

Like other counties, Linzi County, almost every household has banned weapons, spears, bows and crossbows, and many people even have armor. Sun Jian is not worried about weapons. He is afraid that there are too few armors, and that once the fight is done, there will be too much casualties.

Hearing that County Ma got 6,000 pairs of armor, he breathed a little relieved. Although he could not have a pair of armor, it was beyond his expectations that he could equip 6,000 people.

At this moment, a soldier shouted on the top of the city: "County magistrate, Wei and the others are here!"

Sun Jian was immediately overjoyed and quickly ordered: "Open the city gate!"

The city gate slowly opened, and Wei Yunqi led more than 400 Sui troops to quickly walk into the county town. Sun Jian hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "Sir, please see the Chief Secretary!"

Wei Yunqi led the soldiers to march all the way. Finally, he rushed to Linzi County at dawn. Seeing that Sun Jian's eyes were red, he knew that he must have not slept all night, so he nodded and said, "Thank you, County Magistrate Sun, how are you preparing?"

"Reporting to the Chief Secretary, all the people outside the city have entered the city, and we have prepared a large number of rolling wood and stones, all piled on the city wall."

"well done!"

Wei Yunqi praised and asked again: "How many strong men have been recruited? How are the equipment?"

"Reporting to the Chief Secretary, 15,000 strong men have been recruited. Everyone has spears, bows and arrows, but the armor is slightly less, only six thousand pairs."

Wei Yunqi was so surprised that he couldn't stop. Yidu County recruited 7,000 strong men, while Linzi County actually recruited 15,000 people and 6,000 pairs of armor. It was incredible.

He praised repeatedly, quickly turned around and called Du Yunsi up, and ordered him: "I guess the bandits will not arrive at noon, so you can ask the soldiers to allocate them. Each person leads forty people, seize the time to train how to use crossbows, and then arrange the defensive location of each team, and complete it as soon as possible!"

"Abide by the orders!"

Du Yunsi followed Ma County Wei Shangcheng to arrange soldiers. Wei Yunqi and Sun Jian went to the top of the city again.

There were chaos on the top of the city, and many people were busy changing their armor. Everyone held a spear in their hands, a crossbow on their backs, a sword or a sword on their waists, and some soldiers even held shields.

Each soldier changed his equipment and ran to the east section of the city wall. There was already a long line there, and Du Yunsi was allocating soldiers, forming a team of forty people, with a Sui army soldier serving as the temporary team leader, and led him down for emergency training.

Wei Yunqi saw that these young and strong men were full of energy. Although they were a little nervous, they were not so chaotic. He seemed to have a little bit of soldiers, so he was a little puzzled.

Sun Jian explained with a smile: "Many of these soldiers have been bandits, and many of them have been soldiers in the palace. Now they want to defend their homes and relatives. Everyone is working very hard and they all voluntarily join the city guarding team."

Wei Yunqi suddenly realized that he suddenly remembered that he looked at the city wall. Seeing that the city wall was very dry, he hurriedly said: "Let me find someone to burn hot water immediately and pour it on the battlements on the city wall. When the water freezes, it will increase the difficulty of the thieves' siege."

"I understand, I'll go find someone to boil water!" Sun Jian bowed and hurried down to the city.

Wei Yunqi slowly walked to the city and looked at the Zibo River, which was like a jade belt in the distance. Although he spoke calmly with county magistrate Sun Jian and could not see any abnormalities, he was actually very anxious. If he were at the speed of the cavalry, they should have caught up with the thief army in the middle of the night yesterday.

But no news has been heard so far. Could it be that my own mistake in judgment and the report that the cavalry did not receive the cavalry, and the cavalry still ran to Yidu County?

The more I thought about it, the more I was likely to be. Although the general's letter said that the cavalry would enter Beihai County from Pingbei Road, the purpose of the cavalry was to chase and kill the thief army. Will they turn to Tsingbei Road after entering Beihai County? After all, the thief army was walking on Tsingbei Road.

In this way, the messengers he sent out would definitely not be able to receive the rescue cavalry.

Wei Yunqi was secretly upset that he had thought so carefully, but he was probably neglected on the most critical issue.

.........

Wei Yunqi did neglect the possibility of redirecting the rescue cavalry, but he did not make a big mistake. The two scouts he sent thought of this loophole. They divided their troops and went one way to pick up the rescue cavalry.

Just last afternoon, the cavalry who walked on Tsingbei Road responded to the 500 cavalry led by Chen Xu.

Chen Xu originally led his army to Yidu County, but after getting the bandits to attack Linzi County, he also changed his target and marched towards Linzi County.

Chen Xu discovered the main force of the bandits at the third update at night, but he was not in a hurry to launch an offensive, but was waiting for the most favorable opportunity to appear.

At noon, more than 4,000 bandit troops finally arrived in Linzi County. The Linzi city wall was filled with water, which had condensed into ice in the cold wind, making the entire city wall crystal clear and dazzling under the sunlight.

The horn sounded, and more than 4,000 bandits set up formations below the city. Before attacking Yidu County, they used big trees to make more than twenty simple siege ladders. Everything was ready, and they were waiting for the main general to issue an order to attack the city.

At this time, An Shouxi narrowed his eyes and looked at the city in front of him carefully. The walls were covered with thin ice and were particularly slippery. It was difficult for the siege ladder to stand on it. There was also a moat with thick ice layers.

But none of these matters. What is important is the city guarding soldiers. The city guarding soldiers were densely packed with city guarding soldiers. An Shouxi certainly knew that these were temporary recruits of civilians and had very weak combat power. He could defeat them in one battle. The key is the city wall. The city wall was too smooth. There was no hook on his siege ladder, so it was difficult to stabilize the city wall.

An Shouxi sighed softly. It was no longer realistic to use the siege ladder to attack the city, and he had to find another way.

At this time, a general whispered: "The moat has frozen, so it's better to attack the city gate directly!"

An Shouxi nodded, and he also thought so, concentrating his troops to attack the city gate.

"The three armies obey orders!"

An Shouxi turned around and shouted, "Attack the city gate, let you seize the wealth and women in the city!"

With his sword swing, the four thousand bandits suddenly shouted and shouted to kill. Their wealth suddenly broke out and rushed towards the north city gate like a rushing tide. Zhang Jin said that the army had a rule that the first soldier to rush into the city could choose three families at will, and the wealth and women of the three families belonged to him. This rule greatly inspired his subordinates to fight when siege the city, and everyone rushed to the forefront.

The soldiers on the city suddenly became nervous, and Du Yunsi shouted: "Be prepared for bows and arrows!"

More than a thousand soldiers near the North City Gate raised their bows and arrows. Wei Yunqi also realized the other party's intentions and ordered loudly: "Reinforce the North City Gate!"

At this time, Wei Yunqi was more concerned about the Sui cavalry who came to reinforce. He felt that the cavalry had reached the periphery and was waiting for the opportunity to attack, so he would create opportunities for the cavalry!

Thousands of soldiers rushed from the east and west to the north gate. They lined up on the top of the city and raised their crossbows diagonally in the air.
Chapter completed!