After two competitions, the arrogance of the reinforcements of the state soldiers disappeared, and the running-in between the soldiers of the Township Yong Camp was done in such a simple but crude but effective way.

Lin Gang was thinking about Li Xu as a mysterious child of a mysterious boss, and he was responsible for mysterious tasks. He was impressed by Li Xu's ability, so he placed Li Xu in a dominant position from the bottom of his heart.

Li Xu was naturally happy, but he was not stubborn. Lin Gang was also a professional officer after all, so he was much better at seeing things than a half-baked guy, so he also liked to ask Lin Gang for his opinions.

Lin Gang felt even more comfortable because of this, and admired Li Xu's humility and humility of the "children of aristocratic families". Therefore, whenever Li Xu had any advice, he would not hide his own selfishness.

The relationship between the two quickly heated up, and they were almost catching up with Uncle Liu and his two younger brothers.

In response to the upcoming revenge of the thief army, Lin Gang agreed with Li Xu's previous judgment that the thief army might use the captured people as a front-drive to attack the city, and agreed with Li Xu's three responses proposed.

In the past two days, people outside the city continued to enter the city, and temporary sheds were built on all the open spaces in the city and even in many alleys.

The county government also organized people to build a shelter camp not far from Cuijiahe Camp. Because the solar term has entered early summer, it only needs to build some simple shacks.

In addition to the sheds for living, porridge sheds and medical points are also planned, as well as supporting buildings such as toilets and drainage ditches.

All the refugees sleeping on the streets were moved into the shelter camps for centralized management, and some young and strong people were selected to form a management team, and several simple battalions were promulgated to restrict these refugees.

Most of the people within a radius of twenty miles of the county may have entered the county town or shelter camp for refuge except for some people who hide on their own.

The cavalry who went out to patrol and search had several small-scale conflicts with scouts or plunder teams sent by the bandit army, and the combined casualties of the bandit army were hundreds of.

The public opinion in the city also fermented under the control of Liu Jian. People all said that the brutal and inhumane thieves would soon come to attack the city, and they would also use many elderly, weak, women and children as meat shields to attack the city. At that time, as long as the officers and soldiers were restrained, they would take the opportunity to break the city.

After the city is broken, the city will be massacred for three days to repay the hatred of the last failure.

With the spread of this rumor, many news about the thief army burning, killing and looting outside the city has also spread among the people. Many people have even seen or witnessed it with their own eyes, which has increased the credibility of these news a lot.

Most of the people who had never seen the thief army were filled with righteous indignation and cursed the thief army. They even knelt down in front of the county government and the gates of Cuijiahe camp, asking the county magistrate Liu Jian and county magistrate Li Xu to guard the city.

If the thief really drove the elderly, weak, women and children to attack the city, the official army had no choice but to sacrifice them.

If someone attacks this matter, they will write a book of Wanmin to prove the difficulties of the two masters.

While public opinion was fermenting, Li Xu and Lin Gang rode their horses to inspect the terrain near Sanshui County and found several places suitable for hiding ambush.

Lin Gang pointed to Fenghuang Mountain in the north of Sanshui County and said, "Although the county town only has two gates, the mountain is too close to the north wall of the county town, and it is densely covered with trees. If the thief army sends people to sneak in early and wait for the fierce battle between the east and west gates, the thief army takes the opportunity to climb up the wall from the north and break into the city, then it will be troublesome."

As mentioned earlier, Sanshui County was built on an ancient river channel, narrow from north to south, narrow from east to west, and only two gates in the east and west.

Both sides of the north and south are surrounded by mountains. The one on the north is called Fenghuang Mountain and the one on the south is called Cuiping Mountain.

There is a river in front of Cuiping Mountain. Although it is not a big river, it can also serve as a moat.

However, Phoenix Mountain in the north is very close to the county town, with lush grass and trees on the mountain. If the bandit army really hides a soldier and horse, and take advantage of the fierce war between the two sides to take the opportunity to attack the weak northern city wall, it would be a problem.

Li Xu nodded and said, "Brother Lin reminded me very timely. I said that I always feel uneasy in my heart. It turns out that I am here. Now I will go back to the city to mobilize the young and strong men to cut down all the trees on the mountain, so that the thieves cannot hide it."

Lin Gang said, "These trees are not easy to grow. Instead of cutting down, it is better to ambush a team of soldiers and horses in the mountains in advance and set up traps. If the thief army really dares to send people to sneak in, it will be a whole pot. If they don't send people, then treat them as a surprise soldier, and they may still play an unexpected role.

In addition, young and strong people can be selected from the shelter camp to defend the city temporarily, and soldiers from the village camp as officers should be used to defend the city walls on both sides of the north and south, and the main force should be placed on both sides of the east and west, so that everything can be foolproof."

Li Xu applauded and said, "Brother Lin is really thoughtful, so that's what you do."

When Lin Gang said that, he had already thought of the candidate who could take on the important task of being the leader of the Phoenix Mountain ambush, that is, the two Gengliang and Gengping brothers who owe him their life-saving grace.

He has been busy with the defense in the past two days and has no time to pay attention to the two brothers.

After listening to Lin Gang's advice, he immediately sent someone back to call the two brothers to Cuijiahe Camp.

After the Geng Liang brothers entered the county town, they were arranged by Li Xu to stay. At the beginning, they were really full of energy and prepared to show their skills and let Li Xu see that his brothers were not idiots. As a result, Li Xu was busy and had no time to compete with them, so he was still a little depressed.

After hearing Li Xu summoning and following the cavalry who was passing the message into Cuijiahe Camp, he was shocked by the strictness of the camp and felt a little nervous. He began to feel cautious when talking and walking.

When Li Xu saw the two of them again, he felt funny when he saw their expressions. This was also one of his purpose of calling them to the military camp.

He said to the two, "I know that one of your brothers is good at using big swords, the other is good at shooting, and he has the heart to repay kindness. I have a job to you now. If you do it well, then think that I have paid off my life-saving grace, and I can still find a future for you. But this job is a bit dangerous. If you don't want to, then I will look for someone else. The favor you owe me can be converted into 10,000 taels of silver to repay. Therefore, you can choose it yourself."

After Li Xu finished speaking, Geng Liang had not spoken, but Geng Ping, who was anxious, spoke first: "As long as it is not a crime, what's the matter with danger? We two brothers don't like to owe others kindness. We have to do this job."

Li Xu thought to himself that you mainly don’t want to pay the 10,000 taels of silver, although he just wanted it casually.

Geng Liang smiled bitterly when he heard this, and his brothers agreed, and he could no longer refuse, so he had to bow and say, "My brother would like to hear the details, please let the county magistrate make it clear."

Li Xu told me about the ambush of Phoenix Mountain. Both brothers breathed a sigh of relief. Geng Ping's face showed an excited expression of eagerness to try. He patted his chest and said, "Please don't worry, please leave this errand to our brothers. If these thieves really dare to come, I will let them never come back!"

Geng Liang bowed his hands and said in a deep voice: "I will definitely live up to the entrusted entrusted by the county magistrate!"

Li Xu was overjoyed and patted the two of them on the shoulders and said, "After this battle, if you two are willing to join the army, I will definitely guarantee you a bright future. The revitalization of the Geng family is even better than that of the ancestors."

The two of them were overjoyed and hurriedly thanked them.

Let’s talk about the two of them going down to select personnel, and they didn’t mention the selection of soldiers and armor. The cavalry scouts who went out to patrol kept sending back the news. There were more and more bandit troops on the road, and the battle between the scouts on both sides became more and more fierce and frequent.

There are fewer and fewer refugees flocking to the county town, which is obviously because the road has been blocked by the thief army.
Chapter completed!