It was already expected that the bandit army would launch a large-scale attack on Sanshui County. The scout in front of him reported the traces of the bandit army one after another. After learning that the bandit army was divided into two groups, Li Xu and Lin Gang looked at each other and smiled, as expected.

The two had already divided the work in advance. Lin Gang used 1,000 state soldiers as the main force, and then assisted two thousand young men to deal with the bandit army coming from the East Gate.

Li Xu led the three thousand township brave camps and thousands of young and strong men to deal with the main force of the bandit army coming to Ximen.

As for the Phoenix Mountain to the north, in order to avoid being noticed by the thieves, Gengliang and Gengping brothers led an ambush composed of their patrol tourists and hundreds of folk martial artists to enter Phoenix Mountain in advance and designed a trap to wait for the effort.

Liu Jian personally took charge of the public security in the city. Three yamen runners and more than 100 county soldiers were mobilized and martial law was implemented in the city all day. Without the pass-through signs issued by the county yamen, all those who went to the streets were detained.

The former chief clerk Wang Chengyin and four other families colluded with the bandit army, thinking that the heinous crimes that the bandit army had been announced by the county government, which shocked the whole city.

Among the several masterminds, the former chief clerk Wang Chengyin learned that his village was destroyed by the defeated soldiers of the thief army and his whole family was killed without coming up and went straight over.

The other people, along with more than 20 people including Tian Hu, all went to the execution ground. Dozens of bloody heads greatly shocked those sluts who were not hopeful to defend the county town and wanted to imitate the actions of Wang Chengyin and others.

Under the publicity of the government, the people of the whole city knew that in order to protect their own families, the Wang family and other five families colluded with the thief army as conditions to collude with the thief army. The whole city was uproared and angry, spitting at the corpses of these people, and even whipping the corpses to vent their anger.

Under the guidance of those who are interested, the people who vented their anger were even more grateful to the county master and county magistrate who saved the people of the city, so they set off a wave of donating money and grain and signing up for the township camp.

Liu Jian and Li Xu took advantage of the situation and gathered together to serve as a batch of money and grain, and selected thousands of young and strong people from the people to help defend the city.

Moreover, the names of these people who donated money and food were written on the red list and posted them everywhere in the city, allowing the people coming and going to look up and appreciate.

Liu Jian also announced that after the bandits retreated, all taxes for those who had donated money and grain were exempted within three years, and that the children in the family could select five people to enter the county school without examination.

If there are adult children who are interested in entering the yamen to do business, they can be given priority.

Many people were excited when donating money and food, and they just hoped that the government army could defend the city, but they were doing it themselves.

Unexpectedly, the county government can commend the favors like this, which is both face and introverted, which makes these people feel very comfortable, and some people even donated the second wave in excitement.

This time, Shen Yixiu also donated some, not the most or the least, and stayed in the middle in a low-key manner.

He considered that he was already the chief shopkeeper of Wanda Trading Company and would have to stay in Sanshui County in the future. Although he had Li Xu as his backer, Li Xu said that he was hiding behind him and he would handle everything on the surface.

Therefore, by donating money and grain, it is to regain its presence, and it is also to take the opportunity to respond to the government’s call and contribute money and efforts to his hometown, although his hometown is not from Sanshui County.

As for the families selected to be in the Youth Camp, the yamen also issued preferential policies:

One year's tax is exempted; if you make a contribution, in addition to the bounty, you can give priority to the military departments under the county yamen, such as three yamen runners or county soldiers.

The reason why the village yong camp was not mentioned was because the imperial edict of the court, Zhongxiang yong camp was a temporary military organization and would be revoked once the bandits retreated. Therefore, if the village yong camp was mentioned, these people would find it unreliable.

Liu Jian was well versed in the psychology of the people, so he made this series of promises.

Sure enough, everyone who entered the Qingzhuang Camp was excited and envious of not entering.

In Li Xu's view, Liu Jian's promises are all empty checks.

If you cannot win this battle, you will need to say nothing.

If he wins, Liu Jian will definitely be promoted.

It is hard to say who the Sanshui County Magistrate will be. It is not certain whether the new official will recognize the white slips he made by his ex when he comes.

However, Li Xu also knew that these white strips of Liu Jian were still very necessary and effective.

In order to fight against foreign countries, Liu Jian's series of measures not only calmed the hearts of the people in the city, but also inspired the enthusiasm of the people to defend their homes. He was indeed a capable minister, and Li Xu was still very impressed.

The three thousand pioneers sent by Zhao Biao arrived first outside the east gate of Sanshui County under the leadership of his confidant He Hebao, but did not take the initiative to launch an attack, but set up camp two miles outside the city.

Then a small group of people were sent to patrol the city, as if observing the nearby terrain and whether there were ambushes. They also rushed to the city to yell and challenge, trying to anger the defenders.

Regarding the movements of the bandit army outside the city, the ward guarding the east gate was a infantry marquis under Lin Gang.

According to the strategy granted by Lin Gang in advance, he naturally remained silent and responded to changes. He just led his people to continue to strengthen the city defense, transported various city guard supplies, and looked indifferent.

The thief army failed to challenge and did not do any more. Both sides became quiet.

As for Lin Gang, he naturally led his troops out of the city and hid somewhere early, waiting for the most critical moment to give the thief army a fatal blow.

The main force of the bandit army led by Zhao Biao also arrived outside the west gate of Sanshui County on the afternoon of the second day after his vanguard arrived.

One hundred people are boundless.

Nearly 10,000 thieves were dressed in various services, guarding the city with all kinds of weapons. The formation of shouting outside the city was indeed a bit scary, especially for the young and strong people who were helping defend the city at the top of the city.

Liu Jian, the county lord, also changed into military uniforms, stood on the city tower with a long sword hanging on his waist, looking calmly at the thief army shouting provocation below, without any panic, and seemed calm and composed, and the soldiers and people guarding the city were a little at a loss.

Li Xu had already brought two thousand soldiers from the township dynasty soldiers out of the city yesterday. What left Liu Jian to guard the city were the remaining more than a thousand soldiers from the township dynasty soldiers and thousands of young and strong men.

Li Xu's plan is very simple, which is to let Liu Jian stay here to attract the attention of the bandit army and drag the bandit army down. Then he and Lin Gang's main force will rush out from behind and break into the bandit army formation at the right time, and then work inside and outside to completely defeat the bandit army.

In this way, the bandit army can defeat the vicious plan of siege by coercing the people to attack the city, and it can also defeat the bandit army unintentionally and resolve the siege crisis.

The possibility of success of this plan is very high, but the most critical point is that Liu Jian can hold back the thief army and cannot allow the thief army to break through the city as soon as possible.

This may not be a big problem for Li Xu and Lin Gang, but it is a severe test for Liu Jian, a civil servant who is a scholar.

However, after Liu Jian listened to Li Xu's combat plan, he agreed without hesitation.

He looked at Li Xu and Lin Gang who were a little surprised and said calmly: "In ancient times, the feats of civil servants guarding the city and killing thieves are everywhere in history books. Zhang Xun of the Tang Dynasty was also civil servants, and he guarded Yongqiu and Suiyang for several months without losing it. Although I, Liu Jian, dare not compete with the sages, I still have this kind of blood courage. You two do what you do, and the city will never fall before you return to the army."

When Li Xu and the other two heard this, they were in awe, bowed deeply to Liu Jian, and led their troops to leave.
Chapter completed!