Jiyin was Zhang Liao's garrison, and the reaction of the garrison was not unpleasant.

But when the Juyang garrison arrived, the war was over. After a fierce battle, the Jizhou army had withdrawn before the garrison arrived, leaving behind trampled green seedlings all over the ground and several nearby Zhuangzi villages.

civilian casualties, as well as more than fifty corpses left by the Jizhou Army.

The news was quickly gathered to Zhang Liao.

"General, when are we going to attack you!?" The lieutenant general was a little angry. The Jizhou army was currently harassing villages and did not dare to confront them head-on. Many times, when they got the news and rushed over, they could only end the attack.

Zhang Liao's face was a little gloomy, and the court's delay in issuing counterattack orders made him very passive.

"Report~"

While Zhang Liao was deep in thought, a soldier rushed into the tent and saluted Zhang Liao: "General, this is an edict from the imperial court."

"Oh?" Zhang Liao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly took the edict and read it.

But after seeing the contents of the edict clearly, Zhang Liao's expression darkened again.

"General, what happened?" the deputy general asked in confusion as he saw Zhang Liao's face darken.

"The imperial court asked us to wait for another three months and launch a counterattack after three months." Zhang Liao put the edict away and his expression quickly returned to calm.

"March!?" The deputy general stared when he heard this, and asked a little puzzled: "Why is this so? It is the time of spring plowing. How many people in the border areas must suffer in March?"

Now is the time for spring plowing. People want to cultivate the land. It is impossible to gather together like in winter and not produce. Three months, with the current farming capacity, is enough to produce another season of food.

"Order people to set up beacon towers along the river, allocate 10,000 troops and horses, and divide them into twenty-five troops, one for every four hundred people." After Zhang Liao said this, he sighed, looked at the deputy general and said: "We will support various places at any time, I believe.

The imperial court also believes in the Lord."

Although Zhang Liao didn't know what Chu Nan was thinking, he believed in Chu Nan.

Chu Nan fought with them all the way. He was not an ignorant person. Since he did this, he must have weighed and considered the overall situation.

Zhang Liao also worked with Chu Nan and knew that he thought about things from the overall perspective rather than from the local perspective. It was just that he felt a little uncomfortable when he was the local one.

"Here!" Although the deputy general was unhappy, the army mainly relied on military orders. Since Zhang Liao gave the order, he would follow Zhang Liao's method.

On that day, Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses set up beacon towers every ten miles along the river. When they saw the enemy, they would light the beacon fire, and the nearest troops would quickly support them.

Early the next morning, the prefect of Jiyin and several nearby county magistrates came to visit. Apparently they knew about Zhang Liao's actions and came to investigate.

"General Wenyuan, it will not last long if we can only defend but not attack. This approach will only make people think that our army is weak and can be bullied." Cheng Yuan, the governor of Jiyin, is from Xuzhou. Chu Nan originally cleaned up the big families in Xuzhou and selected talents from poor families.

At that time, he was one of the first batch to be selected, and he successively served as magistrate of Pengcheng, Guangling, Hefei, Ruyang, and Suiyang. Last year, he was promoted to the prefect of Jiyin because of his outstanding political performance. He is not unfamiliar with Zhang Liao, and he speaks well.

Relatively casual.

You know, people's hearts are linked to luck, and this county has a lot of luck, which almost doubled his cultivation speed, so he cares about people's hearts very much.

Nowadays, the Jizhou army frequently invades, but our own side only defends but does not attack, which has hurt the hearts of the people. As the prefect of Jiyin, Cheng Yuan can clearly feel the decline in his luck.

Naturally, he couldn't accept this result.

If this continues, it will seriously affect his luck and political performance. Both his future and luck have been affected. How can he not be anxious?

"Reassuring you, the imperial court has issued an edict to launch a full-scale counterattack in three months." Zhang Liao glanced at the several county magistrates brought by Cheng Yuan. It was obvious that they were all like Cheng Yuan and wanted to accuse him.

However, these county magistrates did not dare to speak directly to Zhang Liao like Cheng Yuan, and they all behaved well in front of Zhang Liao.

"March?" Cheng Yuan frowned and said, "Why do we have to wait so long?"

The troops here are well-prepared and can use troops against Jizhou at any time. If that doesn't work, it would be better to defeat Dongjun first and then use Dongjun as a battlefield rather than letting Jiyin suffer here.

Even if the layout takes time, three months is too long.

"I don't know either, but this matter is an edict issued by the imperial court, written by the Lord himself. Even if you and I can't understand it at the moment, we can't disobey it!" Zhang Liao shook his head.

"Alas! How about we discuss how to deploy it?" Hearing Chu Nan's order, Cheng Yuan could only sigh, looked at Zhang Liao and said: "Previously, I thought that the imperial court would counterattack soon, so I only arranged for the common people to do so.

Be careful. When encountering enemy troops, try to save your life. But now that we have to last for three months, we need to make good arrangements."

"My general has ordered the soldiers to set up beacon towers every ten miles along the river, and divided the army into twenty-five divisions. Wherever the beacon is lit, nearby soldiers will rush to support." Zhang Liao explained his deployment situation.

explain.

Cheng Yuan nodded when he heard this. Zhang Liao's move was very appropriate: "It's not a embarrassment for the general to be lowered. The general's method is already very fast, but if it's rainy like this time, the beacon tower will be ineffective. It's for the lower official to do it."

I would like to ask the general to arrange one or two soldiers in each village. If we encounter such a situation in the future, we can also organize the people to defend against the enemy."

In fact, the people who have practiced contemplation and have a prosperous life, in terms of individual strength, are not necessarily much worse than the Jizhou Army. The reason why there were such large casualties this time is because no one organized and took action.

Just like villagers fighting with each other, they swarmed in and caused so many casualties.

For the sake of people's support and luck, Cheng Yuan also dug out all his little war wisdom: "In this way, the military and civilians can form a joint defense and support each other."

"The people defend themselves against the enemy?" Zhang Liao frowned slightly.

"The general must not underestimate the common people. Since the method of contemplation was spread, the strength of ordinary people has doubled. Even if they are not as good as the well-trained soldiers, they are not like the common people in other states and counties who are slaughtered by others." Cheng Yuan

Looking at Zhang Liao like this, I can't help but feel a little funny.

When a person is stronger, his courage will also increase. This is why the common people who used to be like lambs and would only run away when encountering enemy soldiers, this time caused casualties to the Jizhou Army. The old men in the village dared to raise their weapons when encountering enemy soldiers.

Pick up the hoe and fight with your opponent.

It can be said that this time the Jizhou army came to plunder premeditatedly. The reason why they returned so quickly without success was because they were surprised by the fighting power of the people when they plundered the village.

If the two armies faced each other, these common people would naturally be a mob in front of Jizhou's elites. Even if they gathered together, they would be able to be defeated by a single charge.

But this time the Jizhou Army's intention was to infiltrate and cause damage. As a result, they were beaten and damaged a lot by the people before they got very far. They were also worried that if they persisted for too long, they would lead to an encirclement and suppression by the defenders.

The original plan was to massacre the people and pose a threat to this area, but the resistance of the people turned out to be fierce and brutal, and in the end they could only fight for a few times before retreating in disgrace.

It was a pity that in the past few times, the Jizhou Army had formed an organic form and directly crossed the river to plunder. The people's combat power could not be used against the Jizhou Army who formed a battle formation. The success of the resistance this time gave him hope.

The assembled common people were still unable to face the Jizhou army that had formed a battle formation, but they could still play a role in assisting Zhang Liao's army in clearing out some stragglers, or facing the enemies who came to destroy them in pieces this time.

Zhang Liao frowned. This thing sounds reliable, but if you look into it carefully, it is more like privately expanding the army. If it is not done well, it will arouse the fear and wariness of the lord.

"You need to ask your lord for instructions on this matter." After shaking his head, Zhang Liao looked at Cheng Yuan with a serious face and said, "One bad thing is recruiting private troops!"

"Of course, I have already drafted a memorial. If the general is willing, you and I can submit it jointly," Cheng Yuan said with a smile.

In this way, the blame falls from above and others share the blame.

After Zhang Liao thought for a moment, he nodded and said: "I will personally write a memorial to express my gratitude to the lord."

The meaning is very clear. Everyone has his own memorial. Who knows what is written in the other party's memorial. Zhang Liao thinks it is better to be on the safe side. They, the generals leading troops outside, are the most vulnerable to fear and suspicion from above. Although they are related to Chu Nan

Yes, but now the relationship between the two parties is a monarch and a minister, and the due degree still needs to be grasped.

"In this case, I will order someone to deliver the message to the court." Cheng Yuan knew that this was because Zhang Liao did not trust him, or that his request itself was a bit out of bounds. In addition to lamenting the general's caution, he

He did not stay here any longer. He greeted Zhang Liao and left with several county magistrates.

Facing the same situation as Zhang Liao, there is also Gao Shun's subordinate. However, unlike Zhang Liao, Gao Shun also serves as the prefect. After all, there are not many people under Chu Nan who can be the prefect. The general Gao Shun is also used by Chu Nan

I used it temporarily to replenish my balance and became the governor of the border area. At the same time, I also enjoyed an extra fortune.

This time, the Jizhou army dispersed and went south to plunder again. Gao Shun's method was a bit tough. After receiving the news, he directly led the trapped camp to find the opponent's parked ship as quickly as possible, burned it, and then waited for the opponent to wait.

When they retreated, they laid an ambush nearby and captured the invading Jizhou army in one fell swoop, killing every one of them.

However, compared to Dongping and Jiyin, Taishan County has the most wars. The Qingzhou Army attacks Taishan or Langya from various directions from time to time, which makes Lu Qian and Zang Ba extremely troubled. After receiving orders from Chu Nan,

, we can only build a few more passes to block the harassing invasion of the Qingzhou Army.

After receiving the memorial from Zhang Liao and Cheng Yuan, Chu Nan also felt that this plan was feasible, and immediately asked the four counties of Jiyin, Dongping, Taishan, and Langya to implement this method.

As for whether the border troops would be allowed to become stronger, Chu Nan had not considered it.

Let's not talk about the character of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. Chu Nan holds the dragon energy in his hand, and the local dragon energy has been refined by him. When these frontier troops turn against them, Chu Nan can first deprive them of the bonus of luck.

, and at the same time, he can directly remove the earth dragons in his veins. The supply alone can make the rebels lose nothing at the moment of rebellion. Therefore, he is not worried about the four counties becoming rebellious. However, Zhang Liao's suggestion is a good one for Chu Nan.

, it is also a good thing to let the people have more ability to protect themselves.

This reminded him of the militia in the chaotic period of his previous life.
Chapter completed!