When you and I spoke to the people on the top of the city, they talked about the cruel deeds of thieves.
In a bathroom under the city, Xiao Han, dressed in a green shirt, was looking at the map hanging on the wall of the room with interest, his hands behind his back.
The map is huge! It almost occupies the entire north wall of this bathroom!
And unlike those simple maps with rough workmanship, on this map, the entire city of Yangzhou and the locations of its nearby villages and towns are drawn in detail. Just looking at the different old and new ink marks on it, you can tell that it must have been revised frequently. Finally,
That’s how it turned out.
"Xiao Hou!"
While Xiao Han was still squinting his eyes, studying the strange marks on the map.
Outside the door, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded. Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open, and Yang Wenwen and Cui Jingzhi hurried in.
"You're here... hmm? How did you become like this?"
Hearing the sounds outside, Xiao Han smiled and turned his head. He was about to say hello to them, but when he saw the appearance of Cui Jingzhi clearly, he was immediately stunned!
If they hadn't been wearing familiar official robes, he might not have recognized them!
Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for a few days, these two people would have aged so much!
The originally black hair on their heads had now turned gray, and their rosy faces had turned sallow!
Not to mention the deeply sunken eyes and a pair of heavy dark circles!
Xiao Han even felt that no one would recognize them if they were covered in fur and sent to the zoo to pretend to be pandas, except for being a little thin...
"Your Majesty, I'll take care of you!"
When Cui Jingzhi saw Xiao Han's surprised look, he naturally knew what he was thinking about! So he cupped his hands and smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yang and I have been neglecting food and drink these past few days because of the thieves' affairs. We have had a hard time sleeping day and night. We just felt a little haggard.
It doesn’t matter!”
"With less than 10,000 people, why are you two so worried? When we faced Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong with hundreds of thousands of troops, we weren't like you either..."
"Well, Mr. Marquis is joking. We have lived in Yangzhou for a long time. How can we compare with Mr. Marquis who has seen as much as you have done in the north and south? Besides, the thieves are not less than 10,000, but 10,000.
There are more than 5,000 people! We need more manpower in the city..."
When Cui Jingzhi heard Xiao Han's teasing, his face almost wrinkled into a bun!
And he was right. When Xiao Han faced an army of hundreds of thousands, no matter how little he had, he still had tens of thousands of troops at his command!
But now in the city of Yangzhou, although it looks like there are 100,000 people on the surface, there are only a few thousand soldiers among them, and there are only a few hundred veterans!
If a fight really breaks out, those 100,000 people will be useless! Thousands of new soldiers are also effective. How can a few hundred veterans alone withstand the thieves who have always been fearless of death?
"When did there be more than 15,000 thieves?" Xiao Han did not pay attention to Cui Jingzhi's complaints, but was shocked and asked suspiciously: "How is it possible? Can they still do tricks? In a few days, they
Where did you get all these people?"
"This..." Cui Jingzhi opened his mouth, but did not say anything. Seeing this, Yang Wenwen stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Master Marquis, this is absolutely true! The few scouts we sent out reported,
That’s almost the number! As for where those people came from, we don’t know yet…”
"You don't even know where they come from?" Xiao Han frowned when he heard this, then thought of something, and immediately asked: "Then did the scout tell who these extra people are? After all, they are not all Hainanese."
Kou?"
"That's not true."
Yang Wenzhang must have asked the same question. He almost didn't have time to think about it and replied to Xiao Han: "According to the scouts' reports, those extra people are all dressed as Han Chinese on land! The scouts said that some refugee bandits may want to
Sneak in so you can fish in troubled waters."
"Refugee bandits?" Xiao Han sneered when he heard this, looked at Yang Wenwen and said, "Are there so many refugee bandits near Yangzhou?"
"No..." Yang Wenwen's old face turned slightly red when asked by Xiao Han, and he replied in a low voice.
In fact, deep down in his heart, he did not believe that these people were so-called refugee bandits.
This is not to say that he governed well, but that Jiangnan is already a prosperous place. In the past two years, there have been three crops of rice and other high-yielding crops, so there will be no shortage of food and clothing.
It is said that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court!
It’s not that they can’t sit, it’s because they can’t do it!
I am so rich and live such a privileged life! If I sit under the eaves and am killed by a falling tile, wouldn’t I lose a lot of money?
The same principle applies: in a place where they can have enough food and clothing, there will certainly not be many people who would think about doing siege, a dangerous business where one could be stabbed if not careful!
"There are no clues about the appearance of these people?" Xiao Han stared at the two and asked again.
The two looked at each other this time, and then shook their heads together: "No! Because there are many thieves with superb martial arts skills, the scouts did not dare to get too close, so they could only see that their number was increasing day by day, but they did not see them.
Where did it come from!”
"Excellent martial arts skills, I don't know where they come from?" Xiao Han's eyes flashed when he heard these details, and he breathed a sigh of relief after a while and said: "That's it, fifteen thousand is fifteen thousand! For us, five more
Thousands, it seems to be nothing!”
When Cui Jingzhi and Yang Wenwen heard this, they thought Xiao Han was planning to defend the city, and they couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
They are all civil servants. Although they have learned some swordsmanship and swordsmanship, it is okay to scare the wives and concubines in the back house. If they are really brought to the stage, they will have no other effect except laughing the thieves to death, let alone defending the city.
This technology comes alive!
Fortunately, Xiao Han is here now and is giving them advice! Let’s not talk about whether his strategies work or not. Even if they don’t work, three cobblers can still stand up to Zhuge Liang!
But, is Xiao Han really considering defending the city? That's naturally impossible!
Yin Can made his confession last night, and Xiao Han also knew that the target of those who provoked the trouble was not Yangzhou City, but Qili Village south of Yangzhou City.
To be more precise, their goal is Xiao Han's workshops!
In this way, it is naturally useless to defend the city. After all, they will not attack you at all, they will just go around you!
Of course, Xiao Han only needs to know these things himself, but if Cui Jingzhi and the others know, they may not be able to tell what happened!
Maybe these two people can set off two firecrackers to celebrate! Because as long as Yangzhou City is preserved, Xiao Han's workshops really don't matter to them!
"Hey, you are seeking death! Do you really think that these days, having more people means being more powerful?"
With a long sigh in his heart, Xiao Han suddenly raised his head and looked at Yang Wenzhi and Cui Jingzhi, and said seriously: "Cui Jingzhi, the governor of Yangzhou! Yang Wenzhi, the county magistrate!"
"Yes!" When the two of them lowered their heads and thought, their bodies trembled violently when they heard this, and they subconsciously raised their hands in response.
"I blame you two. Go quickly and prepare military supplies for five hundred people for us to go out of the city to fight tomorrow!"
