Early the next morning, Huang Peisheng set off to return to Beijing, and planned to be in Weizhou for a few days, but the barren border city was really boring, and when he learned that the war was about to start, Huang Peisheng was even more anxious to stay away from the land of right and wrong.

Of course, Su Jin would not treat him badly, and among the stolen goods of Li Zhihe and others, he picked out a more delicate gold, silver and jewelry, and filled a box to give him as a gift.

When the dynasty came, Yan Biyun Rou Niang and others asked him to bring a carriage of food and clothing, among which there were several new clothes that Yan Biyun specially made for Xia Siling, which made Xia Siling extremely happy and surprised. This shows that the eldest lady of the Su family knows that she is following Su Jin, and looking at this attitude, she does not seem to exclude herself, originally Xia Siling was most worried that the women of the Su family could not accept it, but now it seems that the situation is quite optimistic.

Su Jin didn't have the leisure to take care of these things now, he didn't expect to fight at all, the previous preparation of materials, the establishment of the urn city, and the reinforcement of the city defense were not at all expected that the enemy plane knew that the war was about to be fought, but because the people were 'idle and idle', and they had to make everyone busy and forget the current predicament.

Now that it's really going to be a war, Su Jin's heart is still playing a small drum, this is not a joke, this is a desperate hand-to-hand fight of hundreds of thousands of people, and the few battles he has experienced are not at the same level at all, if you want to say that hundreds of people are thousands of people beating each other, you can still control the scene, these hundreds of thousands of people are really weak, just make a mistake, you will pay the price of thousands of lives, Su Jin felt under pressure, and the look on his face was gloomy since he sent Huang Peisheng away.

However, Su Jin also has some expectations, this time is the best opportunity for him to become the mainstay of the Great Song Dynasty, the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty are about to focus on Weizhou, and his performance is enough to determine the future path. Most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are waiting to see if they have real skills, this is also a battle to measure whether Yan Shu and Zhao Zhen have vision, the battle is not only in Weizhou, but also affects the court, or that sentence Their honor and disgrace are no longer their own business, but the business of a large group of people tied to a pole, Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi and others have a share, and even the emperor has a share.

Su Jin can't back down, the result of retreating is no different from defeat, he can't have any ideas at the moment, and the key is to prepare for the battle with all his strength to win this battle.

In the afternoon, the Weizhou government posted a notice, saying that the army of western thieves would invade Weizhou in the near future, and informing the people to evacuate from Weizhou City to Yuanzhou, Jingzhou, Qinzhou and other places under the organization of the government.

The news soon spread throughout the city, and the people who were in full swing of doing their own work were cold in their hearts, seeing the piles of wood and stone harvested by their own hands, and when they were planning to build their homes according to the plan of the prefect, they were suddenly poured a scoop of cold water on their heads, and their feelings can be imagined.

People gathered in the palace square, but there were very few registrations, everyone wanted to find out what was going on, Su Jin appeared in the square with people, and was immediately surrounded by the people.

"Master Su, what's going on? No matter how you have to evacuate and leave, can't Weizhou hold it? ”

"Yes, Lord Prefect, aren't there 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city? Besides, Han Fan Ershuai of Huanqing Road and Qinfeng Road will sit idly by? Won't they come to the rescue? ”

"Master Su...... Are you going to abandon the city and leave? The city of Weizhou has never been lost. ”

“……”

The crowd asked nonsense, some people were emotional because they were angry, Wang Dynasty Mahan and others glared and wanted to scold, but Su Jin stopped them, stood quietly in the crowd and waited for everyone to vent their emotions, and then waved his hand.

"Fellow villagers, Weizhou is your homeland, although most of you originally lived in villages and towns outside the city, but you have regarded Weizhou as a place to live and live, of course I understand this feeling; Someone asked me just now if I wanted to abandon the city and flee, what I want to say is that since the beginning of the Western Thieves Rebellion, the Song and Xia have fought dozens of battles with their own victories and defeats, no matter how big the defeat is, Weizhou City has never been handed over to the enemy, and this government will never be the coward who abandoned the city and left. ”

"Then why did you dismiss us? If you are not worried about the destruction of the city, why should you do this? Someone shouted.

Su Jin said: "Yes, it is precisely because I am worried that the city will be destroyed and the people will be so dismissed, yesterday Han Shuai and Fan Shuai came to Weizhou to discuss the war, this is my common decision." ”

"Are Han Shuai and Fan Shuai also worried that Weizhou is not guaranteed? Why didn't they come to defend the city, but let you keep it? I heard that you were born in the imperial examination, and I'm afraid you're not very good at fighting, so why don't you invite Han Shuai or Fan Shuai to defend the city? ”

Wang Chao shouted: "Is there anyone like you who talks to Lord Fuzun like this? Who said such things? Stand up for me right now. ”

After drinking this, the people remembered that this was not Zhang San and Li Si's idle nonsense, but they were facing the prefect of Weizhou, and it was not an exaggeration to rely on these words to go dozens of boards, and they immediately shut up.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Wang Dutou doesn't have to be like this, the people are also worried about the safety of Weizhou to say this, and besides, people are not wrong, I, Su Jin, am an unknown person compared to Han Fan and Han Fan, if one of the two marshals can come here to defend the city, the odds of winning are at least greater, but it is impossible." ”

Someone dared to ask, "Why is it impossible?" ”

Su Jin Zhengse said: "I am not only the prefect of Weizhou, yesterday the holy decree was issued, this government has been appointed as the acting envoy of Jingyuan Road, the safety of the entire Jingyuan Road is only I can bear, Han Fan and the two marshals each lead Qin Fenghuan Qingyun Yan and other roads, their duty is to protect the safety of other roads, they have no obligation to be responsible for the safety of Weizhou." Besides, how can we Weizhou and even the entire northwest be responsible for the two marshals Han Fan, fighting in the east and rushing to the east, and fighting in the west to catch up with the west, wouldn't it be exhausting to death the two adults? Moreover, the two lords are about to be transferred to Beijing to join the city, if they leave the northwest, who will we find to help defend the city when the war resumes? Therefore, it is better to rely on heaven and earth and rely on others, than to rely on oneself. ”

The crowd was silent, what Su Jin said was not unreasonable, forever relying on these two people to fight the fire, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were tired to death even if they had three heads and six arms.

Su Jindao: "We can't hope that Han Fan and the two marshals will bring troops to help, because Yan Yan Huanqing is also on the border, if you want to come to help, it will be empty and give the West Thieves an opportunity to take advantage of, and no one knows if the West Thieves will suddenly attack Yan Yan Huanqing and other roads; As the chief envoy of the two roads of Yanyan and Huanqing, Fan Shuai's duty is to protect the safety of the two roads; And there are not many soldiers and horses on Qinfeng Road in the rear, and the actual garrison of seven or eight state capitals is only 40,000, Han Shuai has promised to send 15,000 soldiers to assist in the defense, which is already considered benevolent and righteous, how can we rely on others for everything? ”

"But Master Su, you said that you are ready to break the city, that is to say, even if there are 15,000 people to help defend the city, it will be difficult to escape the disaster of breaking the city, right?"

Su Jin said quietly: "When you are not fighting, you need to prepare for the worst, this time the western thieves are different from the previous ones, you might as well tell you, the preliminary investigation shows that the western thieves have completed the assembly of the Jianing army, the Baotai army, and the Shenmeng army, and the current camp is in the military camp east of Huizhou, one hundred and eighty miles north of Weizhou, and it is conservatively estimated that there are at least 100,000 people; This time, the western thieves gathered and rested for nearly 20 days, which shows that the western thieves have been fully prepared, and if the enemy does not come, it will be enough, and it will be a thunderous momentum; I only have more than 30,000 people in Weizhou City plus reinforcements, 30,000 against 100,000, who can dare to say that this battle will be won? ”

The people exploded and exclaimed, everyone has seen the situation of the Western Thief Horse Team rushing to and fro, and the momentum of the thousands of Western Thief Cavalry charging is already terrifying, not to mention the 100,000 army, so isn't it overwhelming the mountains and flooding Weizhou like a tsunami? Everyone understood why Su Jin was not sure, and they thought it was just a regular army of 10,000 or 20,000 people to attack, but in this case, even if Han Shuai and Fan Shuai came, it would be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

"So this government has to ask you to evacuate Weizhou, if the sky has eyes, the gods bless, Weizhou City can be preserved in this battle, the villagers and elders can also come back and rebuild their homes with this government, if the city is not protected, you can also settle down elsewhere, stay in the green mountains without fear of no firewood, as long as everyone can survive, there will be a day when the West Thieves will be defeated and recaptured Weizhou, do you understand?" Su Jin said quietly.

The crowd was silent for a while, and suddenly someone asked softly, "If Weizhou is not guaranteed, where will you go?" ”

Su Jin took a breath and looked around the audience, and said loudly: "I will live and die together in Weizhou, and this government will lead 35,000 soldiers to fight to the last man, live up to the emperor's grace and everyone's trust, I will make the western thieves pay a huge price, so that they will have no strength to fight after the first battle in Weizhou." ”

As soon as Su Jin spoke, he felt that something was wrong, he saw the light of reverence flashing in everyone's eyes, in fact, he just wanted to say two bold words, if he took his life to live and die with Weizhou, Su Jin would not do anything, but he ignored the admiration of the people of this era for the heroes who regarded death as home, and suddenly a common man shouted: "Lord Fuzun, you are not a person from Weizhou and are willing to live and die with Weizhou, how can we and the people leave, we want to fight the Western Thief with Lord Fuzun, and live and die with Weizhou!" ”

"Yes, we want to live and die with Weizhou, and we will never leave a step!"

"Swear to kill all the thieves, protect my homeland, and I will never leave!"

Several people clenched their fists and roared, like a spark on the hay, instantly igniting the hay, and suddenly the shouts filled the square, and the shouts of tens of thousands of people seemed to shake the sky apart.