A misstep turned into a thousand years of hatred, which was supposed to persuade the people to evacuate Weizhou, but the result turned out to be the opposite, the people in the bitter cold land of the northwest are quite thin and hard-boned, and the more they are kept away from danger and escaped, the more they arouse their fierce spirit.

Su Jin insisted, and the people insisted even more, and after working for a long time, no one was registered on the severance list, which made Su Jin scratch his scalp.

"Once the city is broken, can you bear to see your wives and daughters ravaged by the thieves? It's just confusing. Su Jin was furious.

"When the city is broken, everyone will die together with Lord Fuzun, leaving the western thieves with a dead city, what can they do?" The people shouted.

"No, more than 100,000 lives, are you making Su Jin infamous for eternity? Originally, there was still hope to hold on, but if you make such a fuss, this government will inevitably be distracted to take care of the people, and this is a sure defeat. If the city is broken, you will be held responsible. ”

Su Jin began to exaggerate and intimidate, but soon everyone saw through it, and someone shouted: "My lord, don't scare us, although we are not an army, we can also help, move stones and smash them under the city, this thing can always be done, let's do it three times at the top, it is equivalent to 30,000 more soldiers in Weizhou City to defend the city, and the winning side should be greater." ”

Su Jin scratched his head and looked at the people around him: "What should I do?" You guys have an idea, my voice is almost hoarse, is there a donkey in Weizhou City? How did you run into these disobedient people? ”

Ge Huaimin said with a smile: "Lord Su, the people are also well-intentioned, they all want to help the adults defend the city." ”

Su Jin reprimanded: "You are a person who has experienced a hundred battles, you should know that fighting is not a child's play, tens of thousands of old and weak women and children are in the city, and the war will be chaotic together, who will have the energy to take care of it at that time?" ”

Ge Huaimin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "My lord, you can discuss with the people, the old and weak women and children can withdraw from the city, and the young and strong men can stay to help defend the city. ”

Su Jin thought about it and felt that it made sense, although he knew that even young and middle-aged people could not be compared with trained soldiers, but there was still a lot of preparation work to be done, so he couldn't talk about it here.

"Folks!" Su Jin raised his hand and said loudly.

The crowd quieted down, and Su Jin said: "Your sincere patriotism, this government is deeply moved, but fighting is not child's play, I can't let everyone follow to die; However, the government also understands everyone's feelings, so the government took a step back and allowed the young and strong people to stay and help defend the city, but the old and weak women and children must immediately withdraw to other places, this is the final bottom line, if you do not agree, I will immediately order to abandon Weizhou and lead the army to retreat to Yuanzhou. ”

Seeing Su Jin's resolute attitude, the people could only agree, the women and children were in the city, even the people themselves would feel distracted, it should be said that this was the best way; Everyone agreed, so Su Jin ordered that young people between the ages of eighteen and forty could participate in the defense of the city, and the only son in the family was not among them, and the rest of the people retreated.

After some chaos, the two sets of rosters were finally filled in in the evening, there were more than 96,000 people in the city, only 27,000 people were eligible, and the remaining nearly 70,000 people were not qualified, Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief, finally most of the people would be evacuated, and the 27,000 people left behind were just used as logistics people.

Su Jin ordered Ge Huaimin to organize the people into a militia group, elect a captain for every 100 people, elect a regiment trainer for every 10 teams, and a deputy regiment trainer, and then set up a militia leader.

That night, Su Jinming Dynasty assigned the responsibilities of the militia group, some were responsible for boiling water and cooking, some were responsible for transporting military supplies, some were responsible for transporting the city, and some were responsible for repairing fortifications.

Early in the morning of the next day, the government began to gather and evacuate the people according to the list on the dismissal list, at the same time, several long captains began to evacuate slowly, the people cried bitterly, and kept looking back at the tall city wall of Weizhou City, and the reluctance was overflowing, and the young and strong men who stayed behind also wept silently, this may be the day of life and death, no one knows whether they can see their families in the future, but everyone has the hope of reunion, looking forward to winning this battle, then there will be a day to meet.

In the following days, Su Jin ordered the city defenses to be strengthened again, although there seemed to be no need to strengthen them, but the people still spontaneously increased the height of the city walls and widened the battlements, as if each piece of soil would give the odds of victory one more point.

The urn city outside the north gate was also barely completed, and Su Jin did not have hope for it, but since the war was coming, he always expected it to play a role.

The army supported by Qinzhou also entered the city on July 27, and the general who led the army was Han Qi's right-hand man Jingtai, the governor of Longzhou, although this person was born as a civil official, but his speech and demeanor had the style of a general, and Su Jin was also very good at talking, and on the day of arrival, he proposed to immediately garrison troops in Dingchuan and Liu Liaobao in the north of Weizhou to intercept them, these two small villages had been abandoned, but the strategic location was extremely important, one east and one west clamped down on the mountain pass in the south.

Su Jin felt that it was necessary, as he thought, obstructing the Western Xia army along the way, delaying their attack and hitting their morale was the beginning of psychological warfare, and the strategic location of these two villages was important, which could also kill and injure a large number of enemy troops and frustrate their edge; But what made Su Jin hesitate was that once the soldiers and horses were stationed in these two villages, there would inevitably be no return, and under the overwhelming of 100,000 troops, the hope of survival was very slim.

After weighing and repeatedly, Su Jin could not choose, and finally decided to send troops, but at the same time, he also issued an order that once the situation was critical, he must immediately withdraw to Weizhou City and not fight to the death.

After a fierce dispute, Ge Huaimin, who was eager for meritorious service, won the opportunity to lead troops to garrison Dingchuan Village, and Liu Lianbao's leading general was given to a deputy commander named Zhang Jiong, who was deployed in Longzhou.

On the 28th, the two of them each led 3,000 soldiers to enter the two villages, Dingchuan Village was in front, Liu Liaobao was behind, the two villages gathered in 20 miles, although the fortifications were damaged a lot, but the 5,000 people who went with the army could be easily repaired in three or four days, anyway, it only played a role in obstruction, and there was no need to elaborate work.

On July 30, Su Jin commanded everyone to put the thunder stone rolling wood in place at the head of the city, and personally guarded Pegasus to report that more than a dozen people from outside the city were going to enter the city, saying that they had come from the capital to come to Weizhou to take up their duties.

Su Jin was overjoyed, pinched his fingers and counted the days, I am afraid that Li Chong, Pan Jiang, Wei Songhe and others arrived, and hurriedly came to Nancheng, looked at it from a distance, and almost laughed out loud, two tall and one short three people stood under the city sweating and shouted with their necks up, Li Chong was originally black, and only two eyes and white teeth were seen in the distance from the sun all the way, and even the fair-skinned Wei Songhe was now black and thin, and Pan Jiang did not change, his short body was still very strong, and his skin was still the soy sauce color of Yangzhou, I don't see any change.

Su Jin hurriedly ordered to open the city gate, personally went out of the city to greet the three people, and took the three into the palace.

The three of them unanimously asked to take a bath before talking, Su Jin ordered people to prepare three buckets of water in the inner hall for the three of them to take a bath, and after a while, the three of them bathed and changed into refreshing clothes and came to the hall, but their faces were a little embarrassed.

Su Jin smiled: "Are the three of you comfortable?" ”

An errand officer who was waiting for the bath laughed, and Su Jinqi said, "What are you laughing at?" Unorthodox. ”

The errand covered his mouth and didn't say anything, Su Jin was about to ask for an understanding, Pan Jiang smiled hesitantly: "He laughed at me and waited for a bucket of water to be washed into ink, this damn wind and sand all the way, the nose and eyes were tightly blocked, and it took three buckets of water to wash it clean." ”

Su Jin laughed, it turned out that the servants were laughing at their dirty, so he smiled: "The three of you have been in the dust all the way, hard work, it's all mine, it's not me, I just want you to come." ”

Li Chong said indifferently: "What are these words, it is my honor for Brother Su to think of me Li Chonglai." ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Brother Zhaoting, don't be insincere, although Tianchang is a small county, it is always a rich place, and Weizhou, a place where birds don't, is big and useless; But I need your help urgently, otherwise I really won't be able to support this big mess alone. ”

Pan Jiang said with a smile: "Why should the envoy be polite, I have long been looking forward to running an errand with the envoy behind him, and I Pan Jiang can have the support of all adults today, not to mention coming to Weizhou, even if I am asked to go to the desert Gobi with my lord on an errand." ”

Su Jin laughed, turned to Wei Songhe and said, "Brother Wei, what about you?" Originally, I was a county magistrate in Shao County, but now I have been pulled by me to be the head of the government, and the official position has not been promoted, but on the contrary, it is much harder, and I must be scolded in my stomach. ”

Wei Songhe got up and arched his hand and said: "Where does the virtuous brother say, the virtuous brother needs me Wei Songhe to come, how can I shirk it, besides, the more bitter and cold the place, the more eye-catching it will be to establish meritorious deeds, I heard that the virtuous brother gave the western thief a dismount as soon as he came to Weizhou, and even Yuan Hao's son was arrested by you, and he was very envious, this time I can finally follow you to do some wonderful things." ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "Okay, if you really think so, then I can only congratulate the three of you on the thief ship, 100,000 western thieves are about to invade my Weizhou, and there will be a big battle in Weizhou soon; I won't say more, it's too late for the three of them to regret it now, immediately turn around and go home, I will explain to the emperor for the three, and I will not let the three of them bear any bad reputation. ”

The three of them looked at each other in amazement, and suddenly saw Li Dazhong laughing, pointing at Su Jin and saying, "Do you think you deceived us?" When we passed through Qinzhou, we had already met with Lord Han Qi, and he had already told us all about the situation, and he also advised us to think about it carefully; So if we want to run away, we ran early, and we still rushed here to say goodbye to you in person? ”

Pan Jiang and Wei Songhe also laughed, Su Jin rolled his eyes and said, "This Han Lao'er has robbed me of my lines, and the next time I see him, I have to give him some color." ”