There are only 3,000 soldiers in Ji'an City, relying on the mobilization of the whole city to defend the city, which can block the attack of the thief army, if Yan Yingyuan brings out more troops, it will naturally affect the defense of Ji'an, once the thief army attacks again, the consequences are unimaginable, from this point of view, no one can find fault with the prefect Ma Shoude's measures.

A thousand soldiers is a thousand soldiers, Yan Yingyuan doesn't care very much, compared with the hundreds of thousands of thieves, there is not much difference between one thousand and three thousand. Yan Yingyuan's trip was not to find a decisive battle with the thief army, but to find an opportunity to attack the grain transport troops of the thief army, attack a small part of the thief army, and try to contain a part of the thief army so as to relieve the pressure on the main force of the attacking Ming army.

Everyone has ambitions, and Yan Yingyuan has them too, he does not stay in the safe city of Ji'an, but takes the army to attack and take risks, for the sake of the ambition in his heart.

From a Jiangyin warden to a nine-grade master, from a clerk to an official body, Yan Yingyuan is not satisfied. If it is a normal life, a miscellaneous official like him has no future at all, and he will never want to become a magistrate in the end of his life. This is also the reason why Li Bo dared to reprimand him.

But now it's not ordinary years, but troubled times! Troubled times are the time for a husband to make a career!

Yan Yingyuan knew that with his own efforts to defend Ji'an, he would definitely be rewarded by the imperial court, but that was far from enough. Because Ma Shoude, the governor of Ji'an Prefecture, and Li Bo, the prefect of Ji'an Prefecture, are the biggest beneficiaries. Yan Yingyuan can imagine that after the Ji'an war was reported to the imperial court, the main credit in the credit book must be Ma Shoude and Li Bo, and he will wait to eat some leftovers later. Maybe the court will be merciful and will promote itself from the lord to the county, but it will only be promoted from the ninth rank to the eighth grade, so what is it!

Only by establishing a merit that others cannot compete for, establishing a great merit that is enough to attract the attention of the imperial court, and becoming famous in one fell swoop, will it be possible to become a member of the imperial court from a second-in-class official like the county lord Bo, and can people like Li Bo look up to him!

Daming is the world of scholars, and there is no chance for a person like Yan Yingyuan to get ahead in normal times, but fortunately, the world is in chaos now, and it is the time for heroes to use force. Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, can become a very popular minister in the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, although I Yan Yingyuan dare not compare with Chen Yue, I do not dare to be arrogant.

After getting the consent of the prefect Ma Shoude to send troops, Yan Yingyuan immediately began to select soldiers, and when defending the city, the whole city army and people obeyed his dispatch, and knew very well the reality in the army, and knew that those generals and soldiers could dare to fight.

Of course, it is very dangerous to attack the thief army, and the soldiers may not have the courage to follow, and the soldiers who dare not fight will do bad things even if they are forcibly carried. Yan Yingyuan summoned the leaders of the generals and the strong men in the city, and announced that he would be ordered to attack, and those who dared to fight could sign up by themselves, and they would not be reluctant.

After listening to Yan Yingyuan's words, all the officers looked at each other, but they didn't expect Yan Yingyuan to be so bold.

For Yan Yingyuan and Yan Zhubo, the officers naturally admired it very much, under his leadership, Ji'an was safe and sound, and everyone's worth and life were saved, but admiration is admired, if Yan Yingyuan has others, everyone is naturally willing to listen. But now it is attacking the thief army, thinking about the huge scale of hundreds of thousands of thief army, I can't help but feel terrified.

Seeing the hesitant appearance of the officers, Yan Yingyuan spoke: "Everyone, it is extremely dangerous to attack the thief army, and this official will not force everyone, after all, this is not to defend the city." But what I want to tell you is that the reason why the thief army retreated was because the imperial court sent a large army to rescue Jiangxi.

Now that the main force of the thief army has retreated to Nanchang, only a small force remains in Ji'an Mansion, not only Ji'an Mansion, but also Linjiang Mansion, Fuzhou Mansion, and Yuanzhou Mansion There are not many thief troops.

Although our troops are small, we have a huge advantage, that is, we are familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers. Even if we can't defeat a powerful thief army, we can rely on our familiarity with the geography and retreat safely.

And once we can win a few battles and recover one or two cities, the merits we have established will be enough for everyone to increase their official ranks and shade their descendants! “

With Yan Yingyuan's words, many officers showed eagerness on their faces.

"I am willing to follow Lord Yan Bo to make meritorious contributions!" Finally, a man named Wang Cheng stood up with a resolute look on his face.

"Lord Yan Bo is a literati, an official and an old man is not afraid of death, I am afraid of a bird, and I am willing to follow Lord Yan Bo." Another general named Li Quan also shouted.

With people raising their heads and signing up to follow, Yan Yingyuan easily found enough officers.

Then Yan Yingyuan ordered all the officers to gather the soldiers they knew well, and at the same time found more than 300 strong men who volunteered to follow from the young men who assisted in defending the city in Ji'an, and raised enough soldiers with the officers to raise a thousand people.

Although the number of these thousand people is not large, they are all those who dare to go out of the city to fight against the thief army, and Yan Yingyuan is very familiar with all the officers and many soldiers, and he will command them like an arm.

After recruiting a sufficient number of people, Yan Yingyuan led everyone to the arsenal and selected weapons and equipment for each.

The prefect Ma Shoude agreed to Yan Yingyuan's expedition, and did not deduct weapons and equipment, but opened the arsenal to be picked. According to the characteristics of the soldiers under his command, Yan Yingyuan selected 100 firearms, 100 pairs of hardwood bows, 500 spears, and 300 pairs of swords and shields, forming a team of 500 spearmen, 300 sword and shield soldiers, 100 archers, and 100 firearms soldiers. It has both offense and defense, long-range and short-range firepower.

After the soldiers were organized and received ten days of provisions, Yan Yingyuan led the army out of Ji'an City.

"Fu Zun, the thieves are huge, Yan Yingyuan only has a thousand people, what if he misses?"

At the head of Ji'an City, looking at Yan Yingyuan's 1,000 troops who had left the city, Li Bo, the county governor of Luling, asked puzzledly.

"What if he misses, he has to lead his troops to attack the thief army, and the government just has to agree to it considering the situation in Jiangxi." Prefect Ma Shoude said lightly.

"However, he has a thousand elite soldiers in his hands, and we don't have many troops in Ji'an, so what if the thief army attacks again?" Li Bo said dissatisfied. There was one sentence he didn't say, if Ji'an fell because of this, the lives of his two might not be saved.

Ma Shoude raised his eyes and glanced at Li Bo, sighing for his short-sightedness.

"If the thief army attacks again, is there much difference between 3,000 troops and 2,000 defenders? The previous battle to defend the city made the soldiers and the young people in the city know a lot of skills in defending the city, and there is not much difference between Yan Yingyuan and Yan Yingyuan.

Moreover, you and I are the main officials of this Ji'an Mansion City, aren't you angry that you let a miscellaneous official steal the limelight?

If the thieves attack again, it will be the time for you and me to show our skills. ”

After a fierce battle, Ma Shoude thought that he had mastered the art of defending the city, and he now thought that if he changed to defend the city, he would not do worse than Yan Yingyuan, so he was a little eager to wait for the thieves to attack again. ()

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