Chapter 698 Eighty-Six-Seven is about to go to war

Governor Jiao waited for two days, and he didn't wait for Hu Yanguang's reply, let alone hear the news of the Rock Fort sending troops.

The governor was anxious, and sent someone to the Rock Fort to inquire, but the news brought back by the messenger made him dumbfounded: The Rock Fort said that he had never seen a person named Hu Yanguang, let alone received any orders.

But this time and again, it took several days.

But this time and again, it took several days.

And on the day when the second messenger sent by Governor Jiao returned to resume his life, the White Lotus Sect members moved again.

Since attacking many villages and towns in a row, the White Lotus Sect has been standing still for the past few days, and they don't know what they are planning, but this time they suddenly took action, and they immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding forces.

And it was the Rock Fort that reacted, because within a radius of twenty miles from the White Lotus Sect's entrenched position, the largest remaining force was the Rock Fort. Rock Fort was naturally extremely concerned about this, and had already sent scouts to reconnoiter the surrounding area day and night, and the scouts had more than one conflict with the White Lotus Sect, killing and injuring some of the other party's people, but they did not suffer any damage.

Therefore, as soon as the White Lotus Sect moved, the scouts of Rock Fort passed the news back.

And this time, the direction in which the White Lotus Sect is moving is exactly the direction of the Rock Castle!

After Shi Jin and the others got the news, their mood was extremely complicated, on the one hand, everyone was looking forward to fighting with the White Lotus Sect like this, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, beating the White Lotus Sect, and they no longer dared to come to the idea of fighting the Rock Castle, eliminating a major disaster in the area around the Rock Castle. On the other hand, they are also a little worried, not knowing what the consequences of this battle will be, in case they have not fought anyone at that time, but they will lose the rock fort - Shi Jin and others dare not think about this consequence,

News from the White Lotus Sect kept coming, and Shi Jin and the others got together again, but this time they didn't discuss what to do. In fact, when the news of the White Lotus Sect's army had just arrived, everyone in Rock Fort had already gathered together and discussed how to deal with the White Lotus Sect and what to do in case the White Lotus Sect called.

How to do it is all discussed, and what I want to say now is really just to say to everyone: it's time to do those things.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the news from the scouts, the White Lotus Sect thieves have moved, and the target is our Rock Castle, which is quite powerful, and the exact number has not yet been transmitted, but at least three or four thousand people are there."

Shi Jin faced everyone.

Hearing the news, everyone was calm and not surprised. Because these are all results that have been guessed before, and they have been prepared for a long time.

Li Gui cleared his throat and said, "Then since that's the case, let's do what we said before!" Let me start with the civil aspect. ”

Everyone nodded in unison.

"According to what we said before, there are roughly three points. First, all the people outside the city did not move, and ordered to give the chief of the guard, let them pacify the people, so that everyone stayed at home honestly for a few days and was not allowed to go out. Second, the gates of the city should not be closed, so as not to cause panic among the people. Third, crops should never be harvested early, which will affect the harvest. ”

After Li Gui finished speaking, he glanced at Shi Jin.

"I'm waiting for the soldiers, what we're going to do this time is two things!"

Shi Jin faced everyone and said angrily: "First, it is to resist the enemy in the Huanshui River, and allow them to cross the Huanshui River, but at most within 30 zhang of the north of the Huanshui River, they will be defeated." Second, they will never be allowed to burn their crops, kill their people, and let them enter the Rock Fort! ”

He glanced at Zhou Zhong, and the two of them said in unison: "If you can't do it, the two of us will commit suicide and apologize." ”

At this point, everyone dispersed and went to do their own thing.

The past few days they mentioned seem quite funny, because this is equivalent to putting a burden on themselves, so that they can't use their hands and feet to their heart's content. If you don't move the people outside the city, you have to pay attention to protecting the people, and you can't let a certain group of White Lotus Sect members wander into the people's settlement. If you don't grab the crops, you will give the White Lotus Sect members the opportunity to set fire to the crops. As for not closing the 'gate' of the city, it will give the enemy the opportunity to steal the city directly.

It looks ridiculous.

But in fact, for these decision-makers in Fort Rock, making these decisions is a helpless move. They seem to have a lot of ways out, but in fact there is really no way out.

The crops are not yet ripe, and if they are harvested, it will greatly affect the harvest, which is a huge blow to the Rock Fort, and there is not enough food, and the Rock Castle will not be able to hold out until next year's harvest. They don't know how many hole cards there are in Dong Ce's hand, but they know very well that the inventory of Rock Fort is decreasing day by day, and the grain and various materials are rapidly decreasing, so the crops cannot be harvested.

And if the crops are not harvested, there is no point in moving the people into the city. Because if the crops are harvested or robbed by the White Lotus Sect, then without sufficient food, it will be impossible to feed these people, and then everyone will either starve to death or become displaced again. Moreover, there is simply no room for so many people in the city, and there are too many important things in the city, and if something happens, the consequences will be extremely serious.

You can't lose everything outside the city, and if you lose it outside the city, you lose hope, and it's useless to leave this city.

That's why these seemingly ridiculous, but in fact helpless decisions.

And in fact, what to do is very simple: just block the White Lotus Sect and drive it away.

Therefore, the key is to see what the battlefield looks like.

One after another orders were issued from Shi Jin and Zhou Zhong, and the entire Rock Fort infantry army immediately moved.

In the past few days, the infantry in the large camp has been on standby at any time, so it did not take long for the order to be executed at a very fast speed. Groups of soldiers drove out of the colonel, all the way out of the city, to the north bank of the Hunshui River.

About an hour later, more than 1,200 soldiers and a full 100 killer teams had gathered on the north bank of the Xunshui River.

The water of the river is very deep, the banks of the river are quite steep, and the water level has dropped at this time, so the river is almost a foot high from the water surface, and there are only a few very gentle river beaches, which have been opened up into small ferries and docks, and there are wooden pillars on which the boats are tethered. Some of the boats were lifted onto the tidal flats, while others were still in the water, rising and falling with the surging of the river.

On the north bank of the Hunshui River, there is no arable land until it is dozens of zhang away from the river, and there is a flat open space on the bank of the river. This vacant land could have been set aside in order to cope with the situation that is happening today.

After a while, Shi Jin and Zhou Zhong came from the city to fight horses. Shi stationed at the side of the Ma River, his eyes swept around the soldiers, and he gave a few orders. The herald passed the order on, and the various killer teams were soon mobilized. They are arranged in a long snake formation according to their respective organizational affiliations. This long snake array is extremely long, more than 100 zhang long, and there are more than 300 people on the horizontal surface of each row, and it is extremely thin, only as thick as three rows. There are three rows of long snake formations, and each row is a team of more than thirty killers. The Long Snake Formation is only three zhang away from the north bank of the Huanshui River, and in the middle of the Long Snake Formation, there is the bridge on the Huanshui River

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