The battle on the city walls was in full swing, and the city of Yunzhou was no longer as bustling and lively as it had been in the past.
In the past, there were only three or two people hurriedly passing through the bustling streets.
In the teahouse, the tea drinkers drank the tea in their cups in silence. There was no longer the loud talk and the hustle and bustle of the past.
boom!
The tea bowl was put down hard, and it made a dull collision sound when it collided with the table!
"Damn Huns! Damn wolf cubs! They will take advantage of others' danger! They have the ability to come when the prince is here! See if we don't beat them like rats, they will run away! What's the point of sneak attack while our main force is out? !”
A strong man spoke angrily, his tone full of dissatisfaction!
The rest of the crowd sighed, and an old man said helplessly:
"Young man, what's the use of being angry? That's what war is like, intrigues and intrigues.
The blame lies with the small number of soldiers in Yunzhou County. Otherwise, if we have an army of 500,000, the prince will bring out 150,000, and we can still have 350,000. Do you think the Huns still dare to mess with us? "
"Why!"
The strong man poured himself another bowl of tea, swallowed it in one gulp and said helplessly: "For some reason, the prince will not expand the army. If the army is expanded, I will be the first to serve as a soldier! Those barbarians who are determined to fight will cry. Call me mother, and don’t dare to attack my Yunzhou County again!”
The man who looked at me just now shook his head and sighed: "Young man, you don't understand, the prince is thinking about us.
Do you know how many Song people there are in Yunzhou County? "
The muscular man shook his head blankly upon hearing this.
The old man stretched out his hand and made a seven sign and said: "According to the latest Yunzhou News report, the population of the Song Dynasty in our Yunzhou County plus the six counties of Shendu has reached seven million!
But our army only has 300,000 troops, and we have to disperse to Japan, eliminate body poisons, go to the Western Regions, and protect our capital.
It can be said that these 300,000 people are absolutely insufficient.
But why doesn't the prince expand his army?
Which of you knows? "
Everyone in the teahouse looked at each other, then shook their heads.
The old man sighed, took out a rolled cigarette and lit it with a match, took a puff and exhaled a cloud of white mist, and then said: "That's because the prince is considerate of us.
The ratio of the people to the army in our Yunzhou County is one to twenty-three. In other words, the taxes of twenty-three people support one soldier.
Such a structure is naturally excellent for us, and the burden on everyone will not be too heavy.
But if the prince expands his army, it means that the entire proportion will be reduced, and the pressure shared on everyone will be greater. Naturally, everyone will not have the good life now.
But don't forget, the taxes we pay also need to maintain the operation of the county magistrate's office and so on.
It can be said that the prince has tried his best to lighten our burden.
Can't we expand the army with the strength of our Yunzhou County?
It wasn't the case before, it's just that the prince didn't want to make everyone sad. Think about it before, why were you so sad when you were in Guan Nei?
In addition to corruption and exploitation by corrupt officials, military expenditures at the border are getting higher and higher every year. If the court cannot pay for it, it naturally has no choice but to continue to increase taxes. "
After hearing what the old man said, everyone fell silent.
Just thinking about the past makes them feel suffocated.
It also made them understand the prince’s good intentions!
The muscular man slammed the table and stood up!
He said loudly: "Your Majesty treats me like a son and daughter, and Yunzhou City is everyone's home. Even if we are not soldiers, we still have the responsibility to defend our home!"
I heard that because the number of defenders was insufficient, the soldiers at the top of the city were almost unable to stop them.
Everyone, think about it, what will this city look like once the Huns are allowed to enter the city?
Everyone must have come from inside the pass. You won't forget what happened to the barbarians in the past, right?
Do you want to watch Yunzhou City become like that? "
The strong man looked at the crowd, took out a hammer from the waist behind his back, raised it and said to the crowd: "I don't care about others, I, Blacksmith Wang, will never allow my home to fall into the hands of those wolf cubs!
Everyone has the responsibility to defend Yunzhou City. Even if I am not a soldier, I still have to go to the top of the city to defend the city!
All the decent men in the city should follow, not only for the sake of the prince, but also for the sake of your wives, children, and children!
If you think you have no talent, just stay and I won't laugh at you. "
After saying that, Blacksmith Wang stopped looking at everyone and walked out of the teahouse towards the city gate while carrying his own hammer.
As soon as he went out, another man stood up in the teahouse and said: "My surname is Zhang, I am not an ignorant person. Your Majesty rescued us from the pass, gave us food, clothing, and shelter. Now, The prince is not here, it’s time for us to help him!
What I want to say more is that he is not the only one with the surname Wang! I have it too!
boss! Let me lend you your knife! "I'll pay it back in the next life"
As he said this, the man walked to the kitchen in two steps, grabbed the kitchen knife from the surprised cook, and came out. He took out a silver coin from his body and slapped it on the boss's counter regardless of how much it was. Then he strode away!
His action was like turning on a switch. The remaining people couldn't sit still. Those who had weapons that could be used as weapons stood up and left the tea money. If they didn't have any, just see what was in the teahouse and drop the money. Just pick it up and go out.
After a while, only the teahouse owner and a few old men were left in the teahouse where there were some people just now. Even the cook picked up the spatula and followed him out after reacting.
Finally, the boss looked at the silver on the counter and was stunned for a while, then looked at a few old men, who also looked at him.
Immediately, the boss, who was only in his thirties, gritted his teeth, picked up his abacus and wanted to go out, but when he reached the door, he stepped back, rushed into the kitchen, took out the pot, and rushed out with a pot in one hand and a rolling pin in the other. He didn't even want to go to the store. Got it!
Several old men looked at each other, and finally the old man who spoke out just now said: "Let the young men go to fight. If they are defeated and the Huns come in, we old guys will be responsible for taking care of everything.
Even if this huge family property is burned, it cannot be given to the Huns. Otherwise, if the Huns get the technology of our Yunzhou County, the compatriots in the pass will suffer! "
The other old men nodded silently.
The streets of Yunzhou City were once again lively, but the people walking on the streets were all young and strong men. They were walking on the streets, all heading in the same direction. After people saw and asked, there were more people spontaneously joined them.
In the end, more than 70% of the Qingxiang people in Yunzhou City took various things that could be called weapons and headed towards the north gate to support them.
Today's Yunzhou City, as the capital, has a total population of two million, of which the number of young people can reach one-third.
At this moment, more than 400,000 people arrived at the North City Gate, and this was what Ye Yin and others saw.
With the addition of this new force, the Huns were immediately suppressed.
Guan Ning saw something was wrong and asked those who hadn't had time to step forward to quickly ask the Military Supplies Department to distribute equipment to prevent them from carrying rolling pins to the battlefield. After the first batch was replaced, he immediately asked them to step forward and replace those with incomplete equipment. The people asked them to replace the equipment.
Yunzhou County is not short of equipment!
In just half an hour, the situation on the battlefield was instantly reversed!
The number of defenders who were originally at a numerical disadvantage increased in number.
Originally, one Yunzhou army officer faced four or five Xiongnu, but now four or five Yunzhou soldiers fought against one Xiongnu.
Guan Ning also knew that these common people were not trained to smile when facing the Huns alone, so he directly took advantage of their large numbers and replaced them with spears. He asked them to guard the Xiongnu's ladder, and seven of them came up. Eight spears stabbed through.
It doesn't matter if you didn't stab him to death or escaped. There is a real Yunzhong Army soldier guarding him, and he can also do last-ditch attacks!
They, the common people, can just poke them!
At this time, the Xiongnu became more desperate and died faster, and Yunzhou City instantly became impregnable!
The corpses slowly piled up under the city!
When Tira discovered this under the city, her face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot that had been in it for decades!
Where did so many defenders appear from? Doesn't it mean that Yunzhou City only has more than 10,000 people at most?
Then this city is so densely packed with people wearing armors that they got it from!
It doesn’t look like there’s a shortage of manpower!
Is it possible that the information sent back by Xizuo is false?
Tira, who didn't understand the situation, was puzzled.
…
I saw a review from a book friend, and I admitted that he was right. In order to retain the Xiongnu's vitality, the Yunzhou Army was cut too hard in these chapters. I also know this problem myself.
This is the reason why I didn't make good arrangements before, so I can only push the plot in this way later. It's my problem.
Apologize to everyone.
sorry! Dear gentlemen!
We will consider this issue in the future and this situation will never happen again! I hope everyone can give me another chance. Thanks!
(End of chapter)
