The Jin army was powerful, and they engaged in battle at the gate of the village. Gao Kan immediately realized that he was no match for the weapons and weapons in the village. He had to prepare for retreat early and save more men.
But even if Bailing Village is surrendered to the enemy, the property cannot be lost in vain.
His plan was to make the enemy drink a pot of wine so hard that it would knock out a few of their big teeth.
There is no need to leave too many people at the gate of the village. The remaining people are called to Gaokan to gather together and collect all the flammable things in the village, such as kerosene, spirits, etc., and arrange them in various houses in the village.
Most of the buildings in Bailing Village are made of wood from the nearby mountains, which is inherently flammable.
Add igniting materials to speed up the fire. As long as there is a little water, the entire village can be on fire in an instant.
To be on the safe side, people were asked to find more dry firewood and weeds, which were also covered in dark places to speed up the fire.
It's been half a day since the arrangements were made.
Yang Zhi gathered all the people in the village together. There were nearly a thousand people, all waiting at the dock.
Unfortunately, most of the boats in the village were sent away by Qiao Sansan's men, and now there are only a few small boats that can carry a few people.
Yang Zhi called his men to report to Gao Kan and asked him to tell him how to deal with it. Gao Kan rushed to the dock and saw the truth, and felt a little embarrassed at the moment.
There were nearly a thousand people in the village, and it took more than ten days to transfer them all on these small boats.
By then, the entire village would have been trampled down by the Jin army.
After thinking for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Ask the old, weak, women and children to take the boat first. The remaining young and middle-aged people, those who can swim, can get into the water and swim along the river with the boat. Those who can't swim, Waiting for now."
As he said that, Gao Kan looked at the young adults in the crowd and continued in a deep voice: "Let's ask people to go to the armory to get the weapons and distribute them to everyone. If they can move away before the enemy breaks the stronghold, if it's too late, they can't. If you have weapons in your hands, you will fight to the death."
When Yang Zhi heard this, he immediately accepted the order and sent someone to get the weapons.
There was chaos among the common people. As early as when the Jin army attacked the stronghold, the enemy troops were frightened out of their courage. When they heard that they were going to sink the ship and escape, they all wanted to push forward to take one step first.
Yang Zhi encouraged and restrained them from the front, shouting at the top of his lungs, but it had no effect at all. Those people just rushed forward.
Gao Kan looked at this place and thought, no one would be able to escape at this rate.
Immediately his face turned cold, he casually pulled out the knife from his waist, walked to the front of the crowd, and swung the knife to kill the rogue and lazy man who was rushing forward.
Blood immediately spilled all over the floor.
The crowd fell silent immediately.
Gao Kan glanced at everyone with cold eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Old and weak women are on the right, middle-aged men are on the left, and young and strong men are behind. Anyone who dares to disturb order or refuse to listen to advice will be killed!"
After explaining, Gao Kan casually threw the blood-stained steel knife in his hand to Yang Zhi and asked him to take care of it.
Seeing this, the common people did not dare to make any more trouble, and took the initiative to obey the arrangements.
Gao Kan led a few people and walked toward the end of the crowd. Among them, there were young and middle-aged people who knew the righteousness and had already withdrawn from the crowd and were waiting behind them.
When he came over and saw these dozens of people, Gaokan nodded slightly and said, "Well done to you heroes. Later I will ask someone to divide the swords with you and guard them here. If the enemy forces break through the stronghold and advance in, you must fight to the death to kill the enemy." Guard fellows, if you believe that all of you can evacuate before the stronghold is broken, I hereby guarantee that in the future, you will use the weapons in your hands to find the army and come to me to receive the reward!"
"If anyone is unwilling to let bandits burn down my home and kill my brothers and sisters, he can join the army immediately. If he joins the army, he will get ten taels of silver to settle down. If he kills one bandit, he will get another five taels!"
When the men heard this, their expressions were different, and the scene was quiet at the moment.
Gao Kan didn't force it, he called his subordinates and ordered people to carry a box of gold and silver from the barracks and warehouse, and placed it in front of everyone for them to make a decision.
Until the previous group of people were clearly separated, all the young and middle-aged people in the village had arrived at the back, and they all knew what Gao Kan had said before.
Seeing him waiting there, someone from the crowd suddenly came forward and said, "Damn it, I'm joining the army!"
"I'll join the army too!"
"And I!"
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In the blink of an eye, dozens of people came forward to report their homes, write down documents, and stamp their fingerprints to join the army.
Gao Kan is also unambiguous. Whenever a person becomes a document, he should be given twelve taels of silver.
However, although there is a leader and the effect is not bad, most young and middle-aged people are still afraid of fighting and death, and do not dare to fight with the enemy. This is human nature.
After an inventory, it was recorded that a total of more than sixty people had joined the military.
Gao Kan asked people to separate these people aside, and controlled the crowd on the spot so that the ship could be transferred.
While they were dealing with it, a group of middle-aged men suddenly came from behind. When they glanced over, there were more than a dozen of them.
These dozen people came straight to Gaokan. Seeing this, the subordinates on the left and right still suspected it, so they hurried forward to intercept and prevent these people from approaching.
When the leader, a bearded man, saw this, he shouted: "I am an old soldier of the Pingding Army and Horse Army, and I am surrounded by brothers and sisters in the army on my left and right. I am willing to join the army again and kill the enemy together!"
Gao Kan heard the sound from behind, got up and walked over here.
Pushing aside the crowd, he looked at the man and asked, "Are you all veterans of the Pingding Army?"
The bearded man cupped his fists and responded: "Geng Jinzhong, the captain of the Huofeng camp under the tent of the pacifying army and horse army, these are the brothers and sisters of the villain in the army. After leaving the camp, they will do hard labor in this Bailing village to make a living."
"You know, there are gold thieves and fierce Anhou armored cavalry outside the stronghold right now, together with thousands of people. If we join the army at this time, we are afraid that we will never come back!" Gao Kan looked at Geng Jinzhong and asked in a deep voice. arrive.
"You know what I mean, but if you want to kill the thief, your life will not be wasted." Geng Jinzhong responded.
The faces of the dozen or so people behind him were also filled with color.
Seeing this, Gao Kan nodded and said: "Okay, since you are willing to serve the country again, I will come according to your wish, write a document with all the heroes, and entrust Anjia money."
Upon hearing this, his subordinates immediately led Geng Jinzhong and others to record it in the book.
After they finished recording and received the money, they saw most of them turning back to the group of old, weak, women and children, looking for their family members, and entrusting the money to them.
Gao Kan saw that Geng Jinzhong did not go, but distributed his money to his two brothers.
Both of them had families, with four or five children. They were only six or seven years old, and they seemed ignorant.
This is someone else's family matter, and I can't take care of that much at the moment. Anyway, Geng Jinzhong's people are the real cavalry of the pacification army. If they are willing to rejoin the army, it can be regarded as an extra fighting force.
There are also war horses in the stronghold, which can also be distributed to them.
After finishing things here, Gao Kan called his men to check on the enemy in front of the village gate. He was worried that the enemy would make a surprise attack at night. If he didn't take more precautions, he would be caught off guard.
