Chapter 12 Discovering the Enemy and Mobilizing the Refugees
Chen Yaotian issued an order for the first time as a prefect.
"Dian Wei listens to the order and orders you to lead thirty personal guards to Julu County to find Tian Feng and Ju Shuo to surrender. If they don't want to be kidnapped, they have to be kidnapped by me." Dian Wei stepped forward and agreed.
, ready to pay the bills.
"Gongda and Yuan Chang, you two go to Pingyuan and Hejian respectively. There are ten thousand unstoppable people in both places, named Ju Yi and Gao Lan. You two must persuade them to come and join forces. Now the thieves and bandits
Come on, I'll let thirty personal guards follow you two to protect you!"
Both of them replied: "Thank you for your concern, my lord, I will certainly live up to my lord's trust." After answering, they went out.
Half a month had passed since the order was issued. Chen Yaotian gathered the refugees all the way and called on his personal guards to help the refugees quickly go to Shanggu County. At this time, they were approaching Youzhou, and the number of refugees had increased to more than 3,000.
On this day, I saw Chen Yaotian sitting on the grass without grace, surrounded by refugees who had gathered during this period. When I looked closer, it turned out that he was telling stories to these refugees. This
For a while, Chen Yaotian came to the refugee group when he had nothing to do. At first, everyone was afraid of him. Chen Yaotian had no airs and told them some anecdotes and life philosophy from time to time. Gradually, everyone's attitude towards him changed.
.Just like now, no one feels unfamiliar with him. As soon as Chen Yaotian comes, everyone will automatically come up to say hello to him, and they are as harmonious as friends who have been friends for many years.
When Chen Yaotian was talking vigorously, a scout came galloping towards him on horseback from a distance. When he got close, he reined in his horse, dismounted, came closer, and called out urgently: "Your Majesty, we have spotted a large group of cavalry heading towards us fifty miles ahead.
Come, there are about a thousand people. Please let me make your decision." After hearing this, Chen Yaotian immediately sent someone to tell Zhicai and Yan Liang to come.
Soon, the two people arrived, and Chen Yaotian quickly informed the situation. Xi Zhicai called the scouts who had just reported and continued to inquire: "How is the opponent's weapons and armor?"
"Replying to my lord, many people on the other side are unarmored and their weapons are not uniform."
After Xi Zhicai heard this, he analyzed: "In this case, the other party should be horse thieves, or it may be Wuhuan Xianbei and other cavalry coming to plow the grass in the valley. The women and children of our side will attract people's envy. The situation is not good!
The opponent is cavalry, but we are all infantry, and our troops are at a disadvantage. Although we are well-equipped, the cavalry has restrained the infantry since ancient times. The surrounding area is flat and there is no danger to defend. My lord, you must prepare as soon as possible."
"Well, Yan Liang, you go ahead and assemble the bodyguards, put the food and grass all around as quickly as possible to resist the impact of the enemy's horses, and then set up a position on the spot and wait for my order. Zhicai, let's go and mobilize the young people among the refugees.
Let’s fight against the enemy together!”
"My lord is wise." This was the most correct order at the moment. Xi Zhicai sighed worriedly and followed Chen Yaotian to mobilize the refugees.
The two stood on the slope, and the three thousand refugees looked at their governor's face with a serious expression. They all remained silent, waiting for Chen Yaotian to speak.
Chen Yaotian took a breath, collected his thoughts, and then shouted: "Folks, you are all fleeing from various places. I gathered you together along the road. You may not know the reason! Now I will tell you,
I want to move you to Shanggu County in Youzhou. I will create a grand situation where there are no corrupt officials and no one scavenges at night. There everyone can open up wasteland and cultivate fields, and only need to hand over a small part of the food to the government, and the rest will be collected.
Keep it for yourself. Then every family will have a surplus of food and everyone will have new clothes."
The scene painted by Chen Yaotian was so alluring that the refugees below immediately divided into many groups and started whispering among themselves.
Among the group of people, a young man who had just joined a few days ago said: "I heard that it is bitterly cold in Youzhou, and there are many Xianbei and Wuhuan rebellions. It will undoubtedly be very difficult for you to create such a grand occasion!"
"What you said is wrong. As the saying goes, everything depends on human effort. I think your Excellency is devoted to the people and is a rare good official in the world. If Your Excellency hadn't gathered us together and given us food along the way, you and I would both be starving to death on the roadside now."
Come on! Even if we can't live up to the grand occasion described by your Excellency, with your temperament, will you still treat us badly?" A strong man retorted.
"My little brother is right. I followed you when I came from Yanzhou. On the way, we were recruited and there was not enough food. At that time, your master did not abandon us, but went to the county to borrow food from the local rich people. So good
Officer, I have never seen him in my life." said an old man.
Seeing that the voice below had weakened, Chen Yaotian raised his voice an octave and asked again: "Do you want to live such a life?"
"Think!!!" the refugees below replied in unison after thinking about it.
"Okay, I have the confidence to lead everyone to overcome difficulties and reach such a grand occasion. But now we are encountering difficulties. The road ahead is blocked by enemies. What do you think we should do?"
"Charge over, charge over..." Xi Zhicai took the lead and shouted, and the voices below became one. Seeing that the atmosphere was aroused, Chen Yaotian took advantage of the heat and hit the railway track: "Young and strong people come out and build defenses with me. The elderly and children will
Wait on the ground and don’t run around.”
At this time, in the cavalry camp fifty miles away, a general rode forward and said: "Xiao Shuai, our scouts found a group of about 4,000 men and horses fifty miles ahead, with a lot of food, women, and children inside."
After hearing this, Xiaoshuai asked: "How many people can the opponent fight?"
"There are only five hundred infantrymen, and the rest are farmers."
"Command the whole army to speed up and approach the group of people fifty miles away." There is no reason to let go of such a fat man.
Chen Yaotian sat upright on the horse and glanced at the 400 personal guards and the 1,000 makeshift men with various weapons in front of him. He felt really unsure. He tightened the sword in his hand and asked Xi Zhi behind him: "Zhi
Talent, do you have a good strategy to defeat the enemy?"
"My lord, the cavalry has high mobility, so we need to fight quickly. The best way is to wait and take advantage of the chaos and let General Yan lead a group of troops to attack on the initiative and cut off the opponent's leader. If this happens, the enemy will be in chaos. When the time comes, he will attack with all his strength.
We will definitely win." Chen Yaotian nodded and waited quietly.
Suddenly, a black line was rolling in front, accompanied by a thunderous sound. Chen Yaotian secretly said something, raised the weapon in his hand and gave the order: "Yan Liang, I will give you two hundred personal guards, wait for me to rush out in random.
Chapter completed!