In the lobby of the Gucheng County Government, Sun Gan looked anxious and discussed the sudden military situation with several military and elementary schools.

"How many thief troops are there outside the city?" Sun Gan asked

Among them, Xu Shang, a young-age captain, thought for a moment and said, "According to the Xiaguan, the number of thieves outside the city is more than 2,000."

"There are 3,600 people, more or less than fifty people!" Another school captain Lin Bao said affirmatively. This person was about forty years old, but due to the long battle formation, he was already covered in wind and frost. A scar on his right cheek was particularly eye-catching.

After hearing Lin Bao's words, everyone else was very surprised. Sun Ganqi said: "Why did Captain Lin know that there were 3,600 people?"

Lin Bao smiled indifferently: "I just inspected the city and noticed that the thief army outside the city was divided into six 'small parties', each of which should be about 600 people. It is estimated that the thief army should be 3,600 people. This thief army used the method of governing the Yellow Twelfth Army in the past. I thought it must be a remnant of the Yellow Twelfth Army. I had followed the general to fight against the Yellow Twelfth Army for more than two years, so I became familiar with it."

After hearing Lin Bao’s explanation, everyone suddenly realized it. But then they couldn’t help but worry.

A thief army with a total of 3,600 people! Perhaps in the Three Kingdoms era, these 3,600 people could not be considered a huge army at all. The princes and heroes continued to fight, and the troops they used were tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. However, with the thief army of 3,600 people, it was very deadly for the small county of the ancient city. Because the total number of defenders in the city was only... more than 500 people! The army of 500 people was still the Battle of Xuzhou a few months ago (Note: In 200 AD, after Liu Bei fled from Cao Cao in Xuchang, he occupied Xuzhou for a short time, but was captured by Cao Cao himself. Liu Bei's three brothers were also separated in the war. Liu Bei defected to Yuan Shao, Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao to protect his sister-in-law, and Zhang Fei led the remaining troops to the ancient city) Zhang Fei finally preserved it. After occupying the ancient city, because the city was originally sparsely populated and Zhang Fei was unwilling to disturb the people, the army did not expand.

Three thousand six hundred people: Five hundred people! There is no chance of winning, and what is even more desperate is that at this time, the pillar of the army, the main general Zhang Fei, was unable to go into battle due to his injury, which would inevitably make the morale of the army depressed. For a moment, the lobby fell into silence.

"How is the situation?" I came from the backyard to the front lobby. When I saw everyone in the hall, I felt silent and asked.

"See General." Everyone in the hall bowed to me.

"No need to be polite, what's the situation now?" I asked again.

After everyone in the hall looked at each other, Sun Gan replied: "The situation is not good for the third general. There are about 3,600 thieves outside the city, and they have surrounded the city."

"The thief army? Isn't it Cao Cao's army?"

"General, it is a bandit army that comes from nowhere, not Cao's army attacks."

No, it seems that neither "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" nor "Records of the Three Kingdoms" mentioned that there would be any thief army attacking the ancient city. I only remember that Cao's general Cai Yang once visited the ancient city to chase Guan Yu. What's going on? Has history changed?

"Then how many people are there in our army?" After saying that, I also realized that I seemed to have asked a "naive" question. How could the chief general in the army not know how many people are in his army? But I "lost my amnesia" and the situation is special!

Sure enough, no one in the hall was surprised by the question I asked. It seemed that everyone knew my situation. The captain Lin Bao replied in a deep voice: "Report to the general, there are 564 people in our army, including 321 in the horse army and 243 in the infantry army."

Unlucky! 564 vs 3600. Even if I, a person who has never fought, feels a chill in my heart. It is impossible to complete a task for one person to beat more than six. In my era, I may not have been able to beat others one-on-one, let alone one-on-six. There is so much danger. I didn’t expect that I would face the threat of death in just a few days after I came to the Three Kingdoms.

"Do you think of a way to withdraw from this thief army?" I asked hurriedly.

The captain Xu Shang was young and energetic, and said with a sigh: "General, I am willing to use three hundred elite soldiers to go out of the city to kill the thieves!"

Lin Bao next to him shouted at Xu Shang: "Absurd, do this to die. You can be desperate, but the three hundred brothers were brought out from Xuzhou by the general. How can you die with you for nothing?"

Lin Bao has always had prestige in the army. After Xu Shang was scolded by Lin Bao, he did not dare to refute and lowered his head.

I also know that such impulsive behavior will definitely not work, but how can we resolve this crisis?

At this time, a soldier ran into the lobby, knelt down on one knee, and shouted: "Report, the leader of the thief army outside the city shouted, asking our army to surrender, otherwise,..."

"So what... say it!"

"I'll kill all the whole city without leaving any chickens and dogs."

What a vicious threat, what an arrogant tone! Not only are the people in the hall furious, but even the person with a good temper, I, a man with a good temper, feel extremely angry. Slaughtering the city! What a bad and cruel scripture.

"Let's go to the city tower to take a look." I said angrily.

"Yes, General."

After a while, our group had arrived above the city head. I looked around the city tower and felt more and more cold. The wall of this ancient city was less than 3 meters high, and there was no moat outside the city wall. This means that the protective effect this city wall can play is very small. Who built this shoddy project? I remember that in a classic novel "The Three Kingdoms of Commerce" that I read before, the protagonist built a city with a wall of ten feet high. I don't expect ten feet high. If there was a ten meters high city wall, it would be much easier to defend! For example, the enemy did not even need a ladder to attack, and two people could climb up one by one.

When I looked down at the city, there were indeed a crowd of people under the city. According to the captain Lin Bao, under this city wall, there were three "small square" thieves, nearly 1,800. Although these thieves looked messy in costumes and different weapons, they were all young and strong men, without the elderly, weak, women and children, which was difficult to deal with!
Chapter completed!