The next morning, the detective cavalry had reported one after another that there were indeed tens of thousands of troops of thieves, and they were approaching Zhuo County little by little. However, at that speed, it is estimated that it can reach up to fifty miles a day and it should be possible to reach around Zhuo County tomorrow.

The problem is that the countryside is constantly destroyed along the way, and local people are constantly being bullied. In other words, the longer the time, the larger the troops are, and the initial one may be 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. After coming to Zhuo County, I am afraid that it has exceeded 30,000 yuan!

"General!" After receiving the news, Liu Tao immediately found Zou Jing, "The enemy army expected to reach within ten miles of Zhuo County tomorrow evening. From another perspective, we only need two to three hours to set up a formation fifty miles away.

When the enemy arrives in that area in the evening, it is the time to be exhausted. We are waiting for it to take action. At this time, we will launch a charge and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"

Zou Jing thought about it and felt that it would be better to take the initiative to fight than to wait for the enemy to get closer little by little, which would make the soldiers feel fearful. This would not only minimize the damage to the war, but also as Liu Tao said, waiting for work with pleasure will have a greater chance of winning!

"Okay, I'll mobilize immediately!" Zou Jing immediately stood up and went over to make arrangements.

About a quarter of an hour later, the newly recruited five thousand elite soldiers were gathered. Many of them had received news that the Yellow Turban thieves had begun to go north. For the new recruits who had just joined the army for less than a few days, they were more afraid than excited, and more timid than brave.

Zou Jing took a look and was somewhat disappointed with them. If such a force was pulled out, it would only drag him down.

When I glanced at the corner of my eyes, I saw that there were a hundred people in Liu Bei's village, but they were aliens among the five thousand people. I nodded immediately. It seemed that there were still outstanding talents in the army!

"I'll just say nothing, I'll just say it!" Zou Jing looked at the five thousand people at the bottom, "There are tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves heading north, and they will arrive in Zhuo County tomorrow evening at most. However, I would not plan to wait until they arrive, and I would like to set up a formation fifty miles away first, waiting for the effort to eliminate them..."

When everyone heard this, they were trembling. How to fight thousands against tens of thousands? These days they have been learning to line up and raise guns, and at most they can learn how to stab, but they have not learned anything else.

"Are you scared?" Zou Jing looked at the five thousand people, "Don't forget that you are all from Zhuo County. The thieves are now heading north. If they don't stop them, they will cause trouble to the countryside. At that time, your hometown, your family will either be killed by them or be entangled as thieves by them! You retreat now, then your family will be exposed to the thief's blade!"

After Zou Jing said that, many people calmed down immediately. Can they leave, but can their families leave? In fact, they have no choice. When facing the thief, they either fight to the death or follow the thief! To be honest, there are really hundreds of people who are silently thinking in their hearts, or just follow the thief!

"What are you afraid of?" Zou Jing suddenly shouted when he saw this, "Those Yellow Turban thieves are just a group of farmers who have just put down their farm tools. They are no different from you. They are just more brave in fighting. Everyone is Yanzhao men, who has ever been afraid of whom? Besides, you have thought that these are tens of thousands of thieves. If they can be defeated, how much credit will it be?!"

Then he drew out his sword and raised his chanting: "Make a contribution and be appointed as a general. Now I have the opportunity to put it in front of you! I will write to you, do you have the courage to take it!?"

"Yes!" Liu Bei shouted immediately, and the soldiers in his village also responded one after another. Then some brave soldiers responded. Although they were scattered in the end, all the five thousand people responded one after another.

"Good peace of mind, I don't ask you all to go!" Zou Jing looked at everyone, "I have considered that the soldiers are not the most powerful. Anyone with courage should take the troops as the unit and stand on the left! Those without courage should stand on the right and choose immediately!"

Without saying a word, Liu Bei immediately brought the soldiers in Bentun to the left. Being infected, another group of soldiers came over. However, there were many people who were afraid. I heard that they didn't have to go, so I chose to go to the right.

Finally, there were three thousand people left on the left and two thousand people on the right. At this time, some people on the left were ready to move, as if they regretted choosing this.

"If you regret it, go over. I won't force you!" Zou Jing looked at the square formation on the left and said slowly, "But if you stay, then if you take a step back on the battlefield, you will be unable to forgive me!"

So thousands of people headed to the right, with only two thousand people coming up and down, and there was no choice to leave. Most of them were from Zhuo County, and they had family members at home, so they could not escape, nor could they escape, so they could only stay with their teeth!

"Okay, you are all excellent Yanzhao men!" Zou Jing praised, "You immediately form a team and re-select the garrison commander and military guard... By the way, Liu Bei! You come to serve as the army sir and rule one thousand of them!"

"Here!" Liu Bei replied in surprise, but he didn't expect that he could be promoted to the army Sima just by making a choice.

The Sima of this army is not of great value, and maybe he will be disbanded if he is pacified. However, before the Yellow Turban thieves are finished, he may even go further! The contributions that one thousand people and one hundred people can make are completely different concepts!

"As for the rest, I will leave it to the county magistrate to help defend the city! If you don't have the courage to go out, then let me defend the city well. If we are unfortunately defeated, then you will say it is the last barrier in Zhuo County!" Zou Jing looked at the other three thousand people.

"Here..." The answer was naturally rare. These guys who were not brave enough to wait for the thieves to come, and they might not be able to defend the city, so it is possible to surrender.

Zou Jing saw it all and would explain to the county magistrate later that he would take good care of the three thousand people.

After doing all this, he brought his troops outside the city and met with Liu Tao's thousand soldiers. Since it was a local battle, he would come back about a day and a day, so he did not bring any baggage troops. He only carried about two days of dry food and started gathering.

Zou Jing's headquarters had 2,000 people and 200 cavalrymen, and he would agree to field battles, largely because these 500 cavalrymen were unable to perform their effectiveness when defending the city, but only in field battles, the combat effectiveness was the highest.

At the same time, there were one thousand spears, five hundred sword shield soldiers, and two hundred archers. Considering this situation, two hundred archers stayed in Zhuo County to defend the city, and only brought two thousand soldiers to fight. Finally, two thousand spear soldiers were two thousand, all mobilized new recruits.

On Liu Tao's side, there were 700 spearmen, 200 swords and shields, 100 archers, and finally fifty cavalry. Considering that the archers were not used, they stayed in Zhuo County to defend the city.

Naturally, Lu Yan and Jian Yong stayed. When necessary, they would bring a thousand baggage troops and a hundred archers into Zhuo County to assist the prefect in defending the city.

"Don't show off your power. If it really doesn't work, you can go back." Before going to war, Lu Yan came to Liu Tao and persuaded.

"Second brother, don't stop me from making achievements!" Liu Tao said with a smile. To be honest, he was really nervous. Unlike the previous group fight, this time he really had to fight tens of thousands of people head-on.

"Anyway, you have to be careful!" Lu Yan sighed and said goodbye to the three brothers.
Chapter completed!