As the drought continued, more and more ordinary people were displaced. Yang Si took advantage of the situation and his strength increased dramatically. In a short period of time, more than 20,000 people gathered around him.

But to be honest, among the more than 20,000 bandits, there were only two or three thousand people who could fight. Most of the others were ordinary farmers, and they were just weapons such as hoes, kitchen knives, etc. These farmers could not fight on the battlefield, but they were very careful in doing things. In just one day, more than a dozen simple siege cars were made.

Yang Si was tall and big, with a curly beard neatly and smooth. He wore a silk brocade dress inside and a black iron armor on the outside, which showed a bit of the style of a military general. He was riding on a maroon horse at this moment, narrowing his eyes and staring straight at the tall Wuyang County town in the distance, his eyes full of hatred.

It’s not a big fault for being so angry. His seven brothers, the second and the seventh brothers died early, and the remaining five brothers can be said to be dependent on each other. But within a day, he learned that the eldest and the sixth brothers were killed one after another. How could ordinary people understand this kind of heartache?

Although Yang Si was born in a rampant family, he was not a reckless person. He knew that Wuyang's city was tall and could not be easily captured by him, but this revenge must be avenged. After careful consideration, he finally came up with an idea, on the one hand, he raged the countryside and plundered food everywhere. On the other hand, he ordered people to spread it everywhere, saying that he had food here and could survive as long as he came over to surrender.

For a time, all the people who had run out of food came to invest, and more than 10,000 new people were added outside the city in a short time. Yang Si knew that he had insufficient food, and with these newly resigned people, the consumption would be faster. In a short time, the food and grass would inevitably be exhausted.

What Yang Si had to do was to capture Wuyang City before the food was exhausted. The newly resigned people used it as meat pads and tried their best to consume the morale and bows of the soldiers in the city. As for how many they died and injured, it was not something Yang Si was considering.

Yang Si rode forward and stopped outside the range of the arrows on the city, then turned back and shouted loudly: "The people in the city are very popular and drink spicy food, but we can only starve to death. Are you convinced?"

"I don't agree!" The surroundings responded loudly.

"Then let me capture this city. Then, I will not seal the sword for three days and plunder it everywhere. As long as I can successfully take it down, all the gold, silver, food, and women in the city will be yours."

With a burst of shouts, everyone's eyes were filled with heat and madness.

Pan Hong stood on the city wall, looking at the crazy refugees in the distance, trembling and almost wanted to leave first. But Huang Yong quickly grabbed him and whispered: "County Master, you can't leave at this time! Once you leave, the morale of the soldiers guarding the city will dissipate. Once you can't defend the city, we really have no way out."

Pan Hong's face turned pale and his tone trembled, "Then what do you think we should do?"

"County Master, you should boost morale! Take out the silver for the palace to reward the soldiers guarding the city, and promise them that they will reward them with great rewards for every time they kill a bandit. In that way, the soldiers will do their best, and it is definitely not a problem to defend this city."

Pan Hong pondered for a moment, his white face regained a little bloody color, and at the same time he said to Huang Yong with a little confusion: "Mr. Huang, you also know that the treasury is already empty. Where did we come from to reward these soldiers!"

Huang Yong smiled and said to Pan Hong: "If the county master is trustworthy, I will leave this matter to me. There are so many shops in the city, and the county master worked hard to protect their lives, and the soldiers fought to protect their property. How could they not give out more money?"

Pan Hong stood up straight in an instant, patted Huang Yong on the shoulder, and said with a laugh: "Mr. Huang County, you are really my good county magistrate. No matter when, the first thing you see in your eyes is always an opportunity. I admire this fact of plucking hairs by the geese! I will reward you with great rewards for doing this."

Huang Yong smiled awkwardly and quickly bowed: "Thank you for your praise, the villain is willing to serve you with all his heart."

Pan Hong waved his hand, stepped forward, coughed twice, and restored his usual steadyness. He shouted loudly: "All county soldiers participating in defending the city rewarded one tael of silver, and the township brave and civilians rewarded five cents of silver. Each time a bandit was killed, a reward of one hundred cents. After repelling the bandits, everyone still had a heavy reward. I hope you will work hard to protect your family and the people and defeat the bandits together."

The soldiers around him cheered, with amazing momentum.

A man next to him was wearing iron armor and walked up toward Pan Hong, saying, "Yuan Chengda's city guarding officers thanked the gifts of the county master."

Pan Hong smiled faintly and said to Yuan Cheng: "Inspector Yuan doesn't have to be too polite, this is what I should do. But the county magistrate does not know about military affairs, and he still has to ask Inspection Yuan for more important tasks in defending the city."

Yuan Cheng bowed and said, "The subordinates will definitely live up to the entrusted entrusted by the county master. The bandits are about to attack, and the subordinates will still have to arrange the city defense matters, so they will not accompany the emperor."

Pan Hong nodded and said, "I don't know how to do military affairs, so I won't cause trouble for you in the city. Let's go, let's go."

Looking at the backs of Pan Hong and Huang Yong leaving, a soldier came to Yuan Cheng and spitted on the ground with contempt and said, "This dog official clearly cherishes his life and dares not stay in the city. Instead, he said so righteously, as if he was so generous."

Yuan Cheng nodded gently and said, "No matter whether he is chasing his life or for anything else. At least without him on the city wall, I would have lost a lot of constraints, and it would be much more convenient to command the soldiers."

The soldier nodded in agreement, pondered for a moment, and said to Yuan Cheng: "Also, Inspection Officer Yuan, Pan Hong is usually greedy, why do you think he is so generous this time? And he rewarded us with a large amount of money. Do you think he will give it?"

Yuan Cheng snorted coldly and said, "Don't worry! He dare not refuse to give it this time. Once the bandit Yang Si captured the county town, his life would not be saved, let alone this little silver? He is very smart, and he can still distinguish the severity of this. Besides, do you think he will really use his own silver to reward us? I'm sure that most of them will be blackmailed merchants and squire. What he got in the end is more than the little silver that rewards us?"

The soldier snorted angrily: "This dog official deserves to die. We are fighting to the death, but he enjoys a blessing behind us. We are bleeding and sweating, but he takes the opportunity to blackmail the people behind us. How hateful?"

Yuan Cheng waved his hand impatiently and said, "Stop complaining. Do you think we guard the city to protect that dog official? He doesn't have that weight yet. We guard the city to protect the elders and fellow villagers in the city, and for our own wives and children. If we figure this out, we will naturally feel much more comfortable."

The soldier nodded and said to Yuan Cheng: "What inspector Yuan said is that I will give orders to let the brothers defend the city."
Chapter completed!