Quick wear is not a cannon fodder

An Ran looked at their worried expressions and knew what they were worried about, and immediately said: "Don't worry, our mission this time is to defend the city, not to attack. Defending the city is not difficult, just stand on the top of the city and shoot arrows. I have taught you archery for so long, it’s time to practice it."

In the past, there were not enough arrows in the village, so they used bamboo arrows for practice. Now the county must have a certain amount of iron arrows stored, and then they can get some practice training.

The patrol team heard that they only had to defend the city and didn't have to fight with the refugee army. They couldn't help but feel relieved. After all, they were good family members and had never been on the battlefield. It was okay to catch some bandits and theft gangs and let them fight the rebels. They were really a little frightened.

An Ran also knows this, so naturally he will not let them go deep into dangerous places.

Their courage can only be strengthened by winning again and again.

But even if she is strengthened, if she really goes to the battlefield in the future, she will only take those who are willing, and slowly let them go home and continue farming if they are not willing. After all, this kind of war still requires your consent and force. A team of strong men will not have combat effectiveness at all.

Soon An Ran and others arrived at the county seat.

The refugee army has not arrived yet, but the county has already been closed, just in case the refugee army comes and it is too late to close the city gate.

An Ran met Zhang Zhixian.

Because the matter is urgent - according to the latest information obtained by Zhang Zhixian, the refugee army has conquered the county next door. They can only repair (loot) next door for a day or two, fearing that they will come to Taiping County by then - so Zhang Zhixian also Without being polite to An Ran, he discussed the matter of defending the city with An Ran.

After some wrangling, Zhang Zhixian said that as long as An Ran helped him defend the city, he would give them one thousand taels of silver this time. At the same time, when helping to defend the city, the rations for the patrol team would be supplied by the county, and the weapons for defending the city would also be provided by the county. Supply, including bows and arrows, etc.

In addition, the seizures on the battlefield were returned to the Ping An Patrol Team - the refugees probably didn't have much anyway, and Zhang Zhixian was no stranger to them either. His most important task was to defend the county seat.

An Ran agreed to the plan and said that she had a plan to defend the city and hoped that Zhang Zhixian would agree.

Immediately, they discussed with Magistrate Zhang how to build simple fortifications outside the city and how to defend the city at the top of the city.

Zhang Zhixian didn't know much about these things, but he listened to what she said in an orderly manner. In the end, he simply said that she would temporarily take over the command of the county's soldiers. She would do whatever she wanted. She just needed to file a record with him before doing it.

Although it seems a bit ridiculous to let a twelve-year-old girl command the army, the defense plan reported to him by the county defense was not as good as Gu Wufu said. In addition, the county defense did not consider Wufu's high force value at all. , so Zhang Zhixian did not hesitate to let An Ran temporarily take command of all the troops.

This is the best way to avoid conflicts between several parties, which will not be conducive to defending the city in the end.

However, the county guard was naturally not happy to have his power usurped by a little girl, so he encouraged the county magistrate, who had a good relationship with him, to tell Zhang Zhixian that it would not be a good idea to change generals before the battle.

Zhang Zhixian said angrily: "It is not good to change generals before the battle. Then he should beat Miss Gu Wu first."

When the county magistrate heard what Zhang Zhixian said, he had no choice but to sneer.

It is indeed not good to change generals on the spot, but it is different here with An Ran. For her, the biggest fear is that she will do this, and the defense will do that, causing internal strife, so unifying the government orders is naturally the most important thing. Okay, as long as you do what she said, the attack may not work, but defending the city is still not a problem. Those refugee armies don’t have good siege equipment at all. Do they think they can climb up with a few ladders? That’s not possible at all. possible.

At that moment, An Ran did not look at the expressions of the county soldiers on guard, and directly asked the county soldiers and the Taiping Village patrol team to start digging simple fortifications outside the city.

Except for some disobedient guards, most of the county soldiers did as An Ran said after hearing that it was Zhang Zhixian's order.

An Ran had no time to pay attention to those who were disobedient. He only asked the patrol team secretary and recorder to write down the people. When the city was successfully defended and rewards were given based on merit, naturally they could only reward those who did something and those who didn't. Of course she won't reward him.

Let others dig first, An Ran went to the big houses in the city and asked them to pay some money so that she could hire some civilians and build the defenses quickly.

Because An Ran was moved and said that if the city was not defended, they would be the most unlucky, and their property would be robbed by the refugee army. Therefore, it would be in their best interest for the county soldiers to defend the city bravely, and they would not pay. Who pays?

Usually if she said this, she would receive the money. Even if she didn't pay at all, after she smashed a few tables, she gave it to her honestly.

With money, An Ran hired civilian husbands to help her build fortifications.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for just the brave soldiers and patrols in the county to build the fortifications in one day.

Because there were enough manpower, the fortifications were quickly repaired. Not long after they were repaired, spies reported that an army of refugees had come this way, less than fifty miles away.

An Ran was not worried, saying that it was less than fifty miles away and would definitely arrive tomorrow. After all, it was not a regular army and would not play blitzkrieg at all. If it was delayed, it would definitely be postponed until tomorrow.

Although they were not expected to arrive until tomorrow, Anron did not take it lightly and remained vigilant, allowing the spies to continue to gather information. The county town also continued to strengthen the defenses, and at the same time, people moved bows, arrows, boilers, water and other items onto the city wall. The former Needless to say, once someone wants to climb the wall, they need to boil water to wait for them.

An Ran's guess was correct, the refugee army did not arrive until noon the next day.

Unlike regular refugees who have sallow complexions and thin skin, these refugee armies are fat and strong due to burning, killing and looting in various places, and they don't look like refugees at all.

In fact, because looting can make a good living, after getting used to doing so, they no longer want to be honest, but would rather be bandits even if there are risks, so they attack the county town, because as long as they break through, they will You can find a wealthy family in that county, with good food and drink.

Their group of bandits had average combat effectiveness, so they only dared to pick weak targets - they only attacked county towns and did not go to places with tall walls like prefectures or even provincial capitals.

Their idea was good, and everything came true along the way. Not only did they eat and drink well, they also plundered a lot of gold and silver, making them extremely rich.

Those who are not successful will be fine, and those who are successful will be prepared to conquer a few more counties, get some more things, find a place to settle down, buy some fields, and become rich - these people's ideas are a bit It’s unrealistic. There are people like you burning, killing and looting everywhere. Where can you find a peaceful place, buy land and become a rich man? Oh, I didn’t think about this when I was looting. When I get rich, will I miss the peaceful world? How can there be such a beautiful thing?