Chapter 33 Command Power
They passed the gap surprisingly smoothly, but the next time was the real test of them. Because they were less than three hundred meters away, they were blocked by a high wall nearly three meters high and could not move forward. The wall was brightly lit, and there were still some people walking on it. These people held bows and arrows and were on standby at any time to prevent the enemy from attacking.
He ordered to take off his disguise and reveal his clothes. When they appeared, they were immediately discovered by the guards on the wall. Ten bows and arrows were immediately pointed at them.
"Stop! Who is coming?"
They stopped and answered with Qing Cang as the leader:
"We are bounty hunters in Youzhou City. My name is Qingcang. These people are my subordinates. We know that you are trapped here and come to save you now."
The person on the wall hesitated for a while, and this matter was very serious. He asked, "Can I have proof of identity?"
Qing Cang took off the wooden sign and threw it onto the high wall. The guards took the wooden sign and walked down the high wall. They only waited there patiently.
After a while, footsteps came from the wall face to face, and then the rope ladder was lowered from the high wall.
"Check the bow and arrow, let them come up!"
When they climbed up the high wall, there were already more than a hundred soldiers waiting for the marquis. The leader was wearing armor and looked a little delicate. His left hand was hanging a piece of cloth around his neck, and he was obviously injured. But it did not prevent him from holding a big knife in his right hand.
As soon as he saw Qing Cang, he came up to meet him.
"I am the military guard here, my surname is Cao, and they are led by me. I heard from them that you are here to save us?"
During the Han Dynasty, the military commander was a battalion commander, who could command 500 people. Now it seems that the number of people under him was only 100, either annihilated or the number of people sent to him was not large. If he was only a supervisor, it would not be necessary, because behind them were full of unkempt miners, these people had nearly 200.
The man's tone was full of doubt. No one would believe that he could save them with the power of about twenty people. They even preserved a glimmer of hope that these people must have marched first, just came in to report the news.
"Yes, my name is Qingcang. We are bounty hunters. Now we will take on the mission to find you."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone screamed excitedly. Obviously, his words caused a lot of sensation.
"That's great, the court finally sent someone to save us."
"I miss my wife and children at home very much."
"It's been seven days, and it's been seven days, and I'm finally out."
...
But then he became quiet again. Because Cao Junhou raised a question, a very realistic question. "Just relying on you twenty people? How can you save us?"
"Do you think it's not enough?"
With Qing Cang's answer, everyone's hope was shattered. There were too few people in the twenty. In front of the army, it was like a shaking tree and overestimating one's own abilities.
"Hahahaha...Brother, it's not that I look down on you, but do you know how many Yellow Turbans are outside? One thousand two hundred people! Do you believe it or not, you will be wiped out by them as soon as you leave here? There is not even a slag left!"
"Don't you ask how we got here bypassing them?"
When Qing Cang's responsive question made Cao Junhou speechless. They had never thought about this question. It was really difficult to pass through an army of 1,200 with the power of twenty people.
At this time, a man dressed in a scholar said something in the ear of Cao Junhou. Cao Junhou changed his tone and became very serious.
"Okay, then I would like to ask, how do you save us? Our food cannot last for three days. If we cannot save us within three days, then there is only the way to surrender."
"Three days? No! I promise you can go back before noon tomorrow."
Qing Cang's words were nothing more than a dose of heart-boosting agent for everyone, but at the same time they were a little anxious. What if they didn't work?
At the same time, they had no way out. The Yellow Turban Army wanted gold and miners. Their armed forces were a threat to them, and whether they could survive was still a question. For Qing Cang and others, they could not help but bypass them and come here. This is enough to prove that they have a way, otherwise who would be so stupid that they would go to death? So Cao Junhou chose to believe them.
"Really? What do you want us to do?"
Cao Junhou was overjoyed, and this period was enough to worry about him.
"surrender!"
"What! What's your method!"
Cao Junhou Cao raised his big sword and was about to slash Qing Cang, but his face remained unchanged and was unmoved at all. The knife stopped in the air but did not fall because he was stopped by the scholar-like person. His courage towards Qing Cang really made some people present admire him.
At the same time, the swords and guns of Lin Meng and others also lit up, and the same was true for Cao Junhou's army. They drew their swords toward each other, and both sides were about to fight.
At this time, Qing Cang waved his hand and signaled everyone to put down his weapons. Lin Meng and others dared not refuse to obey, and took away the swords and guns, and looked at each other with anger. After taking a deep breath, Cao Junhou also asked everyone to put down his swords and guns.
He continued: "I want you to pretend to surrender and lead them under the wall. Then build a bunker on the wall, preferably made of stones, and space to accommodate one person."
Cao Junhou said, "Okay, as you said, I'll have someone go to repair this bunker now."
Now they can only treat dead horses as living horses. They are still skeptical about Qing Cang's method and lead them under the wall. If they do not have enough combat power to kill them, what awaits them will be the fate of being slaughtered.
“There’s one more thing that’s important.”
"oh?"
People can't figure out what else will be more important than these.
"I want the command of the army. From now on to noon tomorrow, everyone here will have to obey my command, including those miners. You don't have to listen to me at other times."
This obviously deprived Cao Junhou of his command. What if he ordered these soldiers to die? What if he was a layman who didn't know how to march? With all kinds of questions, Cao Junhou kept thinking. This was a difficult decision.
Finally, Cao Junhou gritted his teeth and said:
"Anyway, the food can't last for a few days, and it's better to have a try, okay! I promise you."
Then he said to his subordinates: "From now on, his words are just like mine. You all obey his orders. This is a military order! Do you know?"
"Yes!" the soldiers replied.
"Very good, Lin Meng, you guys will teach them my gesture formation and practice overnight. Also, take all the shields and everyone should have at least a self-defense weapon in their hands!"
Once the fight is really started, the sound can be drowned at any time, and the distance becomes longer, and using shouting may not necessarily solve the problem of marching and fighting. Although there is a horn, the commands that the thing expresses are very limited.
Lin Meng and others took their lives and began to train these hundreds of people. From now on, there is no distinction between military and civilians, only the difference between superiors and subordinates.
Under Qing Cang's command, the people under the high wall began to get busy. They just waited for the dawn to know the result.
Chapter completed!