Guan Yu looked at the soldiers around him and shouted coldly!
“Kill all these people for me, close the city gates, and anyone who dares to delay will be executed without mercy!”
The surrounding soldiers did not dare to be negligent, gripping their sharp blades, they swarmed forward and cut down the remaining few people on the spot.
The entire city gate was covered in blood, with dozens of bodies lying there, most of them were commoners wearing Yellow Turbans, and only a few were the bodies of government soldiers.
Soon, pushed by the soldiers, the city gate slowly closed.
Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
The scale of the bandits outside the city was at least two thousand strong. If they really rushed into the city, even with government soldiers guarding it, it would be difficult to stop them.
Just then, from a distant street, Zhang Fei, Zhao Ergou, and others, surrounding Liu Jin, came towards this place.
Guan Yu quickly stepped forward, cupping his hands, and said!
“Big Brother, the Yellow Turbans outside the city are attacking, estimated to be about two thousand strong. When the city gates were closing, dozens of bandits appeared, trying to seize the city gates, but they have all been executed here.”
Liu Jin looked at the bodies at the city gate, his brows deeply furrowed.
It was a good thing he had ordered Guan Yu, Han Dang, and others to patrol the city walls and be on high alert.
If they had been as lax as usual, the city gate might have been seized by these bandits, and if those thousands of troops outside the city entered, the entire Yi County would probably suffer a devastating disaster.
Liu Jin nodded and immediately walked towards the city wall, with his generals following him.
Standing on the city tower, they could already see the vast army, all soldiers wearing Yellow Turbans, wielding various sharp blades, arriving a thousand meters outside the city.
His brows furrowed slightly; he hadn’t expected so many people in Yi County to join the bandits.
Even Zhang Fei, Zhao Ergou, and Wu Xing, who were beside him, were somewhat surprised when they saw this scene!
After all, the overwhelming number of people outside the city brought a very strong sense of shock.
The timid ones would probably already be trembling, their eyes filled with fear.
Just then, a sound came from behind them. Fan Fang, surrounded by many officials, ascended the city wall.
When they saw this scene, some of the inexperienced officials behind him began to tremble, their eyes filled with fear.
Fan Fang was slightly better; after all, he was an imperial official, a county magistrate.
Although he had never seen such a large-scale scene before, he was still able to remain calm.
He immediately came to Liu Jin’s side and said anxiously!
“Military Marquis Liu, you must hold the city! There are tens of thousands of commoners inside. If the city is breached, it will be plundered by these bandits, and Yi County will suffer immensely.”
Liu Jin nodded upon hearing this and comforted him, saying!
“Everyone, there is no need to worry. Although there are many bandits before us, they are just a rabble, with various weapons and no siege equipment. Their strength is not very great.”
“With our strong defenses, we can still keep this group of bandits out.”
Fan Fang and the others felt much more at ease upon hearing this. It was a good thing Liu Jin’s troops were stationed in the city; at least they provided a great sense of security.
If they had encountered so many bandits besieging the city in ordinary times, the city would probably have already fallen into chaos, and some might even have abandoned the city and fled.
After observing for a while, Fan Fang left the city wall with the other officials.
The task of guarding the city wall still had to be left to Liu Jin; their presence there would only be a hindrance.
After seeing everyone leave, Zhang Fei grumbled!
“They are truly a bunch of good-for-nothings. Facing this rabble, they are trembling with fear. No wonder these Yellow Turbans can conquer cities and territories, sweeping across the entire Ji Province.”
Guan Yu, Han Dang, and others all nodded in agreement.
It was precisely because of these greedy and cowardly officials that these Yellow Turbans had the opportunity to rise.
Liu Jin, however, waved his hand, stopping Zhang Fei from grumbling further. The most important thing now was to quell these bandits.
As for whether the officials in the county were afraid or not, it was not within his consideration, as he would not be staying in Yi County forever anyway.
After a moment of contemplation, he looked at the people around him and asked calmly!
“Do any of you have a good plan to repel these bandits, or defeat them all?”
Upon hearing this, everyone began to ponder. The most urgent task was indeed to deal with these bandits.
If they were allowed to surround the city and absorb the surrounding commoners, the bandits would likely grow in number, and then with overwhelming force, the city would be difficult to defend.
Zhang Fei’s eyes darted around, and he chuckled!
“Big Brother, I, Old Zhang, have a plan.”
At these words, everyone looked over, feeling somewhat surprised. They hadn’t expected the burly Zhang Fei to come up with a strategy.
Liu Jin nodded, waved his hand, and motioned for Zhang Fei to continue!
Seeing everyone looking at him, Zhang Fei didn’t keep them in suspense and lightly coughed.
He said with a smile!
“I observe that these Yellow Turbans are nothing but a rabble. They don’t even have a simple military formation, and they haven’t firmly established themselves.”
“If we lead all the troops in the city out for a major battle, we can definitely rout these bandits in one go and win this battle.”
After hearing this explanation, everyone murmured to themselves.
There was some logic to it, but it wasn’t safe enough, and could even be considered a last resort.
After all, if the entire army was dispatched and failed to defeat these bandits, and was instead defeated, not only would everyone die on the battlefield.
Even Yi County behind them would be completely lost, and the commoners in the city would definitely be massacred. It was truly too risky.
Seeing that everyone was somewhat unenthusiastic, Zhang Fei looked at Liu Jin with expectant eyes and whispered!
“Big Brother, what do you think?”
Liu Jin shook his head and comforted him!
“Yide, this plan is still feasible, but it cannot be used in the current situation.”
“Because the enemy is numerous, even if we can defeat them by going out of the city, we will suffer heavy losses, which would be disadvantageous.”
He had painstakingly gathered five hundred troops. If this battle resulted in heavy casualties, what would he use to pacify the Yellow Turbans and earn military merits?
Now that this chaotic world had arrived, having more troops in hand was the way to go.
Pacifying the Yellow Turbans and earning military merits was the only way to have a say. Otherwise, no matter how many achievements he made, they would all be for others.
Zhang Fei sighed when his Big Brother rejected his idea, feeling a little disappointed.
However, he quickly returned to normal. At least his Big Brother said the plan was not bad, just not suitable for the current situation.
Liu Jin then looked at the others and asked calmly!
“Do any of you have other strategies?”
Everyone shook their heads upon hearing this; they didn’t have any good plans.
Although they were all a rabble, they were numerous, and they couldn’t go out of the city to fight them head-on, so they had no good solutions.