On New Year's Eve, news came that the Northern Yuan army was approaching. Now, everyone in the door and room became quiet.

General Li also drank some wine and wanted to lead his troops out to meet the enemy. Zixuan stopped him. "General Li, it is not a matter of facing the enemy at this time. Since the enemy has 20,000 or 30,000 people, we are only 5,000, so how can we be our opponents? In this way, you will immediately bring people back to the pass and never go out to meet the enemy. Just keep the Zhenyuan Pass temporarily. I will also send people from the State Administration to take all the people from Zhenyuan Pass to the State Administration to the State Administration."

Xizhou is close to the border, so when the city defense was built, Zixuan built a city wall between the Taoer River and the Noni River, which could be used as the outer protection of Xizhou. A pass was set up there called Zhenyuan Pass. This Zhenyuan Pass is still seventy miles away from Xizhou City. If there is an enemy situation, Xizhou will have a buffer of time. Unexpectedly, it will be used this time.

"General Li, you will rely on the general for this matter. As long as the general can temporarily defend the pass, I can safely transfer all the people to the prefecture city so that the people will not be attacked by war. Xizhou is a newly built city wall. At that time, you will all retreat to Xizhou city and we will defend the city. I think there is nothing we can do about those Northern Yuan soldiers." Zixuan emphasized to General Li again.

General Li nodded, "Okay, as Lord Yilin said, we two are afraid that we will join forces to resist the enemy this time. I won't say anything extra, I'll leave now." As he said that, General Li walked out of the house.

Ziwen and Wenxuan also stood up, "Brother, let's go back too."

Zixuan nodded. At this time, everyone must take action. "Be careful, I'm afraid the enemy has reached the gate at this moment. We must find a way to defend it and leave some time for me."

When Ziwen and the others went out, someone had already led a horse there. They flew onto the horse and followed General Li, running all the way.

Zixuan looked at the people in the room, "An Fu, go to the prefecture yamen and beat the drum at the entrance of the prefecture yamen. Only this method can all the people in the prefecture yamen be gathered up."

An Fu nodded and went out immediately.

There is no more atmosphere for the New Year at this time? I drank too much tonight and woke up at this moment. I looked at Zixuan with a lot of energy and followed Zixuan's instructions.

"Everyone, there were only a few troops in Xizhou, and some of them were divided into Zhenyuan Pass. So at this moment, I'm afraid I have to use the local young and strong people to defend the city together. Everyone, go to the prefecture yamen with me, let's go there to discuss." Zixuan was helpless and said that he would not have thought that the Northern Yuan Kingdom would take advantage of the Chinese New Year to attack. Now that the yamen is on holiday, many of the people in the yamen are not in the city.

Zixuan and his men came all the way to the prefecture yamen. At this time, An Fu had already beaten the big drum at the entrance of the yamen.

On New Year's Eve, every household was making dumplings at the New Year, but suddenly heard the rumbling drums. So everyone came out one after another to know what was going on.

Those who work in the state yamen knew that something big happened when they heard the drums. They didn't care that the family was busy, so they hurriedly put on their clothes and rushed to the yamen.

When Jinghan was leaving the mansion, he heard from the servants report that there was an enemy situation ahead.

"Damn it, these Tartars from the Northern Yuan Dynasty are so abominable. They are actually here to attack during the New Year. Are they just the New Year?" Ruxue muttered.

It’s not just the New Year? The people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty had a completely different festival from the Great Qi Dynasty. Jinghan suddenly remembered this and couldn’t help but sigh that these people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were too cunning. "It’s not the time when we talk about these things, we should put on our clothes and prepare at all times. At this time, we are afraid that the city will be in chaos. If it gets messy, we might give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it." Jinghan said quickly.

"In this way, Chuntao and Chunxing, you two go out with me to see. The remaining people will stay in the mansion and don't be in trouble. When we go out, no matter who lets the door open, we won't open it." Jinghan was afraid that if there were spies in the city, it would be difficult to deal with it.

Chuntao and Chunxing handed over their children to the people around them, and then followed Jinghan to the front yard and summoned all the servants and guards in the mansion. "Everyone, there is an enemy situation ahead. The lord has gone to the state yard. You must keep the lord well and don't let the spies get in. I will take a few people out, and then the lord and the mansion will be closed. If you don't come back, don't open the door."

Qian followed, "Jinghan, don't go out, maybe there's a mess outside, you can't help with anything when you go out. What if there's something going on?"

"Auntie, it's okay. Chuntao and I have both skills. Zixuan is probably not able to take care of him alone, so I have to help him." Jinghan shook her head. At this time, she had to be with Zixuan.

Qian knew Jinghan's stubbornness, so he nodded, "Forget it, be careful, we'll wait for you at home."

Jinghan brought a few guards, and the two sisters Chuntao, out of the mansion, and then the mansion was closed. Several people came to the street and saw that the street was a little confused.

After walking a few steps, I saw the yamen runners in front of me, beating the gong in my hand and shouting loudly, "The magistrate has an order, and all the young and strong men, all the young and strong men, gather at the small school in the north of the city. The rest of the elderly, weak, women and children, are kept close to their doors and stay at home, and are not allowed to enter and exit at will."

The prefecture yamen sent several groups of people, all shouting everywhere. After a while, many young men walked out of the houses in various places.

Since the news of the Northern Yuan Dynasty's attack on Daqi last year, Zixuan ordered that young and strong men in Xizhou would gather together to train every few days, especially during the slack season, they had to strengthen their training. Fortunately, at this time, these people did not say that they were too busy, and the young men walked towards the school ground in the north of the city with tacit understanding.

When Jinghan saw this situation, she felt a little relieved. When she was in the border area, she naturally could not be like some places in the mainland. She had to have special methods to govern the local people.

The men in the north are tall and mighty, and they usually practice martial arts. So as long as they gather them together and train them regularly, once the war comes, these people can become a new force. Protecting the country is what everyone should do.

Jinghan did not walk towards the government office anymore, but followed everyone to the small schoolyard in the north of the city. I saw countless lanterns lit up around the small schoolyard. The young men in the city stood on the schoolyard in a regular manner, but no one spoke.

After the development of Xizhou in recent years, the population has finally increased. Now there are about 40,000 to 50,000 people in Xizhou City, so there are about 10,000 men on the school ground. These people are like well-trained sergeants, standing very neatly on the school ground, listening to the platoon in front of the board, and the magistrate was talking.

"My fellow villagers, tonight, the front line reported that it was the invasion of the Northern Yuan Kingdom and had arrived at Zhenyuan Pass. On New Year's Eve, the enemy actually came to attack, just to take down Xizhou in one fell swoop. At this moment, Lin didn't say anything bold. The imperial army only stationed 5,000 people in our Xizhou, of which 3,000 were in Zhenyuan Pass and 2,000 people in the city. The enemy came 20,000 to 30,000 people, and our army was too different, so at this time, everyone worked together to defend the country." Zixuan stood on the high platform and shouted loudly.

"My boys, at this moment, we should have been at home to watch the night of eating dumplings and reunite the family. But those hateful Tartars actually came at this time. Can we let them succeed?" Zixuan became more and more angry.

Everyone below shouted loudly, "No."

"Okay, since it's not possible, then we have to take action immediately, help the defenders and guard their homes together." Zixuan then began to arrange the guard affairs. "Mr. Li, you will take the first team of people out of the north city gate to help the people in the villages and towns outside the city to safely transfer. All the elderly, weak, women and children, all come into the city, and young and strong men will go to Zhenyuan Pass together." Mr. Li is the judge of the state yamen. There is a total of one state magistrate in the state yamen and six state magistrates. At this moment, the state magistrate has returned to his hometown for the New Year, and there are only three state magistrates.

A man below shouted, "As for order." Then he led a team of people, about 3,000 people, and quickly left.

"Mr. Liu, take the second team of people to guard our granary. Remember, unless you have the instructions from your official, anyone who approaches the granary will be killed without any hesitation." At this time, it is better to kill by mistake than to let it go.

"Yes." Another state judge took a team of men away.

"Mr. Wang, you will take the third team of people, together with the yamen runners of our state yamen, to be responsible for the public security in the city. Once you find someone with suspicious signs, you will be arrested directly. If you resist, you will be killed without any consequences." Zixuan was really anxious at this moment.

The man below also left with him.

"The rest of the people, come up to the city wall with me and guard the city together." Zixuan shouted loudly.

Jinghan was below and saw that her husband had arranged it in a very organized manner, and he couldn't help but feel extremely proud. Looking at Zixuan at this moment, he looked firm and had a bright eyes. Although the timing was wrong, Jinghan couldn't help but smile.

He called the guard beside him and whispered a few words in his ear. The guard nodded, then quickly walked towards the point and turned the stage.

Zixuan naturally recognized his guard and knew that Jinghan had something to do, so he quickly stepped down and came to Jinghan's side. "Why did you run here? Go back quickly, it's too dangerous."

"It's okay, I'll go back now. Have you asked someone to go to retaliate?" Jinghan looked at Zixuan with a smile.

"I have just sent someone to Hanzhou, and there are garrisons there." Zixuan replied.
Chapter completed!