But he said that after Guan Hai ordered the army to surround Yingling City on all sides, he was also dumbfounded.

Why is this so? Moreover, the city wall of Yingling City is not very high, only four or five meters, compared to those city walls that are only seven or eight meters or even ten meters, the city wall of Yingling City is really a bit low. However, even so, Guan Hai's 30,000 yellow scarves have no way to take Yingling City. So, the helpless Guan Hai had no choice but to inform Zhang Min of the situation hidden behind him, and Zhang Min promised to transfer some craftsmen to build a ladder siege city, as for more sharp siege equipment, such as siege vehicles, catapults, rushing cars, etc., it is naturally impossible to help Guan Hai get it. If these powerful siege weapons fall into the hands of the thieves, once it is known that Tao Qian is the mastermind behind the scenes, Tao Qian will definitely not end well. However, at least there was a cloud ladder attacking the city, and Guan Hai was still satisfied.

It would take several days for the craftsmen to arrive at Yingling City, and Guan Hai could only order a large army to surround Yingling City, and Guan Hai had no better idea.

And Kong Rong in the city is also quite depressed.

Although it is said that there is enough food and grass in Yingling City, it is not a problem to keep it for a year or two. However, Kong Rong is an official, and Guan Hai is a thief, a dignified Taishou, or a descendant of Confucius, but he was blocked in the city by thieves, and he didn't even dare to open the gate, what a shameful thing. Besides, Kong Rongdu had already sent his henchmen to Xuzhou to tell Tao Qian that he would go to help. If Kong Rong failed to go when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, then his old face of Kong Rong would have been lost, would he still be able to gain a foothold in front of people in the future?

As for going out of the city to fight Guan Hai, Kong Rong didn't have any idea at all.

A few days ago, Zong Bao was slashed by Guan Hai, and the reaction of the soldiers of Beihai County really made Kong Rong lose confidence. Going out to fight Guan Hai's 30,000 army is simply delivering food to others.

In fact, Kong Rong also has too many hearts, the soldiers of Beihai County are all regular soldiers, even if they are 3,000, against the 30,000 army of Shangguanhai, the victory or defeat is not so absolute.

When Zong Bao was beheaded by Guan Hai, the soldiers of Beihai County would be frightened, which was also a normal thing. If the coach can react in time and command properly, it will not be difficult to deal with the Yellow Turban Thief. The key problem is that Kong Rong himself was a little stunned and failed to react in time, and besides, Kong Rong was just a pure Confucian scholar, and commanding operations was not something he could do at all. Therefore, after missing the opportunity, when the soldiers of Beihai County had the upper hand in their hearts with fear, it was normal for them to be defeated.

Moreover, it is said that the soldiers of Beihai County will have such a reaction, and Kong Rong also has a great responsibility.

As a Confucian scholar, Kong Rong said that peace is precious, and if there is no war, there will be no war, and it is best to solve it peacefully. Therefore, under the influence of Kong Rong, the blood in the bodies of the soldiers of Beihai County has been smoothed out, just ask how much combat effectiveness such a soldier has.

Of course, Kong Rong would definitely not admit that this was his own sake, and would only feel that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in Beihai County was too poor.

After being depressed for two days, Kong Rong climbed to the city gate to look at it from afar, and saw the huge thieves under the city, and his heart was even more worried, so he couldn't wait to mention the three-foot Qingfeng and rush out to fight with the Yellow Turban thieves. Of course, Kong Rong was just thinking about it, and he didn't have the courage to really let him do it. As a descendant of Confucius, Kong Rong is not afraid of death, but Kong Rong feels that he has to die well, and he can't die so much. Just like when he was crusading against Dong Zhuo, Kong Rong definitely didn't say a word, threw his head and spilled blood. Because Dong Zhuo is a national thief and a disloyal and unfilial thief, for Kong Rong, who is full of loyalty and filial piety in his heart, Dong Thief must die.

And a yellow turban thief like Guan Hai can't be compared with Dong Zhuo, and the dead are worthless.

Looking bored, Kong Rong didn't plan to continue watching, and if he continued to watch it, he would only annoy himself, so it was better to discuss with his subordinates how to repel Guan Hai. If you defend the city, it is not a problem to defend the city for a year or two, and at that time, Guan Hai would have already run out of food and retreated. The key problem is that Kong Rong still wants to go to Xuzhou to support Tao Qian and fulfill his obligations as a friend. However, Tao Qian didn't want to think about what effect such a combat force from Beihai County could have in the face of Cao Cao's soldiers like wolves and tigers if he went to Xuzhou?

Moreover, if Kong Rong knew that Guan Hai was the mastermind behind Tao Qian's siege, he didn't know how he would feel.

"Look, my lord!"

Just as Kong Rong was about to return to the mansion, he heard the exclamations from the cronies beside him, Kong Rong followed the direction of his cronies' fingers, and his eyes were a little surprised.

I saw that in the formation of the yellow turban thieves outside the city, a man jumped on his horse with a spear, rushing left and right, as if entering a no-man's land. When the Yellow Turban Thief was far away, he bent his bow and shot it, and one of them would fall off his horse, and when the Yellow Turban Thief approached, the man swung his spear and stabbed out one after another, and in an instant more than a dozen people fell off his horse. When no one approached, the man rushed straight to the bottom of the city, shouting "Open the door"!

However, Kong Rong was a little hesitant and didn't know whether to open the door.

Don't say it's Kong Rong, if you change someone, you will hesitate. Suddenly a man appeared in the midst of the enemy's ranks, and rushed to his own city gate so bravely, calling for the city gate, who dared to open the city gate? Who knows if this is the enemy's conspiracy?

At this time, the yellow turban thieves surrounded him again, and when the man saw that the city gate was not opened, he turned around and killed, and more than a dozen yellow turban thieves fell off their horses. Suddenly, the yellow turban thief was frightened away again. After all, the Yellow Turban Thief is just a peasant who has picked up a tattered weapon, and his combat power is too poor, so he will let this person go on a rampage, as if he was in a no-man's land. If it were a regular soldier, this person would never be able to do this. However, even a Yellow Turban thief with such combat strength can still scare the soldiers of Beihai County away, which shows how much the blood in the bodies of the soldiers of Beihai County has been smoothed out, and Kong Rong's relationship is definitely the greatest.

In the distance, the noisy shouts of the yellow turban thieves sounded, and suddenly these yellow turban thieves screamed as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

It turned out that the direction of this person's killing was not the Chinese army of the Yellow Turban Thieves, but just a remote corner. Therefore, when this person rushed in, Guan Hai didn't know. When there was a battle between this side for a while, Guan Hai knew that a person had rushed in. Guan Hai was immediately furious, but one person actually forced his own people to such a situation, and he was immediately furious and wanted to lead his henchmen to solve this person.

However, Xu Zhi, who was known for his resourcefulness, stopped Guan Hai, he felt that the other party might be more than one person, otherwise how could he dare to rush into their encirclement? Therefore, let Guan Hai sit in the Chinese army, and let Liu Scar come with dozens of brave yellow scarves to deal with this person.

At this moment, the situation of the man under the city is a little critical.

However, fortunately, Kong Rong in the city reacted and felt that this person should not be the Yellow Turban Thief, otherwise, how could he kill so many people on the other side and mess up the formation of the Yellow Turban Thief? Besides, even if this person was arranged by the other party, he was just one person, what danger could he pose to Yingling City? Immediately, Kong Rong ordered the city gate to be opened and welcomed this person in.

After this man entered the city, he saw Kong Rong under the escort of many soldiers, so he immediately dismounted and abandoned his gun, bowed his head.

Kong Rong was puzzled in his heart, and asked puzzledly: "Why is the strong man like this?"

The man stood up and bowed his hand and said: "A certain person from Donglai Huang County, his surname is Taishi, his name is Ci, and his words are meaningful." The old mother was at home thanks to the kindness of the Taishou Lord, and yesterday he went home from Liaodong to save his relatives, and the old mother told the Taishou Lord that the Taishou Lord was attacked by thieves, so he sent a certain to help the Taishou Lord. ”

It turned out that in the early years, Tai Shici left Liaodong to avoid trouble. Tai Shi Ci's mother is at home alone, twenty miles away from the city, quite inconvenient, although Kong Rong has never seen Tai Shi Ci, but has heard the name of Tai Shi Ci, so Kong Rong often sends people to Tai Shi Ci's mother to send grain, rice and brocade silk, Tai Shi Ci's mother felt Kong Rong's favor, so she sent Tai Shi Ci to help Kong Rong, from his house for a night's journey, before resting, rushed in.

But he said that there was something wrong with this Tai Shi Ci, and he had to go away to Liaodong, speaking of which, there was a story in it.

At the beginning, Tai Shi Ci was young and studious, and he was both civil and military, so the Taishou of Donglai County appointed Tai Shi Ci as the Cao Shi. The so-called Cao Shi is to report some cases in the county to the central government, that is, Luoyang, such a position is also a very important position, Tai Shici can hold it, which shows that Donglai County Taishou values him.

At that time, there was a dispute between Donglai County and Qingzhou, and the merits could not be distinguished, and the verdict that concluded the case was mostly more favorable to the governor of Yousi (the official in charge of punishment and reward). At that time, the state had already sent its order to the Division, and the county guard was afraid that it would be unfavorable to lag behind, so he sought someone who could be a messenger. Tai Shici was twenty-one years old at the time, and was elected as an envoy, but he traveled day and night to Luoyang, first waited in front of the bus, and waited for the state officials to arrive, and then began to seek to pass the chapter.

Tai Shi Ci pretended to ask the state official, "Is Jun also here to ask for Tongzhang?"

The governor replied, "Yes." ”

Tai Shi Ci asked again: "Where is the concerto?"

The governor said, "In the car." ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "Is it true that the inscription of the chapter is correct? ”

The state officials didn't know that Tai Shi Ci was from Donglai, so they took out the chapter and matched it. Who knew that Tai Shi Ci had hidden the knife in his arms, and after taking the state seal, he took the knife and destroyed it.

The governor shouted in amazement, "Someone has destroyed my recital!"

Tai Shi Ci took the governor to the workshop and said to him: "If you don't take out the piece and give it to me, I can't damage it, and I'm afraid that our good fortune and evil will be equal, and I may not be the only one who suffers this sin." Rather than sit and wait to be killed, if we all run away together, we can at least save our lives and not have to be tortured needlessly. ”

The governor asked suspiciously, "You have succeeded in destroying my music for the sake of your county, why should you flee?"

Tai Shi Ci replied: "I was originally sent by this county, but I was only responsible for inspecting whether your state constitution has been passed. But what I did was so drastic that I broke my official seal. Now, even if they see it, I am afraid that they will be condemned and punished for it, so they hope to flee together. ”

The governor believed what Tai Shici said, and fled on the same day.

However, after Tai Shici and the state officials went out of the city, they absconded back to the city to pass on the county chapter and complete the mission. The state family knew about it and sent another official to Luoyang to pass the chapter, but the department did not re-examine the case because of the reason that he had obtained the county seal first, so the state family suffered from it. Taishi Ciyu is well-known in the world, but he has also become a figure hated by the state, and in order to avoid unjustified disasters, he takes refuge in Liaodong.

It is precisely because of this incident that Tai Shici became famous. Kong Rong admired Tai Shici, and then took care of Tai Shici's mother. The original kindness and righteousness, but in exchange for Tai Shici's help today, a drink and a peck are obviously a predestined thing.

Kong Rong was sure that Tai Shi Ci was not the one who was in charge of Hai, and he was even happier in his heart, so he invited Tai Shi Ci to the mansion and gave Tai Shi Ci his armor and saddle horse.

However, it is said that the officials of each county will be rewarded with swords, armor, saddle horses and other equipment. It means that they can be safe and secure, and martial can be stable. However, Kong Rong is a pure Confucian scholar, and it is okay to dance and dance with swords, but if he is allowed to wear armor and other equipment, I am afraid that he will not even be able to walk steadily. Therefore, it is also a waste to keep equipment such as armor and saddle horses, and now they are given to Tai Shici.

And Tai Shi Ci's mother was originally taken care of by Kong Rong, and now she has the love of giving armor, Tai Shi Ci is a real person, and he will repay his kindness, so he asked for his life at the moment: "Lord Taishou, I am willing to borrow a thousand elite soldiers and go out of the city to fight with the thief." ”

Tai Shi Ci is very confident, but Kong Rong has no confidence at all.

The battle of the first two days was just like yesterday, how could a soldier with such combat effectiveness be called an elite soldier, if he gave Tai Shici a decisive battle out of the city, it would be a shame on Beihai County, so Kong Rong would definitely not agree. However, Tai Shi Ci also had good intentions, and Kong Rong naturally couldn't refuse too directly, which would chill Tai Shi Ci's heart.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of Beihai County was not as bad as Kong Rong thought.

The rout was so complete at the beginning, Kong Rong had to bear a lot of responsibility, and Kong Rong would definitely not admit this. Secondly, if there were fierce generals under Kong Rong at that time, taking the lead and rushing into the Yellow Turban Thieves Formation, it would definitely be able to arouse the blood in the bodies of the soldiers of Beihai County, how to say that these soldiers are regular soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is still there, even if it is 3,000 people, facing 30,000 Yellow Turban Thieves, it is not a problem. The key is that there is no general under Kong Rong's command, so Guan Hai is so arrogant, and he surrounds a dignified guard in the city, and he doesn't do anything at all.

At that moment, in order to stop Tai Shici's idea of going out of the city for a decisive battle, Kong Rong persuaded him: "Ziyi, you are traveling overnight, I am afraid that you will be physically and mentally exhausted at this time, if you go out of the city to fight, if you lose, how can I explain to the old lady? Ziyi, you go to rest first, and then talk about this matter after you have enough spirits." ”

What Kong Rong said also made sense, Tai Shici thought about his current state, and it was indeed not suitable to go out of the city to fight, so he did not object, and obeyed Kong Rong's arrangement.

After Tai Shici went down to rest, Kong Rong frowned and recruited his former general.

Anyway, what generals are under Kong Rong's command?

Of course, on that day, the eighteen princes allied forces to attack Dong Zhuo, and each prince had one or two generals under them. Some of the princes' generals were killed, while some of the generals were still alive, and Kong Rong's generals were naturally still alive, but they had just become wasters.

That's right, Kong Rong's general is naturally the Wu Anguo who uses a sledgehammer and can fight Lu Bu for ten rounds.

Wu Anguo fought with Lu Bu at Tiger Prison Pass, and one hand was cut off, and for Wu Anguo, who used a two-handed sledgehammer, Wu Anguo has obviously become a waste. If it were heroes like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and wasted people like Wu Anguo, they would have been forgotten to a certain corner a long time ago. However, Kong Rong is a literati, and he is still a literati who abides by the etiquette of the ancients, so he naturally will not cross the river and tear down the bridge, and he still uses Wu Anguo very much. I have to say that the pedantry of literati is sometimes a bad thing, and sometimes it is also a good thing.

"Anguo, how do you think the current situation in Beihai County should be resolved?"

Don't look at Wu Anguo, who only has one hand, he is called a wasted man, which is relative to most military generals. At least, in a state like Wu Anguo, there is no problem in dealing with a few ordinary soldiers. Moreover, Wu Anguo was able to escape his life under Lu Bu's hands at the beginning, which is enough to show that his strength is still okay.

For Guan Hai, the yellow turban thief, Wu Anguo knows better.

At the beginning, the Yellow Turban thieves were suppressed by the imperial court, except for some leaders, most of the Yellow Turban thieves either hid in the mountains and forests, or took refuge in the imperial court, such as Zhang Min is such an example. At the beginning, Guan Hai, the yellow turban thief, was harmed in Beihai County, and Kong Rong also thought about recruiting them, and the executor was Wu Anguo.

When Guan Hai, the Yellow Turban thief, harmed Beihai County, Kong Rong wanted to eradicate them at first. However, there is no way.

You must know how large the area of Mount Tai is, not to mention the tens of thousands of soldiers in Beihai County, even if there are 100,000 or millions of soldiers, once these Yellow Turban thieves are hidden, they will not be found. If you insist on entering the mountains to encircle and suppress, maybe the Yellow Turban Thieves will take advantage of the mountains and forests to repel the soldiers. In desperation, Kong Rong had no choice but to let Wu Anguo go to Zhao'an.

However, Guan Hai felt that being a subordinate was not free at all, and it was not as comfortable as him occupying the mountain as the king, so he refused Kong Rong's recruitment. And Wu Anguo has also been in contact with Guan Hai and has some understanding of Guan Hai's force. If it was when his hand was still there before, compared with Guan Hai, it would be half a catty and eight taels, and it would be absolutely impossible for Guan Hai to surround Yingling City. The strength of the Yellow Turban Thieves is actually average, as long as they defeat some of the people who take the lead, the remaining Yellow Turban Thieves are not to be feared, the key is that Beihai County now has no generals who can handle it.

Of course, since Wu Anguo's hand was abolished, he has lived in a simple place, and he has consciously not asked about Beihai County. He knew that after he became a waster, many of his colleagues looked down on him, and although Kong Rong treated him like before, he didn't want Kong Rong to be difficult. Therefore, Wu Anguo didn't know that Tai Shici rushed into Yingling City with an extremely brave attitude.

Otherwise, the Wu'an Congress immediately built a council and asked Tai Shici to lead his troops out of the city.

Although Wu Anguo is a military general, he also has a bit of a brain, seeing Kong Rong's troubles, he immediately said: "My lord, with the current strength of Beihai, I am afraid that I will not be able to repel the Yellow Turban Thief, for the sake of today, I can only ask others for help." ”

"Only, who should we turn to for help now?"

Kong Rong frowned, as if he couldn't make up his mind, in fact, Kong Rong already had a candidate in his heart.

The location of Beihai County is a bit special, it is quite close to Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, so the target of asking for help is also very determine. One is Jizhou Yuan Shao, the other is Yanzhou Cao Cao, and the other is Xuzhou Tao Qian.

Now that Cao Cao is attacking Xuzhou, Kong Rong has written a letter to mediate, and he may still be an enemy in the near future, so Cao Cao naturally cannot go to ask for help; secondly, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, who is now being beaten and is too busy to take care of himself, has asked him for help, so how can he have time to help him? Of course, if Kong Rong knew that it was Tao Qian who caused trouble for him, it is estimated that he would not have thought about helping Tao Qian again. As for the last Jizhou Yuan Shao, although he could help Kong Rong, Kong Rong didn't really want to find him.

At the beginning, the alliance of the princes of the Tiger Prison Guan crusaded against Dong Zhuo and wanted to rescue the Son of Heaven. Yuan Shao wants to set up another son of heaven, this kind of behavior is out-and-out disloyalty and unfilial piety, for people like Kong Rong, Yuan Shao is compared with Dong Zhuo. Therefore, Kong Rong didn't want to ask Yuan Shao for help in his heart.

However, now except for Yuan Shao, no one seems to be able to help him. Therefore, Kong Rong deliberately pretended to be embarrassed, but he wanted Wu Anguo to propose to go to Yuan Shao for help, so that he felt a little better.

However, after Wu Anguo spoke, he gave Kong Rong an unexpected answer, which made Kong Rong happy for a long time.