The county commander had been hiding in the city gate tower, putting on a resigned appearance, but suddenly saw the county lieutenant hurriedly walking in from outside, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, secretly thinking that it couldn't be the Yellow Turban Thief who climbed the city wall, right? He asked tremblingly, "County Captain, is it the Yellow Turban Thief who has climbed the city wall?" ”

The Yellow Turban Thief has climbed the city wall?! The words of the county order made the county lieutenant stunned for a moment, and then shook his head and said: "Envoy, an army of officers and soldiers came from outside and defeated the Yellow Turban thieves besieging the city. Now their vanguard is shouting you out of the city. ”

"What, the besieging Yellow Turban Thieves were repulsed?" When the county commander heard the news, his mouth opened wide in surprise, and he secretly thought in his heart: That's tens of thousands of people, so easily repelled by the officers and soldiers? He hurriedly asked, "County Captain, which way of soldiers and horses are coming?" ”

The county lieutenant thought for a while and replied: "The person who came claimed to be Tai Shici, the pioneer of Jizhou, must be a soldier and horse from Jizhou. ”

"Hell, what are the soldiers and horses from Jizhou doing when they come to our Qingzhou?" Since learning that the Yellow Turban Thief had been defeated, the county commander, who was originally frightened, regained his official authority, "Let's go, take this official to meet the pioneer from Jizhou." ”

The county commander and the county lieutenant came to the battlement side by side, leaning over and looking down. Seeing the mountains of corpses piled up under the city, the county commander suddenly felt that the river and the sea were turning between his chest and abdomen, and a burst of things rushed to his throat, so he couldn't bear it anymore, and lay down on the battlement and vomited down.

Tai Shici waited on the other side of the moat for a long time, and finally saw a person who looked like an official come out, and was about to speak, but saw the other party lying on the battlement and spitting out, and couldn't help but despise this person. He snorted heavily and cursed, "Useless stuff." He turned his horse and went back.

The county lieutenant saw that the county order vomited, and knew that he was a normal reaction when he saw those corpses, so he hurriedly ordered the people next to him: "Come on, bring some water for the envoy." ”

A servant standing next to him heard the county lieutenant say this, so he quickly took off the water bladder on his waist and handed it over. After drinking a few sips of water in a row, the county commander finally regained a little blood on his face, and he said to the county lieutenant with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect this battle to be so tragic. ”

When Tai Shi Ci returned to his army, another 3,000 foot soldiers had already arrived, some of them camping and some of them sheltering the captured Yellow Turban thieves. When a military Sima saw Tai Shici coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Pioneer, how to deal with these yellow turban thieves?" ”

According to his thoughts, Tai Shici would definitely order all of them to be killed, after all, when he suppressed thieves in the past, he did this. After hearing this, Tai Shici hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Send someone to escort them outside the city and collect those corpses." If it is hot today, if you don't bury it as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will cause epidemics. ”

"Subordinates obey!" Jun Sima agreed, and then turned around and went to arrange for the prisoners to collect their bodies.

Tai Shi Ci Lema stood in place for a while, and faintly saw Zhao Yun's army coming towards this side, so he rode his horse over.

Zhao Yun saw Tai Shi Ci flying horses coming, and hurriedly told the army to stop. When Tai Shi Ci came to the front, Zhao Yun guessed what the battle situation was from the expression on his face, but he still asked with a smile: "Ziyi, how are the results?" ”

"Replying to the general's words," Tai Shici hurriedly replied with a respectful attitude, "Our army won a complete victory, beheaded at least five thousand Yellow Turban thieves, and captured seven or eight thousand. ”

"It is said that there are tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves, and it is estimated that they have been seriously injured by your slashing and killing. We'll rest here for the night, and tomorrow we'll go after the fleeing thieves. After Zhao Yun said this, he saw from a distance that the city gate was still closed, and the defenders in the city were all holding weapons and looking like they were waiting for the battle, so he pointed to Tugu County with his hand and asked: "Ziyi, I don't know why the county order here hasn't opened the city gate to welcome us?" ”

After Zhao Yun's reminder, Tai Shi Ci remembered that when he had just called the door, he saw an official in the city vomiting in the dark, and turned around in a fit of anger. Hearing Zhao Yun say this at this moment, he replied with some shame: "General Hui, the last general has never called to open the city gate. ”

"Didn't you open the gates?" Zhao Yun frowned and asked rhetorically, "Why is this?" ”

didn't wait for Tai Shi Ci to finish speaking, and suddenly heard many people shouting on the side: "Wronged, general, villain wronged." ”

The sudden shouting of grievances attracted the attention of Zhao Yun and others. Xun You, who was originally two horses behind, hurriedly urged his horse to step forward, and shouted at a group of soldiers under Tai Shici on the side of the road and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

A chief hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to report to Xun Youyu: "Qiyu military advisor, the villain caught a group of yellow turban thieves who hijacked the people, who knew that they were unwilling to be captured, so they shouted grievances there. ”

Xun Yu waved his hand and said, "Bring them here, and my army will personally interrogate them." ”

The chief agreed, then beckoned to his subordinates and motioned for them to be brought over. After a while, more than a dozen people dressed as Zhuang Ding knelt in front of the horses of Zhao Yun, Xun You and others. Xun You looked down at the person kneeling on the ground and asked, "Who are you, recruited from this army!" ”

One of the Zhuang Ding looked up at Xun Yu who was sitting on horseback, and shouted, "My lord, the little one is wronged." The little one is called Cao Sixteen, and he is the family of the old man Cao Man of Caojiazhuang, because there is a yellow turban thief who wants to kill in Zhuangzi, but the old man listens to the rumors, saying that there can be no yellow turban thief, and the villain has no choice but to knock him out and carry him here. was about to enter the city to reunite with the ladies and ladies in the city, but as soon as he walked here, he was arrested by several military masters as yellow turban thieves. ”

Xun You glanced at Cao Man who was lying on the ground not far away, judging from his dress, he did look like a rich man. Just as he was about to continue asking, he suddenly heard another woman's voice next to him: "Daddy! ”

Then he saw a beautiful young woman, holding the hem of her skirt in her hands, running towards the man lying on the ground. When she came to the man's side, she immediately squatted down, shook the other party vigorously, and shouted desperately: "Daddy! ”

And the Zhuang Ding who knelt in front of Xun You's horse saw the woman crying beside Cao Man, and everyone couldn't help but show a surprised expression. Cao Sixteen looked up at Xun You again and said excitedly: "My lord, this young woman is my young lady, she can testify to us and prove that we are not yellow turban thieves." ”

On the way here, Xun You had already met with the mother and daughter of the Cao family, and at this moment, seeing Cao Qiuping crying on Cao Man's body, he felt in his heart that what Cao Sixteen said should be true. However, for the sake of safety, he still instructed a soldier: "You go over and invite that Miss Cao over, this military division has something to ask her." ”