The number of officers and soldiers who came to help was small, and after repelling the Yellow Turban Army with a strong crossbow, they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but formed a team in the distance. And because Han Zhan couldn't figure out the origin of the other party, he didn't dare to send troops to attack casually. The officers and soldiers inside and outside the city watched the Yellow Turban Army flee in a chaotic northwest direction.

The officers and soldiers in the distance waited on the battlefield outside the city, and could no longer see a standing Yellow Turban Army, forming a four-way column, lined up in a neat formation and came towards the city. At the head of the procession was a military marquis on horseback, followed by a flag-bearer. Han Zhan looked at the old man for a long time before he could see clearly that there was a word "Zhao" written on the flag.

Seeing the surname on the banner clearly, Han Zhan couldn't help muttering in his heart, saying in his heart that he didn't know any general surnamed Zhao, how could the other party send troops to rescue him when he was besieged by the yellow scarf? Could it be that this officer and soldier just passed by and saw that there was a Yellow Turban Army besieging the city, so they came to help?

In order to find out the origin of this army, Han Zhan decided to go and ask the truth in person, so he ordered someone to open the city gate, and he brought Dian Wei, Luo Bu and a hundred soldiers, and prepared to go out of the city to meet him in person.

As soon as he walked down the stairs from the castle tower, he suddenly heard a noisy voice from the direction of the city. At that moment, the first thing that came to Han Zhan's mind was that someone wanted to collude with the Yellow Turban Army and cooperate with the outside world? He stopped, drew the sword at his waist, and looked nervously in the direction of the city.

After not doing much, Han Zhan saw hundreds of people with weapons in their hands, walking along the street in the direction of the city gate. Judging from their costumes, they are all from some large families, and there are a few gorgeously dressed people in the crowd, who are the masters of these families at first glance.

"A bold thief, he dares to collude with the yellow turban thief!" Dian Wei roared, brandished his halberd, and prepared to jump down the stairs and rush into the crowd to kill!

Han Zhan saw that although those people were approaching along the street towards the city gate, they didn't shout and scream, not quite like they were cooperating with the Yellow Turban thieves to seize the city, so he quickly stopped Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, don't be reckless." When they get closer, ask them what they do? ”

When the group of people was still ten feet away from the city gate, Dian Wei shouted: "Stop, what are you waiting for?" ”

A gorgeously dressed middle-aged man walking in front of him, after hearing Dian Wei's shout, quickly stopped, raised his hand above his head, and shouted: "Stop, stop!" When everyone had stopped, he went out alone and continued toward the gates.

When he came to the city gate cave five or six steps away, he stopped, bowed to Han Zhan standing on the stairs, and said respectfully: "Back to the envoy's words, Caomin Hucha is a wealthy merchant in the city, and when he heard that there were yellow turban thieves besieging the city, he gathered a few friends and brought the family servants to help the envoy. ”

Han Zhan took a closer look, and the person who spoke below was not the wealthy businessman Hu Cha who took the lead in donating last time. Looking into the distance, those who stood at the front of the procession in gorgeous clothes also had a bit of good-natured faces, which should have been seen at the banquet in the wine house.

After figuring out that the other party had no malicious intent, Han Zhan hurriedly quickened his pace and went down the tower, stepped forward to take Hu Cha's hand, and said gratefully: "Mr. Hu, thank you and others for helping." But at this moment, the Yellow Turban Thief has been defeated, so let's leave quickly. ”

"The Yellow Turban Thief was repulsed?" Hearing Han Zhan say this, Hu Cha couldn't help but be stunned. It took a long time before he asked: "Envoy, the grass people heard that there are thousands of Yellow Turban thieves besieging the city, why did they retreat so quickly, could it be a fraud?" ”

Although Hu Cha's words were very tactful, Han Zhan still heard the other party's voice-over and thought that he was lying. He smiled and said to Hu Cha: "This envoy Jun is preparing to go outside the city to meet the officers and soldiers who come to help, and Mr. may wish to go along." When Hu Cha heard Han Zhan say this, although he was still skeptical, he still let his family leave, and only took the merchants who came with him to accompany Han Zhan outside the city to greet him.

Dian Wei led his soldiers out of the city first, and lined up on both sides outside the city gate. Han Zhan and a group of businessmen stood in the middle of the road, waiting for the officers and soldiers who were coming over. When Hu Cha and the others saw the corpses of the Yellow Turban Army on the open ground outside the city, they believed that what Han Zhan said was true, and the Yellow Turban Army had really been defeated.

The military marquis who was riding on a horse saw Han Zhan leading people out of the city to greet him, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, handed over the reins of the horse to the soldiers next to him, and hurried over himself. When he was still two or three steps away, he stopped, looked at Han Zhan, and asked tentatively, "Is it a state-related order coming from ahead?" ”

"Yes, this envoy is a state-related order." Han Zhan was very surprised when he heard the other party call out his identity. After revealing his identity, he immediately asked: "I don't know who the military marquis is, and why does it appear in Sheguo County?" ”

The military marquis hurriedly knelt down on one knee, and after saluting Han Zhan with a fist, he replied respectfully: "Under the line, it is the military marquis Chu Ge under the command of Zhao Fu, the general of Zuo Zhonglang, who was ordered to come to Sheguo County to listen to the dispatch of the envoy. ”

After figuring out that it was the army sent by Zhao Lian, Han Zhan was suddenly overjoyed, and said in his heart that this must be Geng Wu Minchun's masterpiece, they knew that they had few soldiers and could not quickly open the situation in Sheguo County, so they privately persuaded Zhao Fu and Chen Huan to let the two secretly send troops to themselves.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Chu Ge, and said with a smile: "Marquis of Chu, you guys came in time." If you hadn't arrived in time, it is estimated that the Yellow Turban Thieves would not have retreated so easily. ”

Who knew that the military marquis did not stand up, but changed to kneel on his knees, kowtowed to Han Zhan a few times, and said: "Engong is above, please accept Chu Ge's three bows." ”

The development of things was really too unexpected for Han Zhan, he stared at Chu Ge who was kneeling on the ground in surprise, carefully looked him up and down, and thought repeatedly in his mind, where had he seen this person? But after thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't have the slightest impression of this person, he could only smile bitterly and said: "Marquis of Chu, it seems that this envoy has never seen you, the title of Engong, I don't know where to start?" ”

Chu Ge raised his head, looked at Han Zhan and replied, "If you reply to the envoy, the envoy has indeed never met with his subordinates. Last month, the mother of the family, Zhang, took her sister Wan'er to visit relatives in Jizhou City, but she was kidnapped by Zhu Zhen, the son of the Duguan, halfway. Fortunately, the king and another strong man rescued each other, and the mother and sister were out of danger. My mother wrote a few days ago that she must repay the great kindness of the envoy. ”

Han Zhan suddenly realized that the girl he and Zhao Yun rescued from Zhu Zhen last time was the sister of this Marquis of Chu Jun, no wonder he wanted to give such a big salute to himself. Thanks to him for coming in time today, otherwise the Yellow Turban Army would not have been defeated so quickly, which is probably a good reward for good people.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan bent down to support Chu Ge's arm, helped him up, and said loudly at the same time: "The Marquis of Chu Jun is polite, that's just a gesture." Your brethren have worked hard all the way, so hurry up and invite them into the city to rest. ”