Among the descendants who escorted the mother and daughter of the Cao family, there was an elderly family member who had served the Cao family for three generations. He has been running around all the year round, and he is considered a well-informed person in the Cao family, and when he saw this big banner at this moment, he couldn't help frowning and said, "General Anton Zhao? Who is this, why has the little old man never heard of it? ”

Zhao Yun's title of General Anton was still before he set out on the expedition, and Han Zhan specially asked Emperor Han Xian to seal it. Not to mention the Cao family in Qingzhou, even if it is the civil and military forces in the capital city, the number of people who know about it is very limited.

And Cao Qiuping didn't care about this, she hugged her mother and said excitedly: "Mother, have you seen it?" It's the official army, it's the official army. As long as they come, we don't have to be afraid of the Yellow Turban Thieves anymore. ”

"Miss, that's not necessarily." After the old family heard Cao Qiuping's words, they immediately poured a basin of cold water on her: "Haven't you heard that thieves are like combs and soldiers are like grates?" Officers and soldiers have harmed the common people more than the Yellow Turban thieves. He turned his head to look at the two carriages behind him, which were filled with thin squish, and sighed softly, "It seems that these things can't be saved." ”

"Money is something outside of one's body." Cao Qiuping said disapprerovingly: "If we can't save our lives, what use are these things to us?" ”

Zhao Yun, who was leading the army forward, naturally saw this convoy of three carriages, and hurriedly called Tai Shici, who was following him: "Ziyi, those people in front seem to have fled, you go over and ask, where are they from?" ”

Tai Shi Ci hurriedly replied: "The last general is ordered!" After speaking, he took a team of people and went straight to the convoy of the Cao family's mother and daughter.

When he was still a dozen steps away from the convoy, Tai Shici reined in his mount and asked loudly at the convoy: "Where did you come from, have you ever seen the Yellow Turban Thief?" ”

"Back to the general's words," Cao Qiuping saw that the military general who came spoke kindly and looked very handsome, so he boldly said: "The mother and daughter of the slave family are from Caojiazhuang, so there are yellow turban thieves attacking, so they left Zhuangzi and prepared to take refuge in the city. Who knew that halfway through, I heard the people who escaped from the city say that the Yellow Turban thieves were besieging the city, and in order not to throw themselves into the net, the slave family ordered the coachman to change the route and prepare to go to Jizhou. ”

When Cao Qiuping came out of the carriage, Tai Shici couldn't help but feel that her eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but secretly praise in her heart: "What a handsome woman, if you can marry her, you will be satisfied." For a while, he was reluctant to take his eyes off the other party's body, Cao Qiuping noticed that Tai Shici was constantly looking at herself, thinking about what was going on with this general, she was always staring at herself, and quickly turned her head to the side.

The team leader on the side, seeing Tai Shici so out of shape, hurriedly gently pulled his battle robe, and reminded in a low voice: "Pioneer, this woman has already answered your question." ”

"Oh, oh," Tai Shici, who was in a state of lost soul, suddenly sobered up when he heard the words of his subordinates, and hurriedly continued to ask: "Do you know how many people there are in the Yellow Turban Thief?" ”

"The slave family doesn't know!" The mother and daughter of the Cao family met the fleeing people on the way, only to know that Tugu County was besieged by the Yellow Turban Thieves, and it was too late to escape, where did they dare to inquire about how many Yellow Turban Thieves there were. Therefore, hearing Tai Shici's question, Cao Qiuping immediately shook his head and said: "The slave family was also on the way to the county seat, and when they heard the fleeing people mention this matter, they were afraid of attracting the disaster of the pond fish, so they ordered the coachman to turn around and go towards Jizhou. ”

"Jizhou?!" Hearing Cao Qiuping mention their desire to go to Jizhou again, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why does this little lady want to flee to Jizhou?" ”

"I heard that today's Jizhou herdsmen are benevolent and righteous, treat the people well, and the people under their rule live and work in peace and contentment, and there are no yellow turban thieves to make trouble." Cao Qiuping replied: "The slave family considered that if they wanted to escape the Yellow Turban Thief, they had to go to Jizhou for temporary refuge. ”

Hearing the beautiful woman in front of him praise Han Zhan so much, the soldiers around Tai Shici were all honored. Tai Shi Ci waved his hand at Cao Qiuping and said, "This little lady, the army is about to drive to Tugu County, you should move the vehicles aside, don't block the way of the soldiers and horses." ”

The old family Cao Fu thought that he had met the Jizhou army, and his cars and things could not be saved, and he was thinking about where he should take his wife and young lady to take refuge after the things were robbed.

Seeing that the Cao family was standing still and not moving, the team leader thought that they had not heard what Tai Shici said clearly, so they urged the horse forward, came to Cao Fu, and said politely: "Old man, move your carriage to the side of the road, don't block the way of the army." ”

"Little... The villain complied with... Yes, sir! Cao Fu made sure that he had heard it correctly this time, and hurriedly beckoned several coachmen and drove the carriage aside.

At this time, Zhao Yun and the army had already arrived in front, Tai Shici hurriedly greeted him, walked side by side with Zhao Yun, and at the same time repeated what Cao Qiuping said to Zhao Yun. After hearing this, Zhao Yun frowned slightly, and then asked, "What's the matter, hasn't the scout horse we sent back yet?" ”

Tai Shici hurriedly shook his head and said, "I haven't come back." After a short pause, he took the initiative to say, "Since you know that the Yellow Turban Thief is ahead, it is better to let the last general lead 5,000 men and horses to find out." ”

Zhao Yun considered that Tai Shici was a pioneer, and it was originally his duty to open roads and build bridges in the mountains and rivers, so he nodded and agreed. After Tai Shici left with his five thousand soldiers and horses, Zhao Yun called a team leader and ordered: "Quickly go and invite Deputy General Huang and Xun Junshi to come over." ”

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Tugu County, which is not big, is surrounded by tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves at the moment. Countless Yellow Turban thieves carried improvised wooden ladders, shouted and rushed over the knee-high moat in front of them, erected the ladder on the city wall just over a foot high, and then climbed up with their hands and feet.

Although there are only more than 300 county soldiers in the city, everyone from the county order to the ordinary people know that once the city is broken, it will be the end of the jade and stones, so as long as the young and strong people who can go to the city wall, they all go up to the city wall to assist the officials and soldiers to defend the city. Seeing the Yellow Turban Thief put the ladder on the wall, and then screaming and climbing up, although everyone was frightened, they still had the courage to throw the rolling wood and stones down, and smashed the Yellow Turban Thief on the ladder down.

Fortunately, there were no bows and arrows in the Yellow Turban Thieves, so they could not do much damage to the officers and soldiers defending the city and the people. Therefore, the thieves who climbed the ladder were smashed down by the rolling wood and stones, and the corpses under the city gradually increased in height. The county lieutenant carried a sword and shouted loudly on the city wall, cheering for the officers and soldiers and the people.

But the county magistrate hid in the city gate tower and trembled, and kept reading in his heart: "How can there be so many Yellow Turban thieves, when will they be able to retreat?" ”

Tai Shici was worried that the earth drum would be lost, so he ordered the infantry to move slowly behind, and he led two thousand cavalry first. When they came to a place a mile away from the city, he saw the Tugu County in the distance, where people were densely covered like ants, and it seemed that a fierce battle was being waged. Seeing this situation, Tai Shici couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed that he was not late, and the city had not been breached by the Yellow Turban thieves.

Tai Shi Ci raised the spear in his hand high and shouted loudly: "Array!" ”

At his command, two thousand cavalry quickly lined up in ten rows, each with a hundred horsemen. Seeing that the cavalry had finished arraying, he swung his spear forward and shouted loudly: "Charge!" Defeat them! ”

After the order was given, the cavalrymen began to move forward slowly, they clamped their legs between the belly of their horses, controlled the speed of the horses, and held their spears diagonally forward.

He heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the rear, turned his head and saw a cavalry rushing towards the location of the city, and hurriedly called his deputy Zhangba, and asked him to lead 3,000 men to stop the cavalry rushing over. After receiving the order, Zhangba immediately led three thousand yellow turban thieves to meet the enemy.

These Yellow Turban thieves are all peasants who have just put down their hoes, and they have no combat effectiveness, and if the other party comes with dozens of cavalry, they may be able to block it. However, the formation of 2,000 cavalry pressed over like a wall, and suddenly made many people scattered. The thieves in front wanted to retreat, but the ones behind didn't know what was going on, and they were still squeezing forward, and the formation became chaotic for a while.

When the Jizhou cavalry began to accelerate the charge, some yellow turban thieves who reacted quickly immediately threw away the weapons in their hands, turned around and fled to both sides, hoping to avoid the charging cavalry.

When the cavalry queue collided with the queue of the Yellow Turban Thieves, the Yellow Turban Thieves standing in the first two rows were all knocked away by the war horses, and these Yellow Turban Thieves with broken bones and tendons flew out like kites with broken strings, knocking down countless people in the back row. The Yellow Turban thieves, who were still standing in front of the cavalry, were pierced through their bodies by sharp spears.

In this case, not to mention the rabble of yellow turban thieves, even if it is a regular army, it will not be able to hold up when it encounters the Jizhou cavalry. After the cavalry rushed into the queue of thieves, it was like a red-hot steel knife cutting cream, easily cutting through the queue of yellow turban thieves, causing this group of thieves to collapse instantly.

Seeing that the comrades who intercepted the officers and soldiers and cavalry suffered heavy losses in an instant, those Yellow Turban thieves who were still besieging the city suddenly became confused, and someone shouted: "The cavalry of the officers and soldiers is coming, I can't kill them, so let's escape!" ”

The thieves who fled first were killed by the small leader, but they couldn't stand more and more deserters, and their escape led to an even bigger rout, and even a few small leaders began to run back. The tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves who completely collapsed fled back like frightened rabbits. In the chaos, the big boss and the commander were no longer able to suppress the deserters, but were dragged backwards or knocked to the ground, and were trampled to death by the retreating crowd.

The cavalry led by Tai Shi Ci chased after the rout, and the thieves lost everything that hindered their escape, including weapons, in the hope that they could run faster than their companions, so that they could have a chance to escape.

Although Tai Shici commanded the cavalry, he still did not have the ability to leave all the other party in the face of the Yellow Turban thieves who fled all over the mountains. After chasing more than five miles and capturing thousands of Yellow Turban thieves, he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

When he returned to the outside of Tugu City, under the city walls, corpses were piled up, and the air was filled with a strong and lingering smell of blood. He came to the city gate alone and shouted loudly at the city: "Jizhou pioneer Tai Shici is here, and the officials in the city come out to answer." ”