With the introduction of wheelbarrows on the site, the speed of repairing the walls has been greatly improved. But before the repair work of the city wall was completed, Han Zhan got the news of the attack of the Yellow Turban Army.

He walked out from behind the table, grabbed the arm of Hua Hu who came to report the news, and asked nervously: "Master Hua, have you figured it out, is it really a yellow turban thief?" ”

"If you return to the envoy, that's right, the Yellow Turban Thief's brigade is coming from the north to the county seat, and it is only less than thirty miles away." Hua Hu replied with a panicked face: "At most, the troops will come to the city in two hours, please make arrangements as soon as possible." ”

Although Hua Hu's words were conclusive, Han Zhan still asked cautiously, "Where is the person who reported the news?" ”

Hua Hu hurriedly turned his head and shouted outside the door: "Carry the informant in." With his shout, two officials carried a stretcher and walked up the main hall.

Although he had been mentally prepared, Han Zhan was still shocked when he saw the person lying on the stretcher clearly. A man lying on the stretcher was covered in blood, and through the torn clothes, he could see that his chest and abdomen were covered with wounds. Han Zhan saw that the other party was lying motionless on the stretcher, so he hurriedly squatted down beside him, stretched out his hand to probe his nose, but found that the other party had already died of anger. He turned his head to look at Hua Hu who was standing aside, frowned and asked, "Master Hua, what's the matter with the wound on his body?" ”

In response to Han Zhan's inquiry, Hua Hu hurriedly explained: "If you return to the envoy, this person is a foreman on the maintenance site. Yesterday I was paid, and he asked me for leave and said that he would send the money home. Early this morning, he hurried back to the city on a horse covered in blood, and told his subordinates that thousands of Yellow Turban thieves had occupied the village where his family was located, burning and looting. After killing a few Yellow Turban thieves, he snatched a horse and desperately escaped to warn us. As soon as he finished speaking, he swallowed. ”

"This is a righteous man, carry him down, find a good coffin to gather him, and after the Yellow Turban thief is repulsed, we will bury him thickly." After Han Zhan asked the official to carry the stretcher away, he instructed Luo Bu, who was standing aside: "Go and invite Xun County Cheng to come here." ”

Without waiting for Rob to walk away, Xun Yu, who got the news, hurriedly walked into the main hall. He asked Han Zhan expressionlessly, "Envoy, is there a yellow turban thief attacking?" ”

"That's right, Xun Xiancheng." Because he was above the lobby at the moment, Han Zhan called Xun Yu with his official title: "According to the Hua Master's Book, the Yellow Turban Thief is only less than thirty miles away from us, and at most two hours, the army will come to the city." ”

Xun Yu nodded after hearing this, and asked Hua Hu: "Master Hua, I have something I have always wanted to ask you, I wonder if you are willing to give me a clear answer." ”

Huahu didn't know what Xun Yu meant when he said this, so he could only nod and replied confusedly: "The county Cheng please say, as long as his subordinates know, he must know everything and say everything." ”

"The previous county lieutenant and county lieutenant were killed when they led the troops out of the city and fought with the Yellow Turban Thieves." Xun Yu stared at Hua Hu's eyes and asked, "I want to know, why did the Yellow Turban Thieves choose to take the initiative to withdraw from the army after killing the county commander and the county lieutenant?" ”

As soon as Xun Yu's words fell, Hua Hu puffed, knelt in front of Han Zhan, kowtowed again and again, and said, "Let you spare your life, let you spare your life!" ”

Hua Hu's actions confused Han Zhan, he hurriedly bent down to support Hua Hu, who was kneeling on the ground, and said in his mouth: "Master Hua, what are you doing, if you have anything to say, stand up and say it." ”

Hua Hu stood up, hung his head to the side like a schoolboy who made a mistake, and said tremblingly: "The county Cheng and the county lieutenant died in battle, the Yellow Turban Thief originally wanted to take the opportunity to attack the city, but his subordinates sent people out of the city to negotiate with the Yellow Turban Thief Qu Shuai, as long as they were willing to withdraw their troops, their subordinates immediately sent them 10,000 pieces of food." ”

Xun Yu trembled with anger at Hua Hu's words, his eyebrows were upside down, his face was full of anger, and he pointed at the other party and scolded: "You are an enemy, the stock of the granary in the county is only 22,000 hundred, you actually took out half of it and gave it to the Yellow Turban Thief, it's ......"

Seeing that Xun Yu was so angry that he stomped his feet, Han Zhan hurriedly came out to play a round: "Xun County Cheng, the top priority is how to retreat from the enemy, not to hold anyone responsible." After saying this, he asked Hua Hu with a sideways face, "Master Hua, can our city wall stop the Yellow Turban Thief?" ”

"The walls of the south, east and west have been completed." Hua Hu replied with a sad face: "The northern city wall is still under repair, about a hundred steps wide, only rammed earth and no brick wall. Even if the Yellow Turban Thief does not use a ladder, he can rush down the slope into the city. ”

"What a good thing that is!" Hearing Hua Hu say this, Xun Yu couldn't help but be a little confused: "Although the city walls on the south, east and west sides have been repaired, there are no rolling wood lime bottles, and at this moment, even if the people are organized to carry them to the city wall, it is a little late." ”

"Xun County, don't worry." Seeing Xun Yu's six gods without an owner, Han Zhan hurriedly comforted him and said, "Even if there are no rolling wood and stones on the city walls on three sides, the Yellow Turban Thief will not dare to attack from these three sides until they find out our reality and reality. On the other hand, to the north, there is a hundred-pace-wide section without walls, and the Yellow Turban thieves will definitely use it as a breakthrough. ”

"Envoy," in the face of the imminent Yellow Turban Army, even Xun Yu, who had always been steady, panicked, not to mention an ordinary official like Hua Hu. He looked nervous and asked, "What should we do?" ”

"Master Hua," although Han Zhan was also panicked when he heard that thousands of Yellow Turban troops were coming, he still tried his best to remain calm in front of his subordinates, and instructed Hua Hu: "You immediately organize people to erect a wooden fence in the area where there is only rammed earth, so that the thieves will not be able to climb the city wall so easily." ”

"Envoy, where should we focus our defense?" Xun Yu also regained his composure at this time, he was deeply afraid that Han Zhan was too young and would panic when he encountered this kind of thing, so he took the initiative to remind him: "There are thousands of Yellow Turban thieves, and we only have more than 1,000 county soldiers. ”

"Don't worry," Han Zhan said with his usual expression: "I plan to transfer one hundred county soldiers and five hundred people from Zhong Junhou's Naqu to defend the southeast, south, and west respectively, and the remaining two hundred county soldiers are on standby." As for the defense to the north, the Qu to which Dian Wei belongs is in charge......"

After listening to the series of orders issued by Han Zhan, Xun Yu asked a little worriedly: "Envoy, isn't it too risky to send only five hundred soldiers to the north to defend?" ”

"Although there is a gap of 100 steps in the wall to the north, it is not so easy for the Yellow Turban Thieves to storm into the city from here." Han Zhan sneered and said, "I will make this place their burial place." ”

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Han Zhan asked Xun Yu, Hua Hu, and Zhong Junhou to be responsible for the defense of the three city walls in the southeast, south, and west, respectively, and he and Dian Wei were in charge of the north.

When Dian Wei heard that the Yellow Turban Army was coming, he was extremely excited, and he even suggested to Han Zhan: "Envoy, don't look at the thousands of thieves, as long as I take this Brother Qu out, I can kill them to the ground." ”

"No, resolutely not." Han Zhan decisively rejected Dian Wei's request to go to battle: "We only know that there are thousands of thieves, but we don't know who commands them, what their combat effectiveness is, and what their equipment is. If you go out of the city with recklessness, it's better to win; If there is any problem, then the city will not be able to protect. ”