The weather is getting warmer, the earth is springing, and on the plains, the weeds are already green, and the shrubs have long since pulled out green shoots.

In recent days, the spring rain has been continuous, but the rain is still cold.

The same is true today.

The raindrops hit the people in the castle tower, making people feel a little chill in their hearts.

Although Huang Xu calmly analyzed the Yellow Turban Army killed in the distance under the city, everyone was still a little flustered.

This is war, it's not that they haven't seen war, like Wang Bao, the county lieutenant, who followed General Huangfu Song to fight in the south and the north, and has experienced countless tests of life and death. Before, he was just a pawn, basically following the army, listening to the name and rushing to kill. And like today, it was really the first time that he was basically facing so many Yellow Turban thieves with the defender of a city.

As a major general defending the city, he knew that the stakes were very high, and he was shouldering the heavy responsibility of the lives and safety of tens of thousands of people in Yang's County.

After the development of Yangshi County in the past few months, it is no longer only 20,000 or 30,000 people when Liu Xian opened a warehouse to release grain to help them, but now it has a population of tens of thousands. Yangshi County has Liufu soup porridge in Liulin Village to help the people, and there are many ways to attract people to come to Yangshi County for relief and so on, so those hungry people around Yangshi County, who doesn't want to come to Yangshi County to ask for a bowl of life-saving porridge? Who wouldn't want to try their luck and see if they could get a job?

Therefore, the population of today's Yangshi County is more than half of the original, and it is estimated that there are 60,000 or 70,000 people in the county. Coupled with the tens of thousands of people temporarily sent from Liulin Village, that is to say, there are at least 80,000 people in Yangshi County now.

With so many people, they only have more than 1,000 people who have really been trained to defend the city. It really made them feel a little stressed.

But fortunately, the young men in the county town have been organized, plus those who are still in custody, and the thousands of Yellow Turban captives who have basically surrendered to their young lord Liu Xian, there will be more than 10,000 available reserve troops. When necessary, they had to take part in the defense of the city.

Seeing that hundreds of people were nervously transporting materials to the city to defend the city, and then listening to Huang Xu's analysis of the Yellow Turban Army, they couldn't help but settle down.

"Now that we have the will of the people, we only need to resist the attack of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, then we will definitely be able to hold it. Now, our main thing is to keep an eye on the gates. Anyway, the water comes to cover the earth, and the soldiers come to the generals. As long as it is arranged according to the plan of the young master, the city will be guarded. Huang Xu reassured everyone's hearts.

"Little Brother Huang Xu is right. In this way, Wang Bao and Huang Xu's little brothers, Miss Wudie stayed at the west gate to command the city, Wen went to the north gate, Lord Cai, Mr. Shan, and Miss Zhang Ning presided over the affairs of the city, and the village chief Liang was responsible for the affairs of the south gate, and there should not be too much pressure on the east side, so the Yu Jin brothers were in charge. Wen Shen said at this time.

In fact, these have been arranged for a long time. Among them, Zhang Ning is not very good to appear in front of the Yellow Turban Army for the time being, mainly because there are some old people in the Yellow Turban Army who know her, and her identity is leaked, which will be more troublesome.

Everyone had no opinion, and when they saw that the men and horses of the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army outside the city were about to advance to the city, they retreated and took charge of their own affairs.

Montenegrin Yellow Turban Army.

"Hurry, hurry! In front of them is Yang's County, taking advantage of their unpreparedness, they didn't have time to close the city gate, rushed in one go, and robbed them of their money, food and women! ”

"Rush Rush!"

Luo Shi took the lead, urging the Yellow Turban soldiers who were scattered in formation, intending to enter Yang County as quickly as possible.

But when he saw the city wall of Yang's County in his sight, he had a bad feeling.

The small hillside they turned out of was not far from the Chengxi City Gate of Yangshi County, at most it was about a mile away, and one mile was only five hundred meters.

In later generations, the average person ran 400 meters in about 90 seconds, that is, one and a half minutes, and ran 500 meters, at most two minutes. This refers to the situation of people running at a speed in one breath, this soldier conflict, plus they came from a long journey, and they carried a lot of things on their bodies, so when they were given one more minute, it would take three minutes to rush to the city of Yang's county at the latest.

But like some leaders, such as the vanguard general Luo Shi, he sprinted on horseback. This is actually more than a minute, you can rush to the city of Yang's county and enter Yang's county.

But when Luo Shi rushed closer to about two hundred steps away from Yang's County, his face changed, and he suddenly stopped his war horse.

"Yikes!"

A war horse neighed, and the war horse he stepped on was strangled to his feet.

"It's broken! The officers and soldiers of Yangshi County were prepared for a long time! The gates are shut! ”

Luo Shi's face changed, and he said a word unwillingly.

Now he not only saw the tightly closed city gate, but also saw the Han army's battle flags unfurled on the city, saw the officers and soldiers standing in the wall on the city head, and saw the shadows and shadows running back and forth behind those officers and soldiers.

At this glance, it can be seen that Yang County has been prepared for a strict battle, and will not give him a chance to directly conflict into the city at all. In other words, their plan to attack Yang's County and enter the city while the defenders were unprepared fell through.

Luo really didn't expect such a situation.

You must know that they came from Montenegro, from selecting the target to snatch money and food, to selecting men and horses, formulating plans, and then to the army from Montenegro, all the way to the end, the army did not alarm the officers and soldiers of those towns along the way, especially his vanguard army, it can be said that no one found out at all during the march of more than a day. In order to make a detour and avoid some towns, lest the officers and soldiers find out, they also quietly destroyed several small villages and killed all the people in those villages.

In order to achieve the purpose of taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the officers and soldiers guarding the city in Yangshi County to make a sudden attack, they marched all night last night, and it was not until the second half of the night that they rested in a dense forest. After dawn on this day, the military horses were full of food and drink before continuing to hurry, and then it only took one morning to rush to this Yang County.

Luo City naturally also sent a scout to keep an eye on the situation in Yang's County, and when he arrived with his men, the scout also reported the situation to him, and at that time, the gates of Yang's County were still wide open.

But when he led the army out and was about to rush into the city, the city gate of Yangshi County was actually closed, keeping them out of the city, and what surprised Luo City even more was the situation on the head of the city, and at a glance, he knew that the defenders of Yangshi County had already prepared.

What can I do?

Luo Shi was really embarrassed at this time.

He was followed by the men and horses who had sprinted, and the darkness was overwhelming, but when he saw their general, Le Ma, stop, as if he had suddenly braked.

"General Luo...... What about this, this? Besiege? ”

"Luo Qushuai, looking at the city wall of Yang's County, they seem to have been prepared!"

At this time, Luo City's personal generals, deputy generals, and some yellow turban leaders came to Luo City's war horses, and they also looked at Yang County in front of them with a bad face.

These Yellow Turban soldiers, from top to bottom, were all bent on rushing to Yangshi County, and then rushed into the city to loot on a large scale, all dreaming that they could grab a lot of money and food and capture countless women.

They had been hiding in the mountains for months, without food, and they had not smelled of a woman for months. In order to grab money, food, and women, they did burst out with great enthusiasm, and they gritted their teeth and persevered in the forced march for two or three days in a row. I didn't want to, I saw that I arrived in Yang's County, but I found that the people had already prepared and waited for them. Such a situation, the feeling at this time, really made them extremely unhappy.

"Qu Shuai! You can't just leave it at that, give the order, siege! ”

"Siege? How to attack now? Can you ride a horse and kill the city? Luo Shi's eyes were like breathing fire, and he looked up hatefully, staring at the city gate tower not far in front of him.

Luo Shi was very unwilling, and he really almost couldn't help but order the siege of the city, but he knew very well that their vanguard army was advancing lightly, so what would they do to attack the city now? And, he has more to think about.

He knew better than the average Yellow Turban soldier the importance of this raid in the mountains. Their Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army has hundreds of thousands of horses, and now they are indeed short of money and food. If they hadn't plundered a lot of money and food this time, then their Montenegrin Yellow Turban Army would have faced a serious food crisis.

Also, if the division is unfavorable this time, it will also be a serious blow to the morale of the entire Montenegrin Yellow Turban Army. At that time, the stronghold of the Yellow Turban Army, which had just been rebuilt, would face the danger of disbanding. If there is no such base camp that can nominally command the Yellow Turban Army in the world, then they are really finished.

"Luo Qushuai, so what should I do now? Why, can't you just leave it at that? ”

"Damn! Now that we have appeared in this Yang County, it is tantamount to exposing our whereabouts. At this time, it is estimated that Yang's County has already sent fast horses to inform other towns for help, and notify the imperial officers and soldiers in various places. Now, even if we turn to attack other cities, they must be prepared. ”

Luo Shi listened to the unwilling remarks of the generals below, and said hatefully: "That's right, we have been exposed now, which means that our plan to raid a certain city and plunder their money and food has failed. At this time, it is estimated that if you turn to attack other cities, you will also face the same situation. What's more, we have all analyzed it, and now in addition to this Yangshi County, I am afraid that there is not much extra money and food in other counties for us to grab. ”

"So General Luo, what should we do now?"

"What to do? There is no way, and now it can only be attacked! We must capture Yang's County. Luo Shi waved his hand, glanced left and right, and said: "Who is going to challenge, figure out the specific situation of Yang's County, and go to call the battle first." ”

"My subordinates are willing to go!"

As soon as Luo Shi's voice fell, a yellow turban general responded, slapped his horse out, and went straight to the city gate tower of Yang's City.

Luo Shi looked at the back of the yellow turban general, and was thinking about some situations at the same time. He knew that the defenders of Yangshi County were not too many, but there would be a lot of people, and those people in Yangshi County would definitely cooperate with those officers and soldiers to defend the city together. There is no way to do this, Luo Shi also knows in his heart that the reputation of the Yellow Turban Army is completely bad, and now in the eyes of the people, they are anti-thieves and robbers. Therefore, no matter where the people are, they will fear them and hate them to the extreme.

Luo Shi knew that it was impossible for him to capture Yang County with his current 5,000 men and horses, and without any siege equipment and tools.

However, this doesn't matter, because the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops behind can be killed immediately, and when the tens of thousands of military horses besiege Yangshi County, they will definitely be able to attack.

This time out of the mountains to plunder, from the beginning of the plan to the action, in fact, it was only a few days. Luo Shi was confident that the imperial court would definitely not know about their plan, but he didn't know why this Yang County was able to close the city gate in time and prepare to defend the city.

In any case, Luo City believes that they still have a chance to capture Yang's County now. At this time, even if Yang County had sent fast horses to ask for help, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court would definitely not come so quickly. He estimated that this time, if they could capture Yang County within three days, then they still had a chance, as long as they captured Yang County within three days, they would still have time to plunder Yang County and rob all the money, grain, and women before the imperial officers and soldiers came.

Luo City's consideration, he first considered the overall situation. thinks that even if Yang County is prepared, he can't let him attack the city in time, but in the end, Yang County will definitely not be able to escape the result of the destruction of the city.

After considering the overall situation, he naturally took into account personal matters.

Personally, in the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, although he still has the title of a commander of the 36th side of the Yellow Turban. But in terms of the power of his subordinates, he is actually similar to an ordinary Yellow Turban leader, and in the base camp of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro, there is basically no right to speak. Otherwise, how could a mere vanguard general fall on his head?