The next day, outside the city.

The old general Huangfu and Li Zhi and others were standing in the barracks outside the city wall watching Wancheng.

At this time, the old general looked at the yellow scarf that could not shrink in Wancheng in a daze.

Immediately, he came back to his senses, stroked his beard, and said with some emotion: "Yesterday morning, the old man was still trapped in this city, besieged by the yellow turban thief, and he couldn't get out.

And now it's changing the offensive and defensive situation with the Yellow Turban, it's really impermanent..."

Hearing the old general's words of emotion, Li Zhi, who was on the side, opened the folding fan and shook it a few times, and said with a smile: "Why is the old general so emotional?

Although this yellow scarf was made by a group of homeless people, after the incident, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and they have become a group of bandits!

There is a way that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and these yellow scarves come from all the people, but they go against the will of the people! ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, put the folding fan together, pointed to the city wall, and said with a sneer: "This Yellow Turban Rebellion could not have succeeded from the beginning, and the reason why Lao Zhang Jun was trapped by them was just that he was caught off guard.

The old general's writing and martial arts are all superior, if they were prepared, how could these illiterate yellow turbans be the opponents of the old general? ”

"That's a great thing!"

When the old general Huangfu heard this, he said that he was kind, looked at Li Zhi with relief, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The old man has been obsessed with life for decades, but he has not yet understood the virtuous nephew, and the virtuous nephew is really talented!" ”

Li Zhi saw the old general praising him, and modestly replied: "The old general praises falsely, how can the little nephew be worthy of the title of great talent?"

What I said just now is just because the corporal under the command of the little nephew is all made up of homeless people, and they are no different from the yellow scarves, so I know what they think better. ”

"Don't be humble."

Hearing Li Zhi's humble words, Cao Cao on the side interjected: "The talent of the virtuous brother, the elder brother has already known, if it weren't for the virtuous brother who is too lazy and unwilling to be an official, the elder brother would have recommended the virtuous brother to His Majesty a long time ago." ”

"Oh?"

When the old general Huangfu heard this, he stroked his right hand, looked at Cao Cao and asked in surprise: "What does Meng Dexian's nephew mean by this?"

Why does the virtuous nephew of Xingzhi not want to be an official? Just because of laziness?! ”

"Exactly!"

Cao Cao pretended to look at Li Zhi with disdain, and said with hatred: "The virtuous brother is good anywhere, but his personality is too lazy, and he can get by doing things, and he doesn't seek to be motivated!" ”

When the old general Huangfu heard this, he frowned, looked at Li Zhi, and asked with displeasure on his face: "How can a virtuous nephew be so decadent at such a young age?!"

The old man and the others are old, and the future of this big man will be handed over to the virtuous nephew and others, how can the virtuous nephew rest assured that the old man is so reassured? ! ”

Speaking of this, the old general's face was already angry, and he looked at Li Zhi and said categorically: "No! The virtuous nephew can't go on like this! Wouldn't it be a pity if the virtuous nephew was so talented and not an official?!

After returning to Beijing this time, the old man will recommend his virtuous nephew to His Majesty!

With the merit of the virtuous nephew this time, he will definitely be able to increase the official and enter the knighthood, and then the old man will be tied, and the virtuous nephew will be tied in Luoyang! ”

"Forehead ......"

Hearing the old general's reprimand, Li Zhi touched his nose in embarrassment, and replied with some embarrassment: "Thank you for the old general's teachings."

After this time, the little nephew must have changed this lazy problem, as for the matter of being an official... Besides, let's talk about ....... ”

"Humph!"

Hearing Li Zhi's perfunctory words, the old general of Huangfu snorted coldly, glanced at Li Zhi, although he didn't say anything, but he made up his mind in his heart.

After going back this time, I will definitely recommend Li Zhi like His Majesty, and I will leave Li Zhi behind no matter what!

Not only because of Li Zhizhi's talent, but also because from this incident, the old general found that Li Zhi was not only talented, but also made achievements in military strategy, and had a lot of soldiers under his command.

Li Zhi has soldiers, food, generals, and money, if Li Zhi is in trouble, it will inevitably be more difficult than the yellow scarf!

Such a character, if you don't summon him into Luoyang to watch closely, how can you let the old general sleep?!

Therefore, no matter whether Li Zhitong agrees or not, he must go to Luoyang, otherwise, it will become a big disaster in the future.

After the old general made up his mind, he said no more about it,

Turning his head to look at the city, he asked Li Zhi with some resentment: "Xingzhi's virtuous nephew, may you attack the city today?" ”

When Li Zhiyan heard this, he shook his head, and after glancing in the direction of his military camp, he frowned and said: "At this time, the little nephew will be like a soldier and everyone is injured, but it is not suitable to attack the city. ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhi nodded his forehead with a folding fan, frowned, and said with some embarrassment: "Besides, the corporal under the command of the little nephew has never trained in the method of siege.

If he rashly attacked the city, the little nephew was afraid that the damage would be too great, so that the yellow turban would have a chance.

Therefore, if you want to take this city, attack the heart first, and attack the city first. ”

When the old general heard this, he frowned, stroked his beard and thought for a while, and then nodded: "The virtuous nephew is right.

Now we only have 70,000 soldiers under our command, and there are 40,000 or 50,000 yellow turbans in the city. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Li Zhi expectantly and asked, "Since the virtuous nephew is the best to attack the heart, then I don't know if the virtuous nephew has a way to attack the heart?" ”

Hearing the old general's inquiry, Li Zhi opened the folding fan, shook it twice, and said confidently: "The little nephew has a decision in his heart about this matter, and he will not disappoint the old general."

However, let's let the little nephew sell it, and talk about it all in the evening! ”

Night.

Zhang Mancheng was sleeping in bed suddenly

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The sound of war drums woke him up, and he suddenly got up and shouted outside, "Someone! But the enemy attacked? Hurry up and fight with Ben Shuai! ”

"Squeak..."

After the door opened, a yellow turban guard ran in quickly, and when he saw that Zhang Mancheng was in a hurry, he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately put on his armor.

After Zhang Mancheng put on his armor, he picked up the big knife placed next to the door, ran out of the house and got on his horse, and hurried to the city.

After coming to the city, Zhang Mancheng grabbed a soldier guarding the city and asked anxiously: "But the official army has attacked?" How many centaurs are there?! ”

The soldier was taken aback by Zhang Mancheng's hideous appearance, and after hesitating for a moment, he said uncertainly: "Maybe it's attacking..."

"Huh? Possible?! ”

Zhang Mancheng grabbed the soldier's shirt, glared at him, and said angrily: "An attack is an attack, what is possible?!"

Aren't you perfunctory?! ”

It was all Zhang Mancheng who was so frightened that his face turned pale, trembled, and he said tremblingly: "Qi... Qi Yu Qu Shuai, his subordinates dare not perfunctory Qu Shuai.

Only... It's just that there are only the sound of war drums from the city, and as for the officers and soldiers, none of the subordinates have seen them, so they ......"

Speaking of this, the soldier glanced at Zhang Mancheng fearfully, and then quickly lowered his head.

"No officers and soldiers?"

Hearing this, Zhang Mancheng was shocked, and after letting go of the soldier, he secretly looked out.

I saw that it was pitch black outside the city, and I couldn't see anything clearly, but from this darkness, there was the sound of war drums.

These drums seemed to hit Zhang Mancheng's heart, making him feel uneasy.

Zhang Mancheng was above the city, and waited nervously for about half an hour, but he didn't see the official army coming.

This kind of situation of only hearing his voice and not seeing his person made Zhang Mancheng irritable.

However, he did not dare to act rashly, so he had to be patient.

I waited for another cup of tea, but there was still no one under the city walls.

Zhang Mancheng slapped the city wall hard, and shouted loudly after some collapse: "Zhang Mancheng is here!" Don't you want Ben Shuai's life? Why don't you attack yet?! ”

"Knock Knock Knock ........."

Zhang Mancheng's voice settled, and all he answered was a rapid drum beat.

“……”

Seeing that no one replied, Zhang Mancheng clenched his fists and stared at the darkness in front of him.

After a while, he turned around abruptly and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "This is just a ploy of the officers and soldiers, don't pay attention to it!" ”

With that, he turned around and walked down the wall, ignoring the drumming.

After Zhang Mancheng walked down the city wall, the drumming stopped abruptly, and when he heard the drum stopping, Zhang Mancheng stopped.

I saw that the corners of his mouth gradually curled, and he said to himself quite smugly: "Sure enough, as Ben Shuai guessed, this drum sound is just a trick for the officers and soldiers to exhaust the enemy."

Hum! With such a subterfuge, how can you hide it from Ben Shuai?! ”

So when he had said that, he turned on his horse and went to his dwelling, regardless of the affairs of the city.

After Zhang Mancheng came to his residence, he was just about to undress and fall asleep when he heard a drum beating.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

“……！”

Zhang Mancheng's blue tendons on his forehead were exposed, and he was resentful in his heart.

I only felt that these officers and soldiers were too underestimated by him, and he had already seen through the tactics of a tired enemy, but he still had to repeat the old tricks.

However, Zhang Mancheng thought about it for a moment and patted his head self-deprecatingly: "Ben Shuai is also confused, he knows that this is a tired plan of the official army, why should he be angry?"

Isn't this just what the officials and soldiers want? ”

After saying that, he ignored the drumming, untied his clothes, and fell asleep with his head covered.

In the silence of the night, a rapid drum beat was heard.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"