Chapter 59: Too cautious

On the ruined city, the soldiers guarding the city were tired, but they were on guard. They constantly look around, as if looking for enemies on the horizon that may appear.

There was an area in the city with a large number of wounded soldiers, many of whom were even mutilated and lying on the ground. There were too many wounded soldiers and there were not enough beds, so they had to be placed on the floor with a mat and wait for follow-up treatment.

There are more women than men in the city, probably because the men are either urgently conscripted into the army, or they are already repairing the city as people. After Liu Tao changed his perspective, he found that there were hundreds of people repairing a collapsed city wall, which should be to the south, probably taking advantage of the absence of the Yellow Turban Thief, to hurry up.

Fortunately, the soldiers and the people did not go hungry, and if you think about it carefully, it has only been more than a month since Zhang Jiao made a rebellion. Killing Lunu's side is estimated to be a few days after the chaos. After calculating that it has been under siege for less than a month, the food should not have been completely eaten.

But if the siege continues...... Liu Tao shook his head, the situation will definitely not be optimistic.

"Brother, is there something going on in Lunu?" Lu Yan shook his head when he saw Liu Tao, and immediately stepped forward to ask.

"It's just a little emotional, the actual situation is better than I expected." Liu Tao replied, "Lunu County doesn't seem to have fallen!" ”

"What (seriously)?" When everyone heard this, they had two different reactions.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were mainly surprised, Puyin County and Wangdu County had fallen, why hadn't Lunu County fallen? At the same time, he was even more shocked, how did Liu Tao know that he really had clairvoyance? !

Lu Yan and the others were overjoyed, but they didn't expect that in Zhongshan County, which had fallen, there was still a city in the hands of the Han Court.

"Looks like we're going to get a good night's sleep tonight!" Liu Tao said with a smile, although he didn't mind fighting a few more battles, but if he continued to fight, the soldiers would probably be war-weary, and it was also important to rest properly.

Seeing that it was not an enemy army, the group immediately accelerated their march, and soon came to the bottom of the city.

"Under the command of Youzhou Thorn Shi, Sima Liu Tao of the other department, please open the city gate!" Seeing that the city was closed and the number of soldiers on the city tower was increasing, Liu Tao had to personally step forward, clasping his fists and shouting.

"Allies really?" On the castle tower, many soldiers began to exchange heads, and one of the officers looked at his superior.

"Wearing imperial armor, besides, the enemy army will carry so many horses?" Another officer found it credible.

"If you come over from Youzhou, why are you so cavalry? Who can guarantee that those horses are not the booty that they captured after defeating the reinforcements? Taishou Zang Min shook his head.

"What then? Don't let go? The lieutenant next to him asked tentatively.

"Let him prove his identity, otherwise we won't be able to let him go!" Zang Min replied, "Those thieves haven't done anything about falsely claiming that friendly troops are earning the city gate!" ”

When the county lieutenant heard this, he subconsciously looked at the south, and the gap in the collapsed city wall was left at that time. The key is that this was a few days ago, and for today's defenders of Lunu County, it is really fresh in their memories.

"Officers below, please prove your identity, otherwise we won't be able to let you go!" The lieutenant could only shout towards the city.

"How do I need to prove it? I have Liu Thorn History here, and I am assigned to go south to Jizhou to ask for thieves, and I have a talisman to prove my identity. There are also two merchants from Zhongshan County in the team, I don't know if it's okay? Liu Tao frowned, how could this defender feel a little too cautious.

"Oh? But brother?! In the middle of the team, an officer immediately became excited when he heard this. The clan brother went north to collect iron and horses, calculated the time, he should have gone south last month, but he has not returned so far, and the clan is worried about it.

"Open it, is that you? When did you join the army? Zhang Shiping seemed to hear a familiar voice, looked up, and was immediately pleasantly surprised when he saw the officer.

"It's really a clan brother, are you safe and sound?" Zhang Kai saw that it was really Zhang Shiping, and he immediately became excited.

"Of course we are safe and sound, thanks to Liu Sima's escort all the way, otherwise we wouldn't dare to return south!" Zhang Shiping suddenly smiled and said that he had to come forward to testify to Liu Tao.

"Sir, that merchant is my brother! The one next to him, as expected, should be Su Shuang, the eldest son of the Su family, can let the old lady Su come over and take a look...... "Zhang Kai immediately looked at Taishou and the county lieutenant.

"Well......" Taishou was still not at ease, just to avoid being rude, so he personally came forward and shouted towards the city, "A few days ago, a yellow turban thief pretended to be an officer and soldier to win the city, and almost let them succeed, so I had to act cautiously. If Liu Sima can trust us and wait, how about taking a trip with the businessman surnamed Zhang on a hanging basket? ”

"Yes!" Liu Tao understood when he heard this, no wonder the defenders of this city were so cautious. Anyway, he knew that it was his own person, and he had nothing to be afraid of, so he agreed.

A minute later, however, he regretted it...... The hanging basket is to tie a basket with hemp rope to lift people up, and in order to avoid being too heavy, it is necessary to take off the armor and weapons. Even so, sitting on it and lifting it all the way up are completely different concepts from the elevator, and if you are shaky, you have to worry about whether the rope will break and you will fall down.

"Next time, I'll say I won't sit in this hanging basket for anything!" Liu Tao went to the city and complained directly.

"Haha, Liu Sima has this guts, how can he lead the troops?" Taishou joked, as far as Liu Tao's reaction was concerned, he was a lot more relieved, just like him, no one would believe it if he said that he was a yellow turban thief.

Most of the Yellow Turban thieves are vulgar rangers or villagers, in the final analysis, they are a bad life, and they have done all the rebellions, and they are very bold. Only those good families who are well-fed and pampered can be like Liu Tao.

Needless to say, Zang Min, like the Puyin County Order, really regarded Liu Tao as Liu Yan's relatives, and his military experience was mixed. There's no way not to do this, just this guts, not to mention the county lieutenant, Taishou thinks he can't compare to himself!

"Originally, I was just in the middle of the army, and my two righteous brothers were in charge of the war...... Perhaps, here is Liu Tingshi's documents, as well as the identity talisman, I don't know if this is possible? Liu Tao directly handed over the talisman and documents he had with him.

Zang Min took it, looked at it carefully, and then compared Liu Tao's appearance, which was affirmative, and ordered the county lieutenant next to him: "Open the city gate!" ”

The county lieutenant received the order and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, so that the troops under Liu Tao's command could enter the city smoothly.

"Everyone, all the way south, you should pass through Puyin County and Wangdu County, right?" Zang Min took Liu Tao down the city wall, but suddenly asked during the period.

"Speaking of which......" Liu Tao thought for a while, "The heads of more than 2,000 thieves in Wangdu County have not been sent back to Zhuo County, do you want to show them to Taishou?" As for the more than 2,000 thieves in Puyin County, two days ago, they had already sent people over. ”

"Oh, then I really want to see ......" Zang Min was not afraid, and nodded directly.

Liu Tao was speechless for a moment, this Zang Min was inevitably too cautious......