Since Zou Jing came to Zhuo County, it means that Cheng Zhiyuan and Deng Mao, the commanders of the Yellow Turban Thieves, may go north during this time.

Liu Tao knew this very well, so when he met Zou Jing for the first time, he arranged for twenty scouts to take turns to go out to patrol. The distance has expanded to Fanyang County, which is hundreds of miles away. After all, when thieves go north, whether they enter Zhuo County from Hejian County or from Zhongshan County to Zhuo County, Fanyang County is an area that cannot be bypassed.

Lu Yan didn't understand why he suddenly had to send someone out to inspect, so Liu Tao said early warning and exercised the scout at the same time.

This excuse, to be honest, don't say it's Lu Yan, even Zhang Fei and Guan Yu don't think it's reasonable. In general, the detection range is up to ten miles, and there will be a delay in the transmission of news no matter how far away it is, which is not conducive to the judgment of the main general.

Liu Tao is good, not only ten miles, but also expanded to a hundred miles away, which is really incomprehensible...... It's just that I can't do it, so I can only send someone out, if it weren't for the horseshoe, I'm not afraid of wear and tear, I'm afraid that Lu Yan won't agree to anything.

"Can you hear clearly?" The scout suddenly came to report, which really startled Liu Tao and Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei immediately stepped forward to ask.

"It's true!" The scout hurriedly replied, "It doesn't look like a homeless person at all, the team of the Chinese army has a yellow scarf vaguely tied to its head!" A large number of troops, like a tide, moved towards the north, during this time, it is estimated that they have reached the vicinity of Fanyang County, and it seems that there is no intention of the past, I am afraid that they plan to come directly to Zhuo County! ”

"It's strange...... Liu Tao is strange, "If the thief goes north, it should pass through Beixincheng County, why the county order over there has not sent someone to ask for help, or warn." ”

Of course, it is also possible that the thieves really went north from Hejian County, and if they started from Yi County in the north of Hejian County, then they didn't need to go through Fanyang County, and they could come to Zhuo County directly.

From a strategic point of view, as long as Zhuo County falls, then the counties of Zhuo County will inevitably panic, and when the time comes, they will either fight alone or can only surrender obediently. It is not difficult to see that the Qu Shuai of this yellow turban thief actually has some brains!

"Fan Yang's county order, maybe he doesn't know that the Yellow Turban Thief has come, after all, the thief may not come from Fanyang County at all. Even if you receive the news later, and then send someone to inform you, it is estimated that it will be after tomorrow, and the fighter plane may not be delayed...... No, I'll go to Captain Zou immediately, and you will immediately arrange for the soldiers to assemble and prepare for battle!" Liu Tao immediately ordered that Zhuangzi was outside the city, although it was eastern, it must be the first time to bear the blow of the Yellow Turban Thief.

"Whoa!" Seeing that the enemy took the initiative to attack, Zhang Fei no longer instructed his soldiers to prepare for the expedition, but immediately made preparations for battle and prepared to meet the enemy.

The soldiers had thought that it would take some time before they could encounter the enemy. Who knows that he has not yet set out on the expedition, and the enemy is coming first. Fortunately, after deducting the baggage soldiers, there is still some chaos, and on the side of the soldiers, it was originally Zhang Fei's Zhuang Ding, and after a little chaos, he quickly got ready.

For them, their lives are all of the Zhang family, and escaping is not only a deserter, but also a fugitive slave, both horizontal and vertical, it is better to die vigorously, it is better to die vigorously, and it is impossible to fight for a fame, and when the time comes, it is worth it to escape from slavery, and even be a petty officer!

It's just that Guan Yu considered that the enemy was a hundred miles away, and at the same time, if it was too late today, it was estimated that he would not arrive in Zhuo County until tomorrow, or even the day after tomorrow, and might not even launch an attack on the third day, so he explained the matter to Lu Yan.

"Well, take turns to rest tonight, it's best to keep your weapons and armor by your side, and be ready for battle as soon as you need it!" Lu Yan thought about it and felt that there was no need to be so nervous, otherwise the enemy would not come, and he would have exhausted himself, so how could he fight?

On the other hand, Liu Tao came to Zhuo County with the detective. At this moment, it was already the time of curfew, not to mention the Yellow Turban thieves, even when it was usually the point, it was also closed at the city gate, and the curfew was not so strict at most.

Now Liu Tao came over and wanted to go in, but he had to go through some procedures. Fortunately, he had a token, and it was an emergency military situation, and the doorman was not easy to make things difficult, so he was put in after less than ten minutes of checking.

Entering Zhuo County, Liu Tao went to Zou Jing's place for the first time, and reported that it took some time, after all, Zou Jing had generally begun to rest at this time.

However, these days are a little special, after Zou Jing got the "Summary of Military Training", he will read it every day in the past few days, and at the same time mark it in combination with what he has seen and heard during the day, and every time he summarizes it, he seems to have made new discoveries, and he is enjoying it for a while.

"Huh? Come over so late, I'm afraid there is something important......" Listening to the porter's report, Zou Jing was surprised at first, and then realized that something was wrong, and immediately got up, dressed in home clothes, and came to the main hall.

"General, some time ago, he sent scouts to patrol around Zhuoxian, and just a quarter of an hour ago, scouts came back to report that they had found a huge group of thieves who were moving in the direction of Fanyang County and Zhuoxian." As soon as Liu Tao saw Zou Jing, he immediately reported the matter.

"Really?!" When Zou Jing heard this, he was not calm and asked.

"It's true, the little one was ordered to go out to inspect, and he didn't think so, but before and after Shen Shi, he saw a team from a distance, coming in his direction. Curious to look over, only to find that these are not like the homeless, the front part is all young and strong, although the clothes are ragged, and the weapons in their hands are not neat, but they form several phalanxes, like a military army. When he saw the small one, he immediately sent someone to chase him, but fortunately, the horses were able to come back alive. The scout hurriedly reported what he had seen and heard.

"How many?" Zou Jing was affirmed, his mood was suddenly very confused, he hesitated for a moment, and continued to ask.

"I don't know, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of black presses!" The scout was not sure of it, and he might have been doomed if he walked slower. Besides, it is impossible for the other party to give it to him, and he will count it slowly there.

"After the number of people reaches thousands, the number will become blurred, and there may be less than 10,000 ......," Liu Tao thought for a moment.

Don't look at what later generations say about 800,000, millions of troops, in fact, more than a few thousand, the scale looks very powerful, there are 200,000 people, then the self-proclaimed army of 800,000, others look at it from afar, I am afraid they will believe it.

"Ten thousand is not easy to deal with!" Zou Jing was distressed, on the side of Zhuo County, there were only 2,000 people under his original subordinates and 1,000 militias under Liu Tao's command. The county soldiers could not be counted on at all, and the recruits had no combat power.

"The general doesn't need to worry!" Liu Tao thought for a while, "The enemy army may be tens of thousands, maybe twenty thousand, even if it is thirty or forty thousand, it doesn't matter." Most of them are people who are coerced by the Yellow Turban Thieves, which probably accounts for more than sixty percent of the Yellow Turban Thieves. The remaining two percent are recruits who believe in the Taiping Religion and have to rebel with the army, and only about one percent are the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Thieves. However, this part of the soldiers lacked weapons and armor, and they could not practice openly before the rebellion, and their combat strength was only at the level of ordinary recruits. ”

That is to say, even if there are 30,000 or even 50,000 Yellow Turban thieves who come over, there are only about 3,000 people who really have combat effectiveness.

For an army of 10,000 men, after deducting the baggage and auxiliaries, there are only two or three thousand soldiers. Therefore, usually on the battlefield, if you lose three percent of your ranks, a certain army will collapse, because the remaining auxiliaries and baggage soldiers really have no combat power.

"Yes, as it should be!" Zou Jing also reacted, he was a little flustered when he was in a general situation before, thinking about it carefully, it seems that these tens of thousands of yellow turban thieves have nothing to be afraid of, "However, you have to take precautions early!" ”