"Childe, there is no end to the county ahead." Zhang Chao pointed to the city where he could only see an outline and said to Tang Zheng: "According to what his subordinates have discovered, the subordinate officials of the Wuzhong County Order and the squires in the county have long fled without a trace, and now the people in the city are panicking, and those who can leave have almost escaped." "These dog officials, when they usually oppress the people, they are more than one by one, but now they hear that the thieves are coming, but they leave the people and run for their lives alone. It's really a shame for the court. Wu Yifan said angrily. Brother Wu, don't be angry, all the officials in the world are like this, and you can't be angry. Tang Zheng said with a smile. A large group of people and horses walked on the road without attracting the attention of others, and Tang Zheng had no intention of hiding his traces. The soldiers guarding the city on the city wall looked at the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, covering the sky and the sun, and knew at a glance that a large group of men and horses were coming. Frightened, he shouted, "The enemy is attacking, and the traitors are coming." Suddenly, the entire city wall boiled, and everyone took up their weapons and looked into the distance.

Tang Zheng and his entourage came to the city, and Zhang Chao shouted: "Who is guarding the city, come out quickly, my son-in-law has something to ask." At this time, a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old young man stood out on the city wall and asked Zhang Chao: "Who are you, why are you here, what is the so-called matter, I am the defender of this city, Tian Tu." "General Tian, in Xia Tang Zheng is from Rinshan City, I heard that the Yellow Turban bandits are about to attack, and the special soldiers came to help, I hope the general will open the city gate and let me wait to enter the city." Tang Zheng said to Tian Tu in the city. "You are Tang Zheng of the mountain? Is there a certificate? When Tian Tu heard that it was not a bandit, it was Tang Zheng who waved his hand and asked his subordinates to put away the weapons in their hands, and then he slipped down the city wall along the rope and came towards Tang Zheng and his party. You are really Tang Zheng, I heard my brother say it. It's great that you can come, Tang Gongzi quickly enter the city. Tian Tu took Tang Zheng's seal and looked at it, and then instructed the soldiers guarding the city to open the city gate and warmly invite Tang Zheng into the city. Tang Zheng was confused, when did he become so famous, but the brother he said made Tang Zheng understand a little. "General Tian is polite, I don't know how many soldiers are guarding the city now, and whether the grain and grass equipment are sufficient." Tang Zheng asked Chaotian Tu. "Tang Gongzi is elevated, what kind of general am I, but I am just a small scribe. Hey, since the county commander heard that the thieves were coming to attack the city, he ran away, and most of the people in the county ran away with him, and now the city is only guarded by my family, and there are only about a hundred people. Tian Tu smiled bitterly. But fortunately, now that Tang Gongzi is here, there are finally people who are willing to contribute to these people. Tang Gongzi's great grace, no matter what, I have thanked the people of the whole city on behalf of my ancestors. "Tian Gongzi is polite, now the county commander of Guixian County is running away with everyone, but there are not righteous people like the Tian family guarding the city, the city has never been the city of that person, it is the city of everyone who lives in this city. To defend the county, it depends on everyone's efforts. Tang Zheng said to Tian Tu. I have long heard my brother say that Tang Gongzi is both civil and military, and treats the people kindly, and when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation, please Tang Gongzi follow me into the city. Tian Tu took Tang Zheng and his party into the city, surrounded by people, looking at Tang Zheng, they couldn't believe that there were still people who risked being besieged by the chaotic army and brought troops to the rescue. The county orders have all fled, and they no longer have hope, but this Tang Zheng from the mountain came with his own people.

The soldiers entered the city in an orderly manner, Tang Zheng found a vacant land closest to the city wall and divided it into a military camp, and then the army began to set up camp. "Tian Gongzi, this time we brought over are cavalry and infantry, they are only good at field warfare, and we are not very familiar with our soldiers defending the city, so I hope that Tian Gongzi can organize some people to defend the city, and our soldiers will build a defense line outside the city, relying on this defense line to defend the city, and the city wall is still troublesome Tian Gongzi is organizing some manpower, of course, as long as our defense line is not broken, the enemy will not be able to attack the city wall." Tang Zheng said to Tian Tu. "Tang Gongzi doesn't plan to defend the city, but wants to fight with the thieves in the wild?" Tian Tu looked at Tang Zheng in surprise, he suddenly couldn't understand Tang Zheng anymore, and didn't understand why he didn't rely on the fortified city to defend it, but instead had to fight with the thieves in the wild. "Tian Gongzi I have already said just now, what we brought this time is cavalry and infantry, which is not much help for defending the city, rather than giving up their strengths like this, it is better to fight with the enemy in the field. You can rest assured that we will arrange this with a certain degree of certainty, and we will not let our soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices. "Tang Zheng had already arranged tactics with Wu Yifan before he came, and the Modao battalion was responsible for attracting the enemy head-on, and the cavalry was waiting for the opportunity to move on both wings, not to mention that Tang Zheng also brought six bed crossbows over, bed crossbows are a sharp weapon for killing people in this era, and the six bed crossbows are lined up as long as the crossbow arrows are sufficient, and the number of people who come is not enough to fill, of course, this may be a bit exaggerated, but the lethality of the bed crossbow can be imagined. Tian Tu saw that Tang Zheng didn't seem to have changed his intentions, so he obeyed Tang Zheng's arrangement, and then went to recruit some people to defend the city. Now everyone has a lot more confidence in being able to defend the county seat, after all, the 8,000 soldiers brought by Tang Zheng are all tigers and bears, and they are bears at a glance.

The soldiers were busy building a defensive line, Zhang Chao's scouts also dispersed, Tang Zheng came to Wuzhong County on the third day Zhang Chao brought a bad news, Deng Mao led 50,000 to attack Youbeiping, and his army was less than 120 miles away from Wuzhi. Tang Zheng looked at the news from Zhang Chao in front of him, and finally came, although he knew that sooner or later there would be a battle with the Yellow Turban, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. Although he was quite calm on the surface, Tang Zheng was still a little nervous in his heart, this was different from the previous training and suppression of bandits, these were all soldiers who had seen blood after the big war, and they were no longer a group of homeless people with rudimentary weapons, nor were they comparable to ordinary homeless bandits of ordinary age. Tang Zheng knew that he couldn't be nervous, otherwise his soldiers would also be nervous. Tang Zheng secretly cheered himself up, it's no big deal, homeless people are always homeless, even if they have seen blood after a few wars, they still can't compare to their trained regular army. Tang Zheng arranged all the matters that should be paid attention to, and then quietly waited for the arrival of the enemy.

The next day, there was a scene of smoke and dust billowing in front of him, and Tang Zheng stood on a high place and looked at the chaotic army that could not be seen at a glance, and his scalp couldn't help but tingle. The flags in front of him were flying and there was a lot of commotion, and the noise could be heard from afar, and after a while, the enemy's vanguard battalion appeared in Tang Zheng's sight. What kind of chaotic army is this, but it is just a group of farmers with hoes and rakes, their weapons are varied, and those who can hold hoes and rakes are good, among which Tang Zheng actually saw someone with a bamboo pole. I don't know how Jixian was beaten down by this group of homeless people.

This group of homeless people stopped when there were still two miles of land in Wuzhong County, and began to set up camp, although everything still seemed chaotic, but Tang Zheng still saw something different from it, among them, there was a group of cavalry with a large number of about 1,000 people hanging tightly behind this group of chaotic people. Tang Zheng understood, the group of homeless people in front of him was cannon fodder, used to attract people, if Tang Zheng rashly attacked the enemy, the cavalry behind was the killing move. Tang Zheng put away his contempt, although this Deng Mao was brutal, he still had a set of leading troops to fight, and Tang Zheng did not move, watching the homeless people in front of him set up camp. It is only ordered that his subordinates must not be easily dispatched, and the vigilance should be raised. Seeing that there was no movement on the other side, he continued to set up camp on the other side, and he didn't care about Tang Zheng on the other side.

A day passed in this way in the eyes of the two sides, and at night, Tang Zheng was afraid of a night attack on the opposite side, so he specially strengthened his vigilance, but the opposite side did not attack the camp overnight. The next day, after breakfast, everyone was sorting out their armor and weapons, and there was a horn sound on the opposite side. "Childe, a group of people suddenly walked towards us from the opposite side, the number of them was about 5,000, but they were all those who set up camp yesterday." A soldier came in and reported to Tang Zheng. "Let's go and observe, Zhang Chao and Brother Wu came to my tent to discuss." Tang Zheng arranged it. "No." The soldier answered and went out.

"Brother Wu, who do you think this battle faction will meet the enemy?" Tang Zheng asked Wu Yifan, there was no one under him now. "Brother Tang, you don't need the brothers of the Modao Battalion to go out in this battle, it's better to send Guo Mingda to lead 800 new cavalry and 200 veterans to fight, and it's time for the recruits to see blood." "Then listen to Brother Wu's arrangement." After Tang Zheng instructed Zhang Chao, Zhang Chao quickly went down to arrange manpower. Tang Zheng and Wu Yifan came to the front of the battle, a thousand cavalry were ready to go, led by Wu Yifan's henchman Guo Mingda, don't look at this person is young, but he has been in the army for more than ten years, and has experienced dozens of large and small battle formations, and his skills are very unusual. With Tang Zheng's order, Guo Mingda rushed towards the enemy formation first, and the cavalry behind also followed Guo Mingda and rushed towards the enemy. When Guo Mingda rushed in front of the enemy, the one-sided slaughter began, this was a war without any suspense, especially when the infantry faced the cavalry, although the opponent had the advantage of troops, in the final analysis, it was just a group of homeless people who had just been armed. Watching their own men and horses being slaughtered like chopping melons and vegetables, although they are cannon fodder, but the other side still heard the sound of the horn of the troops, not so much a war as a temptation, the warring sides are carrying out a trial, although the attacking side ended with heavy losses, but both sides have a good understanding of each other's combat strength.

"Childe, fortunately, I am not dishonored. In this battle, we did not lose a single person, only a dozen horsemen were slightly wounded, and less than half of the opponents fled back, so I think this battle was a deliberate test of the enemy. Guo Mingda took off his helmet and said. Well, yes, well played. This is their cannon fodder, and they wanted to use it yesterday to lure me into attacking rashly, but we didn't hit it yesterday. Well, it is estimated that the opposite side will not be attacking today, so let's go down and rest first, and recharge our energy to deal with the next war. Tang Zheng said to everyone, everyone nodded yes, and then went out of Tang Zheng's tent together.