After escaping from Jixian County, Zhang Hao and the three of them came to Qukou Pavilion to meet Zhang Zhen and them, and then headed towards Fang County.

To the south, it is a war zone, and it is not safe, so you can only go to the northeast.

The main population of Youzhou is still in the counties in the southwest of Youbeiping, and Taiping Road is only developed in the counties with large populations in Youzhou. Further northeast, those counties looked down on them, not only because they had few people, but also because they were far away from the Central Plains.

As a result, these places were not affected by the war, and they were considered a rare place of tranquility.

It's just that Zhang Hao didn't think about tea and dinner all the way, and he lost a lot of weight in a few days.

Before, he thought that he had changed history, and he would have saved all the people who would have died at the hands of the Guangyang Yellow Turban. Unexpectedly, it happened only a few days late, and the last thing that should have come came.

After the dawn of the city break, Zhang Hao returned to the outside of Jixian City alone and found dozens of heads hanging on the city. The first dozen or so were all burned beyond recognition, he guessed that this should be those officials, and Zhang Hao in the back can also be regarded as having a relationship, it is the head of the scholar clan who did not escape.

I also saw the Yellow Turban Army driving the people in the city to move the corpses outside the city. It is normal that there will be people who will survive, after all, people are not here to slaughter the city, mainly to overthrow the Han family.

Even so, Zhang Hao still saw a pile of corpses like a hill, and there were still people in Chengnei who kept throwing corpses out. In this way, at least more than 5,000 people were killed in this incident.

Although the reason for the destruction of the city is not Zhang Hao, but because there is an internal response in the city, he still thinks that the responsibility lies with himself. He thought that Guo Xun had entrusted himself with the responsibility of guarding Jixian County, and not only did he fail to complete the task, but also killed so many people.

Guo Xun died, Liu Wei died, thousands of people died, and his cousin Zheng Meng also died.

Does this mean that my previous efforts have been in vain, and what should have happened in history will still happen. The wheels are rolling, and he is just a praying mantis that does not measure himself.

Seeing Zhang Hao's depression every day, his mother Zheng was anxious, but there was nothing to do. No matter how much she persuaded her, her son was still like that.

Father Zhang Zhen felt that it was normal for men to encounter setbacks, and one day his son would wake up on his own. But he couldn't stand his wife's repeated requests, so he finally had to come over to help Zhang Hao explain.

"I'm still thinking about that." Zhang Zhen walked up to Zhang Hao and said to him.

"Hmm." Zhang Hao responded.

"Actually, you didn't do anything wrong."

Seeing that his son didn't respond, Zhang Zhen continued: "Speaking of which, your mother and I, your two fathers-in-law, those who escaped and those who didn't escape should thank you." If it weren't for the fact that you suddenly came out that day to stop the rebels, and reorganized the defense in a few days, I am afraid that everyone would have died on the first day. ”

"And in such a chaotic situation that night, you can still rescue our relatives, I can only say that you really deserve to be my son, and you are brave and resourceful."

Zhang Hao was amused by his father, to be honest, he never knew that his father was still not serious.

It's just that he immediately returned to his previous appearance: "But I didn't really save them, even Cousin Zheng Meng died because of me." ”

"Son, you must know that people's abilities are limited, and you can only fight for things outside of your abilities instead of holding on. Think about what is the purpose of your return this time? ”

"I'm here to save my family."

"Yes, you see, haven't you already rescued us all? If you don't come back, the heads of me and your father-in-law will appear at the head of the city at this moment.

You have accomplished the purpose of this trip, and sacrifice is inevitable. Then think about what you're going to do next. ”

Zhang Hao lowered his head and was silent for a while, he had already figured it out, he had indeed been a little bit of a bull in the past few days.

It is true that he did not change the fate of those who died, but his purpose was achieved, and he had changed the fate of his parents and loved ones.

No accumulation of steps, no thousands of miles. The steps should be slow and steady, many things should not be forced, and you should take your time.

"In order to save more people, I will participate in the war of the imperial court to quell the rebellion, and I will go back to Fang County to gather those who are really willing to obey my orders." Zhang Hao said firmly.

"It's so good, I believe my son will succeed immediately."

……

"Hmm, where is this? Am I dead? ”

These words came from the mouth of a man covered in a white cloth, and his voice was a little hoarse. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying in a dilapidated room.

I moved my body slightly, and the sharp pain immediately spread throughout my body.

"It hurts, I can't move."

"You're awake."

At this moment, a crisp voice sounded from the side.

"Don't move, or it won't hurt if you get a wound. And you keep your voice quiet, otherwise you will be killed if the thieves outside hear it. ”

He endured the severe pain and slowly turned his head, and saw a young woman dressed in white with a white cloth wrapped around her head, which should be someone in the family who died.

"Who are you?"

"Me? I'm the one who saved you. My dad and I saw you fight with dozens of thieves that day, and finally you fell to the ground with all your strength. When those people were gone, my father and I sneaked over to see that you were still alive, so I risked your life to take you home from the street for treatment.

Then you were in a coma for three days, and I cleaned your wounds and changed your dressings for three days, and I almost didn't tire me to death. ”

The woman said with a smile, and when she laughed, she had two more dimples on her face, which was very cute. Where is it

"Hey, what's your name?"

"My name is Zheng Meng, thank you sister for saving her life, I don't know where your father is, I also want to thank him."

The fools really have a stupid fortune, those Yellow Turban soldiers thought that Zheng Meng was already dead when he fell to the ground, and they were busy looting in the city, so they didn't even make up the knife and left. This also allowed Zheng Meng to survive.

When the woman heard Zheng Meng mention her father, she put away her smile: "My father is a doctor. On the day we rescued you, the thieves wanted to ask my father to help them heal their injuries, but my father didn't want to be a thief, so they killed him. ”

But soon she had a smile on her face, but there was a lot of sadness in it. She just didn't want people to see her cowardly side, and she promised her father that he would live strong before he died.

Zheng Meng has a pure heart, and he can clearly feel her sadness in the face of the death of her relatives and the helplessness caused by being alone.

He said, "When I get better, I will definitely help my sister avenge you." ”

"Hmph, there are so many of them, how can you take revenge alone. Also, this girl is much younger than you, don't talk about a sister. ”

"And what do I call you?"

"My name is Li Rou, it's okay for you to call me Xiaorou."

"Okay, Sister Xiaorou."

……

When Zhang Hao returned to Fang County, the imperial court ordered all localities to organize rebel armies to resist the Yellow Turbans, and the counties and counties of Youzhou also received the news.

And just then, the government of Liaodong vassal state issued an official document and assigned Zhang Hao to lead the rebel army of Liaodong vassal state to help in the war. He was also given a temporary position as a partial general.

Although there were only 2,000 men, 500 of them were cavalry, and that was the key.

Almost 500 of the soldiers of the two families escaped, and 500 people who were willing to join him in the battle were summoned from Fang County, and all of them were organized into the ranks, just enough to make up the number of 3,000.

Zhang Hao gave everyone a settling-in allowance of 100 yuan, and someone who was interested might say that he was suspected of recruiting soldiers without permission, but he couldn't control it. This is a desperate battle to make the soldiers feel at ease.

The night before leaving, Zhang Hao ordered 50 sheep and 5 cows from the pasture to come out and give food to the soldiers.

Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle and eating a big meal greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers before the expedition.

Zhang Hao shouted in the barracks: "Tonight, everyone is open to eat, and we have our strength, and then we will go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. ”

The soldiers also shouted in unison: "Kill the enemy!" Make contributions! Divide the field! Build a house! ”

The next day, after saying goodbye to his wife and children's parents, Zhang Hao took these 3,000 children to Jixian County to kill back, he wanted to wash away the shame of being driven out and fleeing in embarrassment.

……

"Urgent military intelligence! Emergency military intelligence! Those who resist die, and those who oppose die! Get out of the way! ”

A fast horse galloped past the city gate, and then the smoke and dust billowed out, and the pedestrians only heard its sound, but did not see its people, and they all froze.

"It seems like there's an emergency military intelligence."

"Could it be that the front line has been defeated again?"

"Stupid, shut up, don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing."

In the main hall, Emperor Ling and the courtiers listened to the sergeant in the hall report on the battle situation on the front line.

"The Yuzhou thief army, led by the thief general Bocai, defeated Zhao Qian, the Taishou of Runan, in Shaoling, and defeated the army led by General Youzhonglang in Xu County a few days earlier.

Now Zuo Zhonglang and Right Zhonglang will be besieged by 100,000 thieves in Changshe, please send troops to rescue the imperial court quickly! ”

After the sergeant finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion in the court for a while, and people were panicked.

A few days ago, there have been two waves of news coming back, one is that Nanyang Taishou Chu Gong was attacked and killed by Zhang Mancheng, the leader of the thief army; The other is that Jixian County in Guangyang County was breached, and Guo Xun, the assassin of Youzhou, and Liu Wei, the Taishou of Guangyang, were killed by Cheng Yuanzhi, the leader of the thief army.

Now the news has come back that Runan Taishou and Youzhonglang will be defeated, and they are surrounded.

One bad news after another frightened the princes in the court, could it be that the Han family's qi was exhausted?

Emperor Ling slammed the table and said angrily: "Don't quarrel anymore, you have been losing consecutive battles for a month, but you have found a way to come out!" ”

He turned his head and glared at this Taifu Yuan Kui again: "Taifu, didn't you recommend Zhu Jun as the right Zhonglang, now what do you say!" ”

Yuan Kui came out and bowed: "The old minister is willing to accept the guilt, but the top priority now is to send reinforcements as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Changshe." ”

"And who will you send?"

Yuan Kui stopped talking, and he didn't have a suitable candidate in his heart.

This made Emperor Ling even more annoyed, and scolded regardless of the emperor's prestige: "Rice bucket, waste, my Han family is a huge world, can't you find a person who can lead troops to fight!" ”

Yuan Kui's head was lowered, and no one spoke for a while.

Cao Cao stood at the back and laughed secretly: Your Majesty is right, these people are all rubbish.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Cao Cao stood up decisively: "Your Majesty, the minister Cao Cao is willing to lead the troops to relieve the siege of Changshe." ”

When Emperor Ling saw him, he immediately remembered that this Cao Cao was the person who Mao Sui recommended himself and took the initiative to stand up like Lu Zhi.

Now that I think about it, maybe there would be no today's situation when he was sent over, and this is all to blame on Yuan Kui, an old horseman.

"Cao Aiqing is loyal to the country, and I am very relieved. In this case, I worshiped Aiqing as the captain of the cavalry, led 5,000 soldiers, and went to the rescue of Changshe. ”

Cao Cao immediately received the order: "The minister's decree will live up to His Majesty's high expectations." ”