Zeng Yu, Guo Jia and others came to the city wall, and what fell into their eyes was the Yellow Turban Army preparing to camp a mile away. The Yellow Turban Army, which reached 30,000 people, seemed to occupy a huge range even if it was separated by a mile.

Wu Shi and Pei Yuanshao also followed them up to the city wall, and after watching the Yellow Turban Army for a while, Wu Shi said to Zeng Yu: "Lord, if you let Zilong's cavalry attack at this time, you will definitely be able to catch them off guard." “

On the city wall, Wu Shi saw that the Yellow Turban Army camped did not arrange soldiers to guard, except for the Chinese army, which seemed to have two or three thousand soldiers guarding in the middle, all the others were put into camp. The Yellow Turban Army does not have cavalry, and the cavalry can reach it in an instant, and it is completely possible to rush and kill.

"Commander Wu is right, but in this way, the sacrifice of the previous king commander will be in vain. The Yellow Turbans will certainly make a new assessment of our strength, and how can they continue to act according to the plan we have set for them. In this way, if you want to take down all this batch of Yellow Turban Army, you have to work extra hard. Most of the more than 30,000 soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army are young and strong, and the lord not only wants victory, but also these people. Guo Jia explained beside him.

"The military advisor can call me to express my words, I just said it, after all, they didn't take us seriously at all, although we can't go and kill, but it should be no problem." Wu Shi said.

"Yi Yue, it's good that these Yellow Turban Army don't take us seriously, so that such a strategy has a chance to be implemented. What the final result will be tomorrow depends on you and Lao Pei. Zeng Yu, who was standing in front, turned around and said to Wu Shi and Pei Yuanshao.

"Don't worry, my lord, we will let them come and go." Both of them pledged together.

"Okay, let's go down first, they won't attack the city today, but they still can't relax at night, and they must be vigilant. Lieutenant Lei, the task of patrolling at night today is entrusted to you, and you must remember not to repeat the mistakes of the eldest son county. Zeng Yu instructed them.

Lei Li, the county lieutenant of Anze County, now also handed over the 1,000 county soldiers under his command to Zeng Yu, and he temporarily obeyed orders under Zeng Yu. However, Zeng Yu didn't want to make the food too ugly, so the thousand county soldiers were still handed over to Lei Li, they had never been on the battlefield, they were just ordinary county officers and soldiers, so Zeng Yu let them be responsible for defending the city. Moreover, they are not from this county, and they will not be easily bought by the families in the city in these two short days, so it is more reassuring to leave the night guard to them.

I don't know if it was because of a clear view of the officers and soldiers, or because the Yellow Turban Army was from the bottom and most of them suffered from night blindness. It was not a full moon night, and for the Yellow Turban soldiers, they could hardly see anything at night, let alone a night attack.

Just after the next hour, Zeng Yu and the others had breakfast, and a soldier came to deliver a message, saying that the Yellow Turban Army had marched to the county seat. When Zeng Yu and Guo Jia came to the city wall, Lei Li, who was in charge of the temporary guard, reported to him: "My lord, please see, the Yellow Turban Army has set out of camp, and it seems that the whole army is dispatched. ”

Zeng Yu took a few steps forward and looked out of the city, and sure enough, the Yellow Turban Army was setting off from their camp, and some soldiers seemed to be carrying the ladder together and were walking towards the county seat.

"Go and help me call Ziwu, I have to play him today." Zeng Yu commanded the soldiers behind him.

"What do you have to say?" Before the soldiers set off, Wang Qing's voice sounded in front, and soon his figure also appeared on the city wall, it turned out that he also received a warning from the city wall, and rushed over soon after Zeng Yu.

"Ziwu, you came just in time, the Yellow Turban Army is already planning to attack the city. What do you think? Zeng Yu said to Wang Qing.

Wang Qing thought for a moment and said: "The eldest brother wants to introduce the Yellow Turban Army into the city, if we defend the city, it will obviously increase casualties." And in this way, they will not be able to break through in a short time, and the longer the nights and dreams, the greater the possibility that they will find out that we are real. So we had to find another way, and the best thing about it was to go out of the city and fight in the field, and after we were defeated, they covered up and took the city gates, which seemed both real and in line with my previous character to lurk them. “

"Yes, then you will lead 4,000 soldiers to fight the Yellow Turban Army outside the city." Zeng Yu said.

"My lord, when the king leads the city this time, he can only lead a thousand soldiers of the Ruishi battalion, and the rest will be replaced by the young and strong people in the city, which can not only avoid the needless loss of the Ruishi battalion, but also make it more convenient for the other party to seize the city gate." Guo Jia suggested next to him.

"Okay, Feng Xiao is thoughtful. Ziwu, you go to the Ruishi camp to select a thousand soldiers, and I will arrange the young men in the city. Zeng Yu nodded in agreement.

As soon as Wang Qing left, Lu Wen, the county commander of Xiangyuan County, accompanied by the official of Yizhong County, also went up to the city wall. In the county office, he also knew the news that the Yellow Turban Army was about to attack the city, as the parent official of the county, although most of the soldiers guarding the city were Zeng Yu and Lei Li's soldiers, but there were also thousands of people who belonged to Xiangyuan County, and he also came to express his identity and position.

"Lord Zeng has worked hard, this time I will hand over the safety of Xiangyuan County to you, Lord Zeng can say whatever you need." After Lu Wen came up, he directly found Zeng Yu and said to him.

"Lord Lu trusts me so much, I will naturally help too, and now I have made a plan, just waiting for the Yellow Turban Army to take the bait." After Zeng Yu finished speaking, he looked at Lu Wen and the officials of Xiangyuan County behind him, and saw that they did not show anything unusual. He tried to see if any of these people were trying to collude with the Yellow Turbans, but he didn't see anything, either these people really wanted to hold the city, or they were too deep to be discovered.

"When Lord Zeng said this, I am relieved, as long as the Yellow Turban Army is defeated, this official will definitely ask the court for credit for your lordship." When Lu Wen heard that Zeng Yu already had an idea, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said to Zeng Yu.

"The Yellow Turban Army is coming, the sword has no eyes, and my lord will go to the county government to wait for the news of the victory of this official." Zeng Yu said to Lu Wen that because of such a effort, the Yellow Turban Army was about to come to the city, and from the city wall, he could even vaguely see the left beard and his beard on horseback at the forefront.

"What Lord Zeng said is right, let's go down first, with Lord Zeng here, I believe that the city will not fall into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army." A person behind Lu Wen said, looking at the position he was standing, it should be the county leader of Xiangyuan County.

When Lu Wen heard this, he saw the Yellow Turban Army outside the city with no end in sight, and quickly nodded in agreement. The county officials behind him also breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, they were afraid that Lu Wen would insist on staying on the city wall.

After Lu Wen and they left, Zeng Yu asked Lei Li's soldiers to rest first, they went through a night of patrolling, and it would definitely not work if they participated in the battle at this time, but Lei Li himself was left behind by him, and he planned to hand over the young men on the city wall of Xiangyuan County to him to command.

Xiangyuan County is not a large county seat, there are only more than 40,000 people in the city, and almost all of the original 2,000 county soldiers in the county seat have been lost in Changzi County. Today, the troops defending the city recruited men from the city, and the former county soldiers served as grassroots non-commissioned officers. But now there are only more than 6,000 people in total, and many of them look quite young.

After Wang Qing led a thousand Swiss battalion soldiers to arrive, Wang Qing took out three thousand young men and handed them over to him to command, so that now there are only more than 3,000 soldiers left on the county city wall, and they are all commanded by Lei Li.

Regarding Zeng Yu's order to draw out almost ordinary people from this mere 6,000 people, although Lei Li was curious, he didn't ask much, just like he didn't ask why the previous cavalry battalion had disappeared since yesterday, Zeng Yu originally had more than 10,000 soldiers, why only 5,000 soldiers were allowed to leave the station now. Zeng Yu is also very satisfied with Lei Li's performance, which is a very qualified executor.

Wang Qing asked 4,000 soldiers to stand by under the city wall, and then walked up to the city wall himself, came behind Zeng Yu and them, and looked at the Yellow Turban Army that was about to enter the city.

Zuo Zhanghachi led the Yellow Turban Army to the city, told all the soldiers to stop advancing, and then ordered Captain B to call forward. The reason why he called the battle, firstly, he didn't want to continue to let the Yellow Turban Army lose manpower because of the siege, and secondly, he also wanted to give it a try, he knew that the original county soldiers in this county had been annihilated by himself in Changzi County, and now the defenders of the city were only some young men who were temporarily recruited in addition to the team they met yesterday.

"The thief who led the crowd to sneak attack us yesterday is here, Naiong is here today, so don't get out quickly!" Captain B came to a place about one hundred and fifty paces from the city wall and shouted into the city. The reason why he named Wang Qing was also the order of Zuo Zhangba, he felt that as long as this foreign reinforcement was killed, the entire Xiangyuan County would be taken by them.

"Whoever is there is the dog that is not on a leash, running out and barking indiscriminately." Wang Qing shouted from the city wall.

"There are no cowardly thieves, there is a kind of heads-up." Captain B scolded.

"Why don't you dare, if it weren't for the large number of you last time, how could you beat me." Wang Qing replied.

"Okay, this time I'll fight with you alone, and you'll come down if there's a kind." Lieutenant B said.

After Wang Qing asked Zeng Yu with his eyes, he went down the city wall and led 4,000 soldiers out of Xiangyuan County. And Zuo Zhangba, who was outside the city, saw that Wang Qing was led down so easily, and said to the other two captains beside him with a smile: "When the two of them fight, you find a chance to go up and take him down for me." ”。

"Qu Shuai, this is not good, we promised to fight him alone." Lieutenant C said next to him.

"Smack!" Zuo Zhangba slapped him on the head and said, "He promised to go out of the city to show that he is a fool, but I didn't expect you to be stupid than him." Our goal is to take this county, and you and I will do this. The county lieutenant of Xiangyuan County has been killed by us, and now the person who guards the city in this county should be the kid who went out of the city, as long as he is taken, the dragons are leaderless, and it is not easy for us to wait for the opportunity to seize the city. ”