Cao Cao returned to Liu Xie with his troops, and after the troops were handed over to the deputy general Cao Ren, he walked in front of Liu Xie and handed over the order to Liu Xie.

Standing in front of Liu Xie, after making a detailed report to Liu Xie on the affairs in Guide County, he asked Liu Xie: Your Highness, who is under the command of the more than 1,300 people recruited in Guide County?

Liu Xie listened to Cao Cao's question, thought about it, looked at Cao Cao, and said directly: The more than 1,300 people in Guide County will be handed over to you, let them serve under your command.

Cao Cao listened to Liu Xie's words, he was very moved, these more than 1,300 people were personally selected by himself, and it can be said that he was his own disciples, and now Liu Xie can still hand over these more than 1,300 people to him, which shows that he still fully believes in him, which makes Cao Cao very moved.

However, Liu Xie didn't have time to see Cao Cao moved, and when he looked at Cao Cao, he directly ordered: The army continues to set off, we need to meet Lu Zhi as soon as possible. After saying that, he turned over and got on his horse and prepared to go. Cao Cao listened to Liu Xie's order, so he hurried down to pass the order and prepared to continue to set off.

Just when Liu Xie rushed to Lu Zhi with a large army, Zhang Jiao, who was far away in Jizhou, was stepping up his siege of the city.

Outside Gaotang City, Zhang Jiao rode on a high-headed horse, watching his Yellow Turban sergeants rush up in a group, and retreat in a team, very annoyed. Looking at Jia Xu beside him, he asked: Sir, is there any way to quickly capture this city?

Jia Xu, who heard Zhang Jiao's words, looked up at the city wall that was more than five meters high, even the ladder built by the Yellow Turban Army could not reach the arrow tower on the city wall. Even the city of Luoyang is only six meters high. Moreover, the defenders of the city held the city and never went out of the city to fight. Jia Xu shook his head, looked at Zhang Jiao and said:

General, there is no way, in the face of such a city, he can only use human lives to fight down. Intrigue will only work if there is room for it. In a city like Gaotang, the defenders in the city only stick to the city and never go out of the city to fight, and we have no way to do anything about him. There are many high-ranking people in the defenders of the city.

Zhang Jiao listened to Jia Xu's words and became even more annoyed. But since the beginning of the incident, everything has not gone well. Originally, I thought that after the uprising, there could be a minimum expansion period of three months, after all, the imperial court was slow to react. But I didn't expect that this time the response was so fast, he just got into trouble, and the imperial court sent a counterinsurgency army the next day. Moreover, the imperial court flew pigeons and sent letters to all places, requiring all localities to hold on to the city and not allow them to go out of the city to fight.

The local clans in various places who were originally going to cooperate with the uprising could only lie dormant temporarily. Wait for your time. It is only in Jizhou that Zhang Jiao, with years of accumulation, has occupied several cities, and the armies sent out by other roads, according to the feedback from the news, the progress is not very smooth.

Of course, things are not going well here in Zhang Jiao, and the progress in the imperial court is not going very well. After all, it takes time for the imperial court to transfer troops, and the large army sent now can only play a role in stabilizing the situation, and it is still a little powerless for the overall situation. Like Lu Zhi's army, he was blocked from advancing in Wei County.

However, Zhang Jiao still felt a little distressed when he watched the batches of soldiers under his command lose here, looked at Jia Xu, and said for the second time: Is there any good way to reduce some losses, sir?

Jia Xu heard Zhang Jiao ask him this question for the second time, and understood that Zhang Jiao was really anxious. After thinking about it, he said: We can jump out of the current problem and start from other aspects.

When Zhang Jiao heard Jia Xu say this, he was very surprised and asked: What does Mr. mean?

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Jiao and said: Liu Xie has just ascended to the throne of the crown prince, and the general rescued people and caused trouble, will there be a connection between this?

Zhang Jiao listened to Jia Xu's words, and said very disappointedly: What does it have to do with Liu Xie, that is, without Liu Xie, I should have something to do.

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Jiao and smiled mysteriously and said: The general is his own person, of course he is clear, but the people of the world understand that? If the general asked people to publicize that Liu Xie, who had just ascended to the throne of the crown prince, wanted the general to donate money and beauties, how would the people of the world view Liu Xie, and what would they think of this court?

After listening to Jia Xu's words, Zhang Jiao said very happily: Yes, yes, we can say that the reason why we rebelled was completely controlled by Liu Xie's oppression, and now Liu Xie is afraid that the matter will be exposed, so he will personally lead the army to quell the rebellion, in order to kill people and kill people.

Jia Xu was very happy to see that Zhang Jiao understood what he meant, so he continued: Liu Xie is the second prince, but he was made the crown prince, so what does Liu Wei, the eldest prince in the palace, think in his heart? Could it be that Liu Xie snatched the position of prince that originally belonged to him, and would he be unhappy in his heart? Is it possible for us to work together? If Liu Wei cooperates with us, is it possible for us to enter Luoyang directly? Don't forget, Liu Wei's mother is the queen of the dynasty.

Jia Xu's words, Zhang Jiao was very happy, looked at Jia Xu and said excitedly: Yes, when necessary, we will also surrender to Liu Wei, as long as he can lead our army into Luoyang City.

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Jiao, who was happy, and knew what Zhang Jiao was thinking when he listened to his words. Zhang Jiao is a qualified hero, and he can do whatever it takes to win. But such a person can share weal and woe, but it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity. But now, the great cause has not yet been accomplished, and it is still too early to talk about this. However, Jia Xu still secretly reminded himself in his heart.

Zhang Jiao saw that the city in front of him was difficult to defeat today, so he ordered the heralds around him to withdraw the troops. Hurriedly took Jia Xu back to the Chinese army's tent to discuss the follow-up arrangements.

In Gaotang City, Liu Yudong, the county commander, sat in the middle of the hall, looked at a scribe beside him, and said very politely: Mr. Yuan Hao, if you don't look at it, it's not time, why did the Yellow Turban Army retreat, what is Zhang Jiao's idea?

Mr. Yuan Hao, that is, Tian Feng, looked at the county commander Liu Yudong and said directly: My lord, no matter what Zhang Jiao's idea is, we just have to do something, at this time, the lord should quickly order the soldiers to continue to strengthen the city wall.

After listening to Tian Feng's words, Liu Yudong, the county commander, agreed very much, so he hurriedly asked his subordinates to inform the soldiers guarding the city to continue to strengthen the city wall and prepare for the defense of the city. After the incident, Liu Yudong, the county magistrate, looked at Tian Feng, who was sitting where the old god was there, and was very grateful to him in his heart.

When the Yellow Turban Rebellion had just broken out and all counties were not prepared, it was Tian Fengmao who recommended Liu Yudong who came to Gaotang to ask for a meeting. After meeting Tian Feng, the latter analyzed the pros and cons of the current situation to him, and suggested that he strengthen the city from now on and prepare to defend the city. At that time, Liu Yudong had a half-believing attitude, and adopted Tian Feng's suggestion selectively, but he didn't expect that Zhang Jiao really led the Yellow Turban Army to attack Gaotang.

Because they were prepared, the first wave of attacks was barely resisted, and then it was Tian Feng who taught them how to defend step by step, and in the face of Zhang Jiao's deliberately exposed flaws, they ignored them, so that they could hold on until now, otherwise the city would have been broken by Zhang Jiao a long time ago.

So now, the county commander Liu Yudong is simply obedient to Tian Feng. Hearing Tian Feng's request to continue to strengthen the city, he had no doubt and directly complied.

Where Tian Feng sat was thinking about the abnormality of the Yellow Turban Army today, according to the past, the attack of the Yellow Turban Army would continue until sunset, and now it is only a little more than the afternoon, Zhang Jiao asked the army to stop attacking, it is obvious that Zhang Jiao's actions are a little abnormal, Tian Feng has already felt a strong conspiracy from it and asked, but it is a pity that he was trapped here by Zhang Jiao and did nothing. For the changes outside, you can only pray secretly.