The sudden fortification in the county town made the leader a little panicked, wondering if his whereabouts had been discovered, but in an instant he ruled out this idea, if his whereabouts were exposed, then today's county town would not be under martial law, but would begin to arrest.

"Order your brothers not to act rashly for the time being, and wait for the opportunity." The leader beckoned the soldiers in his hand, and emphatically instructed his subordinates that as long as Zhao Yi's army did not leave the county seat for a day, they would not act rashly for a day.

He originally wanted to take advantage of the emptiness of Zhongmu County's troops and take this county seat as a retreat for the Yellow Turban army, but the entry of Zhao Yi's army into the city had disrupted his deployment.

The leader of the Yellow Turban is very nervous, the county order of Zhongmu County is not like this, this Yellow Turban Fang hidden among the displaced people is like a nail, maybe he will stab himself at any time.

Zhao Yi and Liu Bei's soldiers were scattered too much, and at this time, the two were gathering the soldiers, so as not to be broken by the yellow turban thieves in the shadows. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are good at marching and fighting, and although they disdain these schemes, they have to say that the trick of the Yellow Turban Thief is very good.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed, whether it was the Yellow Turban Army or the official army, as long as they took a wrong step, it was very likely that they would lose everything.

The forcibly concentrated displaced people are also full of complaints, and hundreds of thousands of people are only huddled in a small place, almost becoming crowded. The whining voice was several streets away, but it still reached Zhao Yi's ears, as if a swarm of lingering flies were buzzing in his ears.

Liu Bei was also annoyed, and turned his head to look at Zhao Yi: "Brother Bolai has always been proficient in strategy, and this time he must find out those yellow turban thieves, otherwise there will be a big mess." If the Yellow Turban Army takes advantage of this time to attack the city, and Zhongmu County will be attacked by the enemy, even if our army helps defend the city, we will definitely not be able to defend it under internal and external attacks. ”

"Brother Xuande still hasn't mentioned one thing, there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the city at this time. Those Yellow Turban thieves hiding in it don't need to attack the city at all, as long as they create chaos in the city and cause chaos among these homeless people, if the homeless people force out of the city, our soldiers may not be able to resist it. Zhao Yi groped his chin: "This is also the reason why I ordered the county order to order the displaced people to go out of the city and treat them as collaborators." "In troubled times, when it is really a last resort, Zhao Yi will kill a few homeless people to deter the crowd.

"I'm afraid it's not so easy to lure out the Yellow Turban Thieves, martial law in the city, those people are definitely very vigilant, I think they won't move unless the time they are waiting for comes." Zhao Yi smiled bitterly, Zhao Yi paced back and forth thinking about the solution to the problem, and at this time his eyes lit up: "If the Yellow Turban Army comes to attack the city, they will definitely act." We can catch all of this yellow turban at that time. ”

"If the Yellow Turbans attack the city, we won't have time to deal with the siege troops, how can we have the strength to deal with the Yellow Turban thieves? At that time, those Yellow Turban thieves will not confront us head-on, as long as we drive straight into the city and open the city gate to lead the Yellow Turban thieves who are attacking the city to enter, we will be in a certain defeat. Liu Bei felt that Zhao Yi was thinking too simply.

Zhao Yi was full of confidence: "Since he can disguise himself as a yellow turban thief, our officers and soldiers can naturally also disguise themselves as yellow turban thieves." At this time, the news in the city has been blocked by the county order, as long as we act this scene realistically, the Yellow Turban thieves who don't know the situation will definitely be fooled. ”

Liu Bei suddenly opened his mouth when he heard Zhao Yi's words: "Brother Bolai is reasonable, we should proceed quickly in this matter, and I will let the second brother and third brother transfer the soldiers out of the city." ”

"Brother Xuande go do this, I'll go to the county office." Zhao Yi greeted Gao Shun and brought dozens of soldiers into the county office again.

At this time, the prefectural order was walking back and forth in the living room like ants on a hot pot. Seeing Zhao Yi walking in with a smile on his face, the county's flustered mood calmed down a lot: "Looking at Bolai's demeanor, he must have thought of a way to break the enemy." ”

Zhao Yi told the county commander his plan as it was, and the county commander kept nodding and praising Zhao Yi: "This is to repay the other body with the other way, it is really a clever plan, I don't know what Brother Bolai asked me to do." ”

Zhao Yi just wanted to find the county order to go to the county seat to say a few words, and the county order nodded constantly after hearing it, saying that he would do things according to Zhao Yi's arrangement.

Sure enough, within an hour, the news that Zhao Yi's army was about to leave spread among the displaced people, and many displaced people were discussing, and some people even asked the county order: "My lord, didn't I say that there were yellow turban thieves attacking this morning, why didn't I leave Lord Zhao, with the army of Lord Zhao guarding the city, my Zhongmu County will definitely be impregnable, why let Lord Zhao leave?" ”

The county order replied: "The military situation is urgent, Lord Zhao has something important to go out of the city, but he left me with two thousand elite soldiers, there is no problem in dealing with the attack of the Yellow Turban Thieves, you don't have to worry." ”

At the same time as the county order said, Zhao Yi and others left Zhongmu County, except for the two thousand soldiers left, the rest of the people all left here.

Although Zhao Yi left, the ban in the city was not revoked, and many officers and soldiers took turns patrolling, and the Yellow Turban Xiaofang was overjoyed when he got the news that Zhao Yi's army was marching: "As soon as Zhao Yi leaves, I will no longer worry about it." ”

"Lord, although Zhao Yi left, he left behind two thousand soldiers, and I am afraid that it will hinder our actions. Besides, the city is now tightly sealed, and when I inquired about the news just now, I saw that all the soldiers in the courtyards near the city wall were razed to the ground, and not even a rabbit could be hidden within eighty zhang of the city wall. The time is ripe, but we can't send the situation in the county to the table. The lieutenant general sighed, now that everything was ready, it was just a matter of passing the news to get in touch with the army.

The adjutant general's worried look was different, and the leader laughed at this time, completely ignoring what the adjutant general said: "We have 6,000 soldiers in our hands, and it will not be a problem to deal with 3,000 troops defending the city. As for what you said about delivering the message, don't worry about it. Since General Digong let us lurk here that day, he must have made arrangements in advance, and the siege troops may arrive in a few days. You should relax and let your brothers be alert and ready to act at any time for the past two days. ”

"Yes, my lord. The last general has another thing to tell the lord, the day before yesterday the lord told the last general to contact the soldiers hiding in the city, most of the soldiers have been found, but there is a team that has not yet been found. "There are only a dozen people in a team, and in the Yellow Turban Army, where soldiers often escape, it is really a small thing that cannot be smaller. But at this time, the war is imminent, and any slight negligence may bring disaster to yourself.

Sure enough, when the leader heard about this again, his ecstatic expression suddenly became gloomy: "Did the soldiers under him see this group of soldiers before the ban?" ”

"I've asked and no one has seen it, this team was the last to sneak into the city, maybe it happened to be unable to enter the city due to the ban of the official army." Another lieutenant general said that he had already investigated the matter and had not received the slightest information, so he did not care.

"General Digong once warned us that the slightest mistake in the march could lead to the annihilation of the whole army. He ordered him to go down and intensify his investigation in the city, so that he might see people alive and corpses when he died. The chief commanded. Find a way to get out of town and check on the outside. Although the chief was full of confidence just now, he always felt a little uneasy when he heard this. And the county town guarded by the government is like an iron pass, so that the leader can't know the situation outside, and if he doesn't know the situation outside, he doesn't dare to act rashly.

Gao Shun was left in Zhongmu County by Zhao Yi, and when Zhao Yi was leaving, he told Gao Shun to pay close attention to the movements in the city and choose the opportunity to move, especially let him pay attention to the city wall, and don't let the Yellow Turban thieves come out to listen to the news. Zhao Yi only said one sentence at the time: "Whether this operation can succeed depends on whether you Gao Shun can cover the other party's ears and eyes." ”

Zhao Yi handed over such an important task to Gao Shun, Gao Shun naturally raised the spirit of twelve, divided his soldiers into several groups, and patrolled the city wall in a loop.

Zhao Yi and Liu Bei, who went out of the city, walked more than ten miles and set up camp outside the city, planning to wait until tomorrow to attack Zhongmu County.

At this time, Zhao Yi was lying outside the tent, watching the stars in the sky with a weed in his mouth, the stars were one of the few familiar things that Zhao Yi was familiar with in this era, the stars were still so bright, and they had not changed in the slightest for thousands of years. Life is like a meteor across the night sky, although it is brilliant, but only a moment of fireworks.

In the capital, Zhao Yun stood in the courtyard with his handrails and was also watching the stars, and the dim mist made the stars loom bright, just like the current Eastern Han Dynasty. At this time, the situation was turbulent, and the capital was even more discussed, and the hundred officials were afraid of the ten permanent servants and did not dare to speak, the general He Jin was the uncle of the country, and his sister was the queen of the main palace, and she was one of the few ministers who could compete with the ten permanent servants. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he advised the emperor to let the states and counties recruit troops to defend themselves, which could suppress the rebels, but greatly weakened the prestige of the imperial court.

Zhao Yun, who has been in the officialdom for many years, seems to be able to see the scene of strong battles in various places in the future, and that scene may be even more tragic than this time.

Zhao Yun was worried about the fate of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and at this time, someone came to report, "Master, Zuo Feng in the palace is visiting." ”

"Zuo Feng?" Zhao Yun stroked his beard, Zuo Feng is a good friend of the eunuchs in the palace and the ten permanent attendants, and he has no intersection with Zhao Yun, what is the matter with visiting late at night? Zhao Yun's eyes flashed: "Please!" ”

Zuo Feng arrived in the capital at dusk today, and his pounding heart stabilized when he entered the capital. Since Lu Zhina left, Zuo Feng was worried about walking along the way because he didn't have many guards around him and he had so much money in the car, for fear of being robbed by thieves and bandits. After a lot of delay, fortunately, I finally returned to Luoyang safely.

After Zhao Yun and Zuo Feng saw each other, he beckoned Zuo Feng to sit down, and then asked: "Father-in-law Zuo is not serving the emperor in the palace, what is the matter with my house?" ”