One of the leaders of the house was discussing matters with his men when a muffled grunt came from the door.

The leader looked out the door, waved his men to stop the discussion, and called out to the brothers who were patrolling outside: "What's going on outside?" ”

There was no response from the outside, and the leader's eyes narrowed slightly, and he prepared his men for battle, and tiptoed to the door, opening a small crack in the door. Looking at the courtyard of the black hole outside, the silence around was unusually silent, and there was no sound.

The man drew his sword and opened the door carefully, just wanting to go out and have a look. A huge force came, and his head was hit by the door frame, and he let out a scream and fell to the ground.

Gao Shun led the soldiers to rush into the room: "Take it!" "Where are these Yellow Turban Army opponents under Gao Shun's elite soldiers, the two sides only fought for a few rounds, and then fell under the elite guns.

The little leader of the Yellow Turban Army was brought into the barracks by Gao Shun.

Zhao Yi, who had already fallen asleep, was awakened by the news brought by Gao Shun, "What, the Yellow Turban Army has infiltrated Zhongmu County?" Zhao Yidan sat up and was suddenly in good spirits.

Gao Shun told Zhao Yi what happened, Zhao Yi's eyes flashed, there were more than 6,000 people in a small square, and they must have ulterior motives when they sneaked into the county seat. "Bring the man in."

The little yellow scarf leader, with his legs shaking, came to Zhao Yi's tent. secretly said that he was really unlucky, and finally found a few brothers, but before he could say a word, he was caught by the official army.

"What are you doing in Zhongmu County?" Zhao Yi didn't hesitate and asked the core question directly.

The little leader had a panicked look on his face, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, I don't know. ”

"Don't know?" A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yi's mouth, at this time Zhao Yi didn't have time to rub shoulders with this little leader, otherwise he would use some time-consuming, but very effective methods. But at this time, I can only use some frightening things to scare this person into submission.

Zhao Yi introduced the punishment in a vivid voice, the little leader of the yellow turban was covered with sweat, his body was constantly trembling, and he said in his heart that you were already so scared, if you do it, how can I stand it.

Gao Shun, who was standing next to him, also felt frightened, he hadn't even heard the punishment that Zhao Yi said.

Without waiting for Zhao Yi to say a quarter of an hour, this person could no longer support it, and the psychological defense line completely collapsed under Zhao Yi's powerful verbal intimidation. Desperately shouted: "Don't say it, I can't say it yet." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yi showed a smile on his face: "The person I admire the most in my life is Sima Qian, who was tortured in prison in all kinds of ways, and was finally sentenced to palace punishment, but he still did not change his original intention and completed the masterpiece "Historical Records". If you don't say it, I really want to see if you can become the second Sima Qian. ”

This person was trembling, he had seen more than half of the torture instruments in the prison, but he had never heard of sticking his fingers with bamboo, and he trembled when he thought of this: "My lord, I said, I said it is not enough." Then he said with a bitter face: "My lord, it's not that I deceived you, it's that I really don't know why the leader let us sneak into Zhongmu County." Just tell us to keep an eye on the situation in the city, and when it's time to act, they will naturally notify us with a beacon. I was afraid that Zhao Yi would not believe it and emphasized twice: "My lord, what I said is true, please believe me." ”

Zhao Yi waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take this person down to be detained, and believed what this person said. This man is just a small boss, and it is normal not to know some confidential things.

"My lord, there are now more than 6,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in the city, how should we act?" At this time, the Yellow Turban Thieves were hidden among the displaced people, and it was extremely difficult to distinguish them, and the key was not to know the purpose of the Yellow Turban Army infiltrating Zhongmu County. If you don't know the purpose, even if the officials and soldiers capture some of the Yellow Turban thieves, it will be useless, those Yellow Turban thieves hidden in the city will definitely continue to do things, and they will be more cautious than now, if the situation becomes like that, things will be much more difficult to deal with.

Thinking of the news he learned from the little leader, Gao Shun's eyes lit up and he thought of a plan to lure the snake out of the hole: "My lord, didn't that person say that when it was time to act, the Yellow Turban Thief would notify him with a beacon fire. If we had lit the beacon fire before the Yellow Turban Army and annihilated those Yellow Turban Army into our encirclement in one fell swoop, wouldn't it have saved a lot of trouble. ”

Gao Shun's reaction was relatively fast, but the matter was not fully considered, Zhao Yi shook his head lightly, and denied Gao Shun's plan: "This plan doesn't work, that person is just a small leader in the Yellow Turban Army, and he naturally doesn't know as much as those leaders." If we carry out the plan, we will be fooling a small boss like that man, but we will not be able to fool the higher-ups who know the details. We will be very passive in the future. ”

Gao Shun nodded: "It's still thoughtful, what should we do next?" ”

Zhao Yi groped his chin: "Dispose of the corpse in that hut first, just treat it as if there is no today's matter, and do what you need to do." Gao Shun took the order. Zhao Yi walked back and forth in the camp tent for two steps, and beckoned to the soldiers: "Go to the government office." ”

The sleepy-eyed county magistrate yawned and looked at Zhao Yi a little strangely: "What is the so-called matter of Lord Zhao coming over so late?" Whether you are not satisfied with the compound. Then he sighed: "At this time, most of the houses in the city have been occupied by homeless people, and I can't do anything about it. ”

Zhao Yi didn't bother with the county order, and directly said what happened just now: "My lord, I'm not here for the courtyard. My subordinates have just discovered an earth-shattering event, a small yellow turban thief has infiltrated Zhongmu County. ”

"What?" The county magistrate immediately came to his senses, and asked with some disbelief: "Is this serious?" ”

"How dare I joke about this." Zhao Yi said solemnly. "I estimate that these Yellow Turban Army are secretly lurking in Zhongmu County, and they want to occupy Zhongmu County." Zhao Yi's speculation is reasonable, at this time, in addition to the many displaced people in Zhongmu County, the money and food are almost exhausted. The only thing of value is this county seat.

The county commander's eyes were flustered and his face was pale: "There are only a thousand defenders in my city, and the small troops are attacking from the inside, and our department must not be the opponent of the Yellow Turban thieves. I wanted to do my best to do something for the people. Who would have thought it would be today's result. "He now regrets a little bit about putting the outcasts in the city. Do not seek merit, but seek no fault. If he had known this, he would not have been kind enough to let these outcasts into the city that day.

"Your Excellency's move is patriotic and a model for all officials. It's just that the Yellow Turban Thief is too despicable and has come up with a way to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. Zhao Yi sighed. The Yellow Turban Army hidden among the displaced people was difficult to clean up, which made Zhao Yi feel very troublesome.

"Lord Zhao has fought with the Yellow Turban Thief many times and has not lost a single defeat, how should we act in this situation now?" The county commander hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Zhao Yi had already thought of a way when he came: "For the sake of now, the only way to do this is to gather the displaced people in a small area, and order that the rest of the people who are not officials and soldiers are not allowed to approach the city wall, nor are they allowed to go out of the city gate, otherwise they will be punished as collaborators." Soldiers were ordered to step up patrols in case of attacks by Yellow Turban thieves. "This is just a stopgap measure that does not solve the problem at the root.

The county magistrate also knew that this method was too passive, so he stood here and waited for the other party to fight. But there is no way to do the county order, it is very difficult to find the Yellow Turban Army among hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and at this time, it can only be carried out according to what Zhao Yi said, "I can only act like this." And begged Zhao Yi not to go to the Changshe for the time being. There are Zhao Yi and Liu Bei, 8,000 soldiers in Zhongmu County. The heart of the prefectural order is a little more steady. After Zhao Yi left, the county order immediately greeted the officials in the house: "Someone!" The speed wrote the strategy that Zhao Yi said into a notice.

At this time, around a dilapidated courtyard in Zhongmu County, many homeless people were walking back and forth, looking around with flexible eyes, not so much looking at them as sentry.

The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and most of the dilapidated houses had collapsed, and the bright moon and stars could be seen, except for the flickering candles in the low hut next to it, reflecting the red faces of the few people sitting around.

The leader is a man with sharp eyes and a loyal appearance, this person is the leader of the Yellow Turban Xiaofang: "According to the news we got today, Zhao Yi and Liu Bei have come here. ”

"What? Zhao Yi actually arrived at the Yingchuan battlefield?! These lieutenant generals showed surprise on their faces, because Zhao Yi had caused them too much shock, "Some time ago, Lu Zhi defeated General Tiangong, and it was this Zhao Yi who made the plan. ”

General Tiangong is the god in the hearts of these Yellow Turban Army, and the immortal-like characters can't compete with Zhao Yi, how can these people be Zhao Yi's opponents.

Taking the fear in the eyes of several lieutenants into his eyes, the leader smiled slightly: "Don't panic, everyone, Zhao Yi didn't notice us at this time." ”

This shows that they are safe for the time being, "Even if Zhao Yi doesn't find us, but Zhao Yi has 8,000 brave soldiers in his hands, and our 6,000 people can't compete with Zhao Yi at all." What about the task given to us by General Digong? ”

"We have already received definite news, Zhao Yi is here to support the Changshe, and he will not stay in Zhongmu for a long time, and we will do it when Zhao Yi leaves." Zhao Yi was the first target of the Yellow Turban Army at this time, and the leaders of all generous and small parties wanted to defeat Zhao Yi to enhance their prestige in the Yellow Turban Army. Naturally, the general thinks this way, but he is self-aware. He is not Zhao Yi's opponent at all.

Hearing the general's words, several people's faces suddenly showed joy, this is a good way. Everyone agreed, and the general waved his hand to let these people go down, contact his subordinates, and wait for the signal to come.

Who knew that in the early morning of the next day, a major incident occurred in the city, and the county order actually asked all the displaced people to move towards the center of the county: "Folks, don't panic, I have received definite news that many yellow turban thieves are wandering outside my city, and they are afraid that they will accidentally hurt the people in the war, so they will move the displaced people inward." ”

His soldiers got the news as soon as they could. The leader groped his chin: "The government is doing this, has our identity been exposed?" ”