After Tong Yuan and Zhao Yun left Zhuozhou, Xu Chu returned to the city alone to see his mother.

The scene of the three of them fighting with the Yellow Turban Army under the city Zhuozhou County Lieutenant Huang Fusong and the soldiers and civilians could see clearly on the city tower, seeing Xu Chu and they retreated and the enemy soldiers returned unharmed, Huangfu Song was overjoyed, ordered to open the city gate, and personally led everyone to meet Xu Chu.

Huangfu Song hugged his fists and thanked him, "Thank you for the strong man who retreated from the thief soldiers, may I ask the strong man's surname?" ”

Xu Chu also saluted, "Under Xu Chu, the people of the country are also." ”

Huangfu Song said, "The strong man is a good god, the mansion wants to set up wine to celebrate the hero, please go to the mansion to explain it?" ”

Xu Chu said, "Don't dare, I still have to go home to visit my wife and say goodbye." ”

Xu Chu made a joke and turned to leave. Huang Fusong beckoned his entourage, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve, and said, "Follow this strong man and give him this silver tael." ”

After the entourage left, Huangfu Song looked at the direction where Xu Chu was going and refused to leave for a long time. The more he thought about it, the more love in his heart grew, and he couldn't wait to take Xu Chu for his own use now.

Xu Chu returned home, saw the old lady, and hurriedly took out the donkey meat flatbread in his arms and handed it to the old lady.

"Mother, eat it quickly, donkey meat is burned."

The old lady ate a few mouthfuls and suddenly stopped chewing and asked, "Son, this donkey meat is quite expensive to burn, and you have used all the money from selling firewood?" ”

"No, mother, someone else sent it."

"What, someone else's gift?" The old lady was uneasy, "Are you helping others fight again outside?" ”

"Nope. Mother, the child really didn't fight with anyone. ”

"If you don't tell the truth yet, if you don't say it again, my mother won't eat it."

At this time, when the messenger who followed heard this, he hurriedly came over and said, "Auntie, Xu Zhuangshi has made a great contribution this time, he killed all the invading thieves. ”

"What? He also said that he didn't fight, and killed everyone else, ouch, kid, are you hurt? The old lady came to fumble Xu Chu's arm.

"Mother, I'm not hurt, I'm not hurt."

"You kid, you came to coax the old lady again, and said that you didn't fight, and killed everyone away."

Xu Chu was in a hurry, so he was busy giving the messenger a look, and the messenger understood, and said, "Auntie, Xu Zhuangshi killed a gang of robbers, and the county lieutenant also rewarded Xu Zhuangshi with a piece of silver, give it to you, you touch it." ”

The old lady groped for the silver and calmed down, "Robbers, they should all be killed, they should be killed." ”

After the messenger left, the old lady said earnestly, "Son, you are not young anymore, don't just go around your mother, you should contribute to the country, you can contribute to the country, a manly husband can't stay at home filthy all his life." ”

"Yes, mother." Xu Chu responded.

Although the Yellow Turban Army that invaded Zhuozhou had retreated, Huangfu Song was still not at ease, and he asked Pegasus to go to Youzhou to report the Yellow Turban Army's invasion of Zhuozhou, and Youzhou was too guarded by Liu Yan.

Liu Yan is also a royal prince of the Han family, the former Jiangxia Jingling clan, and after King Lu Gong of Han, he hurriedly summoned the captain Zou Jing to discuss after hearing the news.

Zou Jing said, "The enemy is strong, and our army is weak, on the one hand, the Ming Duke can post a list in the whole state to quickly summon military horses, and on the other hand, send fast horses into the capital to report, only in this way, Youzhou can be worry-free." ”

Liu Yan began to recruit soldiers and horses in the whole state.

Let's go back to Zhuozhou.

Since Xu Chu and Tong Yuan and Zhao Yun killed the Yellow Turban Army outside the city, for several days, the Yellow Turban Army did not come to attack, as if it had evaporated, on this day, Huang Fusong received a report that there was a soldier and horse coming to this side, Huang Fusong thought that the Yellow Turban Army was coming to invade again, and hurriedly went up to the city tower to watch, and when he got closer, he knew that it was not the soldiers and horses of the Yellow Turban Army, it seemed that it was a reinforcement sent by the court, although this was the case, Huang Fusong did not dare to be careless, and shouted at this soldier and horse, "Who is coming?" ”

The soldiers and horses stopped in front of the city gate, and when a white-faced general came to the boundary bridge, he rushed up with a canopy in his hand and shouted, "Is it the county lieutenant of Huangfu Song?" ”

"Exactly, who are you?"

"I am Cao Cao Cao Mengde, now worship as a cavalry captain, I am ordered by Gong Jing, the Taishou of Qingzhou, to lead five hundred men and horses to help you defend the city, quickly open the city gate and let me wait to enter."

Huang Fusong ordered someone to open the city gate and come to greet him in person.

Although 500 people and horses are not much, it can be said that they are a send-off in the snow when there is a shortage of soldiers and horses in Zhuozhou City.

At this time, Cao Cao was also in his twenties, seven feet long, with a wide face, thin eyes and thick eyebrows, and an extraordinary atmosphere. He was originally Xia Hou, because his father Cao Song was the adopted son of Cao Teng, so he was also surnamed Cao.

Cao Cao was very smart when he was young, good at scheming, but not good at learning, uncle Cao Yu saw that he was not doing his job and was very angry, so he said some bad things about Cao Cao in front of Cao Cao's father, Cao Cao wanted to report to his uncle after learning about it, once his uncle came to see him again, he hurriedly lay on the ground and rolled his eyes, pretending to be crazy, his uncle was shocked, and hurriedly went to report Cao Song, Cao Song hurriedly came to see, Cao Cao was sitting in the house reading a book, Cao Song was very angry, reprimanded Cao Yu, and then stopped listening to Cao Yu's words. After his father left, Cao Cao slipped out to play.

At the age of twenty, Cao Cao was promoted to filial piety and was named a Lang official by the court, and served as the lieutenant of the northern part of Luoyang.

Today, due to the rebellion of the Yellow Turban soldiers, Cao Cao was appointed by the court as a cavalry captain, and led a group of soldiers and horses to defeat Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao in Yingchuan, and then he went to Qingzhou and served as an errand under Gong Jing, the Taishou of Qingzhou. A few days ago, Liu Yan's distress document arrived in Qingzhou, and Gong Jing, the Taishou of Qingzhou, immediately sent Cao Cao to lead 500 men and horses to help.

Cao Cao didn't bring many people this time, but it was also a complete army, there were generals and strategists, and the strategists were Chen Gong.

Chen Gong is a native of Dongwuyang, Dongjun County, and Cao Cao met when he tried filial piety in Luoyang Palace, it was winter, there was goose feather snow in the sky, Cao Cao saw that Chen Gong was thinly dressed, so he gave Chen Gong two taels of silver, so that Chen Gong bought a cotton robe to wear, and Chen Gong was able to successfully test filial piety in the palace.

Later, Cao Cao was appointed as the northern lieutenant of Luoyang, while Chen Gong also stayed in Luoyang as a scholar. Within two years, the Yellow Turban Army rebelled, and Cao Cao took Chen Gong to lead a military horse north to suppress the bandits.

Chen Gong and Cao Cao are almost the same age, but in terms of resourcefulness, he has his unique opinions, which makes Cao Cao like it very much.

After Huangfu Song and Cao Cao met with the ceremony, Cao Cao introduced Chen Gong to him, and Huangfu Song met each other with a courtesy, and ordered to go down, vacate the camp, and let Cao Cao's men and horses enter the camp to rest.

But as soon as the order was given, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Report one by one, Lord County Lieutenant, the enemy soldiers are killing again from all directions." ”

Huangfu Song's expression became nervous, and he instructed the soldiers on the left and right, "Quickly recruit people to resist in the city immediately!" ”

Cao Cao smiled, "Oh, this thief really gives me face, you see that I just came, and they are impatient to see me." ”

Then he turned to face his soldiers, his expression became extremely serious, "Soldiers, what are we coming here from Qingzhou for?" ”

"Kill the enemy and make meritorious service! Kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions! The soldiers shouted in unison.

"Okay, now that the enemy has attacked the city, I order you to go to the city tower and fight against the invaders with the local soldiers and civilians.

"Yes!" Soldiers poured up the tower with swords and guns.

Let's talk about Xu Chu. Today, Xu Chu took a flat shoulder and a machete and was about to go out of the city to the mountains to chop wood, he said goodbye to his mother, and was just about to go out, a neighbor hurriedly ran over, his face full of panic.

"Xu, Xu Zhuangshi, it's not good, it's not good, the thieves are coming to attack our Zhuozhou City again......"

"What? Here they are again? ”

"Yes, yes, the county lieutenant asked me to come and tell you, you hurry up and go to the city to have a look."

"Okay, you go back, I'll go right away." Xu Chu threw down his shoulder and said goodbye to his mother, "Mother, the child won't go to chop wood today, the county lieutenant has something to invite, I'll take a look." ”

Xu Chu's old mother is not good at eyesight, and her ears are a little deaf, but she still heard the words of the neighbors clearly, nodded with a cane, and waved her hand at Xu Chu.

Xu Chu said goodbye to his mother and hurried to the city, but saw that the soldiers and civilians were already in chaos in the city. Some carried stones over the city, some carried rolling logs, and some shot arrows down from the battlements. The arrows of the Yellow Turban Army under the city also flew up one after another, and from time to time some sergeants fell to the ground with arrows.

This time, the Yellow Turban Army was fierce, the people in the city were neighing, the Yellow Turban Army had a ladder on the city wall, and the soldiers were climbing up with their swords.

Xu Chu saw that the soldiers and civilians threw stones under the city, and only two or three people could lift the big stones, and he was anxious, so he pulled those people aside.

Xu Chu picked up a big stone, picked it up with both hands, and threw it at the head of the Yellow Turban Army under the city like a ball.

stopped and threw them one after another, smashing the Yellow Turban Army to the point that their brains burst.

Cao Cao commanded the soldiers to resist on the city tower, and was very surprised to see Xu Chu throwing stones down as easily as throwing a rock, and whispered to Chen Gong, "This person is a strong man, and he must be used by me." ”

Chen Gong nodded, "Ming Gong, either I'll meet him tonight?" ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll talk about it after the enemy soldiers are retreated." ”

Chen Gong promised, "Yes, Ming Gong." ”

Under the hard resistance of all the soldiers and civilians, the siege of the Yellow Turban Army was reduced, and they saw a large stone flying down from the city, and seemed to feel that the masters in the city were still there, and they could not capture the city after attacking for a long time, but the soldiers were killed and wounded a lot, so they had to retreat and surround the entire Zhuozhou City.

After half a month of siege, the food in the city was almost exhausted, and the soldiers and civilians began to eat less to survive.

Originally, Zhuozhou was a small county town, and there was not much grain in the county government, but suddenly with these soldiers and horses brought by Cao Cao, the stored grain was almost exhausted within a few days, and the county lieutenant Huang Fusong had to provide relief to the civilians. Within a few days, the mood of the military and civilians in the city fluctuated, and the people became panicked.

Early in the morning, Huang Fusong and Cao Cao went to the city tower to inspect, and saw that the soldiers were staggering weakly or sitting or leaning against the wall.

Huang Fusong sighed, and said as he walked, "Alas, Brother Meng De, the enemy soldiers will not withdraw from the siege, and the food in the city will be used up, and in more than half a month, not to mention that the enemy army will attack the city, we will all starve to death in the city by then, how can this be good." ”

Although Cao Cao has a steady temperament, he can't help but worry at this time, but he doesn't show his face at all, and says, "Ji people have their own world, Brother Huang Fu can rest assured, reinforcements will arrive in a few days, and then we will be able to wipe out this gang of thieves." ”

"But I'm afraid we won't have more than a few days to eat."

"Well, I know ...... this, we still have to find a way to solve it, and it's useless to rush."

The two of them walked along the street, and when they passed by a large house, Cao Cao suddenly found a big ox tied to the yard of this house. He stopped and pondered for a moment, then pointed to the cow and said to Huang Fusong, "Brother Fusong, have you seen that cow?" ”

"See."

"I smell the smell of beef."

Huangfu Song looked at Cao Cao and felt funny, thinking if you were hungry and dizzy, you could also smell the aroma of beef from live cows, "Do you want to buy this cow and kill it to satisfy the soldiers?" ”

"No," Cao Cao said, "a cow can only be eaten by the soldiers for one day, I want to exchange it for grain, this cow can be exchanged for a few hundred stone of grain, and the soldiers can eat food for another ten days without a problem." ”

Huangfu Song felt amused again, he still looked at Cao Cao, feeling that he was indeed dizzy from hunger. Where to change food, is there food in the city? The common people have eaten the last meal and the next meal, they are all saving food, who will have spare food to exchange for meat to eat, unless ...... Unless you go to the thief to change it, but, is this possible?

"Brother Meng De, how can there be food in the city to exchange, unless...... Unless you go to the thieves. ”

"That's right, I'll go to the thieves and change it."

Huang Fu Song's eyes suddenly widened a lot, he couldn't believe that this talented young man in front of him would say such a thing, it was incredible!

"Is it possible to go to the thieves and change it?" Huang Fusong said, "It's too late for the thieves to enter Zhuozhou City to burn and rob, we will send the cattle to them and ask them to give us food, haha......" Huang Fusong laughed, "I'm afraid that when we send the cattle over, not only will the food not be obtained, but I'm afraid that the people who sent the cattle will also be killed by them." ”

"Fei Ye, Fei Ye," Cao Cao said, "This gang of thieves are all ordinary people, do you know what the common people pay the most attention to?" ”

"What?"

"Justice, justice." Cao Cao said, "We will exchange food with them with sincerity, I don't think they will be treacherous, and besides, the person we want to exchange food with them must be Xu Chu, a warrior in the city." ”

Huang Fusong thought for a while and nodded, feeling that what Cao Cao said was not unreasonable.

"Okay, Xu Chu fought with the thieves outside the city some time ago, and the thieves all know his ability, and they don't dare to do anything to him, okay, just do what Meng De said."

The two of them returned to the county governor's mansion and immediately set about it, sent someone to buy the big scalper, and then wrote a letter and shot it from the city to the Yellow Turban Army.

A soldier of the Yellow Turban Army picked up the letter arrow and handed it to Zhang Liang, who convened his subordinates to discuss.

"It seems that there is not much food in their city, shall we exchange it with them or not?" Zhang Liang said.

These generals of the Yellow Turban Army are all from peasants, and they usually eat coarse grains and light rice, and now there is a big yellow cow to be sent to the door, how can you not want the meat that is sent?

Someone said, "Yes, we must exchange it with them, and when the time comes, if we see that they are sincere, we will exchange it for them, and if they are not sincere, then we will kill the piece that comes, and they will not want to get any grain." ”

"Okay, that's it!" Zhang Liang said.

The two sides agreed on the date of the exchange, on this day, Zhuozhou City opened the city gate, Xu Chu led a team of people and horses to drive the cattle out of the city gate, and saw from a distance that the Yellow Turban Army in front had lined up and waited.

When they got closer, Xu Chu stopped and shouted loudly, "Hey, listen to the people on the other side, you send the grain first, and then I will send the cattle to you." ”

The Yellow Turban Army knew Xu Chu, and they were frightened and retreated, and some generals reported to Zhang Liang, "General, this person who shouted is Xu Chu, who is infinitely powerful and very good." ”

Zhang Liang said, "Send him the grain, and then he can fight my thousands of troops and horses?" ”

Dozens of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army each carried a bag of grain to Xu Chu and sent to them, and Xu Chu drove the oxen to the Yellow Turban Army alone.

Before they could approach the Yellow Turban Army, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were so frightened that their hairs stood on end, clutching their knives and guns, ready to tear them apart.

When he arrived in front of the Yellow Turban Army, Xu Chu scattered the cow and said loudly, "Hey! This cow is yours, take it away! ”

With that, he turned around and went back.

Halfway through, he heard a noise behind him, and when Xu Chu turned his head to look, he found that the big yellow cow had followed back, and the Yellow Turban soldiers were afraid that Xu Chu didn't dare to lead him, so they just mumbled vigorously.

Xu Chu got angry, turned around and grabbed the reins of the cow and pulled it back.

The cow seemed to know that it was no good to go back, but it didn't go, Xu Chu was furious, grabbed its tail and dragged it back, and if the big cow was dragged backwards by him.

The Yellow Turban Army was stunned, even Zhang Liang was dumbfounded, this was the first time he saw such a powerful person, his heart was shocked, he couldn't help pulling out the horse and leaving, the Yellow Turban Army saw that the boss left first, so they turned around and ran, and the cow didn't want it.

Xu Chu was suddenly stupid.

The people are gone.

"Hey, don't run! Give you cows! ”

"Come back! Come back! ”。

"Come back! Come back! ”

When Xu Chu shouted again, he found that someone was shouting for him, and when he turned around, he saw Cao Cao waving to him on the city tower. "Come back, Xu Zhuangshi is back!"