The Yellow Turbans came faster than expected.

And when evening came, the people at the head of the city saw smoke and dust rising from the plain to the east.

In other words, this part of Zhuoxian County is mostly an endless plain, and agriculture is extremely developed, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the foundation of the Yan Kingdom...... Although Gongsun Xun's previous supervision of spring ploughing was mainly to the west and north of Zhuo County, this did not mean that the peasants on the east and south sides would give up spring ploughing because of the folk rumors of the uprising.

Therefore, at this time, the Hebei Plain looks like it is full of emerald green, and there are many green seedlings.

Then, the Yellow Turbans came.

Everyone stood at the head of the city, only to see that under the reflection of the golden sunset, on the verdant earth, a huge army wrapped in yellow scarves and holding yellow flags meandered over, like a yellow dragon. On both sides of the dragon, thousands of horsemen scattered and galloped around, guarding the two wings, just like this army was showing its teeth and claws.

For a time, yellow flags, turbans, turquoise earth, golden afterglow, simple and stable city walls, vermilion Chinese character flags, restless smoke and dust, and jumping rangers...... It actually showed an indescribable momentum.

At this moment, not to mention the county guards and prisoners who defended the city, even Guan Yu, Zhao Zhao, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei, who saw the military formation for the first time, were actually a little difficult to hold themselves at this time.

However, at this time, you can see the quality gap between the people.

Those temporarily recruited county guards and confiscated prisoners barely managed to hold their ground by relying on the bullets and pressure of the officers. And those rangers who have just enlisted in the army and followed these officers are obviously uneven...... Some people gritted their teeth and stood up straight, some people lost their minds, and some people simply trembled, if it weren't for the open-bladed samurai next to them, if they weren't worried about military law, they were afraid that they would just abandon the city and flee!

But at the same time, Guan Yu's performance was extraordinarily consistent - they first kept their eyes open and observed, and then quickly stood firm, and when some of the thief soldiers rode provocatively to the city wall, they were actually eager to try.

Of course, the most eye-catching performance is Zhuojun Taishou Gongsun Xun, as well as his war-experienced private ministers and righteous servants!

The former smiled undiminished and stood still; The latter, including the servants who were sent to the city walls to serve as officers, were mostly dismissed.

The strangest thing is Lou Gui, a military strategist who Gongsun Xun trusts very much, can't help but sigh, which attracts the attention of everyone who came back to their senses.

"Junhou, Yigong, and Gongsun Sima, what do you say...... You said that if Xu Bojin is here, why do you need ten days? Lou Gui slapped the battlements fiercely, and then finally couldn't help but point to the tens of thousands of troops in front of him and let out a resentful voice. Isn't it possible to destroy this fang today?! ”

Most of the people were dumbfounded, because they didn't know where this Xu Bojin was sacred, but Han Dang and Gongsun Yue, who were asked their names, slowly bowed their heads and agreed.

"Alright." Gongsun Xun shook his head and stopped his henchman's private play, but there were a lot of regrets in his tone. "Xu Bojin has been transferred to Luoyang, and he is a captain in the Northern Army, if he retreats this time, maybe he can meet again......"

However, instead of putting an end to this pointless topic, this stop has further provoked some reactions.

"Dare to ask the prince," Guan Yu on the side couldn't help but hold his long beard and asked. "The person you and Lou Jun said about Xu Bojin, is it the Captain Xu Rong Xu who went to Luoyang to take up his post that day and specifically visited the prince in Zhongshan? The one who helped the prince and marquis destroy Goguryeo in Xuansu? ”

"It's him." The Yellow Turban Army outside the city is getting closer and closer, and Gongsun Xun really doesn't want to talk about it, but since the topic has been torn apart, it doesn't matter. "What are the doubts of Yun Chang?"

"Then dare to ask the prince again," Guan Yu really asked. "What kind of ability does this Xu Bojin Xu Lieutenant have, he can actually destroy the tens of thousands of strong yellow turban thieves in front of him in one day, could it be that the gods can't go down to earth?!"

"Yun Chang misunderstood." Lou Gui reluctantly interjected to explain. "I'm not saying that Xu Bojin alone can destroy these tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves, but if someone here can have Xu Bojin's ability to lead the cavalry, he may be able to go down with one drum at this time...... You don't know, on that day, Goguryeo's 50,000 troops surrounded the village, and the prince took Xu Bojin as his general, imitating the battle of Jin, Chu, and Yanling, lined up in the wall, and then pushed the camp out, and with one blow, the enemy army was defeated in 50,000 days......"

Lou Zibo took over the topic, chattered there, and explained, but it also caused people such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Zhao, Liu Bei and others who had never fought to groan.

And after a little leaning, Gongsun Yue has always been sincere and honest, and told the truth: "In fact, whether it is the prince or the marquis, the prince and me, and the righteous father, it is not that we are underestimating you, but several of us have seen that this yellow turban thief is flashy and unrealistic, and the march is chaotic, thinking that at this time, if there can be a cavalry general like Captain Xu in the city, and like the elite cavalry under Captain Xu when he was in Xuansu that day, and then take advantage of the thief's unstable foothold, maybe he can win a battle!" ”

"Is that all there is to it?" It's still a little hard to believe. "I think the thief is quite imposing, not an ordinary thief......"

"What Zijing said is not right." Gongsun Xun, who had been looking at the Yellow Turban Army while these people were talking, finally waved his hand and spoke. "Although the thief army is very powerful, but in my opinion, there are many flaws, if there are really thousands of cavalry at this time, maybe they can really overthrow them in one day!"

Liu Bei's heart moved, and he hurriedly surrendered his hand to ask for advice: "I am waiting for the first time in the army, and I don't know what I know, so I ask the prince for advice." ”

Gongsun Xun glanced at the other party, but he didn't shirk, even in front of these big and small officers, he pointed out the Yellow Turban Army in front of him:

"You see, although the enemy army has thousands of cavalry, they do not know how to use it intensively, but they are scattered everywhere, and when they are attacked by a large force of cavalry, it seems that they cannot be stopped quickly, and this is one of them; And if you think about it again, Guangyang is dozens of miles away from here, and tens of thousands of thieves marched in large groups, marching here in one day, which seems to be mighty and majestic, and caught us off guard, but in fact, the thieves are generally strong and exhausted at this time, and this is the second; There is still time, you see the sun at this time, and now the sun is setting on one side and the afterglow is dazzling, and they are coming from the east......"

"I see!" Rao is Liu Xuande has become more and more silent over the years, and he has suddenly gained something at this time, and he can't help but interject. "If at this time, taking advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, lead the cavalry to charge head-on, it will be difficult for the thieves to cope with the backlight, and it will be dark again if they retreat slightly...... At that time, the enemy army will be hungry and exhausted, and in the twilight they will retreat and walk, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take care of the whole army! ”

Gongsun Xun smiled and said nothing.

Liu Bei knew that he was rude, and felt that he had remedied it: "Looking at it now, this thief general is really a person who does not know soldiers, holding such a large army, and his momentum is flourishing, but he is still a mess, full of flaws, and he is like a three-year-old child in front of his brother......"

Gongsun Xun still smiled and said nothing.

In other words, compared with the previous experience, Liu Bei's sentence really got to the point, and he broke through the extremely obvious advantages and disadvantages of the Yellow Turban Army at this time.

What are the advantages of the Yellow Turbans?

The answer is momentum and quantity!

At this time, the Yellow Turban Army had just started seven or eight days ago, but it attacked the city and conquered the city, and the good news was repeated...... They are not short of food or materials at this time, and because there are many powerful families and market rangers involved, their individual soldier quality is not as weak as they imagined, and it can even be said that they are relatively good!

As for the fact that the displaced people are constantly coercing each other, and then more than half of the women and children in the army are still hungry...... That hasn't happened yet!

In fact, just think about it, at this time, the Guangyang Yellow Turban was able to give up the upcoming Guangyang Zhucheng and instead assist the Jizhou Yellow Turban Headquarters in besieging Zhuo County, which shows that the organization is still very strong...... This is an authentic anti-thief, and it has not yet developed to the point where the military and the people are not separated, and they cannot be killed and dispersed in the mouth of Gongsun Auntie.

However, the weakness of his generation is also obvious, that is, he has no military experience!

The few things that Gongsun Xun said to several officers before were not made up to appease people's hearts, they were all facts!

But then again, even if it is clear that the other party's general is an incompetent person, and the whole army lacks military experience, Gongsun Xun is powerless...... Because Xu Rong was not in Zhuo County after all, he didn't have a large number of elite cavalry under him for so long.

The so-called rangers in the city, if they fight alone and in small groups, they may be three points stronger than the border troops under Xu Rong that day, but if they are concentrated in the battle? It's better not to joke...... Believe it or not, Gongsun Xun ordered at this time that none of these people could finish lining up outside the city gate before dark.

As for the three hundred righteousness from ...... Crazy, three hundred to thirty thousand?

And besides, these 300 people are all officers carefully trained by Gongsun Xun, and he is not willing to do it! Let Guo Xun die, can't they send them to death in one go?

In fact, most of the people in the castle tower at this time also understood this truth.

'If' Xu Bojin is here, doesn't it mean that the generals and rangers in the city can't do these things right now?

"Who's the thief?" Seeing that the other party's lord was reflecting the banner in his field of vision, Gongsun Xun, who was full of regret in his heart, suddenly turned around and asked. "Is that a Cheng character on the flag?"

"It should be 'Cheng'." Lou Gui replied while looking into the distance. "Guangyang originally had a Taiping Dao generosity, and they called Cheng Yuanzhi as Qu Shuai."

Gongsun Xun's heart moved when he heard this, as if he had caught something, but he couldn't do anything, so he had to press his suspicion and continue to ask: "Then what are the outstanding people in the army of that generation?" ”

"There is one surnamed Deng who may be noteworthy." Lou Gui replied after a little thought. "A few days ago, a scout came to report, saying that when the Taiping Road incident besieged Anci City that day, there was a county lieutenant in the city, who was originally from a local wealthy family, but was looked down upon by the county commander, so he killed the county commander, and led several big families in the county, some rangers, and many county soldiers to join the Taiping Road...... This person is said to be called Deng Mao, and he has a bit of courage. ”

"Marquis Rongyu, I know this person." Zhang Fei suddenly interjected politely at this time. "Before he became a county lieutenant, he was a big man in Guangyang, and he was also well-known among local rangers, so he didn't want to be a thief! However, I am afraid that this person's so-called courage is just a rumor, because this person's force is indeed not enough......"

It is definitely not enough to compare with you, Gongsun Xun secretly complained in his heart, but he also became more and more inexplicable, but he also became more and more unassumable.

It seems that he has vaguely grasped a key point, and the key to being able to skillfully tear apart the two or thirty thousand 'strong army' in front of him who are full of flaws like a cow, but it is separated by a layer of gauze.

Everyone on the city tower also saw that Gongsun Xun seemed to have gained, so they stood solemnly and did not dare to say more.

However, there are always people who don't open their eyes...... Although no one on the Han army's side dared to disturb Gongsun Xun, the Yellow Turban Army's side was a typical unorganized and undisciplined army, and there was actually a team of cavalry of about twenty or thirty people behind him, relying on countless troops behind him, and directly touched the place more than 100 steps in front of the city gate tower.

The rogue ranger was born, so naturally he was constantly laughing and insulting.

This is not enough, but the first person, probably relying on his own iron armor that he had snatched when he broke through the city before, and then the horses under his crotch were also quite familiar with manipulation, and suddenly he rode westward, came to a place dozens of steps away from the city gate, bent his bow and arrows, and shot at the city gate tower.

You must know that Zhuo County is the county of Zhuo County, and it is also where the Youzhou Thorn History Department is located, and it is a top city in the entire Youzhou, with a city wall nearly two zhang high, if you add the gatehouse has been nearly three zhang high, separated by dozens of steps, the arrows of this guy are from the bottom up, so they barely fell to the city gate tower, and they have no power.

This person is purely provocative, Gongsun Xun doesn't care at all, he is still staring at the huge army in front of him, thinking about the strategy that seems to be about to come out to break the enemy, but the officers on the city gate tower are already angry!

The arrow landed in front of Liu Bei impartially, so he stepped forward and picked up the arrow, and then grabbed a bow from a team of archers who hurriedly stepped forward behind him, and shot the arrow back directly!

As the saying goes, like a meteor, it is like a storm...... But Liu Xuande's archery skills seem to be only imposing, and the ironclad knight of the Yellow Turban Army below also knows that it is this arrow, so he immediately leaned over and fled back after shooting.

Therefore, the arrow only landed awkwardly behind the opponent's horse's buttocks, and caused the Yellow Turban knights to laugh unbridledly.

As a result, the people on the city tower became more and more ashamed, and Liu Bei was also quite embarrassed.

Most people are self-contained, and Gongsun Xun also held back a smile in his heart, ready to appease Liu Bei.

However, at this moment, Wei Yue, a rough man who had been silent, finally couldn't bear it anymore: "If my fellow villager Lu was here, this person would have already been killed with one arrow!" Let me shoot, at least I can shoot down this person's mount, where will the prince be humiliated by this villain? ”

Liu Bei had no choice but to kneel down on one knee and plead guilty on the spot:

"Shame on the subordinates!"

In other words, although Liu Bei was placed in the army by Gongsun Xun, his previous position was the so-called thief Cao Peng in the county, and he was regarded as an authentic subordinate of Gongsun Xun, so he was called a subordinate official.

"It's okay, it's okay, my brother should get up quickly, why should you be like this between you and me?" Gongsun Xun saw that the situation was not good, so he naturally hurried to appease the other party.

Although Liu Bei was embarrassed, he had gradually become stable over the years, the so-called silence and few words, and his joy and anger were invisible, so he quickly returned to normal.

However, Wei Yue's words aroused the anger of the other person!

"Marquis Rongyu!" Zhang Fei bowed and bowed, and the sound shook the city tower. "Although I'm not good at shooting, I'm not good at shooting, but I can't fight! Please allow me to go into battle alone and take down this dark arrow villain! ”

It's not that Gongsun Xun doesn't want to see Zhang Yide's 10,000 enemies, but at this time, the other party is obviously angry with Wei Yue, and he doesn't want to encourage these people to form any kind of gangs according to what region and seniority...... Especially this Zhang Yide is still for Liu Bei.

Therefore, he was ready to press the other party down.

But a wave of unsettled waves rose again, and at this moment, Guan Yunchang also bowed proudly: "Monarch, there is a way that the monarch humiliates the ministers to death, and the monarch is the king of a county...... Please also ask the prince to allow me to fight, I will only ride out alone, and I will definitely kill this generation and return! ”

Gongsun Xun was speechless for a while.

"Prince," Guan Yu continued to speak proudly. "When my generation first entered the battle formation, it may indeed be inferior to the ability of Captain Xu's generals, but if you talk about the strength of bravery, you may not be convinced by what 'Lu Zhi'!"

Wei Yue was speechless and stepped back...... After getting along for three years, he knew the roots, he knew that the other party hated him, but he still never dared to provoke this Hedong man, just as he never dared to provoke Lu Bu in Wuyuan.

Takeo's mentality is always straightforward.

Gongsun Xun also made a difficulty, he didn't know that Guan Yu was because he praised Xu Rong today! So, he opened his mouth to promise the other party.

"Prince!" However, Zhang Fei's voice is always the loudest. "The prince guards my Yandi county, and I and my Xuande brother are both Yanren, and now that he has lost his hand, it is up to me to fight! Why use Jindi Samurai?! ”

Guan Yu glared at the other party coldly.

Gongsun Xun frowned slightly, telling the truth...... If it is out of a villain mentality, it may be interesting for Guan Zhang and Zhang to oppose each other, and writing a letter to her mother may make her old man happy.

However, as the lord of a county, the head of a city, and the current enemy, how could he allow these arrogant soldiers to be wantonly arrogant?

In fact, Gongsun Xun had already changed his mind at this time, and was ready to force the two of them to fight to show his authority!

"Prince." But at this moment, Lou Gui, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly stepped forward and interjected lightly. "The enemy army is coming from afar, and the foothold is not stable, so such a good opportunity, we can't let it easily set up camp and weaken the morale of the city, right?"

Gongsun Xun's heart moved, he glanced at Lou Gui seriously, and then looked at the Yellow Turban Army outside the city that had begun to take advantage of the last ray of sunshine to start a village, and finally looked at the team of knights who were still wandering more than a hundred steps away, and then reluctantly bowed his head: "Since it was invited by Uncle Zi, then you are allowed to fight, Zhang Yide will immediately put on armor to fight, and you must kill this generation!" Yun Chang, you go and order twenty people who are skilled in archery and horses...... Answer! ”

Zhang Fei was overjoyed, and Guan Yu was a sensible person after all, so he also restrained slightly at this time, and immediately took the order and left.

In order to prevent the grass from startling the snakes, there were no drums or flags in the city, but Gongsun Xun led a group of officers to stand in front of the battlements and carefully stare ahead.

The city gate opened suddenly, and this Yandi Zhang Fei took the lead, and sure enough, he only rode out with a spear, and he probably took off his coat in order to quickly put on his armor, and there was no protection on his arms, and he even showed half of his white arms.

The Yellow Turban Knights, who were originally born in Guangyang Rangers, were overjoyed when they saw that there was only one person, and the group of people did not retreat but advanced, and directly took their spears from their horses and shouted to meet the enemy.

Zhang Fei, who was bare-armed, didn't say a word, just slapped his horse and came to him, and suddenly shouted when he handed over his horse and raised his spear.

One of the knights of the Yellow Turban Army was surprised when he heard this, and his movements were immediately slowed down by three points, and in a flash of light, he was directly stabbed off his horse by this majestic man.

The latter person was also flustered for a while, so he wanted to turn around and go around behind the big man, but as soon as he reined in his horse, he felt a pain in his chest, and then the whole person was provoked by the spear, and then smashed into the later person.

After that, there was the ironclad warrior who shot arrows before, this person saw Zhang Fei so brave, almost instantly killed three people in a row, and he had already lost his will to fight, so he hurriedly turned his head and prepared to flee.

However, Zhang Feima's momentum was unabated, and he had already rushed straight behind this person. But instead of putting down the spear to finish off this person, he threw away the spear in his hand, stretched out his right arm, and pulled the opponent out of the opponent's horse by holding it in the crook of his arm! And turn back!

The generals in the city were dumbfounded, and even Gongsun Xun, who had been prepared, was speechless, but Liu Bei didn't know whether he was moody or simply didn't know what to say.

But it didn't end there!

I saw Zhang Fei carrying this person back to the city gate dozens of steps away, and suddenly threw this person to the ground, and then calmly dismounted and picked up an object from the ground...... Yes, it was the arrow that this Yellow Turban Army knight shot at the city gate tower before and was shot back by Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei, who was fierce at the beginning, held this arrow, came to the person who had not breathed a few breaths, and showed the arrow in his hand to the group of yellow turban knights who were watching from afar, but no one dared to step forward, and then inserted this object into the person's neck with his backhand.

Up and down the city, he was terrified for a while, and Wei Yue, who had made a mockery before relying on his bravery, was already stupid at this time.

In the silence, Zhang Fei led the horse and slowly came to the city.

Guan Yu, who was ordered to come out to help, had actually just finished putting on his clothes, and he led twenty people out of the city to plunder the formation, and happened to see the scene of the other party killing the knight with an arrow. However, unlike those knights behind him who watched Zhang Fei lead the horse into the city, Guan Yunchang just let Zhang Yide lead the horse by his side with his chest and belly, and never looked at the other party, let alone dismounted to say anything.

On the contrary, when Zhang Fei passed, he instead looked up at the city gate above.

In fact, since Zhang Feisheng captured the leader of the archery yellow scarf, Gongsun Xun did not go to see him, but looked into the distance for a long time. At this time, when he came back to his senses, he just met the eyes of the generals on the wall, so he simply raised his voice and ordered directly on the head of the city: "Let Yun Chang lead his twenty people into battle, and tell him that I only need the heads of twenty thieves, and nothing else......"

Separated by a wall, the city gate tower is just up and down, where do you need people to pass it on? Hearing this, Guan Yu directly narrowed his eyes, and came out with a spear, and one person behind him was carrying a big knife with a strange style, following closely, and the remaining nineteen people did not dare to slack off, and immediately took their eyes away from Zhang Fei in the city gate behind him, and hurriedly roared out to fight.

In the faint light, the remaining dozen or so Yellow Turban Knights had already dispersed in a hurry, and Guan Yu ignored them, instead drove straight in, rushing straight into the camp that the enemy had just tried to erect hundreds of paces away.

The sky was getting darker, and the people on the top of the city tower couldn't see how Guan Yunchang was so powerful.

However, after Zhang Fei took off his iron armor, washed off his blood, and then changed his clothes, Guan Yu had already led twenty knights back.

The Yellow Turban Army attacked outside the city was chaotic and noisy for a while, but Guan Yu and his twenty men did not suffer any casualties, and they really brought back twenty heads.

One of the heads, even with an iron helmet, was a big leader.

"Prince!" Inside the slowly closed city gate, Guan Yu did not move his breath or panting, and said proudly to Gongsun Xun, who slowly walked down from the city gate tower. "Fortunately, I didn't lose my life!"

Rao is many officers around him thought they were well-informed, and when they saw the performance of Guan and Zhang today, they were also awe-inspiring.

Gongsun Xun didn't speak, just bowed his head slightly, and only stopped when he came to Guan Yu's side, and looked back with a smile: "Everyone, I have a strategy to break the enemy...... In five days, the fang will be destroyed! Yang Kai is on duty today, patrolling the defense, and the rest of the monarchs will follow me back to the official temple to set up a banquet to feast on the two 'ten thousand enemies'! ”

In the darkness, before the torches were lit, everyone's expressions were all blurred, but when they heard this, whether it was Guan Yu Zhang Fei, who was arrogant, or Liu Bei, who had always been moody, or the rest of the generals who had become numb, they all stopped on the spot.

The torch was lit, Gongsun Xun had already walked away with his knife, and Lou Zibo also twisted his beard to follow, and everyone's eyes looked more and more shining under the firelight, but no one moved for a long time

————— I am a silent and frozen dividing line—————

"After the end of the Han Dynasty and the end of the Yellow Turban, 30,000 people in Guangyang Yellow Turban surrounded Zhuo City, Taizu guarded Zhuo County, saw the enemy to the city to set up a village, and led Gongsun Yue, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhao, Zhang Fei, Wei Yue, Lou Guifan 20 horses out of the city, through the thief village and returned, the thief can not be injured. and into the city gate, the generals boasted that they had won more than once, but the ancestor did not speak. When the generals were silenced, Taizu slowly said: "I have to break the enemy, and I will be defeated in five days." The generals were amazed. —The Book of Old Swallows. Volume I. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji