In the evening of the same day, the Tanma, who had been sent by Liu Yi during the day to inquire about the news of Zhang Jiao's army, finally rushed back.

At this time, Liu Yi, Zhang Fei and others were discussing how to resist Zhang Jiao's army in the big tent.

"Back to the lord, Zhang Jiao's army is now encamped forty miles from the city."

After Tanma returned to the city, he immediately came to Liu Yi's tent to report.

"Forty miles? How could you camp so far away? Without waiting for Liu Yi to speak, Yao Lie on the side took the lead in opening his mouth to express his doubts.

When the tent Tan Ma heard this, he replied with some embarrassment, "General Hui, I don't know about this small one, but at that time, the little one did see Zhang Jiao's army set up camp with his own eyes, and before the little one came back, he also saw that Zhang Jiao's camp had begun to dig stoves for cooking!" ”

"Oh? Seeing this old thief, I was really scared by us, hahaha," Zhang Fei shouted with a laugh.

Liu Yi patted Zhang Fei when he heard this, "That's not necessarily, maybe Zhang Jiao wants to rest and give us a night attack!" ”

"He still dares to attack at night? He has two hits again, and he didn't have to be kicked out of Zhongqiu by us in the first place! ”

Seeing Zhang Fei's big grin, Liu Yi's face sank and he said, "Yide can't be underestimated!" Zhang Jiao did not rush over directly this time, but camped in the distance, obviously to prepare for coming again. Let's not be careless! ”

Everyone nodded in agreement when they heard this, and Zhang Fei immediately stopped talking.

After that, Liu Yi arranged for Yao Lie and others to lead the troops to patrol the city tower, and he and a few personal guards came to the rest of the sergeants to rest.

"Huh? Have you heard? The two divine envoys Zhang and Ma were killed in Jingzhou, and their deaths were miserable! A Yellow Turban soldier whispered to a fellow villager beside him.

Hearing him say that Zhang Mancheng and Ma Yuanyi, the two divine envoys, died, many Yellow Turban soldiers around him hurriedly gathered over.

"Huh? Really? The two divine envoys have more than 100,000 people, how can they say that death is death? A Yellow Turban asked incredulously.

"It seems that there is infighting, and now there seems to be a person named Zhao Hong in Jingzhou, and there are only tens of thousands of people left under his command who were killed by the imperial army, and now they are besieged! It doesn't look like it will last long."

"Alas~ It seems that there are only General Tiangong and General Rengong left! I don't know how the two generals are doing now? Another man sighed.

"I heard that the imperial court has now begun to transfer troops from all over the country, and even Dong Zhuo from Xiliang is coming over! At that time, the two generals may not be able to protect themselves! ”

"Where did you hear this? Are you accurate? ”

"Ahem~"

The man was about to answer, when he suddenly heard a cough behind him, and everyone hurriedly shut up and looked back nervously.

When everyone saw the person behind them, they were suddenly frightened and sweated, and the person behind them was none other than Liu Yi and several personal guards.

"What are you talking about here?" Liu Yi looked at everyone with a smile and asked.

Everyone was asked by Liu Yi like this, and their hearts were cold, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't dare to answer.

Seeing this, Liu Yi smiled and said, "It's okay, what are you afraid of, I won't blame you!" ”

Seeing Liu Yi say this, the person who caused the conversation at the beginning replied respectfully, "General Hui, let's talk about Zhang Mancheng and Ma Yuanyi!" ”

When Liu Yi heard this, he suddenly asked with a "surprised" face, "You all know it?" ”

The man looked up at Liu Yi, and there was no trace of fear in his eyes.

"Heard about some"

"Alas~ Originally, I didn't want to tell you, after all, you have been together for so long before, how can you also have some feelings, and telling you will also make you sad in vain" Liu Yi said with a "sincere" face.

"General, did those two divine envoys really die miserably?" A young Yellow Turban asked.

Seeing that he dared to call the two divine envoys in front of Liu Yi, an older soldier beside him hurriedly dragged the young man, and the young soldier reacted when he saw this, and hurriedly covered his mouth and went down.

"It's okay, it's okay, I said I won't blame you"

After speaking, Liu Yi actually took out a larger log from the pile of wood next to him, and then sat straight in front of everyone.

Liu Yi, who was sitting on the log, waved his hand and motioned for everyone to squat down, and then said, "A few days ago, Jingzhou came to report, saying that the two divine envoys before you were indeed dead, and now the Yellow Turban Army in Jingzhou has been trapped in Wancheng, and the imperial court has sent Lord Lu Zhi to lead troops to encircle and suppress!" ”

As soon as they heard Lu Zhi, everyone obviously shuddered, after all, the fiasco of being attacked by Lu Zhi outside Zhongqiu City that night was still vivid.

Hearing this, everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, not knowing what was going on in their hearts.

Seeing this, Liu Yi said again, "Originally, I wanted to let you go home, I know that most of you are in Jizhou, and I am ready for you."

Seeing that Liu Yi said that he would let them go home, the Yellow Turban Army raised their heads and looked at Liu Yi in disbelief.

Liu Yi hit the railway while it was hot, "However, your former bishop has already arrived in Chenliu, let you go now, you may die a tragic death when you go out of the city!" ”

When everyone heard that Zhang Jiao was coming, there was some excitement in their eyes, and Liu Yi couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he saw it in his eyes.

"General, are you afraid that if you let us go, we will turn against you?" The crowd did not speak, and at first the man opened his mouth and asked.

When Liu Yi heard this, not only did he not blame, but laughed twice: "Hahaha~ It's not me Liu Yi who is arrogant, you have also been here with me for more than a month, and you know very well what my Liu Yi's soldiers are like." Do you think you can storm the city with your horns? ”

This is a very polite statement, but it is true. Originally, in the offensive and defensive battles, the defending side took advantage, coupled with Chen Liuchengchi's innate advantage and Liu Yi's soldiers were all elite, so even if Zhang Jiao was given another 20,000 people, I am afraid that he would not be able to attack for a while.

Everyone felt a little uncomfortable when they heard this, but thinking about it, it was indeed as Liu Yi said.

"General, what do you mean that we will die a tragic death when we go out of the city?"

"You have been with me for so long, I didn't beat you or punish you, and you were no different from the rest of the soldiers, but I let you go, tell me, what does your main church think?"

Several heads were bright, and after listening to Liu Yi's words, their foreheads suddenly began to sweat.

Liu Yi saw that someone had already understood what he meant, so he stood up and dusted off his buttocks and said, "I won't say much else, if you want to leave, tell me at any time, I have everything ready for you, except for the identity of the soldiers, we are all ordinary people raised by our fathers and mothers, and I don't need to kill you all."

Liu Yi paused and said, "If you don't want to leave, stay and help me defend the city, now the reinforcements from all over the court are already on the way, and when the time comes, I will personally send you back to Jizhou."

After speaking, Liu Yi ignored everyone's stunned expressions, turned around and walked out of the camp.

Seeing Liu Yi walking away, everyone immediately started to talk about it.

"Huh? What did General Liu mean? ”

"You don't understand this, you're really stupid, let's stay here for so long, and now we go out of the city to join the bishop, with the bishop's character, I must think that we are spies, and when the time comes, the bishop will have to give us a click!" At first, the man made a gesture to wipe his neck after he finished speaking.

"Damn, can't you?" The other scolded in question.

"Can't be a fart! You have forgotten that Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were punished in front of the tent, those are brothers! ”

After Zhang Jiao's beloved apprentice Tang Zhou was beheaded by Yao Lie, Zhang Jiao's punishment of Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang in front of the tent can be said to have spread throughout the three armies, and since then, everyone thinks that Zhang Jiao is fierce and vicious.

Thinking of what happened at the beginning, everyone immediately believed the words of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Alas~ Then what do you say we can do now? I don't know if General Liu's words will be counted, don't help him defeat the bishop at that time, and then he will deal with us again" One of them expressed his worries.

"Yes, yes!"

Slowly, everyone's topic began to change from whether they could defect to Zhang Jiao to whether Liu Yi would keep his promise after helping Liu Yi.

At first, when the man saw this, a trace of cunning flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"Don't worry, don't hide it from you, brother, I was a subordinate of General Cheng Zhiyuan, the commander of Youzhou, and after being captured by General Liu, General Liu let us go, and gave us a lot of entanglement at that time!"

Seeing that man said this, everyone was happy, but some people still questioned, "Then why did you run into General Zhang Bao's team again?" ”

"Alas~ It's all my fault that I'm not angry, I went to the gambling house with the money that I was supposed to go home to live, and I couldn't help it after losing a fine light, didn't I join our team again? Which Cheng didn't think about it for half a year, and was captured by General Liu again, alas~ This time I was appointed, and it was a great favor for General Liu not to kill me twice, so I decided to follow General Liu in the future! The man's emotions became agitated as he spoke.

Seeing that there were living examples around them, everyone couldn't help but secretly decide.

"Brother, why didn't you say this kind of thing earlier? Almost killed us! One of them said with some blame.

"Such a shameful thing, if it weren't for today's rush to talk about this, I wouldn't say it, I can tell you, you must not tell me about this, otherwise I will have no face in the future!"

As soon as they heard this man say this, everyone was even more convinced of his words.

"Be careful, no one will say anything!"

Although everyone said yes, they didn't think so in their hearts. Who doesn't have a close friend when he's away from home, how can he not tell his best friend about such a big matter as life and death.

So not long after everyone dispersed, the entire Yellow Turban army began to discuss.

It is rumored that this thing will slowly go out of shape when there are more people passing by, at first Liu Yi just said that, and did not point out that everyone would be killed by Zhang Jiao after leaving the city, but in the end, it was somehow spread that Zhang Jiao had ordered that all the Yellow Turban troops in Chen Liucheng would be killed, and it was said that there was a nose and eyes. That's what the so-called "three people become tigers" says.

After returning to the big tent, Liu Yi has been meditating in the tent.

About an hour later, just after dinner time in the army, several soldiers took advantage of the night to come to Liu Yi's big tent.

"How's it going out there?"

These soldiers were none other than the Yellow Turbans that Yao Lie brought to the city tower during the day. It was also these people who started to discuss Zhang Jiao's matter in the crowd.

"Back to the lord, now the army is discussing the matter of resisting Zhang Jiao with the lord, and no one has expressed their desire to go out of the city."

Liu Yi patted his thigh when he heard this, and shouted happily: "Okay!" You guys have worked so hard."

After speaking, Liu Yi lifted a piece of cotton cloth on the table, only to see a small pile of coins that had been prepared for a long time below.

"These are for you, take them and keep them and go back to buy some things for your family!"

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in unison: "We are only doing this to help the lord share his worries, not to ask for a reward!" ”

Seeing this, Liu Yi laughed and helped several people up.

"You are now my most trusted scorpion, there is no need to be so restrained with me, this reward is what you deserve, and I also told you General Yao, you must cultivate and cultivate a few of you in the future, you few don't let me down!"

When several people heard this, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed deeply to Liu Yi a few times with gratitude.

Seeing the appearance of several people, Liu Yi couldn't help but think of himself in his previous life, who had worked desperately because of a word from his superior.

"Xiao Liu, do a good job, don't live up to the leader's expectations of you!"

Thinking of the empty promises made by the leaders in his previous life, Liu Yi couldn't help but sigh secretly, "When did I become what I once hated?" ”