For several days, whether it was the officers and soldiers besieging the city or the yellow turbans defending the city, rumors could be heard everywhere that Zhang Jiao would be collected by the sky. Especially in the Yellow Turban Army, people are even more panicked. In addition, Xiang Ao stopped attacking the city and scolded and shouted outside the city for several days, but Zhang Jiao never showed up, which made the yellow scarves sit in their hearts and confirm the news that Zhang Jiao was seriously ill.

Attacking the city is attacking the heart, and Xiang Ao did this. First break the heart of the army, and then wave it with the army, and set the tide in one stop. But Xiang Ao also knows that everything has a limit, and if he only spreads rumors all the time, it will not help, and it will even make the yellow scarves in the city more united.

Xiang Ao united with the city to provide Zhang Jiao with 'good medicine' and wake up Zhang Jiao. It's not that Xiang Ao is kind, but he wants the yellow scarf in the city to see Zhang Jiao and see the truth that Zhang Jiao is indeed seriously ill. The 'good medicine' is not of great use, but Hua Tuo has developed it to awaken people who are weak and unconscious. It's just a little spice added to Zhang Jiao's medicine.

The side effect is that the person's life force is consumed, and he can turn white overnight, like an old man in the twilight. Xiang Ao didn't feel too much guilt in his heart for using such a ruthless strategy, first, Zhang Jiao was critically ill and not far from death, and second, Zhang Jiao also died by himself and gathered people to rebel.

"Great Sage and Good Teacher!"

"General Tiangong!" ... A group of people who believe in Zhang Jiao finally saw Zhang Jiao today, but the Zhang Jiao they saw made a group of people who had faith in their hearts frightened, and they exclaimed one after another.

"You don't have to be scared, we are blessed by the Yellow Sky, and we will all live a hundred years!" Zhang Jiao hurriedly appeared to stabilize the army's spirit when he could get out of bed, not knowing that rumors had been circulating in the city for several days.

"I am the general of Tiangong, and I will lead you to create an auspicious Jiazi. My body is suffering from a mild illness because Huang Tian is careful about me as a great sage and good teacher, so you don't need to worry, you can recover in a few days! ”

Hearing Zhang Jiao's remarks, everyone whispered at the moment, although what Zhang Jiao said was what everyone wanted, but Zhang Jiao's state was really worrying.

"Wait... cough cough cough..."Zhang Jiao, who originally looked sickly, couldn't control his excitement, coughed out, and even left blood at the corner of his mouth!

"Ahh General Tiangong! Seeing Zhang Jiao vomiting blood, the crowd at the gate of the city government panicked.

Before Zhang Jiao could suppress his condition and stop coughing, scouts rushed to the side of the street and shouted in panic: "General Baotiangong, the officers and troops outside the city have launched a fierce attack!" ”

"The official army is here again, crazy man..." "General Tiangong, how long will it take for reinforcements to arrive, we have been holding out for months!" “...”

The yellow scarves were in a panic again, Zhang Jiao saw this, his heart was in a hurry, and his body, which was already seriously ill, was rushed by qi and blood, and fainted again.

"General Tiangong..."There was another panic at the entrance of the yamen. Seeing this, Zhang Liang's face was as black as ink, and he was worried about his brother An's danger and worried about the confusion of the army.

"Panic?" Zhang Liang shouted: "General Tiangong is just too tired, just rest for a few days." The officers and soldiers are looking for death and attacking, and they don't want to defend the city quickly. ”

"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!" Zhang Liang did not forget to shout the slogan of the Yellow Turban to stabilize the morale of the army.

"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!" "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!"

Perhaps the slogan aroused the passion of the crowd, and the yellow turbans shouted slogans, obeyed the arrangements of the yellow turban generals, and prepared to defend the city. In the next few days, the official and military exploits, the yellow turbans, and the fierce battles were fierce.

"Big brother, wake up soon!" Zhang Liang stood in front of Zhang Jiao's bed, and his heart was infinitely anxious: "In the past few days, many of our rebels have listened to rumors and have been in a panic all day long. ”

"Uhh

"Big brother...!"

"Water..."

Zhang Liang hurriedly poured water from the table and helped Zhang Jiao to feed Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao's eyes were confused, and he was slightly sober after drinking.

"Brother, do you feel better?"

"Ah Liang, don't ask more, listen to my brother!" Zhang Jiao stopped Zhang Liang and asked, "Ah Liang, in the past, we were determined to seek blessings for the people, save the people, and help the people. My brother once remembered that my three brothers did good deeds when they were young, and it was enough to see the peace of the people. ”

"Now more than ten years have passed, and my brother can't see the suffering of the people, and he also hates the current Han Dynasty. He was determined to overthrow the Han Dynasty, slaughter the family, and restore peace to the people. ”

"But my ambition has blinded my mind, and I have the idea of earning the emperor!" Zhang Jiao's face flushed, first relieved and excited, and then smiled bitterly.

"More than ten years of planning, more than ten years of operation, threats, collusion, we do everything we can to succeed. However, how difficult it was to lead the peasant uprising, he was lucky for his brother, conspired with the family, and allowed him to take advantage of his position. ”

But he did not remember it, but he did not hear from me, and cut off contact with me. When I was besieged in Guangzong, my brother realized that we were just pawns and were just being used. Hahahaha..."Zhang Jiao had tears in the corners of his eyes, crying and laughing.

Zhang Liang is also bitter in his heart, the three brothers went from preaching to save people at the beginning, and then wanted to push the Han Dynasty to establish itself. Among them, who can know the hardships, and the Tao finally understands how to make wedding dresses for others, how can it be bitter.

"Ah Liang, it's only a matter of time before Guangzong is broken."

"Brother, we still have a chance. As long as I..."

Zhang Jiao waved his hand to stop Zhang Liang and said: "Ah Liang doesn't need to say much, Yingchuan Bocai and Nanyang Yellow Turban have been extinguished, and Bu has not been able to stop Huangfu Songbing Peak, Ah Bao has been surrounded in Xiaquyang, and we have no reinforcements." Moreover, Xiang Ao in the Northern Regions can fight well, and the iron cavalry under his command is even more brutal, and breaking the city is a foregone conclusion. ”

"Ah Liang, every day is the default time for both sides to collect corpses, Ah Liang can break through and leave with the Yellow Turban pious disciples at this time, and then lead the Brotherhood to launch a fierce attack in the south to create conditions for Ah Liang to break through. After breaking through, Ah Liang can go north to round Bao. It is best to take everyone into the mountains and forests to leave hope for the yellow scarves. ”

"Brother, how can Ah Liang leave his brother, even if he dies in battle, Ah Liang must be with his brother."

"Nonsense!" Zhang Jiao shouted angrily: "Ahem, cough, cough... As his brother, he was already seriously ill, and there was not much time left, Ah Liang needed to leave a useful body to lead the Taiping believers to leave some hope for the people. ”

"Brother..."Zhang Liang endured the grief in his heart, his hands were even more clenched, and his nails had sunk into his palms, oozing blood.

"Ah Liang doesn't have to be sad, people will eventually die."

"It's brother!"

"Kill!" Unlike the usual quiet in the early hours of the morning. The officers and soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense and the Yellow Turban only stopped for half an hour and then tacitly fought together.

"Report!"

"Speak!"

"General Yu, there are about 20,000 soldiers and horses in the north of Guangzong City to break through!"

"Oh?! Can it be blocked? ”

"The siege was too sudden, and the resistance of the two city gates in the southwest was extremely strong, and the north had not yet begun, and the yellow turbans had already broken through the city and left."

Xiang Ao was silent and silent, and after Xi Zhong came to Yutu to take a closer look, he said: "Jun Hou, I'm afraid that Zhang Jiao will let Zhang Liang break through after knowing that his fate is not long, and he will drag us after sacrificing his life." ”

"Highly likely!" Xiang Ao nodded in agreement: "Let's not care about breaking through the Yellow Turban first, we must break the city today!" ”

After Liu Bei heard the battle report, his mind instantly became active. If you have been following Xiang Ao to break the city, even if Xiang Ao expresses his merits, I am afraid that there will not be much benefit, if you can lead the troops to pursue Zhang Liang at this time, or even kill it, it is a great achievement. Moreover, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all tens of millions of enemies, and there is a great chance of taking the enemy's head among the ten thousand troops.

"Jun Hou, Bei is willing to lead the troops to pursue Zhang Liang!" After Liu Bei figured it out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked for an order: "There is Zhang Bao guarding Quyang in the north, although the monarch has left troops to clamp down, but if Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao are allowed to join forces, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to break through Quyang in the future, and it is very likely that the two of them will give up Quyang to break through and flee north!" ”

Hearing this, Xi Zhong frowned and glanced at Liu Bei, this is a good opportunity to break the city, even if as Liu Bei said, flee north and flee north, first stabilize the Han rebellion, and clean it up later. Dong Zhuo also smiled lightly with great meaning, and the generals didn't know why, and they felt very reasonable when they heard it.

Seeing this, Xiang Ao did not refuse, agreed to Liu Bei's pursuit, and ordered Liu Bei to lead the 3,000 Xiangyong he recruited plus the elite 2,000 cavalry in the imperial army.

In the attack on Guangzong, the Yellow Turban Army was unstable at this time, and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were enough.

Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to pursue the north of Zhang Liang's breakthrough, while Xiang Ao led the remaining more than 20,000 elites to attack Guangzong.

......With a loud bang, the gate of Guangzong County was finally overwhelmed, and it fell into the city under the onslaught of Gao Shun's camp. Kill!!! Xiang Ao shouted, galloped in front of the army, Li Zhu and Zhao Yun followed, and the three of them used their unparalleled force to clear out dozens of guards at the city gate in an instant.

"Trap the camp and guard the city gate, the cavalry will follow me into the city, and those who resist with troops, regardless of whether the yellow turban or not, will be killed!" Xiang Ao entered the city and shouted loudly.

"No mercy!" "No mercy!"

The Yellow Turban, who was already unstable in the army, spread rumors everywhere in the city when Xiang Ao was about to break through the city gate, saying that Zhang Liang, the general of Rengong, had led his cronies to escape. In the panic, the Yellow Turban Army did not see Zhang Jiao in the past, nor did they see Zhang Liang who was running back and forth at several city gates in the past to command the defense, and the rumors were together, many Yellow Turbans had fled in fright, in order not to be chased and killed, many Yellow Turbans had begun to throw down their weapons and untie the yellow cloth belt on their heads.

After attacking the city, Xiang Ao did not show mercy to the Yellow Turban's subordinates, as long as there was a slight sense of resistance, or the soldiers and civilians with knives, they would not be killed directly. About half an hour later, Xiang Ao came to the square in the center of Guangzong County.

At this time, there were no sword-wielding Yellow Turban soldiers around the square, only an old man with white hair led a group of believers with about hundreds of yellow scarves sitting in the square. Xiang Ao ordered the cavalry to surround him, and he walked into the square curiously accompanied by Li Zhu and Zhao Yun.

"Champion Hou, the two of us can meet again!"

"Zhang Jiao?" Xiang Ao looked at the vaguely familiar face and asked uncertainly.

"How? Champion Hou doesn't know Jiaohu anymore? Zhang Jiao was not angry, but his tone was a little disdainful.

"'The famous and virtuous teacher, the general still knows! It's just that God is still fair, and the punishment of the people in the cholera world is also appropriate! Xiang Ao heard Zhang Jiao's disdainful tone, and shot back angrily.

"Huh! Hahaha..."Zhang Jiao laughed when he heard this: "Heaven is fair? Ridiculous, ridiculous... Hahaha..."