On May 23, Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Fang County and joined Cao Cao and Luo Rucai.

Gucheng County is on the edge of the Han River, the transportation is convenient, and he has received information that Xiong Wencan has ordered that Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai from Henan will be transferred to Xiangyang. In order not to be surrounded by the official army, he left Gucheng County with his troops, and according to the agreement, he went to Fang County to meet Luo Rucai.

"Cao Cao," Zhang Xianzhong saw Luo Rucai on the outskirts of the city, and shouted happily: "Our old Zhang is here, are you ready?" ”

Luo Rucai also greeted him with a smile and said, "Just wait for you, if you don't come again, we Cao Cao won't wait for you, we'll do it ourselves." ”

"Treacherous Cao Cao, this is not only Cao Cao in the speaking book, but also you Luo Rucai!" Zhang Xianzhong said jokingly: "If you have the heart, I will fight Gucheng County on the ninth day of the first month, will you wait for more than ten days?" ”

"Don't talk about this, let's go, go to my camp, I will prepare good wine and good food, and I will wash the dust for you." Cao Cao still said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's all ready, and your subordinates will take care of it." ”

Zhang Xianzhong had to wait for Luo Ru before going to the camp. Bai Gui and Hei Yunxiang also arrived before the banquet began.

"Come, everyone raise a glass and toast to the eight kings of Xiying!" Luo Rucai toasted loudly: "He is our flag bearer now!" Since the death of King Gao Chuang, our righteous army has become worse and worse, the dead are dead, the ones who descend are down, and even if they don't fall, they are still in the ravine and dare not move. Now it's okay, Jing Xuan has re-carried this banner for us, and the days when we pretended to be grandsons are gone! From now on, we will go wherever we want, and we will all enjoy what the officials and masters enjoy, and we must enjoy it better than them! ”

"General Jing Xuan!"

"Please drink a full drink!"

All the leaders stood up, raised the big bowl of wine, and toasted Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't shirk either, stood up directly, and said, "Okay, then our old Zhang is not welcome." Let's do it first! With that, he drank the full bowl of wine in front of him. He wiped the wine from his beard with his sleeve and showed the bottom of the bowl to the leaders.

"Massive, massive." Everyone praised and drank all the wine in their bowls.

Luo Rucai said loudly: "You can't drink without fun, come on, what about Lao Tzu's troupe?" Come up and put on a show for you! ”

With Cao Cao's order, a group of troupes wearing costumes and holding musical instruments came in and began to perform in the open space.

Zhang Xianzhong laughed and said, "Okay, you Cao Cao, it's still the same as before, there will be no shortage of troupes anywhere, hahaha." ”

In front, they were babbling and singing, and at the wine table, the heroes of the rebels were drinking in the dark. Punching orders, throwing dice to compare sizes, all kinds of tricks, for one thing, drinking. Let others drink, let themselves drink, eat well, drink well, enjoy well, this is what they want to do most at this time, and they have always wanted to do.

The next day, the dizzy rebels finally got up in the middle of the morning. The reason why they are so fearless is because there are less than 1,000 defenders in the county seat of Fangxian County, while on their side, there are 40,000 elite soldiers, if their families and people are also counted, then they have 70,000 or 80,000 troops. Therefore, they were sure that the officials and soldiers of the county town would not dare to come out and sneak attack.

After breakfast, sobering up, agreeing on the order of attack, and waiting until it was past noon, he finally began to attack Fang County. The protagonist of the attack is Luo Rucai's troops, after all, he is stationed here and is familiar with the situation.

But to everyone's great surprise, Luo Rucai, who had sworn that he would go down with a drum, actually attacked from the afternoon to the evening, and did not take down Fang County.

"You haven't eaten?! Yes?! Keep attacking for Lao Tzu! Tonight, Lao Tzu is going to eat wine in the county office! Luo Rucai shouted and scolded loudly in the big tent.

His troops really didn't do their best when they attacked the city for the first time, but the next two sieges were full of strength, but they just couldn't beat it. Moreover, the casualties of each division were not small, so they began to work without effort in the follow-up attack.

Zhang Xianzhong watched from a distance, a little disappointed. Although he had long known that Cao Cao was sleek, when he didn't bring anyone here, Cao Cao would definitely not prepare too much. But he didn't expect that Cao Cao's preparations would be so sparse. I have been stationed here for a small year, but I can't fight for half a day.

After the bows and arrows, rolling wood and thunder stones, and boiling oil were all used on the city, another siege organized by Luo Rucai was also beaten back.

"Cao Cao, take it." Zhang Xianzhong came to Luo Rucai's big tent and said with a stiff face.

Luo Rucai replied loudly: "It's okay, let's fight at night!" Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, just because they have less than a thousand people in the city, they can really be worthy of my army! ”

Zhang Xianzhong sighed, did not persuade again, and then left Luo Rucai's big tent.

At this time, Luo Rucai was no longer reckless, but said loudly: "I will give you the face of the eight kings of Xiying, and let them live one more night." When the city is broken tomorrow, Lao Tzu will kill them all! ”

The next day, Hei Yunxiang's troops attacked the city, but they still couldn't capture it. After that, Bai Gui's troops, and it was the same, the county seat was still in the hands of the official army.

Actually, there is a reason for this. When Luo Rucai and the others accepted Zhao'an here and were stationed here, the people here had a strong sense of unease. Therefore, as a county commander, Hao Jingchun is also completely insecure, after all, Luo Rucai has always refused to accept the reorganization of the imperial court, and he has refused to send troops to exterminate other thieves, and the probability of fake surrender is still quite large. So from that time on, he took the officers and soldiers of the county to start overhauling the city defenses, in order to block Luo Rucai's sudden attack.

Now Hao Jingchun's preparation came in handy, not only temporarily holding the county seat, but also killing and injuring a lot of thieves. But for such a small city, it is almost certain that it will be breached. What's even worse is that the people sent to Xiong Wencan to ask for help have not responded, and I don't know if there will be reinforcements.

Finally, on the fifth day, the city's storage of arrows and boiling oil and other defensive materials was exhausted, and it could no longer support it. Xun Yangwei in the county town commanded Zhang Sanxi to open the door and surrender, and the county seat of Fangxian County was finally defeated.

After entering the county seat, Zhang Dajing went to persuade Hao Jingchun to surrender, but was scolded by Hao Jingchun. So Luo Rucai was not polite, and directly killed Hao Jingchun's entire family, as well as the entire family of Zhu Bangwen, the chief bookkeeper, to vent his hatred!

After that, the whole city plundered, plundering grain, grass, goods, and women. As usual, the most beautiful ones were given to the leaders as filial piety, and the rest were the playthings of the petty leaders and soldiers at all levels.

Xiong Wencan, who was in Xiangyang City, was still anxiously waiting for Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai's troops to arrive.