Cao Rong issued a holy decree. Gather the local heroes in Jizhou to form an army and crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, and those who have made meritorious contributions to the Yellow Turban Army will be rewarded in the future.

This holy decree spread to the local area, and it filled the chaos in Jizhou. The local Haoqiang reacted at the first time, and the family gate valve and the children of Haoqiang began to openly buy a large number of pig iron to create weapons and armor, and at the same time, in front of the gates of various counties and counties, they also posted lists, many of which were family recruitment lists, and in some villages, there were also some Haoqiang guests, beating gongs and drums to recruit people.

With the blow of the local powerful family, the life of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly became much sader. These heroes are no better than the army, in the locality, these families are more powerful, and they know more about the details of the local area, and it is easier to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army.

But then, two questions immediately arose.

The first problem is that soldiers from local powerful families began to kill civilians indiscriminately in order to risk their military exploits. The private army of these family lords is no better than the regular army, and there is no military discipline at all, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil, which soon makes the people's resentment boiling.

The second problem is even more serious, many Yellow Turban Army after seeing Cao Ei's holy decree, immediately ripped off the Yellow Turban on their heads, and then claimed to be a private army established in response to the call of the imperial court, rampant in Jizhou, and when there was no food, they pulled the Yellow Turban again, turned into the Yellow Turban Army, and looted the county.

At that time, the Zhang Jiao Yellow Turban Uprising was based on religion, and Zhang Jiao planned for ten years for the uprising, and the entire organization also experienced a strict division of labor, from the three Zhang Jiao brothers, to the small and small Qu Shuai below, and even the local hall masters, the structure was very complete. Therefore, at that time, the vast majority of the Yellow Turban Army was loyal to Zhang Jiao's "Taiping Dao", and it was impossible for the vast majority of the Taiping Army to rip off their headscarves and pretend to be local private troops.

And now the situation is completely different, these new Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou are just borrowing the name of Zhang Jiao, in the final analysis, everyone has no sense of belonging to the Yellow Turban Army at all, and they will not die to be the Yellow Turban Army, so there will be this situation of being both soldiers and thieves.

So every time the Yellow Turban Army in many places saw someone coming to crusade. He tore off his turban and claimed to be a local righteous soldier, which made the real local private army unable to start. As soon as the crusading army left, the Yellow Turban Army returned to its original appearance, and even some Yellow Turban Army pretended to be local private troops to eliminate the vigilance of the real local private army, and then attacked them secretly.

The local private army was not stupid, and this soon became the case. In order to avoid losses, some resolute private army leaders ordered that any enemy, whether Yellow Turbans or not, should be vigilant and go to war immediately if there was any change.

Some smart people quickly figured out the problem, so after discussion, some local private military leaders came up with a method, that is, to demarcate the sphere of influence, and never cross the line on weekdays, so that those who enter the sphere of influence without authorization will inevitably be the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

In the beginning, this method was indeed very effective, and some unknown Yellow Turban Army entered the sphere of influence of the local powerful without authorization. Even if you tear off the yellow turban and pretend to be a local private army, you will inevitably be exterminated.

However, once the sphere of influence is divided, there will inevitably be friction between the parties, small brawls often occur, and sometimes there will even be big fights, although the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou began to ease, but the private army brawls intensified.

……

Changshan County.

More than a month ago, a group of Yellow Turban Army suddenly appeared in Changshan County, claiming to be the reincarnation of Zhang Bao, the "Rengong General", and soon gathered thousands of people to attack the county seat. Later, local private armies were established one after another, and this "Rengong General" felt that something was wrong, so he took people to escape into the mountains, only occasionally going out to rob the house.

And now, Zhou Cang, with more than 20 people, is walking towards the cottage of this "Rengong General".

The more than 20 people around Zhou Cang were the elite selected from the school swords under Guan Yu's command, and the more martial arts they had, were far better than ordinary soldiers. And this time Zhou Cang's task is to collect the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou.

These Yellow Turban soldiers are all from the common people, and there are occasionally a few local scoundrels who don't know any art of war at all, and the camp is also very casual and easy to find, so Zhou Cang easily found the camp of this "Rengong General".

In front of the gate of the wall, the two guards had already seen Zhou Cang's group of people coming, and when they saw that Zhou Cang and the others were all carrying guys, they knew that these people were not good, so they immediately struck the gong, and in a moment came out of it hundreds of Yellow Turban soldiers with various farm tools in their hands.

"Stop. Who are you? One of them shouted.

"I'm here to take refuge with General Rengong!" Zhou Cang replied immediately.

As soon as the peasant army heard that it had come to take refuge, they immediately laid down their arms. In the past, there would be a few people who came to join this "Rengong General" every day, but those who came could bring hoes, even if they were good, how could they be like Zhou Cang's group, well-equipped.

However, it was precisely because Zhou Cang's group of people were well-equipped that they immediately attracted the attention of the "General Rengong", so the "General Rengong" immediately decided to meet Zhou Cang in person.

Zhou Cangda strode into the lobby, raised his eyes, and there was a person sitting in the middle of the hall, this person was also tall, with a yellow scarf on his head, and a shabby Taoist robe that he didn't know where he got it, dressed as a Taoist priest, it should be the "Rengong General". And under the hall, there were seven or eight people sitting on the left and right sides, all wearing the worst leather armor, some of which were already damaged, and they also had yellow scarves on their heads, looking like generals under the command of this "Rengong General".

Just as Zhou Cang was looking around, one person suddenly shouted: "When you see General Rengong, don't you hurry up and bow down!" ”

"Bow down?" A cold light flashed in Zhou Cang's eyes, and he pointed to the "General Rengong" sitting in front of him with his hand. opened his mouth and asked, "You are the general of Rengong?" ”

"Yes, I am the reincarnation of General Zhang Bao!" The "General Rengong" replied immediately.

"Okay, that general, do you still recognize me?"

"Who are you?"

"Hahaha, I know that you are pretending to be the general Zhang Bao, you are so bold!"

At this time, this "Rengong General" also noticed that Zhou Cang was here to find fault. So the "general of the people" immediately shouted: "Come on, arrest him for me!" ”

The generals on both sides got up one after another and pounced on Zhou Cang. And Zhou Cang pulled out a big knife, and with a flick of his wrist, he cut down a person, and at the same time, the school knife hands brought by Zhou Cang also rushed in, subduing all the people in the hall in just a few rounds.

These school swordsmen are all experienced elites, and these peasant-born Yellow Turban Army in the hall, even if they are ten, are not the opponents of a school swordsman, so there is no suspense in this battle at all.

Seeing that his subordinates were subdued in an instant, a trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the "Rengong General", and at the same time he trembled and said, "You, who are you...... Don't mess around...... This is my territory, and I have thousands of brothers out there......"

"Hmph, I want to know who I am, okay, then I'll tell you!" Zhou Cang pointed at the "Rengong General" with a knife and said loudly: "I am Zhou Cang, and I was the personal guard of Rengong General Zhang Bao back then!" ”

"It turns out that the hero is the reincarnation of General Zhou Cang, disrespectful, disrespectful......" The "General Rengong" said immediately.

"Oh, I'm not dead yet!" Zhou Cang strode forward, stepped on the table in front of him, and yelled viciously: "Listen, Lao Tzu is not a reincarnation, Lao Tzu is Zhou Cang himself, Zhou Cang, the knife-carrying hand under Guan Yu Guan Junhou!" ”

Zhou Cang was originally the general of the Yellow Turban Army, and he was also Zhang Bao's personal guard, after the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhou Cang escaped by chance, and later Guan Yu received Zhou Cang when he passed the five passes and cut six generals, followed Guan Yu before and after the saddle, and entrusted Guan Yu's blessing, the name Zhou Cang, many people in the world know.

Hearing Zhou Cang say this, the "General Rengong" immediately understood that the person in front of him was not a reincarnation, but a genuine Zhou Cang.

The "General Rengong" knew that he could no longer pretend to be any longer, so he immediately knelt on the ground: "The general spares his life." The general spares his life! The villain is just pretending to be the general of the public just for a bite of food, general, you spare the villain! ”

"En......" Zhou Cang nodded slightly, and then said, "You can spare it, but you have to listen to me." ”

"Don't worry, the villain will obey the general's orders."

……

Luoyang, the main hall of the imperial palace.

"Faint move, big faint move! Isn't Cao Ei's move self-defeating? Zhuge Liang threw away the latest information from Jizhou, and then said: "In the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the past, the imperial court ordered local heroes to form a private army to crusade, and the result was Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, Liu Yan and other heroes. Now Cao Rong is so ignorant, this is a repeat of the past, I am afraid that if the yellow scarf is leveled, then Jizhou will have to be in chaos for three or five years! ”

"That's what the prime minister said. The situation in Jizhou is getting more and more complicated, and I now feel that I can't control it, so I invited the prime minister to come to Luoyang to give me advice. Adou next to him said casually.

"Your Majesty deceived me. When Xu Yuanzhi offered his advice to His Majesty, how could he not have expected it today? Your Majesty should ask Ji Yuanzhi, he has been planning for decades for today, and now he must have a comprehensive plan! Why bother with the ministers? Now, the most he can do is to fill in the gaps. Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

The prime minister laughed. Adou said half-jokingly.

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath, his face slowly became solemn, and then he spoke: "Your Majesty, this way of using soldiers is the best way to fight. Surrendering without a fight is the ultimate performance of strategy, but it is extremely difficult to achieve, even if it is Sun Wu, Le Yi, and Han Xin, it is impossible to do it easily. Now Yuan Zhi is using a plan, not only to surrender without a fight, but to surrender a country without a fight! It's really unprecedented. Shi Yuan has been sharpening a sword for decades this time, and if he doesn't make a sound, he will be shocked by the world. As a friend of Shi Yuan, I should assist Shi Yuan to help him establish this immortal cause of singing for thousands of years! In this way, he lived up to Shi Yuan's forbearance over the years. ”

Listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Adou took a deep breath. Xu Shu's offer can indeed be called a strategy to destroy the country, and he only sent some cavalry to attack and harass various places, which has already made the Wei State embarrassed. It can indeed be called a surrender without a fight. And Zhuge Liang's meaning is also very clear, he will not come out to compete with Xu Shu, but will only assist next to Xu Shu and help Xu Shu complete this work that no one has ever done.

"Do you surrender a country without a fight? Prime Minister, I see.