Cao Dejun rested in place for seven or eight days. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info went north along a tributary of the Xiangjiang River. The scouts sent by Cao De on this day have already found out that a large number of Yellow Turban troops are indeed gathering towards Wancheng. The city of Wancheng has been surrounded by eighty or ninety thousand Yellow Turban troops. And the Yellow Turban Army has been storming Wancheng in the past few days, and Wancheng's city defense is already crumbling.

Cao De has realized that his troops are insufficient during these few days of recuperation. Although the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army is not very good, there are too many people who can't stand the Yellow Turban Army.

During the Yellow Turban Army's march, every town and village it encountered along the way would force everyone to enlist, and all the food would be counted as military rations, and all things that could be used as weapons would be taken away. The Yellow Turban Army patronized the places where they lived, just like the farmland that had been visited by the locust plague, leaving not a single grass behind. The entire Yellow Turban Army's team is also like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and it can't be uneven. Although there are 80,000 or 90,000 Yellow Turban troops besieging Wancheng now, there are only 40,000 or 50,000 light men among them, but even these 40,000 or 50,000 people are not what Cao De's more than 6,000 people can deal with.

In desperation, Cao De could only start looking for the Han officers and soldiers everywhere. However, the most powerful official army on the boundary of Jingzhou was the city guard army on the Jingzhou side. However, these city guards still had to guard the property of the local gentry. And those aristocratic lords hated to have to meet with the Yellow Turban Army, not to mention the city guards who took the initiative to attack the Yellow Turban Army.

And in Luoyang. The royal division sent by the Khan's court, mainly Huangfu Song, was still campaigning against the Yellow Turban Army in the Miura area. Only a small group of scattered warriors wandered around the northern part of Jingzhou. Of course, these small gangs Cao De can't look down on.

Just when Cao De was staring at the map at a loss, Cao De inadvertently glanced at Chen Liu. Cao De thought self-deprecatingly. It's still far from Cao Cao and Chen Liu's troops. And at this moment, Cao De's eyes suddenly widened. How did I forget my cheap brother.

Cao De immediately wrote a letter and handed it to the secretary of the army, instructing him to copy a few more copies. Then Cao De found a dozen heralds and ordered: "You go to the direction of Yingchuan in the northeast, inquire about the movements of Cao Cao's army along the way, and hand over this letter to Cao Cao." Avoid the Yellow Turban Army on the road, and if you are caught, you will join the Yellow Turban Army first, and then run back if you have a chance. Remember, put your life first. A dozen heralds nodded heavily, and after saying their promises, they mounted their horses and rode away. Cao De looked at their backs and prayed silently, "I hope that the general situation of history has not changed." ”

In the original history, after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao was appointed as the commander of the cavalry to conquer the Yellow Turban Army in the Yingchuan region, and now Cao De hopes to contact Cao Cao and jointly attack the Yellow Turban Army in Wancheng and Yingchuan.

The messenger sent by Cao De had been gone for five or six days, but there was still no news. The army cannot delay the trip because of this little thing. Therefore, after a total of seven or eight days of rest, Cao De continued his journey.

The army kept encountering the Yellow Turban Army of several hundred people along the way, but Cao De did not send the main force to attack, and most of them were wiped out by Cao Ren or Xiahou Yuan with a few hundred people.

And now, Cao De's army is even smaller. There are only more than 5,500 people. The rest of the men and horses were not attrition because of the battle, but were escorting prisoners in the direction of Hanzhong County.

By the time Cao De arrived in a small place called Duncheng, Cao De's army was only 5,000 men, but Cao De had about 4,000 prisoners. This is a very important labor force for Hanzhong County. And after these captives were escorted back to Hanzhong by Cao De, Jia Xu comprehended and placed a large number of people in Tuntian.

Just when Cao Dejun arrived at the boundary of Duncheng. Tanma reported that the city had been occupied by a Yellow Turban Army, and there were about six or seven thousand people in the banner. Cao De immediately ordered the whole army to rest for two hours, and after two hours to attack the city.

Although Cao De had already ordered the siege of the city, it was also a helpless move. Finally caught a relatively large Yellow Turban Army, although they were hiding in the city, but they couldn't shoot their horses past. As for the siege, Cao De really didn't know what reasonable tactics to use to capture Dengcheng.

Just when Cao De pinched the hair on his forehead and was at a loss. Suddenly, Cao De was awakened from his contemplation by the sound of footsteps. "My lord, there are two children of the family outside the camp who are seeking protection. And they were clamoring to see the lord. ”

Cao De's already clueless head was even more chaotic when it was disrupted by this disruption. Cao De couldn't help but say angrily: "I want to see who these two are, and I'll chop them up if I don't give me some surprise." ”

Cao De pulled out the ring-headed big knife placed on the knife holder, and drilled out of the big tent with it.

Cao De was led by the guards straight to the tent of the two men who were seeking protection. As soon as he got close to the tent, Cao De heard a burst of angry scolding: "Is your general a straw bag, and it is impossible to bring five or six thousand people here to enjoy the mountains and rivers." In front of him is the stronghold of the Yellow Turban thieves, why is Deng Cheng standing still here. ”

Cao De sneered, "Hehe, then let you look at me, the straw bag general." ”

Cao De opened the curtain of the tent with the tip of his knife and slipped in. After entering, Cao De held the tail of the ring-headed broadsword with both hands and inserted the knife straight into the ground. "I'm here, the straw bale general, what do you two have to say?"

Since Cao De came in from outside, his eyes couldn't adjust to the darkness in the tent for a while. So I didn't see the two of them clearly. At the same time, it was also because Cao De was standing in front of the tent, and there was bright sunlight behind Cao De, so the two people in the tent did not see Cao De's appearance clearly, and could only roughly infer that he was a general wearing full body armor.

After Cao De entered the door and said those words, the corners of his mouth kept showing a cold smile. It wasn't until his eyes gradually regained his sight that Cao De found that one of the three people in the tent was a soldier of his own army, one was facing the door of the tent to recuperate, and the other was rolling on the ground as if he was rolling.

Cao De waved his hand, and the soldiers in the tent saluted and immediately exited the tent. Cao De slowly walked in front of the young man who was recuperating. Look down and take a closer look. Yell. Cao De gasped. grabbed both sides of the man's shoulders: "Wen Ruo, it's really you." The person who was called to Wen Ruo slowly opened his eyes, and saw a man in armor shaking his shoulder incessantly and shouting his own words, and he looked at the person in front of him who was indeed a little familiar, who was coming. The person who was called to Wen Ruo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a spirit was agitated, and he said in a loud voice: "You are Anbang, Cao Anbang?" "Haha, exactly. Wen Ruo, I haven't seen you for two or three years, you're still the same. Now that I'm in the army, it's my home. Cao De said happily. At this time, the person who was bored on the ground looked at Xun Yu in surprise and asked, "You guys?" Know? When Xun Yu heard this, he hurriedly said to the man on the ground: "Come, Yuan Zhi." Let me introduce you. This is the year you went out to travel, and then came to the famous Cao De Cao Anbang in our college. Anbang, this is Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi. When you were in the college,......"

When Cao De heard Xun Yu introduce this scoundrel boy as Xu Shu, Cao De only felt a coaxing in his head. "This is the Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi who is in Cao Ying's heart in Han, how can it be this scoundrel, could it be a mistake."