Zhang He recognized that the person wearing the golden helmet and armor was Yuan Shu, and then looked in the direction of Yuan Shu's finger, but it was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy.

The boy hid behind the battlements, revealing only a thin face, which was not very real, but could be faintly felt, and he was a little haggard and frightened.

Zhang He was wondering, and he had already heard Yuan Shu say loudly again: "This little doll is Liu Bang, the Marquis of the nest!" You tell Liu Xin that if he doesn't retreat, I will throw this little doll off the city and break it into a meatloaf! ”

When the young man heard Yuan Shu's words, his face was so frightened that he cried loudly: "Father, mother, come and save me!" ……”

Seeing this, Zhang Ren, who was standing beside Zhang He, laughed and said, "Yuan Shu, are you okay?" Take a little doll and want to blackmail my father-in-law? There are more relatives in the Han family in this world, not to mention a small marquis of Juchao, even if it is Liu Xie and Liu Biao, who usurped the throne and became emperors, my lord will have to clean them up sooner or later. Yuan Shu, if you know each other, you can quickly go out of the city and surrender, my lord is happy, and maybe I can leave you with a whole corpse. ”

These words are very clear, if you want to seek a usurpation of the throne, you will not escape the death penalty! Yuan Shu also laughed loudly and said, "Don't make noise here first, go back and ask your master, and you will know that this Juchao Marquis is not an ordinary Han clan relative." Hmph, if you annoy me and end up causing this little doll to lose her life, I'm afraid your master won't be able to explain it! ”

Zhang Ren arched his hand towards Zhang He and said, "General, don't talk nonsense with this guy, give the order to attack the city!" ”

Because after a day's rest in Linhu County, the siege equipment that followed the rear army had been transported, and now dozens of trebuchets, rushing cars, and ladders were neatly arranged behind the battle array, just waiting for Zhang He's order.

Zhang He also slowly raised his hand, and was about to give the order to attack the city, when he suddenly remembered something, waved his hand back vigorously, and said in a deep voice: "Retreat!" ”

Although Zhang Ren is still a little inexplicable, Zhang He already knows who this young man is. He was an old man who followed Liu Xin when he was in the river, how could he not have heard of Liu Xin's story, isn't this Liu Bang the eldest son of Liu Xin's successor to Liu Chong, the Marquis of Juchao? If Yuan Shu was angry because he blindly ordered the siege of the city, and really threw Liu Bang off the city, then his sin would be great.

In the big mansion in Pingyu Dongcheng, Zhang Ning and Pang De stood in the small attic and looked down. Outside the courtyard of the house, which had been quiet all night, there was a commotion again, and Liu Pizheng commanded his minions to pile bundles of firewood and grass around the courtyard wall of the inner courtyard.

Pang De's heart tightened, and he arched his hand and said: "Mrs. Qiyu, it seems that they have been attacking for days without success, and they want to set fire." The last general asked for his life, led the brothers to rush and kill, and even if he died, he would die vigorously! ”

Zhang Ning frowned and looked at the guards beside him, after two days of fighting, they had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and everyone's faces were full of tiredness. Fortunately, these guards all carry dry food such as fried noodles, so although they are besieged here and cannot be reinforced, they do not have to worry about going hungry for the time being.

It's just that the number of fried noodles is limited after all, and Zhang Ning doesn't know how long he needs to last here, so these fried noodles are still precious, so he is naturally reluctant to give them to those maids and slaves. In this way, those maids and slaves were miserable, and they were forced to carry stones and furniture, and repair the courtyard wall that was broken by the yellow turbans outside. Zhang Ning also let these maids and slaves leave once, but as soon as they left the courtyard gate, they were shot down by a few minions outside, and they had to shrink back again.

After listening to Pang De's words, looking at the busy minions outside, and then thinking of these innocent maids and slaves who were caught in this right and wrong, Zhang Ning also hesitated a little, and was about to ask Pang De to organize the guards who could continue to fight, when he suddenly saw that the actions of those minions outside were a little weird, and he couldn't help but point over there and said, "General Pang, what do you think they are going to do?" ”

Pound had already seen that the minions were splashing a load of water on the firewood and grass piled up outside the courtyard wall, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Mrs. Qiyu, they are trying to force us out of this courtyard by ourselves with thick smoke." ”

"Smoke?" Zhang Ning didn't quite understand the power of smoking.

Pound said with a solemn face: "Madame doesn't know, we are in the downwind here, and the smoke is together, and if you don't say anything, it will often smoke so much that people can't open their eyes." What's more, if you don't escape quickly, you are in danger of falling into a coma. ”

Zhang Ning understood Liu Bi's intentions, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "It seems that we can't rush out, what can General Pang do to deal with the smoke?" ”

Taking the initiative to rush out and being forced out by the enemy are two completely different concepts. Since Liu Bi's intention was to force them out of the courtyard, he would definitely set up an ambush outside the courtyard. Such an ambush is not only for archers, but even digging some traps and the like is very likely.

Pound De is not a simple martial artist, hearing Zhang Ning say this, he also quickly figured out this truth, and the cold light on the surrounding roofs is shining, and some archers can be clearly seen lying there. Pound tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "Unless you soak the cloth and cover your face." ”

"Got the cloth soaked?" Zhang Ning's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said, "But what we lack most now is water." ”

Pound said hesitantly: "There is another way, that is, to replace it with urine." ”

Its practical urine is better than water, it doesn't matter if he is a big man, but Zhang Ning is a woman, and she is a noble general's wife, so it is indeed a little difficult for her to do this, and Pang De is also a little difficult to speak, but now that the situation is critical, he has no choice but to say it.

Zhang Ning couldn't help but smile bitterly, she didn't expect that she would fall to this point, if she put a layer of "diaper" on her face, would she be embarrassed to talk to her beloved husband Jun Qingqing in the future? Zhang Ning shook his head and said, "General Pang, you go and prepare first, and I'll write a letter to my husband." ”

Pound was surprised: "Madame can't send it even if she writes a letter." ”

Zhang Ning sighed and said, "General Pang, have you forgotten the two pigeons that your husband gave me before leaving?" ”

Pound patted his thigh and said, "Oh, why didn't I remember, if I had sent the letter earlier, maybe the reinforcements would have arrived." ”

Zhang Ning said apologetically: "It was the concubine who killed the general and the brothers. The matter of carrier pigeons, the concubine has long thought of it. However, General Pang, do you know that Lord Liu divided his troops into three ways this time, but he did not mobilize his husband's men and horses. This shows that Lord Liu attaches great importance to the place where he is subordinate, and my husband and wife cannot leave him lightly. This time I came to Runan, which was repeatedly requested by the concubine, just to repay Lord Liu's kindness, although it was unsuccessful now, and the concubine died without complaint, but she did not dare to harm her husband and leave her post without permission. I also ask General Pang and the brothers to be considerate of the concubine's painstaking work. ”

Pang De clenched his fists and said, "Madame's words are serious, Pang and your brothers have no complaints!" It's just that Madame is now releasing carrier pigeons, but I don't know what the purpose is? ”

Zhang Ning smiled miserably and said, "Where can the concubine body have any purpose, that is the concubine's masterpiece." ”

Suddenly, the guard behind him pointed to the outside of the courtyard wall and said loudly: "Mrs. Xu, General Pang, look! ”

Zhang Ning and Pang De looked out of the courtyard wall together, and saw two teams of soldiers with yellow scarves on their heads fighting together, wet firewood and grass scattered all over the ground, and no one bothered to order them.

It turned out that although Liu Pi controlled Gong Du, he never dared to kill him, after all, half of the Yellow Turban Army in Pingyu City was loyal to Gong Du, and if the news of Gong Du's death spread, it would definitely cause civil strife. However, Gong Du did not show up for two days in a row, which naturally aroused the suspicion of his cronies, especially Gong Wu, who has followed Gong Du since the last Yellow Turban **, and has to report in front of Gong Du almost every day. In the past two days, even Gong Wu couldn't see Gong Du's face, and the guards of the Runan Taishou Mansion were replaced by people from Liu Pi's family, which naturally aroused Gong Wu's vigilance.

Gong Wu has been in the Yellow Turban for many years, and later fell into the grass with Gong Du and Liu Pi, which can be regarded as well-informed, and he has clearly felt that Gong Du must have had an accident. Although Gong Du and Liu Pi each have a force in this Yellow Turban Army, Gong Wu quickly inquired about Gong Du's whereabouts with his many years of connections.

For Gong Wu, Gong Du is not only his brother, but also the guarantee of his status in the Yellow Turban Army. Without Gong Du, he would be no different from an ordinary little minion in the Yellow Turban Army, and even because of Gong Du, he would have a worse life, so no matter what price he pays, he must rescue Gong Du.

Gong doesn't like women, and he doesn't care much about money, and the property he usually loots is handed over to Gong Wu for safekeeping. In this way, it provided a lot of convenience for Gong Wu to rescue Gong Du.

At this time, life is naturally more important than money. Just when Liu Pi was thinking about how to capture Zhang Ning alive, Gong Wu was also sprinkling a lot of gold and silver.

Except for the group that first followed Gong Du and Liu Pi up the mountain and fell into the grass, everyone else was cornered by Yuan Shu's harsh government, so they joined the Yellow Turban Army. Whether it was the people who fell into the grass in the first place, or the people who participated in the Yellow Turbans later. It doesn't matter if they are Gong Du's people or Liu Pi's people, everyone has only one goal - to seek wealth! No one is at odds with money.

With Gong Wu's reckless bribery and promise, and seeing a large number of brothers dying outside the courtyard wall every day, the mentality of those loyal to Liu Pi began to change, and Gong Wu rescued Gong Du with almost no effort.

Gong Du got out of the cage, and when he heard that Liu Bi was leading people to attack the courtyard where Zhang Ning lived, he was already furious, and he immediately organized his men and horses to rush over and started a fire with Liu Bi.