In the autumn of the fifth year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban Camp outside Xuzhou City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"My lord, the six counties and four counties of Xuzhou have been captured by our army. It's just that although the county guard of Donghai County was ambushed by us on the way to rescue Xuzhou, Donghai County somehow had thousands of extra defenders out of thin air and their combat strength was extremely strong, and the brothers fell into a bitter battle. The one who spoke was a black-faced man with a beard on his face, it was Zhou Cang.

"The Mi family of Donghai County is also expected by me. But I'm more concerned about the situation in Guangling now, Chen Yuanlong, the ghost plot, just Guo Si's thousands of soldiers and horses don't know how long they can hold him back. The white-clothed adult said lightly.

"According to the report of Tan Malay, Chen Yuanlong closed the city gate in Guangling and did not come out, and he did not dare to rescue Xuzhou, which is insulting to the name of the ghost." Zhou Cang said disdainfully.

"There is no vanity under the fame, Chen Yuanlong's plan back then was to break my Yellow Turban Army of 150,000, how could he be a busy person."

"I'm done with what I told you to do?"

"The heads of the 1,300 defenders of the counties of Xuzhou have been transported by carts and are in the camp, but due to the hot weather, the heads have already stinked, and the brothers have complained a lot. Zhou Cang complained.

"Do you have any complaints, then let them throw all their heads under the city of Xuzhou, and tell the Xuzhou army that their reinforcements have been annihilated by us, and destroy their morale Maybe the city can be broken today."

The Yellow Turban Army transported the cart with human heads to the city of Xuzhou, dumped it on the side of the road, and shouted in place: "The counties of Xuzhou have been captured by our army, you have no reinforcements, those who surrender will not be killed, and those who do not surrender should be killed." For a while, the morale of the defenders of Xuzhou was lost, and Tao Qian, who was above the city, was also colorless.

When the morale of the Xuzhou army was exhausted, it was faced with the fierce attack of the Yellow Turban Army, this time it was the most fierce siege of the Yellow Turban Army, and thousands of Yellow Turban troops were not afraid of death, and the city of Xuzhou was in danger.

"Is the sky going to kill me Xuzhou?" Tao Qian cried at the head of the city, he saw that there were already three or three Yellow Turban troops on the top of the city, and it was not far from Xuzhou City.

"Your Majesty, I, Tao Gongzu, am incompetent!" Tao Qian shouted angrily, pulled out the long sword in his hand and was about to commit suicide, but was stopped by several soldiers.

"Don't pull me, I, Tao Gongzu, deserve to die for the emperor's grace." Tao Qian wanted to push the soldiers around him away and wipe his neck with his sword.

At this moment, dust was raised to the north, and a group of black-armored cavalry was galloping into the distance.

The man at the head was full of heroism, holding a spear and carrying a double halberd on his back, bending his bow and arrows, and three arrows shot down, shooting down the three Yellow Turban soldiers who were on the ladder.

"Donglai Tai Shi Ci is here, and the thieves are going to be rampant." This man led the cavalry and went straight to the Yellow Turban Army camp.

"The kid is crazy, Zhou Cang is also here." Zhou Cang rode on horseback with a long knife in his hand to meet the battle.

Tai Shi Ci and Zhou Cang fought for dozens of rounds, and when Zhou Cang was about to kill him with one shot, more than a dozen Yellow Turban Army generals came out and surrounded Tai Shi Ci. Tai Shi Ci's exquisite marksmanship picked the sixteen generals of the Yellow Turban Army and did not fall behind, and the defenders of Xuzhou above the city were full of enthusiasm. They regained their fighting spirit and shouted, "Brothers, reinforcements are coming, drive the Yellow Turban thieves out of the city." "The morale of the soldiers in Xuzhou was greatly boosted, and for a time there was no place for the Yellow Turban Army to stand on the city.

"There are such fierce generals in Xuzhou." The white-clothed adult looked at Tai Shici, who was gradually suppressing the sixteen Yellow Turban Generals, and his eyes flickered.

"Mingjin retreats." The white-clothed lord gave an order, he knew that he might not be able to take Xuzhou City today, and if he continued to fight, he might not be able to gain more than he would lose.

"Who's the general?" When the Yellow Turban Army retreated, Tao Qian ordered his generals to lead people out, and he personally walked down the city to meet Tai Shici's soldiers and horses.

Tai Shi Ci bowed to Tao Qian and said: "The last general is the subordinate of Kong Rong, the Taishou of Beihai, and he was invited by Kong Taishou to come to the rescue of Xuzhou. ”

Looking at Taishi Ci Tao Qian in front of him, his eyes flickered and said, "How many soldiers and horses did the general bring this time." ”

"Eight hundred cavalry, two thousand foot soldiers."

Tao Qian seemed to be mentally prepared when he heard this: "There are no less than 50,000 Yellow Turban troops outside the city, and my Xuzhou counties have lost so many soldiers and horses, I'm afraid they won't be able to protect my Xuzhou City." ”

"My lord, who is saying that the counties of Xuzhou are lost?"

"The Yellow Turbans made it clear when they attacked the city, and those heads are the best evidence."

"My lord fell into the Yellow Turban Army's plan, although the six counties of Xuzhou were tricked by thieves, went to the rescue of the county Taishou was ambushed by the thieves, lost the city and lost the land, but Guangling Taishou Chen Deng has been standing still, a few days ago I received a letter from Chen Taishou, which said that Chen Taishou defeated the five thousand Yellow Turban Army entrenched in Guangling in one fell swoop, and is now preparing to recapture the four counties with 10,000 soldiers and horses. And Donghai County was helped by the salt merchant Mi family to defeat the Yellow Turban Army entrenched outside Donghai City in a battle, and now it has been led by Mi Fang of the Mi family and has joined forces with Chen Taishou.

"Yuanlong is confused! The four counties have lost and want to recapture how easy it is, it is better to lead the troops to help Xuzhou City hold on for half a month, and then the news reaches Luoyang City, and the imperial court will inevitably send a large army to annihilate the thieves in one fell swoop. ”

"Mrs. Chen once said in his letter that I would wait to hold Xuzhou for seven days, and when the time comes, he will inevitably lead his troops to help and fight a decisive battle with the thieves."

Tao Qian was dumbfounded, the only thing he could do now was to believe in Chen Deng, a young man who had always been favored by him.

Huai'an County, Xuzhou.

Soon after meeting with Mi Fang, Mi Fang invited Chen Deng to discuss the plan to rescue Xuzhou, and an hour later, the two came out of the tent Mi Fang's face was like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he kept saying: "The Mi family will not forget the great grace of Brother Yuanlong." ”

"Brother, what did you say to that Mi Fang, he was so happy." Chen Xun asked puzzled.

"I gave up the great merit of recapturing the three counties of Xuzhou to the Mi family, and I will lead my headquarters to attack Pengcheng, the city closest to Xuzhou City, and fight a decisive battle with the Yellow Turban Army, how can they be unhappy." Chen Dengqiang couldn't help but smile.

"In the land of the three counties, the city is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult to recapture it, this is a chore, how can it be regarded as a great favor." Chen Xun asked suspiciously.

"It is difficult for others to retake the three counties, but it is not difficult for the Mi family, there are many merchants in Xuzhou, and the Mi family is the leader, and those businessmen have more or less some guards in their hands, the Yellow Turban is brutal, and the people will help each other If you really want to go to war in terms of strength, the Yellow Turban Army has lost its advantage, plus there are shadows of my Chen family in the counties, I have already handed over some of them to Mi Fang's control, and when the shadows open the city gate, the land of the three counties will inevitably be lost and regained."

"Big brother, Pengcheng County is close to Xuzhou City, and the thieves will inevitably send heavy troops to guard it, and we are afraid that we will face a bitter battle."

"Bitter fighting?" Chen Deng suddenly burst out laughing when he heard this. Chen Xun was in a fog when he saw it.

"Supplementally, let me ask you how many Yellow Turban troops there are in Xuzhou."

"About 30,000 or so, close to 40,000."

Chen Deng nodded and said: "Then how did the 50,000 thieves come from Xuzhou City, even if they come from Qingzhou and Yanzhou, there will definitely be no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they will definitely enter Xuzhou in small batches, because more will inevitably cause detection, let's count him 10,000." If you deduct the soldiers and horses to rob the counties, the Yellow Turban Army under the city should be less than 30,000. If my expectations are correct, the master who commanded the Yellow Turban Army should be the former high-ranking of the Yellow Turban Army, and his reputation is extremely high, otherwise he will never move the remnants of the Yellow Turban soldiers in the counties of Xuzhou.

"Only 30,000 Yellow Turban soldiers with hoes can be destroyed alone even if they are the soldiers and horses of my Guangling Army, not to mention that there are nearly 10,000 defenders in Xuzhou City, when I Chen Yuanlong annihilated 100,000 Yellow Turban Army in a battle, the name of Fu Xuzhou will be spread to Luoyang, and the reward is absolutely indispensable.

"Big brother, you said that there are less than 30,000 Yellow Turban troops under Xuzhou City, so why don't you ...... the history of Tao Thorns?"

"Why don't you go out of the city to fight it? Tao Qian was frightened by the Yellow Turban Army under Xuzhou City at the beginning, and An Neng saw through the Yellow Turban Army's plan. ”

"But the person in command is also a person, who can come to the city of Xuzhou without the defenders of Xuzhou noticing, and exhaust the fighting spirit of the Xuzhou army with a strategy of attacking the heart, if it is not because of its lack of troops, I dare not say that it can defeat him." Chen Deng said solemnly with his eyes.