After Chen Nuo broke the Yellow Turban outside the East Gate, the rest of the Yellow Turban remnants were frightened away overnight, and the crisis in Xiuxian County was resolved.

In this contest, Chen Nuo gained a lot of benefits, not only obtained a large amount of grain and grass, but also selected six or seven hundred of the most elite men from the Yellow Turban captives and incorporated them into his own team. As a result, his men were expanded and his power grew.

It's just that the composition of his battalion is already very complicated, and it is the Youzhou soldiers, the Qiang Hu Yicong, and the Xiliang cavalry, plus the group of old people recruited in Bohai and the Montenegrin troops he brought when he was the governor of the department, it sounds like a big head, but the actual number of people added up to these is only eight or nine hundred, so it can't be a system.

And as soon as this batch of yellow scarves was added, the nature changed all of a sudden.

Because of the large number of people who surrendered in this group, and most of them were Qingzhou people, in order to treat them differently, they were called Qingzhou soldiers.

Although there are many soldiers, it is also a headache to bring these people well.

Although the combat strength of this group of Qingzhou soldiers is okay, but the discipline is too poor, if you want to lead them well, you have to find someone who makes them obedient. Pan Zhang was leading the group of light cavalry and couldn't get out, while Zhao Xue was the governor of the governor's account, and he was even more busy all day long.

Dian Wei's undisclosed identity is an assassination under the account, although he has the task of closely protecting Chen Nuo's side, but now the situation is more special, and Chen Nuo has to let Dian Wei take on the second position.

Since there are horse archers in the army, and there is still a foot archer to manage the infantry, Chen Nuo asked Dian Wei to be this errand. He handed over these six or seven hundred Qingzhou soldiers to him and trained them in their ability to fight with swords, shields, bows and arrows.

Now that the assignment is determined, the rest is much easier. The affairs in the camp are under the account of Governor Zhao Xue, Pan Zhang manages the cavalry and acts as a horse archer, Dian Wei manages the infantry and acts as a foot archer, which is already in order, and Chen Nuo can also take a break to govern Xiuxian.

At the beginning of his entry into the city, although he got the big seal of Xiuxian County, he still nominally belonged to Yuan Shao, and he didn't dare to be self-dictated, so he had already sent the big seal back to Yuan Shao. This time is different, it is Yuan Shao who personally asked people to return the big seal, and officially appointed him as the county magistrate of Xiuxian County, which can be regarded as a wish.

Now the power to govern the people and command the army is all in the hands of Chen Nuo alone, which can be regarded as a real justification, and he is not afraid of outsiders' irresponsible remarks.

In addition to Chen Nuo's administration, it is rare to come to the camp to walk around.

On this day, Zhao Xue was summoned alone.

Chen Nuo wanted to ask her about some things in the barracks, but seeing that Zhao Xue's face was haggard and her eyes were red, it was obvious that she hadn't slept well. He was somewhat apologetic, so he put aside the affairs of the camp for the time being and laughed with her. No, then Zhao Xue saw that there was no one in the camp, and actually cried on Chen Nuo's chest.

Chen Nuo was also afraid that she would be wronged in the camp, and he was ashamed and helpless, so he tried to appease her for a sentence or two.

Who knew that Zhao Xue's crying was not here, she sobbed, raised a little face, and said to Chen Nuo: "Big brother, I suddenly dreamed of my brother last night, and he was still talking and laughing with me like he did when he was alive. At that time, I was still my brother and didn't die, and I still pulled him to talk about long and short.

I don't know what my brother said, so he made me laugh, and when I opened my eyes, I never saw my brother again. Only then did I know that I had a dream, and my brother was not as alive as he was in the dream, and he ......"

Zhao Xue said, and couldn't help crying again.

Chen Nuo has always been haunted by Zhao Yun's death, but if God wills this, he can't do anything. Seeing how sad she was crying, I also knew how hard she could withstand from the 'living' Zhao Yun in the dream to the 'dead' Zhao Yun in reality.

Although so long has passed since this incident, the death of a loved one will always be a wound in my heart that cannot be healed.

When I woke up from a midnight dream, how many tears were shed in this way?

Chen Nuo tightened her to his chest, patted her thin shoulder, and said, "Xue'er, don't be afraid, there is a big brother!" ”

As soon as the New Year is over, it is already the beginning of spring.

There was a heavy snowfall, and it rained for five or six days in a row.

On this day, Chen Nuoshang was handling official business in the county temple, and suddenly it was reported that an envoy from Qinghe Guangchuan from the Minister of State Yao Gong asked to see him.

Dian Wei was standing next to Chen Nuo, who had just finished reporting to him on the training of the Qingzhou soldiers and was standing on the side. Hearing that a messenger asked to see him, he couldn't stay by the side anymore, so he quit first.

Although Dian Wei has been busy training Qingzhou soldiers these days and rarely walks around Chen Nuo, the task of defending Chen Nuo and monitoring his subordinates has not been left behind. Dian Wei has his own busy, but he has already trained a group of available cronies in a short period of time, Dian Wei is not with them to protect Chen Nuo, and there are even some assassins walking around the camp and the county temple, ensuring that other spies are prevented from moving around Chen Nuo.

Dian Wei came out, Chen Nuo smiled, put down the bamboo slips in hand, and asked people to invite Yao Gong's envoy in.

As everyone knows, after the withdrawal of the Yellow Turbans in Xiuxian County, another group of Yellow Turbans turned to attack Guangchuan and had besieged the city for more than ten days.

Unexpectedly, Yao Gong's old bones were really stinky and hard, and he insisted on only now to send someone to the door to ask to see Chen Nuo, or to meet his envoy for the time being.

The messenger was called up, still holding a pair of styles, the shelf was not small, holding his head high, and said to Chen Nuo: "General Chen must have heard of the siege of Guangchuan, now the thieves are besieging the city, and the momentum is intensifying, Yao Guoxiang asked me to ask the general, what is the general's plan, why has he not heard the general send troops to rescue him?" Do you want to sit back and watch Hirokawa survive? ”

Chen Nuo hurriedly surrendered his hand and said: "The words of the Minister of State are too serious, I think that the Yellow Turban is a thief of the country, and everyone will be punished, although I am a small order of a county, I also have this responsibility." But the problem is that my Xiuxian County has just been harassed by the Yellow Turban, and the city is already dilapidated and needs to be repaired urgently; The so-called outside must first be settled inside, and now I am the order to repair a county, of course, I must first think about the people under my rule, right? I think that my own affairs have not been dealt with yet, the city has not yet been built, and the people have not been pacified, how can I have the heart to take care of other people's affairs? Therefore, for the siege of Guangchuan, the lower officials are also helpless, and I hope that the envoy will say a few good words in front of Yao Xiang. ”

The envoy swept his wide sleeves, smiled, and said, "My Yao Xiang knew that General Chen had said this, and he would use other excuses to prevaricate. Anyway, Yao Xiang said, for the time being, I will not hold General Chen accountable for your late dispatch of troops, let me tell the general, please send troops to Guangchuan as soon as the general's order arrives, and there will be no delay! ”

As he spoke, he was to stand up.

"The day of the order?"

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "What order, in what capacity does Xiang Yao ask me to send troops?" ”

The envoy arched his hand and said: "Naturally, it is the order of the prime minister!" ”

Chen Nuo shook his head and asked rhetorically, "Oh? Is it? May I ask where your family Yao Guoxiang leads? ”

"Humph!"

The envoy snorted and flicked his sleeve: "General Chen, you are asking knowingly, my family and country minister naturally lead the country of Qinghe." ”

Chen Nuo hurriedly hugged his sleeves: "Oh, Qinghe Country?" It's a pity, it's a pity, since he is a Qinghe country, then he has no right to ask me about the Bohai Sea, let alone the right to mobilize my Bohai troops, so I ask the troublesome messenger to tell the Prime Minister that I Chen really can't help, please! ”

When the messenger heard this, he immediately understood. Chen Nuo is now the county magistrate of Xiu County, Xiu County is located in the Bohai Sea, and does not belong to the Qinghe State, according to the Qing River State Minister, he is not allowed to transfer people from other counties across counties without privileges.

The envoy touched his nose and his face turned red, knowing that Chen Nuo would not send troops if he grasped this reason, not to mention that Yao Gong was originally at a loss, who told him to see the crisis in Xiuxian County at that time, but he never saw death and did not save him, so don't blame Chen Nuo for being alone at this time.

The envoy was helpless, and with an arch of his hand, he came out of Chen Nuo and returned to Guangchuan.

Chen Nuo was not surprised by the Yellow Turban Army's sudden siege of Guangchuan. After all, no one knows the origin of these yellow turbans better than him.

After the Yellow Turbans in Xiuxian County were defeated, there were still many captives left to deal with, but fortunately, Sun Qing arrived in time at that time, so Chen Nuo sold him a favor and handed over the Yellow Turbans to him. But it was not for nothing to let him let them go, and the additional condition was to let Sun Qing take this group of defeated soldiers, and then encourage the other Yellow Turbans, and then go deep into Guangchuan to attack the Minister of State Yao Gong.

Gongsun Chan borrowed a knife to kill people, and of course Chen Nuo also wanted to borrow a knife to kill people.

Revenge is secondary, and profit from chaos is the ultimate goal.

Now the Yellow Turban surrounds Guangchuan and does not leave, although Yao Gong has fought several times, but after all, there are many Yellow Turbans, and Sun Qing and Chen Nuo secretly support them, Yao Gong doesn't want to get any cheapness. It is no wonder that although he has a lot of men and horses in his hands, and the grain and grass are also very sufficient, but he himself is a civil official and is not good at commanding troops, even if there are one or two who can fight, he is not at ease to hand over the men and horses to them.

Among them, the most capable of fighting is, of course, Zhu Ling. It's just that Zhu Ling obviously showed a bias towards Chen Nuo in his previous series of actions, which really made him jealous and couldn't believe him, so he would rather fight with his own president's soldiers and horses than easily hand over his soldiers and horses to others. His unit was not very good, and he couldn't fight, so he couldn't lose to the Yellow Turban?

After he fought this battle, he was almost frightened, and finally picked up a small life from the black pressure of the yellow scarf, and when he returned to the city and saw the yellow scarves under the city wall, he finally realized that fighting was not so fun. So in the next few days, he also defended the city, refused to fight easily, and only handed over the task of supervising the battle to a few generals.

At the beginning of the siege, he also thought of whether to ask Chen Nuo to save Yu Xiu County, after all, Chen Nuo not only gained prestige after the great victory in Xiu County, but also had power, maybe he could only count on him to retreat from the enemy now. But once he thought of what he had done when Xiuxian was besieged before, he really didn't have the face to ask Chen Nuo for help easily, so he put this matter off again and again.

However, the Yellow Turbans are not good, Yao Gong does not fight, not only will they not withdraw, but the tighter the siege, and the more people and horses come to reinforce nearby. Seeing that the various departments had no way to resist the enemy and suffered heavy losses in soldiers and horses, Yao Gong also realized the power of it.

He couldn't save face anymore, and immediately sent an envoy to ask Chen Nuo for help. But when he was dying, he still wanted to save face, and asking people to do things was also different, not only did he not speak down, but he also deliberately asked the messenger to 'order' Chen Nuo to send troops as if he was his boss.

It's good that he didn't 'order', but this 'order' made Chen Nuo find an excuse and simply refused.

As soon as the messenger relayed Chen Nuo's words to Yao Gong, Yao Gong was also so angry that he kicked over the wooden case, drew his sword and came out, shouting: "I don't believe that only he, Chen Nuo, can fight!" He was also dizzy at this time, and he didn't care about anything else, he actually went to the camp and lit up the soldiers and horses, and was about to go out of the city to kill in person.

He may have forgotten the experience of the last fiasco, and those generals advised him that in this situation, it was important to hold on to the city in the end, and as for the battle, it was best not to take this risk easily. It's okay not to say it, Yao Gong thought that they were looking down on him, and even ignored everyone, turned around and drove out of the city with thousands of men and horses.

Originally, it was raining continuously these days, and those Yellow Turban troops also relied on the attack to attack, but I didn't expect Yao Gong to hang his birthday star and think that his life was long, so he actually opened the city to fight. That group of yellow turbans gave Yao Gong a lot of face, and as soon as he came out, all the battalions on the left and right of the yellow scarves sent troops to play with Yao Gong.

Poor Yao Gong has few people and horses, plus these soldiers have been besieged for several days, their morale is gone, where is there any spirit to follow Yao Gong's life? Just started the battle, and it didn't take long for them to collapse, and they each fled back for their lives, and Yao Gongzhi couldn't stop. And Yao Gong didn't rush twice, he was actually shot by a stray arrow, turned over and fell off the horse, if it weren't for Zhu Ling and the other generals to react quickly and snatch Yao Gong back from the horse back to the city, this Yao Gong would have been shot by the Yellow Turban Army under the city.

Although this arrow caused Yao Gong to fall off his horse, it only bruised his shoulder, but it was not a big deal. However, since this battle, Yao Gong has really been afraid of the Yellow Turban. He found someone to come and ask about the situation in Yecheng, and Yecheng sent soldiers to rescue him.

"General Yuan asked Yao Guoxiang to insist on ...... again"

"Fart!"

Hearing this, Yao Gong almost jumped up with anger, and he scolded angrily: "I knew that Yuan Shao was such a thing, I shouldn't have listened to him in the first place, and I moved the Prime Minister's Mansion from Ganling to such a broken place, which made me ...... now."

When Yao Gong said this, he suddenly realized that he shouldn't say this, so he quickly stopped, and then sighed, "That's it!" The recorder came forward, and I said you should write it. ”

After Yao Gong's last request for help was rejected, a few days later, Yao Gong's second request for help was sent to Chen Nuo's Xiu County.

Unlike last time, this time not only did he send an envoy, but he also brought Yao Gong's oral letter. Chen Nuo read the whole article, compared to the last time, Yao Gong's language this time was much softer, it sounded like a begging tone, and promised Chen Nuo that if this thing was done, there would be benefits to Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo smiled, this 'benefit' is really ambiguous.

Chen Nuo was reading the letter, and the groveling messenger next to him stared at Chen Nuo's face without turning his eyes. Seeing that Chen Nuo and Yan Yuese, looking at Yao Gong's letters, he actually nodded again and again, and a big stone in his heart also fell slightly.

I thought that Chen Nuo should be satisfied this time, and he could send troops to rescue him, but when he saw Chen Nuo put down the letter, he pointed his finger at the letter on the case, and asked the messenger in surprise: "Hmm, Lord Messenger, don't be joking, this is really written by Yao Guoxiang?" Looking at the humble language used in this letter, does it not look like a letter from a superior to a subordinate? Envoy, are you mistaken, don't make fun of me Chen. ”

The messenger didn't know the content of the letter, and when he heard Chen Nuo say it, he really thought it was a mistake, so he quickly took it over and took a look, but seeing that the title and seal were correct, there was no problem. He touched the mark on it and said with a smile: "General Chen, you are joking, there is no problem with this big seal of the prime minister and the title on it, so that's right, this is a letter written to you by Yao Guoxiang." ”

Chen Nuo deliberately looked at the imprint and the title, so he smiled and snapped his head: "Oh, it's not good." But the last time I came, didn't I already make it clear, I can't leave this Xiuxian for a while, and if I want to say that I want to send troops to Guangchuan, I'm afraid it's really difficult to make the trip. Besides, when I look at Yao Xiang's words, why is there such a difference between the past and the queen? Can you explain it to me, Messenger? ”

The messenger was also full of shame, although he didn't come last time, he had heard about it somewhat, and knew that Chen Nuo was difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect him to be so tricky. He was speechless, but because of Prime Minister Yao's prior order, if he couldn't invite rescuers, he would lose his job.

When he heard Chen Nuo ask this, he simply replied: "Don't dare!" Speaking of this matter, it is true that my family and country are at a loss first, and I have no face to ask the general to send troops to save me. It's just that the Yellow Turban is big now, if the general doesn't save it, I'm afraid that once Guangchuan breaks through and the Qinghe River shakes, the Xiu County where you are located will be attacked from now on, presumably the general you don't want to see this, right? Please think again, general! ”

Chen Nuo smiled and pretended to be surprised: "Huh! How could General Ben not think of this? ”

His eyes rolled twice, "However, this yellow scarf is now dealing with Guangchuan, not my Xiuxian, so I can't be too careful." I think my Xiu County is still dilapidated, and it will take time to repair it, and besides, the Yellow Turban is a small matter, if Gongsun Chan takes this opportunity to divide his troops to attack, how can I repair the county to resist the enemy? Therefore, since the matter is not imminent, I also asked the envoy to go back and tell Yao Guoxiang, saying that I, Chen, can't pull away, and can't personally lead the troops to save Yao Xiang from fire and water, capital crime! I hope to bear with me! ”

"You ......"

The envoy also wanted to adjust the state and fight Chen Nuo again, but at this moment Dian Wei was standing beside Chen Nuo, Chen Nuo asked Dian Wei to send off the guest, Dian Wei also praised the knife and stepped forward, a pair of tiger eyes glared at him, and said a request. Where could the messenger bear Dian Wei's request, he was so frightened that the words were rolled into his tongue, and he didn't dare to hold it up anymore, so he quickly crawled out with a roll.

The second request for help was unsuccessful, and Yao Gong was really hard enough, and soon after, he came to ask for help for the third time.

This time, Yao Gong made a killer move and invited General Zhu Ling!