The fire at Changshe was shocking, and a group of children of the family saw the Bocai army scattering and fleeing for their lives in the flames, wailing for a long time, leaving only shock and sluggishness.

"Riding the wind and starting a fire, burning the long society, Fengxiao and Yuanzhi, this battle alone is enough to be famous in the world!" Chen Qun's face was full of admiration and admiration.

But Xi Zhicai arched his hand to Xun Yan, who was also surging and couldn't calm down: "Brother Xiu Ruo, at this moment, Bo Cai is fleeing, please immediately order to go out of the city to cover up and kill the thieves, and be sure not to leave any trouble." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Xun Yan realized that this was a good time to kill thieves, but even those gentlemen also knew that if they went out of the city to kill the enemy at this moment, it would be a godsend opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Therefore, when Xun Yan gave an order, the children of the family hurriedly went down the city tower and led the soldiers out of the city to suppress the thieves, anyway, the yellow turban thieves were fleeing, and they had no power to resist.

……

When the news of Bocai's defeat reached Zhang Jiao's hands, Zhang Jiao trembled with anger, threw the bamboo slip that reported the military situation outside the tent, and scolded: "Bocai, you don't measure yourself!" Involve me Taiping Dao 10,000 people to bury you! ”

Zhang Bao picked up the bamboo slips outside the tent and read them, and then handed them to Zhang Liang next to him.

Zhang Liang said with a surprised face: "Guo Fengxiao, doesn't he have ghosts and gods to help?" Burning my army of 10,000 with just one fire without losing a single soldier? ”

Zhang Jiao, who was sitting in the handsome tent, closed his eyes and sighed: "I Taiping Dao raised 600,000 people to besiege Luoyang, and I am not very sure, if there is filial piety, even if I only have 100,000 people, I will definitely break Luoyang." ”

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were both shocked, and Zhang Bao muttered: "In the heart of the eldest brother, Guo Fengxiao is actually worth 500,000 male soldiers? ”

The eyes opened, the essence of light burst out, Zhang Jiao got up, and said loudly: "Pass the order, the army will be pulled out tomorrow, and rush to Luoyang City before the fall, and after the other armies converge, Luoyang will be broken in one fell swoop!" ”

"Yes!"

……

Luoyang City, Sikong Yuan Fengfuzhong, Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui, the two Sikong and Taifu who were ranked among the three princes of the current dynasty, were entertaining their old friends Xun Shuang, and in the guest room of the other courtyard, the three Junjie of the new generation of the Xun family also gathered together to discuss current affairs.

Xun Chen, Xun Yu, and Xun You sat on the ground, and among the three of them, Xun You is the most accomplished, at least he is now the Huangmen Squire under the account of the great general He Jin.

"The garrison in the city totaled 50,000, and the big families of the noble clan sent the servants in the palace to the general's account to listen to the orders, and recently said that after recruiting troops from the city, the total of the two was 15,000 new soldiers, and the full power was handed over to the general to dispatch. These 65,000 sergeants are still too few compared to the 600,000 Yellow Turban thieves, but Luoyang City has thick walls, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the thieves are huge, they will still not be able to break the city for a while and a half. Xun Yu talked eloquently, sharing the news he had learned from the shogunate with his two uncles.

After hearing this, Xun Chen and Xun Yu were not nervous, but they were also deeply worried, and Xun Yu even murmured: "If he is here, it would be good." ”

This sentence was heard by Xun Chen and asked, "Wen Ruo is talking about Guo Fengxiao?" ”

Xun Yu nodded and said: "Fengxiao has a strategy, a good plan, and a good strategy, Luoyang City is now in danger, and the righteous way to resist the enemy is afraid that the city is only a matter of time, and only a surprise victory can turn the situation around." ”

Although Xun Yu had never seen Guo Jia, he also heard that his uncle in the clan often talked about this person, and when he heard Xun Yu praise Guo Jia so much, he immediately asked: "Does this Guo Fengxiao really have the wisdom to turn things around?" ”

At this point, even Xun Chen, who did not have a deep relationship with Guo Jia, nodded in agreement, and he explained: "Gongda, I won't tell you, I have a general friendship with Guo Fengxiao, and I have only been in contact a few times, but I am fortunate to see him teach the Hanmen disciples the art of war. I often think that if Guo Fengxiao was there and commanded the famous battle in ancient times, I am afraid that the result would be completely different. This person only talks about the art of war, and there are few people in the world who can match him. ”

Xun You's eyes were full of shock, and then he sighed: "I hate not to know this person, such a genius in the world, if he serves the imperial court, he will be able to stabilize the world." ”

After falling silent in the room for a while, Xun Chen cheered up and said: "Whether the danger in Luoyang can be safely lifted this time depends on whether Tianxia Prefecture and County can send troops to rescue in time. ”

Xun You, who took a sip of tea, poured a basin of cold water and sneered: "There are 600,000 Yellow Turban thieves, I don't know how many thorns Shi Taishou has scared the heart, besides, I can't keep these thorns Shi Taishou have other plans, if Luoyang City is broken, ......"

Xun Yu didn't say the following words, everyone here is smart people, and they know it in their hearts.

Xun Yu smashed his fist on the case, and said angrily: "These Han ministers are in danger in Yanjing today, if they don't lead troops to rescue and solve problems for the Son of Heaven, they must have a heart of disobedience." ”

Xun Chen and Xun Yu looked at each other and smiled bitterly, everyone understands the truth, but no one dares to assert the future development of the situation.

The next day, on the court hall, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sat on the dragon chair, his expression was depressed, and he was afraid that his soul was tormented, and he had no intention of discussing it at all.

Suddenly, someone entered the palace and reported to the ground: "Your Majesty, the general asked the last general to come to report the military situation, the Yellow Turban thief Zhang Bai Cavalry has led the army to the west gate of the imperial city, Zhang Niujiao has led the army to the east gate of the imperial city, Zhang Mancheng has led the army to the south gate of the imperial city, and the demon Zhang Jiao led the army to the north gate of the imperial city, and now the imperial city has been surrounded on all sides. The general asked the last general to tell His Majesty that he had personally gone up to the city tower to supervise the battle, and swore to stick to the imperial city to the death, and never let a thief step into the imperial city! ”

There was a chaos in the hall, and the panicked discussions were endless, and Emperor Han Ling stood up tremblingly, pointing at His Highness's generals with a pale face and asking in a trembling voice: "Where is my Wang Shi?" What about the kings from all over the state and county who came to the rescue? Where has it been? Where has it been? ”

"Your Majesty, the last general doesn't know, and the general hasn't received any news of reinforcements from any state or county."

Emperor Han Ling couldn't breathe as if he was suffocated, he collapsed backwards, fell softly on the dragon chair, and only after a while did he lament weakly: "Tell, tell the general, must, be sure to protect Yanjing from loss." ”

"The last will obey."

……

On the tower of Luoyang City, the majestic general He Jin was wearing armor and holding a sword on the city tower, and beside him stood the heroic Yuan Shao and the vulgar but powerful Cao Ying.

The yellow flags were lined up in the wilderness outside the city, and the camps of the Yellow Turban Army were scattered and orderly, and countless soldiers were shaking in front of them as far as the eye could see.

Even if he is a great general in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, how has he ever seen such a monstrous formation? He Jin let out a long breath of turbidity, turned his head to look at Yuan Shao and asked, "Originally, when do you think this Yellow Turban Thief will attack the city?" ”

Yuan Shao thought about it for a while and then said: "Back to the general, the last general expected that although the Yellow Turban Thieves were powerful, they lacked siege equipment, and besides, they came from afar, and they were sleepy and lacking horses, so they would definitely rest for a few days, and they would order the siege after they had recuperated and the siege equipment was sufficient." ”

He Jin felt that it made sense, but he still turned to the other side and asked Cao Ying: "Mengde, what do you think?" ”

Cao Ying glanced at Yuan Shao out of the corner of his eyes, and then said lightly: "General Hui, the last general thinks that the Yellow Turban Thieves will attack the city in the afternoon at the earliest, and at the latest, it will be tomorrow." ”

He Jin was taken aback, and Yuan Shao was the same, but he didn't believe it: "Meng De, this is a major event of the country's military aircraft, don't be a child's play, don't talk nonsense." ”

The general raised his hand to stop Yuan Shao, and asked seriously in front of Cao Ying, "Meng De, tell me your reasons one by one." ”

Cao Ying arched his hand and said solemnly: "The Yellow Turban Thieves raised 600,000 people to besiege Yanjing was planned in advance, they did not have siege equipment, but they passed through the state and county, they must be in a hurry, while cutting down trees, and while building siege equipment, even if they don't, they will build siege equipment overnight today, the Yellow Turban Thieves will kill 150,000 of my Han Wang Division, they must think that Yanjing is empty, so in this battle, the Yellow Turban Thieves must be eager to break the city and fight quickly. Otherwise, it will change later, especially if reinforcements from various states and counties arrive, the Yellow Turban Thieves will be attacked on their backs. Therefore, if the last general is not bad, this first battle will be either in the afternoon today or tomorrow. ”

Turning his gaze to the Yellow Turban Army outside the city again, He Jin muttered, "Meng De is reasonable. ”

……

Outside Luoyang City, inside the tent of the Yellow Turban Army's Zhang Jiaoshuai, the commanders of all roads were lined up on both sides, and everyone had a smug look on their faces.

Zhang Liang came out of the column and hugged his fists and said: "General, Luoyang City is close at hand, and the morale of our army is high, so we just need to break through the city gate and overthrow the Han family in one fell swoop." However, the siege equipment is not sufficient, and there are only a few ladders in the army, so please order the general to urgently build a flying bridge for our army to cross the moat, and replenish the number of ladders. ”

The generals on both sides nodded in agreement, but Zhang Jiao smiled mysteriously and waved his hand: "The flying bridge was ordered to be prepared when I was in Jizhou, and as for the ladder, it is enough, and there is no need to build it." You just need to go back to the camp and order the soldiers of the three armies to recuperate, and then say that we will fight on all sides and capture Luoyang! ”

Although Zhang Jiao said this, the generals below were confused, and Liu Shi asked: "General, the number of ladders in each military camp is insufficient, if you don't build it overnight, I am afraid that the siege of the city will affect our army's siege." ”

Zhang Jiao waved his hand and said casually: "Don't ask, you can arrange it according to my orders." Ming said, my Taiping Dao will wash the imperial city in blood! ”

The generals had no choice but to retreat.

After only Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao were left in the tent, Zhang Bao asked: "Big brother, the city should report ten days ago that the defenders of Luoyang are no less than 50,000, if our army does not build more ladders overnight, I am afraid that the siege of the city will be blocked." ”

Zhang Jiao smiled faintly: "There are 50,000 defenders in the city, and I have an army of 600,000 in Taiping Road, even if I exchange 100,000, 200,000, and 300,000 for the other party's 50,000 defenders, I don't feel distressed." However, attacking Luoyang does not rely on soldiers to attack the city, Ming said, you will understand. ”

Zhang Bao thought about it carefully and knew that the eldest brother had another plan to break the city, so he didn't ask much, and went down to tell the soldiers to hurry up and rest.