Chen Nuo led his troops into Xiuxian County, and after less than ten days and a half of stable conditions, a group of yellow turbans suddenly came from the east and surrounded Xiuxian County.

In fact, it is not difficult to guess where this group of yellow turbans came from, they were all driven by Gongsun Zhan.

Just a few days ago, on the way back to Guangchuan with his troops, Zhu Ling was suddenly attacked by Gongsun Fan's rangers, suffered heavy losses, and retreated to the mountains. Gongsun Fan wanted to collect his troops, but he happened to meet the men and horses of Yan Gang, the general of Youzhou, and the two merged into one to besiege Zhu Ling, wanting to wipe out Zhu Ling's troops in the mountains.

Zhu Ling asked Yao Gong of the garrison in Guangchuan for help, and instead of sending rescue troops, Yao Gong severely reprimanded him. Zhu Ling had no choice but to ask Chen Nuo in Xiu County for help. Chen Nuo's department is only more than 1,000 people, and under this critical situation, it is impossible to divide troops to save people according to common sense.

But for the sake of Zhu Ling, Chen Nuo still disregarded the danger to his life and personally brought more than 200 light cavalry from his department to participate in the battle. As for the rest of the men, they need to stay in the city to prevent Gongsun Zhan's men and horses from coming overnight. According to the old rules, as long as Chen Nuo led the troops to fight outside, Zhao Xue stayed in the city as a temporary commander.

Don't look at the only two hundred horses led by Chen Nuo, but these two hundred horses are composed of Youzhou Iron Cavalry and Xiliang Cavalry, both of which are good at riding and shooting, which is the essence of this team. Their combat effectiveness is nothing to say, and Chen Nuo's only concern is whether they can cooperate well with each other, and whether the order is forbidden. He pulled them out alone this time, which was a small review of their training results over the past few months.

That night, Chen Nuo personally entertained the cavalry, prepared cow wine for them, and comforted them. Not to mention, as soon as this cow wine is rewarded, these cavalrymen are also full of energy, and their spirits have come up all of a sudden.

Chen Nuo naturally knew that he had few soldiers, so this battle must be a surprise attack, so as to decide the victory or defeat in a battle. If he can't leave in a fight and be dragged by the other party, not only will he not be able to save Zhu Ling, but he is afraid that he will also be in danger. ，

As soon as the cow wine was rewarded, Chen Nuo immediately drew his sword and turned over on his horse. Under the inspiration of Chen Nuo, those light riders also followed the horses and stirrups one by one, and with a trumpet, they followed Chen Nuo all the way out of the south gate. Of course, Chen Nuo was also followed by Dian Wei this time. This Zhu Ling is not only a general valued by Chen Nuo, but also can be regarded as having a good time with Dian Wei, Zhu Ling is in trouble, can Dian Wei Yan not go to the difficulty? Even before the war, he had already sharpened and sharpened his pair of iron halberds, and he was afraid that the halberd blades would not be happy and he would not be able to kill anyone.

This Xiu county town is not far from the place where Zhu Ling was trapped, and it is a day's walk, but if the cavalry rushes, it will only take a few hours. By the time Chen Nuo led his men and horses to the bottom of the mountain, the sky had just reached the darkest part before dawn, and it was also the time when people were most prone to sleepiness. At this time, I saw the group of Gongsun Fan and Yan Gang's guards at the foot of the mountain, either tilting their heads and dozing off with the barrel of their guns, or simply leaning against the gate and falling asleep, who knew that the danger was quietly approaching.

Prior to this, Chen Nuo had also contacted Zhu Ling's side, using the fire as a number. As soon as the torch on his side was raised, the torch on the mountain shook, and Chen Nuo started the next step.

In the quiet of the night, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly breaking through the sky and the fire arrows in the sky came together, waking up the sleeping soldiers under the mountain. The speed of the light cavalry charging the camp was so fast that when they found that they wanted to grab their weapons and resist, they were either shot into hedgehogs or knocked to the ground by the hooves of the cavalry who rushed into the gate.

Once Chen Nuo rushed into the camp with his men and horses, he did not make any stay, and killed all the way to the Chinese army camp of the enemy general. He rushed in all the way, and although he encountered many soldiers running around, they were all defeated at the slightest touch, and they could not talk about fighting at all.

That Gongsun Fan had a beautiful woman to warm his quilt in the warm camp like spring, and he slept soundly. Just now, a sweet dream has not been finished, when I opened my eyes and saw the fire outside the camp, I heard the sound of a tragic fight, and knew that an accident had happened.

He couldn't care about the woman in his arms anymore, so he pushed her under the couch and turned over to find clothes. Before he could put it on, he saw the guards rush into the camp and report to him that the thieves were about to kill the Chinese army.

Gongsun Fan was a rumbling, and he almost didn't fall down, but fortunately, the guards supported him with one hand and pulled him out of the big tent in a hurry. He also naively wanted to look for his cavalry, he didn't want to be in such a mess, they were running for their lives, where did they still have the courage to meet the enemy, the war horses were running wildly, and the cavalry was gone.

Gongsun Fan stomped his feet for a while, and at this time, Yan Gang led three or five guards to fight here. Seeing each other's embarrassment, the two sides were not in the mood to play haha, so they merged into a team and wanted to escape from the back of the camp. At this time, the Zhu Ling tribe on the mountain had also rushed down to respond to Chen Nuo and blocked their back road. Gongsun Fan and the others had no choice but to turn back again. It's just that they were unlucky, and they happened to meet Dian Wei who led three or five horsemen over, and killed them for a while.

The two of them hurriedly commanded the soldiers in the camp to fight each other, and they were able to stop Dian Wei and the others. After stabilizing a little here, he saw that the situation was out of control, and it was too late to organize people, so he had to take advantage of the chaos to hold the horse's tail, and under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers, he escaped from the camp in embarrassment and went all the way back to Dongguang Gongsun Zhan.

Let's not talk about Gongsun Fan and Yan Gang who fled in chaos, just say that Chen Nuo led the men and horses to rush and kill overnight, coupled with the cooperation of Zhu Ling's department on the mountain, the enemy really lost his armor and left in defeat. Compared with the middle of the day, Chen Nuo and Zhu Ling's second division met and counted the men and horses, Chen Nuo's side lost more than a dozen horsemen, and there were some more wounded soldiers, and the loss was not large. However, after this battle, he gained a lot, not only received a lot of grain and grass from Gongsun Fan and the others, but also captured two or three hundred men and horses of the enemy generals.

Zhu Ling was besieged this time, and it was already good to get away with it, so he didn't want any grain and grass to be captured, even the prisoners were left to Chen Nuo's disposal. Chen Nuo had just obtained Xiuxian, and it was precisely because of these deficiencies that he did not be polite to him, and transported all the grain, grass and baggage back to Xiuxian. As for the issue of prisoners, it is also easy to solve, and those who are willing to surrender are incorporated into their own ranks, and those who are unwilling are disbanded on the spot.

Of course, he dared to do so for a reason. In the battle outside Yangcheng, he had collected some of Gongsun Yue's cavalry, and most of these people were Youzhou people. As for the Gongsun Fan and Yan Gang who were captured in this battle, they were mostly Youzhou people. Chen Nuo only needs to send these people to talk about it, and he will move them over.

In fact, in the end, there are only a few people who will leave, and those who remain are mostly good fighters. Chen Nuo took the opportunity to organize those elite soldiers into the cavalry ranks, and his cavalry strength barely reached 300 people, and now all that is lacking is horses. As for the others, take back the city for the time being, and later they can be incorporated into the infantry phalanx.

Chen Nuo relieved Zhu Ling's siege here, and it was inconvenient to stay, and Zhu Ling also wanted to go back to Guangchuan to confess his guilt, so they said goodbye and went back to their respective destinations.

It's just that after the defeat of Gongsun Fan and Yan Gang back to Dongguang, the defeated soldiers gradually came back, and only then did they know from the mouths of those defeated soldiers that it was none other than Chen Nuo, who had helped Han Fu to say Xiang at the beginning. Gongsun Fan hated Chen Nuo very much after this defeat, and after he heard the news, he immediately told Gongsun Chan about it. While he was talking, he was fanning the wind and igniting the fire, how could he not talk about moving Gongsun Zhan?

After hearing this, Gongsun Zhan's face was bruised, and he suddenly laughed, and his voice was like a loud bell: "Chen Nuo took advantage of my battle with the moth thief to seize my Xiu County, and I was still thinking about not bothering with him for the time being and letting him go." But now it seems that if he doesn't give him some colors to see, he doesn't know how powerful my Gongsun Chan is! ”

Gongsun Fan smiled and immediately asked for his life: "Last time, Chen Nuo attacked my camp in the middle of the night, but it was just a fluke victory. This time, I will ask the general to allocate some more men and horses to me, and I will personally hate it and bring this guy's head to see me! ”

Even Yan Gang hated Chen Nuo, and responded with him, saying that he would fight with Gongsun Fan.

Looking at the eager gaze of the two of them, Gongsun Chan just shook his head and said lightly: "It's too boring to deal with him if he dispatches his own men, not to mention, I can't deal with the Yellow Turban's men and horses now, where are the remaining soldiers who are drawn out?" ”

Gongsun Fan and Yan Gang were both stunned, and they didn't know why Gongsun Chan said this.

But seeing that Gongsun Zhan smiled: "However, there is a saying called, 'Kill people with a knife', have you ever heard of it?" ”

The so-called 'borrowing a knife to kill people' in his mouth borrowed the knife of the Yellow Turban Army and killed Chen Nuo.

This group of yellow turbans and Gongsun Chan have been holding each other in Dongguang and other places for a long time, although they have an advantage in numbers, they have not taken advantage of anything. There were many yellow scarves that were beaten by Gongsun Chan and ran out of grain and grass, so Gongsun Chan lied to them that there was abundant grain and grass in Xiu County, where Chen Nuo was located, and tricked them into snatching it.

Not to mention, Gongsun Zhan's move is really powerful. When the gang of Yellow Turbans who had no food and grass heard the rumors, they didn't care whether it was true or not, abandoned Gongsun Zhan, and turned to attack Chen Nuo in Xiuxian. In just a few days, there were as many as 30,000 or 40,000 Yellow Turbans from near and far, and the number of them was increasing day by day. In this way, the pressure on Gongsun Zhan's shoulders has been reduced little by little, but Chen Nuo's Xiuxian County has to bear more and more pressure every day.

Xiuxian County is not big, and the soldiers, horses, grain and grass in Chen Nuo's hands are limited, it doesn't matter if he is surrounded by a yellow scarf for three or five days. Sent people to Guangchuan City to find Yao Gong to rescue the soldiers, but the old fox of Yao Gong not only did not send it, but even the supply of grain and grass was cut off.

What's even more infuriating is that at that time, Yao Gong insisted on going his own way to list him as the county magistrate of Xiu County, but now in the hands of Yuan Shao, he has become the handle that Yuan Shao added to him.

Yuan Shao originally planned to use Chen Nuo's power to fight against Gongsun Zhan, so when he heard that Chen Nuo successfully won Xiu County, he also intended to give Chen Nuo a county order according to Yao Gong's wishes. In this way, not only will Chen Nuo's troops be stationed in Xiuxian County, but they will also buy Chen Nuo's heart, so that he can defend him against Gongsun Zhan's soldiers.

Originally, this edict recognizing Chen Nuo as the county order was still halfway through, but after the Yellow Turban beat the county, Yuan Shao also immediately sent people to urgently recover the appointment letter.

Before the sudden change, in order to protect himself, he not only did not recognize him as a county order, but also blamed him for not sending troops to repair the county easily, otherwise he would not have angered Gongsun Zan and attracted so many Yellow Turban thieves.

It seems that Yuan Shao wants to abandon Chen Nuo's chess piece, so let alone send rescuers to rescue Xiuxian.

After this incident happened, it immediately stirred up a lot of waves in Yecheng. Not only are Zhang He and others, who are usually good with Chen Nuo, anxious, but even Koi Yi is also on fire.

Zhang He, Guo Jia and others had some scruples, and it was inevitable that there was room for suggestions, which were tepid, and did not arouse Yuan Shao's disgust. Unlike Koji Yi, when it comes to affection, seeing that Yuan Shao still refuses to let go, he actually presses his sword in his hand and stares at Yuan Shao, and he is about to use force.

Lu Yi is also a straight man, not to mention that this matter is related to the life of the eldest brother, so it is also necessary to reason with Yuan Shao.

The hall only listened to the sound of Koji Yi's whirring, and fiercely argued: "At the beginning, General Yuan asked General Chen to send troops to Guangchuan to assist Minister Yao Gong to defend this city, which is indeed not wrong, and General Chen also did what the general wanted." But General Yuan, you also know that in the end, the reason why General Chen did not enter the city, but instead sent troops to repair the county, was because he was ordered by the Minister of State Yao Gong, and Yao Xiang also reported the matter afterwards.

Originally, in this matter, the general, you even ordered someone to engrave a county order seal to him in order to reward General Chen, which also shows that the general you agree to this matter. Now because of the incident in Xiuxian, you want to ignore it, general, and you are only afraid of the heart of the cold soldier when you say it! ”

Yuan Shao came because Jizhou initially needed to borrow Liyi and others, and secondly, this Liyi was a general in Liangzhou before, and he was not afraid of death when he fought in battle, so he couldn't bear to cut off his arm and stiffen the relationship between them. Even if Koji Yi was presumptuous to this point, he held back and didn't debate with him too much.

Originally, it was not that he was unwilling to send troops to rescue the siege of Xiuxian, but he thought too much about it and wanted to see further changes in the situation, so he didn't open his mouth even though everyone spoke. It's just that he was stirred up by Koji Yi like this, and his heart suddenly felt uncomfortable, even if he wanted to send troops to rescue him, he categorically dispelled this idea.

Originally, before Chen Nuo left, he was still trying his best to separate the relationship between Chen Nuo and Lu Yi, not wanting to see the two of them get too close. Seeing that Chen Nuo deliberately alienated Ko Yi afterwards, and Ko Yi was lonely and could not speak, Yuan Shao also put his mind at ease for the time being, thinking that his goal had been achieved.

But I didn't expect that after this incident, I also saw Koji Yi clearly at once. It seems that this Liyi's brotherly love for Chen Nuo is something that cannot be broken for a while.

Yuan Shao snorted, needless to say, the more Lu Yi was like this, the more he deepened his jealousy of Chen Nuo, not to mention the matter of sending troops. He waved his hand, and didn't pay attention to what Koji Yi said, but he actually left everyone behind and flashed from behind the screen alone.

Chen Nuo's Xiuxian City, first, the Guangchuan rescue troops without Yao Gong, and the second without Yuan Shao's Yecheng soldiers, suddenly fell into an isolated and helpless place.

Under the city wall, the black pressure is full of Yellow Turban Army, which surrounds the small Xiuxian County and is impenetrable, and roughly estimates that these Yellow Turban Army have gathered about forty or fifty thousand people before and after. It's just that in the last battle, they were secretly attacked by Chen Nuo who opened the city gate and attacked them for a while, and suffered a big loss, so they didn't dare to be too presumptuous and set up the camp far away.

It may be because of the weather, sometimes both sides are safe and quiet for a day, and they don't attack each other; Sometimes, they rushed to kill for a while, and when they saw the strong resistance in the city, they retreated. The enemy does not come to attack, although this can delay the sun and the moon, but for Chen Nuo, it is also a disadvantage.

In the past two days, he has climbed the city wall from time to time, observed the movement under the city from a distance, and then went downstairs without saying a word.

On this day, when the smoke was rising again, Chen Nuo climbed the city tower.

After observing for a while, he suddenly said to Dian Wei behind him: "The smoke of the Yellow Turban Army is getting thinner and thinner, and the attacks are getting more and more fierce, and it seems that their food and grass are running out. In order to survive, they either leave now or desperately attack the city, so the Yellow Turban Army will have a big operation in the next two days. It's a pity that our army has few manpower, and the city wall is overwhelmed, so I'm afraid that this battle will ......"

Chen Nuo didn't say anything, and looked at the city wall silently in a daze.

Dian Wei was behind, his body moved, and he said, "Lord, what do you say, Wei will do!" ”

Chen Nuo stroked the cold female wall with his hand, saw the wall that was frozen and cracked, gritted his teeth, thought about it, and turned to Dian Wei and said two words. Dian Wei was slightly stunned, but Chen Nuo asked him to do this, and he had no choice but to agree.

Two days later, the Yellow Turban Army really launched a large-scale attack on Chen Nuo's Xiuxian County as if it were crazy, just because Chen Nuo had already made Dian Wei prepare in advance, and the Yellow Turban Army not only captured Xiuxian County, but also did not even touch the city wall of Xiuxian.

The ladders that came up from the Yellow Turban Army either slipped to the side, or they couldn't rely on the wall at all. And even if the Yellow Turban Army is lucky enough to climb up, when they encounter this kind of slippery wall, they have no way to start, let alone need others to fight, so they will roll down first.

Dian Wei looked down, and also snickered, and then looked at the main general Chen Nuo, and admired it even more sincerely.

It was a cold winter at this time, so you only need to splash some water on the wall overnight, and you are afraid that you can't freeze the wall? And once the wall is frozen, like the skating rink, it is a great ability to lend to the thief, and it is also the edge of the city wall that cannot be touched, let alone siege.

After the Yellow Turbans' successive attacks were thwarted, their morale also dropped, and some of the Yellow Turbans quietly gave up their plans to attack the city and retreated after facing such a comical wall. At this time, the rear of the Yellow Turban Formation, which was originally loose, suddenly became chaotic.

I don't know out where a team of less than thirty or fifty people suddenly ran out, and they killed into the Yellow Turban Formation. There are few people, but it is very powerful, like a broken abdomen, from back to front, stabbing the henchmen of the Yellow Turban Army, and it will not be long before it is about to be killed under Xiuxian County.

Chen Nuo was still strange at first, but after taking a closer look, he saw the doorway, and couldn't help laughing: "Aha, it's Pan Zhang, hurry up and welcome the city!" ”