In 184 A.D., in the sixth year of Han Guanghe, the 310,000 troops who went south of Wuhua City in the first month of August lasted five days, passed through Anci and Fangcheng, and entered Wen'an County, the northernmost county seat of Hejian County, Jizhou.

Wen'an County has been conquered by the Yellow Turban Army as early as a few months ago, and everything that can be looted has been almost looted by the Yellow Turban Army, and it can even be said that it is three feet into the ground, and the people in the city have fled many times, and they really can't escape, so they can only stay in the city and wait for death.

"Lord, according to the detailed report, there are less than five hundred defenders in Wen'an County" Guo Jia held a document in his hand, walked into the camp of the Chinese army, Liu Tai's camp tent, glanced at the generals at all levels in the camp tent, Guo Jia said to Liu Tai.

"Five hundred people??" Liu Tai frowned, originally thought that Cheng Yuanzhi would focus on defending the northern Hebei region, but he didn't want to be the first county to go south, and the defense would be so weak?

"Yes." Guo Jia nodded, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hang a wry smile and said: "Cheng Yuanzhi doesn't seem to be worried about our army going south, not only Wen'an County, but the total number of defenders in the entire river is not more than 10,000 people, and most importantly, most of these defenders are old and weak soldiers."

"How so??" Zhao Yun couldn't help but ask, glanced at Guo Jia, arched his hand and said, "Isn't there an ambush around Hejian County?" Cheng Yuanzhi can temporarily live in most of Jizhou in such a short period of time, he must not be incompetent, how can he give up the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Hejian County to me? ”

"General Zhao, in fact, what Cheng Yuanzhi did is not difficult to understand." Zhong Xuan suddenly said aloud, as if he had thought of something?

"Your Highness and the generals, please think about it, although the city of Hejian County is high and strong, after all, there is no super gate valve to repair it all the year round, which is much worse than Yecheng and Bohai, in this case, how can Cheng Yuanzhi waste military strength with our army in Hejian?" Although Zhong Xuan is good at politics, he also has unique views on military affairs.

"En" Liu Tai nodded, looked at the military map on the left side of the camp tent and said: "Although Yecheng is good, it is not Cheng Yuanzhi's territory now, since this is the case, Cheng Yuanzhi is very likely to gather the soldiers and horses of the whole state and fight a decisive battle with our army in Nanpi, the administrative office of Bohai County." ”

"Nanpi is Yuan's lair, Yuan's perennial spend a lot of money to repair its city wall, it is rumored that the city wall of Nanpi is taller and stronger than the letter of Jizhou Zhizhi, and now Cheng Yuanzhi and Yuan's embarrassment are annihilated, with Yuan's help, Cheng Yuanzhi can be said to have taken advantage of the location!" Liu Tai's expression was slightly dignified, although it was said that the Yuan clan did not have many private soldiers in Nanpi, but the influence of the Yuan clan was very large, as long as the Yuan clan was willing to help Cheng Yuanzhi, the trouble was not ordinary.

"What does Your Highness mean that our army can divide its troops to collect the major counties and counties of Jizhou, and then fight Cheng Yuanzhi in Nanpi?" Zhao Yun frowned and asked Liu Tai.

Liu Tai shook his head, nodded again, and said with a smile: "Yes, no, other counties other than Bohai County, we do want to take it back, but not now, the most important thing now is Xindu and Yecheng, these two cities are the military and political center of Jizhou, among which Xindu is the state governance of Jizhou, there are as many as 100,000 soldiers and horses in the city, all of which are elite divisions trained by General Zhu Jun with great difficulty, as long as they are rescued, we can be easier in the battle to recover Jizhou!" ”

"Outside the city of Xindu, there are hundreds of thousands of Cheng Yuanzhi's troops besieging the city, if our army rushes over, I'm afraid it will suffer heavy losses?" Zhong Xuan frowned and asked out loud, although he thought that Cheng Yuanzhi would choose to fight in Nanpi, but he was not sure that Cheng Yuanzhi would gather all the soldiers and horses to converge in Nanpi.

"Naturally, it is impossible to rush with one brain, as the saying goes, go to the army and strategize, and attack the heart!" Liu Tai shook his head and laughed for a while, glanced at Zhong Xuan, and continued: "The Yellow Turban Army is mostly composed of ordinary people, and they are naturally afraid of the official army, otherwise hundreds of thousands of troops have besieged Xindu for so long, why hasn't it had any effect?" Everyone should know that the situation in Xindu is terrible now, and if the same number of regular troops attack Xindu under such circumstances, it will definitely be able to take it within three days."

"His Royal Highness has a very good reputation in Hebei, and the people of Jizhou are willing to follow it, but in fact, there is no need to fight at all, as long as His Highness prepares food, those people who have turned into thieves will definitely be willing to go north with His Highness!!" The corners of Guo Jia's mouth were curled, his eyes were shining with golden light, and he said to Liu Tai pointedly.

Liu Tai nodded, knowing that Guo Jia was right, in the past few years, Liu Tai has always paid great attention to reputation internally, and it can not be better for the people, even if it is not Jizhou, which is not ruled by Liu Tai, it is also rescued by Liu Tai, and even when a catastrophe occurred in Jizhou, with the acquiescence of Zhu Jun, Liu Tai sent a lot of grain to Jizhou, and it can be said that most of the people have received Liu Tai's favor.

When Zhu Jun had not left Jizhou, Cheng Yuanzhi could not develop at all, because the people believed in the ancestral religion and were not interested in the Yellow Sect at all.

On the one hand, death, on the other hand, to join the religion and become a believer in the Yellow Sect, the people of Jizhou have no choice, generally those who can escape will flee north to the northern Xinjiang, and some people who are unwilling to leave their hometown can only join the Yellow Sect, because they don't want to die, they want to live, as long as they can survive, no matter what, they can compromise.

As soon as the army entered Hejian County, Jizhou, hundreds of people rushed to vote, and even many of them were Yellow Turban thieves, all of whom escaped from the major counties, because they believed that as long as Liu Tai went south, Cheng Yuanzhi would be vulnerable at all.

No one knows the Yellow Turban Army better than the Yellow Turban Army, because they understand that in half a year, the Yellow Turban Army has reached what extent, according to these Yellow Turban soldiers who came to vote told Liu Tai that within the Yellow Turban Army, even if some squad leaders, at least there are dozens or even millions of wealth, as for food, they have secretly hoarded countless people, well, this is a common problem of the Han people, in the matter of choosing money and food, most of them will choose food.

Money will depreciate, food will not, now the Han Dynasty's five baht money, it can be said that there is no way to buy food, years of catastrophe, resulting in the collapse of the Han Dynasty's finances, the people barter, or directly to game in exchange for food, there is not enough exchange for things, most of the people can only eat grass, eat trees, eat soil, and even wait for death, money for them, is already still at home broken copper and iron, can not be said not sad, can not be said not to be miserable.

"In that case, why doesn't Your Highness let people go to the letter to persuade him to surrender? Of course, there must be enough troops to go with them to have hope. Zhong Xuan's eyes rolled and he bowed to Liu Tai and said.

"Persuasion?" Liu Tai frowned, looked at the intelligence document that Guo Jia had just handed over to him, which recorded the information of the generals besieging Xindu, and Liu Tai really knew him, after watching the meeting, he shook his head and said: "The Yellow Turban General who besieged Xindu is Deng Mao, this person has mediocre martial arts, but he is very courageous, likes to charge into battle, is often wounded, and is very prestigious in the army, he is a native of Youzhou, he followed Cheng Yuanzhi in his early years, he is Cheng Yuanzhi's henchman, he is loyal to Cheng Yuanzhi, and it is unlikely that he will defect to our army." ”

"Huh??" Zhong Xuan frowned, his expression was a little embarrassed, and after thinking for a while, he arched his hand at Liu Tai and said, "Your Highness, are you willing to let the lowly post go and give it a try?" ”

"This" Liu Tai was stunned, and said without thinking: "Absolutely not, although it is said that the battle of the army will cause a lot of losses, but Yuan Chang is the stone pillar of my northern Xinjiang, and it must not be lost, this matter must not be mentioned again!" ”

Zhong Miao pursed his mouth, his eyes couldn't help but be a little dodgy, and he was very moved that Liu Tai actually valued himself so much, Zhong Miao stayed in Northern Xinjiang, and he had a lot of time, and fully realized that Liu Tai was definitely a Ming Lord, a big Ming Lord, but Zhong Miao was worried that Liu Tai was too Ming Lord, too strong, and would lead to a bad death, so he never really returned to Liu Tai, and of course, he did not refuse to become Liu Tai's courtier.

"Lord, please rest assured, the humble position will live up to the expectations of the lord, even if Deng Mao is a stone, the humble position will smash him away!!" Zhong Xuan's eyes showed a voice that could not be refused, and he shouted softly at Liu Tai!

"Hey" shook his head with a wry smile, glanced at the looks of Guo Jia and the generals, Liu Tai had nothing to say at all, if he refused, it would definitely hurt Zhong Xuan's heart, if he didn't refuse, in case Zhong Xuan had three longs and two shorts, then it would be too late for Liu Tai to cry.

"Lord, my subordinates are willing to follow Mr. Yuan Chang" Suddenly, a crisp word came from Liu Tai's side, and he saw a man in a green robe, holding a feather fan, stepped forward and said to Liu Tai.

"Huh? Shengyang, why are you? Seeing that Gongsun Ce was actually listed, Liu Tai frowned, and an inexplicable meaning flashed in his eyes, which was a bit intriguing.

During this period of time, Gongsun Ce has always regarded himself as Liu Tai's staff, very diligent, in order to gain Liu Tai's trust, it can be said that he racked his brains, and ignored the clan far away in the southwest, and even said in private that Gongsun Ce wants to build a family for himself, which only belongs to the family of Gongsun Ce's lineage! Gongsun Ce raised his head, looked at Liu Tai with a very flat face and said: "Don't hide it from the lord, when I went west to Huacheng in the past, my subordinates had a relationship with the enemy general Deng Mao, which can be regarded as a bit of a personal relationship. ”

"Oh??" A look of surprise flashed in Liu Tai's eyes, he didn't expect that Gongsun Ce had already been in contact with the Yellow Turban Army a long time ago, but Liu Tai didn't mind, who didn't **? As long as he is completely loyal to Liu Tai, then he can say anything.

"Well, okay, then you go with Mr. Yuan Chang, and I will send Zilong to lead 100,000 iron horsemen to follow!" Liu Tai nodded, although there is not much hope of persuasion, but it is better than no hope, and once Cheng Yuanzhi's number one general is persuaded to surrender, it will definitely be an extremely heavy blow to the Jizhou Yellow Turban!

"Remember, if you can't do anything, you must not force it, Deng Mao is easy to be impulsive, if he does any harm to the two, this king will definitely feel extremely guilty, and please two of you for the sake of this king, cherish your own safety!!" After Liu Tai finished speaking, he solemnly bowed to Zhong Xuan and Gongsun Ce, making the two feel a warm current flowing through their hearts, not only Zhong Xuan and Gongsun Ce felt it, but others such as Zhang Fei , Zhao Yun and others were also moved.

(To be continued)