Chapter 186: Take Guangzong lightly

Du Liu Yu said with some concern: "Zhang Jiao is a wise man, although the general trend of the army's instability is gone, but a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, how can he be willing to give the head lightly?" Although the Yellow Turban soldiers fled a lot, there was no precedent for surrendering the city, after all, the one who could serve as the city guard must be Zhang Jiao's henchmen, according to the opinion of the lower officials, this matter is quite strange, and the general Huangfu was asked to consider it. ”

Hearing Liu Yu say this, Huangfu Song also nodded and said: "Although the yellow thief is poor, it is very likely to do the battle of the trapped beast, Bo'an's words are not unreasonable, but it is imperative to take down Guangzong, it is like an arrow in the string, and it has to be sent, no matter whether the yellow turban is true or not, we will go all out." Then Huangfu Song asked the Yellow Turban soldiers who came to deliver the letter in detail, and the little soldiers answered one by one, and there was no contradiction between the words, and Huangfu Song ordered someone to reward the little soldier, and told him to go back and contact General Dewey, who was guarding the city gate, and agreed to raise the flag on the first day of October to open the city gate, and the inside and outside should join forces to take Guangzong City.

Then Huangfu Song and the generals on this matter to start a discussion, the preliminary consensus, everyone believes that now the people in Guangzong City are scattered, the army is not in order, even if Zhang Jiao has the ability to reach the sky, now I am afraid that it will not be able to set off much wind and waves, in this case, the Yellow Turban soldiers who are unwilling to work for Zhang Jiao will inevitably find their own way out, the general surnamed Du is ready to open the city to surrender The credibility should not be low, even if it is a trap set by Zhang Jiao, I am afraid that the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers under the city will not be able to eat it in one bite. In the end, Huangfu Song decided to launch a general attack on Guangzong City on the first day of October, that is, two days later, according to the original plan.

On the first day of October, the officers and men launched an all-out attack. Raising the banner and shouting to kill the heavens, the four-way army marched together and surrounded Guangzong City. Huangfu Song personally led a large army to kill the west gate, and the yellow turban soldiers in the city had already seen it, and immediately erected a white flag, and the city gate was opened. Just when the generals were still hesitating, Zhang Fei roared angrily, rode first, and took the lead in the city. Liu Ze couldn't stop it. I'm afraid Zhang Fei will lose. Hurriedly led 500 bows and horses from the headquarters to enter the city of Guangzong. Immediately afterwards, Huangfu Song's army also swarmed in, and tens of thousands of troops were piled up outside the small west gate of Guangzong City. It was overcrowded.

Unexpectedly. Except for Dewey, who opened the gates and surrendered. None of the Yellow Turbans guarding the West Gate responded to the battle, except for some who fled in despair, most of the Yellow Turban soldiers threw away their weapons early and raised their hands to surrender. The officers and soldiers quickly took control of the West City Gate without bloodshed, and Dewey was also brought to Huangfu Song's horse.

Huang Fu Song looked at the yellow scarf general in front of him, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, with a sneer, Huang Fu Song said: "General Du is willing to abandon the secret and turn to the light, and he can be regarded as a handsome man who knows the current affairs, rest assured, when Guangzong is won and the thief's first horn is captured, the official will be rewarded for his merits." ”

Dewey laughed, nodded and said, "The little one depends on General Huangfu." ”

Huangfu Song immediately ordered an all-out encirclement and suppression of the Yellow Turban soldiers in the city, and it was necessary to capture Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao and others.

After Huangfu Song effortlessly took the west gate, Liu Yu, Zheng Tai, and Cao Cao also conquered the north gate, east gate and south gate respectively, and the four-way army was like a bamboo, sweeping the yellow turban in the city. Although the Yellow Turban soldiers in the city claimed to be 200,000, they were about to collapse at this moment, except for a brief resistance in a few places, the Yellow Turban soldiers in other neighborhoods surrendered as soon as they saw the officers and soldiers killed. Those stubborn Yellow Turban soldiers ended up miserable, and they were dismembered by the officers and soldiers who rushed to the ground like a tide.

Everywhere there were soldiers who surrendered with their hands raised, and the officers and soldiers who attacked the city received orders in advance, as long as they laid down their arms and surrendered, the Yellow Turban soldiers were not allowed to be killed. In fact, not all of these people are determined to resist, but their brains are a little sluggish, the weapons in their hands are thrown late, their hands are raised slowly, and they are confused to be ghosts under the knife.

Huangfu Song never thought that he would be so smooth, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but when he saw Liu Ze's brows, he asked, "What questions does Runde have?" ”

Liu Ze didn't answer, and asked rhetorically: "General Huangfu, don't you think it's strange that the battle is so smooth?" ”

Huangfu Song was stunned, yes, this siege battle was too smooth, even far beyond his expectations, and the Yellow Turban fought for two years, and never as smooth as today, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "There is indeed something strange, it stands to reason that even if Zhang Jiao knows that the general trend has gone, he will never be so defeated." ”

Liu Zedao: "Didn't the general notice that the Yellow Turban soldiers in Guangzong City were completely scattered, not only Zhang Jiao, even Zhang Bao or his Qu Shuai did not stand up to organize resistance, and the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers were like headless flies, and they could not form any line of defense at all." ”

Hearing this, Huangfu Song was shocked and said, "Does Runde mean that Zhang Jiao and the others are not in Guangzong City at this time?" ”

Liu Ze smiled: "Basically, it is certain that Zhang Jiao and the others have already escaped from Guangzong." ”

Huangfu Song seemed to be unconvinced, and said: "Our army is besieging the city on all sides like an iron bucket, how can Zhang Jiao and the others escape, is it possible that they can't give birth to wings?" ”

Liu Ze smiled but said nothing. At this time, the Chinese officer came over to report: "General Qiyu, our army has captured all the blocks in Guangzong City except for Tiangong Mansion, and Liu Tingshi, Zheng Tingshi, and Cao Xiaowei have led troops to surround Tiangong Mansion, please give instructions to the general, should you attack Tiangong Mansion immediately?" ”

Huangfu Song's spirit was shocked, this siege progressed so quickly, but only two hours, he had already won eight or nine out of ten Guangzong City, and said to Liu Ze: "Now only Zhang Jiao's mansion is left, whether Zhang Jiao is still in the city, the mystery can be revealed immediately." "By the time Huangfu Song and Liu Ze arrived at the Tiangong Mansion, the officers and soldiers had already surrounded the three layers of the Tiangong Mansion, and even a fly could not escape now.

Tiangong Mansion was built after the Zhang Jiao Uprising, covering an area of a quarter of the size of Guangzong City, the height of the palace wall is comparable to the city wall, and the vermilion gate is not inferior to the palace gate in Luoyang. Daring to build such a mansion itself is a great crime of rebellion, and the emperor's face sank like water, and he ordered to bang on the door.

Dozens of officers and soldiers carried over the trunk of a big tree that had just been cut down and slammed into the gate of the Tiangong Mansion, although the gate of the Tiangong Mansion was large and strong, but it could not withstand the impact of the trunk of the tree that could only be held by three or four people....... The thief's first horn is inside, and it is a great merit to capture Zhang Jiao, and at this critical moment, I am afraid that no one wants to be left behind.

But when I rushed in, I found that the Tiangong Mansion was empty, and the officers and soldiers turned the Tiangong Mansion upside down, and there was no gain, not only Zhang Jiao, but also Zhang Bao and the various commanders of the Yellow Turban Army and Zhang Jiao's cronies and guards all disappeared, as if they had evaporated from the world, without a trace.

Huangfu Song frowned secretly, and summoned a few Yellow Turban soldiers who were originally guarding outside the Tiangong Mansion and now had already surrendered, and learned that they had been guarding the outside of the Tiangong Mansion, and the people inside had not come out at all in the past two days, and the door of the mansion had been closed, and the last time he saw Zhang Jiao was two days ago, there should be at least thousands of people in the Tiangong Mansion, as for why these people disappeared without a trace overnight, these little soldiers guarding the door really don't know.

It seems that Zhang Jiao and the top management of the Yellow Turban Army have really escaped, no wonder the siege of Guangzong will be fought so easily, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers even have a commander, pure scattered sand. It's just that Zhang Jiao's disappearance is so strange, not only did the officers and soldiers surrounding the city not see a trace, but even the Yellow Turban soldiers guarding the gate of the Tiangong Mansion didn't know anything. If you really can't catch Zhang Jiao, it will be meaningless to take Guangzong City.

Huangfu Song ordered the army: "Come on, search the mansion of the thief with the first horn carefully, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will see people dead or corpses!" ”

The army was ordered, in the Tiangong Mansion to search wantonly, after several hours of carpet-like search, but also harvested a lot, gold and silver treasures found a lot, piled up in the square in the palace gate, like a hill, obviously Zhang Jiao escaped when it was too late to take away, after Zhang Jiao uprising, in two years swept the Central Plains eight states dozens of counties, the looted people fat and ointment are naturally countless, so many treasures in front of you are just the tip of the iceberg.

When the generals lamented Zhang Jiao's clever means of making money, the Chinese officer came over to report: "General Qiqi, all this place has been thoroughly investigated, and no trace of a single person has been found. Everyone wondered, this horn can be witchcraft, could it be that the wings of the wakishi flew away?

Liu Ze had been wandering around the Tiangong Mansion for a long time, his eyes were fixed on the main hall of the Tiangong's Mansion. As soon as you enter the gate of the Tiangong Mansion, it is a large square, and the one facing the gate of the mansion is a large hall, and the statue of the old king of Taishang is enshrined in the hall. Zhang Jiao believes in the Taiping Dao, the Taiping Dao was originally a branch of Taoism, and it is normal to worship Lao Tzu in the main hall.

Liu Ze sneered, pointed to the statue of Taishang Laojun and said to Wu Anguo: "Smash it!" ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, this is an offense to the gods. Wu Anguo didn't hesitate for a moment, rushed up in stride, picked up the pair of sledgehammers weighing 100 catties and smashed them directly. Taishang Laojun's was originally a clay statue, although it was three zhang high, but it could withstand the smashing of Wu'anguo's sledgehammer, only three or five hammers, Taishang Laojun's statue was shattered and collapsed. (To be continued......)