Chen Guoxiang Xu Jue has been feeling a little bad since he got up in the morning. He always felt that something big was going to happen. As a county prime minister who once accompanied Kong Min, the former governor of Yuzhou, to participate in the war against Dong, he could live like Xu Jue to the present state.

There are not many leaders who can survive so many ups and downs. Xu Jian's innate intuition undoubtedly takes part of the credit. It has repeatedly helped Xu Jian stand in the right position and avoid danger in this chaotic world, so Xu Jian

Jian never dared to underestimate his God-given intuition.

Xu Jue felt that the danger this time should not come from the west and south. Although the Yellow Turban thief He Yi brothers in the south and Huang Shao in the west had more soldiers and food, they were mostly rabble with average fighting power and could only bully those who did not.

Small and medium-sized cities protected by elite soldiers and fortified cities basically dare not provoke fortified cities like Chen Guojunzhi.

What made Xu Jue feel dangerous was the north and east. The food shortage situation in Yanzhou in the north was very serious. Xu Jue was also very afraid that Cao Cao and Lu Bu would lose money inside the wall and make up for it outside the wall, so he used the hinterland of Yuzhou to overcome the food shortage. In this regard, Xu Jue

Jian was also mentally prepared. No matter whether Lu Bu or Cao Cao came, they would immediately open the city and surrender. The five or six thousand second-rate troops in Chen Guocheng might be able to barely compete against the Yellow Turban bandits, but against the armies of Cao Cao and Lu Bu, it would be like throwing an egg against a stone.

.Instead of stubbornly resisting and seeking death, it is better to surrender early and protect your family's property and life.

As for the east side, which was originally the safest, Xu Jue had not paid much attention to it at first, but just yesterday, people who fled from Peiguo brought news that a group of yellow scarf thieves had appeared in Peiguo County.

It only took one morning to capture the county seat of Qiao County. Xu Jue immediately felt that something was wrong, because although the Yellow Turban thieves in Ruying's area were fierce, they were not good at attacking tough battles - including the regular armies of many princes, they had a headache in attacking tough battles, and this Peiguo army

The Yellow Turbans were able to capture a city in one morning, and one can easily imagine their ferocity.

Therefore, our Chen Guochang, Mr. Xu Jianxu, can only pray secretly, hoping that this Peiguo Yellow Turban can only satisfy one city of Qiao County, and must not advance westward. Otherwise, Chen Guocheng may be in trouble.

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Unfortunately, the prayer failed, and Xu Jian's ominous premonition came true again. In the afternoon, the sentry horse reported that a large group of yellow scarf thieves had been found twenty miles east of Xinping, heading towards Chen Guojun.

When they came to kill, Xu Jue was immediately frightened. Although Chen Guocheng was less than two hundred miles away from Qiao County, these yellow scarf thieves came too fast, right? They only captured Qiao County in the morning the day before yesterday, and today they will

We are almost arriving at Xinping, so by tomorrow morning at the latest, these Yellow Turban thieves will be approaching Chen Guocheng!

Shocked, he still had to do what he had to do. Xu Jian could only quickly summon the generals to discuss the strategy of defending the city. He organized the people from the neighboring four villages to take refuge in the city while making preparations to defend the city. However, Chen Guo's defenders were asked to go up and down.

To everyone's surprise, in the evening, thousands of Yellow Turban thieves had already arrived at the banks of Qushui River, set up camp on the east bank of Qushui, lit bonfires all over the mountains and fields, and made the east bank of Qushui red.

What makes Chen Guo's defenders even more frightened is what's behind. Although these yellow turban thieves are not as numerous as He Yi, Huang Shao, Gong Du, Liu Pi and other famous thieves, they are also wearing ragged clothes and shabby yellow turbans, but their weapons are

The equipment is no less than that of He Huang and other thieves' main soldiers, including spears, halberds, and crossbows. The worst of all are swords. At the same time, these yellow scarf thieves clearly have combat experience. Not to mention lighting a large number of bonfires to intimidate the defenders in the city.

They also rushed to build bridges all night long on the Qushui River, which was dry in winter, so that the army could cross the river faster and attack the city. The slogans "Cangtian is dead" and "Huang Tiandang stand up" could be heard clearly even at the head of Chen Guocheng.

In addition to shock and fear, the well-informed Xu Jue was also a little strange - when did such a large group of yellow scarf thieves appear in Pei State? How come I had never heard of it before?

Xu Jue's question was quickly answered. The Yellow Turban bandits sent an envoy to the city to recruit them and informed them of their origins. Only then did Xu Jue know that the Yellow Turban thieves came from Jizhou - although Xu Jue was surprised by such a large group of Yellow Turban thieves.

How did he get through the four-layer blockade of Cao Lu, Tao and Liu, and fight from Jizhou to the hinterland of Yuzhou? Then Xu Jue learned that the leader of this group of yellow scarf thieves was called the Demon King Wu Tiande, and he was the confidant of General Zhang Bao.

The first time I came to Chen State was to borrow grain and land. I wanted to borrow some grain to tide over the famine and borrow the city to rest for a few days. If Xu Jian honestly agreed, then King Wu Tiande would ensure that Xu Jian and the people in the city were safe. Otherwise, after the city was destroyed, the whole city would be destroyed.

Never leave young behind.

King Wu Tiande's unreasonable request was naturally rejected by Xu Jian, but when the siege began the next day, Xu Jian and the defenders began to regret it. At dawn the next day, Wu Tiande's yellow scarf thieves were all over the place.

After crossing the canal water, they set up a formation outside the South Gate of Chen State. Eight weird huge wooden carts lined up three hundred steps away. Amidst the weird loud noise, eight huge stone bombs roared out and hit the gate tower of Chen State's South Gate together.

, three of them hit the city tower, causing the Tibetan soldiers' city tower that had been in disrepair to collapse on the spot, burying countless defenders' archers and crossbowmen hidden in the city tower alive.

One of the other five stone bullets hit the moat, causing a splash of water more than two feet high. The other two hit the city wall, taking away the lives of three defenders and leaving two scratches on the masonry wall.

There were huge craters, and the last two bombs crossed the city wall and smashed into the city, destroying two houses in the city and sinking several feet into the ground. Seeing such a scene, the defenders and people of Chen City were naturally shaken and screamed.

Xu Jue, who relied on the city wall to resist the Yellow Turban thieves, was completely desperate, and he understood why the Qiao County city could not be defended for a whole morning.

The whistling stone bullets continued to hit, and the defenders on the wall of Chen State also screamed and screamed. Countless soldiers and generals ran away with their heads in their hands, and countless people ran and fled into the city. The supervising team could not stop them, and the stone bullets kept falling to the ground.

Huge craters were left on the city wall, smashing the defensive equipment above and below the city wall into pieces, and causing the defenders who could not evade to escape. Their blood and flesh were scattered everywhere, their muscles and bones were broken, and their cries were loud. More and more people were fleeing, including

Everyone in the supervising team ran away, and all the people inside the city wall who helped defend the city had already escaped. Xu Jue also greatly regretted why he didn't negotiate with these yellow scarf thieves last night to get a sum of money and food to kill them.

Send away?

King Wu Tiande was still a bit unworthy of his name. The trebuchets stopped bombarding after only five rounds. Another yellow scarf soldier in his forties ran to the bottom of the city with a small white flag and shouted to the top of the city wall: "Old man Xu Jun,

Come out and answer! Listen, this is the last chance our King Wu gives you. Now Kaicheng surrenders, and our King will ensure that no one in the city is harmed! If you don't surrender, King Wu will let the Demon King's cannon continue to fire. First,

Your city wall is completely destroyed, and then you rush into the city, leaving no chickens or dogs behind!"

"The sky is dead, Huang Tian must stand!" Amidst the thunderous shouts and threats, Xu Jue tremblingly poked his head out from behind the arrow stack and shouted at the yellow scarf envoy: "General, please report back to King Wu.

The people of Chencheng are willing to offer 30,000 hu of grain, 10 cattle, and 50,000 in cash in exchange for King Wu to withdraw his troops. Please be kind to King Wu."

"No!" The Yellow Turban envoy flatly refused and shouted: "Listen up, old man, King Wu wants the city of Chen State, not begging for food from you! If you open the city and surrender, you will still be the Prime Minister of Chen State! If you dare to bargain again,

, King Wu, you’re welcome!”

"Am I still Chen Guoxiang?" Xu Jian was a little moved, thinking that although this Wu Tiande was a three-character untouchable born in the capital of Guizhou, from the tone of his voice, could it be that he knew something about the government and knew that it was necessary to appoint officials to govern the people and collect grain and taxes? What if?

If this is the case, surrendering is not a life-saving strategy.

"Boom!" Xu Jue hesitated here, but the suspension bridge on the other side had crashed to the ground, and then the city gate opened wide. A group of frightened defenders rushed out of the city gate impatiently, kneeling on the ground and shouting loudly to surrender.

Seeing this situation, Xu Wei had no choice but to shout quickly: "General, I have opened the city gate and surrendered. General, please report back to King Wu. King Wu must keep his word and never hurt me."

And the lives of the people in the city——!"

Xu Jian's worries were obviously unfounded. Although these yellow scarf thieves were dressed in rags like a group of beggars, they were quite true to their word. After entering the city, in addition to disarming the defenders and quickly taking over the city defense and county treasury, they also

Instead of robbing the people in the city, Xu Jue was escorted in front of a young man with fine features. Before Xu Jue could be shocked by the young handsomeness of the demon king Wu Tiande, King Wu Tiande had already grabbed him by the collar and shouted fiercely: "Listen

Okay, I will immediately put up a notice in the name of Prime Minister Chen to appease the people in the city and not allow them to resist my king's soldiers! Then bring me the servants and organize the people to do labor service. I need a lot of civilians. I understand.

No?"

"Zhang Bang An people? Er Ding is sent to serve as a slave?" Xu Jue was confused and couldn't help asking King Wu Tiande: "My King, are you a general of Zhang Tiangong? Or a general of the government?"

Relying on the threat of Xiangyang artillery that was thousands of years ahead, he easily captured the frightened Chen Guocheng. Our King Wu Tiande took quick action again. While reorganizing the defenders for his own use, he separated his troops to capture the surrounding Xinping and Changping.

, Fule, Yangxia and other Chen Guo counties, went to collect the money and grain stored in these counties, sent them all to Chen Guo City for hoarding, and continuously sent them to the Qiao County base camp. At the same time, the news that General Wu Tiande, the remnant of the Yellow Turban Demon King, had captured Chen Guo County

, and also quickly spread to the surrounding Runan and Yingchuan counties through various channels.

Not to mention, being able to capture a county and city, let alone the Yellow Turban Army, which was basically at the end of its rope, was also a huge event for a prince. Therefore, after the news spread, the approaching Eastern Han Dynasty could not help but

The prefecture and county officials were shocked. The surrounding Yellow Turban leaders, such as He Yi, Huang Shao, Gong Du and Liu Pi, were inevitably shocked after hearing the news. They even sent out scouts and envoys to Chen.

The country, overtly or covertly, inquired about the sudden appearance of the Yellow Turban Thief, and actively tried to get in touch with the unknown King Wu Tiande.

The first person to get in touch with King Wu was Gong Du. This king was the weakest among the thieves in Ruying. He could only operate in the easternmost part of Runan, the least populated and poorest area. He was not only threatened by Yuan Shu's army at any time, but also

He was often bullied by other Yellow Turban thieves, but he wanted to expand his strength the most, so after receiving the news that King Wu Tiande from outside had captured Chen State, King Gong immediately sent an envoy to contact King Wu, requesting to join forces to dominate Ruying!—

- In response to this, King Wu's reply was to invite Gong Du and his people to come to Chen State to discuss the details of the alliance.

He Yi and Huang Shao were more cunning. Because they could not figure out the details and purpose of King Wu Tiande, they did not dare to talk to King Wu casually. Therefore, the envoys they sent not only inquired about King Wu's origins, but also inquired about King Wu's purpose. King Wu

Then he arranged for his deputy, Sun Dawang, to come forward and invite He Huang's envoy to visit the tomb of Zhang Jiao's brother that his army had enshrined in Chen Guocheng. According to the etiquette of the Yellow Turban Army, he warmly entertained He Yi and Huang Shao's envoys, explaining that his army was originally Zhang Bao's.

In the old army, Zhang Bao was forced to surrender to Yuan Shao after his defeat. He also took advantage of Yuan Shao's opportunity to send troops to reinforce Cao Cao and rebelled against Yuan's army. He fled all the way to the hinterland of Yuzhou to hide. He captured Chen State just to use the land as a shelter and did not fight with the kings He and Huang.

He also expressed the hope that he could live in peace with He Huang and others, establish an alliance, and jointly resist the invasion by officers and soldiers.

Hearing King Wu's explanation, seeing the memorial tablets of Zhang Jiao brothers enshrined in Chen Guocheng, and seeing the strong banditry style in King Wu's team, He Yi and Huang Shao's envoys were naturally overjoyed. Not only did they immediately

Believing the identity of King Wu Tiande, Huang Shao's envoy also invited King Wu to send an envoy to contact Huang Shao. King Wu agreed and sent Li Lang to Yingchuan with gifts to meet Huang Shao.

He Yi's envoy was more cunning, and did not dare to lead the wolf into the house and ask King Wu to send an envoy back with him. He just said goodbye, saying that he would go back to report to King He first and then give a reply to King Wu. King Wu didn't mind, and he rewarded the envoy generously and sent someone to take care of him.

He Yi's envoy sent him out of Chen State - and then sent several defenders who had surrendered in Chen State to follow him secretly, looking for the location of He Yi's lair, and at the same time preventing the spy from being captured and exposing the secret.

Li Lang returned to Chen Kingdom after five or six days. He reported to King Wu Tiande with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, young master. Congratulations, young master. Not only did I find out where King Huang Shao's lair was, he also met King Huang Shao.

I brought you good news."

"Oh, tell me quickly, where is Huang Shao's lair? What's the good news?" King Wu Tiande asked happily.

"It's not far, it's in Dingling County." Li Lang first pointed out the location of Dingling on the map. King Wu took a closer look and found that Dingling was about 260 miles away from Chen Guocheng and from Yangzhai City, where Yingchuan was governed.

Today's Yuzhou, Xu Shu's hometown) is about 150 miles away, less than 40 miles away from Xiping County in Runan County. The place is remote and easy to move around. It is indeed the first choice for a den of thieves.

"Li Lang, are you sure that Dingling City is Huang Shao's grain farm?" Lu Su asked from the side.

"Absolutely confirmed." Li Lang nodded proudly, patted his chest and said: "Young master and military advisor, please rest assured that the villain Li Lang may not be able to do anything else, but when it comes to understanding the Yellow Turban Thief, the villain is still quite capable.

, you can smell the food and gold of the Yellow Turban Thief hidden there with your nose - all the people in Dingling City have been killed by the Yellow Turban Thief long ago. Except for some family members of the Yellow Turban Thief, all the remaining houses are used for

It’s filled with grain and gold, and you can smell the sweet smell of moldy grain while walking on the street. It’s unmistakable.”

King Wu was secretly delighted and continued to ask calmly: "How many troops does Huang Shao have? Also, what is the good news you said?"

"Huang Dawang's team has about 20,000 to 30,000 people, but most of them are helpers. They use some farm tools, bamboo spears and wooden sticks as weapons and are stationed outside Dingling City. Only 3,000 to 4,000 people are the main fighting force.

Stationed in Dingling City." Li Lang explained in detail, and then said with a smile: "As for the good news that I brought back to you, King Huang Shao wanted to ask you to lead troops to reinforce the army to resist the invasion of Chenliu County.

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"The officers and soldiers of Chenliu County are preparing to encircle and suppress Huang Shao?" King Wu Tiande was surprised and happy - this was a great opportunity to lead troops to the west, which was justifiable and would not easily arouse Huang Shao's alert.

"Yes." Li Lang nodded with a smile and replied: "When the villain met King Huang, it happened that King Huang sent a messenger to Yingyin to deliver news, saying that Chenliu County sent an army south to prepare to annihilate Huang.

The king also asked the Yingyin government to provide a guide. For the sake of caution, King Huang asked the villain to give the young master a message, asking the young master..., oh no, please send troops to the rescue, King Wu, to help him resist the officers and soldiers. After the matter is completed, it will be decided

There’s a big reward!”

"Is there such a coincidence?" King Wu was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "How many officers and soldiers have come from Chenliu County? Where are they now? When will they arrive at Dingling?"
To be continued...