The World of Yellow Sky

The surplus grain in Puzi City can last three months, and Chen Shen also delivered some to the soldiers of Xihe County.

Chen Shen knew that it was not easy for these county soldiers to stick to the military order for such a long time.

"only……"

Chen Shen looked to the south, where the Yellow Turban camp was located, and thousands of "moth thieves" were hiding deep in the mountains.

Chen Shen knew that there must be scouts from the Yellow Turban Army in the dense forest, monitoring every move of Puzi City, and the news that the soldiers of Xihe County had pulled out of the camp must not be hidden from these Yellow Turban Army.

Soon the turbulent yellow tide will sweep under the city of Puzi City again. This time, there will be no reinforcements to help Puzi City.

The fall of Puzi City has become inevitable.

Chen Shen has already sent his youngest son out of the city and hid in a farmer's house in a settlement. If the Yellow Turban Army is as rumored, the military discipline is not corrupt, there are few acts of burning, killing and looting, and he still has children to survive.

This can be regarded as the end of Chen Shen's last worry. Chen Shen firmly pressed the blue bricks on the crenel, and tomorrow may be the time for him to die for his country.

At this moment, a burst of noisy voices appeared beside Chen Shen's ears, and then the voices became louder and louder, even overwhelming the noise of Xihe County's soldiers pulling out their camps.

Chen Shen turned around and looked to the east. It was one of the garrisons of Xihe County soldiers, and the sound came from that side.

It was an earthy yellow color, and Chen Shen's heart tightened. In the dense forest to the east, a large number of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army with their heads wrapped in yellow scarves suddenly flashed out.

The flags were densely packed, as if a layer of gold was inlaid on the outside of the dense forest.

At this time, the sound of trumpets and drums sounded at the army camp of Xihe County, which was pulling out the camp. Although it was chaotic, the soldiers of Xihe County began to gather under the scolding of the general.

After all, they are soldiers from border counties, and their fighting power and military quality are not comparable to those of ordinary inland soldiers, and their impromptu reactions have improved a lot.

And if it wasn't for the fact that the soldiers of Xihe County were in a depression and were preparing to go north to meet the Huns, so they withdrew their vigilant scouts, otherwise the Yellow Turban Army would not even be able to reach the periphery.

Just as Chen Shen was thinking, a small group of Yellow Turban cavalry suddenly walked out from the Yellow Turban Army formation, holding long yellow flags, and came slowly.

The Yellow Turban Army outside the dense forest did not attack the camp of Xihe County, so this small group of cavalry walked to the outskirts of the camp of Xihe County.

Then, after a while, Chen Shen was even more astonished. The barracks of the Xihe County soldiers opened the gates and let the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army inside.

Then the soldiers of Xihe County and the Yellow Turban Army confronted each other strangely.

Chen Shen's face was solemn, Xihe County and the Yellow Turban Army would never have colluded early, he knew this very well, otherwise when those generals from Xihe County entered the city today, they would have easily killed him.

There are countless other ways to conspire to seize the city, so that they will not collude with the Yellow Turban Army under his nose.

Chen Shen frowned slightly. He felt that the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army who entered the camp of Xihe County was probably the emissary sent by the 'Moth Thief' to communicate.

At this moment, the speculation in Chen Shen's mind was almost inseparable from the truth of the matter.

This is indeed the envoy sent by the Yellow Turban Army. Xu An followed Yan Zhong's suggestion and selected a few eloquent eloquent eloquent emissaries from the talismans of Taiping Dao to go to Puzi City to see if he could persuade him to surrender.

Tian Zhong had previously served as an envoy and communicated with the Yellow Turban Army in the Wangwu, so he was also recommended and selected.

After the arrangements were made, Tian Zhong and his party headed towards Puzi City, but when they arrived outside Puzi City, they saw the Han army in Xihe County preparing to evacuate.

That's why there was the scene outside Puzi City, which made Chen Shen feel weird and confused.

……

Compared to outside the camp, the soldiers of Xihe County and the Yellow Turban Army faced each other quietly.

In the big tent of Xihe County, the generals of Xihe County are currently divided into two camps, arguing fiercely.

Chapter 254 Puzi City

"We are all generals and schools of the Han army, and we are all paid for food and clothing. How can we commit ourselves to being thieves!"

"I said long ago, don't let 'Moth Thief' people enter the barracks!"

A middle-aged general of the Han army was full of anger, and he yelled angrily in the tent.

Another yellow-faced military officer who was sitting with him also said coldly: "Chinese and thieves are not at odds, have you forgotten the 'Jingguan' outside Kuicheng?"

"Letting down our swords now is a way of death! The Yellow Turban Army just wants to take advantage of our danger and let us capture us without a fight, and get our weapons."

Just across from these opposing generals of the Han army, there are several generals who hold the opposite opinion.

A long-bearded Han army officer said with a look of disdain in his eyes.

"Isn't it good to wait until we leave the camp and ambush on the marching route? Why rush here now?"

"Taiyuan, Yanmen, and Dingxiang were not plundered by the Huns. It was because of the Yellow Turban Army that they repelled the Huns, not because of your nonsense!"

The yellow-faced Han Army Marquis remained silent, and a flash of anger suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Seeing that they were speechless, the long-bearded army continued: "Now the Yellow Turban Army has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers at the junction of Taiyuan County and Xihe County, and is preparing to take Xihe County. I am willing to help us with food and grass when we go north. "

The long-bearded soldier sighed and said: "Puzi City is already a lonely city. We have no reinforcements outside, no food and grass inside, all of them are roads to death, relatives in the family are all dead or alive, the country hates the family, now there is a way to revenge There is a way to go, why not go..."

"Integrity? Fame? I, Zhang Qi, don't care about anything now!"

Zhang Qi's face was red, and his eyes were full of blood: "My parents, relatives and friends are all in Lishi City... Don't you all know what the nature of the Huns is? I wish I could eat their flesh raw."

Because of Zhang Qi's words, all the people in the tent fell silent and stopped arguing.

Tian Zhong was holding a nine-jointed staff, paying attention to the expressions of the people in the tent. As the quarrel stopped, his eyes turned to Li De, the captain of the Han army who was sitting at the head, who had been silent all this time.

"cough."

Tian Zhong coughed lightly, and attracted the eyes of all the generals of the Han army in the tent.

"This seal letter was written by Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, and Zhang Shijun himself. As the leader of an army, the captain should recognize the handwriting of the governor of Bingzhou, right?"

Li De suddenly raised his head and stared at Tian Zhong who was standing in the tent without fear.

Tian Zhong took out the bamboo slips from his bosom, clasped his fists and said: "The Huns broke through Xihe County first, and trapped Zhang Yi in the north of Yong'an City. It was my great virtuous teacher of Taiping Road who personally raised the army to rescue him, and then repelled him." Huns."

"The matter here, Li Duwei checks Zhu Jianjian to know the authenticity."

"Everything that happened that day, Lingdi Li En, is the military officer of Taiyuan County, right? When Zhang Shijun committed suicide, Lingdi was by his side. The details of the incident are in the letter. I have a bamboo slip here. A letter from your brother."

Tian Zhong walked forward slowly, and put the two bamboo slips in his hands in front of the desk of the captain of the Han army.

Li De's complexion changed slightly. His younger brother was indeed serving as a military officer under Zhang Yi's command, but since the fall of Bingzhou, there has been no more news.

"Li Duwei naturally also learned that in the second year of Zhongping, our army invaded the hinterland of Taiyuan County in Bingzhou and captured several cities in Taiyuan County."

Li De nodded, because the Yellow Turban Army invaded Bingzhou in the second year of Zhongping and sounded the alarm for Bingzhou, so they recruited a lot of soldiers, and their food, wages and weapons became more sufficient.

"The captain must also know that our Yellow Turban Army invaded Taiyuan County, and Qiu did not commit any crimes. The cities and villages along the way were settled, and not a single place was massacred or looted."

"Captain Li doesn't need to worry about the clansmen in Yanmen County. Our army has already taken over Yanmen County. Now the reinforcements have arrived at Yanmen Pass. The Huns' invasion has been repelled by our army."

Li De frowned slightly. Although he guessed that Yanmen County was probably taken by the Yellow Turban Army, he was still a little flustered when he heard the envoy of the Yellow Turban Army.

After all, all his clan members are in Yanmen County.

Li De didn't answer Tian Zhong, he picked up the bamboo slips on the desk and began to examine them slowly.

The expression on his face also changed from seriousness to surprise to sadness.

Zhang Yi is Li De's benefactor. He was single-handedly pulled out by Zhang Yi, and he has successively served as the head of the village, the false marquis of the army, and the captain of the department...

"The fall of Bingzhou is all due to me, Zhang Yi..."

Looking up again, Li De was already in tears.

All the generals of the Han army in the tent looked surprised, but they did not ask questions, but waited for Li De to make a decision. They all believed in the captain who had been leading them.

After a long time, Li De put down the bamboo slips in his hands, and everyone looked at Li De one after another.

Li De stood up slowly, looked around at the Han army generals in the army tent, and said in a hoarse voice, "When I go north to attack the Xiongnu, I think you all know very well that it is not to fight, not to be aggressive, but to die... ..."

"The three counties of Yanmen, Dingxiang, and Taiyuan have all been controlled by the Yellow Turban Army, and there are tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army in the mountains to the south. The military rations in Puzi City are only three or four months old, and our food and grass are only ten days old. Only use it for a month, it’s a dead end.”

"However, my relatives and relatives in my family have all fallen into the hands of the Huns. How can we not avenge the hatred of the country and the family? Instead of going to the underworld together, it is better to kill the enemy and sue the souls of our hometown elders! All the crimes are borne by me, Li De. One person bears it!"

"Captain..."

Zhang Qi looked at Li De fixedly, the fog rose up, and his eyes became blurred.

All the generals of the Han army in the tent glanced at each other, bowed down together, and said in unison: "I wish to follow the captain and kill the enemy!"

Tian Zhong felt relieved, and finally passed the most difficult hurdle. Before he entered the camp, he half-truthed about the plan of the Yellow Turban Army to invade Xihe County, and the deployment of the Yellow Turban Army.

In fact, Guotai in the south does not have an army of tens of thousands at all, and can only maintain a defensive position at this stage. The Yellow Turban Army is mostly infantry, and it is temporarily unable to attack Xihe County.

A message was sent before that the Xiaoqi Battalion had just been established, and if they wanted to drive out the Huns in a field battle, it might take a while to adjust.

But at this stage, as long as these Han troops are willing to surrender, it is not a problem for these side branches to wait until the matter is a foregone conclusion.

Moreover, their situation and situation have indeed reached the point where they are at the end of their rope.

After all, as long as the Han army in Puzicheng runs out of food, it will collapse first without waiting for the Yellow Turban army to attack.

However, these soldiers from Xihe County were isolated and helpless in the north, and they had no food or grass to support them. There were only two paths of death waiting for them, one was to die in battle, and the other was to die from starvation.

Chapter 255 Eat Han Lu Raw, Death as Han Chen

The north wind was blowing, and the red banner of the Han army was slowly flying on the wall of Puzi City.

Red flags one after another led the soldiers of the Han army to follow the horse path of the city wall and rush up to the top of the city.

Chen Shen's heart was cooling down bit by bit, the 2000 soldiers of Xihe County outside the city had already defected, and the Yellow Turban Army in the mountains was also gathering, Puzi City only had more than [-] powerful private soldiers and county soldiers.

It is impossible to withstand the impact of the Yellow Turban Army only by relying on the not-so-tall city wall of Puzi City.

When Tian Zhong was persuading the soldiers of Xihe County to surrender, Chen Shen quickly ordered the city gates to be closed tightly, and sounded the drums for gathering soldiers. The camp rushed to the walls.

Chen Shen was fidgeting, and kept walking on the city wall. He sent several envoys to meet Captain Li De, but now there was no news, which made Chen Shen's expression even more embarrassing. point.

Finally, in the fortress of Xihe County outside the city, there was another loud noise.

After a while, the yellow turban cavalry that had entered the Xihe County camp came out again, and this time, there were many more cavalry from the Han army around them.

Chen Shen looked embarrassed, and slightly exerted his hand on the crenel. He saw Li De's banner, the captain of Xihe County, and it was among them.

Li De was very clear about the defense of Puzi City, so when Li De and the team of Yellow Turban knights approached the precise range of the crossbow in Puzi City, they stopped in their tracks.

Tian Zhong rode on his horse and observed the defenses of Puzi City. Although Puzi City was built in a gentle place, the city defenses were relatively complete. Although the Yellow Turban Army has now surrendered the soldiers from Xihe County, they will definitely receive a lot of rewards if they forcibly break through Puzi City. damage.

Li De beckoned, and the two Han army knights beside him heard the order, and slowly stepped forward with three bound soldiers on horseback.

"Trouble Captain Li."

Tian Zhong cupped his hands to express his thanks, and followed the two Han army knights to walk down to Puzi City.

Chen Shen saw the three people on horseback who were bound with five flowers in their clothes, and felt a little chilled in his heart, he had already recognized them.

These three were the soldiers he had sent to meet Li De before. At this moment, there was no luck in Chen Shen's mind. He knew that Li De must have chosen to join the Yellow Turban Army.

There was no sign of arrows being released from the city, but two Han cavalrymen with shields were still guarding Tian Zhong's side.

Tian Zhong looked up at the city wall, there was a man wearing a brocade robe standing on the crenel on the wall, beside the two Han army knights who had seen Chen Shen, and immediately explained the identity of the brocade robe man to Tian Zhong.

Tian Zhong stepped forward on his horse and said loudly: "I have heard for a long time that the county magistrate of Chen is diligent in government and loves the people. He is very famous in the countryside. Why is he not willing to cherish the people now?"

Chen Shen said sarcastically: "Your Excellency is really clever, no wonder you can trick Li De into surrendering."

Tian Zhong was not angry, and said with a smile: "Tian Zhong is just telling the truth, County Magistrate Chen is extreme."

"It's too much effort to speak up and down the city, so magistrate Chen won't invite Tian to go up to the city to talk about it?"

Chen Shen said coldly: "I let you here just to hear what your slick mouth can say. If you eat Hanlu raw and die as Hanchen, you better stop wasting your tongue."

"Chen county magistrate is indeed of noble character." Tian Zhong sighed in admiration, "no wonder there are people in the settlement who are willing to protect Chen county magistrate's youngest son with their lives."

Chen Shen's heart shuddered, and his complexion changed drastically.

He ordered the family steward to smuggle the youngest son out of town, and he was sure no one would ever know.

After sending it to the farmer's house, he also ordered his servants to take his young son and stay underground all day long, never showing his face to be seen by the people in the village.

How could it be discovered by the Yellow Turban Army!

"Is County Magistrate Chen willing to talk to Tian now?"

Chen Shen's face was ashen, and he clenched his fists tightly. He wanted to order the archers to shoot arrows, but he couldn't open his mouth.

"Ugh--"

Chen Shen let out a long sigh, closed his eyes, and ordered: "Put down the hanging basket and pull him up."

……

Outside Puzi City, Tian Zhong also smiled when he saw a hanging basket being put down.