"General~~~"

A cavalry rushed from the north, Huang Zhong, who was struggling to find the whereabouts of eight hundred bandits, was immediately excited. Is there news? As early as the early morning, Huang Zhong led a large army to Sui County, but found that the eight hundred bandits had already led to flee far away, and the entire Sui County had already become an empty city.

But soon, Huang Zhong found out that something was wrong.

This cavalry came from the north, and it was not the stalker he sent. After careful look, wasn’t this Mr. Qin’s brother-in-law Wen Pin? Why did he feel so embarrassed?? His hair was messy, his clothes were torn, and his body was covered with blood, as if he had just rushed out of the riot army.

(PS: Some readers suggested that Li Yan, Wenpin's appearance time was too early, and I hope to provide the exact year of birth and death. There seems to be no record in the Romance of Legend and the Three Kingdoms, but the swordsman did not find it anyway)

Wen Pin rushed to Huang Zhong with his horse, and his hands suddenly slammed the reins. The war horse suddenly stood up and rushed up. He kicked the ground with his back legs twice before he suddenly stopped the momentum of rushing forward. Huang Zhong's eyes sterned. He didn't want Wen Pin to be young, but his strength was quite strong, and his riding skills were even more exquisite. He was a talent that could be made.

"Wenpin, if you are not in Fuyang to protect Lord Qin, how can you come to Sui County?"

Wen Pin looked tragic and said in a crying voice: "General, the big thing is over!"

"Don't panic, just say it slowly."

Huang Zhong looked stern, and Wei He and Cai Mao also surrounded him after hearing the news.

Wen Pin sighed and told the scene that happened last night. After hearing this, Huang Zhong and the other two immediately took a breath of air and all their eyes were filled with fear! This Ma Yue was extremely cunning. Everyone thought that after he attacked Sui County, he would definitely go south to Jiangxia. Unexpectedly, he shot and killed Fuyang again.

Wei He said in a sarcastic manner: "What happened to Lord Qin and Lord Zou?"

Wen Pin said sadly: "My brother-in-law is seriously ill and trapped in the county government office and cannot move. When he broke through the siege, Lord Zou and hundreds of soldiers were already trapped in the siege. I think... it was already unfortunate."

"well!"

Cai Mao stomped his feet heavily, his face full of annoyance.

Wei He turned to Huang Zhong and said in a sequel: "General, please order the army to return to the army and restore the sun!"

Cai Mao hurriedly persuaded him: "Wait, if we really return to the army and go north, how can we know that this is not another trick of Ma Yue? What should we do if the eight hundred bandits turn around and head south to attack Jiangxia again?"

Wei He groaned, "That's the Jiangxia people's business, it has nothing to do with us Nanyang people!"

Cai Mao changed his expression and shouted: "Wei He! Don't forget that I am also from Jiangxia."

Huang Zhong's facial muscles twitched, almost shattering his steel teeth, and shouted: "Tell me, the back team will change to the forward, and the whole army will return to the army and return to the Yang!"

Cai Mao said in a row: "I want to go back to you, I won't be with you."

Huang Zhong said coldly: "The master will not deceive the guest, please leave by your own driver."

A moment later, Huang Zhong and Wei He led 2,000 Nanyang troops back to the north, while Cai Mao led 1,000 Jiangxia troops to continue south, going to Lu to meet with Li Tong and Zhao Ci's troops in the Lu area.

It was another night of marching. In the early morning of the next day, when Huang Zhong led two thousand exhausted Nanyang soldiers to return to Fuyang, what was waiting for them was an unprepared empty city! The four gates of the entire Fuyang City were wide open, silent, and pedestrians disappeared in the street market, and chickens and dogs were ignored.

"What's going on? Could it be that there is a fraud?" Wei He looked stern and said in a deep voice, "It's better to condemn the small team of soldiers into the city to investigate."

"Well!" Huang Zhong responded and ordered, "Stop outside the city of Dajun, the soldiers of the three armies do not untied their clothes, and they will never leave their swords! Wen Pin obeys the order."

Wen Pin rode his horse forward and said in a deep voice: "The last one will be there."

"Leading 200 troops, going to the city to inquire, there will be bandits ambushing."

Wen Pin bowed with fists and said aloud: "I will obey the order."

Wen Pin received the military order and lit up 200 soldiers and entered the city from the southern gate of Fuyang. At this time, the eight hundred bandits with mourning had already arrived ten miles east of Wancheng.

In the past few days, Fuyang changed hands repeatedly between the government army and the bandits. Although the people in the city had not suffered from the tea poison of the bandits, they were already scared. Although they knew that the court army was back, no one dared to open the door to greet them. Since the government army arrived, wouldn't they know that the bandits would follow and kill into the city? The court's army had been defeated twice by the bandits, how could they know that there would be a third time?

Wen Pin searched the whole city without gaining anything, so he ordered the forcibly arrested more than a dozen innocent people. After the torture, he knew that the 800 bandits had already left for a long time. As for where they were going, the whereabouts of Qin Jie, Zou Jing and others in the city, he was not aware of it. Poor little people, how could they know such a major military event?

Huang Zhong had to give up, but the army did not dare to enter the city to station. He only set up camp outside the city. While strengthening his vigilance, he sent more explorers to conduct reconnaissance. At noon on the second day, the explorers immediately sent back a shocking news - Wancheng was falling! This news really surprised Huang Zhong, Wei and the two.

Wancheng is not as good as Fuyang. Fuyang is just a small county town, but Wancheng is the county seat with a high and deep city. There are a thousand elite Nanyang soldiers stationed, and the commander Zhang Xun is in charge. Even if he is besieged by hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits, it is enough to support it for several months. Ma Yue’s 800 bandits are not heavenly soldiers and generals. How can he capture Wancheng overnight?

Huang Zhong and Wei He's first reaction was that there was a fraud? After the remnants who fled from Wancheng brought another bad news to them, Huang Zhong and Wei He believed it! It was really a bolt from the blue. Lord Qin Jie had passed away. Damn Ma Yue's thief, who actually used Lord Qin's coffin to deceive the city. Only shameless bandits like Ma Yue did this to bully the dead.

Wei He looked worried and said, "Brother Han Sheng, Wancheng has been trapped and the lord has died. Things cannot be done. Only Jiyang counties are empty in defense and may be attacked by bandits at any time. If there is any mistake, our retreat will be dead! Why not lead the army back to the garrison and wait for the new prefect to send to the court and then make a decision?"

Huang Zhong nodded silently and sighed: "Forget it, I have to do this."

...

The situation in Wancheng gradually calmed down, and Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao appeared outside the prefect's office at the same time.

"Boqi, are you looking for us?"

Ma Yue nodded and said, "Old Pei, bring your brother No. 100 to collect all the eliminated weapons, extra equipment, and iron tools retrieved from the rich family's homes."

"Collect iron tools? What are you going to do? Boqi, the brothers' weapons are already excellent enough, so there is no need to build them anymore."

"Shut up and do whatever you want."

"Affect the order."

Pei Yuanshao shut up. Although Ma Yue scolded him, he did not care at all.

"Old manager, you have brought more than a hundred brothers and captured the blacksmiths and carpenters within a radius of a hundred miles in Wancheng."

"Affect the order."

"Also, brothers will be assigned to learn riding in the next few days. Within ten days, everyone must learn to ride horses. Otherwise, when the army moves, don't blame me for throwing him in Wancheng and waiting to die."

As soon as Ma Yue finished speaking, Pei Yuanshao wondered: "What, we still need to transfer? How good is it to stay in Wancheng? This is a big city, and it's been finally defeated. What a pity to abandon it? In fact, even if it is Fuyang, I think people should be left behind to guard it. At that time, it will be a way out."

Ma Yue said coldly, "There are more than a thousand people in total. There are troops here and there, how many people can be left in the end? Can they be defended?"

"If you don't have enough manpower, you can recruit soldiers. There are so many people nearby. As long as they burn their houses and steal their food, they have to follow us if they want to survive. Tens of thousands of people can gather in a few days. Hehe, Zhang Dashuai and Liu Tushuai did this before."

Ma Yue glared at Pei Yuanshao fiercely and said in a stern manner: "So, Zhang Mancheng, Liu Pi and the others are all dead!"

Pei Yuanshao's head drooped, his mouth was flattened and he had nothing to say.

Ma Yue frowned and explained patiently: "I tell you why you can't do that! Zhang Mancheng and Liu Pi's style can indeed gather tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in a short period of time, but that is not an army that can conquer and fight, but just a group of mobs. Apart from wasting food and shouting for a few strong momentum, what else can they do? Just say Zhang Mancheng, hundreds of thousands of people besieged Wancheng, which was stationed by thousands of officials, fought for a few months, and died tens of thousands of people to capture it. That can also be called an army!?"

"And, once the team is large, the court will pay attention to it. At that time, we will condemn the elite Han army from all over the world to suppress it. What can we resist? Just by those mobs? How did Yingchuan's waves be defeated? How did Zhang Mancheng in Nanyang die? Old Taoist Zhang Jiao from Jizhou want to die."

"So, if we learn from Zhang Jiao, Zhang Mancheng, and Bo Cai's style, there is no way to survive. Now, our only way to survive is to be bandits! As long as the team is not too large, the court will not pay attention to it, and will not condemn elite soldiers and generals to come to suppress it, so we will have a way to survive."
Chapter completed!