The Yellow Turbans' entry into the city was almost a disaster for the officials and gentry in Yangzhai, but for Ma Du and others, it was like a timely rain.

"I originally thought about going to jail tonight, but unexpectedly the thieves suddenly called."

In an abandoned house in the west of Yangzhai City, Ma Du laughed and said, "Haha, some officials were killed and others escaped. There is no one outside the prison, so it makes things easier for us."

"Xu Fu will always remember your kindness in helping each other."

Xu Fu clasped his fists to express his thanks, and said with some guilt, "This has caused trouble for all of you, and you will be on the run again."

Ma Du stopped smiling and scolded: "Why are you being so coy? Which of us doesn't have a murder case on hand? If Yangzhai can't wait, why should we change places? What's the big deal? Besides, the city is now occupied by moth thieves, so we don't need to

Run away again.”

Sun Huangpi said, "No, I thank you for taking care of us when we first came to Yangzhai. We are brothers, so we shouldn't say thank you or not."

But all of these heroes are desperadoes. They just fled from Chenliu to Yangdi a year ago. Because the Yangdi County magistrate is lazy, they usually don't cause any big troubles, so no one cares about them. But here they are.

Stayed the longest.

A few people were talking when a rhythmic knock on the door came from outside. Sun Huangpi leaned against the crack of the door and saw that it was the person sent by his family to find out the news, so he hurriedly opened the door.

Du Bendao ducked in, closed the door and said: "The officers and soldiers outside the city have come after them and surrounded the east, south and west gates. I saw that the thieves had destroyed a lot of arrows, weapons, officers and soldiers in the government warehouse.

It might be difficult to break in."

Ma Du shouted: "That's just right. You don't have to come back to arrest us."

The others followed and shouted, hoping that the officers and soldiers could not break the city. Only Xu Fu frowned and did not say a word.

Nowadays, the city is full of moth thieves, and Ma Du and others who have money have nowhere to find food. At Xu Fu's invitation, everyone followed and sneaked back to Xu's house.

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Outside Yangzhai City, Huangfu Song looked at the city wall that was more than three feet high and frowned so hard that he could pinch a fly to death.

This Yangzhai is the seat of the Yingchuan government. Not only is the wall high and the city strong, but there are also abundant supplies to defend the city. There are more than 40,000 thieves in the city. To capture such a city is really harder than climbing to the sky.

"Now we can only take advantage of the fact that the moth thieves have just entered the city and have time to arrange all the affairs in the future. We can try to attack by force. If we can't win, we can only withdraw our troops first."

Li Min's face turned pale, "General, this, this can't be done. There are more than 100,000 people in Yangdi, we cannot ignore them."

If Huangfu Song withdraws his troops, Yangdi will really be doomed.

"Control? How to control it? I am an elite member of the royal family. Is it possible that I will use it to fill up the city wall?"

Huangfu Song glared at him angrily and ordered, "Let your county soldiers take the lead and the archers behind to attack the city!"

As a prefect of a county, he can't even see the door of his own house because he doesn't know people well. What a waste! If these thieves hadn't fled into Yangdi, they would have been wiped out by now, so how could all these things have happened.

When everyone arrived outside the city, they saw that there were no traces left after the war. They knew that Yangzhai was conquered without any resistance. There were only two reasons. Either the officials surrendered directly to the enemy.

Or run away beforehand.

No matter which one it is, it is always the fault of Li Min, the prefect.

Li Min did not dare to say anything anymore, and ordered the county soldiers to carry several ladders that were quickly built and began to attack the city.

This group of moth thieves had just been defeated in Changshe. They were afraid of the officers and soldiers like tigers and wolves. How could they attack them? They resisted extremely hard. In one day, the officers and soldiers lost more than 500 people, but they did not even reach the top of the city.

Seeing that a strong attack would not succeed, Huangfu Song ordered a postponement after one day of testing.

The officers and soldiers could not attack the city, and the Yellow Turbans did not dare to go out to meet the elite troops of the imperial court. The two sides reached a stalemate.

After all, Huangfu Song did not really ignore Yang Zhai, and tried many ways to lure the moth thieves out of the city, but failed. Li Min then placed his hope on the big houses in the city. If someone secretly opened the city gate at night, it would be done.

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Besides, Ma Du and others stayed at the Xu family for a few days, but their food reserves had been exhausted. All the shops in the city had been robbed by thieves, and they had nowhere to buy things if they had money. Everyone felt very sorry.

Hungry, everyone felt that it might not be good for the bandits to occupy the city.

Nowadays, except for ordinary people, only the yellow turban thieves have food. With a wave of his hand, the eldest brother, Damadu, decided to grab the food from the moth thieves.

"No, can't, can't go."

When he heard that he was going to rob grain, Xu Cai turned pale with fright and was the first to jump out and object, "There are so many thieves, how can you get a bargain with just a few of you?"

"What about that?"

Ma Du frowned and said, "If we don't rob, we will all starve in three to five days. Rather than starve to death, I would rather die with a knife or a gun. If not, the granary will be burned down, and the thieves will retreat."

Sun Huangpi followed and yelled, "No, it might be a bit troublesome to break in and rob, but it's still somewhat safe to set fire secretly outside."

"You can shoot it with rockets!" Niu Daodao.

"We only have one bow, so it's weird that it can be ignited!" Du Scimitar rolled his eyes.

"Then wrap yourself in a yellow scarf and sneak in when the moth thieves are on guard and set fire to it," Niu Da said again.

"That's a good idea!"

Everyone was discussing the plan to set the fire.

"Brother." Xu Fu, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted everyone, "The granary cannot be burned!"

"Why?" So everyone looked at Xu Fu strangely, including Zhang Mo.

Burning grain and grass is one of the sure-fire ways to win ancient wars. For example, in the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao completely crushed Cao Cao. However, because Wuchao grain and grass were burned, Yuan's army began to collapse. Boss Cao turned defeat into victory with a weak force, creating a famous event in Chinese history.

Take the weak defeating the strong as an example.

"The thieves were newly defeated by Changshe, and they are afraid of the officers and soldiers outside the city. Even if they burn the food and there are no reinforcements to come, I predict that they will not dare to leave the city. Instead, they will plunder the people due to lack of food. This move will bring destruction to Yangzhai.

disaster." Xu Fu explained.

After his reminder, Zhang Mo remembered that in addition to Wang Yun and Cao Cao who had come to support before, the troops outside the city also included Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. The reason why the Yellow Turban Uprising was suppressed so quickly was almost entirely due to these two murderers and moth thieves.

No matter how stupid you are, you will never go out to fight against the elite troops of the imperial court. With their equipment and combat power, they will be tortured to death in the field.

Everyone woke up and looked at each other in shock.

Aunt Xu said: "There are still some beans at home, which can barely last for a few days. We don't want to take risks. Let's wait until there is nothing left to eat! Maybe the officers and soldiers have already broken through the city by then."

After that, he turned around and walked into the kitchen, calling to Zhang Mo, "Amo, come and help my mother light the fire."

Sitting under the stove, lighting firewood, Zhang Mo rested her chin on her hands, staring at the flames burning in the stove and meditating.

She was not interested in the war between the officers and soldiers and the moth thieves, and she had no time to worry about whether the officers and soldiers could break the city. She was just worried about Xu Fu and the Xu family.

Xu Fu is now a fugitive. If the officers and soldiers return to the city and everything settles down, the family members of the murdered gangsters will definitely have to sue the officials. If they do not want to be beheaded, the Xu family will have no choice but to leave their hometown and leave Yangdi.

There were bandits everywhere outside, and she really didn't want to run away unless forced to do so.

Although they were wrong to kill, they were still gangsters who extorted and beat people first. If they could find a way to help the officers and soldiers break the city, they would have the opportunity to meet the upper-level officials, and their merits would be negated.

Break the city? How?

Yangzhai was guarded by the thieves like iron, and there was no way to communicate with the outside of the city. Even if the city gate was opened by luck, the personnel inside the city were dispatched much faster than outside the city. When Huangfu Song sent troops, the thieves had already closed the door.

Assassinating Qu Shuai Bocai? It seems slightly more reliable than opening the city gate, but... in this case, Maduji and others will most likely lose their lives.
Chapter completed!