Just after noon, when the sun was shining brightly, a group of moth thieves filed out of a large house near the east city gate and went to the city gate to change their defenses.

After the Yellow Turban Army occupied Yangzhai, Commander Qu lived in the county governor's mansion, and the rest of the generals were dispersed to various large households and stationed at the city gates according to the location of the houses.

The team headed east, turned through the alley, and entered the wide road beside the city wall. After just a few steps, the leader of the team suddenly stopped.

In front of the team, an arrow tied with cloth lay quietly on the ground, looking like it was shot from outside the city.

A soldier came forward and picked up the cloth and handed it to the military commander. The military commander opened it, looked at it, frowned slightly, and asked in a loud voice: "Who can read?"

All the soldiers looked at each other in confusion. After a while, a young man stood up from the back of the team and whispered, "You know a few of them?"

The young man trotted forward, and the military commander gave him the cloth, "Nian Nian, what is written on it?"

"What state uh..."

There were two words in the first sentence that he didn't recognize. The young man looked at his superior with some embarrassment. Under his tiger-eye gaze, he continued to read, "What handsome meeting? The great virtuous teacher served Lu in Jizhou last month."

What was killed?"

After reading this, the young man turned pale and shouted, "Impossible, how could the great virtuous master be killed?"

Other moth thieves heard nearby shouted and retorted, "The great sage master will not die before Huang Tian is established."

"It's false. It must be false. The Great Master will not die."

The military commander's face also became ugly. He raised his hand to signal for silence and said to the young man: "Continue reading."

"The holy body was insulted by Lu He, and the officers and soldiers wanted to transport it to He Yang to light the sky lanterns. When they saw the letter, they led the troops to rescue it quickly."

Although I don't understand a few words, it doesn't hinder my understanding. The officers and soldiers actually wanted to transport the body of the great virtuous master to Luoyang to light up sky lanterns. How could these crazy fans endure it?

Someone in the team immediately burst into tears, "My mother and brother's illnesses were all cured by the Great Virtuous Master. I want to go out to find out whether it is true or not. If it is true... I will risk my life to bring back the Great Virtuous Master."

body."

"Yes, go and find out if it's true or not!"

"Go and find out whether it's true or not!" Many people shouted.

The initial followers of the Yellow Turban Uprising were all loyal followers of Taiping Dao. Zhang Jiao was a god-like existence in the hearts of everyone. Regardless of whether this was true or not, the moth thieves could no longer stay in Yangdi with peace of mind.

Although the military commander was illiterate, he was not stupid. He shouted angrily: "There is no news from the north. This must be a plan to mess up the morale of our army. Don't talk nonsense."

At this time, a voice from behind the team said, "When we surrounded Huangfu Song at Changshe, we heard that a man named Lu Zhi led the fifth colonel of the Northern Army to Jizhou to quell the rebellion."

"Is it really Lu Zhi?"

"Absolutely true!"

Everyone started talking again, and the military commander couldn't hold himself back, so he hurriedly reported the matter to Bocai.

It turns out that this letter was found not only in front of the east city wall, but also near the west and south city walls.

This seemed to be a treacherous plot by the officers and soldiers. Bo Cai did not believe it and used coercive means to suppress the rumors. However, the people were more vocal than Fang Sichuan. How could such explosive news be prevented? In just half a day, the news spread throughout the entire army.

Some believe it, some don't believe it, and most of them are dubious. The thieves strongly requested Commander Qu to send a team of troops out of the city to find out whether the news was true or false. Bo Cai had no choice but to send a group of cavalry out from the north gate to reassure the troops.

The news was not confirmed, so the thieves were worried and did nothing. Some of them were even impatient and clamored to go out of the city to rob Zhang Jiao's body. Bo Cai was angry and killed several of the people who were leading the trouble.

Yes, these people calm down.

After Huangfu Song stopped attacking the city, he also placed his hope in the internal response in the city. He sent scouts to pay attention to the four city gates every day. As soon as the Yellow Turban cavalry left the north gate, he got the news.

Huangfu Song personally led 500 people to intercept them. Naturally, these 100 moth thieves were no match for them. Those who were killed were killed and those captured. After the prisoners were tortured and interrogated, they learned that news of Zhang Jiao's murder had actually spread in the city.

He knew very well whether Zhang Jiao had been killed. Huangfu Song was greatly surprised. Where did this rumor come from?

Wang Yun, Li Min and others were also confused.

"This may be a strategy devised by the scribes in the city. The purpose is to confuse the enemy's troops. If we take the opportunity to attack the city, we can defeat it with one drum." Wang Yun said.

"It's not that simple."

Huangfu Song frowned, "The thieves have just been defeated by us. Even if the morale of the army is unstable, they will fight hard to defend the city. It is still difficult to break the city."

Hearing this, it seemed that he still had no intention of attacking the city. Li Min thought about his family and people in the city and said anxiously, "This time the opportunity is better than the previous days. General, you might as well try again, maybe it can be done."

Huangfu Song remained silent, and after a long time he said, "Wait for another two days to see if there is any new situation in the city."

Li Min was a little anxious, "If not, the general will leave Yang Zhai alone?"

"How can I ignore it? There are people in the city who want to help me. Regardless of whether there is news or not in two days, I will attack again. If it doesn't work, we can't waste our time here. We can only go elsewhere to suppress the thieves first.

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The elite royal knights Jin Gui and Li Min also knew that it was a pity to use them to attack the city. In the south of Yuzhou and Nanyang, bandits were still raging. Huangfusong agreed to try again. He should be satisfied. He only secretly prayed that the experts in the city would have some backup plans.

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As for the master in Li Min's imagination, Zhang Mo was watching Du Scimitar play with a hidden weapon.

There are thin ropes attached to the two scimitars, and the knives will spin when they are thrown out. They look cool, but the blades are a bit blunt and not powerful enough.

Ma Du held his chin with his hands and sat on the threshold in a daze, his brows tightening and relaxing at times, not knowing what troubles he was thinking about.

"Amo, it's been a day, and your strategy of disrupting the morale of the army seems to be of no use." Ma Du finally couldn't help but ask.

"If the officers and soldiers outside the city don't plan to attack the city, it's really useless."

Zhang Mo walked to the threshold and sat down, still smiling as he watched Du Scimitar act coolly.

"Aren't you in a hurry?" Madu touched his growling stomach with a worried look on his face.

"What's the use of being anxious? If I'm anxious, the officers and soldiers will attack the city?"

"Oh, you said you could let the thieves escape Yangzhai without losing any blood. If you had known it was so unreliable, I would have gone to grab food." Madu said with round eyes.

"No, no, I have to go grab food." Madu said, standing up, picking up the ax next to him and heading out.

"Brother Ma, what are you so anxious about? The officers and soldiers will definitely attack the city again. As long as they start fighting, I am 80% sure that the rebels will escape Yangdi on their own."

"How do you know that the officers and soldiers will definitely attack the city? If you don't tell me clearly today, I will rob the granary."

Zhang Mo smiled slightly and said: "If my prediction is correct, the thieves sent out by Bo Cai must have been robbed by the officers and soldiers. They knew that there were rumors of Zhang Jiao being killed in the city, so how could they take advantage of the enemy's disarray to attack again?"

once."

Ma Dushen nodded in agreement, "Then what? What are you going to do next?"

"The rest of the matter can only be arranged when the officers and soldiers attack the city. It is useless to talk about it now. Just trust me for once. If it fails, it will not be too late for you to rob the grain again."

Ma Du pouted, "You know how to speak at a young age, but I don't know where you learned it."

Du Scimitar withdrew his scimitar from a piece of still wet mud and advised, "Brother, just listen to Amo. If she says it can be done, it can be done."

Ma Du walked over and rewarded him with a chestnut, "You have only known her for a few days, and yet you trust her so much." As he said this, he put the ax in his hand back to its original place.

Du Scimitar glanced at Zhang Mo and whispered, "Don't you think she doesn't look like a little kid at all? Which kid have you seen with such magnanimity as her? She didn't even frown when she saw the bloody corpse.

Even though I'm hungry, I still look confident."

Madu shook his head, "I've never seen her before. She's the first one."

"That's right, so just trust her once and wait until it's over."

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As Zhang Mo expected, the officers and soldiers began to attack the city on the third day. Du Scimitar went to find out the news early in the morning and was reporting to Zhang Mo.

"The fighting at the east gate is the loudest. Although the noise from the west and south is loud, the screams are sparse. The north gate is still quiet."

"General Huangfu should mainly attack the east gate, and feign attacks on the west and south to attract enemy troops." Zhang Mo said.

"Bocai may have seen Huangfu Song's intention. I think most of the bandit soldiers have been transferred to the east gate. Although the bandit army is mentally disturbed, there are still many people. It is still difficult for the officers and soldiers to break the city. Why don't we go to the south gate to create chaos and

Would you like some traitors to be brought over?" Du Scimitar asked.

"Yes, let's go kill some patrolling thieves and cause some trouble," Ma Du said.

Zhang Mo shook his head, "No, there is no need to cause any trouble. Besides, there are only a few of you, how much trouble can you make? I have already considered this matter. It would be better if more thieves gather at the east gate."

Everyone looked at her expectantly.

She looked at Ma Du and others, "You guys are going to steal two horses, are you sure?"

Ma Du patted his chest and said, "What's so difficult about this? Let alone two horses, ten can be robbed."

Zhang Mo smiled and said: "You don't need too many, just two. Don't alert the moth thieves."

"No problem, just don't worry." Ma Du asked again: "What next? Why steal a horse? Is it possible to eat horse meat?"

Zhang Mo said, "After you robbed the horse, you wrapped yourself in two yellow scarves and pretended to be a moth thief and went to the east city to deceive Bocai. Tell him that someone at the west gate cooperated with the outside of the city and the city gate was opened..."

Before Zhang Mo finished speaking, Ma Du looked suddenly enlightened and shouted: "I understand, this way he will send people to the west gate to support, and the officers and soldiers at the east gate can break the city. This is called a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Zhang Mo smiled good-naturedly and shook his head under Madu's expectant eyes, "My purpose is not to trick the moth thieves into going to the west gate, but to trick them into escaping through the north gate where there are no officers and soldiers."

"How is this possible? The moth thieves are not stupid. Even if they really thought that the west gate was broken, they would not escape from the north gate..."

Ma Du paused for a moment, "The most they can escape from is the south gate, which is farthest from the west gate!"

Others also looked at her with doubts on their faces. Xu Fu said, "The moth thieves will not escape. There are many of them. As long as they are fast enough, they can close the west gate again. Moreover, Bo Cai will not believe that this plan will not work."

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Zhang Mo smiled slyly, "It doesn't matter if Bo Cai doesn't believe it, as long as some thieves believe it, then you guys will be like this..."

Zhang Mo explained in detail and asked solemnly, "Do you remember clearly? Don't say a word wrong."
Chapter completed!