"Tianzun, many of our soldiers are infected with the cold, and I'm afraid something will happen." Zhang Jiao came back and said.
It rained heavily last night, so I didn't put on clean clothes. This morning I got soaked by water again. Even my iron-clad body couldn't bear it.
Many soldiers were infected with the cold and were weak, so they sat around to keep each other warm.
"Go get some wild vegetables, bark and soil and make a soup for everyone to drink." Tianzun said calmly.
"Can this cure diseases?" Zhang Jiao was a little surprised. He had never heard that wild vegetables could cure diseases.
"No, it tastes better this way." Zuo Ci said calmly.
Zhang Jiao:......
He understood what Tianzun meant, those who were infected with the cold and lost their fighting ability had been given up.
"Tianzun, Xuzhou City is too strong. Should we attack other places?" Zhang Liang suggested.
If a hard bone cannot be chewed off, you can replace it with other soft bones.
"Xuzhou is very important. If you want to compete for the world in the future, you must conquer Xuzhou." Zuo Ci said.
Xuzhou influenced Liu Bei and Cao Cao in the later Three Kingdoms. Once the Yellow Turban Army occupied Xuzhou City, they could attack Liu Bei and Cao Cao.
As long as one of the two countries is abolished, the three countries will cease to exist.
As for the Sun family in Jiangdong, Zuo Ci has no intention of attacking them yet.
Can't fight.
Jiangdong occupies a favorable location. Unless your navy is stronger than theirs, you will die as many as you go.
When fighting on the water, no one can defeat the Sun family of Jiangdong.
"Tianzun, we don't have food and grass. We can't hold on for long. We can't eat meat every day." Zhang Jiao was a little embarrassed.
"Fight if you are told. My people will come to help as soon as they receive the news. They will come the day after tomorrow at most." Tianzun said angrily.
"The day after tomorrow..." After Zhang Jiao received Tianzun's promise, he gritted his teeth and continued to attack.
The two sides started fighting in the morning and continued until the evening before the Yellow Turban Army retreated.
They lost nearly 40,000 people and still have 230,000 left.
The losses in Xuzhou are not small. Once defeated, nearly 5,000 people will be lost. There will only be 25,000 soldiers left in the city. Of course, there will be 30,000 auxiliary troops available.
Auxiliary soldiers are not regular soldiers. Auxiliary soldiers are equivalent to reserves of regular soldiers.
When a war breaks out, the role of the auxiliary soldiers is to escort food and grass, take care of weapons and armor, etc. The work is very tiring, but they do not have to go to the battlefield.
During the truce, soldiers can go home and farm the fields. Because they have the status of soldiers, they will not be bullied by the government offices, and their taxes will be lower, but they have to go to the military camp for training every now and then.
Moreover, once a war breaks out, no matter what they are doing, they must gather as soon as possible to receive the mission and follow the regular army.
When the regular army was destroyed, they took over.
This is the complete army.
The Yellow Turban Army outside the city has no such concept at all, and they do not know how to formally train an army.
Just a rebel army.
After the battle, Liu Bei asked some of the auxiliary troops to guard the city wall, while the others went back to eat and sleep.
After fighting for a day, everyone was exhausted and depressed.
Fighting consumes a lot of energy.
The three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang sat on the city wall and continued to guard it.
Tao Qian, on the other hand, went back to his own house and left the city wall completely to the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang to guard it.
Tao Mansion.
"My lord, is it really worth it for us to give Xiaopei to brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang?" one of the counselors asked.
"Xiaopei and Xuzhou are at odds with each other. Giving Xiaopei to Liu Xuande is just to let him help us guard the gate, just like now, help us guard the city gate." Tao Qian explained.
"Having said that, I think Liu Xuande is very ambitious." Another counselor said.
"It doesn't matter how ambitious you are. How talented is Xiaopei? Even if he develops for many years, he can only train three thousand soldiers at most, and they are still ours. Don't worry, I will take good care of the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang." Tao Qian
Said calmly.
From the beginning, he was plotting against the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang.
"My lord is wise," the counselor said with cupped hands.
"With the three of them here and an unknown person here, our Xuzhou can be saved." Tao Qian drank the wine and talked and laughed.
"I wonder who that person is? He helped Cao Cao back then, and now he's here to help us."
"It doesn't matter who he is, as long as he doesn't affect me." Tao Qian was not interested in Zhou Sheng's identity.
There are so many strange people in this world, there is no need to understand them.
He is a moderate person, as long as he protects his own Xuzhou.
He is considered rich and powerful.
He didn't dare to climb up anymore, because he could predict that Dong Zhuo's court would be over sooner or later due to cholera.
If you get involved, you will be punished even if you don't do it.
There is Xuzhou, which is enough for me to gain a foothold in troubled times.
The people in the city have not left their homes for two days.
There were constant fighting outside, and they could only cower at home, praying that the Yellow Turban Army would not come in, and that the soldiers in the city would not break in.
Once there is a shortage of troops, people will be captured and sent to the army.
They are afraid.
In troubled times, the heroes strive for hegemony, but the people who suffer are the common people.
This night, the stars were brilliant.
Zhou Sheng was lying on the house, looking at the starry sky, and saw three stars falling.
"Oh, it's coming."
…
In the chariot.
Zuo Ci, who was resting, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the three falling stars, and frowned.
"When the stars fall, could something happen to Zhang Jiao and the others?"
Those three stars are relatively bright, surrounded by hundreds of dim stars.
That is the astrology represented by Zhang Jiao and the other three.
Now that the stars are falling, it means that something will happen to the three of them recently.
Zuo Ci closed his eyes and deduced, and saw Zhang Jiao's three brothers died under Lu Bu's halberd.
"How is that possible!"
"I have circumvented history and asked them to attack Xuzhou. How could the three of them die under Lu Bu's horse?"
Zuo Ci couldn't believe it. Even though he had evaded history, how could Zhang Jiao and the three of them still be dead!
"Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, you three don't launch an attack tomorrow. Let the Yellow Turban Army form a circle. You sit in the circle and I will protect you!" Zuo Ci quickly ordered.
Zhang Jiao and the other three looked at each other a little confused, but they still ran to Zuo Ci and ordered the Yellow Turban Army to surround them.
And in the woods in the distance.
Lu Bu came with Liu Qian's well-equipped cavalry and hid them in the woods.
"Take the dawn as a signal and follow me to defeat the Yellow Turban Army!"
Lu Bu, wearing a feather crown, chainmail, and holding a Fang Tian painted halberd, gave the order.
"yes!"
The lieutenant beside him responded and passed on the message.
Lu Bu took a deep breath and hid in the darkness.
Like a tiger and leopard, it peeks at the Yellow Turban Army.
"So what about the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army? It's easy to defeat them!" Lu Bu looked cold and waited quietly for dawn.
At the same time, six figures sneaked into Xuzhou City.