Yan Rou heard this and replied: "Where do you want to take first, my lord?"
Liu Xiang was actually quite curious about what kind of person Zhang Ju, the prefect, was. He had never met Zhang Ju before.
Another thing is that in history, Zhang Ju rebelled three years later because Taiwei Zhang Wen did not reuse him. He gathered more than 100,000 people and proclaimed himself king, Mi Tian Da Wang.
Now, Xian Yuyin and Deng Mao have not yet decided the winner, Liu Xiang decided to go to see Zhang Ju first, and said to Yan Rou: "Go and see Zhang Ju first. Yuyang is in such chaos, but the governor has not moved. I
Really curious.”
He then led Yan Rou, 400 Hu cavalry and soldiers from the guard camp, totaling 1,300 cavalry, towards the government office.
Order the Zhongba camp to take over the city defense.
He also sent an order to Cui Yi to lead his troops and keep an eye on the Yellow Turbans. If the Yellow Turbans won, they would attack the Yellow Turbans. If the Yellow Turbans lost, they would attack Xianyu Yin.
There was some chaos at the entrance of the Fuya Street. There were soldiers holding torches and arranging garrisoning. From time to time, horses came and went.
Liu Xiang did not want to attack by force. The soldiers stationed at the government office were equipped with iron armor and powerful crossbows. If they charged head-on, they would suffer heavy losses.
He wants to use his identity that has not yet been exposed to lead people to pretend to be reinforcements and launch an attack at close range.
Yan Rou was first ordered to lead four hundred horsemen to ambush in the back street. When he heard the killing cry from the front door, he broke into the back door and attacked Liu Xiang from front to back.
Liu Xiang and his men waved the banner of the county soldiers and approached the front door. When they reached the street entrance, they were stopped by the private soldiers stationed there.
"Stop anyone who comes!"
Liu Xiang took a look and saw that he was an old friend. He was the infantry team that had been stationed outside the gate of Yuyang Camp.
He ordered someone to hold the torch close to him and replied loudly: "I am Liu Xiang. Seeing the turmoil in the city, I brought troops to help. Please see the prefect."
The team leader on the opposite side recognized Liu Xiang, so they no longer had any doubts, and allowed Liu Xiang to lead his people closer to the street. He said very happily: "It's great that Liu Cao has come with troops to help. The city gate is not equipped with enough troops to allow the Yellow Turban thieves to attack."
Already."
Liu Xiang ordered the infantry to approach slowly, and he led his own soldiers to ride quickly to the leader of the team and said:
"When I saw a fire breaking out in the city, I hurriedly brought troops to help. I didn't know the specific situation, so I came to see the prefect. Do you know what the fighting situation is like everywhere?"
The team took the lead in sending someone to report to the prefect, and said to Liu Xiang: "The yellow scarf thieves entered from the west gate and are now attacking the treasury. Captain Xianyu has brought 500 people to support him. There are few soldiers in the city now, and the thieves are making trouble in the city.
, the prefect has no troops to send, it would be great if Cao Yu comes."
Liu Xiang nodded, without comment, and observed the defense here.
There were a few deer antlers at the street entrance, and in front was a group of fifty private soldiers wearing iron armor, which was relatively neat. There were more than a hundred people behind them, and there was no military discipline to speak of. They should be the thieves' servants.
At this time, the prefect Zhang Ju was in the lobby of the government office, discussing the military situation with the county magistrate Qi Zhou.
The Yellow Turban Army broke through the city too quickly, and there were many thieves making trouble in the city, so it was impossible to summon the young men.
Bing Cao died in the treasury while engaged in battle.
When the thief Cao led people to arrest the rebels, they were dispersed and only a hundred people fled to the government office.
The captain led reinforcements, but was besieged by the Yellow Turbans.
There are only about a hundred people left to guard the government office. Including the escaped thieves Cao Cao, there are only more than 200 people. It is really impossible to send reinforcements.
It's all bad news.
Zhang Ju was worried to death and said anxiously: "I knew the yellow turban thieves would come, but I didn't expect them to come so quickly. If there hadn't been an outbreak of plague in the army, the moth thieves would be wiped out in a flash.
Alas! The situation in the city is corrupt, what should we do?"
There was nothing Qi Zhou could do.
At this time, a waiter from outside came to report: "Report to the prefect, Cao Yu and Liu Xiang have brought troops to help, and they have arrived outside the government office."
Zhang Ju's eyes lit up.
"Liu Yicheng brought troops here? How many people did he bring? Didn't he say that the epidemic was serious and the troops were unable to fight?
Forget it, I don’t have much else to worry about at this time, I’ll go over and take a look myself.”
Zhang Ju stood up and told Qi Zhou to act as the government official, and then went to see Liu Xiang with his own soldiers to see if those soldiers could fight. He wanted to personally lead the troops to reinforce Captain Xian Yuyin and annihilate the Yellow Turban traitors.
When the prefect Zhang Zhang arrived at the street entrance, he was greeted by a large number of crossbows.
…
When the infantry guarding the military camp approached the street entrance, they crossed the antlers and quickly captured the private soldiers stationed there. Liu Xiang's own soldiers mounted their horses and surrounded the thief Cao's officers.
These one hundred and fifty people were captured inexplicably, and when they were forced to do so by sharp swords, they surrendered without hesitation.
The guard camp separated a team and escorted the prisoners to the rear formation. The front formation was forming its team and had not yet had time to march to the government office.
Zhang Ju arrived on horseback.
He and Liu Xiang were both a little confused.
Zhang Ju did not expect that Liu Xiang would rebel, nor did he expect that the soldiers stationed here would be wiped out quietly. He walked into the enemy's position himself.
Liu Xiang did not expect to capture the prefect so easily, and he was mentally prepared to attack the government office.
Liu Xiang waved his hand, and the infantry of the guard camp rushed forward, pulled Zhang Ju and his soldiers off their horses, and bound them one by one.
Looking at Zhang Ju who was in an extremely embarrassed state, Liu Xiang asked in a narrow voice, "What's the matter with Prefect Zhang here?"
Zhang Ju was indignant and turned away without saying a word.
Liu Xiangxin said that teasing Zhang Ju at this time made him very ill-minded.
So he put away his smile and asked: "Prefect Zhang, I came to Yuyang, and I have never seen the prefect. I have asked to see him many times, but the prefect refused me. What is the reason? I am quite curious."
Zhang Ju said angrily: "I have been captured, why should I be humiliated?"
Liu Xiang shook his head and said: "I am indeed curious, and it is not an insult. Please ask the prefect to clarify my doubts."
Zhang Ju sighed, "Since February, the epidemic has broken out in the Yuyang army, and some people in my family have died of the epidemic. I am frightened and isolate myself from the inside and outside to avoid the infection. If Liu Jun goes to the army to treat the plague, he will definitely be plagued by the disease.
Of course I don’t dare to see you.”
Liu Xiang curled his lips. His question was answered, and there was no need to delve into whether it was true or false. He ordered people to escort Zhang Ju to persuade everyone in the government to surrender.
It went well, and the county magistrate Qi Zhou led his people to surrender.
Liu Xiang was sitting in a distinguished position in the lobby, looking at the surrendering people, and said: "I am not a murderer, so you don't need to panic. I will talk to you in detail when the matter here is over."
After saying that, he ordered someone to take him to the side hall for custody.
He sent people to recall Yan Rou, ordered the military guards to clean up the government offices, seal up household registration books, and take custody of all the soldiers and servants of the government offices.
Liu Xiang didn't expect it to go so smoothly and sat in the lobby in a daze.
Yan Rou came from outside, raised her hands and said: "Congratulations to the Lord for taking the government office. Please tell me what to do next."
Liu Xiang took a deep breath, calmed down, and said: "Yellow Turban Deng Mao, Captain Xian Yuyin, the battle is in full swing. We can just watch from the side. The most important thing is to control the North Gate and East Gate first. I want to blockade the fishery."
The news is positive, so no one can be sent out of the city."
He took out the eunuch's order to mobilize troops and ordered the military camp to separate two tuns of troops to garrison the east and north gates respectively. The private troops originally stationed there were recruited on the spot.
Most of the two guards were transferred to the treasury to rescue Xian Yuyin. They were his private soldiers.
He also ordered a garrison to garrison the government office, so Liu Xiang marched toward the government treasury with 400 horsemen and 600 foot soldiers guarding the military camp.