"Lieutenant Bingxiao, we have already brought him."
Niugai nodded, sitting with a sword and a golden horse, staring straight at the visitor without saying a word.
It seemed that his eyes were too intimidating, and the visitor felt uneasy due to being stared at. He bowed and saluted with an uneasy expression on his face, and then said:
"The villain Fubo, please pay homage to the general."
"Well..."
Just as Niu Gai was about to speak, Mr. Ma looked at the visitor carefully for a while, and then whispered to a few people around him. He couldn't help but look happy, and quickly approached Niu Gai and said in his ear:
"General, this person is the gatekeeper who let us out of the city a few days ago. He seems to be a squad leader of the bandit army."
"oh?"
Niu Gai raised his thick eyebrows when he heard this, looked at Fu Bo calmly for a few times, and suddenly asked sharply:
"Since you are a bandit, instead of running away when you see my army, you take the initiative to surrender. Why?"
"Could it be that you want to die?"
When he said this, Niugai's eyes showed a fierce look, and the dozen or so guard soldiers around him also drew their swords out of their sheaths, full of murderous intent.
Seeing such a scene, Fu Bo seemed frightened and couldn't help but fell to his knees with a plop:
"General, spare your life."
When he first set foot here, he had already seen Ma Lao and others. He secretly sighed in his heart that it was a coincidence, but he cried out sadly:
"The villain was originally a soldier under Zhou Mu's tent, and he never had any intention of rebellion."
"Previously, Wang Zheng gathered a crowd in the military camp to rebel. The number of people was overwhelming, and those who refused to follow were killed. Even Gong Xu, the captain of the military camp at that time, was brutally killed by him. A villain was a thief, and he had no choice but to do so."
"The villain knows he is guilty. Today he saw a large number of soldiers and horses appearing outside the county, so he guessed that it was the army sent by the state pastor to quell the rebellion."
"I immediately found an opportunity to leave the city and come to see the general. I just hope that I can atone for my sins and hope that the general will learn from it."
When he learned Fubo's identity from Ma Lao's mouth, Niugai had already guessed the other party's intention. However, when the other party confirmed it personally, Niugai was still ecstatic and couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, okay."
He looked at Fubo approvingly.
"Since you are loyal, as long as you can help our army defeat thieves, you will have made a great contribution."
"This general can assure you that not only will you not be held accountable for the past incidents, but you will also be rewarded."
If it were other thieves, that would be fine. Niugai might not take it seriously, but Fu Bo was different.
Not only does he have the responsibility of guarding the city gate, he also has an officer who gives orders. He is the most suitable internal candidate at the moment.
Hearing this, Fu Bo kowtowed repeatedly with gratitude on his face:
"Thank you General, I will serve you to the death!"
"Haha, I don't need you to die for me."
Since this guy turned into a thief out of fear of death, Niugai naturally wouldn't take his words seriously and just asked slowly:
"I already know your intentions, but I don't know if your subordinates can be of the same mind as you?"
Knowing that Niugai still had concerns, Fubo kept Wang Zheng's instructions in mind and quickly explained:
"General, you can rest assured about this."
"During this period, Wang Zheng has been dreaming of becoming an emperor all day long. Not only has he wasted a lot of people's energy, but he has also expropriated taxes and levied all the wealth for himself, completely ignoring his other brothers."
"Everyone can see that there is absolutely no benefit in following him, and there is always a fear of life. The army has already lost its morale, and nearly a thousand deserters have appeared."
"When we saw the general appear with his troops and horses today, we knew that Wang Zheng and his group were about to be destroyed."
"Since he has never shared his wealth with us, who is willing to accompany him to death? To be honest with the general, I came here this time to be entrusted by all the brothers in the four gates. I only ask the general to let them live after they break the city.
"
"Um."
The other party's words were compared with those of Mr. Ma. Niu Gai knew that the situation in Wangzheng was becoming more and more corrupt at this time, so he couldn't help but feel reassured and nodded with satisfaction.
Suddenly curious, I couldn't help but ask: "Wang Zheng has proclaimed himself emperor? What is his name?"
Fu Bo shook his head: "Proclaiming the emperor is already an outrageous and unethical act, and the order was changed morning and night, saying that the queen must be selected first, so I have screened all the unmarried women in Zhao County in the past few days, and finally selected one today.
A beautiful woman will be crowned emperor someday."
"Hahaha, this guy is really..."
Niugai shook his head repeatedly: "He shouldn't waste time like this. At least he can have a good time. Now that my army has arrived, he has no chance."
"That's just right. He has been busy proclaiming himself emperor in the past two days and must have no time to take care of anything else. Since you all have the intention to do anything wrong, block the news that my army has arrived."
"Be prepared when you go back. Well, the time will be tomorrow at Hai hour."
"When the time comes, you raise a fire as a signal, open the city gate, and I will lead the army to advance. I will surely complete my victory in one battle!"
"The villain obeys your orders."
Watching the other party's leaving figure, Niugai touched his chin contentedly.
The overall situation has been decided.
...
The next day, it was approaching the appointed time.
Under the leadership of Niu Gai, the army had marched in the dark to one mile outside the city.
In silence, the cavalry lined up in formation, holding their breath and concentrating. Only the occasional sound of strong horses neighing could be heard.
Niugai turned around and glared at a few people.
The beasts are ignorant, and the blame for causing the commotion lies entirely with these cavalrymen.
Seeing that the general was angry, several people reined in their horses to appease him, but they still had smiles on their faces, without any shame, as if they felt that their captain was making too much fuss.
They are just a group of yellow turban thieves, why should we be so careful?
The thieves' army is demoralized, and the news that the enemy should attack the city has spread throughout the entire army since yesterday, and everyone knows about it.
At this time, everyone felt that they had a chance to win, and in the cold moonlight, they could see the ease and ease on everyone's face.
It seems that what they are going to do next is not a fight, but a picnic.
He actually regarded Wang Zheng and other Yellow Turban bandits in Zhao County as rice-like objects that could be harvested at will.
If it weren't for Cao Cao's strict military regulations, many people had suffered hardships, and I'm afraid they would all be chatting and laughing at this time.
But even so, many people were either thinking about how to gain military merit by robbing people after entering the city, or they were thinking about plundering the houses of wealthy families before their colleagues.
A reckless man like Niu Gai was completely unaware of the current mental imbalance in his team. On the contrary, he realized that the morale of his team was high, which was exactly what the military morale was about.
He just turned around, more out of impatience after waiting for a long time than because he really felt there was anything wrong with making some noise.
When he turned around and looked up again, his eyes suddenly lit up.
On top of the city, several torches had appeared, swaying continuously in the darkness, which was extremely bright.
The signal has come, the city gate is about to open!
Niugai was overjoyed and quickly waved his hand, and the entire team immediately began to approach the city gate.
When the work was about to be completed, Niu Gai, who was originally full of confidence, was a little concerned about one thing and the other. He wanted to run faster, but was afraid of making too much noise and alerting the city to changes.
Of course, nothing unexpected happened.
At a distance of one mile, the cavalrymen did not dare to let go due to the sound of hoofbeats, and it only took them a moment to reach the door.
The rusty iron chain kept shaking, and with a harsh friction sound, the gate was slowly pulled up.
Finally, the door of Zhao County was opened wide.
Niugai was completely relieved and had no worries anymore. He laughed loudly and immediately took the lead and rushed in first.
A thousand cavalry followed closely behind, making loud cheers and pouring into the city equally quickly.