novelhk Chapter 273
Chapter 273
That night, a large-scale defection occurred again in Guangzong City.
The north gate was opened wider than the night before.
Many Yellow Turban soldiers and refugees had already fled without covering themselves.
The city was not arranged with soldiers and siege equipment by the government army, and this situation had spread throughout the city.
Moreover, General Tian Gong was afraid that he would not be able to hold on.
If he died, the Yellow Turban would inevitably collapse.
No one wanted to be tied to the Yellow Turban and beheaded by the court.
The Yellow Turban soldiers and refugees who left the city quickly threw away the yellow headscarves wrapped around their heads.
From then on, they were refugees.
Some people gathered together and wanted to find a hilltop to hunt for a living.
They cooperated to dig some wild vegetables and barely made ends meet.
At least they occupied the hilltop and did not have to be extorted by the officials in the government.
Although life was poor and they could not escape the fate of starvation, at least they could deal with it and survive.
Some of them who were not bringing their families with them and were relatively bold suddenly thought of a place to go.
Youzhou, Youbeiping County, Tanghai County!
The county magistrate had said before that as long as the refugees who could not afford to eat went there, they would have the opportunity to grow crops and eat food.
It was not easy to live in such a world, so it was better to go there and try their luck.
If they succeeded, there would be endless wonderful lives waiting for them.
If they failed, at worst, they would still beg on the streets and dig wild vegetables to fill their stomachs like before.
They could find some immortal soil or something to deal with it, and there would be no hope in this life.
The people in Guangzong City were in panic, and tens of thousands of people fled overnight.
The next day, Zhang Jue had just recovered a little.
He learned again that many people had escaped from the city.
He was full of anger and wanted to chop off the night watchman Qu Shuai.
But he heard that the man was beheaded by his personal soldiers in his sleep.
Then the soldiers opened the north gate and fled like crazy.
Zhang Jue was horrified to hear such news.
The people in the city were in a state of panic, which was much more serious than he had imagined.
He was at a loss.
His body became even weaker under the blow of such news.
He finally calmed down from the violent coughing, and the figure of the young county magistrate standing in the wilderness appeared in his mind.
The other party's deep eyes seemed to have stars shining in them.
He felt a sense of inferiority.
It seemed that the man was sent by God to deal with him.
"Liu Yu..."
Zhang Jue was panting and lying on the bed, his face still full of resentment, and he didn't want to give up.
...
"The last day!!"
Zhang Fei led the soldiers and roared in the wilderness after dawn.
Tang Hai's secret sentry, who was lying in ambush outside the north gate, brought back to Liu Yu the news that more and more Yellow Turban rebels in the city had chosen to flee in the past two days.
Let all the commanders deeply feel how powerful the propaganda offensive Liu Yu mentioned was.
Conquer the enemy without fighting.
I didn't expect that I could experience the profound knowledge recorded in books one day.
Especially Cao Cao, he ran to the big iron horn and looked at it again and again.
Carefully record the various shapes and characteristics of the horn.
I want to find a few blacksmiths to imitate and make one after returning to Luoyang.
This thing will definitely be of great use in the future.
"Our Tang Hai County Magistrate warns you!"
Zhang Fei's voice continued to explode and spread in space.
"Today is the last day of the three-day deadline."
"Tomorrow, the government army will surround the city from all sides, and 200,000 troops will rush in from all sides to attack the city together."
"Leave no blind spots."
"Break through Guangzong City from all sides."
"Leave no one alive!!"
Dian Wei and Xu Chu led the soldiers to cooperate and beat the war drums.
The loud sound of the war drums became even louder after being amplified by the iron trumpet.
It seemed as if the Guangzong City in front of them would collapse.
The Yellow Turban soldiers and refugees in the city were in a state of panic.
The huge momentum from outside the city made them terrified.
And the news that more people ran away last night spread in the city.
It made everyone want to escape.
Especially those Yellow Turban leaders. After the leader who guarded the city gate was killed last night, they didn't dare to believe their own soldiers.
Even the relatives and friends in the Yellow Turban team, they didn't dare to believe it now.
He was afraid that those people would take his head and run to the government army to ask for a reward.
The Yellow Turban leader died tragically last night.
At night, without Zhang Jue's order, the whole city was in turmoil.
The Yellow Turban soldiers and refugees rushed towards the north gate.
The soldiers guarding the gate were the first to open the gate and flee.
The others followed closely.
Even the Yellow Turban leaders hid in the team and ran out of the city in the crowd.
They had already packed up their gold and silver.After some dressing up, they changed their clothes and appearance.
They were dressed in tattered clothes, like refugees.
No one could see any flaws.
But they were carrying a large package on their backs, which made their steps very heavy.
The Yellow Turban leader was hiding in the team, but he didn't find anyone staring at them with shining eyes.
The fleeing team no longer concealed their movements, and the entire North Gate was almost as lively as a busy city.
People rushed to flee, and the originally not very wide city gate was crowded.
Insults and roars filled the space.
It was completely different from the cautious escape in the past two days.
"You dog thief leader, die!"
Among the Yellow Turban soldiers who had just left the city and fled, a tall and strong man swung his sword and chopped at a ragged man.
Before the man could react, he fell in a pool of blood.
The strong man chopped off the head with a knife and carried it on the spot.
He pulled off the other party's package and put it on his back, carried the head, and continued to look for people among the fleeing Yellow Turbans.
The big knife in the big man's hand dripped blood, which made the Yellow Turbans extremely scared.
They quickly hid aside and didn't dare to let the other party get close.
"Don't... don't come over!!"
A leader hidden in the Yellow Turbans was stared at by the man and retreated in panic.
However, he couldn't run faster than the man.
"I'm just an ordinary refugee, don't kill me... ah!"
The strong man raised his knife and fell, and chopped down another one.
The big man, who didn't change his expression at all, carried the other party's heavy package on his back, lifted the head and continued to move forward.
He chopped several people in the fleeing Yellow Turban team.
All of them were the Yellow Turban leaders hidden in them.
In the woods far away outside the north city, Cao Cao, who was hiding there, sighed in a low voice.
"Cheng Zhi ordered his soldiers to shout and the Yellow Turban Army collapsed. It's amazing!"
Liu Yu looked at the city gate in the moonlight and said firmly: "Although the propaganda offensive is useful, it has not yet played a decisive role."
"Something must have happened in Guangzong City."
"It caused people's hearts to be scattered."
"That's why it caused such a huge collapse."
"And to cause such a collapse, it must be..."
Under the gaze of Cao Cao and other commanders.
Liu Yu said firmly: "Something happened to Zhang Jue!"