Deng Mao, who was outside the city, saw the letter sent from Zhuoxian. His eyes turned red with anger. He threw the letter and cursed, "This is a rumor! I haven't gotten the battle report from Qu Shuai. Where did he get it from Zhuoxian?"

Immediately seize the arrow books and organize the sergeants to attack the city. I think you are just leaving them idle!"

"Deputy Commander, it is true that Ji County is besieged. Now that our army is short of food and grass, it is better to retreat to Liangxiang first." A Yellow Turban general admonished at the side.

"Food and grass? There are plenty of them in Zhuoxian County! If you want to eat, come and fight for me!" Deng Mao actually vaguely felt that the Arrow Book was genuine. After all, it was too easy to distinguish the authenticity of such news.

But the more likely it is that it is true, the more he must keep calm and attack Zhuoxian. Once the food and grass in Jixian are gone, breaking Zhuoxian is the only way to survive. Otherwise, these tens of thousands of people will starve to death under the city of Zhuoxian.

It was another day of fighting. Deng Mao, who lacked siege equipment, could only rely on ant attacks. The sergeants in Zhuoxian County had just received good news and their morale was high. When it got dark, Deng Mao still could not conquer Zhuoxian County.

"Fight at night!" Deng Mao became furious and ordered not to stop and continued the fierce attack. Han Zhuo and others in the city also noticed the strangeness of the Yellow Turban Army and sent the last strong men on the city wall. The bloody fighting continued.

"Report!! Report on the battle of Jixian!" Deng Mao stood at the foot of the city, and suddenly a horse flew over. Deng Mao took the silk book, opened it and looked at it, only to feel that Jixian was really lost.

Deng Mao calmly put the silk book into his arms, then smiled and said to the generals beside him, "Brother, it's true, aren't we attacking the city again? We also sent a letter to urge you, can you enter the city tonight?"

Several yellow scarf generals lowered their heads. They would have entered long ago if they could.

"Forget it, let's withdraw our troops and go back to camp, recuperate overnight, and then fight again tomorrow."

Hearing that Deng Mao was willing to withdraw his troops, the others were overjoyed and said yes. Deng Mao looked at the soldiers who were slowly retreating and lamented in his heart. If Jixian was lost, the yellow scarf of Youzhou would be like waterless water, what should he do?

When he arrived at the camp, Deng Mao told everyone what happened in Jixian. Everyone was shocked and speechless for a moment.

"Commander Qu has arrived in Guangyang and is setting up defenses. He will be here tomorrow. Now our army is short of food. Each battalion will assign a troop to go to the four villages to collect food!"

Deng Mao had an idea in his mind. If there was no Jixian, then the whole army would only be able to eat for ten days. Zhuojun had already transported all the grain from the surrounding areas to the city, and there was no way to collect any food from the countryside. In ten days, Zhuoxian would not be broken.

, it’s time for the Youzhou Yellow Turban to perish.

——Guzhu City in Western Liaoning

Guzhu City is located in the southwest of Qinhuangdao in later generations and east of Lu River. This is the hometown of Yi Qi. Boyi and Shuqi are the two young masters of Guzhu Kingdom. Their behavior of not eating Zhou Su was lamented by later generations for their foolish loyalty.

, and admire their integrity.

At this time, there were no traces of the ceremonial state of the past in Lone Bamboo City. Tents, cattle and sheep, and fierce horses with bows could be seen everywhere. From time to time, captured slaves could be seen being whipped and women raped.

This place has been captured by Wuhuan. After Qiu Liju received the news that Zhang raised his troops and Zhang Chun responded, he immediately summoned troops from Liucheng to attack the Liaodong vassal country along Yangle, where he recruited a large number of sergeants and slaves, and then along Binhai Road, all the way

Killed here.

The so-called Binhai Road is what later generations called the Liaoxi Corridor. Since Shanhaiguan in later generations had not yet been established at this time, Wuhuan did not encounter much resistance. Qiu Liju only brought 7,000 people when he set out, but now it has expanded.

When there were more than 10,000 people, the majority were recruited warriors from various ethnic groups and captured slaves.

Among these slaves, Han Chinese are naturally indispensable.

Qiu Liju was currently looking at the sculptures and murals in Yiqi Temple, thinking about something.

He had no idea what the future would be like for this rebellion, but the life within the tribe was getting harder day by day. The Xianbei in the north also often harassed them, and the border markets were blocked. If they didn't plunder, except for the Nanlou tribe, I'm afraid other tribes would be killed this year.

People will starve to death in winter.

But the pressure of the four-hundred-year-old man was like a big stone, making him breathless.

How many foreigners have tried to overturn this big rock, but no one has been able to succeed.

Moreover, Wuhuan still has many enemies, including Xianbei in the north, Fuyu and Goguryeo in the east. Once they get the news that they are leading the main force to fight, will they attack Liucheng by surprise?

Qiu Liju had too many worries.

"Your Majesty! We captured a Taoist priest and he said he was the envoy!" A Wuhuan general led several people into the temple. Gan Shi was pushed in and almost fell down.

"I am an envoy, how can you be so rude!" This was not the first time that Gan Shi had dealt with the Wuhuan people. He even cursed a few Wuhuan people, which made Qiu Liju stunned for a moment.

"Yeah, my lord, I'm going to kill him!" General Wuhuan's eyes were filled with anger, and he wanted to come and take Gan Shi away.

"Albugu, stop!" Qiu Liju shouted quickly, and then asked, "Are you a messenger? Whose messenger?"

"Ma Qiang, the acting governor of Youzhou in the Han Dynasty!" Gan Shi looked at Qiu Liju and said with a smile, "My lord should be regarded as an old friend of the king."

Ma Qiang? He is now the acting governor of Youzhou?

Qiu Liju really didn't get the news. He hurriedly asked, "How did Ma Maocai become the acting governor?"

Gan Shi said, "Your Majesty, you should also have learned that the Taiping Dao uprising started in Guangyang. The rebels attacked Jixian, so the governor Guo Gong died in the city. Before the city was destroyed, Guo Gong left a letter to my lord, asking my lord to raise the Han flag and promote Yi."

Bing, on behalf of the governor, gathered soldiers and horses in Youzhou to destroy the traitor army.

When Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun dared to rebel, didn't they just see our lord's new weakness and want to take advantage of the situation? Didn't they tell the king?"

Qiu Liju groaned and stamped his feet, "I really don't know about this. If I knew that Ma Maocai was the new master of Youzhou, how could I do such a thing with Zhang Ju!"

Qiu Liju knew that Ma Qiang had always been very tolerant to Wuhuan. The Nanlou department had made a lot of money and food because of Ma Qiang. Now he had to use toothpaste, soap and other things every day, otherwise his hands and mouth would not be happy after eating mutton.

"Hey, my lord said the same thing. Now that the bandits are everywhere, the Han Dynasty needs the help of Wuhuan. He was planning to recruit Wuhuan cavalry to suppress the bandits. Master Shanggu Nanlou has already sent out troops, but he didn't expect that the king would

...

Hey... Your Majesty, you don’t know. What did someone say after learning about Your Majesty’s rebellion?”

"How...how do you say this?" Qiu Liju couldn't help but ask.

"Someone advised my lord to send envoys to contact Xianbei, Goguryeo and Fuyu in Liaodong and ask them to send troops to Liucheng in three directions to kill all Wuhuan old and young, and promised that whoever can get the king's head, the Wuhuan people can be the new Wuhuan

The Han people can be the captains of the Han Dynasty. If it is obtained by the Xianbei and other tribes, their tribes can move into the Han territory and become the Han Dynasty!" After saying this, Gan Shi looked at Qiu Liju's head and said, "As soon as this order is issued, the king will probably fall asleep.

It’s not stable anymore.”

The Han Dynasty has been the common master of the world for four hundred years, and the wind and sand on the grassland are ruthless. If there is a chance to move inland, countless people will break their heads to grab this spot.

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Qiu Liju's head. If Ma Qiang really wanted to send troops to fight him, he would not be afraid. He had nearly ten thousand cavalry, coming and going like the wind. If he couldn't fight, he couldn't escape. But if Ma Qiang ordered Xianbei
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