After the battle between the Han Army and the Yellow Turban Army, the situation around Guangzong City gradually became clearer. Although Zhang Rao entered Guangzong City with more than 20,000 troops, which greatly eased the defensive pressure on Guangzong City, the Yellow Turban Army could not attack Jieqiao City to the east.

, the main force of the Anping Yellow Turbans in the north was severely damaged, and Guangzong City had been firmly trapped in the encirclement by the Han army, turning it into a dead place.

Although Zhang Jiao was determined to break the siege and break the Han army's blockade, there were countless old, weak, women and children in Guangzong City, and he was unable to break through. Besides the main force of the Yellow Turbans in Qinghe, there was no other army in the surrounding area that could help him break the siege.

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At this time, Zhang Jiao had to urgently recruit Zhang Bao from the north to lead his army southward, and also sent orders to Qingzhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and other troops for support, but the situation was basically far away and water could not quench the thirst of those nearby. Everyone was used to fighting in their own hometown, and they were unwilling to leave their hometown.

The other two were unable to leave their hometown, and in the end only Zhang Bao came to rescue Guangzong sincerely.

But the current situation at this time is completely different from before.

Although Zhang Bao had intentions, he was powerless. Within a few months, local powerful families had reacted and began to counterattack against the Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Bao wanted to lead his troops south, so Guo Dian, the prefect of Julu, led his troops north and settled in Xiaquyang (which ruled today).

South of Gucheng Village, Xiwuli, Jinzhou City, Hebei Province, Zhang Bao was firmly blocked.

Zhang Jiao struggled to wait for the reinforcements to arrive, and was suppressed by Lu Zhi outside the city. He could hardly breathe, so he had to send a small number of elites to break through and go north to gather reinforcements from Bohai, Hejian and other places.

Zhang Jiao was ill and rushed to the doctor, and Lu Zhi was not idle either.

After Lu Zhi led his troops to launch several tentative attacks on Guangzong City, he knew that Guangzong City was so strong that it would be difficult to capture it in a short period of time. Moreover, the city was full of Taiping Tao believers. If the city was really destroyed,

, not knowing how many people would be slaughtered, so he prepared to recruit the Yellow Turban Army in the city.

Lu Zhi drafted a letter of persuasion to surrender in his own hand, wrote some on yellow silk, and ordered the soldiers to draw their bows and arrows and shoot them into the city.

Lu Zhi warned everyone in the city in his letter that the reasons why they gathered to rebel were firstly instigated by monsters and secondly because of persecution by the government. The situation was excusable. As long as they knew their way back and turned to good deeds, they would forget about past mistakes.

Lu Zhi had a good idea and was sincere in persuading him to surrender, but the Taiping Daoists in Guangzong City were all die-hard loyalists. As the backbone of the Taiping Dao, these people had followed Zhang Jiao for many years, and they were dead-set and had no common ground with the Han court.

Dai Tian. Therefore, Lu Zhi's persuasion to surrender was just playing the harp to a cow, and no one surrendered at all.

Lu Zhi waited for several days, but saw no movement in the city. He realized that the rebels in the city could no longer be moved by words, so he ordered people to build high walls outside the city and dig trenches, hoping to besiege Zhangjiao for a long time.

Trapped in the city.

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The two sides were in a stalemate for several days, but no major battle broke out. At this time, Zuofeng of Xiaohuangmen came to work for the army under the emperor's order.

They are laborers in name, but in fact they are patrolling and supervising.

Emperor Ling's temperament was inherently suspicious. Since he rebelled, he has been restless all day long, fearing that the generals will not be able to defeat the enemy, and also fearing that the generals will be out and resentful. He really does not trust the aristocratic families and martial nobles.

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So Emperor Ling sent his cronies to the front lines in the name of Laojun to monitor the generals.

The person sent to Hebei was Zuofeng of Xiaohuangmen.

Xiaohuangmen, six hundred stones. The eunuch has no staff. He serves on the left and right, and is responsible for the affairs of the minister. He goes to the inner palace, connects the inside and outside, and handles all affairs in the middle palace. This position is equivalent to the emperor's secretary, and it is the liaison

Those who are both internal and external cannot serve unless they are trusted ministers of the emperor. Jian Shuo of Xiaohuangmen, who is the most favored by Emperor Ling, is also the chief of the Beigong Guards, and his power is no worse than that of a regular servant.

Of course, Zuo Feng is not as powerful as Jian Shuo, and his status is far lower than that of the dozen or so regular attendants. In addition, he is not very old, and he is usually very cautious in the palace, so he is just like a grandson.

However, the more this kind of person is suppressed in a cannibalistic place like the palace, the more arrogant he becomes after coming out.

Zuo Fengzhi came out of the palace, relying on the favor of the emperor. Wherever he went, he was like a leech seeing blood, greedy and domineering. The officials along the way did not dare to offend, so they had to be careful to flatter Zuo Feng, but they praised Zuo Feng even more arrogantly.

, extremely arrogant.

When Zuo Feng arrived in the army, he was still arrogant, bossy, and rude. In private, he even coerced his father to ask for bribes from Lu Zhi.

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What kind of person was Lu Zhi? He was the most upright person in his heart. On weekdays at court, when he saw these eunuchs and eunuchs, he would not even raise his eyelids. Not to mention Zuo Feng, even Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong would not welcome him.

Just because Zuo Feng came under the order of the king and represented the emperor, Lu Zhi had to deal with Zuo Feng in vain for the sake of the Han man's face, but he only had a light exchange.

As for Zuo Feng's request for bribes, Lu Zhi even refused on the grounds that "the military rations are still in short supply, and An has spare money to flatter the angels." This made Zuo Feng angry and gnashing his teeth, just because he was in the army and did not dare to say anything, but

He vowed to return to Luoyang and make Lu Zhi look good.

The dinner ended unhappily. Lu Zhi's army chief, Peng Bo, was worried that more trouble would arise, so he privately advised Lu Zhi to send more gold and silver to reassure him, so that Zuo Feng would not go back to stir up trouble and delay the quelling of the chaos.

Lu Zhi shook his head, but said angrily: "The state of affairs is the result of this generation of foxes and tigers pretending to be powerful. I wish I could eat their flesh raw to vent my anger. However, I have lost my integrity for a lifetime by giving gifts to this generation."

Pember was speechless.

When Cao Ang learned about this, it was already the next day.

Cao Ang also didn't want to see Zuo Feng and the eunuchs, so Cao Ang didn't go to his reception banquet. Of course, with Cao Ang's identity, it made sense not to go. After all, Cao Ang was still naked until now.

After learning about this, Cao Ang knew that it was going to be bad.

This eunuch had no subordinates, and he worked as a slave in the palace on weekdays, so he had low self-esteem and a good reputation. Lu Zhi slapped Zuo Feng in the face, fearing that the other party would hold a grudge.

People like Zuo Feng are typical villains who may not be able to achieve great things, but they can do bad things. When he returned to Luoyang and chewed his tongue in front of Emperor Ling, Lu Zhi couldn't stand it.

In the past, when Cao Ang read history books, he never quite understood why Zuo Feng asked Emperor Ling to depose Lu Zhi and imprison him in just two sentences, especially in the late Han Dynasty, when he knew that Lu Zhi was considered a close confidant of the emperor.

It was not until the Yellow Turban Rebellion that Cao Ang personally felt the fear from the emperor down to the officials. Under such circumstances, the emperor was afraid that no one would believe it, so it was natural for him to believe the rumors and dismiss Lu Zhi.

After all, it would be better to believe in this kind of thing than to indulge in it.

From the history, Lu Zhi was released from prison soon after being imprisoned, and soon after he was reinstated, we can know that the emperor actually trusted Lu Zhi, and his removal was just an act of insurance.

For Cao Ang, if Lu Zhi is dismissed, it will be the worst situation. On the one hand, if Lu Zhi misses this opportunity, he will not be able to rise to a higher position, and Cao Ang will not be able to follow the rising tide; on the other hand,

Lu Zhi was dismissed from his post, and it would be embarrassing for him to stay in the army in this capacity, which would not be conducive to his own plans.
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