When Du Ji heard that there were reinforcements, he immediately frowned, "Are they reinforcements from Guanghan?"
"Your Majesty, the Lord Commander, knows things like a god, and I admire him very much."
"The prefect of Guanghan, Zhao Yao, also known as Yuan Gui, is the son of the late prefect of Qianwei, Zhao Xuan. Zhao Xuan is a well-established member of Hanzhong, and out of consideration for his kinship, the prefect of Zhao should also send reinforcements, but the thieves are in a hurry to attack the city.
I don’t know if we can survive until then.”
Du Ji's expression turned gloomy again, and Chen Tiao then reported another piece of good news.
"There is news from Baozhong that Magistrate Tian has finally sent reinforcements, and they are expected to arrive tonight!"
Du Ji's brows relaxed completely when he heard this, "If this is the case, Hanzhong will be safe. How many troops and horses will the opponent bring?"
"About one or two thousand people."
"Well, one or two thousand people are fine. I heard that Tian Feng brought two thousand soldiers and horses when he entered Hanzhong. This time it is quite generous. No matter how many people there are, at least it can improve the morale of our army. We finally have reinforcements, and they will be here soon.
Inform the whole city of the news and call on the people to defend the city together and defeat the rebel army!"
Du Ji smiled brightly. He had been frightened all day long when soldiers surrounded the city. Now he finally saw the light of day.
"I guess they have already arrived." Du Ji said again attentively.
"Oh, who are they?" Chen Diao asked.
Du Ji seemed to be lost in thought and said nothing.
…
The three teams marched in Hanzhong, according to the plan of Tian Feng and Zhou Yuanfu:
Led by Xu Huang and Cui Niupi, about two thousand people marched day and night in the direction of Shangyong. The task of this group of people was to occupy Shangyong and cut off the connection between Jingzhou and Yizhou. This group of people still flew under the Yellow Turban banner.
, falsely claiming that Wancheng was defeated by the Yellow Turbans. Shangyong's geographical location was dangerous, and the place was loosely defended in the peaceful and prosperous times. Once in troubled times, this place would become a battleground for military strategists, so Tian Feng and Zhou Yuanfu planted a plot here to achieve miraculous results.
The other group, led by Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, also had 3,000 people. They marched straight to Micang Road under the banner of officers and soldiers, with the intention of cutting off Zhang Lu's grain road. If Zhang Lu persisted in his obsession, this road would be mainly used to ambush Zhang Lu along the way and not call him in the end.
He escaped and fled back to Bazhong. But if Zhang Lu cooperates, this route can also play a role in knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger.
Two or three days after the first two groups set off, the last group went to support Nanzheng blatantly under the banner of Ju Yi. In addition to Zhou Yuanfu, Miss Du was also among the people on this group.
"We have agreed that when you arrive in Nanzheng, you will follow your cousin. Don't run around blindly again. I will not be responsible for any safety issues."
Zhou Yuanfu was still angry when he thought of this incident. Mrs. Du was very courageous. She thought that Zhou Yuanfu would not save her, so she disguised herself as a man and tried to break into Nanzheng alone. Fortunately, the ancient people's makeup skills were really poor, and Zhou Yuanfu caught her unawares.
The only solution was to bring them into Nanzheng together.
"Hmph, have you ever taken responsibility? You went to fool around with other women on the night you got married. Since you are unwilling to save me, then I have to see my cousin one last time." Mrs. Du was still unconvinced.
Zhou Yuanfu was so angry that his nose was crooked. This little lady spoke so irritatingly, and she was ruthless. If you hadn't cried and called for Qin Lang that night, why would he have gone out? He was angry in his heart, but if he mentioned this matter
You have to waste a lot of words, and you can't take advantage of it.
"Your cousin is not as miserable as you think. You see, that one in the distance is Nanzheng. The city is high and the walls are thick. How can it be easily broken through? You women have long hair and short knowledge."
Zhou Yuanfu pointed in the distance, and the Nanzheng City Wall was already vaguely in sight.
Mrs. Du looked Zhou Yuanfu up and down again, "Your hair is not short, why should you blame me? Look at this person, he is covered in armor, with a long spear and a short sword. Are you going fishing or fighting with a bamboo pole?"
"
Zhou Yuanfu was speechless. He thought that in this era, women's hair is too long and their knowledge is short. Their body and skin are affected by their parents. Neither men nor women cut their hair. Besides, this is a bamboo pole. It has nine knots, eight knots, seven knots.
Is the six-sectioned staff good or not? If I don’t think you are a girl, I will shock you first and make you unable to take care of yourself.
Seeing that Zhou Yuanfu ignored him, Mrs. Du said again: "Do you know that senior official who leads the army? Can you get me some armor to wear? I will wear it and return it to them. Look at how powerful they are one by one.
Majestic, look at you again, hum."
Zhou Yuanfu rolled his eyes in his heart and ignored her.
From afar, Ju Yi galloped up on his horse. When he arrived, he reined up his horse and clasped his fists, saying, "Brother, we are reaching Nanzheng City just ahead. The spies have already found out. The thieves are surrounding three buildings. There are no enemy soldiers on our side."
.We have contacted the garrison in the city and can enter the city at any time."
"I'm not good at marching and fighting. You can just make your own arrangements."
Ju Yi cupped his fists and said "No!" and went to arrange military affairs.
Miss Du opened her mouth wide, "He's so handsome, have you seen it? This armor, this demeanor, this demeanor, oh, he is so handsome. By the way, why did he come to you to ask for military orders? You are not serious
Official."
Zhou Yuanfu said perfunctorily: "I am his eldest brother. Is there anything wrong with a brother asking for instructions from his elder brother?"
Mrs. Du felt that the matter was not that simple, so she kept looking at Zhou Yuanfu with big eyes.
The entry into the city went smoothly, but Du Ji, in order to show his concern, sent Chen Diao to greet the reinforcements.
After Chen Tiao arranged the team, he brought Ju Yi, Zhou Yuanfu and others into Du Ji's house. Du Ji had already ordered people to arrange wine and food and was ready to entertain these people.
Mrs. Du was very happy to see Du Ji, but because so many people were embarrassed to recognize each other, she followed Zhou Yuanfu every step of the way, just looking at Du Ji silently.
Du Ji seemed to be aware of it. He glanced at Mrs. Du and quickly turned his head, "Thanks to General Ju for coming to help this time, we have a chance to defeat the thief."
All the bookkeepers and clerks also expressed their compliments one after another.
Ju Yi cupped his fists and returned a salute, "I came to help this time, and I brought the troops, but the food, fodder, and military pay were provided by General Zhou, so Ju Yi did not dare to take credit, and could only follow General Zhou's orders in everything!"
"
This kind of rhetoric was discussed before, so Ju Yi said it directly.
Only when everyone heard this did they notice Zhou Yuanfu. Zhou Yuanfu also clasped his fists and saluted, "I'm in Zhou Yuanfu next week. I'm glad to see you all."
"The name General Zhou sounds so familiar," said the chief clerk, Zhao Song.
Yang Song, who was in charge, laughed and said: "I remember that in the sea arrest documents issued a few days ago, there was also a person named Zhou Cang. Looking at the portrait, he looks quite similar to General Zhou. Hahaha, I must have mistakenly identified the person."
Du Ji sneered and said: "There is no similarity, this Zhoucang is the other Zhoucang!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked to look sideways and dodge. Chen Tiao even pulled out the sword on his waist.
"Zhou Cang, are you here to suppress thieves in Hanzhong or to become thieves in Hanzhong?" Du Ji asked.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Yang Song even wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but was blocked by Qu Yi.
"Brother, why are you so nervous? We are a family now. Come, sit down and have wine and vegetables."
Zhou Yuanfu was also unhappy in his heart. This uncle-in-law had just met him, and instead of expressing his condolences with a brotherly brother-in-law, he instead talked with guns and sticks, which made anyone feel uncomfortable listening to him.
Everyone else was shocked, uncle, what the hell is this? Isn't this man a remnant of the Yellow Turban Thief? How did he become married to Du Ji? Is this a trap set by Du Ji and Zhou Cang?
Countless questions arose in everyone's mind. They were thinking about everything, and most of them felt a chill on their necks.
Du Ji's face was gloomy and he circled around Zhou Yuanfu twice. Zhou Yuanfu acted very calmly and sat there on his knees, eating and drinking.
"Zhou Cang, if others can't see through you, do you look down on the people in the world? This Tian Feng didn't even serve as a censor, so he went to a remote place like Hanzhong to be a small county magistrate? You are the civil and military leader of the entire court.
Are you a fool?"
Du Ji asked sharply.
Zhou Yuanfu was extremely nervous at this time, so he had to drink heavily and eat meat to pretend to be calm. He had already cursed in his heart, damn, I thought it was perfect, but I didn't expect that someone would have noticed it. If it weren't for the Zhou family protecting me,
, I’m afraid that Hanzhong itself has trouble coming and going.
After drinking another bowl of wine, Zhou Yuanfu pretended to laugh. This was what Lu Buwei taught him. When he didn't know what to say, he laughed a few times, on the one hand, he could think of countermeasures, and on the other hand, he could frighten the other party.
"Why are you laughing? Can you still laugh in this situation? I can cut you into pieces with just a wave of my hand. Do you believe it or not?"