Although Xu Rong couldn't figure out the medicine Ju Suo wanted to sell, Yan Liang had a rough guess.
"Oh? Gong Ji, please tell me what I mean."
Hearing that Yan Liang actually understood, Ju Shou wanted to hear what he thought.
"The Black Mountain Army naturally knows the importance of true determination, so they must come, but the purpose of the prairie cavalry is different.
They came here only for plunder and nothing else.
When they hear a truth comparable to Luoyang, these prairie people will definitely pounce like wild dogs.
The whereabouts of the prairie cavalry are elusive. The most difficult thing about dealing with them is this.
If we can use Zhending as a bait again to pin down the grassland people here, and use the strength of our army coupled with Gao Lan's cavalry, we will definitely be able to defeat them in one fell swoop."
"Pah, pah, pah."
"Gong Ji, you are becoming more and more like a general."
After listening to Yan Liang's words, Jushou couldn't help but clapped his hands.
"Everything is well-trained by military advisors. I just followed your ideas."
Generally, only Zhao Yun can be praised by Ju Shou. General Yan Liang has long been envious of him. Now it's his turn. It feels really good.
"Well, now that we know it, let's go our separate ways. According to the itinerary, the Yellow Turbans will arrive at Jingxing within three days, so Yan Liang must act quickly, and Xu Rong, your people must also rush north to spread the news of the truth.
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"promise."
"promise."
Yan Liang and Xu Rong each clasped their fists and left the prefect's mansion.
Poor Yan Liang had been traveling all night, and before he could rest, he started galloping again towards Jingxing.
"Beat the drum to gather the generals."
As soon as Yan Liang entered the camp gate, he ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals. After beating the drums three times, all the generals of the Polu Army gathered in the hall.
"According to Sir's arrangements, we have now decided to withdraw the army to Zhending."
Yan Liang's words were like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and all the generals were astonished.
"General, Jingxing is extremely important. If we withdraw our troops now, wouldn't we hand over Changshan to thieves?"
As Yan Liang's most trusted general, Zheng Feng immediately stood up and opposed it. After all, what was the difference between such behavior and surrendering to the enemy?
"Zheng Feng, when did I say that Jingxing was surrendered to thieves? Now I order you to lead 5,000 Polu troops and 5,000 militiamen to guard it. The rest of the troops will follow me back to Zhending."
Yan Liang waved his hand and left the hall directly, leaving the generals there in a daze.
"Zheng Feng, why don't you hurry up and apologize to the general?"
"That's right, that's right. We are soldiers. We just obey the general's orders. Go and apologize quickly."
"Well, that's right."
A group of military academies came to Zheng Feng and suggested that he apologize to Yan Liang.
Unable to resist everyone's wishes, Zheng Feng slowly walked outside Yan Liang's inner room after everyone left.
"General."
Across the door, Zheng Feng called Yan Liang.
"What's the matter?"
Yan Liang's strong voice came from inside the door.
"I, I, I still don't agree with you withdrawing your troops back to Zhending. Jingxing is really too important to allow any loss."
After thinking for a moment, Zheng Feng gritted his teeth and expressed his feelings again.
"Crunch."
The door of the room suddenly opened. Zheng Feng originally thought he would face an angry Yan Liang, but when he looked up, he saw a smiling face.
"Zheng Feng, Zheng Feng, you are really different, come in quickly."
Yan Liang grabbed Zheng Feng's shoulders and carried him into the house.
"General, you seem to have something in your words."
Looking at Yan Liang's appearance, Zheng Feng looked confused.
"Well, to put it bluntly, this withdrawal of troops is a trick by Mr. Zhang to annihilate Zhang Yan's partial army. The reason why you are left to defend the city is just to show off to the Yellow Turban Army.
After you have resisted, you will lead your troops to Xiantai Mountain to hide, and wait until three days after the Yellow Turbans leave, then directly capture Jingxing, close the door and beat the dogs."
Zheng Feng was stunned by Yan Liang's words and immediately became ecstatic again.
"Just as Sir imagined, if this happens, the Yellow Turbans that enter Changshan will be destroyed. Zheng Feng admires him very much."
After hearing Zheng Feng's compliment, Yan Liang nodded.
"Sir, you are an extraordinary person. With the help of such a great sage, my lord, why worry about failure? Now that you know the arrangements, can you complete the task I entrusted to you?"
"Guaranteed to complete the task."
Zheng Feng nodded sharply.
"Well, sir, it is expected that the Yellow Turban will arrive in three days at most. You should go and prepare it immediately."
"promise."
That day Yan Liang led the army to leave Jingxing and rushed towards the outskirts of Zhending.
At the same time, after Xu Rong finished distributing the small advertisement, he also took 20,000 Xiliang troops to hide outside Zhending.
At this point, only Jushou's 20,000 militia and 20,000 temporarily activated prisoners were left in Zhending City to defend the city.
After Yan Liang left, the defense of Jingxing was completely handed over to Zheng Feng. The first thing Zheng Feng did was not to strengthen the city defenses, but to order the entire army to work day and night to dig tunnels together.
It took two days to finally complete the project. There were two tunnels, one leading directly to the city gate and the other to the city lord's mansion.
On the third day, just as Jushou expected, the partial division of the Black Mountain Army also arrived.
"Captain, there are quite a few Yellow Turbans here."
A small colonel looked at the black Yellow Turban Army on the top of the city and couldn't help but frown.
"Well, there are a lot of people, at least fifty or sixty thousand people."
Zheng Feng roughly estimated the quantity and found that it was almost the same as what Ju Shou said.
"There are 50,000 to 60,000 people, can we hold on?"
When he heard that the enemy numbered fifty or sixty thousand, the small colonel couldn't help but gasp.
"A mere fifty or sixty thousand people scare you out of your wits? Tell your brothers to prepare to defend the city."
Zheng Feng didn't take it seriously. It was just fifty thousand miscellaneous yellow turbans, so why be afraid?
"promise."
Under Zheng Feng's military order, the entire city wall became serious. A famous archer was in place, and logs, rolling stones, and cauldrons filled with gold juice were all placed on the city wall.
Fifty to sixty thousand Yellow Turbans pressed against Jingxing City like black clouds. Finally, the troops and horses were stationed, and a dozen Yellow Turban generals galloped out on horseback and arrived outside the moat.
"People on the top of the city, listen, I am Li Pu, the commander-in-chief of the King of Montenegro. I have been ordered to lead an army of one hundred thousand to attack Changshan. You who know the current situation will open the city and surrender, otherwise you will be buried when the city is destroyed.
hour."
Li Pu held a big sword and pointed at the top of Jingxing City in the distance.
"Fire the arrow."
Li Pu's response was a hail of arrows falling from the sky. Although the distance was not close enough, it scared Li Pu to the point of peeing and making him very embarrassed.
"Ha ha ha ha."
"Build engineering equipment and prepare to attack the city."
Li Pu looked at the happy city head with anger in his eyes and directly ordered to prepare to attack the city.
The Yellow Turban soldiers were numerous, and there were mountains, stone forests, and trees around Jingxing. It was very easy to build engineering equipment. In just one day, they had almost everything prepared.
Early the next morning, the war drums of the Yellow Turban camp were blaring, and 50,000 Yellow Turbans arrived directly outside Jingxing City with the completed engineering equipment.
"Siege the city."
Ten thousand Yellow Turban troops moved forward carrying countless ladders and sandbags. Behind them were ten thousand reserves and ten thousand archers responsible for covering.
Thirty thousand Yellow Turbans rushed towards Jingxing like a tide, and the Yellow Turbans at the front threw the sandbags they were carrying directly into the moat.
