"Zhongkang, have our people gone in?”
Zhang Mu put away the edict and turned to look at Xu Chu.
"Don't worry, my lord. They have already been hidden in my Xu family's residence under Big Brother's seal.”Xu Chu said in a low voice.
Xu Chu was from Qiao County, but the Xu family was not considered an aristocratic family. They were only local tyrants. Their family base was not in Qiao County. Instead, they had built a village ten kilometers south of the county.
However, the Xu family also had property in Qiao City, and it occupied a large area.
Zhang Mu led his men to the south of Qiao City and had them take off their armors and put down their weapons. He put them into a special space and then split them up into smaller groups to enter Qiao City with Xu Ding's help.
In this way, whether it was the eyes and ears of the big families in Qiao City or the eyes and ears of the Yellow Turban, they did not know that there was an additional 3,000 elite soldiers in the county.
When they needed to fight, Zhang Mu would take them out and put them on. He had experimented with this process many times and was very familiar with it.
At the same time, these soldiers were shocked by his "immortal methods" and were extremely loyal and fanatical.
The reason why the soldiers were still wearing them when they were on their way was that they were afraid that they would be able to respond in time if they encountered an emergency. After all, the world was not peaceful now, and they could encounter bandits at any time and place.
"Then let's go."
"Alright, alright, let's watch the fire from afar!"
The corners of Zhang Mu's mouth curled up slightly. He went to the Xu family's mansion with Xu Chu to meet up with Guo Jia.
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At the same time, on the other side.
Liu Pi and Gong Du led their Yellow Turban soldiers and charged into Qiao County, shouting and killing all day long.
Many of the Yellow Turban soldiers had blood-red eyes and were ready to plunder wantonly. If they encountered beauties, they could snatch them and play with them. If anyone resisted, they could kill them at will.
These Yellow Turban soldiers, who had lost everything and were plundering everything, were no longer rebel soldiers. They were truly rebel soldiers. They all suffered from war syndrome and were filled with the desire to destroy.
Liu Pi didn't want to care about this.
Although Qiao County was not bad, its political status in Yuzhou was too special. Sun Jian and Cao Cao valued it very much. He had not even completely taken over Runan. The Yellow Turban army was also divided into several camps. There were some dirty things that they did not dare to occupy.
Their plan was to intimidate and intimidate others, and at the same time, take away the materials from Qiao County.
There was no need for them to coerce people like they used to do. Runan County had a lot of people that could be forcefully recruited. Qiao County taking some people was nothing.
"Guards, follow me to the Provincial Governor's Estate!"
Liu Pi waved his hand and led several hundred Yellow Turban Warriors to the Provincial Governor's Office in the north of the city.
The Provincial Governor's Office always had an armory. If they were lucky, they could find a lot of weapons and armor. When the time came, they could arm a group of elite soldiers and combine them with the 3,000 soldiers outside the city. When they arrived at Runan's regime, their chances of winning would be much higher.
"Chief, the situation isn't right. We didn't find anyone in the west of the city.”
"Marshal, we didn't find anyone in the south of the city, nor did we find any money or food.”
"Qu Shuai, this Qiao County seems to have become an empty city!”
Without waiting for Liu Pi and Gong Du to arrive at the Provincial Governor's Office, the soldiers under his command kept coming to report some news, causing the two of them to feel a little scared.
Pei Country could not be compared to Yingchuan and Runan counties, but Qiao County was a huge prefecture. There were hundreds of thousands of people in a city. Even if they were fighting for years, there should be no less than 50,000.
How could he not find anyone?
Could it be that the government was up to something?
However, Han Ming was already dead. What kind of trick would use his life?
"Report…!"
Just as Liu Pi and Gong Du were puzzled, the scout who was in charge of scouting the city rushed over and stopped in front of the two of them. He dismounted and reported,""Marshal, there's a huge change in Qiao County."
Liu Pi's heart tightened and he said," Hurry up and tell me!”
"It's the citizens of the city!" The scout quickly said," When I entered the city, I found that there was no one in the west or south of the city. I felt that there was something strange here, so I went to the east of the city to check. I found that tens of thousands of people from the entire county were there."”
" What?!" Liu Pi and Gong were shocked.
They fled to Runan after the Yellow Turban army was defeated. Only a few thousand veterans were left. Some of them stayed in Pingyu County to guard their homes, while the rest followed them. Half of the remaining people were kidnapped along the way, and the other half were Runan farmers. There were both young and old, but their weapons were not good.
There were more than 20,000 people, but there were only about 1,000 elite soldiers. The rest were about the same as the people of Qiao County.
Now that the citizens of the county were gathered together, it was not in their interest to fight.
"Did you find out the reason?" Gong Du asked.
"Found it!" The scout had a strange look on his face and said,""The Xu family of Qiao County is opening a private warehouse to release grain. They are distributing chestnut rice and rice according to the number of people. This has been going on for three days.”
"Recently, there has been a great drought in Yuzhou, and the people have no harvest. Many farmers in Qiao County are short of food. Now that they heard that there is food to be received, all of them are rushing to get it.”
The scout's meaning was very simple. The Xu family was releasing food, and all the commoners were short of food, so they went to collect food. Moreover, it was a full-scale mobilization of the entire family.
" Grandma, what is this?!"
Liu Pi and Gong were both at a loss.
The Xu family did not release grain early or late, but they released grain at this time, attracting everyone in the county. When they heard that the Yellow Turban army was attacking the city, it was normal for them to carry money, farm tools, and food with them.
Now that the Yellow Turbans had entered the city, the commoners would definitely gather together. They would not be foolish enough to return home and be defeated one by one.
Qiao County's Xu family's reputation was widely spread in Yuzhou and other places. Everyone knew that the Xu family was brave. Now that there were tens of thousands of people "leading" them, he did not have the confidence to fight with just a few people.
"Then what is the Xu family doing?"
Gong Du couldn't help but curse.
"That's not it!" The scout bowed and reported,""All of this is related to Zhang Mu of the Zhang Clan in Feng County.”
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Three question marks appeared above Liu Pi's head.
"How is this related to Zhang Ziyu from Feng County?？”
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