Chapter 20, Gao Xun's Wrath

"Your father, listening to your tone, you seem to think that what we have done is very unjust, right?"

Gao Hai's face suddenly pulled down and retorted to Zu Zhao angrily.

Zu Zhao gave a cold "hum" and said rudely, "We are responsible for accepting the convocation of the county government. Now you have not received any official order from the county government to send back, and you have not done your best to quell the rebellion. What's more ridiculous is that you still don't think it's unfair. It's really shameless!"

Gao Hai and other riders were furious and stared angrily.

A young man who couldn't stand up, raised his long gun in his hand and pointed it at Zu Zhao and scolded, "Oh, you stinky vertical, I'll wait for you to call you Zuzi. Who doesn't know that your Zu Zhao is now waiting for sin! Humph, you are also qualified to teach me a lesson?"

Zucheng, Gulinaer and others behind Zu Zhao immediately came forward and didn't give any good face. They pressed the blades around them one by one and had the impulse to pull the blade out of the sheath at any time. In an instant, the original peaceful encounter formed a sword-like situation in a blink of an eye. Not only Zucheng and Gulinaer, who are close to Zu Zhao, including the Xu Wuxian Volunteer Brigade in the rear, only heard the sound of disputes in front of them, all of whom pretended to be ready to take action.

After all, Gao Hai and others have few people, and even if all the righteous braves in Wuyi County are present, I'm afraid they may not be the opponent of Xu Wuxian Yiyong. There are not many people in Wuji County this year, and there is no strong support from military families like Zujiazhuang. The number of knights alone is less than 100, and more than many weapons and equipment are not as good as Zujiazhuang. The atmosphere just changed, and a group of people who had been waiting to be angry before suddenly changed their faces and subconsciously retreated for a while.

Although the young man with the gun felt threatened and realized that his companions were retreating, he still had no intention of making concessions. He made a provocative roar at Zu Zhao, and the anger in his eyes was enough to burn the rock into ashes in an instant. Even the sitting foal seemed to feel the owner's mood, and followed by a restless and hiss.

"Is it great if you have a lot of people? Humph, I'm still afraid that you won't do it."

This young man's figure is not a tiger's waist, but it can definitely be called Kong Wu. The blue veins on the forehead and arms are raised, which can be seen as a good hand of strength. Especially the low roar, although the sound is very low, it exudes a wolf nature.

Zu Zhao couldn't help frowning when he heard that the other party's name was "Gaohuan". He remembered that Gao Lan, who was praised by later generations and called "the four courtyard pillars of Hebei" with Yan Liang, Wenchou and Zhang Yu, also used the name Gao. Unfortunately, there are few records in history books about this famous general who can be called together with Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Zhang Yan. It is only known that he originally served under Yuan Shao. After the battle of Guandu, he was framed by Guo Tu and led the army to surrender Cao in anger.

Judging from the face and momentum of this person in front of him alone, it is quite similar to Gao Lan of the "Four Court Columns of Hebei". Anyway, there is no record in history where Gao Lan is from, or it is impossible to be born in Youbeiping County, Youzhou. He happened to hear that "Gao" is the big surname of Wujiu County. Previously, there were both Gao Hai and Gao Huan at this time. It can be seen that the Wuyi courage to rush to the county government this time was led by the Gao family.

In comparison, although Gao Xun is the first, he knows that the others behind him retreat, but still does not reduce his momentum, which is really more admirable than Gao Hai, who seems to be the leader.

Zu Zhao was very angry that the righteous bravery of Wuyi County retreated without fighting. Originally, the county was in chaos, and it was the time when there was a lack of counter-rebellious forces. There was not much to say that the righteous bravery of Wuyi County, but at this time, the retreat is bound to have a great impact. But even so, he did not intend to intercept the endless county team here and force them to return the same way, which was nothing more than a few sarcastic words to vent his hatred.

He sneered at Gao Yu and said disdainfully, "If you have such cruelty, you might as well go to battle to kill one or two traitors. Humph, you have no man, and I don't need to be like you. Just go back to the door and guard yourself. There is no egg under the nest. I, Xu Wuerlang, can try my best to help you fight for a few days of leisure.

After saying that, he ignored these people and waved to everyone to continue on the road.

I have to say that Zu Zhao's sarcastic words were simply into the marrow, and Gao Xun, Gao Hai and others almost bit their teeth. Unfortunately, they have withdrawn from the county government. Compared with these Xu Wuxian Yiyong, who knew that the road ahead was dangerous, but continued to rush to the county without hesitation, they were really ashamed.

Originally, among the 400 righteous braves in Xu Wu County, they heard that the county government had been surrounded, and even the righteous bravery of Wuyi County fled back in fear. Many people were more or less worried. However, because of Zu Zhao's remarks, everyone was suddenly praised, and it was really gratifying in front of the righteous bravery of Wuyi County. No one flinched, but they were all energetic. When the team passed by these heroes of the endless county, they all held their heads high and looked entangled.

After Zu Zhao and his party gradually disappeared, Gao Yu was really aggrieved. He twisted his horse and came to Gao Hai and said angrily, "Brother, are we so humiliated?"

Gao Hai stared at Xu Wuxian's figure gradually disappearing, and he also had many thoughts in his heart. After a period of hesitation, he sighed and said, "These people in Xu Wuxian County are just looking for face. When they go to the county and see the trend of thieves, they will inevitably retreat. Humph, we are not greedy and afraid of death, but the thief is so powerful that we can see nearly 10,000. Hundreds of people and others, if we can enter the city and help defend the city, but the problem is that we can't enter the city now, why do we have to drop the bucket!"

Gao Yu is still unwilling. He didn't want to return empty-handed, but he couldn't make a decision. At this time, a group of people in Xu Wuxian County humiliated in public, and his blood sprayed directly in his throat. He gritted his teeth and said, "Whatever, it's just a mob. Are we not as good as those people of Xu Wu?"

Gao Hai's face was very bad. He stared at Gaohuan quite gloomily and scolded angrily, "Is there anything you can say here? I have decided why I don't need to say anything else. What can Xu Wu and those people do? Let's wait until they can enter the gate of the county. Humph, who can't say some harsh words now? If you really feel wronged, just follow them and let you see for yourself how these big talkers go back on their word.

Gao Xun couldn't wait to cut his teeth and felt ashamed of Gao Hai's scolding so much, but there was no way to explain it. He could only abruptly put the stuffy pressure in his stomach. Just for a moment, he really wanted to be angry, turn the reins, turn the horse's head, and chase Zu Zhao and his party. No matter where Xu Wu and his group of people go, at least he can prove that he is not a coward.

After saying what he just said, Gao Hai kicked the horse in the stomach with hatred and continued to go to Wuji County with others. The righteous braves behind them are hesitant. Naturally, they hesitate not to turn their heads to kill the thief, but they haven't figured out what happened just now.

Gao Huan turned her head and took a look at the southern section of Guandao, and then looked back at Gao Hai's back. Finally, she sighed helplessly and followed in the direction of Gaohai.

After February 19, Pinggang County, the county seat of Youbeiping County, was completely besieged by yellow scarf thieves for eight days.

The streets and alleys in the city are full of panic and turmoil. Soldiers can be seen coming and going everywhere. They run to the north gate for a while, and for a while for the south gate. Yesterday, they killed the enemy in the east city, and today they rushed to the west city to help. Everything is chaotic, and everything is so cramped and uneasy.

The more turbulent it is, the more rumors there are.

The people in the city are all anxious to pay attention to the situation outside the city, how terrible those yellow scarf thieves are, and when will the county government be able to repel these criminal thieves. With the blatant declaration of rebellion on the sixth day of February, many things suddenly became a little unreasonable. Since Zong Hai, Deng Mao and Yu Shanghai attacked the South City repeatedly, the people have noticed the growth of the thieves, and the conjecture of the besieged thieves is even more pessimistic.

This emotion quickly enveloped the whole city and continued to spread like a virus, and even became deeply rooted.

From not optimism to great failure, from great failure to desperate situation, the change of mood is only a matter of time.

Although the Taishou Mansion can still maintain the determination to coexist with the city, the daily war losses and internal affairs consumption reports will add some difficulties and setbacks to this determination. This is like an extremely resolute person who is suffering from spiritual torture all the time. The feeling of destruction and desperate approaching is tasting and devouring the will of everyone.

Strictly speaking, the defensive force in the city is not the biggest problem. When it comes to the critical moment of the backwater war, the Taishoufu can order the recruitment of the whole city's old and small walls to fight against the enemy at any time. Although there are only more than 10,000 households in Pinggang County, a considerable part of it has already fallen outside the city, but the population in the city is still as many as 17,000 or 8,000. The traitors who besieged the city are all peasants, which is comparable to the combat effectiveness of mobilizing the people in the city to participate in the war.

However, the real problem is still in terms of food and grass.

The siege is not to attack the gate in all directions, consume the defense force of the city, and wait for the opportunity to grab the gate. The real purpose is to cut off the material assistance in the city until the necessary materials for survival in the city are exhausted, so that the strong city will not attack and break through. This is obviously easier than taking risks to launch a tough battle in the absence of good siege equipment.

The current reserve of grain and fodder in Pinggang County is extremely limited, although the Taishoufu has made corresponding preparations in advance long before the city was trapped. On the one hand, it asked the state government and neighboring counties for help, and on the other hand, it collected excess grain and fodder in the whole city for emergencies. But after all, the time was too short, and Wen Chou was robbed of food and fodder when he led the army, so he couldn't get what he wanted.

According to the latest estimate of the Taishou Government, I am afraid that the existing grain and fodder in the city can only last for less than a month and a half, and this is still on the premise of ignoring and underestimating some people in need of relief in the city. It can be imagined that in the next month and a half, if the besieged thieves do not retreat, people are bound to starve to death.

Liu Cheng, the eldest son of the Taishou Mansion, is very worried about all kinds of situations in the city, but he still has some hopes in his heart.

In his opinion, Yuyang County will inevitably send reinforcements to support as scheduled, and at least find ways to provide part of the grain and fodder for Pinggang County. Although such an idea has been questioned and refuted by many subordinates twice. As early as before Pinggang County was completely surrounded by thieves, the state government ordered Yuyang County several times to allocate all the food and fodder to support, all of which had problems. It was normal to lack two catties, but what's worse was that most of the grain and fodder sent were problematic.

County magistrate Zhao Yu talks about this matter almost every day. The purpose is to advise the eldest son Liu Cheng not to place too much hope in Yuyang County. The top priority is to contact the volunteers of the counties in the county. It is best to organize several counterattacks to try to open up the channel with the outside world. Not only Zhao Yu meant this, but also Wen Chou, Zhou Zhi and others are also in favor of trying to take the initiative. Once the siege is too serious and deeper, there will be no chance to turn it over.

More importantly, everyone has realized that the eldest son Liu Cheng has no sharpness at all, perhaps because of his scholar's personality or because he has the so-called only hope in his heart.

In the evening of this day, Zhou Zhi, Wenchou and others rushed back to the Taishou Mansion from the front line.

The two fought in blood for a whole day. Except for Zhou Zhi's slightly better situation in the West City, Wen Chou did not have time to change his clothes and armor, and his body was covered with some blood stains. As soon as the two crossed the threshold of the front hall, they heard Zhao Yu, the county magistrate Zhao Yu and Shi Sun Gaozheng arguing with Liu Cheng, who lived behind the big case.

I only heard Sun Gao's bitter advice: "Mr. Liu, this matter is a must. Isn't this equivalent to self-damage of strength?"

Zhao Yu sighed and said solemnly, "I really don't know why the prince suddenly has such an idea. There is a shortage of troops in the city, but he still has to divide troops to do such a meaningless and risky thing!"

Liu is over 25 years old, with red lips and white teeth. At first glance, he is a prince who has never suffered any hardship. He and Zhao Yu and Sun Gao have been arguing about the matter in front of us for a long time and have had impatient thoughts at all. Now after listening to Zhao Yu's lesson, they were angry for a moment and said angrily, "You, hum, are you going to make me angry? One by one, they have been asking me to send troops to break out of the siege. Today, I came to you to discuss this matter, and I turned over and tried to dissuade them in every way. What's wrong, are you kidding me on weekdays?"

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[Hebei Sitingzhu is the concept of Zhang Guoliang's commentary on the Three Kingdoms. He was the four generals under the account of Yuan Shao, the great warlord who seced Hebei at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the four bravest brave generals in Hebei. They are Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Xi and Gao Lan. During the modern Republic of China, bandits took this as the basis of history and developed an internal organizational system of four pillars and eight pillars. During the Three Kingdoms period, it was regarded as the four fierce generals under Yuan Shao, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Xi and Gao Lan. And eight famous counselors Tian Feng, Ju Shu, Xu You, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, Shen Pi, Xun Chen and Xin Pi (Xin Xianying's father).