Chapter 265 Leaving


    “Captain Guo led the army out of the west gate?!” Zheng Ke stared at the soldiers in front of him in disbelief, “What can you say?”


    “Reporting the customs order, Captain Guo said that he had received the military order from Guo Zhonglang.”


    Zheng Ke nodded and waved his hand to let the soldiers go down. After being silent for a while, he smiled slightly and said, "Guo Zhonglang''s military order? Haha..."


    Zheng Kuai stroked his beard and shook his head. After thinking for a while, he shouted loudly: "Marquis Chen is here to see you."


    Guo Pu led the army this time and took away 800 Xiliang cavalry and 600 regular soldiers who were originally stationed here. He also called on 300 auxiliary troops. To be honest, with this force, he could attack a thousand taels. Thousands of Yellow Turban thieves, if they were to fight head-on, they would simply be crushed...


    ?It’s just that…


    Zheng Ke sneered twice and sat in the hall, waiting for Chen Junhou who was guarding the east wall.


    ?At some point a cloud came from the sky, covering the sun and the light shining into the hall. The entire hall dimmed in the blink of an eye, as if it was painted with a layer of gray.


    ?? Chen Junhou came soon. After seeing the ceremony, Zheng Ke asked in a low voice: "Are the things prepared...complete?"


    ?? Chen Junhou crossed his hands and lowered his voice, saying: "Half of the shipment was completed the day before yesterday. It happened to be Captain Guo''s inspection, so not all of it could be transported to the pass..."


    Zheng Ke nodded and said, "It''s okay. Captain Guo has left the customs. We''ll call in some manpower tonight to transport them all to the customs!"


    "Only!" Chen Junhou agreed, and then said: "...but there are quite a lot of them. It may be difficult to store them on the observation platform, and the cockcrow platform..."


    The garrison at Jiming Platform is led by a team of the Xiliang Army. If you want to move from the watchtower to the inside of the pass, you must pass under the nose of Jiming Platform.


    Zheng Ke pondered for a while and said, "You don''t need to worry about this, I have my own arrangements."


    Then Zheng Kui took out five small gold ingots and ten strings of five-baht coins from a box beside him, and pushed them together in front of Chen Junhou, "One person at the watchtower can give a hundred coins, but you must be more strict with your words! The rest of you can go and entertain Li Junhou..."


    Chen Junhou responded one by one, put the money in his pocket, and left.


    Zheng Kuai stroked his beard and sighed in his heart. If it weren''t for the fact that there had been no fighting at Hangu Pass for a long time, so some supplies only had the minimum quantity and were not enough to use. Otherwise, why would he have tried to transport them?


    ?But now that Captain Guo is no longer in the pass, I can free up my hands and feet. The key is that I still have some soldiers from Xiliang...


    By the way, there are also those 50 or 60-year-old regular and auxiliary soldiers...


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    Guo Pu sat on the horse. Following the ups and downs of the horse, he shook his head slightly and thought about it. The more he thought about it, the more proud he became. If the siege of Xin''an was solved by his own hands, he would have to raise it no matter what. Moreover, Dong Xiangguo I have never been stingy with my own people. If I could kill a yellow scarf bandit leader or something like that in battle, hahaha...


    Guo Pu couldn''t help but laugh when he thought of his success, and then shouted loudly: "My sons! Hurry forward and set up camp twenty miles ahead! After the enemy is defeated tomorrow, every tithe of the jar of fine wine will be Sheep, you have enough to eat! Three days off!”


    "Oh oh oh..." the Xiliang soldiers suddenly cheered loudly, and immediately clapped their horses and moved forward.


    It''s just a pain for the infantry at Hangu Pass. They had been following the cavalry for a day and now they have to rush forward. Although the temptation of wine and meat is indeed good, the fatigue on the human body is... Unable to eliminate it, he agreed sparsely, then gritted his teeth and ran as hard as he could.


    Originally, the march was normal, with a mixture of infantry and cavalry. The marching speed was not based on the slowest troop type, which was the speed of the baggage train. However, this time because Hangu Pass is not far from Xin''an, even if it is based on Judging from the speed of the baggage train, it would only take three days at most, so Guo Pu did not bring much food and grass at all. He planned to go directly to the city to eat after breaking the siege of Xin''an, so the marching team was also much lighter. However, it would be a bit rushed to complete the original three-day journey in two days, and this would increase the physical exertion of the soldiers and horses, which was detrimental to the battle.


    But Guo Pu didn''t take this to heart at all. In his opinion, the yellow scarf thieves were just holding some sticks and sickles to scare people with the help of large numbers of people. They would collapse with just one fierce attack. , if you cut down the generals and seize the flag again, nine times out of ten, they will collapse like an ant nest...


    Isn’t it just to use up more energy? It’s not a big deal!


    ??Guo Pu planned to send someone to have a good contact with his brother after winning the battle...


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    At this moment, in Xin''an County, the Xin''an County Magistrate carefully pulled the city wall and looked at the besieging Yellow Turban Army camp outside the city. He frowned and looked quite confused...


    Really gone?


    Are you planning to launch a surprise attack while I open the city gate?


    ??But if I really leave and I delay opening the city gate, I will inevitably be laughed at by others for being timid in the future...


    What should we do now?


    The Xin''an County magistrate hesitated again and again, and finally decided to hang a man down first to have a look, so he ordered a soldier to sit in a hanging basket and slowly lower it from the top of the city...


    All eyes on the city wall of Xin''an County were focused on this soldier. He hunched over, paused a few steps, and slowly approached the camp where the Yellow Turban Army was stationed...


    Getting closer and closer, the lone soldier did not receive any attack, so he gradually became bolder, ran a few steps forward, reached the base of the camp wall, and touched the camp gate...


    ??Then I saw the soldier peeking into the camp a few times, and then slowly walked in...


    For a moment, everyone subconsciously held their breath and stared with wide eyes.


    As if a long, long time had passed, the soldier stumbled out, waving his hands in a panic as he ran, and shouting something...


    The magistrate of Xin''an County was shocked. He clung to the city wall tightly and blurted out: "I''ve fallen into a trap! Hurry, hurry up..." Before he could say what was coming, the voice of the running lone hero came from far away -


    “No…no one…empty…everyone…has run away…”


    Well?


    ??There was a burst of joy at the top of the city, and then it quickly spread to the inside of the city. Suddenly, people inside and outside Xin''an were joyfully noisy...


    The magistrate of Xin''an County saw that everyone around him was beaming with joy. No one seemed to have heard what he just said. He coughed, straightened up, put his hands behind his back, hummed twice, and said, "The thief has been repulsed by us! Send an envoy to report quickly! Open the city gate!"


    Liu Bei: "After relaxing the policy, why do many people still have objections to me?"


    Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "That''s because my lord didn''t prescribe the right medicine."


    Liu Bei pondered…


    Comrade Xiaozhi did not come to work the next day.


    (End of this chapter)