(During the cold, I continued to hang water last night. I could only write during the day today. I passed it late, please apologize)

In the early morning of the middle of winter, the earth was shrouded in a faint winter fog, which made people feel a little cool under the invasion of the fog. After a while, the morning fog began to dissipate, and a winter day slowly rose, emitting a soft light.

"Cruff~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" the gates of Shouchun City were slowly pushed open. The suspension bridge was slowly lowered. Teams of soldiers began to garrison at each gate. Soon, people began to enter and exit the city gates one after another.

At the west gate of Shouchun City, the soldiers guarding the city started to chat quietly when they were bored.

"Have you heard of that?" a soldier guarding the city gate said to his companion mysteriously.

"Go~ Don't be mysterious, tell me what you know!" The companions knew the soldier's habits very well, ignored his pretext and asked directly.

"Hehe..." The soldier looked around and saw that there was no general lieutenant patrolling nearby. He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Last month, Prime Minister Cao sent 100,000 troops to attack Runan, but the entire army was killed was wiped out!" The soldier also spread rumors. In order to enhance the shock effect, he forced the 30,000 Cao army to 100,000.

"100,000????!!! So much!" Several soldiers next to them immediately screamed.

"What's wrong with 100,000? Thinking about it, in Shouchun City, did you know that Yuan Shu? It was the one who became the Emperor of Dacheng. He had a army of 600,000 under his command. What was the result? He was destroyed by the Prime Minister's army!" A veteran sneered disapprovingly, "As the saying goes, soldiers are expensive...what is not the number of them?"

"Soldiers are more important than elites!" said another soldier who seemed to have read some books.

"Ah... Yes, soldiers are more important than elites. General Xiahou and General Cao led the "Qingzhou Army" under Prime Minister Cao, which is so powerful. A Qingzhou soldier can attack you four or five. Yuan Shu's hundreds of thousands of troops forced the tens of thousands of "Qingzhou Army" to kill..." The veteran seemed to recall the scene back then and sighed.

"'Qingzhou Army'? Ha..., let me tell you, 100,000 'Qingzhou Army' was killed by others in Runan! Ha..."

"What? The 100,000 Qingzhou Army was wiped out?" The veteran seemed unable to believe it, "How is this possible?"

"How is it impossible? This is indeed... it was from my Xuchang... my cousin told me in person."

The veteran was still a little disbelief and asked hurriedly: "Who defeated the Qingzhou Army?"

"I heard it was that Liu Bei!"

The veteran suddenly realized and breathed, "So it's him, that's not surprising..."

The companion next to him asked in surprise: "Is Liu Bei really that powerful?"

The veteran curled his lips and said, "I don't know! The one who is amazing is not Liu Bei, but his two brothers - Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Yan Liang, a general as powerful as Wen Chou, was killed by Guan Yu. That Zhang Fei is even more powerful......... Even a person like Lu Bu can only tie him. Do you think he is powerful? If you meet them in the future, you new recruits will still hide as far as you can, so you don't know how much you die!"

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Just as they were chatting, "Didi...ans! Didi...ans!" Suddenly, a crisp sound of horse hooves kept approaching from far to near! The soldiers guarding the city gate immediately stopped chatting and became alert. With the greeting of the soldiers under the city, the soldiers on the city tower were also ready to close the suspension bridge.

Not long after, one person appeared in sight, and there was only one person! The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. A soldier with good eyes narrowed his eyes and looked over carefully, and suddenly said in surprise: "It seems that he is his brother, and he is also injured!"

Soon, the horse had already rushed to the gate of the west city. The horseman was covered with blood, and there was a very shallow wound on his left arm. The soldiers guarding the city gate were about to come forward to ask, but they saw that the man was shaking and unsteady. Finally, with a "click", he fell off the horse. Several soldiers hurried forward to help the man up.

"Hey, hey... wake up... what's wrong with you?"

"It seems like I've fainted! Hurry up, go find some water!" said the calmer veteran.

A soldier hurriedly asked for a bowl of water from the city and slowly poured it into the man's mouth. After a while, the man woke up slowly. When he saw the situation around him, he immediately became excited, as if he was holding back the pain, and said in a weak tone: "I... am Yan Wei, the head of the pavilion at Yingshang County. I have urgent military information and am ordered to come and see the prefect..."

Shouchun City County Magistrate's Mansion. This county magistrate's mansion was originally the mansion of Zhang Xun, the general under the command of the fake "Cheng" Emperor Yuan Shu, and was built quite magnificently. Later, when Shouchun was captured by Cao's army, many buildings in the city were destroyed, but this mansion was safe and sound. After Li Tong took over as Shouchun Prefect, he saw that the mansion was in a good location, so he chose his own county magistrate's mansion here.

At this time, in the conference hall of the county magistrate's office, Shouchun Prefect and General Weinan from Cao Cao's army were sitting upright in the main seat, listening to the report of Yan Wei, the head of the Yingshang County gate who suddenly came to Shouchun. Li Tong was 32 years old and about three years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a dignified appearance, and a hint of heroic spirit was revealed between his eyebrows.

"Mr. Prefect, I, Yingshang County, have been besieged by thousands of thieves for several days. The thieves have been attacked for days, and the situation is in danger. The villain is ordered by the county magistrate to break through the siege and come to Shouchun. I beg the prefect to send troops to rescue him!"

After hearing this, Li Tong looked calm and looked at Yan Wei coldly. Suddenly, he slapped the cases beside him and shouted sternly: "A bold thief dares to cheat the city in front of me. How can such tricks deceive me! The person who came pushed him out and killed him!"

A few soldiers quickly came in from outside the hall, raised Yan Wei and dragged him outside. Yan Wei's face was full of erroneousness, but there was no sign of panic, and shouted loudly: "Sir, sir... it's unfair!"

Li Tong waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to stop first, and snorted coldly: "I am wronged???? I will convince you, a spy! How many thieves have surrounded Yingshang County?"

“About 34,000 people!”

"Hahaha... How can 3,4,000 people besieged the city and let you rush out of the city alone? This is clearly a lie!"

"Sir... you misunderstood. The villain was ordered by the county magistrate. He suddenly broke out of the city at the third update last night. The thief army besieged in the city was not wary. In addition, the villain was well versed in martial arts to escape successfully. Everything the villain said is true, please observe clearly!"

Li Tong stared at Yan Wei with a stubborn gaze. There was no sign of fake expression on the other person's face. After a while, Li Tong's expression eased, and he ordered the soldier to let go Yan Wei, and said in a harmonious voice: "So that's the case. I misunderstood you, so I'll see you for Chief Yan."

When Yan Wei sat down respectfully, Li Tong said in a harmonious voice: "I wonder how many soldiers there are in Yingshang County, and how long can it last?"

Yan Wei said with a sad expression: "Sir, there are more than 1,200 brothers in the city, but the casualties in the past two days are too great. When I broke through, there were less than 600 people who could fight. I am afraid that it will be able to hold on for more than a day at most. I beg the prefect to send reinforcements as soon as possible to save the people of my Yingshang County!" After saying that, Yan Wei knelt down for Li Tong again.

"Ying Shang is also under the jurisdiction of this general. How could he ignore the safety of the people under his jurisdiction? Chief Yan Ting is worried. I will send troops. Please get up quickly!" Suddenly, Li Tong seemed to remember something again and asked, "By the way, County Magistrate Lin of Ying Shang is an old friend of me. I wonder if he is still safe and sound?"

Yan Wei said with surprise: "Master Prefect, have you remembered it wrong? The county magistrate of this county is Lord Wang, and his surname is not Lin?"

Li Tong smiled and said, "Oh, I remembered it wrong. I wonder if Lord Wang is fine?"

"Sir, the magistrate Wang is safe and sound, but he has been a little scared these days!"

After conducting a test quietly, Li Tong still couldn't find anything suspicious about Yan Wei, so he truly felt relieved.

"Chief Yan, are you sure the thief army is besieging the city?"

"Yes, sir. It's a group of thieves. The leader of the thieves claims to be the king of what mountain. This group of thieves is not strong in combat, but there are many people."

After thinking for a while, Li Tong suddenly made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Rescue soldiers are like putting out fires. I immediately led 2,000 troops to Yingshang to rescue. Deputy General Wang!"

"The last one is here!" Li Tong's deputy general answered immediately.

"During my time sending troops to rescue Ying, you will lead the rest of the soldiers to guard the city. Once there is any disturbance, close the city gate immediately and defend the city. At that time, unless I return to the army myself, I will not open the city gate easily."
Chapter completed!