Xiaoqi

"Hurry up, follow up quickly, besiege Xujiazhuang, and capture Xu Manzi alive!"

Outside Xujiazhuang.Nearly [-] Gepi yellow scarf thieves walked like flying, and quickly surrounded the huge wall fortress.It was blocked.

Outside the wall fort that is more than ten feet high.A burly man dressed as a leader yelled at his thieves to speed up and surround Xujiazhuang as soon as possible.

Under the scorching sun, I saw that this man was nine feet five inches tall, with a yellow scarf wrapped around his head, and a green robe and a fine napao.He has a rough face, a big beard, and holds an iron rod nearly two feet long.He stood under a big pagoda tree with a crooked neck, looking into the distance.Staring intently at the [-]-foot-high simple fortress in front of him, he shouted to his subordinates to rush up; the shouts were loud and loud.From this, it can be seen that he has a long breath and a strong body. He is a nine-foot-five-inch tall burly man, holding an iron rod, like a yaksha who is killing his life.

That's exactly what happened.

This tall and burly man is He Man, the leader of the yellow scarf who has been entrenched in Runan, Yingchuan and other places for a long time. He is known as "Jetian Yasha".He has tens of thousands of horses under his command, all of whom are veteran bandits and warriors, and their fighting strength is quite strong.

In fact, there are more than a dozen Yellow Turban leaders entrenched in Runan, Yingchuan and other places. Among them, He Yi, Brother He Man, Liu Pi, Gong Du, and Huang Shao are the most powerful, and they are the leaders of the Yellow Turban bandits in Runan. Five leaders.They each have tens of thousands of horses, each occupying the top of the mountain, and doing their own thing.When encountering officers and soldiers attacking, they will unite with nearly [-] soldiers and horses, and their strength is extremely strong. They are united to resist the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers.Therefore, the government in Ru'nan, Yingchuan and other places has always been terrified of them, and they are even extremely afraid, and dare not provoke them easily.However, these yellow scarf chieftains often fight because of the uneven distribution of spoils, and the internal strife continues. Over time, they cooperate and guard against each other.

Otherwise, if they merged into one army with one heart and one mind, even if they could not occupy the entire Yuzhou, they could occupy most of the counties and counties and become a powerful princely force.If this is the case, then they will make all the princes in the Central Plains feel like a thorn in their backs, like a thorn in their throats, and have trouble sleeping and eating.It's a pity that the yellow scarves thieves can't become big weapons in the end, and their leaders are all reckless men with brute force. They have no ambitions, but the small and rich will be safe; As a solid foundation, occupy a place in troubled times.

The two He brothers are not biological brothers, but cousins ​​of the same clan; He Yi is the elder brother and He Man is the younger brother.Therefore, He Man has always followed He Yi's lead, and was regarded by other yellow scarf leaders as He Yi's subordinates.The two brothers are both strong and strong. He Yi is nearly nine feet tall and has great physical strength. He holds a long spear with a sharp end. The combat power of the top warriors at the beginning of the next level.Moreover, although He Yi's appearance is rough, she is a rough and thin person with a bit of strategy, and she lives in seclusion at the head of the five yellow scarves in Runan, occupying the top spot.

Compared with He Yi, his younger brother He Man is more powerful.He Man's so-called "Jietian Yasha" is definitely not a false name, but a well-deserved name. His force is extremely powerful, comparable to a deadly Yasha.Whether it's height, body shape or physical strength and martial arts, He Man surpasses his cousin He Yi in an all-round way, and it's not that he is slightly better, but the gap is huge.

Like his cousin He Yi, He Man also came from a poor background. In his early years, he was the captain of the Yellow Turban Warriors under Zhang Jiao, the Celestial Master of the Yellow Turban, and served as Zhang Jiao's personal bodyguard with Guan Hai who fled to Beihai.During this period, he was taught by Zhang Jiao and learned some martial arts moves, unlike his cousin He Yi who completely relied on his own brute force to fight.However, he didn't follow Zhang Jiao for a long time, he only learned some superficial knowledge, and he still relied on his own strength to fight.Despite this, he possesses a combat power comparable to that of a top-ranked general of the lower ranks, and he is stronger when he encounters a strong opponent.

Because of this, when ordinary generals fought against him, He Man could easily win with almost no effort.Therefore, among the Yellow Turban tribe in Runan, the title of "Jetian Yasha" is extremely resounding, and it can be said to be very prestigious.

The mountain that He Yi and He Man brothers occupy is Gebei, which is located at the junction of Runan and Yingchuan, and they have occupied it for several years.The Yellow Turban thieves who besieged Xujiazhuang this time were soldiers under the command of the two brothers, but this was not the first time they attacked Xujiazhuang.In the past two years, they led many besieges of Xujiazhuang, but they were repeatedly frustrated and could not attack for a long time.Over time, they regarded Xujiazhuang as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh, and they would not get rid of their displeasure; as long as they found an opportunity, or they had spare time in the cottage, they would lead troops to surround and attack Xujiazhuang.

In other words, Xujiazhuang has become the place where the He brothers trained soldiers for actual combat, and they came to attack if they had nothing to do, forcing the people in Xujiazhuang to build a fort outside the village to resist the attack of the Yellow Turbans.During the many battles, Xu's Village is by no means a place to be bullied. On the contrary, Xu's Village is an out-and-out tough bone.However, the He Brothers had a large number of troops, and every time they bullied the few with the more, and the individual soldiers were not strong, so they used the tactics of crowds, and forced thousands of strong men in Xu's Village to defend the fort, which was miserable.

It is worth mentioning that every time the troops led the attack on Xujiazhuang, the He brothers always came together without exception.

Although the number of thousands of strong men in Xujiazhuang is quite large, and their combat power is not bad, compared with the Gepi Yellow Turban Bandits who are numerous and powerful, they seem weak and outnumbered.In many battles, Xujiazhuang was always on the defensive side, only capable of parrying, but unable to counterattack and advance.

In fact, before Gebei was occupied by the Yellow Turban Bandits, Xujiazhuang was just a village with hundreds of households. There were more than [-] people in the village, old and young, which was considered a relatively large village.Because most of the people in the village are members of the clan with the surname Xu, there is also a well-to-do family named Xu Yuanwai who settled here, hence the name "Xujiazhuang".Since He Yi and He Man brothers led the Yellow Turbans to occupy Gebei, many villages within a hundred miles were looted by the Yellow Turbans, but Xujiazhuang was able to resist the attack of the Yellow Turbans. He fled to Xujiazhuang to escape from the robbery of the Yellow Turban thieves.

Over the past year, the population of Xujiazhuang has increased dramatically, from more than [-] before to nearly [-], and the number of young and strong men with the surname Xu in the village has also increased from the initial few hundred to more than [-].There are many people and strong strength. Under the leadership of Xu Yuanwai's two sons, the strong men quickly built a wall around Zhuangzi to resist the attack of the Yellow Turban Thieves.In the next few months, more than [-] young and strong men in Xujiazhuang defeated the Gepi Yellow Turban Bandits repeatedly, so that the bandits were still unable to break through Xujiazhuang's defensive wall, unable to enter through the door, and repeatedly returned without success.

However, due to the long-term harassment of the Yellow Turban bandits, the once prosperous Xujiazhuang gradually declined, and the life of the people in the village became increasingly difficult.Nearly [-] people live in villages with a radius of several miles, but the cultivated food is snatched away by yellow scarf thieves. On weekdays, they can only rely on Xu staff to help them survive. The children went out in groups to dig wild vegetables, barely making ends meet.As the Yellow Turban thieves became more and more rampant and their attacks became more frequent, the life of the people in Xujiazhuang became more and more difficult. The wild vegetables and tree bark within more than ten miles nearby were dug up and stripped, and they were already in a desperate situation.

At this time, the He brothers led the Yellow Turban bandits to besiege Xujiazhuang again.For the people in the village, this is tantamount to a catastrophe, with no way to survive and complete despair.

Apparently, these thieves have found out that the Xu family village is in dire straits, and the food and grass are exhausted. This time, they came to take advantage of the fire to rob, and wanted to drive out nearly ten thousand people in the village!

Chapter 396

In the afternoon, under the sunshine, people feel warm and drowsy.

On the mountain road, Li Li and his party rode their horses unhurriedly through the forest, looking around from time to time to see if there were yellow scarf thieves hiding in the dense forest.They have been prepared for a long time, keeping an eye on the situation in the mountains and forests on both sides at all times, and once the villains show up, they will never return.

It's a pity that they traveled all the way, the spring breeze was blowing, the birds were singing and the warblers were singing, and it was a scene full of spring.There were no thieves blocking the road at all on both sides of the mountain road, and when they reached the top of the mountain and were about to descend, they didn't even see a single person, which made Huan Fei and other militant people very discouraged and depressed.

"Brother Uncle Zhi, are you sure that there are really yellow scarf thieves in this mountain forest? Where are they now? Why didn't they come and rob us?" Huan Fei reined in his horse and stopped on the top of the mountain, staring down with his two big eyes. The surrounding jungle asked Chen Dao with an expression of displeasure.

"This..." Chen Dao was at a loss for words when he heard the words, and he was also very surprised in his heart. He said puzzledly: "The name of this mountain is Gepi. Since then, the people in this area have had no peace and have been plundered by the Yellow Turban bandits. The Yellow Turban bandits in Gepi have always been extremely rampant, and they have swaggered and plundered counties and counties many times. The army dared not go out of the city to fight with it.

But why is it so quiet today?Could it be that they are hiding in the dark, have already seen that I am not kind to those who come, and dare not show up to block the road and plunder? "

While speaking, Chen Dao seemed extremely depressed, for fear that the lord Li Li would suspect that he lied about the news.So after he finished speaking, he carefully observed Li Li's expression, worried that Li Li would be unhappy because of this.

After hearing Huan Fei and Chen Dao's words, Li Li laughed loudly and said, "What's the matter with you? We haven't encountered robbers, isn't it good? People who are away from home, how can you look forward to it like you? You are really a group of militants who are being blocked and robbed! Hehehe!"

"Hahaha!" Hearing Li Li's words, Huan Fei, Chen Dao and Ma Yunluo couldn't help laughing loudly, and the depression in their hearts disappeared.Immediately, the group stopped being on guard, completely relaxed their minds, rode their horses and whipped along the relatively spacious mountain road, and galloped down the mountain.

"Kill it!"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Outside Xujiazhuang's fortress, thousands of yellow-turban thieves carried simple ladders.The morale was high, the momentum was monstrous, and they rushed to the fort with a loud clamor.

The densely packed Yellow Turban bandit army is full of spears and spears.The offensive was extremely swift and violent, and they were on the verge of conquering Xujiazhuang in one go.

On the top of the west gate wall.But I saw a man in black armor standing on the wall.Holding a long-handled sword with a nine-ring gold back, guarding the incomplete gap in the west gate wall.In front of him, more than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers who climbed to the top of the wall on the ladder had not yet stood still, but he saw the saber flying in the air in his palm, and instantly chopped the Yellow Turban soldiers who had climbed to the top of the wall under the sword, and separated their heads.Flesh and blood fell in the air.

After he stood upright again, he was eight feet eight inches tall, nearly nine feet tall, and his waist was ten girth wide. He was definitely worthy of the name.Tiger eyebrows are bushy, eyes wide open angrily.With only a long-handled saber in his hand, he dared to stand alone on the gap, looking down at the thousands of Yellow Turbans rushing under the wall, but his face was fearless and his fighting spirit was high.Just now when he raised his hand, he beheaded more than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers under the sword. It can be seen from this that he has extraordinary courage and superb martial arts.

This burly man with a horizontal knife standing on the gap in the wall is Xu Chu, the second son of Xu Yuanwai, the owner of the Xu Family Village, whose name is Zhongkang. He is extremely talented and physically strong.He is the leader of thousands of strong men in Xujiazhuang, and he was also the first person to organize the young men in the village to resist the looting of the Yellow Turban Army.

After several fierce battles, Xu Chu became the supreme commander of Xujiazhuang's thousands of strong men with his own bravery and commanding skills.For more than a year, he has led the young and strong in the village to fight against the Yellow Turban Bandits of Gepi several times, and has repeatedly guarded the safety of Xujiazhuang with outnumbered enemies.

Whenever the Yellow Turban Army came to attack, as long as Xu Chu's figure appeared on the wall, the young and strong in the village would be like a god's help, defying death and swearing to defend their homeland.Over time, he was the biggest reliance of Xujiazhuang against the Yellow Turban Bandits of Gepi, and he was also the undefeated God of War in the hearts of thousands of strong men in the village.

This time the Gepi Yellow Turban bandits attacked again, and the situation was different from the past. The He brothers led nearly 100 Yellow Turban bandits to besiege Xujiazhuang.Therefore, they prepared well before the war, building hundreds of simple ladders, more than 20 catapults and more than [-] well rails more than two feet high, and they also had plenty of strong bows and crossbows.In addition, the Yellow Turban Army also had five simple siege vehicles, as well as a large number of iron hooks and wall climbers, and almost all siege methods were used.

It can be said that there are a large number of people, and they attack in groups, blooming in all directions, and the offensive is unprecedentedly ferocious!

Compared with the many siege methods of the Yellow Turban Bandits in Gepi, the defense of the Xujiazhuang Wall Fort is nothing new. The original defense measures are still adopted, and the fort is defended.Above the fortress, on the top of the wall that is several miles long, there are huge boulders and rolling logs, and oil pans are set up to boil poisonous water, and there are many thorns and thorns dug from the mountains.As long as they can stop the Yellow Turbans from attacking the city, they will use almost all the defensive methods they can use.However, these defenses are extremely crude, seemingly powerful, but in fact they are not effective in defending the city. They are too primitive and have long been known by the Yellow Turbans, so it is difficult to deal a fatal blow to the Yellow Turbans.

Therefore, this time the Gepi Yellow Turban Army came out in full force and stormed Xujiazhuang, almost determined to win, and the victory was sure.As for Xujiazhuang, which is in a defensive position, being beaten passively is tantamount to a cornered beast struggling to survive.Under the long-term attack of the Yellow Turban Army, the fortress must be breached, and it is inevitable that it will be ransacked by the Yellow Turban Army.

Faced with such a dangerous battle situation, the thousands of Xujiazhuang young men who were in a desperate situation were not discouraged, nor did they lose their fighting spirit, let alone sit and wait for death.Because this kind of extremely unfavorable situation has long been commonplace for them, it is not worth mentioning.In fact, every time the Yellow Turban Bandits attacked Gepi, Xujiazhuang was in dire straits, almost in a desperate situation, and it was really difficult to defeat the Yellow Turban Bandits; however, the result was just the opposite. The He brothers took the initiative to withdraw their troops.

The reason is that the king is captured first when the thief is captured.Every time the battle came to the most critical moment, Xu Chu and Xu Ding, Xu Yuanwai's two sons, would go out of the city alone and rush into the Yellow Turban bandits to invite the He brothers to fight.Coincidentally, the He brothers are also warlike people who rely on martial arts, and they have a special liking for generals in battle.So the two brothers often fought head-on with brothers Xu Ding and Xu Chu. Before the battle, the two sides made a bet that the winner would be determined in the first battle.

The result of such a side-by-side gamble can be imagined.In the duel, the Xu family brothers won repeatedly, but the defeated He brothers were quite trustworthy, they were willing to gamble and admit defeat when their skills were inferior to others, and they were willing to take the initiative to withdraw their troops.In this way, Xujiazhuang went through several wars, but finally saved the day and survived to this day.

Right now, Xu Chu, as the chief general of Xujiazhuang's defenders, guarded the most fierce offensive at the west gate gap, so that the precarious fortress has never been breached.And his elder brother Xu Ding guarded the north gate, so that although the crumbling north gate was in danger, it was never in danger and was never captured by the Yellow Turban Army.

It can be seen from this that Xu Ding is by no means mediocre, his own bravery and ability are equally extraordinary, and he can be regarded as an outstanding person.Perhaps he is slightly inferior to his younger brother Xu Chu, but the gap between the two brothers is limited and not unreachable.

Xu Ding, whose name is Boning, is Xu Yuanwai's eldest son and Xu Chu's elder brother.He is more than eight feet tall, and although his body is not as tall and burly as his younger brother Xu Chu, he is also strong and strong; his facial features are well-rounded, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a black beard, quite majestic, and he looks better than Xu Chu.

Xu Ding was eight years older than Xu Chu, so when Xu Chu was in his early twenties, he was already in his thirties and had already passed the age of being aggressive.In addition, he is introverted, reticent, calm and prudent in situations, attaches great importance to family affection, and has the style of the ancients.

Because of this, Xu Chu is the leader of the thousands of young and strong in Xujiazhuang, not Xu Ding, who is the elder brother.This is due to Xu Ding's own personality, indifferent to fame and fortune, and has no desire to compete; moreover, Xu Chu is his own younger brother, so there is no need to fight for the position of leader.In addition, he believed that his martial arts and decision-making ability in battle were not as good as his younger brother, so he voluntarily retreated, willing to retreat behind Xu Chu, and assist his younger brother in training the young and strong in the village, resisting the Yellow Turban Bandits, and protecting his homeland.

It is precisely because of Xu Ding's dedicated assistance that the Xu family village is unprecedentedly united, and all the young and strong in the village follow Xu Chu's lead and follow orders.And Xu Ding's tolerant style of dealing with people, as well as his own extraordinary bravery, were also praised by everyone in the Xu family village, and he was quite prestige and convincing in the village.

It was the concerted efforts of the Xu family brothers that were able to lead the young and strong in Zhuangzhong to repel the Yellow Turban bandits in Gepi repeatedly, forcing the Yellow Turban bandits to do nothing to Xu Jiazhuang.Over time, the two brothers Xu Ding and Xu Chu in Qiaoxian County became famous, and almost everyone in the villages and pavilions in the ten miles and eight towns knew everyone. .

However, the name of the Xu brothers is only spread among the people in Runan and Peiguo, and no one in other states and counties knows it.After all, the two of them have no fame and are still white bodies. In the eyes of officials and clans, they are still reckless. Their bravery is not in the eyes of the Fang family, and it is difficult to enter the elegant hall, which is not commendable.

Chapter 397

In the evening, the siege battle outside Xujiazhuang finally began to take shape, and the outcome was decided.

The fort, which was no more than one foot five feet high, could not withstand the continuous assault of as many as [-] Yellow Turbans for half a day. There were many gaps in the top of the wall, and even two walls collapsed, and the door was wide open. The capture of Xujiazhuang is a foregone conclusion.

However, just as Xujiazhuang was about to fall, the Gepi Yellow Turban Army suddenly stopped attacking, and then regrouped in the wilderness outside the west gate.

And the west gate under the wall of Xujiazhuang was opened wide. Brothers Xu Chu and Xu Ding went out of the city hand in hand, rode their horses to the front of the battle, and faced more than 1 Yellow Turbans waiting in battle.