The night was like ink and the sky was dark.

At the east gate of Fuyang, the two soldiers on guard were drowsy when they were suddenly awakened by a faint noise and climbed to the women's wall to look out. To get closer, only to see that the team is actually the official army.

"Hey, where is this official army from?"

"It looks like our Fuyang soldiers which, probably Lord Li Yan has broken the bandits, so send people back overnight to report the victory."

"Not so fast, right? They just marched out this morning and now they've defeated the bandits? Will there be a problem?"

"There is no problem, you still do not know, Lord Li Yan is a vicious role, the bandits encountered him just admit their own bad luck, quickly prepare to open the door, do not annoy this group of soldiers, and later find you and my brother trouble is over."

"You're a coward."

"You are bold? I just married my daughter-in-law yesterday, I don't want her to be a widow the next day."

When the two were arguing, the group of official troops had already arrived at the city gate, and the first one was a big man like a pagoda, fierce and fierce, bare chest and belly, with a head as big as a bucket, pointing his hand at the city tower and shouting loudly, "Listen, people on the city, Lord Li Yan has already defeated the bandits and returned victorious, and a large group of people will arrive in two hours, in order to avoid the county magistrate's concern, I was sent back to the city to report the victory to the Lord. Quickly open the door!"

"Open the door!"

Behind the big man, 50 soldiers shouted in unison.

On the city tower, two night watchmen sucked in a breath of cold air and said out loud, "My mother, isn't that that devil He Lao Si? If this son of a bitch gets angry, he will rip our heads off. Go wake up the men and open the door."

After saying that, two people hurriedly followed down the city tower to open the city gate.

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The backyard of the county courtyard, the light in the study is still on, Chen Zhen because of the worry about the process of fighting bandits, so sleep is not. The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the market.

Being said more, Chen Zhen also felt that the decision was made too rashly, although Li Yan is quite talented, but after all, he just read a few military books, and has not really led the army on the battlefield, if the victory is just, if the defeat ...... thought here, Chen Zhen hurriedly reassured himself that will not be defeated, how will it be defeated? The yellow turban bandits are just a group of rabble, once you see the shadow of the official army only long to look away, even if there is no capture, eat defeat is definitely not.

Chen Zhen just hinted in his heart to comfort himself, outside the study has sounded a panicked butler shouting: "Master, not good, the bandits killed into the city."

In the silence of the latter part of the night, the butler's voice seemed sharp and mournful, plus the news delivered was too appalling, several junior officials had jumped up like rabbits.

Chen Zhen was also stunned, almost lost his footing from the tai shi chair head down, to come back to his senses, then remembered that this is a high wall within the deep ditch Fuyang County, not a risk-free wilderness, even if there are tens of thousands of bandits to attack, it is difficult to take in a hurry! Besides, the Nanyang Yellow Turban has long since gone up in smoke, and from where come tens of thousands of bandits? The mind is settled, Chen Zhen not surprised but angry: "Butler, you sleep confused, what nonsense?"

"Guangdang."

The door of the study was heavily pushed open, the butler had stumbled and barged in, and under the wavering candlelight, Chen Zhen and several junior officials were surprised to see an inhuman face, the butler was sweating profusely, his clothes were unkempt, and the pair of cloudy eyes were showing endless fear, as if the end of the world had come.

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"Old ...... lord, several ...... several adults, the thieves and invaders really ...... have really entered the city!"

Chen shocked suspicious and asked with a gloomy face, "Nonsense, where did the bandits come from? And how can enter the city?"

Butler swallowed a mouthful of spittle, wipe away the sweat on his face, said: "small ...... small also do not know, just in the east straight gate met a few fleeing military master said, the east gate has been lost, a large group of bandits will soon kill into the city, small this will hurry back to report to the Lord, the Lord quickly go, if late only afraid of It will be too late."

The firelight reflected through the windows, on the pale faces of Chen Zhen and several junior officials, and everyone was stunned.

Chen Zhen and several subordinate officials were at a loss for words when the county lieutenant suddenly rushed in with a dozen official soldiers. After all, he was a military officer, the lieutenant looked calm, but his clothes were unkempt, his head was scattered, and his armor was only half-draped, and the dozen officers behind him were even worse, two of them were even barefoot.

As soon as he saw Chen Zhen, the county lieutenant said in a stern voice: "Sir, the bandits have swindled the city, the east gate has been lost, things can not be done, the situation is already critical, quickly with the official abandoned the city break out."

Chen Zhen let out a miserable cry and sighed, "The bandits have really killed the city?"

The lieutenant said, "How can it be false?" "I even fought with a bandit, that bandit is very powerful, I am no match.

Chen Zhen was already anxious like ants on a hot pot, and said urgently, "Where is Old Master He? We must protect him and go with him, we must not let him fall into the hands of the bandits, otherwise we will die without a day."

The county lieutenant said, "Don't worry, my lord, I have already sent someone to go, this should have almost reached the west gate, my lord, let's go and rendezvous with Master He."

"Alas!"

Chen Zhen once again gave a long sigh and hid his face as he hurried away. Several subordinate officials and housekeepers accompanied him, and under the escort of the county lieutenant and a dozen official soldiers, they hurriedly ran to the west gate. When he arrived at the west gate, he saw that the city gate was brightly lit with torches, and he met a group of people, but it was the family soldiers and generals of Old Master He, and the accompanying government troops, who were rushing in from outside the city gate, and outside the city gate, the drawbridge was creaking up in the dark night, and in the distance, there seemed to be a faint fire, a vast area.

The magistrate rushed forward and said sharply, "Why are the gates closed?"

A sergeant at the gate shouted, "Your Excellency, there is a bandit ambush outside the west gate, so we can't go out."

"What!?"

The county lieutenant and the county magistrate Chen Zhen were all terrified, they hurriedly went up to the city tower with others to take a look, and saw that the torches outside the city were brightly lit and dancing, and they heard the sound of killing, and the sound was horrible, and they didn't know how many men and horses were there in the darkness.

"What to do? What should we do?"

Chen Zhen on the walls of the city anxiously around, has long been out of ideas.

The military lieutenant said in a deep voice: "Sir, don't panic, although the east gate is lost, the west gate is also ambushed by bandits, the south gate and the north gate may not also have a crown of thieves, why not abandon the west gate and go to the north gate?"

Chen Zhen heard and said: "Good, then run to the north gate."

At this time, Ma Yue led a large group of bandits to swarm in from the east gate, and once they entered the city, they divided into two ways, one led by a big leader and went straight to the south gate, and the other led by Ma Yue himself and went straight to the north gate.

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At noon of the next day, Qin Jie's army had just entered the territory of Fuyang when an urgent report came back from a fast horse ahead.

"Report, two days ago eight hundred stragglers had stayed in Zhang Zhuang ......"

Qin Jie frowned and said, "Eight hundred stragglers? What 800 stragglers?"

"My lord, it's the remnants of the Yellow Turban that disappeared from Jing Mountain, and now they have raised their banner, calling themselves the Eight Hundred Rangers."

Qin Jie let out a giggle, thinking that the thieves were after all thieves, and that they were not ashamed to call themselves "stragglers".

But the next news from the spy horse almost made Qin Jie fall off his horse.

"Your Excellency, the 800 stragglers defeated the official army of Fuyang yesterday at the Moma Slope, and went to Fuyang County overnight."

"What!?"

Not only was Qin Jie stunned, Zou Jing said in a stern voice: "Where is the official army of Fuyang in Mumma Po? Fuyang only has 500 county soldiers, defending the city is not enough, who told them to attack without permission?"

The scout horse shook his head and said, "I don't know, but the 800 stragglers did break the Fuyang army at the Moma slope, and there are still more than two hundred Fuyang soldiers in front of them with no clothes to prove it."

The horse's voice fell, another fast horse from the front of the rush back, still in the distance on the sound of a harsh trumpet: "Report ...... urgent report ...... eight hundred stragglers have been fraudulently opened last night, Fuyang has fallen. "

"The sky died me too! Chen Zhen piker, harming people shallow!"

Qin Jie shouted, two eyes black from the horse head down, unconscious.

"My Lord?"

"My lord!"

Zou Jing, Huang Zhong, Wei He and Cai Mao all rushed around and rescued Qin Jie, who woke up after a long time.