Late at night, the stars are shining brightly.
In the attic of the clean city wall, Lin Mu gathered with the commander and lieutenants of the Star Legion, listening to the situation report.
"Lord, according to statistics, there are currently more than 130,000 Taiping Taoist prisoners, including 50,000 ordinary soldiers and 80,000 support farmers."
"Because the blockade was not implemented in time, most of the Taiping Taoists flocked to the northern city wall," Cui Wuhui reported.
"In terms of supplies, they are basically city defense supplies. The eight large warehouses near the city wall are still full, and the other two are empty... they may have been used somewhere by Zhou Cang!"
Lin Mu nodded after hearing this. The victory in this battle was fruitful. However, the supplies for defending the city were a huge harvest. After all, Zhou Cang came all the way from Lujiang and Jiujiang and harvested a lot of things.
However, according to the information, all the precious materials were transferred away. Only food, fodder and city defense supplies were left.
It should have been moved to the resource base. The resource base has long been in his pocket, and Lin Mu is actually looking forward to Zhou Cang continuing to harvest it.
"Prisoners, all are settled. Let the prisoners escort some supplies early tomorrow morning. Together with the supplies, we can go west to the Tianjui River. There are ships waiting there." Lin Mu instructed.
"It's been arranged!" Cui Wu said calmly. In addition to collecting data, he also arranged the prisoners properly. The escorting star soldiers have all been found.
"Okay, as long as everything is in order!" Lin Mu nodded. Now he only gives orders, and someone will do the specific work.
"Lord, are we going to capture the northern city wall next? Are we going to attack the Yellow Turban Army together with Yuan Shu?" Huang Xu asked.
Fuling City is a fortress city with only two walls, the north and south. Dahuang Territory captured the south wall, while Yuan Shu attacked the north wall.
"What's the situation on the northern city wall?" Lin Mu asked instead of saying the strategic plan.
"After a fierce siege battle, both sides have suffered injuries and are currently resting." Huang Xu said solemnly.
Yuan Shu still failed to attack the city wall from the front.
This guy Zhou Cang has used Fuling City as a base to defend. Just for the defense materials, ten warehouses are prepared on one wall. How crazy!
This is still the defensive materials for one side of the city wall. The other side is still in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, so there must be a lot of defensive materials.
If he hadn't used such a tactic, it would have been difficult to capture the southern city wall.
"Is there any intense action by the Yellow Turban Army at the moment?" Lin Mu asked after pondering for a while.
"Not yet. We captured the city wall with lightning speed. Those elite soldiers all fled to the north city wall under the leadership of Huangjin Xiaoqu Shuai Gaosheng."
"According to the report, Xiaoqushuai Gaosheng led his troops to build a defense line on the Huhua Street side. It seems that there is no breakout movement." Cui Wu responded.
Some of the information was obtained from Yellow Turban prisoners.
Zhou Cang was assisted by two Xiaoqushuai. One is called Gaosheng and the other is called Yanzheng.
Among them, Xiaoqu Shuai Yanzheng was in charge of the northern city wall.
These two Xiaoqushuai were Zhou Cang's confidants, and Xi Zhicai failed to attack them.
"Since they haven't made any big moves, we will adopt a defensive stance and occasionally send troops to shoot an arrow over there to scare them."
"However, don't go too far. Just show it and let them know our existence."
"Let them place some guards here to prevent them from completely gathering two troops and completely overwhelming Yuan Shu." Lin Mu said with an inexplicable smile on his lips.
"My lord, are you planning to let the two of them wear out?! Hehe... what a great idea!" Cui Wu understood Lin Mu's temperament and immediately understood.
Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized. They are anxious. Just now they were all eager to try, preparing to organize their own troops to start working!
"Let them consume it. Wait for the situation with Zhou Cang and Ding Feng." Lin Mu said decisively.
"Report!" At this moment, a messenger voice came.
"Lord! Something bad has happened!" A ranger ran in and shouted with a solemn face.
"What's wrong?!" Lin Mu's expression changed slightly when he heard that something bad was going on. The rangers under his command are all stable soldiers, and they will not yell or say the word "big things" or "bad things" at will.
"Lord... the ambush soldiers we left behind at the ambush location were all... killed!" the ranger said sadly in a low voice.
"Killed in battle?!" Upon hearing this, Huang Xu, Cui Wu and others stood up suddenly.
"What happened?" Cui Wu asked hurriedly.
Although there were not many troops left and they could be resurrected, they felt uncomfortable after hearing that they had been killed. That's their robe!
"I don't know! When we patrolled over there, we just saw wildfires all over the mountains and plains. Our ambush site was all surrounded and burned by flames."
"Although there are no corpses on the official road, it is still in a mess. There must be a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers there to ambush them."
If you fail to ambush, you will be ambushed instead? So cruel? !
Lin Mu's expression changed slightly.
How did Zhou Cang think they would ambush there, so accurately? !
"How are Ding Feng and Zhou Cang doing?" Lin Mu pondered for a while and then asked in a solemn voice.
"Currently, they are fighting fiercely over there. Those Yellow Turban soldiers who set fire to the mountain actually built a defense line there in advance, and some of the city's defense horses, giant spikes, etc. were arranged there!"
"Hiss! Catching a turtle in an urn!" Everyone gasped when they heard this.
Zhou Cang was so powerful that their plan failed and he was killed instead!
Fortunately, Lin Mu suddenly changed his mind and took a detour instead.
"Now, Ding Feng's troops have suffered heavy losses!" Lin Mu sighed. I don’t know if the sigh is for Ding Feng or for the Star Archer who returned to the Soul Tower and was resurrected.
"If we were still ambushing there and were attacked by fire, the losses would be really heavy!" Huang Xu said happily.
When Lin Mu heard this, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly. If he were there, where would he be able to withstand the wildfires? ! He has a trump card!
"This guy Zhou Cang really got what we calculated!" Huang Xu said with emotion.
"However, he didn't expect that we would attack his lair!" Cui Wu had a weird smile on his face.
"Yes! Haha..." Everyone laughed.
Lin Mu lowered his head, thinking. He always felt that there was something very crucial in it.
The whole bureau... seems to be shrouded in a mysterious thing... could it be the skills of the counselor? !
But there are no outstanding counselors around Zhou Cang!
Lin Mu was puzzled.
However, just when Lin Mu was puzzled, in a luxurious courtyard in the area occupied by the Yellow Turban Army in the north of the city, a middle-aged man with a goat's horn beard sat in front of a stone table with a solemn expression.
Next to him, two young and graceful women in Hanfu sat. Both women covered their faces with gauze scarves, revealing only their breathtaking watery eyes.
"Father, is Gao Sheng gone?" an older and pure woman asked in a low voice. Her voice is as pure as wax, making people feel like a spring breeze after hearing it.
"Gone..." the middle-aged man sighed.
"Hmph... Even though they treat us like honored guests, they still put us under house arrest... It's too abominable." A voice as melodious as an oriole sounded. The one who spoke out was a slightly younger woman.
"Da Qiao... Xiao Qiao... I've made you suffer." The middle-aged man shook his head.
Big Joe? ! !
Xiao Qiao? ! !
If Lin Mu heard this middle-aged man's words again, he might jump up.
That middle-aged man is Qiao Xuan? !
"Father, the southern city wall has been taken back by the officers and soldiers. Why are you sighing... The officers and soldiers in the front have had the opportunity to completely wipe out the Yellow Turban Army!" Da Qiao said in a clear voice.
"That's right! As long as the officers and soldiers attack, we can recover the city and we will be rescued! Although we are still in the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves..."
"The officers and soldiers are in sight of victory, but..."
"Alas... all this was planned by me. Now that the plan has failed and the northern city wall has fallen, Zhou Cang will not let us go so easily!"
"Hmph...what are you afraid of? We made a deal with him at the beginning...could he go back on his word?!" Xiao Qiao glared aggrievedly.
"I shouldn't have taken you to Anfeng City to play... I shouldn't have taken you there..."
"Father, don't worry, Mr. Shui Jing, isn't he very capable... He said that our family will be prosperous and wealthy!" Da Qiao consoled him.
"That's right! Mr. Shui Jing said that we can marry a great hero!" Xiao Qiao said strangely.
"You can't hold back your words... Huh..." Da Qiao squeaked when he heard Xiao Qiao's words.
"Hehe...sister, you have always yearned for a big hero!" Xiao Qiao said with a smile.
"Great heroes... among the current big men, only three of them, Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, can be considered great heroes. However, they are all old and not worthy of us!" Xiao Qiao continued innocently.
Qiao Xuan stood by and said nothing, watching the two daughters chatting innocently.
Their family was brought here by Zhou Cang.
Originally, they were doing well in Lujiang County, but they were inadvertently 'invited' by Zhou Cang to join the Yellow Turban Army as guests.
"The Yellow Turbans are causing chaos, and heroes all over the world are born one after another. This is a great world, and there will be no shortage of heroes!" Da Qiao whispered with a gleam of wisdom in his smart eyes.
"Really? I heard that there was the rebel hero Li Dian in Youzhou, and Lin Mu from Kuaiji in Yangzhou...and that Sun Jian...last time they came to visit us, the generals around him were very powerful!" Xiao Qiao said innocently.
When the silent Qiao Xuan heard this, an inexplicable look appeared on his face, and he gently rubbed the bamboo slips spread out on the stone table.
The spread out bamboo slips were very magical, actually lingering with a faint milky white light.
Under the flowing light, I saw a line of words on the bamboo slip:
"When the stars are not shining brightly, Tongquechun will lock Erqiao deeply!"
However, only Qiao Xuan saw this line of writing, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao could not see it at all.
And Qiao Xuan did not say these words to his two daughters.
