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Looking at Zhang Liang's head outside the Guangzong City, Zhang Bao was so angry that he almost fainted, spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood. He was about to rush out of the city to seek revenge on Zhang Liang. But Gao Sheng, Yan Zheng, Ren Zhi, Qian Lin and the rest all rushed forward, reminding him that the officials were waiting for him to risk his life to get out of the city, only then did they stop Zhang Bao.

When the imperial government's army was attacking the yellow cloth army camp outside of the city, he had led his troops out of the city. However, the cavalry of Youzhou outside the city had intercepted him at the city gate and was waiting for him to go out and kill them. He watched helplessly as his brother was killed. He was on the verge of collapse.

Soldiers of the Yellow Scarves on the city wall saw Zhang Liang's head and couldn't help but to shiver. It was unknown if it was because the weather was too cold or because they were afraid, but many of the soldiers could not even hold their weapons and had to hold their spears in their arms.

Yesterday, when the imperial army attacked, although it was just a probe, it made the soldiers of the xanthopanax feel that the end of the world was approaching, and they displayed unprecedented strength, causing the imperial army to jump in fright. Even Huangfu Song was puzzled, how could the Guangzong be so strong?

However, on the afternoon of the second day, a shocking scene appeared before everyone's eyes. Outside the walls of the South of the City, a few thousand cavalry of Youzhou s slowly came from afar. They went past the positions of the imperial government officials and walked directly to the entrance of the South of the City, and when they were close to the walls, they stopped and pointed at the walls with their hands, as if talking about the defensive arrangements of the walls.

"Look, it's General Jiang Zhen and General Lu Tong."

The sharp-eyed xanthopanax soldiers already recognized him, the cavalry officers pointing at him were none other than the original General of the Yellow Scarf Army Jiang Zhen and Lu Tong. Even their personal guards were talking and laughing, as if they were very happy. And what they were accompanying them seemed to be the generals of the cavalry of Youzhou, who had shot down the Great Virtuous Master.

"Quick, report this to the earth general."

Someone immediately ran over to report to Zhang Bao. Not long later, Zhang Bao led the generals and arrived on the walls of the South of the City Sect. At this time, Jiang Zhen and Lu Tong were pointing at Zhang Bao and the generals beside him, introducing them to Yang Lin. When Zhang Bao saw that it was indeed Jiang Zhen, Lu Tong, he was so angry that he scolded.

"You two bastards dared to betray the General Tianguang and become dogs of the imperial government. You will all die a horrible death."

When the General of the Yellow Scarf Army behind Zhang Bao saw Jiang Zhen, their expressions became unfathomable. In their hearts, they had long believed that Jiang Zhen and Lu Tong had been killed by the imperial army, so how could the imperial government allow traitors like them to join the army? Yan Zheng immediately reacted and cursed.

"You two unscrupulous bastards, before the General Tianguang's bones get cold, you two have already betrayed and sided with the enemy, are you even human?"

The other General of the Yellow Scarf Army s also quickly understood that if Jiang Zhen and Lu Tong could surrender to the officials, the other General of the Yellow Scarf Army s could as well. Zhang Bao would definitely be suspicious, and they were afraid that Zhang Bao would suspect them, so they quickly followed suit and scolded him, especially Gao Sheng, who scolded him the fiercest.

"You two bastards still have the nerve to come here. If you keep walking forward, I'll definitely shoot you."

Zhang Bao was not an idiot, he obviously knew that this was an attack from the imperial army, trying to destroy the's morale. However, he had no choice, seeing the angry looks on the Generals's faces, he fiercely ordered them.

"Listen up, if those two bastards dare to come over, shoot them to their deaths."

But Jiang Zhen and Lu Tong did not bother with them, and continued to walk forward with Yang Lin. They circled around the walls of the Guangzong City once, talking and laughing along the way, introducing the defenses of the walls along the way, practically explaining the defensive situation of the Guangzong City.

"Gao Sheng, Yan Zheng, Ren Zhi, Qian Lin, you guys go back to your own areas and carefully inspect them. If anyone dares to speak any nonsense, behead them on the spot."

"Understood."

Seeing that the cavalry of Youzhou had left and the imperial army did not seem to want to attack the county city, Zhang Bao ordered the generals to guard their walls and left angrily. Gao Sheng, Yan Zheng, Ren Zhi, and the people of Qian Lin's temple looked at each other in dismay.

"Let's go back as well. It's too cold on this city wall."

The cold wind blew continuously, it was especially cold when standing on the city wall. Seeing that Zhang Bao had walked far away, the few officers looked at each other and Gao Sheng was the first to make a suggestion. In truth, none of them wanted to stay on the city wall longer than necessary.

"Sigh, where else can we go? Can this Guangzong City still hold on?"

Yan Zheng said dispiritedly as he walked. In just a few months, the entire xanthopanax was still in the throes of chaos. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, it had already turned into ashes and vanished into thin air.

"Ai, one day at a time. Who knows what will happen tomorrow?"

Qian Lin seemed to be even more pessimistic. When he was fighting with the imperial army outside the city, he had suffered the most under his men. From that point on, he was not someone that Zhang Bao liked.

"I really did not expect that Jiang Zhen, Lu Tong, would actually surrender to the cavalry of Youzhou."

Thinking of the two of them, the Great Herb King felt at a loss. A few days ago, they were still discussing about it together, but they didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, they had already become officials. On the battlefield, if they met, they would become enemies.

"Who doesn't, but it seems like the cavalry of Youzhou believes them very much. They told the cavalry of Youzhou about our defense situation, and if we were to defeat the Guangzong, it would count as them doing a great deed, and might even be able to become a official and a half in the cavalry of Youzhou."

Gao Sheng was a little envious. cavalry of Youzhou was famous in the outside world, especially those generals of the cavalry of Youzhou, who no one dared to underestimate. Furthermore, the cavalry of Youzhou was a righteous teacher, for him to be able to hold a position of one official in the cavalry of Youzhou was truly fascinating.

"Let's go. Let's not talk anymore. We're getting annoyed from talking too much."

Yan Zheng said with a wry smile. Actually, he was already quite annoyed in his heart, if not for the appearance of Jiang Zhen and Jiang Zhen, they would have fought with their lives on the line against the imperial officials. It was precisely because of their appearance that broke the deadwater in their hearts, causing their hearts to be in turmoil, and they did not know what to do.

After the generals separated, they all went home. In fact, their home was also the house of the common people. After the people of Guangzong City fled, xanthopanax settled down in the houses of the common people. Many of them even brought their families, while many others stole their daughters and treated them as family members.

Gao Sheng's home was on the main street of Guangzong City. It was the house of a merchant. As soon as he entered the house, his two wives came out to greet him. One took off his armor, and the other brought hot water.

"Warm your hands."

Looking at his two young and beautiful wives, Gao Sheng's heart was filled with sorrows. His two wives were stolen from him after he joined the xanthopanax. After a few months, these two women seemed to have resigned themselves to their fate and were very concerned about Gao Sheng.

"Sigh, the city is about to be destroyed. Who knows who my beautiful wife will belong to."

Suddenly, a thought appeared in his mind: If I order my subordinates to open the city gates, and offer the Guangzong to the imperial army, it will be a great achievement. I can obtain a position, and not only will I be able to keep my life, my two wives will also be able to protect it.

As soon as this thought appeared, it had always occupied his mind, and even the steps of opening the gates began to flash through his mind. He shook his head violently, trying to get rid of these thoughts, but to his surprise, these thoughts became clearer and clearer.

"General Gao Sheng, the earth general has given the order for all the generals to immediately rush to the county magistrate to discuss the urgent military matters."

Just then, Zhang Bao's herald arrived. Without saying a word, Gao Sheng put on his armor again and followed the herald into the magistrate court. On the way to the magistrate court, he met Yan Zheng, and the two of them came to the magistrate court while chatting. There were already a few high-ranking officers in the County Magistrate's Office, but most of them had not come and Zhang Bao did not appear.

"The land general has arrived."

Zhang Bao walked in with large strides, and scanned the entire audience with his eyes. These people were all the main generals of the xanthopanax, and most of them had started a war with Zhang Jiao from the very beginning.

"The reason I brought you all here today is to tell you all. The imperial government would definitely go all out this time. Our camp outside the city has been broken, the Guangzong has no barrier, and can no longer defend. Thus, I decided to break through the encirclement from the North Gate and headed to Youzhou tonight. Youzhou has extended her reach out to the desert, she can enter the Tutu Jizhou, she can retreat to the desert.

All the officers were shocked, looking at Zhang Bao in unison. They did not know why Zhang Bao, who had always insisted on guarding the Guangzong, had suddenly changed his mind. But they could not think too much about it. Following Zhang Bao's wave of his hand, his orders were passed down. The generals could only follow his orders immediately.

In fact, Zhang Bao understood it better than anyone else. This afternoon, Jiang Zhen and Lu Tong had walked a circle around the city, which had completely shaken the morale of the defending xanthopanax, and these generals might even have thoughts of surrendering to the army. Since the Guangzong City was incapable of defending this city, they might as well abandon the city and think of other ways to do so.

Due to the deep trenches, Huangfu Song was not worried that Zhang Bao would abandon the city and flee. In his heart, he had even hoped for Zhang Bao to escape from the city. This way, he could use the power of the cavalry of Youzhou to chase after and kill him all the way, destroying the xanthopanax in the wilderness.

As a result, Huangfu Song placed almost all of the imperial troops at the southern gate of the Guangzong City and avoided the other three gates. Only a small number of Outpost s were sent to patrol the various gates while a large number of imperial soldiers were sent to sleep in the yellow cloth army camp outside.

"Reporting, Lord General, xanthopanax's people have already broken out of the city and are heading towards the north."

When the sleeping Huangfu Song heard the report from the Outpost, not only was he not shocked, he even revealed a trace of joy. He got up from the bed, let his personal guards put on his clothes, put on his armor, then walked out of the tent, and ordered herald.

"Quickly send the order, order the cavalry of Youzhou to immediately chase after the xanthopanax who has broken out of the siege, we must not let Zhang Bao escape."