Even a small village is extremely difficult to attack.

The two sides were shooting at each other with bows and crossbows. Huang Jin had the advantage of the terrain, and the arrows were shot downwards, very fast and far.

During the two exchanges of fire, the rebel soldiers with swords and shields formed a shield formation, with shields in the front row to cover the front, and shields in the middle and rear rows to defend themselves. They hugged each other and rushed towards the gate of the village with shouts of death.

In the shield formation, there were more than ten people carrying tree stumps mixed in.

From time to time, rebels fell to the ground after being shot by arrows. The rocks thrown by the rebels rolled down, which was more serious trouble than the rain of arrows. The slightest impact of the rocks could knock people's bones to the ground.

For a moment, there were only the screams of the rebels.

With a pop, the arrow shot through the throat of a country hero. The country hero carrying the tree stump fell to the ground on the spot, clutching his throat.

A corner was missing, and when the tree stump was about to fall to the ground, a big hand stretched out and firmly grasped the knot on the tree stump.

The originally unstable tree stump was stabilized by this sudden force.

Guan Yu held the knife in his mouth, held up a shield with one hand to cover it, and grasped the knot tied to the siege awl with the other hand. "Let's go!" He couldn't speak, so he could only give vague orders through his teeth.

When the siege spine rushed to the village gate, the heroes from all the towns hugged the tree stumps and screamed with force. After a few hits, the thin village gate opened with a click.

After that, there was no more suspense.

Guan Yu dropped the siege weapon, picked up the knife in his mouth, and led the soldiers into the stronghold. He struck with his shield and knife, killing four or five people in an instant, and the morale of the Yellow Turbans was shattered.

In less than half a moment, amid the influx of more and more warriors from the countryside and the deafening shouts of "He who surrenders will be spared death!", Guan Yu raised his foot and picked up a spear, caught the spear with his hand and threw it to kill the Yellow Turban.

The general, who was full of yellow turbans, completely demoralized his army and knelt down to ask for surrender.

Won.

At this time, further away, on the back and side of the Yellow Turban Stronghold, there was another army of troops arrayed a little further away.

When they saw Yellow Turban soldiers jumping out of the back of the mountain stronghold in a panic, the officers and generals knew that the Yellow Turbans had been defeated.

Otherwise, these thieves would never jump directly from the several-foot-high village wall.

"This rebel army is so brave." The officers and generals of the nearby county magistrate's office were surprised by the fighting power of Liu Bei's rebel army.

In fact, a brave general can determine the success or failure of a war in a small battle like fighting for gates and strongholds.

Guan Yu, alone, first hacked several people to death on the spot, destroying the courage of the Yellow Turbans. Then he saw the Yellow Turban leader who was about to shoot a cold arrow, and threw a spear to kill the enemy general. With these two blows, the resistance of the Yellow Turban army was completely defeated.

When the rebel army broke through the stronghold, the officers and soldiers who did not have the guts to attack the Yellow Turbans took advantage. After Guan Yu's troops broke the stronghold, they immediately rushed over to get a piece of the pie.

In this battle, a lot of food, grass and baggage were seized.

There is also a lot of money, brocade and silk.

Because before I came here, I knew that the Yellow Turbans had made numerous raids and plunders and had committed many evil deeds.

Guan Yu then handed over dozens of Yellow Turban leaders, big and small, as well as Yellow Turban flags and other items to the generals.

The officers and generals wanted to share the food, grass and money. Guan Yu, who had no blood on his face, glared and snorted angrily, and the officers and soldiers looked stern.

Then, the unknown generals began to recruit, saying that thanks to the help, the Yellow Turbans would never be able to capture the Yellow Turbans, so they proposed to go back to the county magistrate to help Guan Yu.

Guan Yu refused, saying that there was no need to meet the enemy. The army had important matters at hand and it was inconvenient to delay, so he directly kicked out the guest.

After capturing and counting the Yellow Turban bandits' stronghold, they also treated the wounded soldiers, counted the prisoners, and so on.

Guan Yu was also embarrassed when he looked at the prisoners who numbered two to three thousand people.

It would be easy to just conquer the Yellow Turbans.

After fighting a battle and capturing prisoners, take the prisoners directly back to the county seat, and then send out troops.

But now to recruit the Yellow Turbans from all over the country, the military advisors and the eldest brother plan to recruit as many Yellow Turbans as there are in the territory of Zhuojun.

The first thing is that there can be no delay, soldiers are valuable and quick, and the two of them cannot rush back after taking some prisoners. Going back and forth will completely delay things.

Guan Yu pulled the yellow scarf flag to wipe the blood on his face and thought about the arrangements for the prisoners.

This Yellow Turban is different from the one I encountered in the forest before.

The yellow turban refugees I met a few days ago were hundreds of panic-stricken people, trying to appease Yi Zhi.

Now there are more than two thousand Yellow Turbans. Two to three thousand Yellow Turbans are plundering one side here. Once the thieves are born, it will be difficult to get rid of them. If we continue to follow the previous method and give them food and ask them to go to Zhuozhou City to ask for surrender, I am afraid that these Yellow Turban soldiers will be lost halfway.

After getting the food, he immediately moved to a different place and left the grass for the invaders.

Guan Yu couldn't help but think of the methods used by the military advisor and his eldest brother to deal with the prisoners.

At that time, eldest brother and Xi'er asked the Yellow Turbans whether they wanted to join the rebel army or return home.

If you return home, you will be given half a month's rations. If you join the rebel army, let's forget past mistakes.

Guan Yu thought carefully about the scene that day and came up with an idea.

Then Guan Yu followed the previous method. When the Yellow Turbans were newly defeated and people were in panic, he took out all the grain and grass in the village in the open space outside the stronghold, piled them up in one place, and asked the Yellow Turbans whether they wanted to return home or surrender.

Rebels.

After that, it was still the same as before. The people in the Yellow Turbans didn't believe it at first, and then they saw that they actually gave him food.

The Yellow Turban Army who received the food seemed to be in a dream, carrying the food on their backs and turning back step by step, fearing that the officers and soldiers would fire cold arrows, and also fear that the officers and soldiers would catch up and kill people.

They kept walking away in fear. When they were sure that the officers and soldiers could not catch up, the first person to receive the food ran away like a rabbit.

Guan Yu sneered.

Then, Guan Yu told the Yellow Turban captives to take food and return home to live a good life and not to cause trouble again.

The people in the Yellow Turbans are good people to begin with. Even though they were still in the army, they have been bandits for a while recently and have done a lot of evil things.

But now that the mountain stronghold has been breached, and all the evil leaders, big and small, have been captured. They originally thought they were going to die, but instead of killing them or sending them to prison, they released them and gave them food back home. The desperate Yellow Turban prisoners,

The dark clouds suddenly parted and the sun began to lift. It was like living again, and there was a lot of crying.

Finally, out of fear of being captured by other officers and soldiers, fear of encountering other things on the long journey, and fear of not being able to return home, all but two hundred or so of the more than two thousand prisoners surrendered to the rebels.

As for those Yellow Turbans who have taken the food, will they turn into bandits again?

Won't.

This is different from the Yellow Turban, which is desperate and desperate, and it is also different from the Yellow Turban, which is overwhelming in numbers.

These Yellow Turbans who are traveling to collect food are, firstly, small in number, secondly, not concentrated, and thirdly, they are not desperate, so they will not become a phenomenon again.

After arranging the prisoners, Guan Yu's flag officer saw that Guan Yu had finished his work and pulled a child over.

When Guan Yu saw the baby that was crying silently and was being awkward and wouldn't let the flag officer hold it, Guan Yu suddenly remembered that this was the baby he had rescued before the war started.

Before meeting Li Mengxi and his two brothers, I don’t know whether Guan Yu liked children.

But after meeting the two brothers Li Mengxi, Guan Yu liked the little baby more. What if he picked up another one who was as smart as Li Mengxi, right?

Guan Yu smiled and asked, "Little brother, where is your family?"

"I...I want to find my brother." The little brother raised his dirty little face and looked up at Guan Yu, sobbing.

"Let's go." Guan Yu smiled and picked up the child, "You lead the way, we will go find him now."

The child didn't recognize his child anymore. He was afraid that he would not be able to find his brother, so he hurriedly took Guan Yu back to the Yellow Turban Village.

Then, I found my brother lying unconscious by the latrine.

"Brother, leave it here!" The younger brother laughed through tears, let go of Guan Yu's hand, ran over happily, and pointed at the half-grown boy on the ground, "This is my brother!"

Guan Yu was silent. He thought that the young man was dead.

The deep brotherhood between these two brothers is touching, but it is also a tragedy.

Guan Yu sighed.
Chapter completed!