It was afternoon, and I was bathed in the sun, making me feel warm and drowsy.

On the mountain road, Li Li and his group rode their horses slowly in the forest, looking around from time to time to see if there were Yellow Turban thieves lurking in the dense woods. They had been prepared long ago and were always paying attention to the situation in the mountains and forests on both sides. Once the evil people appeared, they would definitely not return.

Unfortunately, they walked along the way, with the spring breeze blowing, the birds and orioles singing, and the spring scene was full of spring. There were no thieves who blocked the road on both sides of the mountain road. They walked until the top of the mountain and were about to go down the mountain, but they didn't even see a figure, which caused Huan Fei and other warlike people to be disheartened and depressed.

"Brother Shuzhi, can you be sure that there are really Yellow Turban thieves in this mountain forest? Where are they now? Why don't they come to rob us?" Huan Fei stopped at the top of the mountain, staring at the surrounding jungle with two big eyes wide open, and asked Chen Dao with a resentful expression.

"This,,,,,,,," Chen Dao was speechless when he heard this, and he was very surprised and said in confusion: "This mountain is called Gebi. It was occupied by the largest Yellow Turban thieves in the area of ​​Runan and Yingchuan a few years ago. Since then, the people in this area have no peace and have been robbed by the Yellow Turban thieves. The Yellow Turban thieves in Gebi have always been extremely rampant. They have robbed counties and counties many times, but the defenders of the surrounding counties and cities did not dare to go out of the city to fight with them.

But why is it so quiet today? Did they hide in the dark and see that the people we are waiting for are not good and dare not show up and block the road and rob?"

While speaking, Chen Dao seemed extremely depressed. He was afraid that his lord Li Li would suspect that he lied to the news. Therefore, after he finished speaking, he carefully observed Li Li's expression, worried that Li Li would be displeased because of this.

After hearing the words of Huan Fei and Chen Dao, Li Li laughed loudly and said, "What's wrong with you? We haven't encountered bandits, isn't it good? No one who is away from home is as eager as you who are looking forward to being robbed by others. You are such a group of militants! Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!" Hearing Li Li's words, Huan Fei, Chen Dao, Ma Yunluo and others couldn't help laughing, and the depression in their hearts disappeared. Then the group no longer warned and completely relaxed, rode their horses and whipped along the relatively spacious mountain road, and galloped down the mountain.

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"Kill!"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Outside the walled fort in Xujiazhuang, thousands of Yellow Turban thieves carried simple cloud ladders, with high morale and huge momentum, and rushed towards the walled fort.

The Yellow Turban Army was densely packed with guns and halberds, with spears and spears, and the offensive was extremely rapid, with a strong momentum of attacking Xujiazhuang in one go.

On the head of the Ximen Wall, a man wearing black armor stood on the wall, holding a nine-ring gold-backed long-handled sword, guarding the broken gap on the Ximen Wall Fort. In front of him, more than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers who were riding a ladder on the wall had not yet stood firm, but saw the swords in his palm flying in the air. In an instant, he cut the Yellow Turban soldiers who were climbing onto the wall, separated their bodies and flesh and blood.

After he stood firm with his sword again, he saw that he was eight feet and eight inches tall, nearly nine feet tall, with a big waist of ten, and was definitely a veritable tiger back and bear waist. He had a strong appearance, thick eyebrows, and his eyes were open. With a long-handled sword in his hand, he dared to stand alone on the gap, looking down at the thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers surging under the wall, but his face was not afraid and his fighting spirit was high. Just as he raised his hand, he cut more than ten Yellow Turban soldiers under the knife, which shows that he was extremely brave and had excellent martial arts skills.

This burly man with a sword standing on the edge of the wall was Xu Chu, the second son of Xu Yuanwai, the owner of Xu Jiazhuang. His courtesy name was Zhongkang. He was gifted and had extremely powerful strength. He was the leader of thousands of strong men in Xu Jiazhuang, and was also the first person to organize young men in the village to resist the robbery of the Yellow Turban Army. Before that, he led the strong men to defeat the Yellow Turban Army repeatedly, which allowed Xu Jiazhuang to be safe until now.

After several fierce battles, Xu Chu became the supreme commander of thousands of strong men in Xujiazhuang with his own bravery and command skills. Over the past year, he has led the young and strong men in the village to fight against the Yellow Turban thieves of Gepi several times, and has repeatedly fought against the few with few enemies and protected the safety of Xujiazhuang.

Whenever the Yellow Turban Army attacked, as long as Xu Chu's figure appeared on the wall, the young and strong man in the village would be as brave as a god, fearless and vowed to defend his home to the death. Over time, he was the biggest reliance for Xujiazhuang to resist the robbery of the Yellow Turban thieves in Gepi, and it was also the undefeated god of war in the minds of thousands of strong men in the village. Like a big banner standing on one side, it can be called the spiritual pillar of all the people in Xujiazhuang.

This time, the Yellow Turban Thiefs of Gebi attacked again. The situation was different from the past. The He brothers led nearly 20,000 Yellow Turban Thiefs to siege Xujiazhuang, almost all out, and were determined to break through the wall fort in one fell swoop and wash the huge manor that could not be captured for a long time. Therefore, they prepared very well before the war, and built hundreds of simple cloud ladders, more than 100 catapults and more than 20 well railings more than two meters high, and were also sufficient. In addition, there were five simple city rushers in the Yellow Turban Army, as well as numerous iron hooks and wall climbers, and almost all siege methods were used.

It is truly a huge crowd, with strong attacks, blooming from all sides, and the offensive is unprecedentedly fierce!

Compared with the many methods of siege of the Yellow Turbans in Gebi, the defense of Xujiazhuang Wall Fort was not novel. They still used the original measures to defend the city and defended the fort. On the walls of several miles, there were huge rocks, rolling wood, and setting up oil pans to boil poison water. There were also many thorns dug from the mountains. As long as they could block the siege of the Yellow Turbans, they would almost do anything to use any defensive means they could use. However, these things defended the city were extremely rough and seemed to have great lethality, but in fact they had little effect in defending the city. They had long been well known to the Yellow Turbans, so it was difficult to give the Yellow Turbans a fatal blow.

Therefore, this time, the Yellow Turban Army of Gepi came out in full swing and attacked Xujiazhuang, which was almost determined to win and was sure to win. However, Xujiazhuang, which is in a defensive position, was passively beaten, which was tantamount to fighting and struggling to death. Under the long-term attack of the Yellow Turban Army, the walls and fortresses will be broken, and it will eventually be impossible to escape the bad luck of being looted by the Yellow Turban Army.

Faced with such a dangerous battle situation, thousands of young and strong men in Xujiazhuang who were in desperate situations were not discouraged, nor did they lose their fighting spirit, nor would they sit and wait for death. Because this extremely unfavorable situation was already commonplace for them and was not worth mentioning. In fact, every time the Yellow Turban Thiefs of Gepi came, Xujiazhuang was in danger and almost in a desperate situation, and it was difficult to defeat the Yellow Turban Thiefs; however, the result was just the opposite. They eventually defeated the Yellow Turban Thiefs with a slight advantage, forcing the He brothers to withdraw their troops on their own initiative.

The reason is that the king will be captured first. At the most critical moment of each battle, Xu Yuanwai's two sons, Xu Chu and Xu Ding, would leave the city alone and rush into the Yellow Turban thieves to fight against the He brothers. Coincidentally, the He brothers were also warlike people who rely on their martial arts and had a special liking for fighting generals in the face of battle. So the two brothers often fought head-on with Xu Ding and Xu Chu brothers. Before the war, the two sides made a bet, and one battle would determine the winner and lose.

The result of such a bet battle is conceivable. During the duel, the Xu brothers won many times, but the defeated He brothers were quite trustworthy. They were not as skilled as others and were willing to accept the loss and withdraw their troops on their own initiative. This led to the Xu family's village going through several wars, but eventually became a dangerous place and survived to this day.

At present, Xu Chu, as the chief general of the Xujiazhuang defender, defended the most fierce attack of the Ximen Gate, which prompted the dangerous wall fortress to never be broken. His brother Xu Dingze guarded the North Gate, which made the shaky North Gate still not fall in danger, and was never captured by the Yellow Turban Army.

From this we can see that Xu Ding is definitely not a mediocre player. His bravery and ability are also extremely extraordinary, and he is a master. Perhaps he is slightly inferior to his younger brother Xu Chu, but the gap between the two brothers is limited and it is not out of reach.

Xu Ding, whose courtesy name is Boning, is Xu Yuanwai's eldest son and Xu Chu's eldest brother. He is more than eight feet tall and burly. Although he is not as tall and burly as his younger brother Xu Chu, he is also strong in Kong Wu. His facial features are brimming, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and black beards are very majestic. He looks better than Xu Chu.

Xu Ding was eight years older than Xu Chu. Therefore, when Xu Chu was in his early twenties, he was already past his thirties and had already passed the age of showing off his strength and ruthlessness. In addition, he was introverted, taciturn, calm and persistent when encountering things, and valued family affection, which was quite like the style of the ancients.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Chu was the leader of thousands of young and strong leaders of Xu Chu, not Xu Ding, who was the elder brother. This is due to Xu Ding's own personality, he has a weak concept of fame and fortune, and has no competitive spirit. Moreover, Xu Chu is his younger brother, so there is no need to compete for the position of the leader. In addition, he believed that his martial arts and decision-making ability in the battle were not as good as his younger brother, so he took the initiative to retreat and was willing to retreat to Xu Chu, helping his younger brother train the young and strong village in the village, resist the Yellow Turban thieves, and protect his home.

It was precisely because of Xu Ding's efforts to assist Xu Jiazhuang, which made Xu Jiazhuang unprecedentedly united. The young and strong people in the village followed Xu Chu's horse and followed the orders. Xu Ding's tolerant style of dealing with others and his own extraordinary bravery were also praised by the people of Xu Jiazhuang, and he had a lot of prestige and convincingness in the village.

It was the Xu brothers who worked together that they led the young and middle-aged Zhuang to repeatedly defeat the Yellow Turban thieves in Gebi, forcing the Yellow Turban thieves to do anything to Xujiazhuang. Over time, the brothers Xu Ding and Xu Chu of Qiao County became famous. Almost everyone knew the town pavilions in the ten miles and eight villages. They were known as "a two heroes" and some people also called them "the two tigers of the Xu family".

However, the names of the Xu brothers are only spread among the people in Runan and Pei, and no one knows other prefectures and counties. After all, they have no fame and fortune, and are still white. In the eyes of the official clan, they are still a rude man. The courage of every man is not as good as a family, and it is difficult to enter the elegant hall without being in the eyes of the Fang family.

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Chapter completed!