Xuchang, the former capital of Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao was in power, the people of Xuchang were also not having a good time. If it weren't for the emperor and many aristocratic families before, it would have been more difficult for the people of Xuchang to survive than in other places.

However, the Xuchang capital, from a distance, is much taller than Yangcheng, but there are countless refugees outside the city, and hungry people are everywhere.

As for the roadside, there are many corpses.

These corpses must have just died, because they had died early and were taken away by wolves, jackals, tigers and leopards. Along the way, the torn corpses were everywhere.

Looking at the desolate outside Xuchang City, Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and slowly got off the horse. The sand under his feet was a little soft when he stepped on it. He had been digging many times.

It was caused by those refugees searching for grassroots, insects, and earthworms to fill their hunger.

I stepped forward and it was already noon.

The porridge shop for disaster relief has been closed.

I don’t know how many people lie down around me, and I’m surviving. A few poplar trees, with white trunks, had long been stripped out and eaten.

It should have been full of spring, but these trees, except for some leaves at the top, were gone in other places. However, there were some people lying below, trying to avoid the sun.

Those people who were like mummies saw Zhang Xiu and his group and wanted to get close, but they saw Zhang Xiu and his swords and they all swallowed their saliva and sobbed from afar.

Thirsty and hunger are mixed with various sounds.

"Lord, it seems that the officials in Xuchang are of the same virtue as Yangcheng. They are relying on the fact that the lord cannot control the place, so as to fill their pockets." Hu Cheer said angrily.

"Lord, look over there..." Zhao Fan suddenly frowned and shouted.

It looked like dozens of cars, with sacks piled up on the cars, and it looked like they were food.

"Come and take a look!" Zhang Xiu said in a deep voice.

Not far away, the people's eyes began to shine green, dragging their shriveled bodies one by one, approaching the food truck, and shouting weakly: "Give me some stutter!"

They did not dare to rob, because the people who robbed the grain before were hacked to death and fed the dogs, so they could only ask for it, hoping that these people could give them some food.

"A bunch of people, get out of here."

"If you dare to be in the front, you will be killed without mercy." The leader was a scholar, his eyes were filled with disgust. After saying that, nearly two hundred people accompanied him all half-drawn sharp blades.

Suddenly, these people retreated instinctively.

Some of them fell to the ground because they were too hungry.

"Get out of here," the scribe grabbed the sword of the guard next to him, went up and one sword, and slashed several of them running slowly.

"Mom, wake up, boy, don't eat anymore." A woman was chopped down in a pool of blood, and then a half-old child rushed out and threw herself on the woman and cried.

The scribes' eyes were even more disgusted. Perhaps because the mother and son were blocking the way in front, they immediately held the sword and pierced the boy's spine.

Groove!

Blood gushed out along the corner of the boy's mouth.

One after another, the boy's body was trembling in pain, and blood mixed with saliva flowed out: "Mom, child... the child hurts, the child's body hurts so much, can you wake up?"

"Noisy!" The scholar snorted coldly and drew another sword.

This move made many people look at each other from afar. Although the car was carrying food, they were instinctively afraid to get close.

In the distance, Zhang Xiu witnessed it with his own eyes and his body was trembling. He was just a child.

The pace is getting faster and faster. At the same time, the blue sword from his waist has been pulled out, and it is slanted straight on the ground, with invisible murderous intent. It is fine if he does not provide disaster relief, but he is still killing like this.

Zhao Fan and others followed closely behind, and their bodies faintly skipped half a beat, just to protect Zhang Xiu as soon as possible. Their lives are not worth much, but Zhang Xiu cannot be damaged.

"Trag this pair of bitches aside!" After the literati said that, his eyes vaguely saw Zhang Xiu rushing towards him in the distance. He was first frightened by his momentum.

But then, seeing that there were not many people, he immediately shouted and shouted: "Where did the little slutty gangster come from? Do you dare to stop Li's convoy? Are you looking for death?"

"The disaster in Yuzhou is serious. The Prime Minister of the dynasty ordered officials from all over the country to do their best to provide disaster relief. But not only do you not provide disaster relief, you ignore the lives and death of the people and even kill them. You deserve to die!"

Zhang Xiu's voice was very cold.

"Haha, the prime minister of the current dynasty? What's the prime minister of the current dynasty? Does he need to provide disaster relief? What's more, it's best if these nonsense people die."

The scribe snorted coldly. After saying that, he also saw that these people were not good, and immediately shouted: "Kill them, hurry up and transport them to the bunker, don't let the prefect wait for a long time,"

"Today is a good day for him to take a concubine."

"The sin is not forgiven!" Zhang Xiu was furious and threw the green sword in his hand out directly.

The scholar was frightened and instinctively pulled a guard to use as a meat shield, but the sword penetrated directly through the guard, then penetrated him, and nailed it directly to the grain truck.

"Slaughter!" Zhang Xiu stood there, his voice mixed with grief and anger, and the sound was heard for nine days.

When the scribes were killed as soon as they met, the others were stunned at first, and then the centurion led the team shouted loudly: "Kill them, kill them and get rewards."

The centurion is worthy of his life. There are only twenty-eight guards on the opposite side. Even Zhang Xiu and his two guards, there are only thirty-one people, and there are nearly two hundred people on his side.

Can these people be the one to seven?

Do you really think they are elites in a hundred battles?

However, after just one meeting, the others became stupid, and the smile on their faces gradually became stiff, changing to confusion, astonishment, and shock.

Because... he seemed to underestimate these people.

The guard camp was originally composed of hundreds of the most elite troops of the 300,000 army in Jingzhou, and these more than 20 people were the best among the hundreds, with their strength, loyalty and the best.

It is no exaggeration to choose one in a thousand.

All the strength values ​​are comparable to third-rate generals.

In an instant, the broken limbs and arms flew across!

Countless screams and horrors were heard.

These soldiers had never seen such soldiers. They were dead if they could not touch the armor. They were so scared that they were staggering and staggered back.

"Devils, they are a bunch of demons."

Finally, when dozens of people were left dead, some people shouted in panic, turned around and fled, and didn't even dare to look back.

"Where do you transport the food?" Zhao Fan grabbed one person and snorted coldly in front of Zhang Xiu.

"Transport it to the fort thirty miles north of the city. It was built by Prefect Li, and countless grains were piled up inside, and beautiful girls were for people to enjoy!"

"And today is the day of Li Taishou's wedding. The wine in the car behind is used to buy a banquet." The soldier said tremblingly.

"What's this person's name?"

"Zhang Tu, Military Advisor Li."

"Get out!" Zhang Xiu snorted coldly.

The rich family smells of wine and meat, and the road is frozen to death!

There are thousands of refugees outside Xuchang City. The lord of this county did not want to help the victims, but he actually tried every means to enjoy himself. The key was to embezzle food.

"Lord, the situation in this fort is unknown. If you have to wait three days, you will mobilize the army to pull it out." Zhao Fan frowned, and he wished he could kill in now.

But he was worried about Zhang Xiu's safety.

After all, it is unwise to be alone.

"I feel unhappy if such a evil person is not eliminated at the moment. But since there are defenders in the fort, I will find a way to reduce the number of defenders."

After saying that, Zhang Xiu stepped forward and touched the scribe's clothes, found a jade plaque for a moment, and said at the same time: "Go, take off two sets of clothes and go to the bunker."

...

For a moment, the periphery of the bunker.

Zhang Xiu looked at it for a moment and couldn't help but frown.

This bunker is not small, and there are many high-altitude observation decks, with three of them. You can discover the enemy situation at the first time, and you can shoot with bows and arrows from a high place.

The key is that this bunker has only one door, and the others are three-meter-high walls built with blue bricks. Obviously, this is a small city.

I looked up and looked at the sky, it was almost dusk.

"Zhao Fan, change into clothes. If you hold this jade pendant and pretend to be the person in the grain transport team, you will say that the grain team has been robbed, and then pretend to be injured and stay inside."

"After night, wait for an opportunity to open the city gate." Zhang Xiu arranged the sentence, time should be.

"Yes!" Zhao Fan nodded!

"Be careful," Zhang Xiu reminded.

Seeing Zhao Fan limp over and approaching, Zhao Fan took out the jade plaque and told the story about it, which made the soldiers guarding the city suspicious.

Logically speaking, the grain transport team should be coming soon at this time.

"In this way, follow me to see the prefect." The guard at the gate said.

...

After a moment, the reception area in the back hall.

Li Sizheng and many scholars celebrated their joy. Most of them were small gentry locals in Yingchuan, and the older ones followed Cao Cao and ran away first.

He was not qualified to defect to Yuan Shao, so he could only stay in Yingchuan. He simply had a job and was considered free and easy, and they knew that
To be continued...