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Huang Pusong was moved by Chen Lang and said: "What you have said makes a lot of sense. However, this is a rule of the imperial government after all, and I cannot openly violate it. "I have decided to report to the imperial government that Dong Zhuo had lost in battle and was afraid of losing his master. I believe that the imperial government will deal with him fairly."

Guan Yu became anxious and wanted to say something, but he only saw his brother look at him, and swallowed back the words that were about to leave his mouth.

The two brothers bade farewell to Huang Pusong and returned to their own big tent. Guan Yu could not help but ask: "Big Brother, why don't you allow me to continue persuading you? "The imperial government is currently leading the way in deceit, waiting for the imperial court's decision. Who knows how long this will drag on!"

Chen Lang said: "Didn't you see Huang Pusong's attitude? Wanting him to disregard everything and make a decision is simply impossible! It's understandable that he has concerns. "

Guan Yu frowned: "If this continues, once Yellow Bandits recovers his vitality, I wonder how much more he will have to pay to be able to eliminate them!"

Chen Lang said, "Yun Zhang's worries are reasonable. However, this matter is not that simple, and is not something that we can handle. " And then he laughed at himself: "If we had enough strength, we wouldn't have to be so arrogant. But we simply do not have the ability to stir up the whole situation on our own. " Guan Yu's face turned gloomy.

An officer led a travel worn out officer and ran in. He reported: "Master, Brother Gan Ning has sent someone." With that, he moved to the side, and the dusty military officer that followed him in immediately stepped forward and cupped his fists: "wolf brother, Big Brother Gan Ning has an urgent military report to report to wolf brother. Not long ago, Yellow Bandits suddenly appeared in Shu City on the west side of the Chaotic Lake, not too far away from our Wuwei County! "

Chen Lang and Guan Yu were both shocked. Guan Yu asked in disbelief: "Why would a Yellow Bandits appear near the lake?"

Chen Lang asked: How many people are in this group of xanthopanax? "Who's the leader?"

The military officer said: "According to the reports from the refugees, this group of Yellow Bandits have 50,000 to 60,000 people, and the leader is called Sun Zhong."

Chen Lang and Guan Yu both frowned, looking extremely worried. Guan Yu said: "Big brother, Gan Ning only has a thousand people, if we were to be attacked, there is no possibility of getting lucky!" Chen Lang said flatly: "Let's go back, we'll go back immediately!" Guan Yu nodded his head, cupped his fists and said: "I will go gather the troops now!" Chen Lang nodded, and he quickly left the place. Chen Lang also left the tent, and went to Huang Pusong's tent to say his goodbyes.

Huang Pusong found out that there was a Yellow Bandits heading south to the lake, and thought: "Presumably, the remnants of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang's dispersal came together to Yang Zhou's area where the Yellow Masked Thief had infiltrated south into the lake. For the time being, the imperial army is unable to leave the lake, so I will have to leave things to you. " Pausing for a moment, he continued, "I will support my little brother with the two thousand Steel Cavalry. I hope that little brother will succeed in dealing with the traitors in one fell swoop! On the day that I succeed, I will definitely ask the imperial government to protect my little brother's achievements! " Chen Lang thanked him and left in a hurry.

When Chen Lang returned to his own camp, he had already gathered two thousand men. Just then, an extremely robust, bearded and somewhat happy looking Great General brought two thousand cavalry soldiers wearing light armor and carrying a spear over to Chen Lang's base. Chen Lang said to Guan Yu: "General Huang Po, send two thousand cavalrymen to assist us." Guan Yu nodded, he felt that having two thousand riders was a good thing.

The leader of the guard dismounted and walked over to Chen Lang, cupped his fists, and said in a low voice: "I am Chunyu Qiong, under the orders of General Huang Po and the two thousand cavalrymen, to assist Master Chen Lang."

Guan Yu didn't really feel much upon hearing this name, but he felt extremely depressed in his heart. He could not help but size up Chunyu Qiong and exclaim inwardly: "Unexpectedly, he actually drank his own Chunyu Qiong to death?" However, Chen Lang felt that although his imposing manner was not as strong as Guan Yu's, it was not far from it. With one look, Chen Lang could tell that he was a person from the Xiong Hu group and did not understand how the Three Kingdoms' was so weak.

Chen Lang suppressed the suspicions in his heart for the moment, and cupped his fists towards Chunyu Qiong: "Thank you, General." Chunyu Qiong laughed, and cupped his fists: "Master, no need to be so polite, I truly admire you!" Chen Lang saw that Chunyu Qiong's words were straightforward, and couldn't help but have a better impression of him. Chen Lang said: "The military situation at the Nest Lake is urgent, we must get up immediately, is there a problem with General?" Chunyu Qiong cupped his fists and said: "I will listen to Master's orders!" Chen Lang nodded his head, and gave the order to send out his troops. The two thousand men under Chen Lang's command and the two thousand light cavalry troops led by Chunyu Qiong left the camp one after the other, heading south.

Sun Zhong, who was originally one of Zhang Liang's underlings, had fled to the south ever since Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao had suffered a great defeat at the long club. Along the way, Sun Zhong gathered the scattered xanthopanax s together. In a few days, another twenty thousand people were gathered, and then the great army headed south. The Yellow Bandits of Yangzhou did not have much of a atmosphere, but with Sun Zhong's arrival, the xanthopanax of Yangzhou all gathered together, finally forming an army of over sixty thousand troops. Seeing that there were more men under his command, Sun Zhong could not help but become braver, and activated his army to attack the capital of Yangzhou, Huai Nan City. However, Huai Nan City was vast, had sufficient food and equipment, and had not been able to attack for a few days, and had instead lost a lot of troops.

Sun Zhong had no choice but to give up attacking Huai Nan and rob the rest of the counties in the southern part of Yangzhou, causing them to suffer. Wherever the xanthopanax went, houses would be burned down, details would be taken, women would be robbed, the elderly would be killed, and the children would be treated as cattle and sheep. They would often come to the army to beat their teeth, and the able-bodied men would be coerced into joining the army. The smoke from the wolves' corpses covered the ground in Yangzhou, creating a miserable scene. After leaving Yangzhou, Sun Zhong's group of xanthopanax did not encounter any resistance. Continuing on their journey south, the size of their troops and horses rapidly expanded to over a hundred thousand within a short period of time.

When the Lushan River's Great Guard Sun Mo heard the news of the Yellow scarfed army's aggressive approach, she was terrified. She immediately ordered his army to abandon Lushan River and prepare to flee towards the west. Regardless of whether it was the people or the small families, all of them were preparing to bring their families and families away from Lushan River City. The entire Lushan River was in chaos, some people were taking advantage of the fire to rob them, while others were crying loudly. The four city gates were being pushed to the point where not even a drop of water could leak out from the city.

Zhou Yu encountered Sun Mo who was about to board the ship, and immediately pulled him back, and anxiously said: "Master, you cannot leave!"

Sun Mo said anxiously: "The Yellow Bandits is coming, if you don't leave now, don't tell me you're waiting for death?"

Zhou Yu said: "Master is the Grand Guard of the Lushan River, he has responsibility of guarding the land, how can he abandon the city and leave? He was afraid that he would not only be unable to report this to the local citizens, but also unable to report this to the imperial government! Once the imperial court started questioning them, did the lord think of the consequences? "

Sun Mo was startled, his face could not help but turn white, as he said at a loss: "Then, then what should we do?"

Zhou Yu said: "Master should stay behind to guard, only then will we be able to face the imperial government and the common people. As long as we defeat the Yellow Bandits, not only will the Lord become the hero of the common people, he will also receive the rewards from the imperial government! "

Sun Mo could not help but be moved, but upon thinking about how the yellow scarfed army was closing in, his legs went soft and he said: "But, but I heard that Yellow Bandits has more people, we do not have many people, I am afraid,?"

Zhou Yu said resolutely, "Master, don't worry! Yellow Bandits was just a mob. Even though there were many of them, the army under the lord's command, in addition to the elites under his command, were enough to fight back! Didn't they defeat four hundred thousand xanthopanax s before in the long club? It can be seen that even though the xanthopanax has more people, it isn't scary at all! "

After hearing what Zhou Yu said, Sun Mo could not help but regain some of his confidence. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded and said, "Then, I'll listen to Gongzi Zhou."

Zhou Yu was ecstatic, he cupped his fists and said: "This is the fortune of the citizens of Lushan River! Please immediately return the peace, and send people to the entire city to make a public announcement, that the Lord will personally stand guard over the Lushan River, and tell the citizens not to panic and immediately return home! " Sun Mo hesitated for a moment before frowning, "I'll listen to Gongzi Zhou!"

The people were anxious to get out of the city. Just at this time, a horse came flying over in surprise and shouted loudly, "The Great Guardian has returned to guard the magistrate court and set up a guard duty! The Great Guardian was confident that he could defeat the xanthopanax. The citizens of the city shouldn't panic and give the Yellow Bandits the chance to quickly return to their families. If you do not listen to my orders, then we will punish you with being a traitor! " When the commoners heard this announcement, their panicked hearts all calmed down. At this moment, they saw the garrison close the city gate and shout loudly. Then, the people all left the city gate and returned home. The bustling crowd of people outside the city gates quickly quietened down. Zhou Yu inspected the various city gates, seeing that the commoners had all dispersed, he could not help but be at ease.

Zhou Yu was looking at the map and thinking. Just then, an officer rushed in and reported urgently: "Gongzi Zhou, the scouts just reported that Yellow Bandits is over 20 miles away, there are almost 200,000 people!" Zhou Yu was surprised, and frowned: "Yellow Bandits is actually expanding to such an extent! "This is completely unexpected!"

Just then, another officer rushed in and reported anxiously, "Not good! Gongzi Zhou, Grand Guard Sun led the troops and ran away! "

Zhou Yu was shocked, he anxiously ran out of the study.

Not long after, Zhou Yu led the 10 guards and ran to the side of the pier. Sure enough, they saw Sun Mo and his family as well as the Lushan River Army boarded the ship, obviously intending to leave. Zhou Yu immediately ran to the top of the quay, and shouted to Sun Mo who had already boarded the boat and removed the pedal: "Why do you suddenly want to leave, Master?"