Chapter 771 Undercurrent

What Zhao Yun didn't notice was that after hearing his words, Wei Zi in the dark raised his brows slightly, but he quickly covered it up.

Wei Zi replied: "Don't worry, General Zhao. In addition to the army sergeants patrolling the city, the official has also arranged for the county government officers to step up the patrol of the city. If there is any abnormality, someone will report it to the official immediately."

Zhao Yun nodded, agreeing with Wei Zi's words. But when he was about to speak again, Wei Zi said from the side: "General Zhao, the war was tense during the day, and Cao's army of thieves did not attack the city at night in the past two days. Why don't I let you guard the general overnight tonight?" It is estimated that Cao Cao's attack will be more intense in the next few days, so the general can recharge his batteries to better cope with tomorrow's war."

Zhao Yun shook his head and did not agree with Wei Zi's suggestion. When Wei Zi saw this, he did not insist anymore. After the two said a few more words, Wei Zi led the family guards down the city wall.

After leaving the east gate city wall, Wei Zi did not return to the county office immediately. Instead, he led people to inspect the remaining three city walls.

The person guarding the north gate was Long Xiangying's deputy general Zuo Xiao. After chatting with him for a few words, Wei Zi inspected the west gate and the south gate before returning to his county office.

In the dead of night, a night traveler suddenly came outside Cao Cao's camp. After chatting with a general patrolling outside the camp, the night traveler was led into Cao Cao's tent.

After a night of silence, the fighting on the third day was still as fierce as the previous two days. The 10,000 defenders in Puyang City had lost nearly a thousand. Today, Zhao Yun has also begun to arrange for soldiers from the Long Xiang Camp to go to the city to defend the city.

Three consecutive days of fierce fighting made the defenders in the city a little tired. Considering the battle tomorrow, Zhao Yun ordered the guards to be on duty in the first half of the night, and the soldiers to be on duty in the second half of the night. In order to allow the soldiers guarding the barracks to better rest and prepare for the subsequent battle.

In the darkness, no one noticed that more than 500 heavy infantrymen and Qingzhou soldiers of Cao Cao's army had gathered in a large house not far south of the county government office. This was after nightfall in the past few days, Cao Cao arranged to enter the city from a very hidden tunnel outside the city.

Cao Cao's army had controlled Puyang for several years and knew the situation in the city very well. This residence in the city was originally the residence of a wealthy merchant in Puyang, and it existed long before the Yellow Turban Army captured Puyang. It's just that the secret passage was originally dug by the wealthy businessmen to escape for their lives, and too many people couldn't pass through it, so Cao Cao needed to use a few days to gather troops in the city.

At the beginning of sending troops, Cao Cao contacted his brother Wei Zi through his subordinate Wei Hong, and finally persuaded Wei Zi to cooperate internally and externally to help Cao Cao capture Puyang.

In fact, the reason why Wei Zi betrayed Huangfu Chaobo was influenced by what happened in Hedong, Hanoi.

Huangfu Chaobo wiped out all Hanoi families, and even wiped out one family by him, which had caused dissatisfaction among some scholar families. In addition, after he took over Hedong, he brought the salt ponds in Hedong under the control of the General's Mansion. It also seriously damaged the interests of the Hedong aristocratic families headed by the Hedong Wei family.

The Hedong Wei family and the Chenliu Wei family were from the same clan, so this time, they were going to give Huangfu Chaobo some color.

Therefore, Wei Zi chose to agree to join Cao Cao under this circumstance.

As for the family members of Chen Liu and Hedong, they believed that the Wei family was a family that had coexisted with the Han Dynasty for four hundred years, and Huangfu Chaobo did not have the guts to touch the Wei family. Not only the Wei family, but also many large aristocratic families thought so. Otherwise, Huangfu Chaobo would not have dared to attack only one small family in Hanoi last year, while moving all the other large aristocratic families, such as the Sima family, to Luoyang.

The night was dark and the moonlight was as cold as water, appearing and disappearing because of the thin clouds in the sky.

The city of Puyang was unusually quiet. After days of fighting, and the government ordered a curfew, residents in the city were told to return home after dark and were not allowed to go out. It was already three quarters to one hour in the evening, and it was still more than half an hour before it was time for the city guards to change the guard. At this moment, some footsteps suddenly sounded in the quiet city, and the gate of the county government suddenly opened.

Puyang County Magistrate Wei Zi led nearly a hundred of his personal guards out of the county government office and soon entered a mansion not far from the county government office.

After a while, Magistrate Wei led people out again. However, this time, there were not nearly a hundred personal guards. Behind the personal guards, there were five hundred dragon-encrusted soldiers. They were uniformly dressed in uniforms and equipped with weapons. Under the leadership of Magistrate Wei, they headed towards the south gate of Puyang.

Along the way, we met soldiers on night watch from time to time, but seeing that the person leading the troops was the county magistrate, the night watch soldiers came forward and bowed before continuing their work.

Wei Zi has been serving as Puyang County Magistrate for almost a year. He has always been conscientious and has won the hearts of the people whether he is appeasing the people or handling other government affairs. After Cao Cao's army besieged the city, he assisted Zhao Yun in guarding the city and guarded the people in the city. He went to the city to patrol the city every day, and the soldiers were no longer surprised by his appearance.

In this way, hundreds of soldiers followed them generously to the southern city wall.

The person responsible for guarding the south gate was a commander of the Puyang garrison, who led more than a hundred soldiers of his own dissatisfaction to defend the city gate.

Seeing that it was almost time to arrive at the war camp to hand over, Chang Qu breathed a sigh of relief. In the three days of fierce fighting, he lost nearly 60 of his 200 soldiers, including deaths and serious injuries. More than thirty people were injured, and the other thirty people were slightly injured.

It is precisely because of this that his song was transferred to the South Gate for vigil. However, he knew that with the intensity of the war, after a few days of rest, his song would definitely be transferred to the East City or the North City again to participate in the war. of.

At this moment, a burst of footsteps suddenly came from the city. His heart tightened, Qu Chang quickly looked towards the street behind him, and vaguely saw a group of soldiers and horses slowly walking towards the city gate under the dim moonlight.

"Come here, let's take a look. Who is here?" It's not yet time for the changing of the guard, so why are there so many people in the city? Thinking of this, Commander Qu immediately ordered the soldiers to cheer up, and at the same time sent people down the city wall to ask which army it was.

After a while, the soldiers who went down to the city to inspect returned to the city and reported to him: "Chang Qu, this is the county magistrate and the five hundred brothers from Longxiang Camp."

When Qu Chang heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know why the county magistrate and the five hundred soldiers from Long Xiang camp came to the city wall together, he quickly arranged his clothes and armor and stood at the top of the city to greet the county magistrate and his party. .

Soon Wei Zi led the soldiers and horses to the top of the city. Commander Qu stepped forward and saluted: "I have never seen the county magistrate before."