Chapter 74

"Congratulations to the Lord for achieving the rank of General of the Household who Subdues the Rebels! You are only one step away from being appointed a general and enfeoffed as a marquis!"

Huang Zhong, Old Dian Wei, Xi Zhicai, and others gathered around, happily congratulating Su Xuan.

"Haha! Congratulations to all! Congratulations to all!"

Su Xuan could not help but laugh, and immediately promoted the three of them.

Huang Zhong and Old Dian Wei were made Military Military Sima, and Xi Zhicai was made an Attendant to the General of the Household.

Their positions all rose with the tide.

3 days later,

Su Xuan split his forces from General Huangfu Song and led his troops alone toward Dong'e in Dongjun.

At this time, Dong'e city was already besieged by thousands of remnants of the Yellow Turban army and was in imminent danger.

"Kill!!!"

Watching as the Yellow Turban army continuously launched attacks on the city.

Xue Fang, the head of a prominent scholar-official family in Dong'e, looked at Cheng Yu, who was directing the county soldiers to defend the city, and said with a worried face: "Zhongde, this cannot go on! The city will be breached sooner or later. Your wisdom is extraordinary; do you have a strategy to repel the enemy?"

If not, he would have to run away.

After all, compared to his life, some family wealth could be abandoned; he was not someone who would die defending the city.

Anyway, the County Magistrate and County Commandant had already run away long ago.

If it weren't for Cheng Yu saying he was confident in defending the city, and his reluctance to part with his family wealth, he would have run away long ago too.

Cheng Yu shook his head bitterly: "Being able to hold out until now is already the result of the full support of the adults and the common people in the city."

"Our army's strength is insufficient; what can be done?"

Even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice!

He only had 1,200 soldiers in his hands at this time.

Most of them were common people and refugees from the city who had been temporarily recruited.

There was basically no armor, and weapons were also scarce.

Even the thunder stones and rolling logs were temporarily prepared by tearing down some houses in the city.

Being able to hold out until now was already due to his extraordinary ability.

This was also the reason why Xue Fang was so polite to him now.

If it were in the past, the scholar-official families and even officials of Dong'e, led by Xue Fang, would have sneered at Cheng Yu, thinking he was just a person who fished for fame.

Of course, it was no wonder others would think so.

Because Cheng Yu was indeed such a person!

Cheng Yu was originally named Cheng Li. In order to become famous and cultivate a reputation so he could be appreciated, he once said he had a dream that he was holding the sun with both hands on the top of Mount Tai, which meant he was a talent to assist the world.

He then changed his name to Cheng Yu.

In fact, there were many such means for scholar-official families to become famous and cultivate a reputation.

For example, lying on ice to seek carp, Kong Rong giving away pears... and so on.

These were all routine operations for scholar-official families to make their younger generation famous and cultivate a reputation.

After all, if you want to be recommended as a filial and incorrupt official, and want to be appreciated and appointed by the imperial court, even if your background is deep, you still have to polish your surface work, right?

Cheng Yu's idea was good, but unfortunately, it was bad because he did not have a good background.

No one to praise and echo him, helping him become famous, so this method naturally fell into a lower class and only added to the jokes.

However, I believe that this time, as long as he can defend Dong'e city, no one in Dong'e or even Dongjun will mock or despise him in the future.

"Sigh!"

Xue Fang sighed heavily and said unwillingly: "Could it be that we can only abandon the city and flee?"

After working hard for so many days, is it ultimately unavoidable to lose wealth to avoid disaster?

"Not necessarily!"

Cheng Yu shook his head and advised: "A few days ago, there was vague news from Yingchuan and Chenliu that Generals General Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, with the cooperation of a general named Su Xuan, had crushed the Yellow Turban army in Changshe and beheaded the rebel leader Bo Cai."

"The main force of the Yanzhou Yellow Turbans has been wiped out, and Generals General Huangfu Song and Su Xuan have already marched into Chenliu for several days."

"I think they should have already marched into Dongjun by now. We only need to hold on for another two or three days, and reinforcements will surely arrive."

"At that time, the Yellow Turban army will surely be wiped out. I ask you to persist and support for a little longer."

If he gave up halfway now, wouldn't all his efforts over the past few days be in vain?

Afterwards, how could he become famous?

No matter what, he could not miss this opportunity.

"Really?"

Xue Fang's eyes lit up, and hope was rekindled in his heart.

"Really..."

Cheng Yu nodded affirmatively and was about to say something.

"Rumble!"

Suddenly, the sound of thunderous hoofbeats was heard from the distance to the west.

He was startled and suddenly looked up into the distance.

He saw rolling dust being kicked up on the horizon in the distance.

Soon, countless black dots appeared, and the troops were rapidly enlarging.

After a dozen breaths, Cheng Yu finally saw clearly that it was a troop of iron cavalry. Looking at the flags and equipment, although still a bit unclear, they were definitely government troops.

Cheng Yu was overjoyed and said to Xue Fang: "My lord! They are here! The government reinforcements are here! We are saved!"

"Is it really the government army?"

Xue Fang was also slightly stunned, asking with suspicion and joy on his face.

"It must be!"

Cheng Yu had already completely seen the attire and flags of the cavalry.

The "Su" flag at the head could not be seen more clearly.

"It seems that the one coming is General Su Xuan, who crushed the Yellow Turban army in Changshe and beheaded Bo Cai!"

"Haha! Finally, I have made it through!"

Cheng Yu thought to himself, laughing uncontrollably.

At the same time, he began to review the information about Su Xuan.

For someone like Su Xuan who rose suddenly and shone brightly in the rebellion, and whose future was limitless, Cheng Yu naturally would not fail to pay attention.

"Perhaps this is my opportunity, the wise lord I have been waiting for? Can I defect to him?"

Cheng Yu thought to himself.

Only, would he be willing to accept and reuse me?

Cheng Yu felt he should be.

After all, Su Xuan's rise was recent.

His background was not deep, and his biggest backer was only his father, the County Magistrate of Dengxian.

The Nanyang Su family had also long since declined.

Although Su Xuan had now become a General of the Household, he must lack civil and military assistance under his command.

And people from large scholar-official families probably looked down on him and could not possibly recognize him as their lord at this time.

Only someone like Cheng Yu, who came from a humble or scholar-official background, would be willing.

"General Su Xuan? Is it that General Su Xuan?"

"Great! Now Dong'e is saved, and I don't have to run away!"

Xue Fang did not know that Cheng Yu was already preparing to defect to Su Xuan. Hearing Cheng Yu's words, he also looked into the distance and was overjoyed.

"This is... government cavalry?"

The Yellow Turban army naturally heard the thunderous sound of the iron cavalry advancing behind them and immediately looked back.

When the iron cavalry got closer and they saw clearly.

The leader of this group of Yellow Turbans was terrified and immediately ordered a retreat: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!! It's Su Xuan! It's Su Xuan's Black Armor Army! Run!!!"

Immediately, this person took the lead and started to run.

"Kill!!"

Unfortunately, during this delay, Su Xuan led the Black Armor Army close, less than a thousand meters from the city wall.

With the blessing of the military formation, they killed their way in front of this group of Yellow Turbans in just a few breaths.