Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

An hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun finally came back. Fortunately, the loss was not too great.

When Guan Yu went back, he saw Zhao Yun continue to fight the enemy, he assisted Zhao Yun to kill.

"How long can we hold on to the food we looted before, plus those from Shuofang?" Chen Yang asked.

"It's also less than three days."

Sun Shangxiang said: "Shuofang doesn't have much food to take away."

"Continue to set off to the west." Chen Yang didn't change his initial thoughts because of Shuofang's incident.

Going back in the direction of Shuofang in the west can also catch the enemy by surprise.

Shuofang, he had to come back sooner or later, and then take it down.

They are all cavalry now, so they moved very fast. After a few more days like this, they came to the vicinity of Wuwei, where the Hexi Corridor is located.

Chen Yang decided to take down Wuwei, but the soldiers were tired from the long journey, so they camped in the woods to rest before attacking the city.

"General, we are being watched." Cao Fan suddenly came back and said.

"Could it be that the Huns are chasing them?" Chen Yang asked quickly.

"No, I guess it's a horse thief nearby."

Cao Fan said: "We just arrived, and the scouts found thousands of horse thieves nearby. They have been wandering around us, and they seem to be eyeing our war horses."

It turned out that it was just a horse thief, Chen Yang felt relieved, even a mere horse thief dared to attack the cavalry, he was really not afraid of death.

He thought for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Kill them all, and then kill as many as they come."

"Yes!"

Cao Fan said.

night.

Cao Fan came over anxiously again and said: "General, there is a situation. Three thousand horse thieves have come outside and surrounded us. Their leader wants to see you."

Chen Yang knew that they would not give up, and when they finally arrived, he ordered to attack.

Those horse thieves, although they have a character of horse, are mostly infantry. The only people who really have horses are the leader and the elite led by him.

"General, give me 1000 people, and I can kill them all." Guan Yu said loudly.

"Okay! First kill a few hundred people to stand up, and then kill their leaders, and then others are willing to surrender, we can accept it."

Chen Yang nodded and said, "If they don't want to surrender, continue to kill people until they are terrified and willing to surrender."

"Yes!"

Guan Yu raised the Qinglong Yanyue Saber and attacked the horse thief.

The leader of the horse thieves was a tall man. Although most of them were infantrymen, they were very confident.

"Archer ready!"

Seeing that Guan Yu attacked first, the leader responded instantly.

Guan Yu waved his hand when he saw it, and the cavalry behind him took out their bows and crossbows at the same time.

When the two sides were still 150 steps away, Guan Yu and the others did not stop, and raised their bows and crossbows to fight back.

Whoosh!

An ear-piercing crack sounded.

The crossbow arrows were shot one after another, and the horse thief's archers were caught off guard, and a large number of them fell down in an instant.

They simply couldn't figure out why the cavalry's arrows could still reach their side from such a long distance.

The horse thief's archers were frightened, and they retreated one after another, and no one dared to approach.

The speed of their retreat was not as fast as the cavalry sprinting, and they were in a mess and without discipline.

After a while, Guan Yu approached forcefully.

The leader suddenly turned pale with shock, but he shouted loudly: "Kill!"

Then the leader raised his sword and finally started to fight back.

He deserved to be unlucky, and directly picked Guan Yu to fight.

In less than a round, without even the ability to resist, the leader was chopped off by Guan Yu.

The horse thieves saw that the leader was dead, and Guan Yu's cavalry did not stop them.

Before they could go far, Chen Yang surrounded them with other cavalry, completely blocking their way.

"Kneel down, and those who surrender will not be killed." Chen Yang shouted.

After hearing what Chen Yang said, the other soldiers also shouted to surrender and not to kill.

The horse thieves saw their situation, they were just a mob, and they could not be opponents of the regular army.

I don't know where they got the courage to get Chen Yang's attention in the first place, but now they can only put down their weapons and surrender.

"Your leader is dead. Choose someone who is qualified to talk to me. I want to talk to you about some things." Chen Yang said again.

There was a lot of noise inside the bandits, and a tall man finally stood up and said in a trembling voice: "General, I am the leader's deputy, and my name is Art! I don't know what orders the general has? As long as you don't kill me , I can do whatever you want.”

Not only was his voice trembling, but his body was also trembling. His clothes would automatically move without wind.

"Art, are you a Hun?" Chen Yang asked.

"No... that's right." Arthur nodded.

Chen Yang glanced over, and among the horse thieves in front of him, they all had different features, and asked, "Who are there among you?"

"There are Huns, Han people, Xiaoyuezhi..."

Art said: "We are in a mess here, there are everyone. Now you guys are in a mess, and we are also affected. In order to survive, we can only gather together to be horse thieves..."

He wanted to continue talking, but Chen Yang didn't want to hear those provocative words from him, so he interrupted: "From now on, you will be included in my team."

"really?"

Art yelled in surprise. As horse thieves, they were thieves. They were not honorable at all, and their lives would be in danger at any time.

It is their dream to be incorporated into the regular army. Although it is dangerous to be a soldier, at least it is guaranteed and there are leaders. In short, everything is good.

Although he is also a Hun, but he has lived to this extent, these are completely unimportant, he just wants to survive.

"Of course it's true, don't you disagree?" Chen Yang asked again.

"Of course not!" Art shook his head quickly.

Chen Yang felt that there were not many soldiers around him, all of them were his elite, and they could not be consumed at will.

So, he focused on those horse thieves.

What to do in the future, let horse thieves be used as cannon fodder, anyway, they are not good things, if such a good tool is not used by people, it will be a waste.

"In this case, you gather them all first, I have a task to arrange tomorrow."

As Chen Yang spoke, his tone suddenly became cold, and he said with a murderous look: "If anyone dares to disobey the arrangement, or run away, he will be killed directly."

Seeing Chen Yang's fierce expression, Art's body trembled slightly, and then he nodded repeatedly in agreement.

He knew that this general was not simple, he was decisive and fierce, and he dared not offend him.

at dusk.

All the horse thieves were assembled. Under the surveillance of Guan Yu and his cavalry, even if someone disagreed, they dared not speak out at will.

"General, how am I doing?"

After a while, Art came back and asked as if asking for credit.

Chen Yang nodded casually and said: "It's not bad, but... I have a task for you now, to help me build a ladder."

"Ladder? What is a ladder?" Art asked incomprehensibly.

"A siege tool. If you don't know what it is, ask General Xiahou and General Cao. I want to see fifty ladders tomorrow morning. Go!" Chen Yang waved his hand.

Thousands of people, making this kind of ladder is not a problem at all.

If they can't make it, they don't even have the qualifications to be cannon fodder.