Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 313
At dawn, the morning sun rises from the sky, turning the horizon a golden hue.

The temperature on the surface was also gradually rising. Wang Ping, who had been galloping all night, couldn't help but feel a little hot, and the light sweat on his back wet his underwear.

Wang Ping breathed in the fresh morning air, untied the rope around his neck, and threw the crimson robe on the grassland.In an instant, a chill swept over his whole body, and he lifted his spirits. Wang Ping raised his whip and whipped his horse's buttocks again, and chased after Zhang Yun.

The archer on horseback grabbed the reins tightly and shouted in the wind: "General, I have been running all night, but I haven't found Zhang He yet. Perhaps Zhang He is not in the west, but in another direction?"

Wang Ping lowered his body on his horse's back to reduce the resistance of the wind, and shouted: "Impossible, to the north is the desert, to the south is Hongchi Ridge (Wushao Ridge), to the east is a dead end, and the only way to go west is to reach Juci. Only Zhang He has a chance of life."

As he said that, Wang Ping twitched his horse's buttocks again, and shouted: "Continue to chase westward. If it is as expected, Zhang He should be in front. Only by capturing Zhang He can the war in Liangzhou be calmed down. If he can reach Guzang City , then it will be a serious problem for our army.”

"promise!"

"drive!"

After an unknown amount of time, the sun above the head gradually rose from the horizon and hung high in the sky.

The sun was shining directly, accompanied by the dry wind from the northwest, Wang Ping licked his dry lips, touched the water bag on the horse's back, and found that there was no water.

Wang Ping shouted to the cavalry archer who was following him, "Is there still water?"

"General, I still have some!" The cavalry archer took off the water bag and threw it over.

Wang Ping took the water bag with one hand, took off the cork, and took a sip, feeling much refreshed.

"Look, general! Zhang He is right ahead!"

The archer pointed at the creek ahead and shouted.

Wang Ping squinted his eyes and took a closer look. There were three or four tiny figures drinking water at the stream in front of him. At this time, these figures seemed to have spotted Wang Ping and the others and ran towards the horse in a hurry.

Wang Ping was ecstatic, and shouted: "Chasing! Zhang Xi and the others have exhausted their horses. I will chase after a while, and I will be able to catch up!"

"promise!"

Seeing the dawn, everyone shouted excitedly, pumping their horses and chasing after it.

Zhang Xi took off the reins, stepped on the stirrups, got on the horse, and looked back at Wang Ping, who was still haunted, and cursed secretly in his heart.

"drive!"

Zhang He lowered his whip and galloped his horse westward, followed closely by his three trusted followers.

The war horse under Wang Ping's crotch stepped across the stream, splashing water, and followed Zhang He's escape route.

Wang Ping sank into his dantian, and shouted: "Whoever you wait for can capture Zhang Yun, he will be granted a marquis or reward!"

Zhang He turned around and glanced at Wang Ping, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, this is Wang Ping's plan to alienate children!"

After all, he ignored everyone and galloped westward.

Not a moment later, Wang Ping and the others changed to a war horse and rode on, chasing Zhang Xi and the others without slowing down at all.

But Zhang He and the others were already panting under their horses, their speed had slowed down visibly with the naked eye, and the smoke and dust from Yang Qi was much smaller.

Seeing this, Zhang He gritted his teeth, and said to the three trusted aides beside him, "Right now, the horses are exhausted, and Wang Ping is relentlessly chasing him. Why don't we fight to the death to survive."

"promise!"

The four of Zhang He reined in their horses and turned around. With a clang sound, they drew out the Huan Shou Dao and pointed it towards Wang Ping and the others.

"Royal!"

Wang Ping slowed down his horse, walked a few hundred paces in front of Zhang He, and shouted: "Zhang He, you are poor today, if you don't dismount from your horse and come down, I will certainly live up to you!"

Zhang He's white hair fluttered, and he said sharply, "He has received the kindness of the three masters of the Cao family, how can he turn his back on the master and turn to the enemy. Don't talk too much, Wang Ping, if you have the ability, come and take the old man's head."

Wang Ping didn't talk nonsense anymore, he urged the horse, and the two cavalry archers beside him only rushed towards Zhang Yun.

The cavalry archer holds the bowstring, stretches the string and nocks the arrow, and the tip of the arrow points directly at Wei Qi.

"Whoosh~" The sharp arrow shot out through the air.

Startled, Zhang Yun lowered his head subconsciously, but heard the whistling sound passing by his ears, dodging and dodging the arrows.

With a plop, the confidant beside him fell down in response, fell off the horse, rolled several times, and turned his face to the sky.

At this time, Wang Ping swung his saber to attack him head-on, drawing a circular arc with the long saber in his hand, and with a gust of wind, he slashed straight at Zhang Yun.

Zhang He's body shrank back suddenly, dangerously, but this knife cut on the robe, revealing Zhang He's skin, and brought a string of blood drops.

After the wrong horse, Zhang He was panting heavily. His old age could no longer keep up with Wang Ping in his prime.Maybe Zhang He could still fight Wang Ping back and forth if he was a teenager, but it's a pity that he is old!

"drive!"

Wang Ping and the others turned their horses' heads and rushed towards Zhang He and the others.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow pierced through the wind, making a sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound.

"what!"

A scream came from Zhang He's mouth.

I saw a sharp arrow hit Zhang Xi's arm swinging the saber, causing pain in the arm, and the ring head saber flew out of his hand and landed on the ground.

Wang Ping yelled, the horse galloped past and cut Zhang He's slanted shoulder into two pieces, hot blood spurted out, covering Wang Ping's face.

After the wrong horse, Wang Ping wiped his lower face with his sleeve, cleared his sight, and looked back regardless of the blood stains on his jaw and neck.

I saw that Zhang Yun was already lying in a pool of blood, without breath.Two of his cronies were also beheaded by the cavalry archer and fell not far away.

Wang Ping let out a long breath, not overjoyed, only physically and mentally tired.

Zhang Yun, who was famous all over the world and was a powerful enemy of the great man, finally died by his own hands today.And I am also worthy of treating my Majesty who is as generous as a mountain.

This is to repay the king's kindness!
"General!"

The cavalry archer came with the heads of Zhang He and his cronies, and shouted with revival.

Immediately, Wang Ping bowed his hands to the two men and said, "Thank you two warriors, I ran with Ping for more than sixty miles and beheaded Zhang Yun."

The two warriors clasped their hands together and said: "Don't dare, the general is polite, and I will do my duty!"

Wang Ping smiled, and said: "How do you call them? It seems that you two are close relatives."

"I'm Jia Yan, this is my cousin Jia Yuan." Jia Yan introduced respectfully.

Wang Ping nodded and said with a smile: "Ping has written down your two names. After the battle is over, Ping will write down your brother's combat achievements to the Prime Minister."

"Thank you, General!" The two knelt down and kowtowed in response.

"Get on the horse and go back to the camp. General Deng probably sent someone to look for me!"

Wang Ping and his party turned their horses around and headed east.

On the way back, I met Ji Xin who was looking for Wang Ping, more than ten riders, and they went back to the camp together.

When he arrived at the camp, Deng Ai had already dealt with the affairs of the Wei army's camp and the return of the Wei soldiers. Xin Hong escaped the disaster and survived.

In this battle, Wang Ping, Deng Ai and six hundred Han cavalry rushed to attack Zhang Yun's six thousand Wei soldiers.More than [-] Wei soldiers surrendered, and more than [-] people fled and died in battle.

Not two days later, Hexi Xianbei's bald Yangsheng led 300 cavalrymen to come to meet Wang Ping and his men, but he was shocked to hear that Wang Ping had defeated the Wei army and beheaded Zhang He.

After three days of repairing, Wang Ping led [-] soldiers and nearly [-] Han troops, a total of [-] mobs, bluffing, approaching Tuci County, crossing Gushui (now Shiyang River), and approaching Tuci County, Tuci County drop.After another three days of marching, they arrived at Guzang City (now Wuwei), the governor of Liangzhou, and sent scouts along the south of Zhuanglang to convey the military information to Wei Yan's troops, ordering them to divide their troops northward and attack the counties along the Zhuanglang River.

"Han Ji Wang Deng Jiang Huo Biography": "Ping to fight against Wei You General Zhang He, He fled north to Guzang, collected army rations on the way, and used the rations to make peace. At that time, Deng Ai and all the generals said that they would go west. Ai said: " Now that the supply of food is exhausted, it is difficult to chase after Shuyin goes to Guzang thousands of miles away. It is better to go west and echo with General Zuo to overcome Jinping. Ping said: "No."He is a famous general in the world, and Guzang is the gate of Liangzhou. If he is allowed to enter Guzang like a fish entering the sea, it will be a disaster.Jinping led [-] fine riders, and one man and two horses chased after him. "

Hexi Xianbei's bald-haired Yangsheng led thousands of riders to help Ping, Ping ran across the road, but was attacked by He at night, Xianbei was defeated and fled, but Ping's army was strict, and He had nothing to ride, so he went with him.Ai said: "The army was under investigation and violated the law of war. Please withdraw it for the next year." The next day he raised his horse and attacked He.Or say: "The general pursued He and was defeated by him. Now I send an envoy to say Zhang He, and Hong is at He's place. How can we attack him?" He said, his heart is already arrogant, our army will be able to succeed if we attack again. This is the strategy of the Marquis of Huaiyin to attack Qi, how can Hong's disciples compare with He!"

Ping attacked with [-] cavalry, divided into [-] cavalry and Ji Xin as the vanguard, and attacked He camp at night.He fled, pursued Ping, and beheaded his general Guo Kun; He fled again, pursued Ping again, beheaded He and returned to the camp.

(End of this chapter)