Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 172 Do you know how to write the word death?
"The counterattack came just in time." Han Dang said, pointing forward with his hand, "Look, the thief is at the end of his strength and can't run away. With the combined strength of you and me, it won't be a problem to capture the leader of the thief."

Huang Gai looked forward and saw Zhou Cang shouting and cursing the soldiers a few miles away.

"Get up! Get up quickly!" Zhou Cang shouted loudly, "Is this the time for you to rest? Get up quickly, go back to camp and rest for me!"

Pei Yuanshao also stepped forward and beat the soldiers with the barrel of his spear, urging them to get up faster.

"Boss Zhou, I really can't run anymore." A soldier begged for mercy, "You guys are riding horses, we only have two legs. We have run so far in one breath, how can we run further!"

"It's better to not be able to run than to lose your head. Get up and run for me!" Zhou Cang kicked the opponent hard and cursed.

"Rather than running to death from exhaustion, it would be better to be killed and die happily." Another soldier complained.

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Han Dang and Huang Gai were still more than two miles away from Zhou Cang and others. They could faintly hear Zhou Cang's loud shouting, but they could not hear the words of other soldiers. But generally it can be seen clearly that the soldiers can no longer run, but the leader is still forcing them to run.

Han Xuan hesitated and said: "But our soldiers haven't caught up yet..."

Huang Gai looked back and saw that, sure enough, neither the soldiers brought by Han Dang nor the soldiers brought out by himself had followed. These soldiers were all newly recruited soldiers. The Battle of Wancheng was the first battle they had participated in in their lives. , there is still too little actual combat experience.

"I don't want to kill many thieves, I just need to catch the thieves leader Zhou Cang, and it will be a great achievement to get back." Han Dang stared at Zhou Cang in the distance with his eyebrows fixed, his eyes full of eager light.

Just now, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to catch Zhou Cang by himself, but now that Huang Gai is here, everything is possible.

"You can give it a try." Huang Gai firmly grasped the iron whip in his hand, gritted his teeth and made up his mind, saying, "But if the opportunity is bad, we must withdraw immediately!"

"Okay! Kill!" Han Dang was overjoyed. He clamped his legs under the horse's belly and the horse ran forward.

Huang Gai danced his whip and followed closely.

"Alas... alas..." Han Xuan had no basis for advancing or retreating. He didn't know what to do for a moment. If he followed, he would inevitably face risks. If he didn't follow, if Han Dang and Huang Gai really captured the enemy chief and came back, they would There is no merit of my own.

Now that he has just joined Sun Jian, it is just a job, especially now that General Huang Zhong is not dealing with him, he must find an opportunity to gain a foothold and get promoted and make a fortune, and that opportunity is clearly right in front of him.

He wanted to see how the Yellow Turban thieves would deal with it. If eight hundred Yellow Turban thieves swarmed up, then he would have only one option to escape. If the Yellow Turban thieves fled, then of course he would pursue them in a high-profile manner.

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But while driving the Yellow Turban Army forward, Pei Yuanshao smiled at Zhou Cang and said, "Boss Zhou, how about we try the power of the Yuanyang Formation? Use a three-talented Mandarin Duck Formation to surround that kid Han Dang, and maybe we can capture him."

Zhou Cang was eager to give it a try, but finally shook his head, "Your Majesty and Mr. Xi have repeatedly told us that in today's battle, we can only lose but not win. Your Majesty must have other advanced plans. If we capture Han Dang, wouldn't it be bad?" Did you follow His Majesty’s plan? No, they’re coming after you, run away!”

The yellow turban thieves who had been driven away by them immediately ran away. After all, running slowly would lead to death.

"Run quickly, faster!" Zhou Cang chased the yellow scarf thieves behind him like a flock of sheep.

Most of these are brothers who have been with him for several years, and he doesn't want to abandon them.

"Boss Zhou, we are chasing two generals this time." Pei Yuanshao reminded.

Zhou Cang looked back, and sure enough he saw another general chasing Han Dang side by side. Judging from his attire and riding posture, he could tell that this general was far from comparable to the scribe just now.

"Just the two of them dare to chase so closely. They might still be in trouble." Zhou Cang said as he ran, "Be careful, they will catch up in a while. Leave the new one to me, and you can compete with Han Dang." After a few moments, he has been fighting with me for a long time, and chasing him so far consumes a lot of energy. As long as you don't fight, it is still possible to delay for a while and give the brothers a chance to return to camp. "

"Okay, I don't know if His Majesty will send someone to pick them up halfway." Pei Yuanshao said, "I don't know what to do with them near the camp."

Soon after rounding a corner, they could already see the camp at the front of the army, and the two of them couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

At this time, the speed of these yellow turban soldiers slowed down again, and Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao had to turn around. Han Dang and Huang Gai quickly caught up.

Behind them, Han Xuan followed up shouting, "Don't run away, little thief, I want you to know how powerful Han Xuan is. Come and fight Han for a thousand rounds."

Han Dang and Huang Gai looked at each other and almost laughed out loud. Why did General Sun accept such a living treasure?
"A dog is very timid." Zhou Cang sneered, "How dare you chase me all the way to the vicinity of our army camp? Do you really not know how to write the word "death"?"

"Hahahaha..." Huang Gai laughed loudly, "Of course we know how to write the word "death". I'm afraid you, a thief like you, don't know a single word, not even the word "death". Hahahaha..."

Pei Yuanshao deliberately delayed time and said: "You know how to write the word "death", so write one for us to see."

Before Han Dang and Huang Gai could answer, Han Xuan's voice came from behind, "Han knows how to write the word "death". Let me write it for you."

He has already seen clearly that this is a great opportunity to get credit for nothing. The Yellow Turban thief has only one way to escape. Those two thieves will obviously not be the opponents of Han and Huang. How could such a good opportunity be missed? Own?

"This place is dangerous, please step back, Mr. Han." Huang Gai reminded.

"I want to write the word "death" to him first!" Han Xuan drew out his sword, pointed it at a tree nearby, stabbed it out with all his strength, and actually started to write on it.

Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao looked at each other in confusion. They all felt that they had no words to express their inner feelings, and they didn't know if the scribe had gone crazy.

"Yi Gong, fight quickly!" Huang Gai shouted, clapped his horse and rushed forward with a whip. Zhou Cang was not polite and took the initiative to meet him.

Han Dang was going to fight Zhou Cang with his spear. In this situation, there was no need to talk about martial arts. It was only right to catch Zhou Cang as quickly as possible.

Naturally, Pei Yuanshao couldn't let him get his way, so he used his spear to fight Han Dang.

As Zhou Cang expected, Han Dang's strength was greatly reduced at this moment. He had been fighting with Zhou Cang for so long, and had been fighting and fighting all the way. He was almost exhausted. Pei Yuanshao actually fought with him for more than ten rounds without a win or loss. .

In the same way, Zhou Cang also consumed a lot of energy. Faced with Huang Gai, whose strength was still intact, he soon became unable to withstand it. After ten rounds, his movements became somewhat deformed and dangerous.

"The wind is tight, it's crazy!" Zhou Cang shouted, turned his horse and ran away.

Pei Yuanshao also fled. It was obvious that they could not stop the two generals of the Jingzhou Army.

This time we are really going to lose!

After chasing for a while, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao caught up with the Yellow Turban infantry again. They were now very close to the camp, but they had no choice but to continue to fight and pursue the soldiers.

After more than ten rounds, the two were defeated and continued to retreat.

At this time, the camp door opened wide and a supporting force rushed out.

As soon as Huang Gai saw the troops and horses arriving from the official army, he knew that nothing could be done and he could no longer capture the leader of the Yellow Turban bandit. He gritted his teeth and used his whip. The iron whip in his right hand was released, and he hit Zhou with a roar. warehouse.

At this moment, Zhou Cang was extremely exhausted and unable to dodge. He was hit on the back by a whip. His body shook three times on the horse. He felt a sweetness in his throat, and with a "pop" sound, a stream of blood spurted out.

Fortunately, he was supported by stirrups on both sides, so he didn't fall off his horse. The horse carried him and rushed towards the camp like a merry-go-round.

"Duplicate, retreat quickly!" Han Dang couldn't help being surprised when he saw the general who came out of the camp. It was Xu Chu who beat Cheng Pu at the foot of Funiu Mountain that day and was unable to fight back.

Behind Xu Chu were several hundred farmers. Even though their clothes were disheveled, they were all full of murderous intent and rushed after Xu Chu.

Huang Gai used two whips, and now only one iron whip was left in his hand, but he couldn't pick up the other one in time, so he turned his horse and ran away.

Now both of them are very tired and can't think of fighting Xu Chu at all. Moreover, they are still in front of the army's camp. The army may add reinforcements at any time, but they only have two single soldiers. The soldiers and horses under his command had been thrown to who knows where. "I have finished writing the word "death". I must show the thief how to write the word "death"! At this time, Han Xuan rushed towards him with a horse.

"Run quickly, the government reinforcements are coming." Han Dang shouted loudly while beating the horse with all his strength.

"What?!" Han Xuan looked confused. He was clearly chasing well, but how could he end up being chased instead?
In desperation, he struggled to hold on to the horse's reins, but the speed just now was too fast and he couldn't stop at once. He passed by Han Dang and Huang Gai in the wrong stirrup, and the horse rushed out for a few more steps before stopping, with its front hooves high. Lift.

Han Xuan's equestrian skills were not good to begin with, and he was incomparable to those experienced military commanders. When the horse stood upright, he fell off the horse in an instant.

"Mr. Han!" When Han Dang turned around and saw this, he screamed and wanted to rein in his horse and rescue him.

"It's too late, let's go!" Seeing this, Huang Gai whipped Han Dang's horse hard on the hindquarters. The horse suffered pain and carried Han Dang Juechen away.

Huang Gai followed closely. He didn't even have time to pick up his favorite iron whip. How could he turn around to save Han Xuan? He could only blame this scribe for being too weird.

Han Xuan fell into a daze. Just as he got up, he felt a cold light flash in front of his eyes, and a huge knife head half the size of his body was lying in front of him.

Looking up, he saw a tower-like military commander riding on a horse, sneering at him.

Xu Chu saw that this man was very well-dressed, wearing brocade and a jade belt. He knew he was not an ordinary person, so he shouted and asked, "Who are you?"

"Han Xuan is working under Sun Jian's account, please spare your life, general!" Han Xuan replied hurriedly and tremblingly when he saw the situation in front of him.

At this moment, his heart was already cold. He didn't know what the emperor would do to him if he fell into the hands of the imperial court. He didn't know whether he would be allowed to write the word "death" before he died.

"Tie him up!" Xu Chu shouted, and immediately some soldiers rushed forward, pushed Han Xuan to the ground, and tied him tightly.

Xu Chu did not continue to chase, but escorted Han Xuan back to the camp.

It was almost noon, and pots were being cooked in the camp, and the aroma filled the air.

At the rear of the camp, there was a pile of wood transported back from the mountain, as well as some simple siege equipment that had been processed on the mountain.

There were more than 400 soldiers dressed as old farmers standing there waiting to receive their rewards. They had been responsible for logging and processing wood in Bowangpo these days.

Gao Shun stood at a high place and scanned the crowd, convinced that there were three or four strangers among them.

It is difficult for ordinary generals to recognize all the soldiers under their command. They can only remember those with more obvious characteristics. Most of the more than 400 people are unlikely to recognize them. At most, they will feel familiar.

But it was different here in Gao Shun. He brought all his compatriots, and they trained together for several months, and followed him all the way from Chenliu to Nanyang.

Many of them have known each other since childhood, and now they can accurately call each soldier by name. It can be said that they are extremely familiar with each other.

As a result, new faces mixed in with the crowd, and he was quickly spotted.

Gao Shun pretended not to know, pointed at everyone and said loudly: "How many times have I told you, don't cut down trees so fast, just make siege equipment with a look, and it's not really siege? Look at you, this The back camp can hardly be put down.”

"General, we made siege equipment but didn't attack the city. Why?" a soldier asked.

Gao Shun took a look and saw that the person who asked the question was one of the craftsmen mixed in.

Then he deliberately lowered his voice and said: "You must not make any noise. The attack on the city is just a show to scare the Jingzhou army so that they dare not leave the city. In fact, the army is already preparing to withdraw. Didn't you see how deserted the camp is today?" A group of people have already left, and our battalion will be withdrawing tomorrow. When the Jingzhou rebels react, we will return to Luoyang, Kyoto. "

"General, why should we withdraw after everything is fine?" Another soldier asked. This time it was indeed a Xiang Yong under Gao Shun, but it was all arranged in advance.

"I'm not sure about the details. I heard that Hangu Pass has been lost and Kyoto is in danger. Your Majesty will go back to defend Luoyang, the capital." Gao Shun said in a low voice, "But I don't know if it's true or not. It's so important. The confidential matters are not accessible to a small person like me. You just need to prepare to withdraw your troops tomorrow, and go eat quickly. "

After saying that, with a wave of his hand, everyone dispersed.

As for the three agents, they slipped out of the camp unprepared. All of this did not escape the spy arranged by Gao Shun, so they immediately went to the Chinese army's tent to report to Liu Ming.

When they entered the tent, they discovered that a group of people had gathered here. Zhou Cang's complexion was sallow and there was a pool of blood on his chest. A military doctor was checking his pulse.

"Lao Zhou is injured? How is it?" Gao Shun asked.

The military doctor took back his hand and said with a smile: "At present, there is no big problem with the internal organs, but the qi and blood are not flowing smoothly. It will take some time to recover, and then everything will be fine."

Everyone felt relieved. The military doctor wrote a prescription and left.

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao gave a brief account of the morning's battle. Xu Chu also added, and finally said: "We captured a fallen scribe who claimed to be Han Xuan who worked under Sun Jian. He was a timid and fearful person. I beg vigorously for mercy, and please forgive me."

Han Xuan? Still in Jingzhou...

Liu Ming immediately thought of a person. In the novel, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang conquered the four counties of Jingnan. Among them, Guan Yu fought against Changsha. The governor of Changsha was Han Xuan. He had quite a conflict with Huang Zhong. In the end, Wei Yan turned against him and cut them off.

Judging from the novel, this man was ignorant of military affairs and commanded indiscriminately. He was cruel and unkind. If Wei Yan had not arrived in time, he would have killed the veteran Huang Zhong.

Unexpectedly, he turned to Sun Jian so early.

Liu Ming looked at Gao Shun and asked, "How is Captain Gao doing?"

"Everything went according to plan." Gao Shun reported back, "As expected by your majesty, today's woodcutter soldiers have been mixed with thieves, and the general has spread the news of tomorrow's retreat in accordance with the instructions of your majesty and Mr. Xi. ”

"Well done." Liu Ming praised Sun Jian for his meticulous work. If he had known that Kyoto was dangerous and the imperial army was eager to return, he would never let go of such a good opportunity and would certainly take the opportunity to attack with all his troops. That will be their end.

However, in order to be more foolproof and make plans based on Han Xuan, Liu Ming thought of the content in the novel "A gathering of heroes and Jiang Qian was raped".

Let Han Xuan be Jiang Gan today and strengthen Sun Jian's confidence in attacking.

"Your Majesty, maybe we should make use of Han Xuan." Xi Zhicai suddenly said, "Send Gao Shun the news to Xizuo, and then reinforce it with Han Xuan, so that Sun Jian will believe it, and your Majesty will be in a state of great disbelief. It’s easier to realize your desired plans.”

This is consistent with Liu Ming's thoughts.

"Sir, what you said is very true." Liu Ming praised, "All of you, please step aside. Zhong Kang will go and bring Han Xuan in. Well, Mr. Xi can stay and wait and see what happens."

"According to the order." Xi Zhicai said with a smile, "Then let Zhou Cang stay too, and Xi will dress up as a military doctor and treat Lao Zhou."

Liu Ming nodded in agreement, and after a while Xu Chu pushed someone in. He saw that this person was pale, sweating profusely, and standing there shivering. He didn't know whether he was scared or cold.

"The guilty minister Han Xuan has seen your Majesty!" Han Xuan saw Liu Ming sitting in the middle and immediately knelt down and kowtow involuntarily, "The guilty minister mistakenly believed the treacherous words for a while, so he followed Sun Jian and rebelled. Please keep the guilty minister. Use your life to serve the country and the country.”

"A body of use?" Liu Ming snorted coldly and said, "What use do you have? Look at what you traitors have done to my beloved general. I am about to kill someone to avenge my beloved general. How is this possible? Spare you! Come here!”

The curtain was raised, and several warriors burst in with a roar.

Han Xuan was so frightened that he almost wet his pants. He kowtowed in a hurry and begged for mercy loudly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The guilty minister is really useful. At least he knows the defense layout of Wancheng and can help your Majesty capture Wancheng and capture Sun Jian."

"Oh? Then you should tell me about Sun Jian's troop deployment in Wancheng." Liu Ming snorted coldly, "If you tell any lies, today will be the day you die!"

(End of this chapter)