Soldiers come to the world

Bian County is located in the hinterland of Jingzhou. It has no defensive function. The city wall is only two feet high and less than twenty miles in circumference. There is no moat. The city head is narrow and cannot accommodate large defensive weapons.

However, Cao Ren was extremely careful, and specially arranged 1000 people to patrol the top of the city to prevent Jiang Xia's spies from climbing over the wall to enter the city. Hole in.

"there!"

Liu Zhengyi pointed to the northwest corner of the city, and whispered to Deng Ai: "We found a robbery hole under the wall. Although it has been backfilled, it can be used with a little dredging."

Speaking of this, Liu Zheng asked again with a smile: "Do you know what it is to steal a cave?" [

Deng Ai scratched his head and said, "But it has something to do with thieves?"

"That's right, it's the place where you leave the city after stealing something at night, almost every city has it, and only experienced people can find it."

At this time, Liu Zheng saw that the guards at the top of the city had passed by, so he waved his hand, "Follow me!"

He jumped into the darkness, Deng Ai followed him closely, and the two quickly ran to the base of the city wall. After a while, they rushed to the edge of the city wall, and Liu Zheng jumped down a tunnel and crawled deep into the ground.

Deng Ai was tall and tall, and it was very difficult to get up. After finally climbing to a spacious place, he sat down on a big log and panted from exhaustion.

At this time Liu Zheng had already lit half a candle, Deng Ai couldn't help but look around, he saw a radius of about one foot, five feet high, the dome was round and arched, and the surrounding walls were covered with green bricks, Deng Ai couldn't help feeling a little strange, where are these?

At this time, when he turned his head, he was startled, he leaned against a coffin, Liu Zheng grinned, "This is a tomb, and it's the tomb of a high-ranking official. Look at this coffin, it's actually made of high-quality nanmu. How strong!"

He patted the coffin, and there was a bang, and Liu Zheng sighed regretfully: "It is estimated that it has been buried for a hundred years, but unfortunately it has been stolen, and all the valuable funeral objects have been looted, leaving only some broken jars. "

At this time, two people climbed out from the front hole, holding a shovel in each hand. They were both short and fat, like two moles. Above is a dilapidated vegetable garden."

Liu Zheng was overjoyed, "It's so fast, doesn't it mean that it will take one more time?"

One of them laughed and said, "The main reason is that there is a ready-made tomb here, which saves a lot of effort."

Liu Zheng nodded, introduced Deng Ai to them, and then introduced to Deng Ai: "These two are new brothers who joined us after the Battle of Chibi, one is Yan San and the other is Yan Si. Touching the gold captain, the skill of digging holes and passing through the city is second to none in the world."

The two quickly saluted, "See General Deng!"

Deng Ai smiled and said, "Can the two talents take me up there to have a look?"

"General Deng please!"

A few people slowly crawled into the city from the dug tunnel. The city was indeed a dilapidated vegetable garden. Judging from the condition of the soil, it should not be abandoned, but the owner fled. Two thatched huts were built next to the city wall. Just inside the hut.

A few people rested in the thatched hut for a while, but Liu Zheng went out. About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Zheng actually led a person, and introduced to Deng Ai with a smile: "This is the Chief Registrar of the county, an official of our Jingzhou, Willing to help us."

He said to Xin Zhi again: "This is General Deng, a man from Xinye, a student of Jiangxia Academy, who has joined the army with his pen."

Xin Zhi was taken aback for a moment, carefully looked at Deng Ai under the faint moonlight, and asked, "Who are you, Xinye Deng Zhi and Deng Wu?"

Deng Ai quickly said: "Deng Zhi is my elder brother, as for Deng Long, that is my father, I really dare not call him by his name."

"I'm sorry!"

Xin Zhi laughed, "Then we are not outsiders, Deng Zhi is my brother-in-law."

Deng Ai was overjoyed and saw the ceremony again. Xin Zhi then said to the crowd: "Cao Jun is stationed in the Beicheng area, and the defense is very tight. The people of this city are not allowed to enter their quarters. Listen to their wishes. At five o'clock Let's go."

Deng Ai pondered for a moment and asked Liu Zhengdao: "I wonder what their patrol password is tonight?"

Liu Zheng shook his head, "We only know the patrol password for the outer city, but not the password for the inner city, but we can arrest someone to ask."

Xin Zhi laughed and said, "I know, the password is 'return to the north', Cao Jun's sentry told me specially, otherwise I will be accidentally injured."

Deng Ai laughed, "In this case, there is a way."

He said a few words to Liu Zheng in a low voice, and Liu Zheng was suddenly surprised and pleased, "How did General Deng know that I like doing this kind of thing?"

Deng Ai touched his nose, "Because I like it too!"

At one watch, a patrol team of Cao Jun consisting of ten people was patrolling the open streets neatly. At this time, a group of soldiers came to face them, and the patrol team shouted: "Password!"

"Return to the North!"

The password was wrong, and the leaders of the two sides chatted for a while. The topic was not that there were no attractive women in the city. The two laughed a few times, and the two groups of soldiers went to patrol separately.

Not long after, the patrol team of ten entered an alley. A hole was dug in the wall at the end of the alley, and bags of kerosene were handed in from the outside of the hole. Each member of the patrol team took the kerosene bag and went away separately. Come back again, and split up to spray fire oil.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Liu Zheng waved his hand and ordered everyone to evacuate quickly. He stayed alone in Cao Jun's camp area. Fire oil behind the front house.

Not long after, dozens of fires ignited at the same time in the northern part of the city. The fire took advantage of the wind and burned rapidly. In a short time, the entire northern part of the city was shrouded in billowing thick smoke.

Cao Jun, who was sleeping, was awakened by the fire. He was frightened out of his wits, without armor, shoes and socks, and fled barefoot.

Cao Ren rushed out on horseback, looking for a way to escape. At this time, General Niu Jin rushed over and said, "General, there is also fire on the south side. We can escape through the north gate!"

At this time, the flames were engulfing the sky, and the soldiers surrounded by the fire were crying and screaming, which made Cao Ren flustered. Regardless of Chen Jiao, he rode his horse and fled to the north gate.

Cao Ren rushed out of the county seat in one breath, followed by thousands of soldiers, and fled to the north in panic. After running for less than a mile, suddenly there was loud drumming and flames in front of him. Jiang Xia's ambush soldiers came from all sides. With one finger, he shouted to Cao Ren: "I am Zhao Zilong from Changshan, the enemy will take his life!"

When Cao Ren heard that it was Zhao Yun, he was so frightened that his sword fell to the ground. He turned his horse's head and fled westward. At this time, Niu Jin came from behind and shouted, "Zhao Yun will kill me!"

He urged his horse to charge towards Zhao Yun, swung his knife and slashed, Zhao Yun sneered, turned back and stabbed with a spear, the spear was as fast as lightning, and the tip of the spear pierced Niu Jin's throat in an instant, Zhao Yun swung his spear and picked Niu Jin on the ground. He dismounted, turned around and saw that Cao Ren had already run dozens of steps away.

Zhao Yun was furious and urged his horse to chase after him. His original horse was lost among the Cao army, and the horse under his crotch was a thousand-mile horse selected by Liu from thousands of horses. The horse was so fast that it caught up with Cao Ren in a short time.

"The thief will take his life!"

Zhao Yun yelled loudly, like a thunderbolt exploding in Cao Ren's ears, Cao Ren was so frightened that he pulled out his saber from his waist, turned around and slashed at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun swung his gun away from his saber, relaxed his left arm, grabbed Cao Ren, threw it to the ground, and ordered, "Tie me up!"

Several Jiangxia soldiers nearby rushed forward and bound Cao Ren tightly.

At this time, Zhao Yun saw Cao soldiers fleeing desperately in the wilderness, and a large number of Cao soldiers escaped from the city, crying and begging, everyone's faces were filled with fear, Zhao Yun couldn't help feeling pity, and ordered: "Those who surrender will be spared." If you die, the fleeing soldiers will stop chasing you."

Jiangxia's soldiers were surrounded from all sides, and Cao's army had already lost their fighting spirit. They just tried to survive on their own. Those who escaped from the fire in the city no longer had the heart to resist, and they knelt down and surrendered.

A fire wiped out [-] elite Cao troops, and most of them surrendered. Changshi Chen Jiao was also captured alive by Liu Zheng, general Cao Ren was captured, and deputy general Niu Jin was killed. Zhao Yun played a brilliant battle for the first time.

Two days later, Liu led [-] troops to Bian County, and the army set up a camp outside Bian County. Liu then inspected the prisoner-of-war camp accompanied by Zhao Yun.

"This time the county was burned, a total of 920 people were captured, and more than a thousand people were beheaded. The rest of Cao's army either perished in the flames, or escaped from the siege. The biggest gain was the capture of Cao Ren."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yun showed a look of relief on his face. Although Cao Ren escaped for several miles, he still failed to escape his pursuit, which made him quite proud.

Liu smiled, "Cao Ren has been fighting for many years, and he has already become a master. It is not easy to catch him, but we must conceal the matter of capturing Cao Ren for the time being, and warn the soldiers not to spread it. Keeping him will be of great use in the future. "

Zhao Yun cupped his fists and said, "Obey!"

Liu praised again: "Capturing nearly [-] prisoners of war, but killing or wounding less than [-] people, this is a good fighter, a great achievement, this battle was very exciting."

Zhao Yun shook his head, "This battle is actually the work of the Eagle Strike Army. I just reaped it at the end, so I dare not claim credit for it."

Liu laughed, "You are the chief general, and the Eagle Strike Army is just your subordinates. There is no reason why the subordinates have made outstanding achievements while the chief general has made great achievements."

Zhao Yun still hesitated, because Liu Zheng was obviously not his subordinate, but an independent army, and he wanted to return the credit to Liu Zheng.

But Liu didn't want him to be humble anymore. He needed to make Zhao Yun meritorious service as soon as possible so that he could have an excuse to confer rewards. This was a rule he set up.

Liu Bian said: "You don't need to say any more, I know it well."

Zhao Yun was silent and stopped arguing with Liu. Since he has decided to follow Liu, he first needs to change his identity and mentality. He can no longer regard himself as Liu's elder brother, can no longer be special, and can no longer be in the hearts of Jiang Xia's soldiers. Leave a pampered and proud impression.

Liu Hu did a good job at this point. Although he was Liu's cousin, he never put on airs like an older brother and got along with the soldiers.

Zhao Yun also believed that it was not accidental that Liu was able to get to where he is today, but that he had extraordinary intelligence, so he didn't have to fight any more, and there was a reason for Liu's handling of it.

At this time, Deng Ai brought Xin Zhi over again, and introduced to Liu: "This is the editor of the county book, and he has helped us a lot."

Xin Zhi knelt down and paid respects to Liu Xing, "Xin Zhi, chief secretary of the county, pays his respects to the state shepherd!"

Liu quickly helped him up and said with a smile, "Master Xin doesn't need to make any more big salutes, please get up quickly."

Liu asked again, "Are there any other officials in Bian County besides the chief register?"

"There is only one humble official."

Liu nodded, "How many people are there in Bian County? Will there be casualties when the county is burned?"

"Reporting to Zhou Mu, there are now more than [-] households in Bianxian County. They farm outside the city during the day and return to the city at night. During the fire the day before yesterday, everyone hid in the east of the city. They were not affected by the fire. In addition to death, there will be casualties."

"Not bad! This is a very good result."

Liu praised the official in front of him very much. He can not abandon his people and share weal and woe. Such an official deserves praise.

"From now on, you are the magistrate of the county. The fugitives will return to their hometowns soon, and I will work hard on you."

Xin Zhi was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Xie Zhou Mu rewarded you!"

At this time, Deng Ai next to him said again: "Last time the state shepherd asked about my brother Deng Zhi, and Deng Zhi is the wife and brother of County Magistrate Xin."

Liu was startled, and then asked Xin Zhi, "I wonder if County Magistrate Xin still has contacts with Deng Zhi?"

Xin Zhi knew that Liu was going to win over Deng Zhi, so he quickly bowed and said: "We often exchange letters. Not long ago, he wrote to me asking about the situation in Jingzhou. If the state pastor wants Deng Zhi to serve in Jingzhou, I would like to write Letter to persuade, or I will go to Padang County myself."

Of course Deng Zhi is a talented person, but at this time Deng Zhi is the confidant of Pang Xi, the prefect of Badong, and his significance is extraordinary.

Liu pondered for a moment, then whispered a few words to Xin Zhi, and finally said with a smile: "If you can accomplish this, I will remember your great achievements and promote you to be the magistrate of Nanjun County."

Xin Zhi was very excited. He had just been promoted to the county magistrate, and now he has the opportunity to be promoted to another level. This is his luck. He quickly clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate will never let down the great trust of the state shepherd!"