The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 102 Chapter 102 Secret Passage
Zhang Yan saw that the man standing in front of him was very angry. Although his injuries were not healed, he thought that he was more than enough to deal with these rebels. In the right hand, he shouted at the person opposite: "What a big tone, I want to see how capable you group of rebels are! Do you dare to fight me alone?"

"Why don't you dare!" Zhou Tai immediately raised his gun and said energetically.

Zhang Yan sneered, and suddenly rode his horse out. The Wuyun Snowriding Horse under his seat carried Zhang Yan on his back, and rushed towards Zhou Tai who was opposite him like an arrow off the string.

In a short while, Zhang Yan had arrived in front of Zhou Tai. He grabbed the horse's rein with his left hand, swung his long sword with his right hand, and slashed towards Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai unhurriedly raised his iron spear to block, who knew that Zhang Yan's long sword suddenly disappeared and stabbed him obliquely from under his ribs.

Zhou Tai was taken aback, he never expected that Zhang Yan would make such a sinister move, he hurriedly turned the spear and put it across his waist, but when he heard the sound of "Zheng", he blocked Zhang Yan's sword.

The two horses were fleeting, and the two separated quickly. In this round, Zhang Yan left a deep impression on Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai stopped the horse, turned the horse's head, and said in his heart: "I underestimated the enemy just now, and was almost stabbed by him. This time, I will never show mercy!"

Zhang Yan also reined in the horse, turned the horse's head around, and confronted Zhou Tai again.

Zhou Tai's weapons are relatively long, with a wide attack range and a long attack distance, which is extremely advantageous in horse battles.

Although Zhang Yan held a long sword in his hand, the weapon was much shorter than a long spear, but Zhang Yan was able to skillfully use the long sword and was able to strike back.As long as it reaches the attack range of the long sword, Zhang Yan will rule the world, and he will never give Zhou Tai any chance to fight back.

In fact, Zhang Yan was forced to fight with a sword, because his left shoulder blade was injured. If he used a spear, he had to use his left hand. Once he used force, the wound would be affected, causing the wound to burst, causing a second injury.

For the sake of safety, Zhang Yan could only choose the long sword.

When the two horses collided, Zhou Tai raised his spear and launched an attack. The spears were shadowy, stabbing at Zhang Yan's vital points one after another.

Zhang Yan swung his long sword, blocked from left to right, calmly deflected Zhou Tai's attack, and was about to miss him, Zhang Yan's wrist trembled, and the sword pointed directly at Zhou Tai's back.

Zhou Tai broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't expect that Zhang Yan would still have the strength to launch an attack after resisting his attack. He hurriedly ducked down to dodge it, but he still felt a little terrified when he thought about it.

After only two rounds, Zhou Tai could already ascertain that the person he was fighting was mighty powerful, perhaps not inferior to him.

Zhou Tai regained his energy and rode out again. This time, he took a strong attack, and relying on his superb marksmanship, he didn't give Zhang Yan any chance to counterattack. With one move, the next move followed like a shadow, And the moves are all fatal moves.

Zhang Yan suddenly felt an unprecedented killing intent, and saw Zhou Tai's ferocious face, showing his fierceness, and the speed of the marksmanship was beyond his imagination.

In previous battles, he had never seen such a fast marksmanship.Moreover, the iron spear was like a ferocious tiger in Zhou Tai's hands. As long as he didn't pay attention, he would be bitten by this tiger, and his own life would be in danger.

The two fought fiercely for more than a dozen rounds, neither winning nor losing, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Zhang Yan had been completely suppressed by Zhou Tai.

Gradually, Zhang Yan also felt the strain. The edge of the long sword was already bumpy due to the collision with the iron spear. Zhang Yan couldn't help but look at the person he was fighting with with admiration.

After fighting for a few more rounds, Zhang Yan was panting and sweating profusely, while Zhou Tai was calm and breathing smoothly.

However, in comparison, Zhou Tai's war horse was panting heavily, and his strength was exhausted, and he almost couldn't even stand upright.

In desperation, Zhou Tai had no choice but to ask for a temporary truce, and he wanted to change horses and fight again!

Zhang Yan agreed to Zhou Tai's request, and asked loudly, "May I ask your Excellency Gao's name?"

"If you don't change your name when you're a man, you don't change your surname when you sit down. I'm Zhou Tai!"

Hearing this name, Zhang Yan's face burst into joy. He didn't expect the famous Zhou Tai to appear here. No wonder he was forced to fight back.

Seeing that Zhou Tai had changed horses and was about to fight again, he said, "Let's rest for now, and fight again tomorrow!"

Zhou Tai was not worried, and immediately agreed, so he withdrew his troops and returned to the city.

But Zhang Yan withdrew his troops for three miles, stationed outside the city, and sent out scouts to inquire about the news, he had to find out the relationship between Zhou Tai and Li Lun.

Li Lun on the city wall was full of joy when he saw that Zhou Tai had resisted the army, and immediately set up a banquet in the city to entertain Zhou Tai and others.

After nightfall, the scouts sent by Zhang Yan finally came back, and only then did they learn that Zhou Tai was the leader of the pirates, and he had an accomplice named Jiang Qin. Leaving Huainan, living here, colluding with Li Lun, specializing in robbing merchant ships, and Li Lun is just a simple cooperative relationship.

In addition, the scouts also found out that there were more than 2000 pirates led by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and many of them had families with them. There were more than [-] pirates, all of whom were stationed on Yuzhou Mountain.

After Zhang Yan heard the news, he regretted that he did not lead the army. At this time, Mi Qiang brought a thousand soldiers and horses. After Zhang Yan learned about it, he was overjoyed. Siege.

Mi Qiang knew Qu County very well, and pointed out a secret passage for Zhang Yan to occupy Qu County without any effort.

The county seat of Qu County is built on the mountain, with the mountains in the south, the sea in the north, overlapping mountains in the south, and the vast and unfathomable sea in the north, all of which are insurmountable natural barriers.

But it doesn't mean that there is no breakthrough in the county seat of Qu County, it's just that only the Mi family knows about this breakthrough.

According to Mi Qiang, there is a secret passage in Qu Mountain, which was built by the ancestors of the Mi family to avoid the disaster of war.

Zhang Yan ordered his soldiers and horses, let Mi Qiang lead the way, and led 300 people into Qushan one after another.

Under the leadership of Mi Qiang, Zhang Yan and others entered the secret passage. This secret passage was dug by hand, and the entrance of the cave was so narrow that only two people and a horse could pass side by side. But the deeper you go, the bigger the cave will be.

Zhang Yan asked someone to hold a torch, and the lights in the secret passage were also brightly illuminated, and it was faintly visible that there were people living in the secret passage.

According to Mi Qiang, the last time the secret road was activated was during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. At that time, the Mi family moved all their belongings to the secret road to avoid the disaster of war.At that time, the entire Qu County thought that the Mi family had disappeared, but who knew that they would miraculously reappear half a year later. The people of Qu County have not yet solved this mystery.

Zhang Yan and others followed Mi Qiang, and after a lot of effort, they finally arrived at Mi's old house.The Mi family's old house was built in the south of the county town of Qu County, with its back against the mountains. Because of this, when the secret road was built, no outsiders knew about it.

Although Mi Zhu moved his family to Tancheng, he still left people to guard the old house, so the old house was not abandoned.

However, the old house is indeed a bit old, and compared with the Mi Mansion in Tancheng, it is simply too small.

Zhang Yan and others came out of the secret passage one after another, and secretly entered the county seat of Qu County. At this time, it was dead of night, Li Lun, Zhou Tai and others were already drunk, and they didn't know the arrival of the officers and soldiers.

Under the leadership of Mi Qiang, the army came to Li Lun's mansion, Zhang Yan immediately ordered to surround Li's mansion, and brought five hundred soldiers into the mansion to arrest Li Lun and Zhou Tai.

The officers and soldiers were like descending from the sky. Once they entered Li's residence, they went on a rampage. Anyone who encountered resistance would be killed without hesitation.

For a moment, there was a lot of shouting and killing in Li's house, and the noise woke up Li Lun and Zhou Tai.

Li Lun was holding a concubine in his arms. When he heard the commotion outside and learned that the officers and soldiers had killed him, his face paled with fright. He grabbed his clothes and put them on. The skirt covered her body.At this moment, how can he care so much, escape is the most important thing.

However, as soon as he opened the door, he suddenly saw Zhang Yan leading people blocking the door, he was suddenly surprised, and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"At this time, you know to beg for mercy? Why did you go so early? I'll let you know who killed you. I'm Xuzhou Mu!" Zhang Yan said.

After hearing this, Li Lun was even more frightened out of his wits, and hurriedly begged for mercy.

But how could Zhang Yan be merciful to the rebels? He swung his long sword and chopped off Li Lun's head with one blow. He carried Li Lun's head and walked out of the room, and then led people to arrest Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai lives in the guest room, which is still some distance away from Li Lun's residence. He woke up from his dream and heard someone shouting that the officers and soldiers are coming. Although he didn't know how the officers and soldiers entered the city, he jumped out of bed reflexively. He got up, touched the saber beside the bed, and walked out of the room.

He bumped into several officers and soldiers one after another along the way, but he killed them all. He escaped through the back door, went to the barracks to find his old troops, and led them out of the county seat of Qu County.

Zhang Yan failed to capture Zhou Tai. Although he was a little regretful, he occupied the county seat of Qu County. He immediately had Li Lun's family arrested and beheaded on the spot. Li Lun's family property was also confiscated and confiscated.

In just an hour, Zhang Yan controlled the whole situation. Those who rebelled with Li Lun came to Zhang Yan to express their crimes, and put all the responsibility on Li Lun.

Although Zhang Yan knew that some of these words were false, but the law does not blame everyone, he can't kill all these people, right?Besides, the chief villain, Li Lun, had been eliminated, so these clowns were nothing to worry about. Zhang Yan fined them some gold and silver, and that was the end of the matter.

After daybreak, Zhang Yan had already taken control of the county seat of Qu County, hung Li Lun's head on the city gate, and then sent someone to pass down an order that anyone who dared to openly rebel would end up a hundred times worse than Li Lun.

Li Lun's death was enough to deter those rebellious salt merchants, and the salt farmers were also bewitched. The entire Qu county was restored to order in just one day.

However, in Zhang Yan's heart, he was thinking about another thing, that is the pirates Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin stationed in Yuzhou Mountain.After careful planning, Zhang Yan first sent a letter of persuasion to surrender, and then gathered soldiers and horses, ready to attack Yuzhou Mountain at any time.

(End of this chapter)