The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 124 124 arrived in Puyang
As the sun sets and dusk falls, a group of hungry magpies hover over the dilapidated Lihu City, and a group of hungry wolves are buried among the corpses, enjoying a delicious meal to their heart's content.

There was a strong smell of blood in the air. On the ruined walls of Lihu City, there were corpses everywhere. Broken skulls and broken limbs could be seen everywhere.

Around the blood-stained city wall, corpses were piled up like small hills.The scars left by the war can be seen everywhere, and the ground is full of broken arrows, weapons, broken battle armor, and broken siege equipment.

Lihu City was devastated everywhere, and many corpses had been hollowed out by wild beasts, leaving only a mutilated body.

Seeing such a scene, one can foresee the tragic situation of the battle at that time.

No matter whether it was Cao Cao's soldiers or Lu Bu's soldiers, no one treated the corpses, and they were just abandoned in the wilderness.

Zhang Yan frowned, glanced at the dead bodies in the wilderness, and immediately ordered the whole army to be divided into two, one part was responsible for setting up camp outside Lihu City, and the other part was responsible for cleaning the battlefield and burying the corpses, so as not to cause epidemics.

When night fell, the camp had been set up, but the bodies were still being buried.The Xuzhou soldiers who were in charge of burying the corpses had been busy for two full hours before they finished burying all the corpses.

Although no clear statistics were made, Xu Sheng, who was in charge of burying the corpses, discovered some clues during the process of moving the corpses: the number of dead soldiers in Lu Bu's army was twice that of Cao Cao's army.

Most of Zhang Yanjun's scouts were dead soldiers rescued by Xu Sheng from the Futu Temple. After Zhang Yan detoxified him, they followed Zhang Yan wholeheartedly and served as scouts for Zhang Yan wholeheartedly. The management of the scout team , also handed over to Xu Sheng.

If a scout is a spy, then Xu Sheng is the out-and-out leader of the spy.Moreover, Xu Sheng and the others hardly knew how to read. Because of this, Zhang Yan was relieved to let them deliver letters and other important information.

The information that the scouts spied on was passed on orally and reported directly to Xu Sheng and Zhang Yan.

Therefore, Xu Sheng was influenced by his ears and eyes, and gradually kept an eye on it, and was very sensitive to the news delivered.

It was late at night, but Zhang Yan was still busy in the barracks and did not rest.

Inside the big tent, Zhang Yan was discussing with Zhang Hong and Chen Gui, but when he saw Xu Sheng walking in from outside the tent with a flustered expression on his face, he asked, "Is there any news?"

Xu Sheng shook his head and said, "My lord, when I was burying the corpse, I found a clue..."

"What's the clue?" Zhang Yan asked hurriedly.

Xu Shengdao: "When my subordinates were burying the corpses, they accidentally discovered that the number of soldiers killed in Lu Bu's army was far more than that of Cao Cao's army, almost double that of Cao's army..."

Zhang Yan asked softly: "Cao's soldiers are all elite. Lu Bu's troops were recruited in recent months, and they were made in a hurry. Naturally, they cannot compare with Cao's soldiers, and the number of casualties is naturally higher. What's the use of this?" Strange?"

Xu Shengdao: "Yesterday, the scouts came to report that Lv Bu defeated Cao Cao after a series of victories here, and forced Cao Cao to retreat to Puyang. However, judging from the number of soldiers killed in battle, it was Lv Bu's army who lost troops. Then why did Cao Cao withdraw his troops?"

At this time, Chen Gui laughed out loud after hearing this, and said: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the outcome cannot be inferred based on the number of people killed in battle. Sometimes, the winning side may pay a far higher price than the losing side." Much bigger..."

Zhang Yan said to Xu Sheng: "Master Chen is very reasonable. You are more cautious than before, which is commendable. Well, you have been tired all day, go back and rest early."

Xu Sheng didn't think about it any more, so he clasped his fists and said, "The last general will leave!"

As soon as the words fell, Xu Sheng turned around and left the big tent.

Seeing that Xu Sheng had come out of the big tent, Chen Gui sneered and said to himself: "We, the resourceful people, haven't seen any clues yet. He, a vulgar person who doesn't even know a word, can also do it." See the clues?"

Zhang Yan hurriedly said: "Xu Sheng's prudence may not necessarily be a bad thing, at least, it proves that he has used his brain to think. Mr. Chen, will our army come to Puyang City tomorrow?"

Chen Gui said: "There is no need to rush to the city of Puyang, first look at the battle between Lu Bu's army and Cao Cao's army, and then make a decision."

"Mr. Zigang, do you have any suggestions?" Zhang Yan glanced at Zhang Hong, who had been silent all this time, and asked.

Zhang Hong said softly: "The soldiers marched for thirty miles, and then set up camp. Let's wait and see what happens."

After some deliberation, Zhang Yan made a decision to send Chen Gui and Zhang Hong back to the camp to rest, and issued an order to set up camp and head to Puyang early in the morning.

As soon as the next day dawned, Zhang Yan and others pulled out their camps and set up their villages. The army meandered forward and headed for Puyang mightily.

However, Zhang Yan and the others walked very slowly. After a total of tens of miles, Zhang Yan arrived in Puyang in the evening and set up camp ten miles away from Puyang City.

After the army was settled, Zhang Yan took Tai Shici, Xu Chu and a hundred elite cavalry to the city of Puyang to watch the battle between Lu Bu and Cao Cao.

Lu Bu's army was stationed outside Puyang City, only two miles away from Puyang City. There were only a few guards in the camp, and the army gathered under Puyang City.

The city wall of Puyang City is more than two feet high, and there is a moat around the outside of the city wall, which is about one foot wide. The river in the moat has already dried up due to severe drought, and now it is just a huge pit about ten feet deep. To prevent the enemy from invading.

However, under Chen Gong's suggestion, Lu Bu asked the soldiers to fill up the moat with soil. He used soil to fill up several sections of the moat, allowing the soldiers to charge under the city wall without any scruples.

Now, arrows are raining down on Puyang City, and Lu Bu's army, under the leadership of general Gao Shun, is desperately climbing up by using the ladder.

In addition, Lu Bu even asked his masters Hao Meng, Song Xian, Cheng Lian, and Hou Cheng to lead an archer each to cover the left and right wings.

On the city wall, Cao Cao personally climbed the city to command, while Li Dian on the left and Cao Hong on the right led the troops to resist to the death and kill the enemy with all their might.

The arrows were coming and going between the two armies, densely like a torrential rain, and the soldiers of the two armies hurt each other.

However, Cao Jun's defense was tight. Although Gao Shun and others were vigorous and brave, they were still unable to climb the city wall.

Lu Bu was riding on the red rabbit horse, frowning tightly, and his eyes were full of fierce lights, wishing to eat Cao Cao alive.

Chen Gong also looked at the front helplessly, and saw that the number of soldiers killed in battle was constantly increasing, so he persuaded him: "My lord, if we continue to attack like this, I'm afraid our army will lose more soldiers. Puyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. How about withdrawing the army and returning to the camp temporarily, and then think of his method?"

When Lu Bu saw this, although he was reluctant, he was also very helpless. He had been attacking for half an hour and lost nearly [-] soldiers. If he continued to attack, the casualties would be even more severe.

He glanced at Cao Cao on the tower again, and said indignantly, "Ming Jin withdraws troops!"

As soon as the order was conveyed, the voice of Mingjin sounded in the army, and Gao Shun, Hao Meng, Song Xian, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng and others led their troops to retreat one after another.

On Puyang City, Cao Cao was also relieved to see Lu Bu withdraw his troops.

Lü Bu retreated back to the camp, but before he took off his armor, he saw a soldier walk in, and said with clasped fists, "My lord, Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan led more than a hundred cavalry to beg to see him outside the stronghold."

"He's finally here!" A smile appeared on Lu Bu's face, "Hurry up!"

"Here!"

The soldiers responded, and were about to turn around and leave the tent, when Chen Gong shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Chen Gong walked up to Lv Bu and said to Lv Bu: "My lord, Zhang Yan has been conferred the titles of Xuzhou Shepherd and General An Dong by the imperial court, and he has also been conferred the title of Marquis of Liu. In terms of official rank, he is much higher than the lord. He should be The lord should personally greet him outside the gate of the village."

"What? You asked me to meet him?" Lu Bu asked in surprise.

Chen Gong nodded and said: "The arrival of Zhang Yan is undoubtedly beneficial to our army. If the Lord wants to completely defeat Cao Cao, he must rely on Zhang Yan. A man can bend and stretch, as long as he can achieve his goal, why should he care about it?" other?"

Lu Bu frowned, although he was reluctant, he agreed to Chen Gong.

Zhang Yan led Tai Shici, Xu Chu and more than a hundred riders, and waited quietly outside Lu Bu's camp.

After a while, Zhang Yan saw Lu Bu leading Chen Gong, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others coming out of the camp, so he turned over and jumped off his horse.

When they met each other twice, Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others all said in unison: "Greetings, Zhang Andong!"

Zhang Yan saw that Lu Bu and the others were very polite and respected him, so he hurriedly said: "We are all from our own family, why are you so cautious? General Lu, quickly excuse yourself!"

Lv Bu laughed and said, "Zhang Andong's identity is different now, he is already a Xuzhou shepherd, and he was appointed as General Anton, far superior to me, how can I be rude?"

Zhang Yandao: "In front of Brother Fengxian, no matter how great my official position is, it is still a small one. Brother Fengxian, as soon as I received your letter, I actively rectified the troops and rushed here without stopping. I heard you said that Cao Cao retreated steadily and retreated in Puyang City. I am really happy for Brother Fengxian. I was still thinking on the way, whether Brother Fengxian had already defeated Cao Cao before I arrived. It's over."

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Zhang Andong is joking. If I can really defeat Cao Cao, why do I write to Zhang Andong? This is not a place to talk, Zhang Andong please!"

Zhang Yan nodded, and followed Lu Bu into the camp. Chen Gong asked Zhang Liao to arrange for the cavalry to come with Zhang Yan. Tai Shici and Xu Chu followed Zhang Yan closely, and followed Zhang Yan into Lu Bu's camp. In the big tent of the Chinese army.

(End of this chapter)