The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 184
The thunderous sound of horseshoes came from far and near. Zhang Yang, Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others looked back one after another. One of them was wearing a helmet and a luxurious brocade robe, galloping towards here in a heroic manner.

Zhang Yang, Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qu Bei and others noticed that this cavalry team was well-dressed and well-equipped, and the black armor on their bodies was shiny and shiny. They are well-made first-class goods, and even the weapons in their hands are shining coldly, and what they ride are all fine horses. Such a majestic team, even the troops of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji would feel inferior. .

After Yang Feng saw it, he immediately asked a question: "Where are these soldiers and horses?"

Yang Dingdao: "Looking at their attire, it seems that they are not the army of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji, and they are so well equipped, and they come from the east. Among the heroes of the Kanto, there are only a handful of such majestic troops. Could it be Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao's army?"

Zhang Yang pointed to the flags in the army and said, "The flags in the army are flying with Zhang characters, how could it be Yuan Shao's army? Besides, Yuan Shao is now fighting Gongsun Zan, so he has no time to take care of this..."

"Whose army is that?" Yang Feng, Yang Ding and the others had a trace of doubt in their hearts.

Zhang Yang thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "I see, it's Zhang Yan's army..."

"Zhang Yan? Who is he?" Yang Feng and Yang Ding were at a loss.

Yang Feng, Yang Ding and the others didn't know about Zhang Yan's deeds, so that's fine. After all, they had been in Guanzhong for a long time and were isolated from the Guandong. Naturally, they didn't know much about the news of the Guandong.As for Zhang Yang, he knew a lot about Zhang Yan.

Therefore, Zhang Yang briefly explained how Zhang Yan replaced Tao Qian as Xuzhou Mu, and how he led his army to resist Yuan Shao, repel Yuan Shu, and drive away Cao Cao.

Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qu Bei and the others all looked at each other in blank dismay after hearing this. Instead of feeling joyful because Zhang Yan led the army to arrive, on the contrary they added a bit of sadness.

Especially Yang Feng and Yang Ding, when they saw Zhang Yan leading such a majestic cavalry, and after hearing what Zhang Yang said about Zhang Yan, they felt a little jealous of Zhang Yan, thinking that Zhang Yan would probably be killed when this time came. Steal their credit.

Zhang Yan took the lead and led Tai Shici, Xu Chu and other cavalry to gradually approach, and soon came under Guancheng.

Many people gathered near the west gate of Guancheng, blocking the entire passage. Zhang Yan could not pass, so he had to rein in his horse and stop.

Zhang Yan looked around, and saw that the road ahead was blocked, and there was still some distance to the Guancheng, and the soldiers blocked in the passage all had tired faces, and none of them were injured.Among these people, some wore the clothes of the officers and soldiers, some wore the clothes of the barbarians, and some were dressed in a mess. At first glance, they looked like a group of mobs.

Looking at the Guancheng, seven or eight men in armor were looking at him. With their backs facing the setting sun, they could only see their figures clearly, but not their faces.

According to the intelligence of the scouts, he can roughly guess who these seven or eight people are, but he doesn't know who will keep his word.

So, Zhang Yan took a deep breath, and shouted loudly at the gate: "I am Zhang Yan, the general of Zhendong. I was ordered by the emperor to lead the army to defend against the enemy. Who is the general here, come out and answer!"

The emperor returned to the east, because he escaped, so he did not bring any food. Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang, who was stationed in Yewang at that time, heard about it, and led the army to meet the emperor on the way with food, and came to rescue him.

The emperor was grateful to Zhang Yang, and immediately named Zhang Yang General of Anguo and Marquis of Jinyang, and let Zhang Yang rule over Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others to fight against Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji.

Therefore, according to the division of powers, Zhang Yang has the greatest power, and he should be the chief general.

As soon as Zhang Yan finished speaking, Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qu Bei and others looked at Zhang Yang unanimously. Then Zhang Yang took two steps forward, stepped forward, and shouted loudly: "I am Zhang Yang, General Anguo, their chief general. I don't know what advice General Zhang has?"

"I can't talk about giving advice. Now, Your Majesty and all the civil and military officials have been escorted by me to Gucheng for a rest. I have arranged everything there. You generals have worked so hard here. Please withdraw your troops and go to Gucheng. Rest in the city and defend the enemy, leave it to our army!" Zhang Yan said.

When Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qu Bei and others heard this, they all whispered to Zhang Yang, persuading Zhang Yang to agree to Zhang Yan, so that they would have time to rest.

Everyone's army was severely damaged. Whether it was the regular army of Yang Feng, Yang Ding, and Zhang Yang, or the Baibo bandits of Li Le, Hu Cai, and Han Xian, or the Hun cavalry led by Qubei, they were all on the verge of collapse. On the edge, at this time Zhang Yan proposed to change defense with them and take over from them to defend against the enemy. They naturally agreed without thinking about it.

Ever since, Zhang Yang led Yang Feng, Yang Ding, Li Le, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Qubei and others down the city wall one after another, and then asked his subordinates to make way for Zhang Yan to lead his troops up the city wall. Then he took these remnants of the defeated generals and retreated all the way east.

Before leaving, Zhang Yang clasped his fists respectfully to Zhang Yan and said, "General Zhang, I will leave everything to you!"

Zhang Yan nodded heavily, cupped his hands towards Zhang Yang, and completed the defense change in the shortest time.

At this moment, the troops of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji outside the west gate of Hangu Pass were all exhausted. During the interval just now, they let the troops take a rest. Many soldiers stood there and fell asleep. Looking at it, we can see the degree of its distress.

However, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others didn't know about the change of defense in Hangu Pass. When they were in a daze, they suddenly saw the gate of Hangu Pass open slowly.

Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and the others were all surprised and looked at each other with one thought: "Could it be that the people in the pass can't resist and are going to surrender?"

Before everyone could react, they saw a cavalry galloping out of Hangu Pass City, wearing a helmet and armour, holding a long spear, two short halberds obliquely inserted behind the back, and a big bow hanging from his waist. It was Zhang Yan's general. Tai Shici.

At the same time, Zhang Yan and a group of people appeared on the Guancheng, and they all drew the bowstrings in their hands, put on arrows, and were ready to shoot.

Tai Shici took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "I am General Zhendong, Donglai Taishici, the general of Xuzhou Muzhang, if you are a gangster, if you know what you are doing, you should retreat quickly, and I will never make things difficult for you. Otherwise, I will lead thousands of cavalry, let your blood flow like a river, and immediately go to see the King of Hades!"

Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji heard this, and looked at each other first, and then Li Jue said, "Xuzhou Shepherd Zhang Yan has also come to join in the fun? This man defended Yuan Shao in the north, and sniped Yuan Shu in the south, and beat Cao Cao away. He even occupies the lands of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, and this General Zhendong was entrusted to him just last year, so I didn't expect this guy to dare to openly fight against us?"

Guo Si said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, Xuzhou is hundreds of miles away from here, how could he come here? Zhang Yang, Yang Feng, and Yang Ding must have deliberately used Zhang Yan to scare us, making us think Zhang Yan led an army to help and forced us to retreat."

Zhang Jidao: "It's better to believe in something than nothing. What if Zhang Yan really arrives? Our army is already exhausted. If the other army gets reinforcements again, we are definitely no match. We will wait all the way." After chasing to this point, there are people leading troops to stop us all the way, since we can't catch up, why don't we let him go..."

Hearing Zhang Ji's dejected words, Li Jue immediately said: "I have worked so hard to get here, and I must not let the emperor fall into the hands of others. I think Guo Si is right. It's hundreds of miles away, and I just chased here, how could Zhang Yan come so soon? It must be that Yang Feng and others deliberately deceived us, trying to use this as an excuse to make us retreat. "

Guo Si said: "Yes, we must not be fooled by them. Since the closed door has been opened, why not take advantage of this moment and attack by force. We have many soldiers and horses waiting, so we can give it a go!"

After Zhang Ji heard what Li Jue and Guo Si said, he was silent for a moment, and the duck that was unwilling to get it flew away like this.He said to Li Jue and Guo Si, "Okay then, let's give it a go. If we lose, it's not too late to retreat!"

The three of them had discussed and decided, each of them sent orders to let the sergeants beat the drums and command the army, and rushed towards Hangu Pass like a swarm.

Outside the closed gate of Hangu Pass, Tai Shici, who was riding on a horse, saw him and turned his head to look at Zhang Yan who was standing on the city wall.Zhang Yanchong nodded to Tai Shici, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of Tai Shici's mouth. Seeing the enemy rushing, he turned his horse's head around, whipped his horse, and quickly retreated towards the city.

When Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others saw it, they all laughed loudly: "Sure enough, they are deceiving us. Brothers, go ahead and take the Son of Heaven back to me!"

Following the order of the three men, hundreds of soldiers, dragging their tired bodies and exerting their last bit of energy, rushed in towards the wide-open gate of Hangu Pass.

"Fire arrows!"

On the city wall of Hangu Pass, Zhang Yan commanded the archers. With one order, hundreds of arrows flew out and shot at the densely packed enemies.

At the same time, those cavalrymen hiding on both sides of the gate of Hangu Pass, under Tai Shici's order, saw the enemy rushing in, and raised their spears to stab them forward.

Those enemies were defenseless, they were all pierced by spears, and fell directly into a pool of blood.

Tai Shici yelled loudly, brandished his long spear, and charged out directly. With the cavalry behind him, he rushed out of the city gate with a loud cry of killing.

The subordinates of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji were already exhausted, and suddenly met Tai Shici and others. These new cavalrymen, like wild beasts, waited for work at leisure, unstoppable, and charged forward all the way, killing the enemy's corpse Blood flowed everywhere...

(End of this chapter)