The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 210 209 Killing Han Meng
Wang Ling and Hao Zhao were captured and surrendered to Cao Cao one after another. Then they were released by Cao Cao and went to Jinyang City to persuade the prefect Wang Hui to surrender.

Although the two were reluctant, they were helpless, and Wang Ling was worried that Cao Cao would harm his people, so after returning to Jinyang City, he tried his best to persuade Wang Hui to surrender.

At first, when Wang Hui heard of Cao Cao's arrival, he had already intended to surrender. If Wang Ling hadn't dissuaded him, and he also heard the news that Tai Shici was leading an army, Wang Hui would definitely not have resisted Cao Cao.

Wang Hui knew that Wang Ling and Hao Zhao were defeated, and Cao Cao enlisted the help of the Huns and threatened them with the Wang clan. In desperation, he had no choice but to surrender in Kaesong.

The gate of Jinyang city was opened, and Wang Hui, accompanied by Wang Ling and Hao Zhao, walked out of the city slowly, holding the prefect's seal and ribbon in his hand, and walked straight to Cao Cao outside the city.

Cao Cao accepted Wang Hui's surrender, let Cao Hong and Cao Xiu lead the army into the city, and let Xun Yu, Man Chong, Guo Jia, and Xun You enter the city, and Wang Hui cooperated to take over everything in Jinyang City.

And he himself led Dianwei, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Huchuquan, Qubei and other thousands of cavalry, and galloped all the way south.

At the same time, Tai Shici led Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and [-] cavalry and galloped southward for seventy or eighty miles. When they passed Qi County, they learned that Cao Cao's army was heading for Nie County, so they continued to chase.

Chasing all the way, at dusk, Tai Shici found that there were fewer and fewer footprints along the way, and when he was approaching Nie County, the footprints suddenly disappeared inexplicably.

Tai Shici reined in the horses and stopped all the troops. Looking at the winding and narrow road ahead, he couldn't help frowning, and said to himself: "Our army has chased all the way here, why is Cao Jun here?" Disappeared suddenly?"

Zhang Liao suddenly realized something, and hurriedly said to Tai Shici: "General, I have an ominous premonition. We have been chasing Cao Jun all this way. Everywhere we pass, Cao Jun is said to have passed, but there is no one from the beginning to the end." I saw a figure of Cao Jun. After finally chasing here, Cao Jun suddenly disappeared again, didn't the general notice something wrong?"

Gao Shun also said kindly to Tai Shi: "I have the same feeling as Wen Yuan. Now that our army is far away from Jinyang City, Cao Jun suddenly disappeared here. Did we fall into Cao Jun's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain?"

"If we really fall into Cao Jun's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, then Jinyang City will be in danger now." Tai Shici immediately turned his horse's head and shouted to his subordinates, "The rear team will change to the front team, return the same way, hurry up Go to Jinyang!"

Following Tai Shici's order, the army turned their horses around one after another, and two thousand cavalry followed the road they had come to, and headed towards Jinyang City one after another.

The chaotic sound of horseshoes gradually faded away. Not long after Tai Shici's cavalry left, Han Meng led a thousand elite soldiers and walked out from the rock piles on both sides of the road.

Han Meng led only a thousand elite soldiers. In order to successfully attract Tai Shici's army, he did use many methods.When Han Meng came here, he made a decision to hide all his troops to avoid fighting with Tai Shici's army.After all, they were outnumbered, not to mention that Tai Shici was leading cavalry, so he would definitely suffer if they fought.

However, he still has to lead his army back to Jinyang. After all, his mission on this trip is to monitor Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao was trusted by Yuan Shao, all civil and military officials from Yuan Shao down were very wary of Cao Cao.Cao Cao recommended himself this time, but Guo Tu, Yuan Shao's counselor, was very worried about Cao Cao. He specially asked Yuan Shao to send Han Meng to accompany him, and specially arranged for Han Meng to closely monitor Cao Cao's every move.

Han Meng was well aware of his responsibilities this time, and with a thousand elite soldiers, he quietly followed Tai Shici and the others towards Jinyang City.

Tai Shici took Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others back the same way, and happened to meet Zhang Hong's infantry on the way. After seeing each other twice, Zhang Hong asked suspiciously, "Why did the general retreat?"

Tai Shici said: "Military Master, Cao Jun suddenly disappeared in front of us. Now we are about a hundred miles away from Jinyang City. I think we have been tricked by Cao Cao, so we quickly withdrew our troops back."

Zhang Hong hurriedly said: "Even if we got the trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain, I'm afraid it's already too late for us to go back now. We might as well find a way to eliminate the army that attracted us first, solve our worries, and then go to Jin Yang, the province is under attack."

"What the military division said is very true, but we can't find any traces of Cao Jun anywhere. How can we eliminate them?"

Zhang Hong said with a smile: "General, there is no need to worry too much. The general will lead the army to retreat, and Cao Jun will definitely come after him. We just need to lie in ambush on both sides of the road and wait quietly."

"So good."

The two discussed for a while, and immediately deployed the army, ambushed on both sides of the road, and sent scouts to scout around.

Half an hour later, the scouts quickly returned to this place and reported to Tai Shici and Zhang Hong that they had found traces of enemy troops thirty miles away, with about 1000 troops.

Tai Shici, Zhang Hong, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun immediately ambushed all the soldiers, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

Han Meng followed Tai Shici's army cautiously with a thousand elite soldiers. He was walking when he suddenly heard the sound of clappers, and hundreds of arrows shot out from both sides of the road. At the same time, Tai Shici led [-] cavalry to block the way first, Zhang Liao led [-] cavalry to kill from behind, Gao Shun led [-] cavalry to gallop out on the left, Zhang Hong commanded [-] cavalry to also kill out on the right, and three more Thousands of infantry surrounded them.

For a while, Han Meng was surrounded by groups, facing the sudden attack and the cavalry's collision, he suffered heavy losses.

Han Meng never dreamed that he would be tricked by Tai Shici, and the encirclement was so thick that no matter how hard he fought, he could not break out of the encirclement.

At this time, Tai Shici rode his horse and came forward with a gun, picked up several soldiers in a row, and stabbed directly at Han.

Han Meng raised his weapon to fight, and within a few rounds of fighting with Tai Shici, he couldn't resist, and was stabbed by Tai Shici's wrist instead. If his subordinates hadn't rescued him in time, Han Meng would have been pierced by Tai Shici.

This was a battle without any suspense. Tai Shici used [-] troops to surround Han Meng's [-] elite soldiers. Next, the battle lasted for about two quarters of an hour, and then ended with Han Meng's defeat.

Not only that, Han Meng's troops suffered heavy casualties, and even he himself was captured alive by Tai Shici.

After the battle, Tai Shici ordered Han Meng to be tied up, and immediately asked, "Where is Cao Cao?"

"Hmph!" Han Meng didn't answer, but gave Tai Shici a cold look.

"You have been captured by me, how dare you speak hard? Are you not afraid that I will kill you?" Tai Shici asked.

"People are always going to die, so there's nothing to be afraid of." Han Meng sneered.

"Okay, then I will fulfill you!" Tai Shici yelled, and immediately ordered Han Meng to be beheaded for public display.

With an order, Han Meng was dragged out by the soldiers, and beheaded directly in front of the rest of the surrendered soldiers.Until the last moment before he died, Han Meng didn't beg for mercy.Facing death, he didn't even bat an eyelid.

With a click, Han Meng's head fell to the ground, and blood gushed out from his cavity, splashing on the spot.

The other 300 captured soldiers were filled with righteous indignation when they saw Han Meng being killed. They wanted to break free and resist, and they cursed Tai Shici over and over again.

In a rage, Tai Shici ordered all the more than 300 soldiers to be beheaded for public display.

Afterwards, Tai Shici asked the soldiers to bury the corpses, took off all the weapons and battle armor, and then searched for valuables on the soldiers, and then led the army to leave here and head towards Jinyang City.

Tai Shici still led Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other cavalry ahead, but let Zhang Hong lead the infantry to follow.

After the order was issued, Zhang Hong came to Tai Shici and said to Tai Shici: "General, it's getting late today, our army is still tens of miles away from Jinyang City, and today's soldiers are exhausted. It's better to rest here for the time being. Jinyang city is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if Cao Cao really went to attack, he would never want to enter the city in a day. In addition, the general can also send scouts to Jinyang first to investigate News, see how the situation is, and then make a decision before it's too late."

"Soldiers are precious and fast. If I don't return to Jinyang City first, I'm afraid Wang Ling and Hao Zhao will not be Cao Jun's opponents at all. Besides, Cao Cao may not know that I will turn back suddenly. I will sneak attack on his camp in the middle of the night. You can win." Tai Shi said kindly.

Zhang Hong said: "Cao Cao is very good at using troops, I'm just worried..."

"It is precisely because Cao Cao is very good at using troops that I dare not hesitate. If we don't rush back to Jinyang as soon as possible, if Jinyang City is captured, then wouldn't it be in vain? I will take care of everything!" Tai Shi said kindly.

Seeing that Tai Shici refused to follow his advice, Zhang Hong was also very helpless, so he said to Tai Shici: "The generals are all cavalry, but I am all infantry. They have been walking for a day, and they are already struggling. It's better to rest nearby for the time being, and it won't be too late to rush to Jinyang tomorrow."

Tai Shici said: "That's fine, Cao Cao's army is only four thousand. I lead two thousand cavalry, together with the soldiers in Jinyang City, it is enough to deal with Cao Cao. Let's make it like this!"

As soon as the words fell, Tai Shici led the cavalry to separate from Zhang Hong. Zhang Hong then led [-] infantry and walked northward for five miles, and then chose an area near a stream and forest to set up camp.

Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun led the cavalry back to Jinyang City overnight. After rushing for more than 40 miles, the soldiers were exhausted.

Zhang Liao said to Tai Shici: "General, the soldiers are exhausted. If this continues, they will definitely be unable to support. Why don't you stop for a while, rest for a while, and then go on the road again?"

Tai Shici was also well aware of the situation of the army, and immediately said: "That's the only way, order the army to stop and rest where they are, and after half an hour, mount their horses again and head for Jinyang City."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)