The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 231 230

Yuan Shu took a large amount of gold, silver and jewels, and under the protection of the army led by Yuan Yin and Huang Yi, rushed to Wangji Village at the fastest speed. Yang Hong and Han Yin followed Yuan Shu closely. Zhang Xun's strategy can be described as admirable.

It turned out that Zhang Xun had already made arrangements. He thought that carrying so much gold, silver and jewels on the road blatantly would cause unnecessary troubles, so he came here to deliberately let Yuan Yin and Huang Yi lead [-] troops to protect the so-called The gold and silver jewelry, but the real gold and silver jewelry was hidden in the Chinese army.

Therefore, as soon as Mei Cheng and others rebelled, Zhang Xun guarded the central army tightly. Even if there was a fire at Yuan Yin and Huang Yi, he did not go to rescue immediately, but took advantage of this time to let Yang Hong, Han Yin and others The people left first with the soldiers of the Chinese army guarding Yuan Shu and the gold, silver and jewels.

At this moment, Yuan Shu, Yang Hong, Han Yin, Yuan Yin, Huang Yi and others were in front, Zhang Xun brought his own soldiers and horses behind, and the group of people depended on each other and moved forward. When it was confirmed that there were no pursuers, Only then did the army walk more slowly.

After walking for about thirty miles, all the soldiers in the army were gasping for breath. Seeing that the soldiers were exhausted, Zhang Xun stopped the army and took a short rest.

Yuan Shu jumped off the horse. He was a little thirsty, so he asked someone to bring the wine, and then drank it down, feeling hearty.

However, Yuan Shu was not happy. He had always treated Mei Cheng kindly, and never thought that Mei Cheng would rebel against him.

Recalling the various forests in Huainan before he became emperor, at that time, he had an army of 10,000+, a large number of talents, no worries about food and drink, it can be said that the scene was infinite.

But look at the present, there are only more than 1 troops following him, everyone is still exhausted, and he is also deserted!

In this situation, Yuan Shu suddenly thought of a person, and that was Yan Xiang.

At the beginning, Yan Xiang tried his best to persuade him not to claim the title of emperor, and to continue to be obedient to the Han court, and suggested that he manage Huainan well, but all these suggestions were rejected by him.

Selfishness, arrogance, and self-satisfaction have been deeply rooted in Yuan Shu's heart, and proclaiming himself emperor is even more imperative. However, he never imagined that his situation would undergo such a drastic change just a few days after he proclaimed himself emperor. Everything seemed to be hit by Yan Xiang's words.

At this time, Yuan Shu felt regretful. He regretted that he did not listen to Yan Xiang's words, otherwise, he would not have fallen into such a situation.

However, it was too late to regret, what he has to do now is to arrive in Jizhou as soon as possible, give up the throne to Yuan Shao, and then surrender his status, only wishing to be a prince and spend the rest of his life in splendor and wealth.

Half an hour later, Zhang Xun immediately came to Yuan Shu's side, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, it's almost time to rest, and it's time for us to go on the road."

Yuan Shu nodded, and said to Zhang Xun, "From now on... don't call me Your Majesty anymore, I am an emperor, I am really a coward! Just call me Lord!"

Zhang Xun nodded, without saying anything else, he helped Yuan Shu up himself, and then continued to drive the army towards Wangji Village.

Wangji Village was not too far away from Shaopi, only more than 40 miles away. At this time, there were no pursuers behind, so Zhang Xun took the initiative to bring [-] elite soldiers to the front of the army to open the way for Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was in the middle with Yang Hong, Han Yin, their family members and the carriages transporting gold, silver and jewelry. Yuan Yin led the army to escort them, and Huang Yi led the army to follow behind.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the east was showing a white belly. Zhang Xun carefully led the army to the front, along the embankment of Shaopi all the way to the north, about five miles away, and he was about to reach the ancient village of Wangji Village. When the ferry crossed, I couldn't help feeling a little excited.

As long as you cross the Huaihe River from the ancient ferry of Wangji Village and enter the territory of Runan, you don't have to worry any more, and you can leave Zhang Yan's 10,000+ army in Huainan from afar.

Moreover, Zhang Xun also thought about it. After crossing the Huaihe River, he immediately set fire to all the ships. In this way, even if there are pursuers chasing them, they can also block the pursuers for a period of time to a certain extent.

Zhang Xun's idea is good, and he did the right thing.But he overlooked a problem, he can think of going this way, can others not think of it?

When they were still two miles away from Wangji Village, Zhang Xun and the others had already left Shaopi and walked on a flat and wide official road. Three hundred steps ahead, there was a huge forest. Straight through the woods, the woods extend far east and west, with luxuriant branches and trees, like a natural dome.

As long as you pass this forest, you will be Wangji Village, and the ancient ferry of the Huaihe River is near Wangji Village. Zhang Xun can vaguely feel the water vapor and the sound of gurgling water.

Zhang Xun rode a war horse, leading the horse, followed closely by the soldiers behind him.The soldiers first quelled Mei Cheng's rebellion, and then traveled all night. Even hard-working people couldn't bear it.

"It's coming soon, everyone cheer up, and we can cross the river in a while. After crossing the Huai River, we will have a good rest!" Zhang Xun turned his head and shouted to the soldiers.

When the soldiers heard this, they were a little bit excited, and they all cheered up, and continued to walk forward.

Yuan Shu and others followed Zhang Xun closely, and when they learned that they were about to arrive at the ferry, all the troops were refreshed.

Zhang Xun led the way, followed the official road, and soon entered the forest.

This official road is three miles long and divides the woods into two. Zhang Xun walked in the front, and when he was about to walk out of the woods, he could vaguely see the smoke from the cooking in Wangji Village and the scattered villages.

"It's finally here!" Zhang Xun let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, a big man with a helmet and full armour, holding a gossip Xuanhua axe, riding a tall horse, slowly came out of the woods, riding alone, directly blocking the center of the official road, it was Xu Huang .

When Zhang Xun saw Xu Huang suddenly appear, he looked around again, but saw that in the woods on both sides of the official road, countless archers had drawn their bowstrings to the full and were waiting for orders.

"I've been waiting for you here for a long time! You've been surrounded. If you're sensible, get off your horse and accept surrender, otherwise, you'll be shot to death!" Xu Huang yelled at Zhang Xun, holding the gossip Xuanhua ax across his chest.

Zhang Xun frowned. He never imagined that someone had prepared an ambush here in advance. In other words, someone had seen through his plan and calculated in advance that he would go this way.

The woods were full of archers. Zhang Xun didn't know how many enemy troops there were, but according to his estimation, there should be no less than 2 people.

"Kill!" Zhang Xun suddenly yelled, straightened his gun and galloped out, his whole body was like an arrow off the string, he rushed towards Xu Huang, trying to kill a bloody path.

And Zhang Xun's subordinates also followed closely, rushing towards Xu Huang.

"Fire the arrow!" Xu Huang swung the big ax and shouted violently.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Thousands of arrows shot out from the woods on both sides of the official road, as dense as raindrops. On the three-mile-long official road, the screams of Yuan Jun's soldiers came one after another.

A cluster of arrows shot out, and more than half of Yuan Jun's soldiers were killed or injured, and the entire army suddenly became chaotic. The soldiers panicked and retreated one after another.

At this time, Gao Shun led a group of soldiers and horses to fight out, directly blocking behind, and all the ambush soldiers in the woods on both sides appeared, and all rushed towards the official road, flanking Yuan Jun from left and right.

Xu Huang rode alone and stood motionless on the spot. Seeing Zhang Xun approaching with his gun on his horse, he held the big ax tightly in his hand, swung his body, and avoided the spear stabbed by Zhang Xun. The ax struck Zhang Xun's head!
The ax was as fast as lightning with the momentum of a thousand weights, and Xu Huang struck back, but when he heard a "poof", he chopped Zhang Xun to death with the ax!

At this time, a thousand cavalry rushed out immediately, and came behind Xu Huang, and together with Xu Huang, they faced the soldiers of Yuan Jun who rushed over.

Yuan Jun's officers and men were already exhausted physically and mentally. Zhang Xun was killed by Xu Huang and was ambushed again. He suffered heavy losses. Had to abandon weapons and surrender.

The progress of the battle was not intense, Xu Huang, Gao Shun and others only took a short time to end the battle.

Yuan Shu, Yang Hong, Han Yin, and Yuan Yin were all captured, while Huang Yi, who was in the rear army, was stabbed to death by Gao Shun when he encountered an ambush. More than 5000 soldiers surrendered, and the rest all fought died, and everyone's family members were also captured.

In addition, Xu Huang and Gao Shun also captured fifty carriages full of gold, silver and jewels. Each carriage contained twenty boxes of gold, silver and jewels, a total of one thousand boxes, which can be described as a huge windfall!

After the battle, Xu Huang ordered Yuan Shu, Yang Hong, Han Yin, and Yuan Yin to be tied up, and ordered to guard over 5000 surrendered troops. He also sent someone to guard their family members, gold, silver and jewelry, and the rest to clean up the battlefield.

About half an hour later, Zhang Yan led Zhang Liao and two thousand cavalry to come here, and saw that the battle had ended here, and Xu Huang and Gao Shun had tied up Yuan Shu, Yang Hong, Han Yin, Yuan Yin and others , is a burst of joy.

When Xu Huang and Gao Shun saw Zhang Yan coming, they immediately stepped forward to greet him, and said in unison: "See my lord!"

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Excuse me! Is the battle over so soon?"

Xu Huang said happily: "Yuan's army traveled long distances and was exhausted. Our army waited for work without any effort. How could this group of mobs be our army's opponent?"

Zhang Yan asked, "Are there any casualties in our army?"

"My lord, our army did not suffer a single casualty in this battle!" Xu Huang said arrogantly, but glanced at Zhang Liao, as if to say: "See, I also have zero casualties this time! I can create a miracle." Yes, you are not alone!"

Zhang Yan asked again: "Did any enemy escape?"

Xu Huang said: "My lord, don't worry, none of them escaped, they were all caught by me and General Gao!"

"Very good! Bring Yuan Shu over here!" Zhang Yan glanced at Yuan Shu, who was tied up, and shouted at Xu Huang.

(End of this chapter)