The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 274 Chapter 273

General Yuan Jun was repelled again, and the towers of Anyi City cheered happily. The prefect Jia Kui hurried to the man who rescued him, but he saw that the man was tall and thin, with a thin face, dark skin, deep-set eyes, and a stern expression. , holding a bloody long sword in his hand, about thirty years old.

"Thank you to the strong man for saving him. I am very grateful." Jia Kui said respectfully to the strong man who rescued him and defended the city with his own strength.

The strong man put his sword back into its sheath first, then clasped his fists together and said: "My lord, you don't have to do this, I just came here to repay your kindness."

"Grace?" Jia Kui was stunned, he had never seen this person in front of him, how could this person come to repay his kindness?
"A certain surname Zhu, named Gongdao, from Luoyang, migrated to Dongyuan in Hedong with his mother to avoid chaos. Five years ago, he was wanted by the government because he accidentally killed the son of Dongyuan county magistrate. In desperation, he had to Fleeing away from home. However, my mother was unable to follow, and was taken away by the county magistrate, and locked in a cell. Fortunately, my lord came here to take office, passed by Dongyuan, and severely punished the corrupt county magistrate, so my mother was saved and my lord My mother has always missed your lord's kindness, and she often asks me to repay your kindness. Knowing that your lord is in trouble, I came here from Dongyuan, not wanting to just save your lord."

After Jia Kui heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "Yuan Jun has completely surrounded Anyi, how can you come in from the outside?"

"A certain person has learned swords from the great sword master Wang Yue since he was a child, and his swordsmanship is outstanding. Even if there are thousands of Yuan Jun, they are all ordinary people. They can't do anything to me. I killed more than a dozen people, and the rest were afraid, so I I didn't dare to chase anymore, so I was able to enter Anyi City." Zhu Gongdao said eloquently.

"The strong martial arts skills are really a blessing to the people of Anyi City. The strong man has saved my life, and the kindness is also repaid. I shouldn't beg the strong man anymore, but this matter concerns the lives of tens of thousands of people in Anyi City. , I wonder if a strong man can give up his life for righteousness and do something for me?" Jia Kui immediately bowed.

Zhu Gongdao clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty has any orders, even if you say it, when I was leaving, my mother had asked me to try my best to protect you well, even if I risked my life, I would not hesitate."

Jia Kui said: "The strong man speaks seriously. Although this move is a bit dangerous, it will not cost his life. You are very skilled in martial arts, and you can come and go freely in the siege of Yuan Jun. I would like to ask you to send me a letter." .”

"Send the letter? Where?" Zhu Gongdao asked.

Jia Kui said: "General Hu Lie Tai Shici stationed in Hanoi. Although the situation in Anyi is critical, it can still last for a few days. I will write a letter. You will go to Hanoi immediately with the letter. Be sure to hand over the letter to General Tai Shi in person. , General Taishi will definitely send troops to rescue after seeing the letter, and in this way, your mission will be fulfilled."

Zhu Gongdao frowned, and asked: "In this way, wouldn't someone leave the adult? If the adult is in any danger, wouldn't my mother complain that the adult didn't protect the adult well?"

"Don't worry, strong man, my life is not so easy to lose, and I also have a plan to delay the enemy. As long as the strong man can send the letter, it will be a great achievement. Even if my life is lost, reinforcements can arrive , It is equivalent to saving the lives of the people in the city. I think it is very worthwhile to exchange my life for tens of thousands of people in the city!" Jia Kui said as if death was at home.

Zhu Gongdao was quite impressed by Jia Kui's words, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Since my lord insists on doing this, I have nothing to say. I'm willing to put my mind to shame for my lord!"

Jia Kui smiled happily, and immediately asked someone to fetch a pen and paper, wrote a letter eloquently, and then handed it to Zhu Gongdao.

"Brave man, it's not too late. You can go on the road now. Taking advantage of Yuan Jun's new defeat, you may be able to easily break out of the encirclement." Jia Kui said.

Zhu Gongdao kept the letter close to his body, then hugged Jia Kui, turned around and jumped out of the city wall. His slender figure floated down and landed directly in the pile of corpses. After rolling, he stood up on the ground, then quickly untied the military uniform from one of Yuan Jun's corpses, put it on his body, and ran forward quickly, and quickly integrated into the defeated army. It was never seen again.

Seeing that Zhu Gongdao had gone, Jia Kui was relieved and began to direct the city guards to clean up the dead bodies in the city, while he went down the tower and asked people to find the richest man in the city, Mrs. Zheng.

Mrs. Zheng came to the gate of the city and met Jia Kui, who immediately spoke to Mrs. Zheng.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zheng asked hastily, "My lord, is this possible?"

Jia Kui said, "Let's try it!"

Zheng said: "Sir, when should I act?"

"Wait until it gets dark!"

Gao Gan was defeated again, he became angry from embarrassment, and said angrily: "Little Anyi City, I don't believe that I can't attack him! Send the order, the whole army is ready to attack the city!"

After hearing this, Zhang Sheng, a senior cadre's general, showed embarrassment, and hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, the soldiers are very tired, and it's freezing cold. Even General Guo was defeated, let alone the rest. Having said that, it is better to rest for a day and fight again tomorrow!"

After saying this, Zhang Sheng hurriedly winked at the other four generals Xia Zhao, Deng Sheng, Wei Gu, and Zhang Yan who surrounded Gao Gan. The four hurriedly echoed.

So Gao Gan gave up and withdrew the troops and returned to the camp, but assigned generals to guard each camp, and must not let a single person come out.

Guo Yuan led the defeated army back, a group of people were downcast, and Zhu Gongdao, who was disguised as a soldier of Yuan Jun, took advantage of this opportunity to sneak out of Yuan Jun's encirclement, grabbed a war horse, and rode away without looking down. Back, and soon disappeared without a trace.

As the sky gradually darkened, Yuan Jun was huddled in the camp, only a few people were on guard, and when night fell, no one paid attention. Jia Kui commanded a group of people to carry buckets of cold water from the city. Watered along the city wall...

After a long while, Anyi's city gate slowly opened, and a black shadow flashed out from inside, running straight towards Yuan Jun's camp.

At this moment, Gao Gan was alone in the camp drinking wine, he was quite dissatisfied with the battles that took place in the past three days, he never thought that a lonely city surrounded by him could be so tenacious Persistence, repelling dozens of attacks in a row.

The army's attack was blocked, and the high-ranking officials were also in a very depressed mood. According to the plan, he should have captured the whole of Hedong, and should have occupied the three key points of Pishi, Puban, and Dayang. West can attack Guanzhong, and East can threaten Luoyang , forming a diversionary effect and laying a good foundation for Yuan Shao to launch an all-out war.

However, all plans could not be carried out because they could not capture Anyi City.If you bypass Anyi, it will be tantamount to leaving a thorn in your side, a thorn in your flesh, which will do great harm to it.

"Gudong!"

Gao Gan took a sip of wine, feeling very unhappy.

At this moment, a soldier came in from the outside and said directly to Gao Gan: "My lord, a spy has been caught outside, who is said to be the richest man in the city, Mrs. Zheng, and wants to see you, saying that he has important matters tell."

When Gao Gan heard this, he regained his energy immediately, and hurriedly said, "Bring people in!"

"Here!"

Not long after, the bound Zheng was pushed in, and as soon as he entered the big tent, he was forced to kneel down on the ground.

Gao Gan put down the jug in his hand and glanced at Mrs. Zheng, but he saw that Mrs. Zheng was fat and big-eared, thin-skinned and tender-skinned. She was also dressed in luxurious clothes, and there was a fine jade pendant tied around her waist. The jade pendant is very valuable, it is not something that ordinary people can afford, even he may not be able to have such a good jade pendant.

Gao Gan waved his hand to the soldiers, motioning them to leave, while he said to Zheng, "You want to see me?"

Mrs. Zheng nodded heavily, and said: "The villain went out of the city risking his life just to meet the lord."

"Why do you see me?"

"The villain is Zheng Lun, the richest man in the city. When the lord led the army and arrived in Anyi on the first day, the villain had the intention of surrendering. However, the prefect Jia Kui bewitched the people and vowed to resist to the death. The villain had no choice. These three days Come on, there are countless deaths and injuries in the city, and the people are mourning all over the country. My ancestral home is in Anyi, and seeing my father and fellow villagers suffer such disasters, I really can't bear to let tens of thousands of elders and elders suffer with him because of Jia Kui alone. So the villain contacted more than [-] rich families in the city , discussed together, and unanimously decided to surrender in Kaesong and dedicate Jia Kui to your lord."

After Gao Gan heard this, his face was slightly moved, but then he regained his composure, and asked suspiciously: "Since you want to capture Jia Kui and give it to me, why did you come here late at night alone?"

Zheng Lun said: "My lord, this is actually one of our worries. They are worried that we will dedicate Jia Kui to your lord, and after Kaesong surrendered, your lord will vent his hatred and order the massacre of the city because of the two-day obstruction. So, they That’s why I was recommended to come here, and I want to make a deal with the adults.”

"What deal?"

Zheng Lun said: "We will dedicate Jia Kui to your lord, but please don't enter the city with your army. If you must enter the city, the army must not enter the city with your lord and must stay outside the city. As for those who follow Jia Kui to resist your lord We will take care of the troublemakers one by one, and together with Jia Kui, we will dedicate them to the adults."

Gao Gan thought about it for a while, and felt that what Zheng Lun said was indeed in their interest. If he agreed, he could not only kill Jia Kui, but also make Anyi surrender without spending a single soldier.As for whether to enter the city or not, it is not a decision that Zheng Lun and others can make. As long as Zheng Lun and others capture all the resisters and dedicate them to him, after he kills them all, and then send the army into the city, who can withstand?

"Okay, I agree to your conditions. As long as you arrest Jia Kui and those resisters and offer them to me, not only will I not lead an army to attack the city, but I will also let you be the county magistrate of Anyi, how about it?" Gao said. dry road.

Zheng Lun immediately thanked him and said: "Thank you for your kindness, sir. If this is really the case, I will be grateful."

"Okay, let's do it like this. I will be waiting for you to hand over at the gate of the city tomorrow!"

After Zheng Lun heard this, his face showed embarrassment, and he said to Gao Gan: "My lord, Jia Kui and those resisters are large in number. Although we have more than 20 families joining forces, we can only be equal in number. It takes one night I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch them all. I don't know if my lord can allow two days?"

"No! Two days is too long. I will give you five more hours at most. I don't care what method you use. If the time is up and I haven't seen you kidnap Jia Kui and others to see me, I will dispatch the army Launch an attack and crush your Anyi city!"

Zheng Lun was trembling, and immediately said: "My lord, calm down, I will go back and prepare, I hope I can get them all drunk..."

"Okay, I'll send someone to take you back. By the way, how did you get out?"

"Money can make ghosts turn millstones. I bribed one of the guards at the city gate and slipped out after everyone else was asleep."

Gao Gan didn't ask any more questions, and immediately called someone in, untied Zheng Lun, and then sent someone to send Zheng Lun out of the camp.

After Zheng Lun was sent away, a faint smile appeared on Gao Gan's face, and he thought to himself: "Hahaha... God help me! Tomorrow I can spend the night in Anyi City..."

(End of this chapter)