The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 318 Chapter 317
When Zhang Yan led the army to Puyang, he learned that Juhu was beheaded, Gao Lan surrendered, Zhang He was defeated, and Yu Jin failed to capture Liyang.

Now that Cao Cao had made preparations, Zhang Yan would no longer attack hastily. The most urgent task was to deploy defenses and concentrate most of his troops on the front line of the Yellow River, so that the army was on standby at any time.

Hebei changed hands, and Cao Cao suddenly became the master of Hebei, which made Zhang Yan a little unexpected.According to the course of history, after Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang should have competed with each other, but the appearance of Cao Cao changed everything, causing his ability to predict the future to drop suddenly.

Now this embarrassing situation is all caused by the arrival of Zhang Yan. He replaced Cao Cao as the overlord of the Central Plains, took the emperor to command the princes, and Cao Cao replaced Yuan Shao and became the lord of Hebei.

History is changing quietly. After Hebei changed hands, Cao Cao will inevitably become Zhang Yan's number one enemy. This talented and bold man will never be as easy to deal with as Yuan Shao.

Therefore, since we have decided to deal with Cao Cao, we must destroy him completely as soon as possible, before Cao Cao has a firm foothold in Hebei!
However, Zhang Yan had just experienced a big battle with Yuan Shao, and it would not happen overnight if he wanted to swallow Hebei, so he could only do it step by step.

Therefore, Zhang Yan discussed with the military adviser Jia Xu and decided to send troops to Hebei. Since a full-scale war could not be launched, a local war could be launched, and he would go forward step by step, bit by bit, encroaching on Hebei.

During the attack on Li Yang this time, the Liannu army commanded by Jushou reappeared again, shooting three arrows at a time, and shooting successively. Ten thousand troops are equivalent to thirty thousand troops. Such a powerful army, It can be said that it is rarely seen.

Zhang Yan had personally seen the fighting methods of this Liannu army. Although his army was powerful, it was somewhat deficient in this aspect. The weapons of the Hebei army were already strong enough to confront Zhang Yan's army.

For this reason, Zhang Yan is preparing to develop new weapons. In his opinion, technology is the primary productive force. Hebei Army has Liannu, so he must have Liannu which is more powerful than Hebei Army.

In his impression, the Zhuge Liannu is a very powerful Liannu, which can fire ten arrows at a time. If 1 people are equipped with this Liannu, then the arrows fired are equivalent to 10 people while shooting arrows.

However, the structure of this continuous crossbow is very complicated, at least he can't understand how it was designed.

However, fortunately, Zhuge Liang himself is in his territory and is now in Pengcheng. As long as Zhuge Liang is called over, wouldn't that be all right?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yan immediately sent someone back to Pengcheng to call Zhuge Liang to Puyang.

In addition, Zhang Yan even sent someone to inform Li Cai, asking him to go to Wuhuan again, so that the Wuhuan people from Youzhou would continue to harass Cao Cao. After that, he would give a large amount of gold and silver treasures And weapons, refined salt and other things as thanks.

In addition, Zhang Yan asked Jia Kui, the prefect of Hedong, to try to contact the Huns and Xianbei, and planned to use the same means to use them to attack Cao Cao, who had just taken over Hebei.

As for Zhang Yan himself, he chose to stay in Puyang, while rectifying the troops and horses, while keeping an eye on the situation in Hebei.

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Hebei changed hands, and Cao Cao became the biggest winner. The Yuan family was all slaughtered by Cao Cao, and those Yuan Shao's confidantes were killed and exiled. In just three days, officials inside and outside Yecheng were killed. It has been replaced with a new one, and the military power of the entire Hebei is also in the hands of Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao was well aware of his current situation. He launched a coup and took the position of the Lord of Hebei. You will lose everything.

It can be said that the political power that Cao Cao currently controls is just a baby in its infancy, so whether it is military power or political power, he must appoint his confidantes, and he does not trust the generals who surrendered.

After Jushou and Tian Feng were rescued, Cao Cao felt deeply disturbed. These officials were all Yuan Shao's old subordinates. They had been born and died with Yuan Shao for many years. Being related to that person by marriage means that person is related to another person. In short, the bureaucratic system in Yecheng is almost always married to each other, and the whole body is affected by the influence.

Because of this complicated relationship, Cao Cao didn't sleep well for several nights, and basically woke up from nightmares every night, for fear that someone would come to him and kill him in his sleep.

For this reason, Cao Cao deliberately transferred Dianwei away, and asked several people from Huben to guard him. One of them saw that Cao Cao hadn't covered the quilt before going to sleep, and went to cover Cao Cao with a quilt for fear of catching a cold.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao suddenly pulled out a sharp sword from the bed, directly stabbed the man to death, then pretended nothing happened, fell back and continued to sleep.

The next morning, Cao Cao woke up and saw a dead body lying on the ground, so he hurriedly asked the guard what was going on.

After the guard told the reason, Cao Cao regretted it, and said to the guard that he likes to kill people in his dreams, and there must be no one within Zhang Xu around him, otherwise, he will kill that person.

Cao Cao ordered the bodyguard to be buried, and after that, all the bodyguards and maids were dismissed, leaving only one person by his side, that is General Huben Dianwei, and Dianwei was responsible for protecting his safety.

The news of Cao Cao's murder in his sleep gradually spread in Ye City. From then on, neither the guards nor the maids dared to approach Cao Cao within Zhang Xu after Cao Cao fell asleep.

After that, Cao Cao became much calmer when he slept, and Dian Wei would report any incidents.

The Yuan family was all killed by Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao's confidants were all dead, but Cao Cao was still not at ease, and asked his subordinates to arrest those who he thought were involved with Yuan Shao under various names. All the people were killed in secret, and they announced to the outside world that they would move to other places.

All of a sudden, an invisible bloody storm broke out in Jizhou. More than 30 local gentry were implicated. Regardless of men, women, old or young, all of them were killed in the family, leaving no one behind.

The property of the families who were killed was all confiscated.

In addition, Cao Cao even formed an elite guard for Dianwei. He selected strong and brave men from an army of more than 20 in Hebei.Cao Cao even gathered many blacksmiths in Yecheng to forge excellent weapons and armor.

In the last battle, Cao Cao heard Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong mention the power of Zhang Yan's chained cavalry formation, and all Yuan Jun soldiers who participated in that battle, as long as the name of the chained cavalry formation was mentioned, their faces turned pale with fright. It can be seen what kind of damage this chain of horses has caused to the souls of Yuan Jun's soldiers.

For this reason, Cao Cao also followed the gourd's drawing and prepared to turn the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry into such a team to deal with people and troops who betrayed him, and to become the best of the best of his entire army.

In addition, Cao Cao forged weapons and battle armor extensively, and bought some excellent horses from the Huns, and then formally formed the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Cao Cao entrusted the affairs of stabilizing the situation and the people to a few of his advisers. They are far better than Cao Cao in this area, so Cao Cao doesn't need to worry about it.

Among the 23 troops Cao Cao took over, apart from the [-] troops he trained in Bingzhou, the [-] troops in Youzhou were the most obedient.

The [-] Youzhou Army is not Yuan Shao's direct descendant, but a coalition formed by Yuan Shao's old troops of Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan's old troops. Among them, there are many Xianbei people and Wuhuan people. There are five commanders in total, namely Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin, and Yan Rou are five people.

Among the five people, Yan Rou was the leader. After Yuan Xi's death, Cao Zhen filled the vacancy. The governor of the state has no complaints about it.

However, Cao Cao spent the most time on the Jizhou army. The Jizhou army was originally the elite of Yuan Shao's tent, and it was the main force of Yuan Shao's army. It is also justifiable to have friction with other troops.

However, when Cao Cao became the master of Hebei, the status of the Jizhou army obviously plummeted. Although the treatment was still the same as before, it was not Cao Cao’s direct line. After learning that Cao Cao became the master of Hebei, many generals began to move around. An undercurrent surging in the army has already made Cao Cao aware of it.

Fortunately, Cao Cao stationed his main force in the area of ​​Yecheng to prevent the Jizhou Army from making trouble, otherwise, the Jizhou Army would definitely not swallow their anger.

The night was deep, and Cao Cao was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep no matter what.The matter of the Jizhou Army really gave him a headache.

At this time, Dian Wei's voice came from outside the door: "Sign up to my lord, Governor Xun asks to see you!"

Cao Cao immediately sat up from the bed, lit a candle, and shouted outside: "Please come in!"

The door was opened, Xun Yu frowned tightly, walked in quickly from the outside, and when he saw Cao Cao, he cupped his hands and said, "See my lord!"

"Can you investigate clearly what I asked you to investigate?" Cao Cao asked.

Xun Yu said: "According to the command of the lord, this subordinate secretly sent people to infiltrate the barracks. The investigation in the barracks these days made everything clear..."

"What's the result?" Cao Cao asked hastily.

Xun Yu said: "Indeed, as my lord guessed, more than half of the generals in the Jizhou Army refused to accept my lord. They are plotting to discuss rebellion, and now they are secretly contacting more generals to deal with my lord. The generals of the Jizhou army Among them, Chunyuqiong and Jiang Yiqu also participated..."

"Sure enough, I didn't expect..." Cao Cao sighed heavily. The uneasiness in his heart these days probably came from this. Those who discuss the matter of rebellion will bring the school list, name and arrest people, this kind of scum, no one will be left, and no one will be killed!"

"Here!" Xun Yu replied, but he was thinking to himself, "It seems that tonight is another sleepless night, and my lord is going to set off another bloody storm in the barracks!"

(End of this chapter)