The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 319 Chapter 318 Thunder Means
It was already late at night, and the city of Ye under the darkness of night was unusually quiet.However, in an unremarkable private house in the north of the city, it was brightly lit, and some figures kept coming to this private house cautiously, and were very vigilant about the surroundings.

In the private house, Chunyu Qiong waited quietly in the room. Seeing Jiang Yiqu and others arriving one after another, he hurriedly asked someone to entertain him.

After about a stick of incense, Chunyu Qiong glanced at more than 100 familiar faces in the room. These people were all officers of the Jizhou Army and the backbone of the entire Jizhou Army. Jiang Yiqu, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan, Qianzhao and others arrived one by one.

Yuan Shao, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Zhang Yun, Shen Pei, Pang Ji, Xin Ping and others died, walked, and surrendered. The Jizhou Army, the most powerful in Hebei in the past, was greatly affected weaken.

As the saying goes, there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings. Chunyu Qiong used to be one of the eight captains of Xiyuan at the same level as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Later, when Dong Zhuo took power, Chunyu Qiong joined Yuan Shao and followed him to Jizhou. In the battle of Hebei, he made great contributions.

It can be said that Chun Yuqiong is a general who is as famous as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, etc., but because his ability is not as outstanding as these four, he gradually became a second-tier figure.However, Yuan Shao remembered his old feelings, treated Chunyu Qiong as before, and still gave him a superior favor. After these people died, Chunyu Qiong became the most prestigious commander in the Jizhou Army. Qiongma is the first to look forward.

Recently, Cao Cao has made great moves. First, he arrested many aristocratic families and wealthy gentry in Yecheng under various names, and then secretly killed them. Then he replaced Jiang Yiqu and asked his confidant Guo Huai to replace Jiang Yiqu in Liyang. All these actions made Chun Yu Joan felt uneasy.

Among the aristocratic families and wealthy gentry arrested and killed by Cao Cao, more than a dozen were Chunyuqiong's close friends, and two of them had marriage contracts with him.

Chunyuqiong gradually felt that danger was looming, and felt that Cao Cao might be coming for him. Instead of sitting still and waiting to die, it is better to rise up and resist. After conquering Yecheng, you can also confront Cao Cao in Jizhou. If it doesn't work, Chunyu Qiong can take refuge in Zhang Yan and kill people with a knife.

Chunyuqiong had been planning this idea for a long time. Of course, it was not his idea alone, but another person's idea. That person was Guo Tu, who was exiled by Cao Cao.

Although Guo Tu was exiled by Cao Cao, he did not leave Yecheng, but let his family members leave Yecheng, but he himself secretly hid in Chunyuqiong's home.

As a colleague in the past, Chunyu Qiong would naturally take Guo Tu in and hide it.In just a few days, Guo Tu offered advice to Chunyu Qiong and made a plan for him to counterattack Cao Cao.

First of all, in the name of Chun Yuqiong, he contacted the officers above the middle level of the army, and then encouraged them to launch a mutiny together, attack Cao Cao, and avenge the Yuan family.

Secondly, Guo Tu came out in secret, contacted the bureaucrats, rich gentry, and aristocratic families in Yecheng, and joined forces with Chunyu Qiong Li Yingwai to launch a mutiny together and completely oust Cao Cao.

Although the Yuan family was all killed by Cao Cao, they did not escape the net. As Yuan Tan's party, Guo Tu knew everything about Yuan Tan well. When Yuan Tan was in Pingyuan, he secretly hired a concubine and She gave birth to a son for Yuan Tan, and this illegitimate son was a fish that slipped through the net.

If Cao Cao can be successfully ousted from power, Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong will support Yuan Tan's illegitimate son to succeed him. Guo Tu will be in charge of government affairs, and Chun Yuqiong will be in charge of military power.

If Cao Cao cannot be ousted from power, and it is not the capture of Yecheng, Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong will lead the army to Bohai County, where Yuan Shao's earliest foundation is, where they can call Yuan Shao's old troops to fight against Cao Cao and form a confrontation with him .This is the middle policy.

The worst strategy was Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong's backup strategy. If they failed to capture Yecheng and were defeated by Cao Cao's army, they would lead the defeated army to flee south, surrender to Zhang Yan, and then bewitch Zhang Yan to send troops to attack Cao Cao.

Of course, in the view of Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong, they do not want to have a middle or a bad strategy, and hope that this operation can succeed in one fell swoop and kill Cao Cao.

"Since everyone is here, let's start!" Chunyu Qiong said loudly, looking around at the crowd present.

As soon as the words fell, Chunyu Qiong asked Guo Tu to be invited out.

As soon as Guo Tu appeared, everyone present was a little surprised, but then they regained their composure. With Guo Tu around, they felt much more relaxed.

Everyone is an acquaintance who often sees each other, who doesn't know who?
Therefore, Guo Tu also omitted the politeness, and immediately began to tell his plan, when to do it, how to do it, how to act, and what the plan is, all explained in great detail.

Everyone present listened very carefully. After Guo Tu finished his detailed plan, everyone couldn't help sighing secretly. As expected of Guo Tu, the plan was perfect.

"Okay, since everyone already knows the whole content of the plan, then after returning today, I will start to deal with it immediately. I hope that I can get Cao Cao's head tomorrow night!" Guo Tu said.

"Here!" Everyone said in unison.

Guo Tudao: "Then, let's break up now, each go back and prepare..."

"boom!"

Before Guo Tu finished speaking, he heard a loud noise from outside the door, and the door of the private house was kicked open. Cao Hong, who was wearing heavy armor, appeared in the courtyard door of the private house with a pale face. Soaring to the sky, it actually surrounded the whole place.

"The lord has an order. These people are plotting to rebel, and all of them will be killed, leaving no one behind!" Cao Hong drew out the saber tied around his waist, moved forward, and shouted loudly.

Following Cao Hong's order, the soldiers of the Cao army behind him all rushed forward, rushed into the courtyard, and killed everyone they saw!

Guo Tu, Chunyuqiong, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Qianzhao and others were panicked. They plotted a rebellion here, and they have always acted strictly. How could they leak the secrets?

Moreover, none of the people who came to participate in the conspiracy were armed, and they were suddenly surrounded by Cao Hong and others, and they were left to be slaughtered.

At this time, Ma Yan rushed out from the panicked crowd. When he saw Cao Hong, he immediately smiled and said hastily: "General Cao, you are finally here. The people who participated in the conspiracy to rebel are here, and now we can catch them all in one go." ..."

Guo Tu, Chunyuqiong, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Qianzhao and others saw this scene, and then they understood. No wonder Cao Cao knew these things. It turned out that there was a traitor among them, and Ma Yan was the traitor.

For a while, there was a lot of scolding, Ma Yan was scolded by everyone, and everyone huddled in the room, not daring to go out.

Cao Hong sneered, and said to Ma Yan: "My lord, thank you very much, but my lord hates people who betray their masters and seek glory the most in my life. Therefore, my lord gave me an order to shoot and kill!"

"Ah?" Ma Yan was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened in horror, and he never dreamed that what awaited him was not the glory and wealth promised by Cao Cao, but a ruthless butcher's knife!

Cao Hong raised the long knife in his hand and slashed at Ma Yan.

"what--"

With a scream, Ma Yan fell directly into a pool of blood, twitched a few times, and then died.

Cao Hong held the bloody butcher knife and rushed into the room with the soldiers behind him, swarming up and killing anyone he saw.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of screams. Everyone who participated in this conspiracy died under the knife, and no one could escape the catastrophe.

In addition, let Cao Hong lead the army to kill all the generals and wipe out the three clans.

More than 50 people whose families were in Yecheng were slaughtered immediately, while those whose families were in other places were dispatched to arrest them. With the speed of thunder, a bloody storm was set off.

Overnight, all the officers above the middle level in the Jizhou Army were massacred, and the number of people involved in them was even more numerous. The number of people killed by Cao Cao has reached more than 6000. This thunderous method made Yecheng The people inside and outside, and even the whole Jizhou, are terrified and everyone is in danger.

Cao Cao hanged all the heads of the rebellious criminals on the four gates of Yecheng as a warning.

In addition, Cao Cao incorporated all the Jizhou Army into his own army, under the supervision of the old department. Once any abnormal behavior was found, Cao Hong could kill him.

For a time, Yecheng, and even the whole of Jizhou, were shrouded in white terror. The people dared to be angry and dared not speak out, and the officials were all in danger.

When the news spread to Youzhou, Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and others were all in danger, and their hearts were even more terrified.They all felt that while Cao Cao was purging the Jizhou Army, his next target was likely to be the Youzhou Army.

When the news reached Liyang, Gao Lan, who had already surrendered, also fled in the middle of the night because he was afraid of Cao Cao's terrorist methods. Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan did not blame Gao Lan, and continued to appoint Gao Lan as General Weiyuan, and let him and Zhang He command the surrendered Jizhou Army, and spread the news.

After hearing the news, the Jizhou army under Zhang Xi's command was filled with righteous indignation, very indignant, and hated Cao Cao even more.If it is said that the previous surrender was only forced to survive, then once the news came, this group of Jizhou troops decided to follow Zhang Yan wholeheartedly.

However, for Zhang Yan, although Cao Cao's thunderbolt method is an extraordinary move, it is very likely that such a move will be counterproductive.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Li Cai has already gone to the west of Liaoning by boat. Once he successfully contacts the Wuhuan people, there will be a bloody storm in Youzhou. Cao Cao's foundation is unstable, and Youzhou may be lost.

In addition, Jia Kui went to contact the Huns and Xianbei, and planned to contain Cao Cao from the northwest, while Zhang Yan had to wait quietly for the coming of the storm.

The next day, Zhuge Liang arrived in Puyang. Zhang Yan personally received Zhuge Liang, and handed over a captured three-arrow crossbow to Zhuge Liang, saying to him: "This is what the soldiers captured during the battle with the Hebei army. It can fire three bolts at a time, which is very powerful, can you see if you can improve it and develop a crossbow machine that can fire ten bolts at a time?"

Zhuge Liang took a look at the Liannu, then clasped his fists and said, "To the King Regent, I'm afraid Kong Ming will disappoint the King Regent's high expectations. Kong Ming doesn't know the technique of this mechanism at all. How can he develop the Ten-Arrow Liannu?"

(End of this chapter)