The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 361 Chapter 360
At the same time that Zhang Yan led the army to drive north to Xianbei, the news of Cao Cao's death and the annihilation of [-] Xianbei troops had spread quietly throughout Hebei.

All those who heard the two news were all surprised and lamented Zhang Yan's military strength.At the same time, these two incidents also caused an uproar in the territory of Hebei. Many cities used to hang the banner with the word "Cao", but now they decisively changed their flags and replaced them with the military flag of the Han Dynasty. Looking around, the territory of Hebei is orange-red !
Within a year, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were defeated one after another, and the Hebei army was attacked one after another. Although the Youzhou army and Xiahouyuan army had not yet been pacified, they had reached the end of their strength and would be pacified by Zhang Yan's army sooner or later.

At this moment, Xia Houyuan and Xun You were leading the army to fight Zang Ba fiercely in Nanpi. The two armies faced each other for several days and fought several times.

Although Xia Houyuan's military strength was not as strong as Zang Ba's, and there were not many generals under his command, but fortunately, Xia Houyuan had Xun You to advise him, and Xia Houyuan led the elite soldiers who had fought hundreds of battles in Cao's army.

In the past few days, Zang Ba's army was defeated one after another, and their morale was also very low.

Although Zhang He and Gao Lan are brave, they are both brave men. Facing Xun You's strategy, they seemed very at a loss. The several battles were all because of Xun You's tricks, so Zhang He and Gao Lan lost one after another. The man was ambushed and almost killed, and finally fought his way out of the siege and fled back to Nanpi.

Zang Ba also had a headache. Although he was very good at leading troops in battle, he seemed useless in the face of Xun You, who was superior in wisdom. All ended in failure.

In Nanpi City, the Han army's failures for several days and successive loss of soldiers and generals led to a low morale. The two counties of Hejian and Anping, which were originally persuaded by Zhang Ying and Gao Lan to surrender, were forced by Xia Houyuan's pressure to suspend the Cao army again. banner.

Therefore, Zang Ba began to avoid fighting and stick to the city.

Xia Houyuan tried to launch two sieges, but both ended in failure, but Xia Houyuan did not leave just then, but stationed outside Nanpi City, waiting for an opportunity.

One day, Xia Houyuan and Xun You were discussing how to attack the city in the camp when suddenly a scout broke in and immediately reported to Xia Houyuan about Bingzhou. Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Guo Jia, Man Chong, etc. all died in battle In addition to Yangcheng, the [-] Xianbei cavalry were also annihilated by Zhang Yan.

When Xia Houyuan and Xun You heard the news, they were extremely sad and angry, and Xia Houyuan was even more angry, gnashing his teeth and said: "Zhang Yan, I will definitely smash your body into thousands of pieces and avenge my lord!"

Immediately afterwards, another scout broke in from the outside and reported an important news to Xia Houyuan and Xun You. General Zhao Yun of the Han Army Huwei led an army from Yecheng straight to Nanpi, accompanied by military advisor Jia Xu.

After Xun You heard the news, he immediately said to Xiahouyuan: "General Xiahou, the lord is no longer here. As the most trusted general of the lord, you should take up the burden of revenge for the lord. Now Jizhou is no longer owned by our army. Our army's current strength is not enough to deal with the two troops of Zang Ba and Zhao Yun. Fortunately, Cao Zhen and Cheng Yu are still in Youzhou, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses there. We can temporarily retreat to Youzhou and join Cao Zhen and Cheng Yu Wait for the two to become one, and then wait for the opportunity."

Xia Houyuan nodded, heeded Xun You's opinion, and then Xun You made another plan to retreat, and retreated quietly overnight.

It was not until the next morning that Zang Ba, Zhang He, Gao Lan and others in Nanpi City discovered the clues, and sent people to check the enemy's camp, only to find that there was no one in the camp, and the enemy He didn't know when he disappeared, and Zang Ba didn't know where he went.

Xia Houyuan is one of the best generals in the Cao army, and Xun You is by his side to advise him, and Xia Houyuan is also famous as a general of the gods, with five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days. The marching speed is very fast, even Zang Ba sent people to I searched, but couldn't catch up.

At noon, Zhao Yun and Jia Xu came to Nanpi and joined forces with Zang Ba. When Jia Xu learned that Xia Houyuan and Xun You had suddenly withdrawn their troops and disappeared, Jia Xu thought for a moment and said, "Xia Houyuan and Xun You must be going to Youzhou has gone."

Zang Ba said: "Then what are you waiting for, I will gather all the soldiers and horses, and immediately march towards Youzhou."

Jia Xu suddenly stopped him and said, "Don't be so anxious, we just need to wait quietly in Nanpi for a few days. Before long, the heads of Xia Houyuan, Xun You, Cao Zhen, and Cheng Yu will naturally be sent here."

Zhao Yun, Zang Ba, Zhang He, Gao Lan and others were all suspicious for a while, and they all said with a smile: "Is the military master just joking?"

Jia Xu laughed and said, "If you don't believe me, we can bet that within half a month, the heads of Xia Houyuan, Xun You, Cao Zhen, and Cheng Yu will be sent to Nanpi. If I win, each of you will lose to me." One hundred gold, if I lose, I will give you one hundred gold each, how about it?"

Everyone looked at each other, they didn't quite believe Jia Xu's words, and they were willing to bet with Jia Xu.

Jia Xu pretended to be mysterious and said: "If that's the case, then you all wait to lose the money to me!"

That night, Jia Xu personally wrote a persuading letter, and sent his confidants to Jicheng overnight, asking him to find a way to deliver the letter to Yan Rou.

Taking Jia Xu's letter with her confidant, Xingye went to Jicheng, while Zhao Yun, Zang Ba, Zhang Yun, Gao Lan and others were resting in Nanpi City.

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Youzhou, Jicheng.

The news that Cao Cao was decapitated and the entire army of Xianbei iron cavalry was annihilated had reached Jicheng. Cao Zhen and Cheng Yu were immersed in great sorrow. In Jicheng, a mourning hall was set up to mourn Cao Cao.

Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, and other generals of the Youzhou Army all came to express their condolences. For them, Cao Cao's death was like a boulder sinking into the lake, which immediately stirred up waves.

Although it is said that Yan Rou, Tian Yu, and Tian Chou are all valued by Cao Cao, and they all joined forces to repel the Wuhuan invasion in Jicheng, but when they suddenly heard the news of Cao Cao's death, everyone felt a little bit hollow in their hearts .

They are all from Youzhou. After the death of Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, they followed Yuan Shao and Cao Cao successively. The successive defeats of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao also made them very distressed. What should they do next?
After returning from condolences, Tian Yu, Tian Chou and other generals of the Youzhou Army came to Yan Rou's house spontaneously, and discussed with Yan Rou where they should go, and where should the Youzhou Army go?

Yan Rou was also conflicted in her heart, and was also hesitating, not knowing what to do.But when he didn't think about it clearly, he tried his best to appease the impetuous emotions of the generals of the Youzhou Army, at least not to be chaotic at this stage.

While everyone was discussing, someone suddenly reported that Xia Houyuan and Xun You led an army to the outside of Jicheng.

Therefore, Yan Rou took many generals to the gate of Jicheng to greet her.

The city gate opened slowly, and Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou and others came out of the city one after another.

After the suspension bridge was lowered, Xia Houyuan rode his horse forward. The death of Cao Cao hit Xia Houyuan hard. He was in a bad mood as he mourned his concubine.

Seeing Yan Rou and the others coming to greet him, he still had a straight face and asked in a stern voice, "Why did the city gate open so late?"

Yan Rou just wanted to open her mouth to explain, but she heard Xia Houyuan sternly said: "Be quicker next time, since you are a soldier, you must look like a soldier!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Houyuan rode his war horse into the city proudly, not paying attention to Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou and others at all.

Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou and others were full of anger. Seeing such a scene, Xun You hurried over to comfort Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou and others.

Later, Xia Houyuan's army entered the city. In order not to cause necessary troubles, Yan Rou arranged them in the barracks next door to the Youzhou Army. The barracks had been abandoned for a long time, and the facilities were relatively old. Looking at the barracks where the Youzhou Army lived, it felt like they were being bullied, so these people quit, spontaneously organized together, broke into the barracks of the Youzhou Army, and went all the way to Yan Rou's barracks, directly He broke in, surrounded Yan Rou and the others, and demanded an explanation.

Yan Rou then explained, but Xia Houyuan's subordinates felt that the explanation was unreasonable, and instead thought that Yan Rou was deliberately making excuses, and in a fit of anger, they beat Yan Rou indiscriminately.

Yan Rou's body was covered in wounds, if Tian Yu and Tian Chou's leaders hadn't arrived in time, Yan Rou would have been beaten to death.

Therefore, Tian Yu and Tian Chou told Cheng Yu about this, and asked Cheng Yu to come forward and give an explanation.

After Cheng Yu learned of this, he quickly stepped forward to mediate, and then asked Xia Houyuan to make a decision.Unexpectedly, Xia Houyuan's subordinates bit back, saying that Yan Rou did that on purpose, Xia Houyuan was furious after hearing this, and wanted to kill Yan Rou to enforce military discipline.

Fortunately, he was persuaded by Cheng Yu and Xun You, and under Xun You's suggestion, Xia Houyuan finally decided to punish the subordinate who committed the crime with [-] punishments, and Yan Rou was also injured and received [-] punishments because of his mishandling.

Xun You and Cheng Yu both persuaded Xia Houyuan not to say that, for fear of causing dissatisfaction with the Youzhou army, but Xia Houyuan refused to listen, so Xun You and Cheng Yu had no choice but to give up, but they sent someone to greet Yan Rou in private.

When Yan Rou was beaten, the rest of the generals of the Youzhou Army were furious, and they all gathered at Yan Rou's house to complain about Xia Houyuan's injustice.

After hearing this, Yan Rou also felt helpless.

Just at this time, one of Yan Rou's confidants came in from outside, handed a letter to Yan Rou, and then whispered a few words in her ear.

After Yan Rou heard this, she immediately opened the letter, and after skimming through it, a faint smile appeared on her face.After a short while, Yan Rou said to Tian Yu and Tian Chou: "You are all brothers who were born and died with me, and you are all heart-to-heart together. Today I was beaten for no reason. Not only could Xia Houyuan not uphold justice for me, but he beat me back. A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated, how can I, Yan Rou, a man of seven feet, be subjected to such a shame and humiliation?"

　The past two days have been relatively busy, and there are few updates, please forgive me!
　　
　
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