The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 4 004 Military Guard Captain
The arrows were like rain, and the arrows flying all over the sky were like dense raindrops, flying back and forth between the two armies.

On both sides of the city wall, corpses piled up like mountains, and blood flowed like rivers.

The two armies fought fiercely near the city gate, fighting each other for that square inch.Several times, Cao Jun climbed up the tower, and was killed by the defenders.

The battle lasted for half an hour, and the two sides still hadn't decided the winner.

Zhang Yan was holding an iron spear at this time, standing on the tower and fighting hard, his whole body was already covered with blood, looking from a distance, he looked like a blood man.

He commanded hundreds of guards around him, and repeatedly fought with Cao soldiers. After killing one after another, Cao soldiers climbed up the city wall continuously, as if they could not finish killing them.

This part of the city became the place where the battle was most intense. While killing Cao soldiers who climbed up the city wall, Zhang Yan also had to guard against the hidden arrows shot by Cao Jun, wishing to break himself into ten people.

"puff!"

Zhang Yan raised the iron spear in his hand and stabbed to death an officer of the Cao army who had just climbed up the city wall. When he looked up, he saw the numerous soldiers of the Cao army below the city, and he couldn't help frowning. It's a matter of time to be exhausted to death.

"Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming!"

I don't know who it is, suddenly shouted, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

But in the dim twilight, two cavalrymen under the banner of Xuzhou Mu came over from behind Cao Jun respectively. They were like fierce tigers, like two sharp knives, directly inserted into Cao Cao's army formation.

Cao's army is attacking the city with all its strength, almost suppressing all the troops, and the number of troops left in the army formation is pitiful.

At this time Xuzhou's reinforcements suddenly came from behind, Cao Cao felt the crisis, and immediately divided the Cao soldiers around him into two groups to resist the Xuzhou soldiers, while he quickly withdrew from the battlefield under the protection of his personal followers.

"The reinforcements have arrived, Cao Cao has retreated, Cao Cao has retreated..." Seeing this slight change, Chen Deng immediately raised his voice and shouted.

On the top of the city, seeing the arrival of the reinforcements, the defenders swung their weapons like chicken blood, and launched a fierce attack towards Cao Jun. The morale that was originally low suddenly rose.

When Cao Cao left like this, all Cao's troops were in disarray. After a while, the sound of Mingjin was heard from Cao's army formation, and the densely packed Cao troops under the city wall began to retreat.

Cao Jun retreated, and Zhang Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Already exhausted, he sat on the ground panting heavily.

Outside the city, there was the sound of fierce fighting between the cavalry of the two armies, but all of this had nothing to do with him. Looking at the blood-stained city and the soldiers who looked like blood men, he secretly rejoiced , finally dodged a disaster.

Surrounded by a group of people, an old man with a short body, gray hair, and wearing an official uniform quickly climbed up the tower, glanced eagerly at the tragedy on the tower, and shouted nervously: "Yuanlong! Where is Yuanlong?"

"My lord... I'm here..." Chen Deng leaned against the city wall with blood all over his body, saw that person climbed the city wall, and responded hastily.

Following the voice, the old man found Chen Deng, and he didn't care too much. He took three steps and two steps, and quickly came to Chen Deng's side. He saw an arrow sticking out of Chen Deng's shoulder, gurgling outwards. With blood on his face, he looked pitiful.

He grabbed Chen Deng's hands and held them tightly. Even though Chen Deng's hands were covered with blood, he didn't feel disgusted at all.Seeing that Chen Deng was injured, he looked lonely, and said apologetically, "It's all my fault that the old man came a step late, hurt Yuanlong, and killed many soldiers..."

"My lord, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, it's all because of that Cao Cao...cough cough cough..."

"Yuanlong, stop talking, I'll have someone carry you to the prefect's mansion for treatment." The old man said with concern.

As he spoke, the old man ordered his subordinates to come and carry Chen Deng away.

Chen Deng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "My lord, these are just minor injuries. Compared with those soldiers who fought bloody battles on the top of this city, my injuries are nothing. If there is no desperate resistance of the soldiers, only I am afraid that Yuanlong has already become the soul of Cao Jun's sword. Please be sure to pay compensation to the dead soldiers and heal the injured soldiers. Only in this way can I feel at ease."

"Yuanlong, you can rest assured that the old man has his own sense of propriety and will never treat these bloody soldiers badly."

Chen Deng said again: "My lord, the reason why the city can be guarded for a long time is that apart from the bloody battles of all the soldiers, there is another person who is indispensable. This person has excellent archery skills and has the skill of piercing Yang with a hundred steps. Cao Chun shot to death. In addition, he was also highly skilled in martial arts, brave and good at fighting, if he hadn't led all the soldiers to repel the waves of Cao Jun's attacks, I am afraid that the city would have already fallen..."

"Oh? Who is this person, who is so capable? Quickly introduce me!" After hearing this, the old man was also elated. There are many elite soldiers in the Xuzhou army, but few strong generals. If there is such a number one person, he will definitely to reuse.

Chen Deng looked around, and through the gap between people, he saw Zhang Yan who had become a blood man leaning against the city wall, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yan..."

Zhang Yan was resting, when he heard Chen Deng calling him suddenly, he responded, "My lord, I'm here!"

"Zhang Yan, come to me quickly." Chen Deng called out hastily.

Zhang Yan stood up from the ground, moved his muscular body, walked vigorously, and quickly walked to Chen Deng's side. First, he glanced at the old man beside Chen Deng, and a group of scribes and generals behind the old man. Then he cupped his hands and said to Chen Deng, "What's your order?"

"Zhang Yan, this is Xuzhou Mutao envoy, hurry up and salute Mr. Zhou Mu!" Chen Deng pointed to the old man beside him and said to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan glanced at the old man, and heard from Chen Deng that the old man was Xuzhou Mu, so the old man should be Tao Qian.So imitating the appearance of the ancients, he bowed deeply to Tao Qian, and said plausibly: "Zhang Yan, the county captain of Liuxian County, see Mr. Zhou Mu."

Tao Qian heard Zhang Yan's loud and magnetic voice, and when he looked up and saw Zhang Yan's appearance and figure, he couldn't help feeling a little bit happy.He laughed and said, "I didn't expect that you, a small county captain, would have such skill. Yuan Long highly respects you, and the old man also lacks generals who can lead troops to fight. You shoot Cao Chun first, and stick to it." The city is at the back, and all of this is due to you, so the old man will naturally not be stingy with military positions..."

He paused, and after thinking for a while, he said loudly: "From today on, you will be serving as the captain of the military guard. I hope you will continue to work hard and make great achievements in the future!"

"Thank you, Lord State Shepherd, for the reward."

Later, Tao Qian ordered Chen Deng to be carried to the prefect's mansion for treatment. Seeing that it was getting late, he ordered people to call back the troops and recall the cavalry who had fought with Cao Jun outside the city.

Outside Pengcheng, Cao Jun and Xuzhou soldiers were fighting. Suddenly, Xuzhou soldiers heard the sound of Mingjin coming from the city, and the cavalry retreated one after another.

Seeing that the Xuzhou soldiers were retreating, Cao Jun did not pursue them, so the two armies retreated separately.

Zhang Yanxin took office and was responsible for guarding the city gate. All the soldiers listened to his orders alone. Seeing that the Xuzhou soldiers had retreated, they opened the city gate and let the Xuzhou soldiers enter the city.After the Xuzhou soldiers had completely entered the city, Zhang Yan took advantage of the darkness to have someone clean up the battlefield outside the city, and brought back a lot of stones, which were still piled up on the top of the city for the next battle.

After closing the city gate again, Zhang Yan came to the top of the city again. Looking out of the city, he saw Cao Jun camping by the Sishui River. It was less than five miles away from Pengcheng, and he could vaguely hear the voices from Cao Jun's camp.

A soldier in strong clothes boarded the tower, walked straight to Zhang Yan's side, and said respectfully, "I've seen Mr. Captain."

Zhang Yan turned his head and saw a strange soldier who had never seen him before, so he asked, "Are you..."

"The young one was ordered by Lord Shepherd of the state to invite Lord Xiaowei to discuss matters in the Taishou's mansion."

"A matter of discussion?" Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said to the soldier: "Please go back and tell Lord Zhou Mu, I will be there soon."

"Here! Let me take my leave, little one."

Looking at the soldier's back disappearing into the darkness, Zhang Yan thought to himself: "Xuzhou is a place to use force, but it's a pity that Tao Qian is not a master... Maybe, I can find an opportunity to replace Tao Qian and rule Xuzhou..."

He ordered the soldiers to guard the gate of the city to be vigilant, and then he went down from the tower and walked towards the eunuch's mansion on foot.

Walking on the streets of Pengcheng, Zhang Yan saw that most of the houses near the city gate had collapsed and turned into ruins, and both sides of the street were full of homeless refugees.

For some reason, seeing these homeless refugees starving and freezing on the side of the road, he felt a little sympathy in his heart. He suddenly realized that it is important to let the common people live a life without worrying about food and clothing, and to give them a peaceful life. The world seems to be his long-term responsibility.

As he walked, he asked about the location of the prefect's mansion, and after a few minutes, he arrived at the prefect's mansion.

Standing at the gate of the prefect's mansion, Chen Deng hurried out to meet Zhang Yan when he saw Zhang Yan's figure, and asked with concern, "Why did you come? Come in with me, I'll wait for you alone."

Before Zhang Yan could figure out the situation, he was dragged into the prefect's mansion by Chen Deng, who was wrapped in straps. The two walked side by side, three steps at a time, and soon came to the hall.

The hall was full of people, Chen Deng pulled Zhang Yan into the hall, and first bowed to Tao Qian: "See Mr. Zhou Mu."

"Excuse me, Yuan Long, Zhang Yan, sit down quickly." Tao Qian waved his hand.

Chen Deng first pointed to an empty seat at the end of the left side, motioning for Zhang Yan to go and do it, and he went straight to the first seat on the right side and sat down.

Zhang Yan noticed that the so-called seat was not actually a "seat", but just a wooden floor covered with futons, and a small table was placed in front of the futons.He squinted at the people next to him, and saw that the rest of them had their knees in front and their hips sitting on their heels, so he followed suit, kneeling and sitting there.

Tao Qian looked around, and seeing that there were no seats available, he cleared his throat and said in a loud voice, "Since everyone is here, let's start the discussion. You can speak freely, my lords, and see if there is any strategy to defeat the enemy!" "

(End of this chapter)