The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

CHAPTER 40 CHAPTER 040
Ruo Rong was killed, and his subordinates panicked for a while. Before they could figure out what had happened, Zhang Yan led the Danyang soldiers and rushed out from both sides of the road, waving the weapons in his hands like a tiger, and charged at Ruo Rong subordinates.

These people were attacked suddenly, those who were killed were caught off guard, and all of them were terrified. In addition, Ruo Rong was dead, and there was no leader in the group, and the chaos suddenly became a mess.

Zhang Yan and the others took advantage of the chaos and killed them quickly. In just a moment, all the three hundred cavalrymen under Ruo Rong had been killed.

Although the place of the battle was close to Xiapi, it was blocked by a high hill. The soldiers standing on the city wall could not see the battle outside the city at all.This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Yan chose this place as the ambush location.

After the war, Zhang Yan found Ruo Rong's body, cut off his head with a single knife, and jumped onto the black cloud riding snow horse with Ruo Rong's head in his hand. The city gallops away.

At this time, the gate of Xiapi city is wide open, and the people and merchants come in and out, which is very lively.

Zhang Yan led this bloody cavalry to appear suddenly, breaking the original calm in an instant, and in an instant, a group of people came to Xiapi City.

"Get out of the way for those who don't want to die!" Zhang Yan shouted at the pedestrians at the gate of the city.

The sound was as loud as rolling thunder, and pedestrians at the gate of the city immediately gave way when they saw the army approaching.

The Xiapi soldiers who were guarding the gate of the city were knocked away by the horses rushing towards them before they could react. Zhang Yan led his men into Xiapi city, galloped through the city, and soon came to the prefect. in front of the mansion.

Zhang Yan reined in his horse and shouted loudly towards the prefect's mansion, "Where is Xiapi Cheng?"

Seeing that Zhang Yan and others were approaching menacingly, and Ruo Rong's head was still hanging on the horse's neck, the gatekeeper was so frightened that he ran into the prefect's mansion immediately.

The arrival of Zhang Yan and others was like a huge boulder, which suddenly stirred up thousands of waves on the calm water of Xiapi.

A group of cavalry rushed over from the direction of the city gate. The leader was a military commander. When he saw Zhang Yan's horse with Ruo Rong's head tied to his collar, he was also surprised, and immediately shouted: "He killed the Prime Minister of the country!" My lord, quickly surround them, and don't let this group of people escape!"

Following the order of the army's Sima, the defenders of Xiapi City who came one after another dispersed and surrounded Zhang Yan and others, but no one dared to act rashly.

Zhang Yan looked around, sneered, and even more contemptuous eyes shot out of his eyes, waiting quietly in place, without any worry at all.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in official uniform came out of the prefect's mansion. The man with a handsome face was none other than Xiapi Cheng.

Seeing Zhang Yan's stern face, his sharp eyes staring at him like poisonous snakes, he felt a trace of fear in his heart, and Zhang Yan's horse's neck tied with Ruo Rong's head was dripping blood, obviously he had just died not long ago .

He tremblingly walked to the gate of the prefect's mansion, and a group of yamen servants followed him out of the mansion and stood guard in front of him. Then he mustered up his courage and said, "I am Xiapicheng Zhou Kui, who are you?" But the voice was still trembling.

"I'm Prime Minister Pengcheng, Captain Zhang Yan of the Military Guard!" Zhang Yan said loudly.

After hearing this, Zhou Kui took a deep breath, never expecting that the famous Zhang Yan would appear here.Xiapi is bordered by Pengcheng. The story of Zhang Yan becoming famous in Pengcheng and driving away Cao Cao has already spread throughout Xiapi. As Xiapi Cheng, Zhou Kui knows it all.

He hastily cupped his hands and said: "It turns out that it is Mr. Zhang. He has known his name for a long time, but he has never seen him before. I don't want to meet you here today. It really is better to be famous than to meet..."

The military Sima who had led the troops here shouted immediately: "My lord, Zhang Yan killed the Prime Minister for no reason and then led his troops into the city. He is no different from a rebel. If you don't capture him..."

He didn't wait for the army commander to finish his sentence, but he heard Zhou Kui angrily scolded: "Presumptuous! Mr. Zhang came to put down the rebels under the order of Tao Shijun, what is the crime?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Kui immediately took out a letter from his sleeve, showed it in front of everyone, and shouted loudly: "This is the secret letter that Tao Shijun sent me the day before yesterday. In order to be the Prime Minister of the Pi, he did not care about the people, built a large number of buildings, forced the people to worship the Buddha, embezzled food, grass, and military pay, and colluded with the rebels, and even sent troops to plunder. He committed a heinous crime. Tao Shijun has secretly appointed Zhang Yan, Minister of Pengcheng, to come and crusade. And let me act as an internal response and act according to the camera. Now Ruo Rong has been executed, if you don't abandon the dark and turn to the light, you will definitely end up in the same end as Ruo Rong!"

After Xiapi soldiers heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay. They all knew what Ruo Rong had done.

When Ruo Rong was alive, Zhou Kui, the Prime Minister of Xiapi, was Ruo Rong's confidant. At this time, even Zhou Kui stood up and opposed Ze Rong, saying that Ze Rong was a traitor and should be killed.These soldiers, as long as they have something to eat, they will follow anyone.

Zhou Kui himself was a famous scholar in Xiapi area. He served as Xiapi Prime Minister at the beginning and was under Tao Qian's account.Later, Ruo Rong came, and his good days were over.Although he doesn't like Ruo Rong, but he has no choice but to compromise.

In the past, he even wrote a secret letter to Tao Qian, complaining about Ruo Rong's black case.But Tao Qian had nothing to do with Ruo Rong. Over time, Zhou Kui stopped writing letters when he saw that the complaint was invalid. financial trust.

But in his heart, he has always hated Ruo Rong deeply. No one is happier than him when Ruo Rong was killed today.Moreover, he himself is more knowledgeable about current affairs, and immediately changed the subject and pointed his gun at the dead Ruo Rong, and then he said this.

It should be said that Zhou Kui still had a certain influence in Xiapi. After hearing his words, many soldiers were a little moved and gradually lost their fighting spirit.

Seeing this, Zhou Kui shouted, "If you don't want to be guilty of the same crime as the rebel Zo Rong, immediately lay down your arms and don't prosecute them. Otherwise, you will be guilty of the same crime as Zo Rong!"

As soon as these words were said, but after hearing countless clattering sounds, Xiapi soldiers dropped their weapons one after another.

At this time, Xu Sheng came galloping from outside the city with another [-] cavalry, and the Xiapi soldiers gave way one after another, so that Xu Sheng and others were able to gather with Zhang Yan.

Xu Sheng saw many weapons dropped on the ground, and none of the soldiers in Xiapi lost their fighting spirit. It seemed that the situation was under control, so he rode his horse to Zhang Yan's side and asked, "Master, are you alright?"

Zhang Yandao: "Thanks to Xiapi Cheng's understanding of current affairs, he persuaded them to surrender, otherwise there will be another fight."

He jumped off his horse, walked straight to the gate of the prefect's mansion, cupped his hands to Zhou Kui and said, "Lord Zhou, the crime is only on Ze Rong alone, and has nothing to do with others. Since Ze Rong has already been put to death, then this is the end of the matter. It's just that , I still have some things that I want to discuss with Mr. Zhou in detail, can I take a step to talk?"

Zhou Kui understood what Zhang Yan meant, and immediately asked the yamen servant to get out of the way, and invited Zhang Yan into the prefect's mansion.

Zhang Yan swaggered forward and asked Xu Sheng and others to stay outside the Taishou's mansion, while he followed Zhou Kui into the hall of the Taishou's mansion.

As soon as he entered the hall, Zhang Yan respectfully bowed to Zhou Kui, "If Mr. Zhou hadn't had an idea today and said that Ruo Rong is a traitor, I'm afraid they are still fighting. Zhang would also like to thank Mr. Zhou."

When Zhou Kui saw Corporal Zhang Yanlixian, he had no pretensions at all, and immediately said: "Master Zhang, you don't have to do this, but I should thank Master Zhang for that. Ruo Rong is domineering in Xiapi, and people and gods are all angry. Today, Master Zhang is using Ruo Rong to replace Xiapi. Except for one harm, it is a great good deed that benefits the common people. Although Zhou is the Prime Minister of Xiapi, he is helpless in the face of Ruo Rong's misconduct. He is really ashamed of Tao Shijun..."

Seeing that Zhou Kui is tactful, quick-witted, alert, and knowledgeable about current affairs, Zhang Yan is considered a talent, but now he has a talent in his hands, so he intends to recruit him.He said: "Lord Zhou, Ruo Rong has ruled Xiapi for a long time. I believe there will be many confidantes under him. If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to wipe them all out, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with them in the future. As the saying goes, weeds must be eradicated." , what does Lord Zhou think?"

Zhou Kui said with a sneer: "Yes, yes, Mr. Zhang is right, we must cut the weeds and get rid of the roots..."

"Master Zhou must have spent a lot of time in Xiapi, I believe he must know who is Ruo Rong's confidant?"

Zhou Kui nodded again and again, and said, "I know all about it, don't worry, my lord, I will definitely tell my lord the truth about Ze Rong's confidants."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Kui immediately wrote down the names of a group of people, including a captain, three military Sima, and two other Sima.In addition, Zhou Kui told Zhang Yan that Futu Temple was a den of bandits in Ruo Rong, which housed hundreds of dead men, and suggested that all the dead men in Futu Temple be wiped out.

After Zhang Yan learned about these situations, he had a general understanding in his heart and already knew what to do.

First of all, Zhang Yan divided the Danyang soldiers he brought into several teams, and asked Zhou Kui's men to be guides, leading them to arrest Ze Rong's henchmen.

Secondly, Zhang Yan asked Xu Sheng to go back to Futu Temple first, to inform those dead men Ruo Rong's death, and persuade them to surrender as soon as possible, otherwise he would lead the army to pacify Futu Temple.

After receiving the order, Xu Sheng rode his horse out of Xiapi and headed for Futu Temple.

Finally, Zhang Yan led [-] cavalry, together with Zhou Kui, to the door of Ruo Rong's house, ready to search the house.

When Zhang Yan saw Ruo Rong's mansion, he was so surprised that he couldn't even close his mouth.

Ruo Rong's mansion is not only big, but also very luxurious, magnificent and glittering.

According to Zhou Kui, these are the people's fat and people's anointing that Ruo Rong has scavenged in the past few years, as well as the result of filling his own pockets in water transportation.

Seeing such a luxurious villa, Zhang Yan ordered the Danyang soldiers behind him: "Arrest everyone and leave no one behind!"

(End of this chapter)