The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 55 055
After putting on his clothes, Zhang Yan immediately opened the door. Seeing Xu Sheng standing at the door, he raised his leg and stepped over the threshold, then closed the door again, and said to Xu Sheng, "Go! Go to the school grounds."

Xu Sheng nodded. Seeing Zhang Yan's complexion was not good, he seemed to have no energy, so he asked: "My lord, did you not rest last night? Why do you look listless?"

"Oh, is that so? I went to bed late last night."

Xu Sheng said "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions, but he soon found out that Zhang Yan started to yawn after walking a few steps.

On the school grounds, after the [-] troops assembled, Zhang Yan, accompanied by Xu Sheng, came to the stage. He looked a little haggard, but everyone knew that it must be caused by Zhang Yan's excessive indulgence in the bridal chamber last night.

However, none of us made a sound. It is enough for everyone to understand these things in their hearts.Zhang Yan arrived late this time, probably because of excessive indulgence.

Chen Deng walked up to Zhang Yan and respectfully said: "My lord, the soldiers have been waiting here for a long time."

Zhang Yandao: "I'm really sorry to keep everyone waiting for so long. Since the army is all assembled here, let's start acting according to my instructions yesterday."

"Here!" Chen Deng and others replied in unison.

Zhang Yan asked someone to bring his dark cloud riding snow horse. After riding on the horseback, he looked majestic and majestic in armor. He shouted loudly in front of everyone: "Let's go!"

The army split into two in an instant, Chen Deng, Xu Sheng, Lu Dai, Deng Yi, Wang Bo and others each led their troops to follow behind Zhang Yan, while Chen Qun and Mi Fang stayed in the city.

The army set off from the east gate of Pengcheng, and headed towards Tancheng in a mighty way.

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Shanyang County, Gaoping County.

In the hall of the county government office, Cao Ren was sitting upright, with a map spread out on the table in front of him, and he was examining it carefully.

According to reports from the scouts, in order to deal with Cao Jun, Zhang Yan implemented the method of fortifying the walls and clearing the country. The three counties of Qi County, Guangqi, and Liu County under Pengcheng's rule have become ruins, and there is not a single person within a hundred miles.Even the villages that could settle down were burned down by a fire.

Last winter, Cao Jun defeated Pengcheng and retreated out of hatred.Since then, Cao Jun has been paying attention to Pengcheng's every move, and learned that Pengcheng built a new city under Zhang Yan's management and actively trained the army, which made Cao Jun very disturbed.

For this reason, Cao Cao specially formulated this strategy of attacking from the east to the west. He wanted to avoid the heavily defended Pengcheng, attack from the Langya area, and approach the city of Tancheng with lightning speed.

But Cao Cao still had some concerns. He was worried that Zhang Yan would steal his way, so he deliberately left [-] troops in Gaoping County for three purposes. The third is to attack Xuzhou from here.

Therefore, when Cao Cao was selecting generals, he was also very serious. After some careful consideration, he finally chose Cao Ren.

Cao Ren is Cao Cao's younger brother. He is proficient in bow and horse and knows the art of war well.

At this moment, Cao Ren is paying close attention to the battle situation in Xuzhou. He has just received a report from scouts saying that Cao Cao has led an army into the territory of Langya, and the counties along the way have surrendered without a fight. under the city.

Cao Ren glanced at Kaiyang City on the map, and then at Tancheng, he laughed and said, "My lord led an army of [-], and suddenly launched an attack on Langya, and arrived at Kaiyang City within a day. Zang Ba No matter how capable you are, you are definitely not the lord's opponent. Within two days, Kaiyang City will definitely be captured by the lord. Then the lord can attack Tancheng with confidence..."

"General Qi! There is news from Pengcheng!" Le Jin strode in from the outside, holding a letter in his hand, and his face was even more joyful.

When Cao Ren heard this, he hurriedly said, "Bring it to me quickly!"

Le Jin walked up to Cao Ren and handed the letter to Cao Ren. Cao Ren opened the letter, skimmed through it, and immediately laughed and said, "God help me! God help me!"

Seeing this, Le Jin hurriedly said: "General, this is the best time to take revenge, General, please don't miss this opportunity!"

Cao Ren lowered his head again, looked at the contents of the letter again, and said: "Zhang Yanming knows that we still have a large army stationed here, and he dares to bring the army to Tancheng to help. Is there any fraud in this?" ?”

Le Jin said: "How can there be fraud? Tao Qian concentrated half of Xuzhou's troops in Pengcheng and handed them over to Zhang Yan for the purpose of defending our army. Now the lord is leading the army to attack from Langya, which is unexpected. According to Tao Qian's expectation, Kaiyang is tight and there are few troops. Once Kaiyang falls, Tancheng where Tao Qian is located will be directly attacked by the lord. Tao Qian will definitely let Zhang Yan lead the troops to support, even if Zhang Yan doesn't want to go It doesn’t work anymore. General, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as long as the general gives an order to gather troops and horses, I am willing to be the general’s vanguard and open the way for the general!”

Cao Ren frowned, still hesitating.

Seeing Cao Ren's pensive look, Le Jin hurriedly said, "General, don't forget that the general's younger brother, Cao Chun, was shot dead by Zhang Yan himself. Doesn't the general want to avenge Cao Chun? , do you kill your enemies with your own hands?"

As soon as Cao Ren heard Le Jin's words, anger welled up in his heart, and his eyes shot out fierce lights. In a rage, he drew the sword in his waist and directly threw the table in front of him. The case was cut in two.

"Zhang Yan and I are at odds. If he killed my younger brother, I will kill his whole family. Immediately order all the soldiers and horses to gather, and the whole army will set off, aiming at Pengcheng!" Cao Ren roared angrily.

After Le Jin heard this, he felt happy in his heart, and at the same time, there was a trace of murderous look on his face. After clasping his fists in response, he turned around and walked out.

When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou last year, he asked Le Jin to lead soldiers and horses to protect the food and garrison in Pei County, but he was attacked by Zhang Yan and burned the food and grass hoarded by Cao Jun.Not only that, even Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, was beheaded by Zhang Yan.

For this reason, Le Jin was almost beheaded by Cao Cao, but fortunately he was persuaded by the generals, so he was saved from death.However, Le Jin's position as a captain was removed and he became an ordinary soldier.

After Cao Jun retreated, Le Jin also returned to Yanzhou with the army. Later, there was a rebellion in Ren Chengguo, and the army that Le Jin belonged to was sent to suppress the rebellion. When he was rewarded, he was promoted by Cao Cao to be the commander of the army, and he was under the tent of Cao Ren, Li Feng's lieutenant.

This time when Cao Cao plotted against Xuzhou, Le Jin was the most active. He asked Cao Cao for orders and wanted to be a pioneer, but Cao Cao, considering Le Jin's previous mistakes, did not dare to use him again, so he rejected Le Jin.So Le Jin had to stay under Cao Ren's tent and stayed in Gaoping County.

However, Le Jin is looking forward to fighting as soon as possible day and night. As long as he fights, he can gain more military merits and regain everything he lost.

At the same time, Le Jin also hated Zhang Yan deeply, and he even wanted to cut off Zhang Yan's head with his own hands to avenge previous shame.

So this time, as soon as he learned that Zhang Yan was leading an army to support Tancheng, he couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed to Cao Ren to persuade Cao Ren to send troops to attack Pengcheng and take Zhang Yan's back route.

Cao Ren had always been cautious, but this time was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Besides, his younger brother Cao Chun also died at the hands of Zhang Yan. He also wanted to avenge his younger brother Cao Chun, so he agreed to send troops.

An army of [-] was quickly assembled. Cao Ren personally led the army and rushed to Pengcheng, but let Le Jin be responsible for escorting the food and supplies, obviously wanting to take the credit for this attack on Pengcheng.

Although Le Jin was extremely dissatisfied with this arrangement, there was nothing he could do. After all, Cao Ren was the coach, and he was just a military commander, so he couldn't compete with Cao Ren at all.

However, Le Jin had his own way. He asked his subordinates to escort the food and supplies and follow behind the army, but he himself sneaked to the front army, looking for opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

Cao Ren led an army with a total of 3 horses and infantry. The army set up a long snake formation and rushed towards Pengcheng. Soon, they left Yanzhou and entered the boundary of Pengcheng in Xuzhou.

Cao Ren led a horse in the lead, wearing a helmet and armor, leading a thousand cavalry first, followed by all infantry, a party of 3 people, all the way down the road, at the fastest speed, along the south of Surabaya, in the evening. Arrived at the boundary of Guangqi County.

However, wherever Cao Jun passed, there were no deserted ruins. Seeing that it was getting dark and the soldiers and horses were exhausted, Cao Ren ordered people to rest in place, but sent scouts to inquire around to see if there was any place to settle. .

After a while, the scouts came back and told Cao Ren that although Guangqi county town had become a pile of ruins, there were still many good houses to live in.

So Cao Ren led the army to the abandoned Guangqi County, and found several good houses. Cao Ren let the army stay here overnight. He chose the best one, took off his armor and helmet, and ordered People buried pots for cooking.

When night fell, Cao Ren had already eaten and drank enough. He lit a bonfire in the house, lay down on a soft haystack, and soon fell asleep.

The rest of Cao Jun also felt exhausted after a day's journey, so they rested early.

The soldiers of Cao Jun who were in charge of the night watch were a little careless because there was no one around for a hundred miles, and they no longer stood guard so conscientiously.

The night gradually deepened, and at midnight, snoring was everywhere in the ruins of Guangqi County, which showed how soundly these Cao Jun soldiers slept.

However, they didn't know that an army was secretly approaching here and gradually surrounding it.

"kill!"

A galloping horse galloped out, with a majestic knight on its back. Reflecting the dim moonlight, his face could be vaguely seen. It was Zhang Yan.

(End of this chapter)