The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 64 064
Outside Changyi City, Bao Xun and Bao Shao led the city's Chinese and military officials and wealthy gentry, lined up neatly at the gate of the city, quietly waiting for the arrival of Xuzhou soldiers.

Zhang Yan rode at the front on a black cloud riding snow horse, followed by Yu Jin and other cavalry, and walked towards Changyi City arrogantly.

Soon, Zhang Yan and others came to the city of Changyi, and Yu Jin rode out in a hurry, came to Bao Xun, Bao Shao and others, and said loudly: "This is Zhang Yan, the general of Xiaoqi, why don't you hurry up and see him?" ?”

Bao Xun, Bao Shao and others have heard of Zhang Yan's name for a long time. Last year, Cao Cao failed in the battle of Pengcheng, and it was mostly because of Zhang Yan.

The Bao brothers immediately bowed to Zhang Yan: "I'll wait to see General Xiaoqi!"

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Excuse me!"

"This is the household register of Shanyang County, please take a look at it, General!" Bao Xun immediately asked someone to bring a large stack of bamboo slips, and placed them in front of Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan didn't even look at it, so he said to Bao Xun, "It's indeed a wise move for Bao Sima to abandon the dark side and surrender the city. It would be great if they were all like Bo Sima."

Bao Xun said: "For the general, the general is bright, and Cao Cao is dark. But for Cao Cao, the general is dark, and Cao Cao is bright. The two armies have different positions. It doesn't matter whether it is bright or dark, but the people in the city are all Innocent, I hope the general will treat them kindly in the future."

Zhang Yandao: "Don't worry, Bao Sima, since Shanyang County has surrendered, from now on, Shanyang County will be my territory, and the people in the county are also my people. I will definitely not be like Cao Cao. The one who slaughtered the city."

Bao Xun listened to Zhang Yan's words to mock Cao Cao, but in any case, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou last year, he did massacre hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Xuzhou. Although Bao Xun did not agree with Cao Cao's actions, But there is nothing to do.

After all, Xuzhou soldiers had a sworn feud with Cao Cao, and he was worried that Xuzhou soldiers would follow Cao Cao's example in massacring the city.Now, after listening to Zhang Yan's words, he felt relieved a lot.

Yu Jin looked around but did not see Lu Qian, so he asked, "Uncle Ye, where is Lu Qian?"

Before Bao Xun could answer, Bao Shao rushed behind and shouted, "Bring me Taishou Lu out!"

As soon as the words fell, several people pushed Lu Qian out. Lu Qian was tied up and gagged.

"Kneel down!" Bao Shao yelled at Lu Qian.

Lu Qian stood there straight, although he couldn't speak, but his eyes were extremely fierce, and he glared fiercely at the Bao brothers.

Seeing this, Bao Shao raised his leg and kicked Lu Qian to the ground with one kick. Several people hurriedly held Lu Qian down.

Lu Qian was weak and unable to break free, so he could only kneel on the ground.

Seeing Lu Qian being tied up like this, Yu Jin burst out laughing. He rode his horse up to Lu Qian, raised his whip and whipped it towards Lu Qian.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, Lu Qian was severely whipped, but he still stared at Yu Jin.

"Things in the world are really impermanent. Yesterday you were the high-ranking prefect Lu, but today you have become a prisoner. Didn't you say that I am a traitor who betrayed me? Then I will show you today and let you know how powerful I am as a traitor." !" Yu Jin was so angry that he raised his hand and whipped Lu Qian again.

After Bao Shao and the others saw it, they were relieved for a while, but Bao Xun's eyes showed a little pity.

Bao Xun was originally unwilling to surrender, but unknowingly fell into the trap designed by his brother Bao Shao, and was instigated by Bao Shao to embark on the road of rebellion.In fact, as soon as the Bao family was arrested by Lu Qian, Bao Shao planned a rebellion. He had many friends in the world and contacted each family immediately, but he had no prestige in the army, so he could only ask his younger brother to rebel together.

In this way, the Bao brothers responded without any effort and captured Lu Qian.

Zhang Yan rode on the horse and did not say a word. Seeing Lu Qian being beaten, Yu Jin, Bao Shao and others were all gloating, but Bao Xun showed compassion and stopped him immediately: "Lieutenant Yu, I think this should be enough. Tell me, what should I do with Lu Qian?"

Without even thinking about it, Yu Jin clasped his fists and said, "General Qi, the last general thinks that Lu Qian should be beheaded for public display, and then passed on to the counties. Whoever dares to refuse will be Lu Qian's fate!"

Zhang Yan said: "Very well, I will leave this matter to you."

"Here!"

Yu Jin turned over and jumped off the horse, instantly drew the sword from his waist, and beheaded Lu Qian with a single blow in front of everyone, and took his head off.

Lu Qian's blood stained the land at the gate of the city red, and Yu Jin even carried Lu Qian's head and hung it around his waist, his whole body was covered with Lu Qian's blood.

"General, this is not a place to talk, please enter the city!" Bao Shao said hastily.

So Zhang Yan led the cavalry into Changyi City, followed by Yu Jin, Bao Shao, Bao Xun and others.

This time, Changyi City surrendered without a fight. Yu Jin, Bao Shao, and Bao Xun all contributed. Zhang Yan rewarded Yu Jin with five hundred gold, and appointed Bao Xun as the prefect of Shanyang, Bao Shao as the governor of Shanyang, and the rest of the original county officials. Those who surrender will remain unchanged, and those who are vacant will be appointed by Bao Xun.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan asked Bao Shao to take Lu Qian's head to the counties under Shanyang County, and anyone who refused to surrender would be shot to death.

Bao Shao also seemed to like this kind of errand, so he offered to incorporate a group of his friends from the rivers and lakes into his subordinates, which was agreed by Zhang Yan.

On that day, the flag was changed on the city wall of Changyi City, and the "Zhang" flag was slowly raised and floated over Changyi City.

Zhang Yan even held a big banquet and invited many wealthy gentry from the city. At the banquet, Zhang Yan even stated that in the future, Shanyang County would be handed over to Bao Xun, and he would not interfere.

One day later, news came from Xu Sheng, Chen Ying, and Mi Fang that Juye, Kangfu, and Rencheng had all been captured. Xu Sheng, Chen Ying, and Mi Fang stationed troops there, waiting for Zhang Yan's further instructions.

Zhang Yan then issued an order to have Xu Sheng, Chen Ying, and Mi Fang stationed in the same place, occupying the dangerous pass. The three of them were in the shape of a Chinese character character and each other's horns, just blocking the way of Cao Cao's retreat from Xuzhou.

In addition, Zhang Yan even ordered Lu Dai, Deng Yi, and Wang Bo to guard Pengcheng tightly, and handed over all the affairs of Pengcheng to Chen Qun.

Early the next morning, Yu Jin came to the door of Zhang Yan's room, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Zhang Yan was already fully dressed, and when he heard someone knocking on the door, he went to open it.

"Lieutenant Yu?" Zhang Yan opened the door, saw Yu Jin standing at the door frowning, and asked, "What's so panicking?"

Yu Jin immediately clasped his fists and said, "General, Cao Cao's army is still in Xuzhou, and the territory of Yanzhou is empty. It's time for the general to use force. Why didn't the general take advantage of this great opportunity to lead his troops to sweep Yanzhou? Besides, Cao Cao's family members are all in Juancheng. My lord, leading an army to raid Juancheng, will definitely be able to capture Cao Cao's family in one fell swoop, not only can they be used to blackmail Cao Cao, but also relieve the danger in Xuzhou, and all the places in Yanzhou will surely surrender when they hear the news, this will serve multiple purposes."

After Zhang Yan heard this, he nodded again and again, not only Yu Jin thought so, but even he thought so too, but the reason why he didn't act immediately was because of an important factor, that is Lu Bu.

At this time, Lu Bu should have been welcomed by Chen Gong and Zhang Miao as the shepherd of Yanzhou.

He had already sent scouts to inquire about the news, but there was no response, so he wanted to wait in Changyi.

But Yu Jin didn't know Zhang Yan's thoughts, so he was very anxious, and he, who had recently surrendered, wanted to take this opportunity to make meritorious service.

Zhang Yandao: "What Captain Yu said is true, but our army has very few troops now..."

Before Zhang Yan could finish speaking, Yu Jin said, "General, our army is really small now, but the 2000 cavalry brought by the general are enough to sweep the entire Yanzhou. In order to be able to conquer Xuzhou in one fell swoop, Cao Cao took almost all All the troops that could be used were transferred away. Except for Zhang Miao in Chenliu and Chen Gong in Dongjun who each had [-] elite troops, the rest of the troops were only old, weak, sick and disabled. Even Cao Cao's family The Juan City where it is located has only a thousand soldiers and horses guarding it, this is a great opportunity given to the general by the heavens, if the general does not grasp it well, I am afraid that he will regret it for the rest of his life."

After hearing this, Zhang Yan pondered for a moment, thinking that what Yu Jin said was very reasonable.Didn't Lu Bu in history sweep Yanzhou with a small number of troops at this time?

"Lieutenant Yu, you are right. This is a god-given opportunity. We must seize it. You should send an order to gather all the cavalry. You and I will go to Juancheng together."

After Yu Jin listened, his face was overjoyed, he clasped his fists and said, "Here!"

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Yan and Yu Jin left Changyi City with their cavalry, each carrying three days' worth of dry food, and headed towards Juancheng.

At the same time, on the land of Xuzhou, the flames of war raged. Cao Cao's army surrounded Kaiyang City with water. Cavalry Captain Zang Ba led his generals to guard the city and fought desperately with Cao's army.

Cao Jun suddenly attacked Xuzhou from Langya. Zang Ba's Kaiyang City, as Xuzhou's first line of defense, suffered a fierce attack from Cao Jun.

Tao Qian personally led an army from Tancheng to defend Kaiyang together with Zang Ba.For three days, Kaiyang City was devastated, and there were mountains of corpses and blood on both sides of the city wall. Xuzhou soldiers in the city were all wounded, and there are less than [-] left.

Tao Qian was fidgeting, and sent several orders to Pengcheng, asking Zhang Yan to send troops to rescue, but he didn't want to wait, and Zhang Yan's troops never arrived.

At the time of this great enemy, not only did Zhang Yan not show up, but he didn't even send reinforcements, which immediately made Tao Qian feel chilled.

For this reason, Tao Qian had to find another way and asked Sun Qian to go to Qingzhou to seek rescue.

Tao Qian stood on the top of Kaiyang City, looking at the densely packed Cao Jun outside the city, feeling melancholy in his heart.

At this time, a soldier ran over and said to Tao Qian, "My lord, Diannong school captain Chen Deng and lord Chen are here!"

Tao Qian immediately asked excitedly: "Where is Chen Deng now? How many soldiers and horses have he brought?"

The soldier replied: "Only Mr. Chen has never brought any soldiers or horses."

When Tao Qian heard this, he sneered and said, "I waited for three days, but I didn't expect that only Chen Deng came..."

(End of this chapter)