The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 65 065 Rescue arrives
In the prefect's mansion in Kaiyang City, the dusty Chen Deng sat there anxiously waiting for Tao Qian's arrival.

After he and Zhang Yan planned how to annihilate Cao Ren's army, he left for Zhang Yan, rode a fast horse, and went straight to Tancheng alone.

When he arrived in Tancheng, he knew that Tao Qian had led the army to Kaiyang, so he came to Kaiyang again on horseback.

However, at this time, Cao Jun had already blocked the water in Kaiyang Wai, let alone Chen Deng, not even a mosquito could fly in.

With no other choice, Chen Deng had no choice but to hide outside Kaiyang City and wait and see what happened. He not only had to avoid Cao Jun's scouts every day, but also looked for opportunities to enter the city.

It took no effort, Chen Deng waited outside for two days, and finally got an opportunity tonight.He took off a set of clothes from Cao Jun who died in battle, mixed with Cao Jun's soldiers cleaning up the battlefield, and then hurriedly ran to Kaiyang City while no one was paying attention.

For this reason, he was almost shot dead by the soldiers defending the city.

If he hadn't revealed his identity in time, and the soldier's arrow skills were not good, I'm afraid he would have died already.

After finally entering the city, he was met with an incomparably cold reception. The soldiers in the city saw him coming from Pengcheng alone, and their resentful eyes were enough to kill him a thousand times, ten thousand times.

But no matter what, he still arrived at the prefect's mansion, as long as he explained everything to Tao Qian, I believe Tao Qian would definitely understand.

When Chen Deng was thinking about how to explain everything to Tao Qian, Tao Qian walked in from the outside, saw Chen Deng sitting there with a disheveled face, and said coldly: "Yuan Long came from a long way, there is something wrong with this manor. Far welcome!"

Chen Deng heard the hidden anger in Tao Qian's words, which was deliberately mocking him.He didn't take it to heart, and immediately stood up and bowed to Tao Qian: "Yuanlong pays respects to Mr. Tao Shijun!"

Tao Qian went straight to the center of the hall, sat down on his ass, and said angrily: "You still know that I am the envoy? Kaiyang City is surrounded by Cao's regiments, and it is at stake. Dao ordered Zhang Yan to lead the army to rescue, but where is Zhang Yan? Even if Zhang Yan doesn't come, he should send reinforcements, right? For three days, from Pengcheng to Kaiyang, Even if you only travel ten miles per hour, you should be there, right?"

Chen Deng knew that Tao Qian was angry because of this. He had planned with Zhang Yan a long time ago. Zhang Yan led his troops to wipe out Cao Ren's army, and then took the opportunity to attack Yanzhou and come to encircle Wei to save Zhao. Then Cao Cao would definitely lead his army to rescue Yanzhou. The siege of Xuzhou was naturally resolved.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Who knew that Cao Cao surrounded Kaiyang City so tightly that he was only allowed to go out, but not allowed to enter.

Zhao Yu, the prefect of Guangling, personally led the reinforcements to Kaiyang yesterday, and was defeated by Cao Jun before reaching Kaiyang City. Even Zhao Yu himself was beheaded by Cao Jun.

The rest of the reinforcements from all over the world were intimidated and did not dare to approach Kaiyang City any more. They hid ten miles away from Kaiyang City and watched from the sidelines.

In fact, Chen Deng had already arrived at Kaiyang City the night before yesterday, but because Cao Jun blocked Kaiyang City to death, he couldn't get in, so the news naturally couldn't get in.Tao Qian in Kaiyang City had never seen Zhang Yan arrive, so he would naturally think that Zhang Yan was unwilling to send troops to rescue him, and it was normal to be angry.

Seeing that Tao Qian was so angry, Chen Deng hurriedly cupped his fists and explained: "Tao Shijun, the matter is not what you think, it is actually..."

"My lord, Cao Jun is attacking the city again!" Suddenly, Cao Bao broke in from the outside, and interrupted Chen Deng's words in a panic.

After Tao Qian heard this, he stood up and ignored Chen Deng. He rushed out of the hall and shouted at Cao Bao, "Send someone to inform Zang Ba and let him guard the west gate. He must guard it firmly." , and told Zang Ba that the reinforcements will arrive soon, so he must insist on the arrival of the reinforcements no matter what.”

"Here!"

As soon as the words fell, Tao Qian walked out of the hall, followed by Cao Bao, and Chen Deng was the only one left in the whole hall.

Chen Deng also knew that he was no longer welcome, but in order to eliminate misunderstandings and for the sake of the overall situation, he followed out brazenly, and shouted: "Tao Shijun...Tao Shijun..."

It's a pity that Tao Qian didn't care about Chen Deng, so he got into the carriage and headed towards the north gate, and he was even more ignorant of Chen Deng.

After a while, Tao Qian, accompanied by Cao Bao, came to the north gate. There were bursts of shouts from Cao Jun's soldiers outside.

As soon as Tao Qian got out of the carriage, a stray arrow flew down to his feet, which surprised him and made him feel even more terrified.

Cao Bao hurriedly led people to guard, raised his shield, put it on top of Tao Qian's head, and walked up the tower with Tao Qian.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Countless arrows were shot from outside the city, and the defenders inside the city had no strength to fight back. They were suppressed by the arrow rain and couldn't lift their heads, and they hid behind the battlements one after another.

Tao Qian climbed up to the tower, and before he showed his head, many arrows flew towards him. Fortunately, Cao Bao and others were well protected, and they were all blocked by the shield and fell at his feet.

Otherwise, Tao Qian would definitely be shot as a hedgehog.

Tao Qian saw the flames rising into the sky outside the city, and the densely packed Cao army rushed towards here like ants, and the shouts shocked the world even more, making him terrified.

Looking at the defenders in the city, the morale was low, everyone's face was lifeless, and they were even more timid, not daring to fight Cao Jun desperately.

In a fit of rage, Tao Qian drew out the sword in his waist, ignoring the rain of arrows from Cao Jun, and walked up to an army commander, and shouted at the army commander: "Get up! Get up and command the soldiers to fight, and fight back! If you shoot a Cao soldier to death, our government will reward you with ten gold! If you shoot an officer of Cao army, your government will reward you with one hundred gold!"

Under the heavy reward, there should be a brave man.However, the three-day battle has exhausted the Xuzhou soldiers.

The Cao army outside the city took turns attacking the city day and night, and the soldiers could get enough rest, but all the Xuzhou soldiers inside the city had to defend, and they suffered heavy losses, let alone taking turns to rest and defend the city.

Xuzhou's soldiers were all exhausted, and they all looked insensitive. Facing Tao Qian's heavy reward, they were no longer indifferent.

"Tao Shijun, it's not that we don't want to work hard, but that Cao Jun is too strong. Besides, if life is gone, what do you need money for?" The army Sima sneered and said to Tao Qian.

After Tao Qian heard this, he was furious, swung the long sword in his hand, and stabbed the army Sima in the heart. The army Sima let out a scream, and then died. The battle clothes were dyed even more bloody red.

Tao Qian beheaded the army Sima's head, braved Cao Jun's arrow rain, held it up high, and said with a livid face: "Anyone who defends but does not fight will end the same as him! Anyone who dies in battle will be killed." There are pensions; those who kill thieves will be rewarded; as long as we are united, there will be no difficulties we cannot overcome! This government vows to live and die with this city!"

Seeing that Tao Qian supervised the battle in person and beheaded those who defended but did not fight, the Xuzhou soldiers were immediately inspired and took the risk to start counterattacking the Cao army in the city.

However, Cao Jun had a large number after all, and Xuzhou soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally, but gradually felt powerless, and had not been able to pose too much threat to Cao Jun. The soldiers of Cao Jun rushed to the bottom of the city recklessly, set up ladders and began to climb.

"Cao Bao!" Seeing this, Tao Qian immediately yelled behind him.

Cao Bao clasped his fists and said, "The end is here!"

"Now it's imminent. If you don't lead troops to join the battle, when will it be?" Tao Qian said angrily.

Cao Bao said: "But if I leave, what will my lord do? What if..."

"Don't worry about me, bring people to join the battle. If Kaiyang City is lost, Cao Jun will be the first to kill me. Anyway, I'm dead, so why not die more tragically!"

As soon as the words fell, Tao Qian pushed aside the guards of the crowd, rushed to the vicinity of the battlements with his long sword in hand, and stabbed to death a Cao soldier climbing up from the ladder with his long sword.

Although Tao Qian was old, he still had some strength. At this time, he immediately regained the vigor of his youth. Although he was sick, he still took the lead and wanted to arouse the resonance of Xuzhou soldiers.

It's a pity that Xuzhou's soldiers are close to collapse. Even if Tao Qian participated in the battle in person, Xuzhou's soldiers are powerless.Cao Bao led the remaining [-] Danyang soldiers into battle quickly, and fought a bloody battle with Cao Jun on the top of the city.

At this time, Chen Deng came to the tower and saw Tao Qian also participated in the battle. He was very moved. He hurriedly picked up a long sword and rushed to Tao Qian's side to protect him secretly.

"Whoosh!"

A feathered arrow flew from the darkness and flew directly towards Tao Qian. Tao Qian was killing Cao Bing with his sword, so he didn't notice the feathered arrow at all.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Chen Deng rushed forward and threw Tao Qian to the ground, allowing Tao Qian to escape.

"Tao Shijun, are you alright?"

"Don't think that I will be grateful to you if you saved me. You are in the same rank as Zhang Yan in Pengcheng. Since you don't send a single soldier to support you, it is really hateful, exasperating, hateful, and murderous!" Tao Qian said. Pushing Chen Deng away, he said angrily.

Chen Deng hurriedly explained: "Tao Shijun, don't get excited, the reason why Zhang Yan didn't send troops to support is because..."

"Reinforcements are coming...reinforcements are coming...reinforcements are coming..."

Suddenly, there were bursts of shouts from the city tower, which overwhelmed the others, and interrupted what Chen Deng was about to say.

Hearing this, Tao Qian immediately stood up and looked out of the city, but saw a soldier and horse coming from the northeast, reflecting the bright flames, he could clearly see that the soldier and horse were attacking "Pingyuan Liu Xuande" flag.

The leader was riding a white horse with big ears, long arms, and a long sword in each hand. He rushed to the front and slashed at Cao's soldiers at will.

And the leader was surrounded by four knights.

Among the two people on the left, one has a leopard head and ring eyes, a swallow jaw and a tiger beard, and a face like black charcoal, holding a zhangba snake spear;

One of the two people on the right has a face like a jujube, a beard two feet long, red phoenix eyes, and crouching silkworm eyebrows, and holds a Qinglong Yanyue knife; A big bow is hanging, and six short halberds are stuck in the back.

Five knights held swords and guns at the same time, rushing from left to right in Cao Jun, as if there was no one in the land, and behind them were thousands of soldiers and horses closely followed, with mixed flags, with the words "Beihai Prime Minister Kong" and "Qingzhou Governor field".

Led by the five knights rushing forward, this army of horses pierced directly into Cao Jun's camp like a sharp knife.

(End of this chapter)