The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 73 073 Tao Qian is critically ill
After the Xuzhou soldiers ambushing in Kangfu's dangerous road were repelled by Cao Jun led by Xia Houyuan, Cao Cao ordered the army to pass through this dangerous road as quickly as possible.

But Cao Jun has tens of thousands of people, but this dangerous road can only accommodate two infantrymen to pass side by side. If the cavalry wants to pass this road, they must advance one by one. Moreover, this dangerous road is winding and long. Here, even if the generals of Cao Jun pass through as quickly as possible, it may take a long time.

Cao Cao doesn't care about this, his Yanzhou will be taken away, if he doesn't go back as soon as possible, or later, I'm afraid there will be no place for him in Yanzhou.

Fortunately, when Cao Cao attacked Kaiyang City, he only lost thousands of soldiers and horses, and he still had more than 6 troops in his hands. Even if Yanzhou rebelled, he could capture the next city. In the battle with Lu Bu's main force, as long as Lu Bu's main force is defeated, then Yanzhou will still be his.

However, Cao Cao had been very worried about one thing before, that is, he was afraid that Lu Bu and Zhang Yan would join forces to deal with him.

However, judging from the news that the scouts have been sending back, it is impossible for Lu Bu and Zhang Yan to unite together, because they are engaged in a bloody battle for Changyi.

This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Cao Cao. He can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. When Lu Bu and Zhang Yandou are half dead, he will send troops to attack again. Lu Bu and Zhang Yan can be eliminated in one battle.

Because of this, Cao Cao was also extremely impatient, and wanted to pass through Kangfu's dangerous road quickly and return to Yanzhou as soon as possible.

Under the leadership of Xia Houyuan, the generals of Cao Jun not only repelled the Xuzhou soldiers who were ambushing here, but they were about to get out of this dangerous road sooner.

But these Cao soldiers didn't know that their every move was being secretly monitored by Xuzhou soldiers.

On the mountains on both sides of the dangerous road, under the cover of dense vegetation, all Xuzhou soldiers lay there quietly, watching Cao soldiers in the dangerous road closely.

Zhang Yan was hiding under an old locust tree with a crooked neck. He was already in the second half of the dangerous road. When he saw Xia Houyuan leading Cao Bing through the dangerous road quickly, a voice came from his side. Xu Sheng's voice was heard: "My lord, if you don't attack again, Xia Houyuan will escape with the soldiers..."

Zhang Yan's face was livid, his deep eyes were full of light, and he was always paying attention to the movements of Cao Bing in the dangerous road.

After hearing Xu Sheng's words, he responded in a low voice: "Cao Cao hasn't appeared yet. It won't be too late to launch an attack after seeing Cao Cao. Remember, our target this time is Cao Cao. As long as Cao Cao is killed, the Cao army will attack." If the dragons have no leader, they will definitely be in chaos, and then it will be time for us to launch a general attack."

Xu Shengdao: "My lord is indeed wise, and I will finally cast my admiration to the ground!"

An hour later, almost 3 Cao soldiers passed through this dangerous road, but Zhang Yan failed to see Cao Cao appearing for a long time.

So Zhang Yan waited patiently. After another half an hour, Cao Bing passed through more than 1 people, but Zhang Yan still did not see Cao Cao.

After another quarter of an hour, Zhang Yan still failed to see Cao Cao, so Xu Sheng, who had been lying beside Zhang Yan, became anxious and reminded: "My lord, Cao Jun has already passed more than 5 people. If you continue like this, Cao Jun But we will all pass through this dangerous road. With our current strength, waiting for work at leisure, and launching a sudden attack again, I believe we should be able to wipe out the remaining Cao army, right?"

Xu Sheng's words reminded Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan suddenly realized that if he waited any longer, Cao Jun would probably pass all of them, and by then, what would be the point of his ambush?
He kept his eyes wide open, watching every move in the dangerous road, not only didn't he see Cao Cao's figure, but he didn't even see Dian Wei's figure.

Regardless of whether Cao Cao was in the dangerous road at this time or had not yet entered the dangerous road, in short he did not see Cao Cao's figure, which proved that Cao Cao was still east of the dangerous road where he was stationed.

Even if Cao Cao has not yet entered the dangerous road, blocking Cao Cao to the east of Kangfu's dangerous road, with his current strength, is enough to encircle and wipe out Cao Cao and others.

So, Zhang Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately ordered an attack on Cao Jun in the dangerous road.

"Dong dong dong..."

The sound of rumbling war drums spread throughout the entire Kangfu Dangerous Road, rolling like thunder. Then, more than 1 Xuzhou soldiers who had already ambushed suddenly appeared and launched an attack into the dangerous road, pushing down huge boulders from the mountains on both sides. , Lei Mu, and attacked Cao Jun in the dangerous road.

All of a sudden, there were shouts of killing, and Cao Jun, who was caught in the dangerous road, suffered countless casualties and screamed again and again.

Cao's army was in a mess immediately, and many Cao soldiers were blocked in the dangerous road, saying that they should not respond every day, and the land was not working. The only thing waiting for them was death.

At the same time, at the entrance of Kangfu's dangerous road, two groups of cavalry suddenly rushed out from behind Cao's army, Yu Jin on the left and Chen Ying on the right, flanking both sides, rampaging in Cao's army.

Cao Jun's soldiers retreated all the way from Xuzhou and arrived at this place after a long journey. They were already exhausted and had no power to resist the sudden attack of Xuzhou soldiers.

Under the leadership of Yu Jin and Chen Ying, the Xuzhou cavalry passed through Cao Jun's camp like no one's land. Many Cao soldiers surrendered one after another when they saw that the situation was not good.

The ambushes were full, murderous intentions were everywhere, Cao Jun's soldiers were in a mess, dead, wounded, and surrendered.The entire battle lasted less than half an hour before it was declared over.

Zhang Yan walked down the mountain from the ambush, and was quite surprised when he learned that the battle was over.He quickly came to the entrance of the dangerous road, and was surprised to see the number of Cao Jun surrendering, which was as high as more than 7000.

But among all the Cao soldiers who surrendered, Zhang Yan couldn't see Cao Cao and Dian Wei. He was worried that Cao Cao and Dian Wei would die in the dangerous road, so he asked people to start cleaning the battlefield.

After a period of cleaning, the battlefield was finally cleaned up. Among the more than 3000 soldiers killed by Cao Jun, the bodies of Cao Cao and Dian Wei were not found.

Zhang Yan frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Could it be that Cao Cao and Dian Wei could fly over here if they had grown wings?
He immediately found a general who had surrendered, and asked about the whereabouts of Cao Cao and Dian Wei. This question was not serious, and only then did he know that Cao Cao and Dian Wei had changed into Cao Bing's uniforms an hour ago. Walked away from the dangerous road.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan admired Cao Cao's strategy of deceiving the world and crossing the sea. He didn't expect Cao Cao to slip away from under his nose.

Although Zhang Yan felt a little regretful, it was too late.However, what made him gratified was that this time he not only intercepted a large number of Cao Jun's food and supplies, but also intercepted a thousand war horses, which can be regarded as a good harvest.

Not long after, news came from scouts that Cao Jun had gone to Fan County.After a while, Zhang Yan received a letter from Tancheng, which was written by Chen Deng.

After Zhang Yan hurriedly read the letter written by Chen Deng, he frowned immediately. The letter wrote: "Tao Qian is critically ill and wants to give up the position of state pastor to others. If you don't return quickly, your previous efforts will fall short!"

Therefore, Zhang Yan made a decisive decision, leaving Yu Jin to lead [-] soldiers to guard Changyi, and let Chen Ying lead [-] soldiers to guard Kang's father to block the main road from Yanzhou to the east. He led them back to Pengcheng with the captives and provisions, and specially gave Yu Jin [-] war horses to form a cavalry.

In addition, Zhang Yan also sent a large number of scouts to pay close attention to the situation in Yanzhou.

Yu Jin heard that Zhang Yan was going to bring troops back to Xuzhou, so he took the initiative to find Zhang Yan in the big tent, and persuaded him: "My lord, Cao Cao just returned to Yanzhou, and this time he was hit hard again. Didn't our army form an alliance with Lu Bu? Why not?" Hand in hand to deal with Cao Cao, with the strength of our two armies, it is enough to beat Cao Cao to death. Why did my lord retreat at this time?"

Zhang Yan handed the letter written by Chen Deng to Yu Jin, and said to Jin, "You will understand everything after reading this letter."

Yu Jin took the letter, read it quickly, frowned immediately, and said hurriedly: "My lord, this matter is of great importance, and it should not be too late. Let's go in the morning. At the speed of my lord, I can ride a snowy horse with dark clouds under my seat, and I can do it tonight." Arrived in Tancheng. The last general led his troops to station in Changyi, monitoring the movements of Cao Cao and Lu Bu on behalf of the lord. If there is any disturbance, the last general will definitely inform the lord in time. After the lord settles the Xuzhou matter, it will not be too late to fight for Yanzhou!"

Zhang Yan simply ate some food, and had someone feed the Wuyun Snow Horse to its full. After ordering all the tasks, he rode on the Wu Yun Snow Horse and rushed back to Tancheng overnight.

After Tao Qian returned from Kaiyang City, he suddenly fell ill and coughed non-stop, and sometimes coughed up blood from time to time.

In the State Shepherd's Mansion in Tancheng, Tao Qian was lying on the bed and coughing non-stop. Doctors changed one after another, but they were helpless.

In desperation, Chen Deng recommended Fan A to treat Tao Qian.

Fan A hurried over from Pengcheng, gave Tao Qian a diagnosis and treatment overnight, and prescribed a prescription for people to take the medicine according to the prescription.

After the people in the State Shepherd's Mansion tormented the medicine prescribed by Fan A, they fed Tao Qian to drink, and Tao Qian's condition was stabilized. Not only did he no longer cough, but he also fell asleep.

Tao Qian's illness affected many people. Qingzhou Governor Tian Kai, Beihai Minister Kong Rong, Pingyuan Commander Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others were all invited by Tao Qian to visit Tancheng after the war.

Tao Qian's sudden illness made these people helpless.

In addition, officials in Xuzhou are even more worried.

Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Zang Ba and others had been guarding outside Tao Qian's room. Seeing Fan A coming out of Tao Qian's room, they hurriedly asked Fan A about Tao Qian's condition.

Fan Ah just casually said that Tao Qian had suffered from severe wind and cold, and reassured everyone, and turned around and left without saying anything else.

Chen Deng kept an eye out, and chased after him directly. At a turning, he shouted: "Doctor Fan, please stay!"

Fan Ah turned around and saw that it was Chen Deng, so he asked, "Master Chen, what's the matter?"

"I want to know how is Tao Shijun's condition?"

Fan A was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Master Chen, I didn't say that there is nothing serious, it is caused by overwork and the wind and cold, rest for a few days, and you will be fine."

Chen Deng sneered and said, "Doctor Fan, do you think I, Chen Yuanlong, am a fool? How is Tao Shijun's condition?"

(End of this chapter)