The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 736 735 Kaesong Surrender

Tens of thousands of barbarians are still gathering, and the army has gradually surrounded the entire Dianchi City. Under the leadership of their respective leaders, the barbarians surrounded Dianchi City like an iron barrel, with three layers inside and three layers outside.

Suddenly, the north gate of Dianchi City was opened, and E Huan led two hundred cavalrymen to rush out from the gate.

This sudden scene caught the barbarians by surprise, they never expected that someone would dare to rush out of the city.

With the cry of the tribal leader, the barbarian soldiers raised their bows and arrows one after another, and shot at the two hundred cavalrymen who were galloping towards them.

But the opponent seemed to know the barbarian's countermeasures early in the morning, and the two hundred cavalry scattered in an instant, and each ten people formed a small group, divided into twenty small groups, and rushed towards each different direction.

E Huanfu was on the horseback, and he was very nervous. He rode the horse and galloped wildly, holding a mace, waiting for the opportunity to move.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The sound of arrows piercing through the air kept coming out. Thanks to E Huan's timely adjustments, the casualties of the [-] cavalrymen under him were greatly reduced, and the arrows whizzed past their ears. As soon as the wave arrow landed, E Huan and other cavalry rushed into the barbarians with lightning speed.

With a sound of "boom", E Huan suddenly appeared from the horseback, holding a mace, and waving it left and right, wherever he passed, his skulls were shattered, his brains burst, and blood spattered everywhere.

In a blink of an eye, E Huan had killed four or five barbarian soldiers, and all of his subordinates were also very skilled. They killed one barbarian soldier respectively. The collision of twenty cavalry squads was like being hit by a boulder. The surface of the sea was the same, and the rest of the barbarians came to support from all directions, and surrounded the two hundred cavalry at once.

For a while, E Huan had killed eight barbarian soldiers in a row, and there were screams behind him. When he looked back, only two or three of the ten cavalry he had brought were left. As for the cavalry in the other directions, there were not many cavalry left. The two hundred cavalry seemed to sink into the sea without causing too many waves at all.

E Huan frowned tightly, and he didn't know until then that the strength of these barbarian soldiers did not seem to be some rabble.

"retreat!"

E Huan made a decisive decision. Seeing that the [-] cavalry were about to be wiped out, he immediately roared, turned his horse's head around, and kept waving the mace, dashing from left to right, and quickly killed them. Siege.

E Huan rushed out relying on his bravery, but all his subordinates died in battle. 200 people went, but only one returned, and he didn't know when he was stabbed in the calf. Only then did he feel pain, and his boots were already stained red with blood.

The gate of Dianchi City was opened again, and E Huan rode into the city alone, and the gate was closed again, but the barbarian soldiers did not chase after them, but were cleaning up the battlefield, removing all the corpses of the soldiers who died in the barbarian camp. gather together.

E Huan climbed up the tower covered in blood, came to Gao Ding's side with a dejected face, and clasped his fists and said: "General, the enemy's siege is too thick, and the last general led two hundred cavalry to break out of the siege, but was defeated by the enemy." He resisted tenaciously, not only did not rush out, even the two hundred cavalrymen were all killed in battle, if the last general did not fight his way out of the siege, I am afraid that he would have been separated from the general by now."

Gao Ding originally held a glimmer of hope for E Huan, but E Huan didn't rush out at all, which meant that he couldn't move rescuers, so they could only wait in the city to die.

The expression on Gao Ding's face was very complicated. He originally thought that E Huan was very powerful, and hoped that E Huan could win glory for himself, but he didn't expect that even E Huan couldn't rush out.

Seeing this, Yong Kai waved his hand and said, "It seems that Meng Huo wants to completely trap us in Dianchi City. If we don't agree to Meng Huo's conditions, then Meng Huo will definitely send troops to attack Dianchi Lake. I don't regret dying. It's a pity that Nanzhong will fall into the hands of barbarians from now on."

Zhu Bao suggested: "General, it's better to fight with Meng Huo. Gather all the troops in the city and rush towards the north gate. I don't believe that we can't break through Meng Huo's defense line. As long as we break through the siege, we can Better deal with Meng Huo."

Yong Kai waved his hand and said, "We may live longer if we stand still in the city, but if we rush out, within an hour, our entire army will be wiped out. It's not right."

"Then what should we do, we can't really surrender to Meng Huo, can we?"

Yong Kai said, "Let me think about it again."

Outside the city, Meng Huo was still looking at the tower of Dianchi City calmly. Suddenly, someone came to report that someone wanted to rush out through the north gate, but was repelled. attack.

Meng Huo turned his face to look at Li Hui beside him, and asked, "What do you think, sir?"

"I have already presented the strategy of surrendering the enemy without fighting to the king. Why does the king still use swords and guns? Why don't the king put some pressure on the people in the city and surrender within an hour, otherwise, the city will be destroyed. Day is the time to massacre the city!" Li Hui said.

Meng Huo nodded, called for the clerk, wrote a letter, and ordered people to shoot arrows into the city.

After the letter was written, Meng Huo turned to the person behind him and said, "A Huinan, your archery skills are the best among all of them. Come and shoot this letter into the city, and give the enemy an arrow." Get off your horse."

"Here!"

Ah Hui murmured out, took the letter from Meng Huo, drew out an arrow, tied the letter to the arrow, and rode out, holding the horse's rein in one hand and the big bow in the other, and the horse galloped forward. When he was a hundred steps away from the city gate, he drew a bow and set an arrow on his horse's back. When the bowstring rang, a feathered arrow shot out towards the tower with a "swish".

After Ah Hui shot the arrow, he hastily reined in the horse, turned the horse's head around, and returned to the main formation.

But that arrow, like lightning, shot towards the city wall, and hit a crown on Yong Kai's head impartially. The arrow shot directly through the crown, and the tail of the arrow was exposed. Outside, there was still a slight trembling.

Yong Kai was taken aback, and fell backwards in fright. He himself was still thinking about things on the tower, and he didn't see anyone shooting arrows at him. When Gao Ding reminded him, it was too late.

Yong Kai thought that the arrow was here to take his own life, but he never expected that the arrow directly hit his crown, and he survived by luck.

If so, Yong Kai was also scared to death. He already knew that Meng Huo's army had a sharp archer who could penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, so he didn't dare to show his face again, and sat on the ground with a face of panic, with lingering fear in his heart.

"General, there is a letter on the arrow." When Mrs. Wang went to help Yong Kai, she immediately saw the letter on the arrow, and hurriedly reminded her.

"Take down the letter immediately and break the arrow!" Yong Kai said tremblingly.

Wang Kang did as Yong Kai said, and offered the arrow that he took down to Yong Kai, while E Huan on the side broke the arrow with force.

Yong Kai took the letter and opened it. The letter was written by Meng Huo, and it was a letter of persuasion.

After reading it, Yong Kai just let out a sneer, frowned, and said to everyone: "It's Meng Huo's letter of persuading us to surrender, and we are limited to leave the city within an hour to surrender, otherwise, he will order the barbarians under his command to surrender." This city will be slaughtered with blood, and no chicken or dog will be left behind."

Gao Ding, Zhu Bao, Wang Fu and others all looked at each other in blank dismay. They rebelled with Yong Kai, and they just wanted to find a better way out. But now the disparity in strength between them and Meng Huo is too great, they are not Meng Huo at all. Even if Meng Huo's opponents defend the city with all their strength, if Meng Huo drives his troops to attack day and night, the city will definitely be captured within three days, and even the people in the city may not be spared by then.

"Ah! The gap between our strength and Meng Huo's is too great. Even if we stick to it, we may not be able to hold on for a few days. On the contrary, it will hurt the people in the city. Just open the city gate and surrender to Meng Huo. Forget it, this way, your lives can be saved!" Yong Kai said dejectedly.

Everyone didn't say a word, and there was silence, but everyone was thinking about their future in their hearts.

"Surrender is fine, but what Meng Huo will do to us after surrender is not written in our mind? We finally got to the position of prefect. Once Meng Huo comes to power, he will definitely appoint cronies wantonly. We are nothing to him. No. Since we want to surrender, we need to discuss with Meng Huo that after we surrender, we must return to our original posts." Zhu Bao said.

Gao Ding said: "What Zhu Taishou said has some truth."

Mrs. Wang said: "Since everyone wants to surrender, how about I go and have a talk with Meng Huo and maximize our interests as soon as possible?"

"But, what capital do we still have to negotiate with Meng Huo?" Yong Kai asked.

"Just rely on this city, and the grain and grass in the granary in the city! And the support of the Han people!" Gao Ding said.

Yong Kai said: "In this case, the prefect of King Lao will go there in person."

"Here," Wang said.

Meng Huo and Yong Kai faced each other at the south gate of Dianchi City. Both sides had troops. When the gate of Dianchi City opened, Wang Fu walked out of the gate alone, holding a scepter, and shouted at the barbarian soldiers on the opposite side. Shouted: "I am the messenger, I want to see your king!"

Meng Huo ordered Mrs. Wang to be brought here, and Li Hui whispered in Meng Huo's ear, "This person is my internal response, and he is on our side. This plan was decided after the two of us discussed it."

Meng Huo nodded, and when he saw Mrs. Wang, he also seemed very polite. Meng Huo said directly: "Mr. Wang, Meng Huo has always respected scholars, and I have heard of your name for a long time. Just now, Mr. Li said that you are together." , I just realized that Mr. Wang is not an idle person, if you have offended me in the past, please forgive me."

Mrs. Wang waved her hand and said, "Your Majesty has praised you. In fact, Wang is not as good as what He said. My Majesty, I am here this time mainly to discuss the matter of surrender with His Majesty."

A gleam of light appeared in Meng Huo's eyes, and he asked hastily, "Why, Yong Kai is willing to surrender?"

Mrs. Wang nodded and said, "I am willing, but there are conditions!"

"What conditions?"

"Actually, this is what Gao Ding and Zhu Bao meant. They were afraid that after they surrendered to the king, the king would no longer use them and replace them with other people as prefects, so they asked me to discuss with the king. Continue to be the prefect?"

Meng Huo laughed: "What should I do? It turned out to be such a simple matter. I can still agree to such a small matter. What's more, I also need Han people to work for me. Barbarians don't know how to do it." Administer counties."

Mrs. Wang's face suddenly changed color, she shook her head helplessly, and said, "Fortunately, the person who came was me, not Gao Ding or Zhu Bao, otherwise, Your Majesty would have been fooled."

"I was fooled, what did I fall for?"

"Your Majesty, Gao Ding, Zhu Bao and Yong Kai are brothers at the turn of eight worshippers. I wonder if Your Majesty has heard of it?"

"Never heard of it."

"Yong Kai has an extraordinary relationship with Gao Ding and Zhu Bao. It can be said that they are as close as brothers. If the two of them continue to serve as prefects and the king kills Yong Kai, then Gao Ding and Zhu Bao will definitely hate the king. Your Majesty regards them as enemies. It is really a big trouble for His Majesty to keep these two people by his side. It is better to take this opportunity to get rid of them, which saves a lot of worries. Besides, His Majesty wants to use Han people, and I can recommend many people for His Majesty. Why? Do you have to use Gao Ding and Zhu Bao? What’s more, His Majesty may not know that Gao Ding and Zhu Bao have enriched their own pockets over the years as prefects, and the Han people have already hated them. I am afraid that not only will it fail to win the hearts of the Han people, but it will also make the Han people hate it even more."

After Meng Huo heard this, he took a deep breath and said, "It's fortunate that Mr. Wang reminded me in time, otherwise I would make a big mistake."

Wang Fu smiled and said, "With Li Hui by your side, even if I didn't tell you, I believe he will remind you."

Meng Huo smiled and glanced at Li Hui, feeling very satisfied with such a person.He asked Mrs. Wang and said, "Then what should we do now? If we want to kill Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao, they won't surrender!"

"Your Majesty can pretend to agree to the conditions proposed by Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao, and then kill them after occupying the city. Isn't it easy?" Wang said.

Meng Huo laughed and said, "That's the truth. If that's the case, then I'll trouble Mr. Wang to go back to the city and say that I agreed to their terms and ask them to open the city and surrender!"

"Here!"

Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao could see clearly from the tower. They saw Wang Fu and Meng Huo chatting very happily, and it seemed that some kind of agreement had been reached, and it seemed that surrender was hopeful.

After Wang's husband came back from outside the city, Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao questioned Wang's wife one by one. Everyone was overjoyed.

So, the three of them unanimously decided to open the city gate and surrender to Meng Huo.

After half an hour of confrontation between the two sides, finally Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao opened the city and surrendered to Meng Huo on the grounds that they were outnumbered.

When the city gate was opened, Yong Kai, Gao Ding, Zhu Bao, and Wang Fu went out of the city to welcome Meng Huo. All the soldiers in the city threw away their weapons and gathered in the barracks.

Meng Huo led the army slowly into the city. At the gate of the city, after seeing Yong Kai, Gao Ding, Zhu Bao, and Wang Fu, Meng Huo sneered, raised his hand suddenly, and shouted loudly, "Bound!"

I saw six barbarian warriors rushing out from behind Meng Huo, knocking Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao to the ground respectively, and then they were quickly tied up by Wuhuada. Only Mrs. Wang was safe and sound.

Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao looked at Meng Huo with surprised eyes, and Yong Kai even shouted loudly: "Master Meng, we have already surrendered, and you have already promised us, how can you go back on your word? Well, if you do this, aren’t you afraid of being punished by God?”

But Gao Ding and Zhu Bao noticed that Mrs. Wang was standing there safe and sound, so they couldn't help shouting at the same time: "Why are you all right?"

With a gloomy face, Meng Huo quickly scanned Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao with sharp eyes. He waved his hand without saying a word, and shouted to his subordinates, "Pull it out, chop it up. Stay here." It's very noisy in here!"

The barbarian warriors pushed Yong Kai, Gao Ding, and Zhu Bao to the side of the road without saying a word. No matter how much the three of them shouted, they just ignored them, and the three heads fell to the ground instantly.

At this time, Meng Huo walked into Dianchi City proudly, and said to Li Hui beside him, "I have already avenged you, and now, it's time for you to repay me, right?"

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Li Hui's mouth, and he cupped his hands towards Meng Huo and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely do my best to serve Your Majesty!"

"Hahaha... so good, so good!" Meng Huo happily entered Dianchi City.

(End of this chapter)