The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 79 079 Pioneer Bridge Rui
Zhang Yan and Chen Qun planned carefully, and formulated a set of detailed battle plans, asking Xu Sheng and Wang Bo to lead the recruited Cao soldiers to Zhuyi with Chen Qun, while he led Tai Shici and others. All the cavalry rushed to Daze Township in the starry night.

Daze Township is in Qixian County, Peiguo, Yuzhou. It was here that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang started an uprising against the Tyrant Qin, triggered a nationwide uprising, and overthrew the Tyrant Qin.

Zhang Yan led the army non-stop and worked tirelessly from Pengcheng to Daze Township. On the way, they crossed the Suishui River and Tuo River by boat one after another, and finally arrived at Daze Township.

Daze Township is adjacent to the Huihe River in the south and the Tuohe River in the north. Every year when the rainy season comes, Daze Township will turn into some potholes and muddy swamps within tens of miles. Not to mention people, even birds and animals can't be seen.

In the swamp in Daze Township, the gray-green mud occasionally bursts out a few blisters, exuding the smell of rotting branches and leaves under the sun.

Zhang Yan never expected that Daze Township would have such a terrain.With such a vast swamp, Yuan Shu's army would never pass through here, and would definitely detour elsewhere, so Qixian County became the only way for Yuan Shu's army to pass through.

So Zhang Yan, Tai Shici and others rushed to Qi County without stopping.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yan, Tai Shici and others arrived in Qi County. The county magistrate of Qi County heard that Xuzhou Mu had personally led the army, and immediately opened the city to greet him. He learned that Zhang Yan, Tai Shici and others were going to attack Yuan Shu's army here. Afterwards, the magistrate of Qi County was so frightened that his face turned pale.

Zhang Yan didn't make things difficult for the county magistrate of Qi county, he asked him to evacuate the people in the city, and at the same time sent out scouts to inquire about Yuan Shu's army, while he, Tai Shici and others rested in the county town of Qi county to recharge their batteries.

Half an hour later, the scout came back and reported the news to Zhang Yan.

Yuan Shu dispatched General Qiao Rui as the vanguard and led an army of [-] horse infantry. At this time, they were stationed in Guyang City, and Yuan Shu's army had just crossed the Huai River.

Although this bridge was a pioneer, he burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes along the way. Wherever he passed, cities, towns, and villages suffered from it.

After Zhang Yan heard the news, he hated Qiao Rui so much that he had an idea and came up with a plan to get rid of Qiao Rui.

In the evening, the county magistrate of Qixian County, together with the people in the city, all evacuated within a day because they were afraid of Yuan Shu's prestige and fear of being implicated in the war. Except Zhang Yan, Tai Shici and others in Qixian County, No more figures could be found.

So Zhang Yan asked someone to find some clothes, changed into the clothes of the county magistrate himself, asked Tai Shici to pretend to be a county captain, and recruited some soldiers to pretend to be government servants, while the rest of them lay in ambush in the city and obeyed Zhang Yan at any time. orders.

A group of people rested here for a whole night, which relieved the previous fatigue.At noon the next day, outside the county seat of Qi County, Qiao Rui came from the south with three thousand soldiers and horses.

Zhang Yan roughly counted on the city wall. Qiao Rui led about [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. Every soldier's face was full of arrogance and arrogance.

He tidied up his clothes, went straight down the tower, looked around at the soldiers guarding the gate, and asked, "Yuan Shu's troops are just outside the city, are you all ready?"

"It's all ready!" Everyone replied softly.

"Okay! You all listen to my orders for a while!"

"Here!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan asked someone to open the gate of the city. He walked out of the gate with Tai Shici and twenty yamen servants, and stood directly at the gate of the city, quietly waiting for Qiao Rui's arrival.

Qiao Rui was strong and burly, riding on a war horse, holding a long spear, and saw the opening of the county town of Qi County from a distance, and some people were waiting at the door, so he laughed and said, "It seems that the scouts returned Sure enough, the people of Qi County fled to various places yesterday because they were afraid of the lord's reputation, but this county magistrate knew the current affairs and opened the city gate on his own initiative."

He took his soldiers and horses to the city of Qi county in a calm manner. Through the open gate, he saw that the city was empty and the ground was even more messy. He thought to himself: "Damn, I should have known I stopped playing with those stinky girls in Guyang yesterday, and now Qi County has become an empty city. The fleeing people must have taken all their valuables away, so why should I steal it? Beauty is a disaster, beauty is a disaster... "

Seeing Qiaorui approaching gradually, Zhang Yan walked towards Qiaorui with a smile on his face. When he was about to approach Qiaorui, he bowed his head and said, "The general came from a long way, but I have lost my way and welcome you, general, please forgive me!"

Qiao Rui sized up Zhang Yan's attire, and said slowly, "Finally, I met someone who knows a lot, and it saved me a lot of effort. Are you the magistrate of this county?"

"The young one is the magistrate of this county. Hearing that the general is going to pass by here, he deliberately led his subordinates to surrender here. I hope the general will accept him and spare the life of the young one!" Zhang Yan cried in a low voice.

Qiao Rui laughed and said, "For you know the current affairs, don't worry, as long as I serve you comfortably, not only will I not kill you, but I will also recommend you in front of the lord, guaranteeing a bright future."

"Thank you, General, thank you, General. General, I have prepared a banquet for the General in the city, to clean up the dust for the General, and invite the General to enter the city!"

Qiao Rui had no doubts, and happily led the soldiers into Qi County with Zhang Yan.

Under Zhang Yan's leadership, Qiao Rui and the others all entered the city. When they were about to reach the county government office, Zhang Yan's face suddenly changed. He stretched out his long arms, grabbed Qiao Rui, and pulled Qiao Rui from the horse's back. When he got down, he took out the sword in Qiao Rui's waist, and killed Qiao Rui with a single strike.

In a moment, Qiao Rui's head fell to the ground, the body was in a different place, and blood was spattered everywhere.

Before the soldiers behind Qiao Rui could react, hundreds of arrows shot out from all directions, and Yuan Jun soldiers were killed and injured, screaming again and again.

Immediately afterwards, Tai Shici held an iron spear and led the cavalry to fight out from the east. The rest of the road was also full of cavalry. He rushed towards Yuan Jun's soldiers and surrounded Yuan Jun.

Yuan Jun was suddenly attacked, and Qiao Rui was beheaded again. The dragons had no leader, and soon fell into chaos.

Half an hour later, the [-] soldiers brought by Qiao Rui were wiped out. Zhang Yan and Tai Shici won the victory with equal forces, and the success of the surprise attack caused panic among the soldiers of the Yuan army, and the soldiers of Xuzhou had zero casualties.

After the battle, Zhang Yan and Tai Shici began to clean up the battlefield, and let a thousand cavalry take away the money, food and horses that Qiao Rui had robbed, and quickly returned to Zhuyi from Qi County, while Zhang Yan brought Tai Shici and other two thousand cavalry , heading towards Guyang County.

Guyang County was not far from Qi County, and Zhang Yan and others were cavalrymen. After running for more than an hour, they arrived at Guyang County.

However, the city of Guyang County had already been burnt to the ground by Qiao Rui, and now only the dilapidated city walls and the scorched earth remained, and there were many charred black corpses on the ground.

After seeing the evil deeds committed by Qiao Rui, Zhang Yan felt even more in his heart that he had done a great deed and killed a person who deserved to be killed.

Later, the scouts came to report that Yuan Shu's army had arrived in Xiang County, and Zhang Yan led Tai Shici and other two thousand horses towards Xiang County.

In the evening, the news of the annihilation of Pioneer Qiaorui in Qi County quickly spread to Xiang County.

In the county seat of Xiang County, Yuan Shu became furious after hearing the news, and was about to mobilize an army to rush to Xuzhou to avenge Qiao Rui when he heard another news.

Xuzhou soldiers have come, and they have already approached the county seat and are fighting outside the city.

Yuan Shu immediately led the generals to the tower of Xiangxian County. Seeing Zhang Yan leading two thousand cavalry outside the city shouting outside, Yuan Shu couldn't restrain his inner anger anymore, and immediately shouted: "Two thousand cavalry in a mere area, unexpectedly Dare to act wild here? Where is Ji Ling!"

"The last general is here!" Standing behind Yuan Shu, a tall and thick man cupped his fists and said.

"Get out of the city to fight, and cut off the dog's head of the enemy general!" Yuan Shu said angrily.

"Here!"

Ji Ling has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a Chinese character face, beard, and a pair of piercing eyes that emit a fierce light. Holding a three-pointed double-edged knife, he went down the tower.

When he came to the gate of the city, he jumped on his horse, ordered five hundred cavalrymen to open the gate, shouted "Jia", and galloped out, and he was out of the gate in a short time.

The two armies came out towards each other, Ji Ling took a look at Zhang Yan, and shouted at Zhang Yan: "I am Ji Ling, who are you, quickly report your name, I will not kill unknown people!"

Zhang Yan moved the iron spear in his hand upwards, but saw a banner in the team was lit up, and wrote "Xuzhou Muzhang" with four white characters on a red background.

As soon as this banner was displayed, Yuan Shao, Ji Ling and others were extremely surprised. They never expected that Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan would appear here.

"Ji Ling, he is Xuzhou Mu, kill him quickly and cut off his dog's head!" Yuan Shu hurriedly shouted to Ji Ling outside the city.

Without further ado, Ji Ling straightened out the three-pointed two-edged saber in his hand, flattered his horse and went out, straight for Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was about to ride his horse out, but he saw that Tai Shici beside him couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted at Zhang Yan: "How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? My lord, wait here for a while, I will go back when I go!"

Tai Shici let out a loud shout, and rode out on his horse, rushing towards Ji Ling like flying.

With a loud "Zheng", Tai Shi Ci and Ji Ling fought together, the two of them came and went, the weapons kept colliding, and there was a clanging sound.

As soon as the two fought, it entered a fierce stage. Tai Shici and Ji Ling frequently used killing moves. The two fought for about ten rounds, and the outcome was still undecided. The people watching were even more thrilled.

Seeing this, Yuan Shu on the tower immediately shouted: "Ji Ling, don't waste any more time, kill him quickly!"

(End of this chapter)