The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 81 081 Prisoner Cao Ren
The night was dark, and there was a bright moon hanging in the sky, illuminating the earth with bright moonlight, and the whole earth was shrouded in this moonlight.

Under the shadow of the moonlight, Zhang Yan, Tai Shici and others hurriedly retreated all the way, only to throw off Yuan Jun's pursuit.

At this time, people were exhausted, and there happened to be a village not far ahead, so Zhang Yan led the soldiers towards that village.

After a while, Zhang Yan and others arrived at the village. The village was deadly silent, not even a dog barking.Out of caution, Zhang Yan sent a few people in to investigate first, only then did he know that there was no one in the village.

Yuan Shu led the army from Huainan to Huaibei. Pioneer Qiaorui burned, killed and looted like a group of bandits. Zhu Yiju, and most of the nearby villages fled after hearing the news.

Therefore, along the way, there are countless uninhabited villages.

Zhang Yan then led his troops into the village and stayed in the village for one night.

At dawn the next day, the scouts reported that Yuan Shu had set out from Xiang County with an army, and threatened to capture Zhang Yan alive and conquer Xuzhou. , led five thousand horse infantry to go first.

Sun Ce's vanguard was already approaching Zhang Yan's village.

Zhang Yan felt that the purpose of blocking Yuan Jun had been achieved. He expected that Chen Qun, Xu Sheng, Wang Bo and others were almost ready in Zhuyi City, so he led Tai Shici and others to retreat quickly and went to Zhuyi to garrison.

Under Zhang Yan's order, all the cavalry mounted their horses one after another, withdrew from the village at the fastest speed, and galloped all the way north.

Less than three quarters of an hour after Zhang Yan left, Sun Ce led Le Jiu and Liang Gang to chase after him. Sun Ce took a look at the unusually quiet village and worried that there was an ambush in the village, so he ordered the army to stop Come down and take people into the village to check it out.

Sun Ce and others approached the village cautiously, and tried several times in a row, but there was still no movement in the village, so Sun Ce boldly entered the village.

As soon as he entered the village, he saw traces of people living in the village, and the bonfire had only been extinguished not long ago. He expected that Zhang Yan and others would not be far away, so he quickly led the army to pursue.

Sun Ce took Le and waited for [-] cavalry to go first, but let Liang Gang lead [-] infantry to follow behind, and the gap between the two armies widened.

An hour later, Sun Ce followed the horseshoe prints left by Zhang Yan and others with his cavalry, and chased them all the way to the county seat of Qixian County. A strong smell of blood came to his nostrils.

Sun Ce was very vigilant and became cautious. When he came to the gate of the county seat, he saw the gate was wide open. Looking around, there were dead bodies everywhere inside the gate, and dried blood was coagulated on the ground in the city. A layer of purple maroon carpet.

Twenty or thirty wild wolves shuttled among the corpses in the city, burying their heads in greedily biting the corpses. Some corpses had their internal organs ripped out everywhere, and swarms of flies crawled over them.

These corpses were all wearing uniform military uniforms, and they were the officers and soldiers of the Yuan Army who died in Qi County yesterday.

When Sun Ce saw such a scene, he frowned, and sent people into the city to investigate. After confirming that there was no one in the city, he led the cavalry to continue chasing.

Before leaving, Sun Ce left a cavalryman waiting here, and asked the cavalryman to tell Liang Gang behind him that Liang Gang would come to collect the soldiers who died yesterday in the city, drag them all out of the city, and bury them on the spot.

Sun Ce took Lejiu and waited for the cavalry, and continued to chase, all the way north, and soon came to the bank of the Wei River. Looking at the water in the wide Wei River, Sun Ce and others could only look at the river and sigh.

"Zhang Yan and the others must have crossed the river, we must find a boat for crossing the river!" Sun Ce ordered.

The cavalry divided into several groups and searched for ships along the river, but found nothing.

Finally, a cavalryman captured a commoner and came back. Sun Ce asked about the boat, and the commoner told Sun Ce everything.

It turned out that Zhang Yan sent people to collect ships here early in the morning, and when Zhang Yan arrived, he led his army across the river, but burned all the ships on the opposite bank, directly causing no ships to be used within dozens of miles. In order to prevent Yuan Jun from crossing the river.

Seeing that the opportunity had been lost, Sun Ce ordered his soldiers to temporarily station by the river, and then cut down big trees from the woods by the river, borrowed the thick branches of the trees, tied them into rafts, and waited for Yuan Shu's army to arrive here.

Zhang Yan successfully got rid of Sun Ce's pursuit and drove all the way to Zhuyi. Whenever he encountered towns and villages, he informed them that Yuan Shu's army was approaching and asked them to take refuge elsewhere to avoid being disturbed by the war.

For a time, people from all over the country migrated with their families to seek refuge elsewhere.The four counties of Qixian, Zhixian, Fuli, and Zhuyi all got the news, and the people in the county, because they were close to Pengcheng, sought refuge in Xuzhou, where the law and order was relatively stable.

In just two days, the four counties of Qixian, Zhixian, Fuli, and Zhuyi were all empty because they were afraid of being implicated in the war, and there was no one within a hundred miles.

Zhang Yan heard that these people were going to take refuge in Pengcheng, so he ordered Chen Qun, Xu Sheng, Wang Bo and others to transport them by boat, transported more than 5 people across Sui River, and entered Pengcheng, and asked the county magistrates in Pengcheng to properly arrange these people.

Zhuyi County is adjacent to Sui River in the north and Tuohe River in the south. There are many canals and rich water resources in the territory. Most of the water is used to irrigate the farmland.

Zhuyi City is built adjacent to Sui River, surrounded by water on three sides, only the south gate, and there is a wharf in the city. It constitutes the three important piers of Suishui, which are well-known far and wide.

On weekdays, most water transport ships stop at Zhuyi Wharf, which is a place with convenient transportation and extending in all directions.Therefore, there are more ships in this area, and it is the only place to cross the Sui River.

If Yuan Shu's army boarded the ship here, they could divide into two groups, advance by land and water, cross Sui River to attack Pengcheng, and take boats down the river to attack Xiapi.

Therefore, Zhang Yan regards this as very important.

As early as three days ago, Chen Qun, Xu Sheng, and Wang Bo led the army to Zhuyi City. While dispersing the people, they collected ships and gathered them all in Zhuyi City. Detain them together, and send people to the upper reaches of Sui River to spread news along the way, saying that there have been water bandits in Sui River, specializing in looting ships, burning, killing and looting, doing everything.

As a result, there were fewer and fewer ships upstream, and Chen Qun gradually controlled Zhuyi and the entire Sui River.

Zhang Yan and Tai Shici went to Xiang County to take the initiative to challenge Yuan Shu. On the way back, they burned down the boats within tens of miles of the Weihe River and the Tuohe River one after another. They successfully blocked the journey of Yuan Shu's army. Be prepared to buy time.

This time, most of the soldiers Zhang Yan brought were surrendered Cao soldiers. Although he didn't trust them very much, facing Yuan Shu's threat, he had no choice but to let these surrendered soldiers go to the battlefield.

These Cao soldiers who surrendered were all Cao Ren's subordinates. Ever since Zhang Yan captured Cao Ren, he kept Cao Ren in a cell in Pengcheng and gave Cao Ren special treatment. He served him delicious food and drink, but he refused to kill him. He also ignored Cao Ren.

However, Zhang Yan declared that Cao Ren had surrendered himself.And from time to time, Zhang Yan would take Cao Ren around the school grounds.Seeing that Cao Ren was still alive and had surrendered to Zhang Yan, the surrendered soldiers naturally had nothing to worry about, and accepted Zhang Yan's reorganization one after another.

This time, Zhang Yan also secretly brought Cao Ren here, and asked Xu Sheng's subordinates to keep him under strict watch and keep him locked in a cell in Zhuyi County.

When Zhang Yan learned that Yuan Shu's army had crossed the Tuohe River and was less than [-] miles away from Zhuyi, he went to the cell with Xu Sheng.

In the prison cell, Cao Ren was imprisoned in a cage made of fine steel, handcuffed and fettered, and firmly tied by iron chains, showing the shape of a large character.

"General Cao, you are safe and well!" Zhang Yan walked to the front of the cage, glanced at Cao Ren, and asked with disdain on Cao Ren's face.

"Hmph! What are you doing here? Are you trying to ridicule me again?" Cao Ren said coldly.

"General Cao, don't get me wrong. I have always hoped that General Cao would turn to me and surrender to me, so I have not killed you for so long. Can't General Cao appreciate my sincerity?" Zhang Yan said.

"Want me to surrender? Dreaming! Don't forget, you and I have a mortal hatred. My younger brother Cao Chun was shot to death by your own hands. How can I surrender to you?" Cao Ren's attitude Resolutely said.

Zhang Yandao: "At that time, you and I were masters. If I didn't kill him, he would kill me. War is like this. There is no right or wrong, only victory and defeat. Not only did I kill your brother, but I also killed you. I am a prisoner, and to you, I am the winner. I don’t kill you because I am a favor to you, and because I like your talent, I just don’t have the heart to kill you. If you continue to be stubborn, I will really be rude to you gone."

"Hahaha... I still say the same thing. If you want to kill or cut, it's up to you. If you want me to surrender, there is no way!" Cao Ren regarded death as home, and there was no fear on his face.

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, "Since you insist on doing this, then don't blame me for being cruel."

"Come on! My head is gone, but it's just a scar the size of a bowl. After 18 years, I'm a good man again! Hahaha..."

The cell was filled with Cao Ren's hearty and fearless laughter.

Zhang Yan waved his hand to Xu Sheng, Xu Sheng understood immediately, and immediately ordered the soldiers to open the cage, loosen the chains, and loosen Cao Ren's shackles, and pushed Cao Ren out of the cell.

"General Cao, I admire your courage and your spirit of seeing death as home, so I plan to give you a decent way to die."

Cao Ren said: "Anyway, it's death, and the method of death is the same, just give me a good time!"

Zhang Yan laughed and said: "General Cao, don't worry, you will die a heroic death."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan said to Xu Sheng, "Feed General Cao the anesthetic!"

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)