Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 277 Surrender
The gate of the city exploded, and there was a sound of shouts and howls.

Hundreds of Xiliang soldiers disguised as woodcutters, like a pack of wolves, pounced fiercely into the flock of sheep, and immediately turned the soldiers who killed the city guards near the city gate on their backs, and even coaxed the squires who were entering the city. And scattered.

"No, enemy attack!"

The team leader was stunned for a long time and finally came back to his senses, hissing loudly, "Quick, close the city gate!"

However, it was only at this time that he wanted to close the city gate, so there was no time.

After the wolves and tigers of Xiliang entered the city gate, they immediately divided into two teams and rushed into the city guard camps on both sides. Zhang Heng led the remaining 100 people directly to the top of the city, and rushed forward with a single blow. The team rate was split in two.

"No, I surrender!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the little man immediately threw away his weapon and yelled.

This group of strong men are not ordinary bandits at first glance, how dare those bandits come to attack Anyi.

Although I don't know the origin of this group of people, but the little man doesn't want to die yet. There is no mother and five younger siblings who depend on him to support him. If he dies like this, who will support the whole family.

Zhang Heng kicked up and kicked the little man aside.

Two wolf-like Xiliang soldiers rushed forward, tied up the little man and threw him aside.

The killing sound in the city gate was loud, but after only a short stick of incense, it quickly calmed down.

"General, kill them all."

Two bloody generals rushed to the top of the city with their sabers in hand and reported loudly to Zhang Heng.

"set fire!"

Zhang Heng waved his hand and ordered loudly.

"As ordered!"

The two generals immediately turned around and ran down, and bundles of firewood were immediately thrown into the middle of the roadway.

These bundles of grain are not just confusing, but also have other functions.

Soon, hundreds of bundles of firewood piled up in the alleyway to form a huge mountain of firewood, which not only completely blocked the alleyway, but also surpassed the walls on both sides of the alleyway. A few torches were thrown over and immediately ignited. There was a huge fire.

At the same time, a loud arrow rose into the air.

Soon, thick smoke billowed into the air from a mountain a few miles away.

Forty miles away, in a dense forest.

"General Zhang Liao, the city gate has been captured!"

A small school rushed to Zhang Liao and reported loudly.

"Okay, let's go!"

With a wave of Zhang Liao's hand, five thousand cavalry led their horses and rushed out of the dense forest, rushing to Anyi.

Anyi, the official residence of the prefect.

"Sir, something is wrong!"

A small official rushed into the inner hall in panic, and said to Yang Fengji: "Just now a group of thieves attacked the south gate. The city gate guards were caught off guard and the city gate was taken away. Please send troops to take back the city gate quickly. I'm afraid that the big thing will stop!"

"what?"

Yang Feng was taken aback, and then asked in doubt: "Where did the thief come from, why is he so bold?"

The little official wiped off his cold sweat and said, "I don't know, this group of thieves are very fierce, not comparable to ordinary bandits!"

Yang Feng said disapprovingly: "What can a group of thieves do, I will send troops to suppress it!"

The little official was relieved now, his family Xiao Ke is all in Anyi, if the thieves were allowed to enter the city, it would be fine.

Yang Fengye didn't take this group of thieves seriously, but he felt that this group of thieves were a little too courageous, and it was enough to occupy the mountain as king, and it was really outrageous to dare to attack Anyi.

When Xu Huang returns, he must wipe out all these bandits.

However, it didn't take long for the county lieutenant to rush in with his face changed drastically.

"My lord, something is wrong!"

Weijun was very embarrassed, he seemed to have fallen a few times, with dead grass on his hair, he said angrily: "These thieves are not ordinary thieves, they didn't loot around after occupying the city gate, but set fire to block the lanes , After the subordinate officials arrived with their soldiers, they couldn't get through at all, what kind of thieves are these, it's clear that someone is going to attack Anyi!"

"what?"

Yang Feng was taken aback, and said sharply: "There is such a thing?"

The county lieutenant nodded repeatedly and said: "It's absolutely true, the lower officials thought that the city gate must be taken back as soon as possible, otherwise the big thing will be over!"

Yang Feng turned his mind to the telegram, and said in a concentrated voice: "Who is going to attack Anyi? Are there any troops nearby?"

The county lieutenant replied: "There is no army!"

Yang Feng frowned, but before he could figure it out, he heard thunder coming from afar.

"This……"

Yang Feng was startled first, then surprised again, "Where did the cavalry come from?"

The county lieutenant's face turned pale, and he lost his voice: "It's broken, there are cavalry attacking the city!"

Yang Feng's face turned livid from anger, and he roared angrily, "I asked where did you get the cavalry?"

"This, that, the lower officials don't know either!"

The county lieutenant trembled all over, and his face became even paler. He was in charge of military affairs. He didn't know that some cavalry had killed Anyi, which made him unbelievable. How could such a cavalry have killed near Anyi? No one found out.

You know, there are checkpoints at several important crossings from Anyi to Guanzhong.

Even if these checkpoints can't stop the army, it's still not a problem to send the news back.

Now there are cavalrymen who have killed Anyi, but they have not received any news.

Damn it, where did this group of cavalry come from? Anyone who is familiar with the cavalry will know that there must be thousands of horsemen and horses. How could the checkpoints fail to detect so many cavalry when they came to Anyi.

Could it be that the damned Huns came south to plunder again?

Impossible, there are more spies at the checkpoints in Yong'an and Huo Dashan. If the Huns go south, there is no reason why they can't be found.

The county lieutenant was so anxious to get angry that he didn't dare to look at Yang Feng's cannibalistic eyes, and just kept wiping off his cold sweat.

Anyi South Gate.

The fire was soaring into the sky, and the scorching heat wave was really hard for people to get close to.

While screaming, the Hedong soldiers poured water on the fire with wooden barrels. The fire was so hot that it was slightly blocked, but immediately after the firewood was splashed with water, a lot of thick smoke came out, and the choking Hedong soldiers could only stop. to return.

The hundreds of Xiliang soldiers guarding the city gate were also choked by the thick smoke, so they could only keep retreating.

"General, here we come!"

At this moment, a soldier from Xiliang pointed at the smoke rising from the northwest direction and shouted at Zhang Heng.

"What a fart, I have seen it a long time ago."

Zhang Heng cursed, and immediately waved his hand, "Quick, put out the fire."

"This……"

General You Ya looked at the skyrocketing fire and billowing smoke, and said in a loud voice, "General, how do you put it out?"

Zhang Heng looked at the Hedong soldiers who were also blocked by the fire and couldn't get close at all. What's more terrible was the massive smoke, which had forced the Hedong soldiers who wanted to put out the fire back ten feet away, and the water couldn't splash the fire at all. On the pile, I couldn't help scolding my mother for a while.

Soon, Zhang Liao led [-] cavalry to kill them.

"General Zhang Liao, this fire will not be extinguished for a while!"

Zhang Heng went up to meet him, somewhat embarrassed, he did this matter a little thoughtlessly.

Five thousand cavalry assaults, at most half an hour is enough.

Just throwing hundreds of bundles of firewood at will can block the east gate for more than half an hour.

Hundreds of bundles of firewood were all set on fire. Such a big fire could be extinguished if you wanted to. Even if the firewood was burned out, it would probably take at least an hour. .

Zhang Liao took a look and said, "It's okay, just wait, General Zhang Heng has worked hard!"

Zhang Heng was not so embarrassed now, he lifted his spirits and said: "Anyi only has two thousand soldiers and horses, and there are no cavalry. Yang Bang has no chance to break through the siege. Why don't you send someone to have a look? It would be best if you can persuade him to surrender." gone."

Zhang Liao nodded lightly and said, "Someone also has that intention!"

Immediately, a general was sent over the wall, and he took the command arrow to persuade him to surrender.

Yang Feng also arrived early, climbed up to the northwest corner of the city wall and waited and watched, seeing thousands of cavalrymen coming, he could not help but sigh.

Now that the south gate has been lost, how can it resist these thousands of cavalry.

As long as the fire is extinguished, this Anyi may change hands.

"My lord, it's Xiliang cavalry!"

The county lieutenant wiped off his cold sweat, with disbelief still in his eyes.

Yang Feng couldn't believe it, he gritted his teeth and said, "Where did the Xiliang cavalry come from?"

The county lieutenant hesitated and said: "There are sentries from our army in the area of ​​Yishi and Xiacheng. If the Xiliang army takes the Puban road from Shouyang Mountain, it is impossible for our sentries to fail to find it. Therefore, the lower officials thought that this army from the West The Liang cavalry probably didn't come from Puban."

"Nonsense, you need to talk about this!"

Yang Feng said with an ugly face: "I am asking where this Xiliang cavalry came from."

"This one……"

The county lieutenant wanted to scratch his head, but he couldn't give an answer.

"sigh!"

Yang Feng sighed, and went down to the top of the wall with a lonely expression.

The county lieutenant's face changed several times, he looked at Yang Feng Xiaosuo's back, and instead of following, he went to the south gate.

Half an hour later, the east, west, and north gates of Anyi opened.

Yang Feng bound his hands and led a group of civil and military officials out of Ximen to surrender.

Zhang Liao didn't dare to be negligent, and while treating Yang Feng kindly, recruiting surrendered soldiers, and comforting the gentry people in the city, he asked Yang Feng to write a handwritten letter, condemning Kuai Ma to Huayin Gaoshun's army overnight, and at the same time reporting back to Chang'an.

Wuping, Cao Cao camp.

"My lord, good news!"

Cheng Yu rushed into the tent, cupped his hands to Cao Cao, and said, "The scout sent back news that Yuan Shu had assembled an army of more than [-] troops, left Ruyang and marched eastward. He traveled hundreds of miles a day and headed to Xuzhou."

"Oh, is this true?"

Although Cao Cao had expected it, he couldn't help but smile when he heard the news.

Cheng Yu excitedly said: "It's absolutely true!"

"Okay, great!"

Cao Cao shouted furiously: "Quickly send orders to all the ministries, and all the troops will rush to Runan!"

"As ordered!"

Cheng Yu agreed, and immediately ran out again.

More than half an hour later, Cao Cao, who was hiding in the north of Wuping, rose from his camp and headed southward.

Yuan Shu sent all his troops to fight for Xuzhou. Only a few thousand soldiers and horses were left on the front line of Ruyang and Nandun, and they had to guard each city separately. How could they stop Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops, and several cities were smashed in a few days.Soldiers surround Pingyu.

At this time, Yuan Shu's army had already passed through the lower city.

In the middle of the night, just as Yuan Shu fell asleep, the counselor Jin Shang rushed in with a panicked expression.

"My lord, something is wrong!"

Jin Shang gasped for a few breaths, and said anxiously, "General Le Ji rushed to report for eight hundred miles, saying that Cao Cao led an army of [-] troops to attack suddenly, and more than ten cities including Ruyang and Nandun have fallen. , Pingyu is at stake."

"what?"

Yuan Shu was startled for a moment, then jumped up in shock, not even dozing off.

"what happened?"

Yuan Shu sternly said: "Didn't Cao Ah hide that guy and go to Xuzhou? How could he go to Runan?"

A trace of haze flashed across Jin Shang's eyes, and he said in a concentrated voice: "I was fooled, we were fooled by my lord, and I was fooled by Cao Aman. Cao Aman never went to Xuzhou at all. If it is not bad, Cao Aman will definitely let the people know." Pretending to be an army, pretending to be marching into Xuzhou, luring our army to fight for Xuzhou, but actually hiding the army in a deep ditch and dense forest. After our army left, we took advantage of the situation and rushed into Runan. My lord, please return to the army as soon as possible. Cao Amu decided to fight to the death, fearing that Runan would be lost."

"what……"

Yuan Shu was stunned for a long time before he roared fiercely, "Qisha!"

Jin Shang's heart skipped a beat, and he shrank back, not daring to speak again.

It is said that Yuan Shu sent all his troops to fight for Xuzhou, and he also had a part of the credit for it.

It's just that I didn't expect that I was tricked by Cao Cao this time.

Jin Shang also hated Cao Cao to death in his heart. As Yuan Shu's chief counselor, since the war with Cao Jun, he had advised Yuan Shu several times, and they all fell into Cao Cao's treacherous tricks, which made Yuan Shu have an opinion on him. How could Jin Shang not hate him.

But in order to keep his position, there are some things he has to say.

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and said, "Cao A is lying to you, I swear I won't let you go!"

After scolding Cao Cao, he pointed at Jin Shang angrily and cursed: "Jin Shang, you came up with a good idea. Didn't you say that Cao A lied to that guy to attack Xuzhou with all his troops, and let the general raise his army to fight for Xuzhou? How about now? ,ah?"

"My lord, forgive me!"

Jin Shang was shocked. He had followed Yuan Shu for several years and knew Yuan Shu's nature well. When he encountered mistakes, he would never reflect on his faults. All the responsibilities belonged to his subordinates. But no matter how big the fault was, as long as he didn't betray him, there was still room for change. As long as you take the initiative to take all the faults on your body, and pretend to be pitiful, Yuan Shu, who has soft ears, can get over it. He didn't dare to hesitate at the moment, turned over and knelt down on the ground, and said repeatedly: "I'm not careful with the preparations. , my lord, please punish me!"

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and stared at Jin Shang for a long time. Seeing Jin Shang's sincerity and fear, he thought that Jin Shang had followed him loyally and tried his best to make suggestions, pacify Yuzhou, and go south to Yangzhou.

Although he has suffered a lot in the hands of Cao Aman, but in the end, it is not because Jin Shang is not dedicated.

It's really that Cao Aman is full of tricks, and all kinds of conspiracies and tricks emerge one after another, which makes people hard to guard against.

When Yuan Shu thought of this, his anger really subsided a lot, and he waved his hand irritably, "Get up!"

Jin Shang wiped off his cold sweat, then stood up, thinking to himself that he had finally passed a test, he must be careful in the future, he must be thoughtful when giving advice to the lord, and he must not fall into Cao Aman's tricks again.

If there is another time, even if the lord does not punish him, he will have no face to continue messing around.

"Order all the ministries to summon the army quickly, kill and rush to Pingyu overnight, and fight Cao Aman to the death!"

Yuan Shu took a few breaths violently, and then of course broke.

"As ordered!"

Jin Shang didn't dare to persuade him anymore, and ran out quickly.

Although he knew that it was impossible to march in the middle of the night, he didn't dare to hit Yuan Shu on the head.

(End of this chapter)