Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 521 The Covenant
Seeing this, Liu Biao knew that the plan had failed, so Yuan Yao cupped his hands and smiled, then ordered his subordinates, "Turn the head over!"

"Yes!"

A flash of resentment flashed in the general's eyes, but it disappeared quickly. He stretched out his toes, and with a light tap, turned the head of the person on the ground over, with his face facing up.

It was Yang Feng's head, that's right.

After Yuan Yao scanned it, he was sure, but at the same time, several doubts arose in Yuan Yao's mind.

Why did Liu Biao kill Han Xian and Yang Feng directly before coming?
Why didn't I hear about the revenge of Han Xian and Yang Feng's remaining troops on Liu Biao?
Could it be that Liu Biao has successfully annexed their trilogy?

Although Han Xian and Yang Feng fled, the main force did not lose much, and there were about [-] elite soldiers!If it was really Liu Biao who took advantage of the unpreparedness of the two and directly attacked, then the [-] elite soldiers would make up for Liu Biao's weakness in cavalry to a great extent.

Yuan Yao moved his eyes from the head on the ground to Liu Biao's face, and nodded.

Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need to waste time with Liu Biao.

"General Liu, since this is the case, I don't think there are many obstacles to the agreement between us. As long as you can complete the rest after you go back, the court's order will arrive soon. In the next three years, we will I will not take the initiative to attack you!" Yuan Yao said.

"Please rest assured, Prime Minister Yuan! I am not an ignorant person! Let me go!" Liu Biao said.

After finishing speaking, both sides in the tent retreated, returning to their respective troops amid mutual fear and guard.

Liu Biao returned to his cavalry team, and immediately retreated towards Jingzhou under the protection of the cavalry.

After Yuan Yao retreated, Xu Chu asked, "My lord, do you order the ambush soldiers to pursue?"

"No need! Liu Biao is not a simple person, so he must be prepared. If he pursues rashly, not only will it not work, but he may also fall into the enemy's ambush! Let's retreat!!" Yuan Yao said.

The generals obeyed, and at this time, Yang Wu, the personal commander, said: "My lord, if the heads of Han Xian and Yang Feng stay here, the reputation of the lord may be affected. It is better to let the soldiers quickly take them to Pingyu City. Burying it with Xu Huang, the former Yang Feng's subordinate, will not only make those Baibo troops who followed Xu Huang give up their hearts, but also show the benevolence of the lord, and further increase the loyalty of Baibo's troops!"

"Hmm! This plan is very clever! I believe this will not only affect the Baibo Army in our army, but also affect the rest of the Baibo Army that Liu Biao is currently controlling!!" Yuan Yao praised.

Yang Wu cheered up and obeyed, and ordered a soldier to take the head and send it back to Pingyu.

This time when he came to meet Liu Biao, besides the defenders of Yingchuan County, Yuan Yao did not bring many troops, only a thousand.

But these thousand soldiers are all elite soldiers, and all of them are cavalry! !

Among them, [-] were the tiger guard light cavalry led by Xu Chu, and the other [-] were the iron cavalry led by Yang Wu. Xu Ding, Fan Neng, Han Shuang, and Xia Houbo each led a song and guarded around Yuan Yao.

"My lord, shall we go to Ye County next, or go directly to Yangdi?" Xu Chu asked while rubbing his stomach, swallowing.

"Hehe!! Zhongkang, are you hungry again?" Yuan Yao laughed.

Although the meeting with Liu Biao took some time, it is still mid-morning and there is still an hour before noon. If you go to Ye County, you can stay in Ye County and let the defenders in Ye County provide meals. If you go directly to Yang Zhai, then we have to leave immediately.

From here to Yangzhai, although there are still more than a hundred miles, it is very easy to arrive before dark when there are all cavalry!

"My lord, I'm going up and down right now. Of course I'm hungry! If I go to Ye County now, I'll have a full meal!! Hehe!" Xu Chu laughed.

Xu Chu smiled, and the Qingqi of the Tiger Guard Camp also smiled knowingly. It can be seen that Xu Chu usually gets along well with the subordinates of the Tiger Guard Camp.

"Okay, Ye County, don't even think about it! Eating too much is not good for riding a horse. Since everyone is hungry, let's take a rest on the spot, eat some dry food, and let the horse drink some water. We will go straight to the horse in a while. Yang Di!" Yuan Yao commanded loudly.

"Obey!! My lord!!" All the tiger guards and their followers responded loudly!

"Yang Wu, go and inform Xu Shu, let him withdraw the ambush and come to meet him immediately!" Yuan Yao patted Yang Wu's back again and ordered in a low voice.

"Obey, my lord, this subordinate will go right away!" Yang Wu rode away immediately without dismounting.

After receiving the order, the five hundred tiger guards and five hundred relatives dispersed in an orderly manner, each jumped off their horses, took out dry food, and began to eat while leading the horses to graze and drink.

Xu Chu, Xu Ding, Xia Houbo and other generals also surrounded Yuan Yao, and a personal attendant took Hei Yun from Yuan Yao's hand and went to feed it.

"Eat quickly!" Yuan Yao also took out the dry food, and told the generals with a smile.

The dry rations in Yuan Yao's hands are the same as those of all the soldiers. They are kang cakes from the iron pan. This kind of kang cakes are compact because they are dry and contain very little water. They are very suitable for marching. They are not afraid of mildew. More than three days.

However, although it is convenient to eat and easy to make, the kang cake is also very hard, especially after it is cold, it feels like tearing raw wild boar skin.

"Ha ha,……"

Yuan Yao, the generals, and nearly a thousand cavalrymen, everyone, look at me and I look at you, staring, laughing, tearing off a mouthful of kang cakes, and started chewing!
Although it is a very common kang cake, in this troubled world, being able to have a full meal and three meals a day is already very happy in the eyes of most soldiers.

As for the ordinary people, most of them can only eat two meals a day, and they are not pure food. After eating in the morning, they go out to work, and they can't eat until they come back at night!
Yuan Yao knew the hardships of the common people, so when he was in his own home, he could feast on fish and meat, drink and eat delicious food, but when he went out, he would eat and sleep with his soldiers and get along with each other.

When a piece of cake was about half eaten, Yang Wu and Xu Shu each rode back. Not far away, the soldiers belonging to Yingchuan County could be seen retreating.

"My lord, it's not too late, let's go!" Xu Shu said.

"Okay, let's go now!!" Yuan Yao put away the unfinished pancakes, stuffed them back into his arms, and stood up.

Generals Xu Chu, Xu Ding, and Xia Houbo also put away their food, clasped their fists together, and shouted to gather the cavalry. Soon, a thousand cavalry lined up in a neat line amidst the neighing of horses.

Yuan Yao stepped on the black cloud horse, ran around in front of the cavalry, and shouted: "Brothers from the Tiger Guard! Brothers from the Guards! Let's go!"

……

Yangzhai County

In the southwest of the county seat, on a dirt road leading to the mountains, there were three medicine farmers carrying bamboo baskets walking side by side, laughing from time to time.

In the bamboo baskets on the three people's backs, there is a medicinal hoe for collecting medicines, and some items bought from the market. Two of them are about [-] years old, and one is about [-] years old.

The two 30-year-old drug farmers, both surnamed Li, are brothers from the same village.

Another old farmer in his forties, surnamed Wang, was from the next door village. The three of them met because they often went to the mountains to collect herbs, so they got to know each other.

(End of this chapter)