The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 57

The city defense of Jizhou City has always been in charge of Yan Liang, the general who conquered the North. Yan Liang died on the white horse, and the troops were scattered. Wen Chou was ordered to avenge Yan Liang, and naturally took over Yan Liang's subordinates.Although Han Meng was left by his father to take charge of the Jizhou military and command the soldiers, the Xiaoqi Battalion under Wen Chou's direct command was no longer under his jurisdiction.Han Meng didn't dare to provoke Wen Chou, because he was just a general, several levels behind General Zheng Bei.

Wen Chou sent the elite of the Xiaoqi Battalion to guard the prison, and everyone's entry and exit and meals must go through strict inspections.Outside the big prison, three patrol teams are temporarily added, each team has 50 people, and shifts are changed every three hours.These people are all wearing helmets and crowns, with swords, swords and bowstrings, and they look like they are facing a big enemy.Jiang Wu looked at the elites of the Hebei army and kept smacking their lips; "My dear, what did you do? Can't even a fly fly in?" He often said to the soldiers standing guard outside with a playful smile; "Brother Let it go, it's not airy here, it's so stuffy." The soldier standing guard straightened his waist and said meticulously; "Don't talk nonsense, if I let this happen, General Wen will cut off my head. We'll chop off your head first." Jiang Wu smacked his lips, shrank his neck, and stepped back.

Under this airtight monitoring, another half month passed.Both Tian Feng and I were in an extremely bad mood.Tian Feng was concerned about the country and the people, worried about the situation in Guandu, and eager to hear the Youzhou battle report, but these days every time Guo Jia and Wen Chou came to him, they always shook their heads at him, saying that there was no news.On the Guandu side, there are frequent rumors that the Hebei army is unstoppable, reaping victories, and advancing all the way to Guandu Xiazhai to form a confrontation with Cao's army.

Jiang Wu was joking with the soldier brother at the door again, when he suddenly saw a mighty general with embroidered robes and gold armor approaching with a sword in his hand, he immediately shouted: "General Wen, why did you come back after you just left? Is there something wrong?" In the past few days, he and the No.1 general in Hebei had a good relationship, they were very acquainted, and they talked a lot more freely with each other.Wen Chou was also quite polite to him, so Jiang Wu undoubtedly had the capital to brag among his brothers, so he purposely shouted at the top of his voice so that everyone could hear him.

Wen Chou glanced at him and nodded; "What is the second son doing?" Jiang Wu smiled; "What else can I do, I've been sighing and sighing all day, I'm so decadent, and now I'm playing chess with Mr. Tian." Wen Chou said urgently; "I'm going to see him." The four guards at the door gave way immediately, Wen Chou shook the scales on his armor, stepped on his combat boots, and ran all the way to the cell, and saw Tian Feng and I were playing chess. The prison door yelled: "Second son, Mr. Tian, ​​something is wrong." I was holding a chess piece and was about to make a move. When I heard this, I turned my head and smiled bitterly; "I said, Mr. Wen, this son is out of luck. Don't be surprised, why panic."

Wen Chou's expression was serious; "My son, the last general didn't dare to scare you this time, something really happened." Tian Feng suddenly shouted; "Is there a battle report from Youzhou?" Wen Chou's expression changed Change, nodding heavily.Tian Feng immediately stood up, ran over and said, "How about victory or defeat?" In fact, there is no need to ask this question, just look at Wen Chou's virtue like a dead father, and you can guess how much
Wen Chou sighed and said, "Qu Yi was attacked by the Xiongnu's left and right sage kings outside the Hangu Pass, and his entire army was annihilated. Qu Yi was also killed. Juyong Pass has been captured, and the Huns are like a broken bamboo. Shanggu fell into the hands of foreigners."

Tian Feng was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time, and I couldn't sit still anymore. I stood up and asked sharply: "The whole army of one hundred thousand troops was wiped out, how is this possible." Wen Chou said; "This is not the most important thing. The extreme delay at this moment is that Wuhuan Shanyu's vanguard general, Lord You Beiping, Wu Yan, has already commanded the vanguard troops to cross Xu Wushan and arrived at the foot of the 'Infinity City'. They are tough, but they are still far behind the Wuhuan savages who are not afraid of death, besides, there are only 2 to [-] people in Wuyan's vanguard, and the fall of Jicheng is imminent."

Tian Feng was surprisingly not surprised this time, but asked an unexpected question; "When did the battle report come?" Wen Chou said; "I just arrived in Jizhou this morning, and I have ordered people to send it to Guandu quickly. Jizhou It takes five or six hundred miles to Guandu, and it will take days and nights on a fast horse, at least one day and one night, and there will be news about tomorrow."

Tian Feng stomped his feet in a hurry, while I was so frightened that I was ashamed. I thought to myself, I am a waste now, I can't do anything, I can only sit here and wait to die. If Yan Rou is here In the past few days, if you lose the City of Endlessness, the whole of Youzhou will be completely ruined. The most terrifying thing——I thought of the speed and riding skills of the Wuhuan cavalry I saw that day, and thought to calculate with this speed, In less than a day, the Wuhuan soldiers can go to Hejian. If Hejian is breached again, that's good, they will hit the city of Jizhou.

It was a bolt from the blue.

The fire could not be wrapped in paper, and for some reason, two days later, the people in Jizhou City got the news that it was like a fox breaking into a chicken coop in Jizhou City, and it boiled all of a sudden, and all the restaurants and shops in the streets and lanes were talking about it.Everyone is saying; "It's over, the Yuan family is over, even if Jizhou does not fall into the hands of Cao Cao, it will fall into the hands of the Huns. Rather than being enslaved by the Hu people, it is better to simply surrender to Cao Cao."

The one standing next to him immediately agreed; "Yes, I heard that Prime Minister Cao is a good man who loves the people like a son and is considerate of the people. There is no harm in surrendering to him." On one of the busiest streets in the city, a loud voice shouted; "Everyone, let's run, the Wuhuan soldiers are about to kill them, they are inhumane, they kill people, set fire to grab food, and even eat people, run away. Let's run."

The cannibalism of the Wuhuan soldiers kept going, and the people in the city panicked for a while, and some of them had already started to help the old and the young to run away.

When Han Meng heard the news and took people to the street, the street was already in chaos, everyone was crowded and trampled on each other, there was no order at all.Han Meng saw with his own eyes a rich businessman who was about to run away with five cartloads of gold and silver loaded. The fat wife of the rich businessman ran out trembling with a fat body and scolded; It's gone." The rich businessman stretched out his hand and gave the fat wife a big mouth, stomping his feet and scolding hoarsely; .” As he spoke, he threw the fat wife into the car with all his strength, and told the driver to leave quickly.The coachman turned his head and smiled wryly; "Master, the second lady, the third lady, the fourth lady—there are still many ladies who haven't come out yet." The rich businessman said anxiously; "Fuck it, who can control them, let them go and accompany Wu Mr. Huan, go to sleep, Lao Tzu, but I still want to live a few more years, let's go."

The coachman's whip was turned into a whip and slammed on the horse's buttocks, and the two-horse carriage started slowly.Han Meng was riding on the horse, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became. He wondered if it was so serious. You old man is deliberately alarmist here.Shaking the rein of the horse, he perched on it, stabbed the coachman's chest with a sword, and then killed the rich businessman and his fat wife with two swords. He cut off the rich businessman's head and held it in his hand, shouting: "Stop, who dares to go again!" Just take one step and go down with this old man." There was no stereo in those days, so although Han Meng's voice was not low, the noisy crowd couldn't hear him at all, and those who heard him didn't pay attention to him.

Han Meng became anxious, and ordered his soldiers: "Go to the gate of the city, and if you see anyone who dares to escape, shoot and kill, come one and kill one, come two and kill one pair, I will see who dares to run away."

The soldiers under Han Meng were notoriously bad in military discipline, which was caused by the crooked upper beam and the lower beam.As soon as these soldiers heard that they were asked to kill unarmed civilians, they immediately regained their spirits, each and every one of them showed unparalleled bravery, agreed in unison, shook their arms, separated from the crowd and ran to the gate of the city.Lifting the sword is a slash.Some soldiers couldn't get enough of killing at the gate of the city. When they saw a beautiful woman in a house, they would go to their house to kill them.Whenever such a situation happens, the woman's shrill cry can be heard from that family; "Beast—beast!"

There was a moment of chaos in Jizhou city.Xu You's nephew who was disabled by me was killed by a group of soldiers because there were too many beautiful wives and concubines in the family, and his family was dragged to a dark place. . . . . , And then set a fire again, and reduced the house, the poor little girl, because her legs and feet were weak, she didn't run out, and was burned to death.After Xu You learned of this in Guandu, he hated his interrogator Han Meng in his heart, thinking that they deliberately made his nephew kill him, so——

After Han Meng's effective maintenance of law and order, Jizhou City finally calmed down, but the edge of the city gate was already blood-red, and corpses were everywhere, as if an offensive and defensive battle had just been fought.

Han Meng was about to close the city gate to clear the battlefield, when suddenly he saw a cloud of dust in the distance, and more than a hundred soldiers rushed outside the gate.Han Meng was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, wondering if the Wuhuan people would arrive so soon.The soldiers under him were also ashen-faced, everyone was thinking, let's run, Wuhuan soldiers are not as easy to kill as ordinary people.

Han Meng dared to take a look, and suddenly laughed out loud, "What are you afraid of? It's Captain Jiao Chu." Jiao Touch's official rank was below Han Meng's, so he was naturally not afraid.Jiao Touch's horse stopped slightly in front of Han Meng, panting loudly, "Quick, take me to see the Second Young Master." There was a playlist in Jiao Touch's hand.Han Meng was taken aback and thought to himself, didn't the Second Young Master hang up, why did he look for him?Before he could react, Jiao Touch's horse had already rushed out like an arrow flying off the string. When Han Meng rubbed his eyes to watch, Jiao Touch had already turned the corner.Han Meng shouted: "Close the city gate, follow me." He rode his horse and chased after him.

When Jiao Touch came to the prison cell, he was blocked by the guards of the Xiaoqi Battalion. Zhu Jiaochu's more than a hundred soldiers rushed up immediately, ready to fight with guns and halberds. This group of people was probably used to killing people in Guandu, and they didn't know how to talk and talk. What to discuss.

Jiao Chu sternly said: "Get out of the way, don't you know me? I am Jiao Chu." Wen Chou's soldiers kept shaking their heads, and said in the same stern voice; "General Wen Chou, no matter who it is, no matter who he is You must not get close to the second son." Jiao Touch was startled, and said sharply, "Where is General Wen?" The soldiers looked up at the sun and said, "It's noon, let's go drink, we don't know, you wait Go ahead." Furious, Jiao Chu pulled out the long sword under his ribs and screamed: "Fuck your mother, I have a very urgent military report, where can I wait, I'll count to three and you get out of the way, if not—— "

"If not, what would you do—" Wen Chou suddenly said coldly behind him.Jiao Touch's whole body trembled, and he looked back at Wen Chou, and fell to his knees with a plop, "General, the military situation is urgent, I hope the general will make it easier for you." Wen Chou's body was shaken, and he stretched out his hand to help him, and asked, "What military situation?" With the watch in his hand, he held Dao Wenchou in front of his eyes and said, "Yijing fell, and the Xiongnu attacked Jicheng, Yanguo County. Take me to see the second son, the lord has a very urgent order for him." Wenchou paled, and said anxiously; "Hurry up, Please."

I was sighing at Tian Feng, Tian Feng didn't bother to talk to me, thinking that this young man is shameless, he only misses his wife all day long, and doesn't take any important matters of the country to heart.

Jiao Touch broke into the cell suddenly, staggered and knelt on the ground, choked up and said, "My lord, the lord has an order." I was losing my mind, he spoke too loudly, I was so scared that I jumped up from the ground, when I saw Jiao Touch clearly, After hearing what he said, Wen Chou also came in.

Jiao Touch held up the watch, I calmed down, took it immediately, opened it, and saw a few lines inside; "My son Yuan Xi, I have to report the crisis in Youzhou today, and you are the governor. I hope You Nian led the troops to suppress the rebellion because of the love between father and son. Today, Jiao Touch is sent to lead [-] troops for my son to drive. The battle at Guandu is tense, and there is really no source of troops. I hope my son will win as soon as possible and save the crisis. Wen Chouxiao's cavalry battalion can send [-] troops at any time. You go out to fight."

Jiao Touch cried, "My lord, in the end of the future, my lord has repeatedly told you, please don't forget about the past, and lead the army to go out, otherwise Jizhou will be in danger." I hurriedly helped Jiao Touch up; "Master Tian can give you an order." Jiao Touch shook his head. Said; "No - no -" Tian Feng was in despair.

I asked again, "Where is Wuhuan?" Jiao Chu cupped his hands and said, "Because Yan Rou, the prefect of Youbeiping, is defending Wuyan city, Wuyan can't break through for the time being. If Wushou is defeated, Wuhuan cavalry will drive straight in and reach Jizhou. , Young Master. Moreover, the Huns have already broken through Yijing and started to march into Jicheng." I was excited and said in a trembling voice; "I hope Yan Rou can defend for another ten days, otherwise I will not be able to recover. What you brought What kind of soldiers and horses?" Jiao Chu said; "Cavalry, I will bring [-] cavalry and [-] infantry at the end, in order to buy light and go at full speed." I said to Wen Chou: "Okay, general, please come with me On the expedition, my father ordered me to be the governor of Youzhou. I have the right to command the army. You don’t need to ask for instructions. And Mr. Tian, ​​Yuan Xi can’t march without him, please accompany him.” Tian Feng said tremblingly; “But my lord treats me There is no forgiveness." I held his hand and said; "Don't worry, sir, you will not accept the orders of the foreign emperor, listen to me today." Tian Feng said; "I wish to do the work of a dog and a horse."

Before I left, I hurriedly bid farewell to Jiang Wu. Jiang Wu must go out with the army, but I refused, saying, "Fifth brother, you are too old to fight. My army is full of elite soldiers, but I don't want you to be a freelancer." Jiang Wu and I parted with tears.

(End of this chapter)