Zhang Nan commanded the soldiers to intercept, thinking that he could easily solve this small group of Wei troops, who knew that the enemy's offensive was so fierce, and Cao Cao himself was like a fierce beast, after killing several people in a row, the Shadow Horse suddenly jumped into the air, crossed the human wall composed of dozens of soldiers, and after landing, he ran away without looking back, and disappeared into the night with a smoke.

Xu Chu, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and others also took the road one after another, and Zhang Nan alone could not resist this fierce torrent, so he had to get out of the way and cover up on both sides of the road.

At this time, Han Meng led a large army from behind the Wei army, and as soon as he rushed over, he immediately joined the battle, and when he saw Zhang Nan in a bitter battle, he shouted loudly: "Zhang Nan, quickly cut off the way of the Wei army!" ”

Zhang Nan saw Han Meng galloping over with a large number of cavalry, his face was happy, and he shouted loudly: "Quick! Cut off the Wei army's way back! ”

As soon as the words fell, he hurriedly commanded the soldiers to rush to the middle and kill, and cut off the thousands of infantry of the Wei army!

After that, Nanlou, Xian Yufu, Chun Yudao, Jiang Yiqu and others led troops to attack from all directions, blocking more than 3,000 Wei infantry.

The Wei soldiers did not come out of the conflict, and saw that they had cut off contact with Cao Cao and other vanguard troops, and the Yan army had more and more soldiers, and felt helpless, after the Yan soldiers shouted the slogan "surrender and do not kill", a large number of soldiers began to abandon their weapons and surrender.

After a short time, Jia Xu rode his horse from behind, and when he arrived, the battle was basically over, the blood stained the ground red, corpses were everywhere, and the tree-lined path was full of the smell of blood.

As soon as Jia Xu arrived, he hurriedly asked, "Where is Cao Cao?" ”

"Ran!" Han Meng replied immediately.

"You must not let him run, chase me, Han Meng, Nanlou. Xian Yufu, Jiang Yiqu, come with me, don't catch up with Cao Cao, and vow not to give up! As soon as Jia Xu's voice fell, he immediately pursued forward. Leaving Zhang Nan and Chun Yudao to escort the prisoners and clean up the battlefield.

Not long after Jia Xu left, Zhang Nan and Chun Yudao had just gathered the captives together and were about to take them back to the barracks, when they heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Zhang Nan and Chun Yudao were shocked, thinking that they were the remnants of the Wei army, so they hurriedly took precautions. When the black shadow gradually drove in, Zhang Nan took advantage of the night to see the faces of the people who came, and it was Lin Nan who rode first.

Seeing this, the two hurriedly turned over and dismounted. Clenched his fists and said: "The last general will see the lord!" ”

Lin Nan led the army from Chen Liucheng to rush all the way to kill, it was difficult to distinguish in the dark night, and the trace was difficult to find, if it wasn't for the scouts sent to hear the shouting and killing here, he would definitely miss the direction and chase all the way to the southeast. At this time, Lin Nan suddenly saw Zhang Nan and Chun Yudao, so he hurriedly reined in the horses. Knowing that the two of them were Han Meng's subordinates, he asked, "Where is Han Meng?" ”

"Lord Qi. has already followed the general army division to pursue Cao Cao. Zhang Nan replied.

"How many soldiers and horses does Cao Cao have left?"

"The cavalry is less than fifty, and the infantry is less than eight hundred!"

Lin Nan's face was filled with great joy, and he hurriedly shouted, "Get out of the way and catch up!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Nan and Chun Yudao's subordinates quickly opened a road, and Lin Nan rushed out with two thousand light cavalry including Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Pang De, Ping, Lu Heng, and Chu Yan.

Hurry up. Lin Nan and the others galloped for less than ten miles in a row, and the corpses were everywhere they passed, and they were always able to see some of the corpses of the Wei army. took advantage of the night to see Jia Xu commanding soldiers and horses to fight against the Wei army.

Lin Nan hurriedly shouted: "Surround the enemy!" ”

He himself rode to Jia Xu's side, glanced at the Wei army in front of him blocking the road, and saw that there was no Cao Cao inside, so he asked, "Where is Cao Cao?" ”

Jia Xu said: "It's just in front, but it's a pity that it's blocked by this group of soldiers, these people would rather die than surrender, and they regard death as home, blocking the way forward, our army can't break through at present, Han Meng is leading his troops to rush and kill." ”

Lin Nan glanced at the soldiers in front of him and said angrily: "How can only six hundred infantry block my way?" Zilong, Chang, Ling Ming, and Zhongye rushed over and killed them all! ”

"No!" Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Pang De, and Ping each led two hundred cavalry to rush over from the road on both sides, and Lu Heng and Chu Yan stayed by Lin Nan's side.

"Strategist, I don't know something, and I hope the strategist will answer it!" Lin Nan turned his face and said to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu said: "The lord asks, his subordinates must know everything, and they must say everything!" ”

Lin Nan asked, "Why did Xun Yu suddenly lead the fleet to appear?" ”

Jia Xu said: "King Qiyu, after his subordinates led his troops to occupy Dingtao, they pursued Xun Yu all the way, but Xun Yu was very cunning, and he divided his troops on the road to resist, set up roadblocks and traps, and blocked the advance of our army. Later, a sudden rainstorm made the march extremely difficult, so it was blocked and could not move for several days. As for why he has so many ships, his subordinates don't know! ”

After Lin Nan listened, he couldn't help but look at the night sky and scolded loudly: "Damn God......"

"Surrender or kill! Surrender or kill! ”

At this time, the Yan army had all surrounded the Wei army, and surrounded Kanxin, shouting inspiring words.

The remaining more than 300 Wei soldiers, wounded, disabled, a Wei army commander stood on the outermost periphery, the blade in his hand was still dripping blood, looked around at the soldiers of the Yan army, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and shouted loudly: "It is impossible for you to catch up with the king......"

After saying this, the tun chief coughed a mouthful of blood, and he turned his head and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, let's buy some more time for King Wei and kill me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, more than 300 soldiers of the Wei army shouted loudly, and rushed towards the Yan army that surrounded them, without any fear.

"Kill! Kill me! Not a single one to stay! Lin Nan shouted loudly as he took the cavalry behind him around the side of the road and chased him in the direction of Cao Cao's escape.

Jia Xu, Lu Heng, Chu Yan, Han Meng, and Nan Lou followed closely, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Ping also followed, while Pang De, Xian Yufu, and Jiang Yiqu stayed behind to deal with the remnants of the Wei army.

"Ah......h

A scream resounded through the night sky, and the soldiers of the Wei army struggled between killing and being killed, and finally became the ghosts of the Yan soldiers.

Lin Nan led the cavalry in pursuit all the way, chasing while chasing. On the other hand, he said to Jia Xu beside him: "Why did the military advisor calculate that Cao Cao would take this road? ”

Jia Xu said: "This road leads to Yingchuan, I heard that there is still a group of Wei troops in Yingchuan, and Cao Cao will inevitably go to the round, so his subordinates made arrangements in advance, and did not pursue Xun Yu to Chenliu, but divided troops to guard this area." formed an arc-shaped defense line, striving to rob and kill Cao Cao here. ”

"Well, that's a brilliant plan. Cao Cao must be chased today, if he can't catch up, if this person takes the remnants of the Wei army to other countries, it will definitely be a trouble for our army! Lin Nan also began to worry, for fear that he would not be able to catch Cao Cao, and he had already thought about it. He didn't need to be captured alive at all, he only needed Cao Cao's head.

"No!"

The group continued to chase, but unfortunately ran for nearly ten miles in a row, but there was no trace of Cao Cao, and even the horseshoe prints disappeared without a trace, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.

In the end, Lin Nan still lost his goal. But he didn't give up, and immediately gathered all the generals. shouted loudly: "Although Cao Cao's trace has been lost, Cao Cao must not be able to run far." Now everyone is pursuing separately, as long as you see Cao Cao and the others, you don't have to wait for orders, except for Cao Cao, if there is anyone who surrenders, tie them up and see me. If you meet Cao Cao himself, bring someone else's head to me! ”

"No!"

"Remember! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you have to find Cao Cao for me, I want to see his corpse! Lin Nan said earnestly again.

"No!"

At the sound of an order, the generals quickly separated. Lin Nan and Jia Xu walked together and led two hundred cavalry to continue the chase.

……

In the dark night, Cao Cao rode the shadow horse and galloped wildly, but he didn't dare to run along the road, but shuttled through the path, and he didn't know how many miles he walked, let alone how long he walked, he only felt physically and mentally exhausted, tired and hungry at this time.

Since he rushed out of Zhang Nan's interception just now, the shadow under the seat was so fast that he and his subordinates were separated and left alone.

The moonlit night was hazy, and Cao Cao's heart was like the waning moon hanging in the night sky, which seemed extremely sad. At this time, he seemed to remember that when he led his troops to crusade against Dong Zhuo, in order to occupy Aocang, Li Ru's ambush, and he was left alone, if Cao Hong hadn't saved his life, where would he be today.

However, now, he was only one person, and the clothes on his body were already soaked with sweat and tightly wrapped around his body, and at this time a gust of wind blew, and he only felt cool.

The Shadow Horse was also tired of running, and walked aimlessly, and before he knew it, he climbed up a small hill, and after walking for a while, Cao Cao saw a small cave with a bright light, and a smell of meat came from the cave.

Hunger drove him towards the cave, and when he came to the door of the cave, he saw a bonfire, on which a chicken was roasted, and an old man and a young man were sitting on the side of the fire. I'll give you money! ”

In the cave, an old man and a young man sitting on the edge of the bonfire heard Cao Cao's words outside, so they turned their heads to look out together.

This is not a good look, Cao Cao, who was standing outside the cave, was startled by this old and young man, and unconsciously took a step back, and his heartbeat increased rapidly, the old and young man's faces were extremely ugly, and under the faint light of the fire, it made him feel like he had seen a ghost.

The old man was thin and only skin and bones were left, and his skin was a strange maroon reflected by the firelight, and his curly beard, long eyebrows, and rising head were even more bright fiery red. Even in the depths of his black eyes, there was also a red flame burning, making people dare not look at each other, making him exude a dangerous aura all over his body, making people unconsciously feel afraid and dare not approach.

The young man's face seemed to be distorted by a ghost, wrinkled, although his facial features were not displaced, but his appearance was very abstract, dark and thin, and his head was messy, and he was only about ten years old.

The old man looked at Cao Cao from head to toe, and saw that Cao Cao was wearing armor, a helmet on his head, a long sword hanging from his waist, his combat boots and trouser legs were covered with mud, his face was wolf-like, and he was holding a high-headed horse panting in his hand, so he asked curiously, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

"I ...... I'm just a passer-by, passing by here, and I got lost. Now I am tired, hungry and sleepy, and I want to borrow my father-in-law's place here to rest for a while and fill my stomach, and I will give you money, ten times the price. Cao Cao listened to what the old man said, and secretly fixed his expression. Only then did he say slowly.

The old man turned his head, sat by the campfire and was unusually quiet, closed his eyes, squirmed his lower lips, and said slowly: "Come in, Your Excellency, please feel free." ”

The young man did not speak, and after listening to the old man's words, he hung his head, but his legs were still crossed. The upper body was straight, and the eyes were slowly closed.

Cao Cao left the shadow outside the cave, and walked towards the bonfire himself, walking cautiously, for fear of disturbing the old and the young. After sitting down, he did not hesitate to reach out his hand and take down the fragrant chicken that had been roasted on the campfire. I opened my mouth and ate it, and I didn't feel hot. After some gobbling up, the whole chicken was eaten.

He acknowledged the grease stain on his finger and asked greedily, "Anything else?" ”

The old man opened his eyes at this time, saw Cao Cao eat the whole chicken, shook his head, and said, "This is the only one." If you want to eat, there are bows and arrows there, and you can go to the mountains to hunt them yourself. ”

Cao Cao knew that he was not out of danger, so he took out a piece of jade from his bosom and handed it to the old man. Said: "This is a piece of jade, worth a lot of money, is my personal thing, if you take it to the market to exchange money, you can exchange a lot of money, today by the old man's meal, he will be grateful." ”

The old man didn't even look at the jade pendant, then closed his eyes, and said slowly: "Money is something outside the body, and it is useless for the two of us. Your Excellency is on the run, perhaps this jade pendant will be of great help to your Excellency in the future, after your Excellency has rested for a while, please leave this place, and go southwest, where there is a remote path to avoid the pursuers. ”

After Cao Cao heard this, his face was stunned, and he secretly thought: "This old man has good eyesight, can he actually see that I am avoiding the pursuers?" ”

"Uncle, it is difficult to repay the kindness of a meal, if I can soar in the future, I will definitely thank him. It's just that I still don't know my father-in-law's name, how will I find it in the future? Cao Cao clenched his fists and said.

"It's a good idea to meet you for a meal, and you don't have to take it to heart. I heard that Zhang Liao, the general of the Yan army, is attacking Yingchuan, and Xiahou Yuan, the general of the Wei army, occupies Xu County, and your Excellency should leave Yingchuan as much as possible, and enter Luo through Xuanyuan Pass, and maybe there will be a glimmer of life. The old man never glanced at Cao Cao, only squirmed his lips slightly.

After Cao Cao heard this, he was even more surprised, and secretly thought, "Who is this person?" You can even figure out my route? ”

At this time, the old man slowly opened his eyes, a trace of light appeared in his deep eyes, fleeting, looking at Cao Cao's face of astonishment, he said lightly: "Your Excellency, hurry up and leave here, no matter how late it is, I am afraid that there will be danger." Shiyuan ......"

"Yes." The ugly boy also opened his eyes at this time, and answered, looking at the old man with his eyes very expectant.

"Give the rations you are carrying to this Excellency, the journey to Yingchuan is long, full of thorns, and there are many difficulties, and this Excellency needs these rations more than us." The old man said slowly.

The ugly boy nodded, untied a bag tied around his waist, slowly stood up, and handed the bag to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao stood there, not knowing whether to pick up or not, but he couldn't figure out who the two people were, and it seemed that these two people didn't want to sue him. He paused for a moment, but still handed the jade pendant to the young man, and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the two, this jade pendant is still given to the two, and he will definitely send people to search for the two of them as a token when Cao will fly to the sky." If you two have any difficulties, you can also come to Guan to find me, my name is Cao Cao. ”

After speaking, Cao Cao picked up the bag of rations and walked out of the cave, and when he walked to the door of the cave, he turned around and bowed to the old man and the young man, and then turned over and got on the horse, and after riding the shadow, he disappeared into the night.

When Cao Cao went away, the young man in the cave sat beside the old man and asked puzzledly, "Uncle, Cao Cao has become a lost dog, why do you still want to help Cao Cao?" ”

"Shi Yuan, you can't look at the surface when you look at people, the reason why Cao Cao will be defeated is because he has not gained a stable foothold in the original, and his failure is mainly on the issue of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, if it weren't for this Qingzhou and Xuzhou matter, Cao Cao might not have ended up so wolf. Cao Cao, the traitor of troubled times. I believe that he will inevitably make a comeback in the future, and it is very likely that he will become Lin Nan's strongest opponent. The old man said slowly.

"However, Lin Nan is not bad, why didn't my uncle help Lin Nan get rid of Cao Cao and then take refuge in Lin Nan. I think that with Lin Nan's generosity, he will inevitably pay more attention to his uncle, so that his uncle will enjoy Qingfu for the rest of his life. The young man sat around the old man, talking eloquently, and the words he said completely crossed the boundaries of this age.

The old man shook his head and said, "No...... You still haven't been able to see through it. The husband stands in troubled times, and he should make contributions. Achievements are great. Now the Yan army is full of talents, the momentum is compelling, Guandu defeated the Qin army in the upper hand, and now you have defeated Cao Cao, which is about to change hands. However, victory, is not a good thing, and often leads to the pride of the people. Plus you're still small. It's not well-known, and no one can see your unique talent. What if I take you to Yan Kingdom?

There are many strategists and generals in the Yan Kingdom. Where is your turn to wield your talents? Uncle pointed out a clear path to Cao Cao this time, it is estimated that this is also what Cao Cao thinks, as long as he can follow the path he wants, within five years, he will inevitably make a comeback.

However, Cao Cao's account. There is no talent for national weapons, Xiahoudun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xu Shu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and other generations are not enough to be worthy of the big responsibility. After you grow into an adult, Cao Cao should also make a comeback, and what he lacks is a national weapon, and that national weapon. It's you Pang Shiyuan. When you take the jade pendant to Cao Cao, it is also the time for you to display your talents. ”

After listening to the old man's words, the young man understood very well in his heart that this was the old man creating a platform for him to display his talents. He nodded silently and said to the old man, "Uncle, I wrote it down. Tomorrow morning, let's go back to Xiangyang, I will visit Mr. Shuijing, and then talk to him about the general trend of the world. ”

"Hahaha, Shiyuan, you have finally figured it out, this is the way you should go. It seems that I didn't take you for nothing on this trip. You are now a young phoenix, and in time, you will definitely soar in the nine heavens and sing in the clouds, and then you will understand why your uncle will help Cao Cao today. The old man smiled happily.

At this time, a group of cavalry came from outside the cave, and a general wearing armor and a steel helmet walked in, first glanced at the situation in the cave, and saw that there was no one else in the cave except the old and the young, and there was no place to hide, so he shouted, "Have you ever seen a man so tall, wearing armor, and riding a horse pass by here?" ”

The old man nodded and said, "See, he robbed our roasted chicken, and after he was full, he also snatched our rations, and then rode away in the southeast direction!" ”

The general wearing the armor was Wei Yan, and he glanced at the young man suspiciously, and saw that the young man was not tall, but his face was ugly, so he dragged the young man over and asked, "Child, let me ask you, what he said is the truth?" ”

"My uncle is telling the truth, of course."

"Then how can I be sure you're telling the truth?" In Wei Yan's eyes, a little ghostly light appeared, and the killing intent was great.

The boy said: "My uncle taught me that children can't talk nonsense, and if they talk nonsense, their tongues will rot, and I don't want my tongue to rot." ”

After Wei Yan heard this, he saw that the young man was indeed very innocent, so he let go of his hand and asked, "Listen to the accent, you are not from here, are you?" Where did it come from and what is its name? ”

"My name is Pang Tong, from Xiangyang, this is my uncle, originally to visit relatives, who knew that on the way back encountered a heavy rainstorm, I can only temporarily shelter in the cave." The boy replied.

Wei Yan saw that the young man's answer was like a stream, and his face was innocent, so he turned around and left, and said to a cavalryman outside: "Have you brought rations?" Throw a bag of rations to this old and young! ”

A soldier hurriedly untied a bag of rations and threw it into the cave, while Wei Yan quickly disappeared.

Pang Tong picked up the bag of rations, looked at Wei Yan who was far away, turned his head and said to the old man: "Uncle, Yan Jun is really benevolent!" It's a pity that he will be my enemy in the future, and I have written down the face of this general, and I will let him go in the future. ”

"It's very good...... Very good......" The old man only said this, and then he said nothing, and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

……

Cao Cao ran wildly all the way, picking small paths to walk, and when the sky was light, he stopped to rest for a while. Sitting under a tree, he looked up at the sky, and there was no one around him. I don't know what happened to the soldiers who followed him.

"I'm already unable to protect myself, where can I still take care of them? May they all be safe......"

After resting for a while, Cao Cao turned over again and rode on the Shadow Horse, not to mention, if it weren't for the speed of the Shadow Horse, he would have been captured by the Yan army a long time ago.

As soon as I got on the horse. Cao Cao heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind, and he was shocked, and hurriedly turned around, catching a glimpse of Xu Chu, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Xu Shu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Man Chong, and ten people riding horses, and everyone was unbearable.

"The King...... The king ......" Xu Chu was the first to appear Cao Cao, and hurriedly shouted out, and the rest of the people were also excited.

Cao Cao hurriedly turned his horse's head, rode his horse to meet him, and saw these ten military ministers. His eyes were moist.

When the two saw each other, everyone dismounted one after another, paid homage to Cao Cao, and all cried with sad faces, shouting loudly: "The king, I can be regarded as finding you, and the ministers are worried about death, for fear that the king will go out of the horse......"

Cao Cao is also in tears. At this moment, how could he not shed tears. He lifted them up one by one. Seeing that Xu Chu was injured in three places, Xiahoudun was injured in two places, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, and Xu Shu were all injured by different Cheng Dù, and Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, and Man Chong were all scratched and tattered, and their clothes were not covered.

See this. Cao Cao was angry and remorseful, and said heavily: "I'm sorry for you......"

"King, this place is not suitable for a long time, the pursuers of the Yan army are searching everywhere for the traces of the king. It is imperative to leave this place immediately, I heard that General Xiahou is in Xu County, we should rush over the round as much as possible, as long as we have soldiers and horses, we can fight the Yan army again. Xu Shu wiped a handful of tears and comforted.

Cao Cao glanced at everyone and saw that Dong Zhao, Mao Jue, Lu Qian, Ren Jun and other ministers did not follow, so he asked, "What about the others?" ”

The crowd sighed, and no one would answer.

In the end, Xu Chu spoke out and said to Cao Cao: "The king, the other dozen or so adults were all captured by the Yan army, and now their lives and deaths are unknown......

Cao Cao sighed heavily and said slowly: "Lin Nan has always loved talents, and he will definitely not embarrass them, if they can surrender to Lin Nan, it may not be a good thing." I can't even protect myself, so how can I protect them? ”

"King, don't say that, it's important to hurry to Xu County, there are still many soldiers and generals in Yangzhai City, which is enough to resist Zhang Liao's attack. They are only looking forward to the arrival of the king, as long as the king arrives, after returning to Yangzhai City, it is not too late to think of another strategy! Xu Shu urged.

Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and he said lightly: "I have already thought of the way back, as long as you are willing to continue to follow me, you will definitely make a comeback in the future." ”

After hearing this, everyone unanimously expressed their willingness to continue to follow Cao Cao.

Cao Cao turned his horse's head, took only ten ministers, and rode away towards Xu County, where Xiahou Yuan was located......

"Have you ever found any trace of Cao Cao?" Lin Nan stopped on a high slope, rode on a dark cloud snowhorse, and asked the scouts who had just returned.

The scouts shook their heads, their faces frustrated.

"Why don't you go find it? I don't believe it, Cao Cao can't grow wings, he can fly away? Lin Nan has been searching for a day and a night, and continues to expand the scope of the search, but there is still no result.

"Lord, my subordinates thought that there was no need to look for it, it was already this time, and Cao Cao would definitely escape. According to the news of Zhang Liaofei's pigeon, Xiahou Yuan was stationed in Xu County with Cao Cao's family, I think, Cao Cao will definitely go to fight with Xiahou Yuan, and there are still some Wei soldiers and horses in Yangzhai City, Huang Zhong occupies Runan, Zhang He occupies Chen County, only Yingchuan has not yet been occupied, and Cao Cao has nowhere else to go except there. Jia Xu analyzed.

"Inform Pang De, Hire, Lu Heng, Xian Yufu, Han Meng, Zhang Nan, Jiang Yiqu, Nanlou, Chun Yudao, and others, and let them quickly escort the captives to Chenliu, and hand over all the captives to Xun You and Guo Jia for processing, and those ministers of Wei will be imprisoned for the time being, and sent to Juan County to be handed over to Xun Chen, and then dispose of them when they get Cao Cao!" Lin Nan nodded and immediately gave the order.

After that, Lin Nan sent out a number of carrier pigeons and informed Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Chu Yan to enter Xu County. And he and Jia Xu led the cavalry to gallop forward, and the destination was also Xu County.

……

In the county seat of Xu County, Cao Cao finally returned, first ate a full meal, and then took a comfortable bath and changed clothes, which restored the demeanor of King Wei. But. The style is still the same, but it is not as good as before.

After a meal, Cao Cao ordered the evacuation of Xu County, and personally led Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, Xu Shu, Cao Xiu, Xiahouen, Cao Zhen and other generals, as well as 500 cavalry Chaoyang Zhai to go, leaving Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Xun Yu and others and Ma Bujun to escort Cao Cao's family.

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Inside and outside Yangzhai City. The atmosphere was extremely tense, the soldiers defending the city did not dare to open the city gate lightly, and in the face of the Yan army's constant scolding outside all day, the guard Zang Hong ignored it at all.

"General, the Yan army is so loud, it is really too deceitful, and the last general is willing to go out of the city to fight!" General Chen Lan glanced at Zhang Liao under the city wall, and then hugged his fist.

Immediately afterwards, General Li Feng and Mei Cheng all asked for orders: "General." We are also willing to fight to the death with the enemy generals! ”

Zang Hong glanced at Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, Yan Xiang, and Liu Xun behind him, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Yan Xiang said: "Zhang Liao is pressing, the morale of the city is low, if Zhang Liao can really be killed, not only can the siege be lifted, but also the Yan army will retreat without a fight." As soon as the enemy general dies, he will inevitably fall into a state of being left without dragons, which will benefit our army without harm. But ......"

"But what?" Zang Hong asked.

"However, Zhang Liao's martial arts are not weak. used to be a general under Lu Bu's account, and should not be underestimated. I don't know if the city generals can beat him. Yan Xiang expressed his concerns.

"Humph! A hairy boy with stinky flesh that has not dried up, what is there to be afraid of? Behold, I will go and fetch his head. Chen Lan shouted, and as soon as the words fell, he immediately held a big knife and went down the city wall.

General Li Feng and Mei Chenger followed, and after bidding farewell to Zang Hong, they went out of the city with the cavalry with Chen Lan.

Zang Hong watched every move under the city. I thought secretly: "I don't know how King Wei is on Chenliu's side, since Zhang Liao has already attacked here, the military advisor once explained before leaving, there is a lot of grain and grass in this Yangzhai City, and it must be defended well." Strategist, Tstrategist. You're coming back soon, and if you delay it too long, your morale will plummet. ”

These people are all old generals of Yuan Shu, when Cao Cao's soldiers attacked Yuan Shu, they fought even better, and finally beat Yuan Shu in Yuan Shu's old home in Runan, and captured Zang Hong, Yan Xiang, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, Liu Xun, Chen Lan, Li Feng, Mei Cheng, Lei Bo, Lei Xu and others, these people have taken refuge in Cao Cao after Yuan Shu's death.

Zang Hong, a native of Guangling, Xuzhou, was the master of Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang when he was crusading against Dong Zhuo, and then because Zhang Miao and Zhang were killed by Yuan Shao's people when they were fighting for the jade seal, he led Zhang's subordinates to Yuan Shu, and the Song army of Yuan Shu served as the guard of a county, and when Cao Cao attacked Runan and killed Yuan, he collected the body for Yuan Shu and was watched by Cao Cao. At that time, Cao Cao had ordered that no one should collect the corpse, but Zang Hong put friendship first and collected the corpse for Yuan Shu, which violated Cao Cao's decree.

When he was about to ask about the beheading, Cao Cao knew about it, and as soon as he heard that it was Zang Hong, he immediately ordered someone to let Zang Hong go. Zang Hong felt his kindness, so he surrendered to Cao Cao, and then with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, he summoned all some of Yuan Shao's old generals to his command. Yan Xiang, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others also took refuge in Cao Cao at that time.

Cao Cao was very polite to Zang Hong and appointed Zang Hong as the Taishou of Runan, but due to the arid climate and famine in Runan, he brought people to Yingchuan. Zang Hong is low-key and has been an obscure petty official in Yingchuan for more than a year. After Xu Shu left, he entrusted Yang Zhai City to Zang Hong, because only Zang Hong could appease Yuan Shu's subordinates.

Zhang Xun was also highly regarded on Yuan Shu's side before, and was a good hand at marching and fighting, two years ago the army was defeated in Shouchun, and was forced to retreat to Lujiang by Sun Jian's falling flowers and flowing water, and Liu Xun united, and then, it was opened again, and he had to flee back to Runan.

Seeing Zang Hong's hesitation, he asked: "Now that the King of Wei is gone, our surrender to Cao Cao is just an expedient measure, in order to survive, today the Yan army is strong and will inevitably occupy the Yuan, it is better for us to take refuge in the Yan army." ”

Zang Hong hurriedly said: "No, I will not do this thing, if I surrender again, I will inevitably be called a slave with three surnames." ”

Qiao Rui said: "No matter what they call us, as long as we are warmly dressed and fed, not to mention that if we dedicate the city, Lin Nan will definitely vigorously promote us when he sees it, the city has enough grain and grass to eat for more than a year, if Yan Jun gets this batch of grain and grass, he will definitely reuse our ......"

"Shut up! None of you should think of surrendering without a fight, and spend a few more days with Zhang Liao, and after a few days, we will make a decision. Zang Hongdao.

The rest of the people were silent and watched the city in silence.

At this time, the city gate was opened, Zhang Liao, who was riding on a jujube red warhorse, had a heroic face, held a spear, and was high-spirited, and saw three generals and five hundred cavalrymen driving out of the city gate, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Finally come out." ”

"Whoever comes, report your name!" Zhang Liao took a few steps forward and shouted at the person opposite.

"Li Feng is also!" Li Feng shouted, rode his horse and galloped, holding his spear and rushing forward.

Zhang Liao also greeted him, and when the two of them were about to approach, Zhang Liao raised a shot with his cold hand and stabbed five or six times in a row, but when he heard Li Feng's scream, his chest was covered with blood, and he fell directly from the horse.

Chen Lan and Mei Cheng were taken aback, thinking that this Li Feng is a strong man, why can't he solve a little Zhang Liao. The two of them glanced at each other, and they shouted in unison, and rushed out towards Zhang Liao with their weapons.

Zhang Liao was not to be outdone, he had not shown his skills for a long time, he seemed a little excited at this time, galloped wildly, and rushed over to meet Chen Lan and Mei Cheng.

"Bang!"

A loud bang came, and Zhang Liao and Chen Lan's weapons collided too violently, and there was a loud sound.

Mei Cheng saw that Zhang Liao had passed one round of Chen Lan, and he was already angry, so he rushed to Zhang Liao.

"Look for death!" Zhang Liao saw Mei Cheng coming with a gun, shook his spirits, and stabbed Mei Cheng under the horse with a gun in his hand.

Then, Zhang Liao turned the horse's head and rushed towards Chen Lan, and the gibbon Shu turned sideways to capture Chen Lan. He took Chen Lan back to his main formation, and then directly threw Chen Lan to the ground, and the soldier immediately pressed his blade against his neck.

"Zhang Liao is brave and unstoppable, he solved Li Feng and Mei Cheng in one move, and captured Chen Lan, it seems that it is not easy to deal with!" Yan Xiang saw that one of his people was captured and two were killed, and his heart was also in decline for a while.

Zang Hong said: "It seems that it is better to close the city gate closely. ”

After the words were spoken, after the five hundred soldiers who had been placed outside entered the city, they began to hang up the anti-battle cards and intensified their patrols.

Zhang Liao saw that the enemy did not come out, and the shouting and scolding were endless, and he scolded for half an hour, Zhang Liao had no choice but to retreat.

In the camp, Zhang Liao sat there, looked at Chen Lan who was kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Are you willing to surrender?" ”

After hearing this, Chen Lan immediately said: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender." ”

"Very good, take good care of him first, and when it gets night, I have my own strategy to break the enemy." Zhang Liao waved his hand at Chen Lan and motioned for Chen Lan to go down.

After Chen Lan left, Zhang Liao sat there, spread out the map, was looking carefully, and when he was thinking about it, suddenly a scout walked in from outside, and immediately said: "General, the lord has come to fly the pigeon to pass the book, so that the general must do his best to take Yangzhai City, even if it is a forcible attack, it must be taken, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

After Zhang Liao heard this, he hurriedly wrote a reply letter and asked the scout to take it away.

Then, he began to meditate hard, and finally came up with a plan to call Chen Lan over again.

After Chen Lan was taken, she asked, "What does the general command?" ”

Zhang Liao said: "Are you really taking refuge in my Yan Army?" ”

"It is indeed sincere, I am determined, and the general is extremely brave, I admire it very much."

"Since that's the case, then please help me do something, you go back to Yangzhai and open the city gate for me, as soon as the city gate is opened, I will lead the troops to kill it, and you will come to meet with you, how about it?" Zhang Liaodao. (To be continued......)