Chapter 0086: Zhu Jiao touched and killed Zhang Nan
The army led by Han Zhan, after three days on the road, finally left the Taihang Mountain on the morning of the fourth day and entered the eastern wilderness.
It was still two miles away from Wu'an City, and Han Zhan saw that the gate of the city in the distance was closed, and there was not a single defender on the arrow tower of the city wall, only an apricot yellow banner rolling lonely and lazily. A sense of foreboding rose in his heart, and he hurriedly raised his hand to signal the troops to stop.
He turned his head to Zhao Yun who was following him and said, "Zilong, you sent someone over to investigate and see what the situation is in the city?" ”
After Zhao Yun sent out a scout, he ordered the army to set up a formation on the spot, so that when it was attacked by the enemy, it could meet it in time.
Guo Jia urged the horse to come to Han Zhan's side, put his hand on the pergola and looked at the city, and when he saw that there was no movement, he couldn't help frowning. He put down his hand and said to Han Zhan: "Envoy, there seems to be no movement in the city at all, could it be that Wu Anling abandoned the city and left?" ”
"Probably not," Han Zhan said in an uncertain tone: "According to Geng Changshi's letter, Wu Anling is my father's old department, and he has always been dissatisfied with the Yuan family. ”
Xun You also rode over and said, "The envoy is right, his subordinates have also sent a letter to Wu Anling, so that he will not panic when he sees our army here." As for what happened in the city, it will be clear when the tanma returns. ”
Everyone looked in the direction of the city, waiting for the return of Tanma, Han Zhan couldn't help but think of the eve of leaving Sheguo County, under Han Yan's arrangement, Pear Blossom still got into his bed, although nothing was done in the end, but the relationship between them was much closer. When bidding farewell to herself, Pear Blossom smiled at herself and said, "Childe, Pear Peanut is the Han family, and death is the ghost of the Han family, I will stay here and wait for Childe to return triumphantly." ”
Just as Han Zhan was in a reverie, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and then someone shouted loudly: "Childe, look, our Tanma is back!" ”
Tanma came to Han Zhan's face, turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and said a little breathlessly: "Qiqi envoy, Wu'an City is closed on all sides, and the villain can't enter the city, I don't know what happened." ”
Xun You waited for Tanma to finish speaking, and hurriedly asked, "Is there any movement in the city?" ”
Tanma shook his head and replied, "The villain has heard it close to the moat, but there is no movement in it. ”
As soon as Tanma's words were finished, three cannons rang out in the direction of the city, and everyone looked towards the city, only to see flags waving on the originally empty city wall, and countless soldiers appeared. The closed gates were opened, and a convoy of more than a hundred horses rushed out.
With little effort, the horse team came to the front of the army. Han Zhan saw that behind a military general with a helmet and armor and a big sword, there was a flag bearer holding a flag in his hand, and the word "Jiao" was written on it.
Han Zhan frowned and thought for a while, among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, there seemed to be no one surnamed Jiao. He was about to ask a question, when the military general on the opposite side turned around and waved to the back, and immediately two cavalrymen came out of the ranks, rushed to a place more than thirty steps away from Han Zhan and stopped, then threw the things he was carrying on the ground, and turned around and returned to his own formation.
Zhao Yun sent someone to pick up the things on the ground, and after seeing what it was, he said to Han Zhan in surprise: "Qiyu Envoy, there are two heads, one is our messenger, and the other head has a delicate beard, it should be Wu Anling." ”
When Han Zhan heard this, he couldn't help but blood gushing up on his head, he pointed at the military general opposite with his hand, and asked loudly, "Who is here?" ”
The military general rode out of the queue, pointed at Han Zhan with his finger, and said proudly: "I am the captain Jiao Touch under the command of the second prince Xi, the Han family's child, your messenger and the internal Ying Wu'an order have been killed by me, and you are not going to die quickly!" ”
Listening to the person on the other side reporting his name, Han Zhan immediately remembered who Jiao Touch was, a few years later, on the Changban Slope, he and three other old generals of the Yuan clan besieged Zhao Yun together, and Zhao Yun, who was sleepy and lacking horses, had nothing to do with them. However, if it was one-on-one at this moment, it would be much more difficult for Zhao Yun to kill him than to crush a bed bug. Thinking of this, Han Zhan turned his head and ordered Zhao Yun: "Zilong, kill him and avenge Wu'an Ling and the messenger!" ”
Zhao Yun agreed, and was about to ride his horse and rush out, but who knew that Xia Houlan's voice came from the side: "Envoy, kill the chicken with a cattle slaughtering knife, kill an unknown general, why do you want my righteous brother to do it." Pray the envoy to sweep the battle for me, and see me take his head. ”
Jiao Touch saw a young general in a silver helmet and silver armor rushing out of Han Zhan's formation, secretly shouted "It's good", and also urged the mount, brandishing a big knife and rushing forward. He rushed in front of Xiahou Lan, raised the big knife in his hand, and came to split Huashan with a force, trying to split Xiahou Lan in half with one sword.
Xia Houlan dodged sideways and dodged his thunderous blow. Then the spear in his hand stabbed out, straight to the throat of the opponent. Jiao Touch was startled, and hurriedly leaned back, embarrassingly dodging.
After Jiao Touch sat up straight, another swept thousand troops, wanting to cut Xiahou Lan into two pieces. This time, Xia Houlan did not dodge or dodge, but blocked with the spear in his hand and forcibly connected the knife of Jiao Touch.
Jiao Touch's strength was not as good as Xia Houlan's, and he was shocked to the point that his mouth was numb. He was about to slash a third time when Xiahou Lan's spear was already rushing towards his chest. He couldn't dodge it, and he was stabbed in the heart. When Xia Houlan withdrew the spear, Jiao Touch's corpse remained on the horse for a moment before slowly planting it.
"The captain is dead!" Seeing Xiahoulan's spear provoked, those cavalry shouted, turned their horses' heads and fled back.
Zhao Yun raised the spear in his hand and swung it forward, and the five hundred horses in the formation immediately roared out, brandishing their weapons and chasing after the fleeing Yuan soldiers.
Hundreds of cavalry, except for a dozen fast horses, the rest had not yet approached the city, and they were killed respectfully by the cavalry commanded by Zhao Yun like chopping melons and vegetables.
The cavalry was about to rush into the city with the rout, but as soon as they reached the drawbridge, they were stopped by the random arrows fired from the city. Zhao Yun was afraid that his subordinates would suffer losses, so he hurriedly ordered them to stop the pursuit.
When Zhao Yun and his men retreated an arrow away, another group of men and horses came out of the city, led by a military general armed with two swords, followed by two hundred sword and shield men and three hundred pikemen.
After they quickly spread out their formation outside the city, the generals came out and shouted at Zhao Yun: "Bohai Captain Zhang Nan is here, who dares to fight me?" ”
Zhao Yun didn't talk nonsense with the other party, and urged the Jade Lion of the Night to rush forward, raised the gentian bright silver spear and swung away the double knives in the opponent's hand, recovered the gun a little, and then stabbed it violently, piercing Zhang Nan's throat impartially. Zhao Yun took the gun in his hand, and Zhang Nan's corpse rose from the horse, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell heavily to the ground.
The soldiers who came out with Zhang Nan saw that when they saw their captain, they were picked off the horse by others, and they couldn't live. Just as everyone was wondering whether it was time to run away, they heard Zhao Yun shouting loudly: "Those who descend will not die!" ”
The five hundred cavalrymen standing on the opposite side also shouted: "Those who surrender will not die~!" ”
Hearing the shout, these soldiers hurriedly threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground, and said: "I beg the general to spare my life, I will wait for the surrender!" ”