Chapter 0099: Clever Capture of Guangping City

Chu Ge's strong crossbowmen condescendingly released arrows, and a round of arrows rained down, and Yuan Jun was immediately killed and wounded. Han Juzi has been in battle for a long time and knows how to deal with the attack of the troops, but unfortunately he has been killed by several arrows, leaving only a second son who has never been on the battlefield.

The crossbow arrows shot by the strong crossbowmen in the woods one after another, and the unobstructed Yuan army on the official road fell to the ground one after another. In just a few minutes, nearly a thousand people were killed or wounded.

Seeing his subordinates screaming and falling in the rain of arrows, and the wounded who were hit by arrows and would not die for the time being, lying on the ground and wailing, Yuan Xi was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly slapped his mount and rushed forward, wanting to get out of this place of death as soon as possible.

Seeing that Yuan Xi didn't turn his horse and fled back, he rushed forward in an attempt to rush towards Guangping City, which surprised Han Zhan. He was about to get on his horse to chase after him, but he heard a bowstring sound beside him, and an arrow flew towards Yuan Xi like lightning and hit the war horse under his crotch. The war horse was in pain, and the man stood up and threw Yuan Xi to the ground.

Han Zhan turned his head and found that the person who shot the arrow was Xia Houlan. He put down the iron-tired bow in his hand, pulled out the spear inserted in the ground, pointed at the position where Yuan Xi fell off the horse with the tip of the spear, and said loudly: "Go to two people and tie him up." ”

This is Zhao Yun on the opposite side of the official road leading the cavalry, rushing down from the hillside and rushing straight to the Yuan army that was in chaos on the official road. The crossbowmen in the woods were afraid of injuring their own people by mistake, and they also stopped shooting. The foot soldiers, who had long been ready to attack, slowly walked out of the woods in formation, only waiting for the cavalry to rush Yuan's army to pieces, and then go to destroy the remnants of Yuan's army.

Hundreds of war horses galloped down from the hillside, and the movement of the trampling was like rolling thunder, and Yuan Jun on the official road felt that the ground under his feet also trembled, and the shock generated by the oncoming impact of the war horses was no longer something that words could express. reacted quickly, shouted, turned around and fled; But many more soldiers stood stupidly in place, kicked in the head by the hooves of their horses, slammed backwards by the great inertia of their horses, or pierced in the chests with spears by horsemen on horseback.

Han Zhan's order to Zhao Yun was to disrupt the formation of the Yuan army, and the cavalry was divided into two, going north and south respectively to cut off the retreat of the Yuan army. But after the cavalry chiseled through the formation of the Yuan army, the remaining Yuan troops did not dare to flee at all, they knew that their legs would never be able to outrun the horse's four legs, so they simply threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt down and surrendered.

The foot soldiers who had just come out of the woods were extremely depressed, they really didn't expect Yuan Jun to be so unbeaten, and they had not yet entered the battle, and they actually surrendered. Now that the Yuan army has surrendered, the officers and soldiers of the Han family army will naturally not embarrass them, so they will clean up the battlefield by themselves.

After a meal, Zhao Yun rode to Han Zhan and said to him, "Second brother, the results of the battle have been counted. 715 people of Yuan's army were killed by crossbow arrows, 429 were killed by cavalry, and 856 were captured, including more than 300 wounded. ”

After hearing this, Han Zhan said to Zhao Yun with a smile: "Big brother, there is another captive here, you forgot to count it." As he spoke, he instructed Xiahou Lan, who was standing aside, to "bring him up." ”

Xia Houlan nodded, and beckoned his subordinates to escort a Yuan general who was tied up with five flowers. Zhao Yun looked at the young Yuan general in armor and asked Han Zhan tentatively: "Second brother, could it be that this is Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family?" ”

"Big brother guessed right," Han Zhan nodded and said, "He is Yuan Xi." ”

Hearing that this person was Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi, Zhao Yun restrained the smile on his face and said to Han Zhan with a serious expression: "Second brother, take a step to speak." ”

After the two came to the side, Zhao Yun asked Han Zhan in a low voice, "Second brother, what are you going to do with the second son of the Yuan family?" ”

Hearing his eldest brother ask, Han Zhan understood that the other party must have something in mind, so he asked rhetorically, "Big brother, what do you say you should do?" ”

"If we kill Yuan Xi, we will have a mortal enmity with Yuan Shao." Zhao Yun said with some embarrassment: "But if you want to let him go, you will let the tiger return to the mountain." It's not easy to do. ”

"What's so bad," Han Zhan said with a big grin: "Since I don't know how to deal with him, let's lock him up first, and then deal with him when we have a grudge with Yuan Shao." But before I do, I'm going to ask him to do something for me. ”

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yun asked curiously.

Han Zhan smiled and said, "I plan to use him to win the city gate of Guangping." ”

Although Han Zhan said very briefly, Zhao Yun immediately asked with understanding: "What does the second brother mean, is it that we disguised ourselves as reinforcements from Jizhou and swaggered into Guangping City?" ”

"That's right," Han Zhan nodded and said, "That's how I thought about it." ”

Han Zhan and Zhao Yun returned to Yuan Xi's face, and Han Zhan deliberately asked with a straight face: "Second Prince Yuan, let me ask you, do you want to die or live?" ”

"I want to live, I want to live, of course I want to live." Hearing Han Zhan's question, Yuan Xi kept nodding his head like a chicken pecking rice: "If Han Gongzi has something, even if he orders, he will definitely do the work of dogs and horses." ”

Seeing that Yuan Xi was eager to survive, Han Zhan didn't go around in circles with him, but said bluntly: "I want you to help us open the gate of Guangping City." ”

"Call open the gates of Quang Binh City?" Hearing Han Zhan's request, Yuan Xi had always been silent, his mind running rapidly, thinking about whether he should agree to Han Zhan's request.

Seeing that Yuan Xi didn't speak for a long time, Han Zhan knew that he was still hesitating, so he deliberately scared him and said, "Since Yuan Ergongzi is unwilling, then Ben Hou is not reluctant." Speaking of this, he raised his voice, "Someone~!" ”

"Whoa!" Luo Bu and several soldiers standing next to him agreed in unison, startling Yuan Xi. He knelt down in front of Han Zhan with a puff, and said repeatedly: "Master Han spares his life, spares his life." I am willing to serve you and help you open the gate of Guangping. ”

Han Zhan glanced at Zhao Yun and signaled that his plan had succeeded. Zhao Yun smiled silently and shook his head, feeling that his righteous brother was really a little clever sometimes.

Han Zhan pretended to be reluctant and said to Yuan Xi: "Second Prince Yuan, will you be a little too reluctant to do this." I think it's better to forget it. ”

"Not reluctantly, not reluctantly at all." Yuan Xi shook his head like a rattle, and swore to Han Zhan and said, "I am willing to serve Han Gongzi, please don't doubt me." ”

"Okay, since Second Prince Yuan is so gracious, then I will reluctantly accept your kindness." Han Zhan said, asked Luo Bu to untie Yuan Xi's rope, and then pulled Zhao Yun aside and said to him: "Big brother, you immediately send someone to inform Fengxiao and Gongda's cousin, and order them to immediately send troops to cooperate with us to take Guangping." ”

Han Zhan left 500 soldiers to take care of the captured Yuan soldiers, and dug pits and buried the corpses of those Yuan soldiers on the spot. The remaining 3,500 people took off their white helmets and armor outside, revealing the Jizhou military uniforms inside, pretending to be reinforcements from Jizhou, and swaggered towards Guangping City along the official road.

When he came to the north gate of Guangping City, Han Zhan saw that the city gate was closed, so he asked Luo Bu to come forward and call the city. One of the chiefs of the city poked his head out and asked in a loud voice, "What part of you are from?" ”

"We are officers and soldiers from Jizhou," Luo Bu raised his head and shouted loudly at the city tower: "The second prince is here, don't you open the door quickly." ”

"Second son?" When the tun chief on the city tower heard Rob shouting like this, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where is the second son?" ”

Yuan Xi was being held in the middle by Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan at the moment, and when he heard the question of the chief on the city tower, he hurriedly cast an inquiring glance at Han Zhan. Seeing Han Zhan bowing slightly, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan gave way to both sides so that Yuan Xi could step forward immediately.

Yuan Xi urged the horse to take a few steps forward, came to Rob's side, raised his head and shouted to the tun chief on the city tower: "Bastard, don't you know who I am? ”

The tun chief on the city tower is from Bohai County, and naturally knows the second son of the Yuan family, and after confirming the identity of the people under the city, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates loudly: "Open the city gate, put down the drawbridge, and welcome the second son into the city!" ”

Soon, the gates were opened, and the drawbridge was lowered. In order to curry favor with Yuan Xi, the tun chief hurriedly came down from the city tower and stood outside the city gate to respectfully greet the army outside the city.

Zhao Yun led the cavalry first and came to the city gate, he roared violently, stabbed the tun chief at the gate with a shot, and then swung his gun and took the lead in rushing into the city. Five hundred horsemen, waving their weapons, swung in behind him.

Chun Yuqiong and Chen Zhen were having lunch in the Taishou Mansion, when they suddenly heard the sound of killing outside the mansion. Chun Yuqiong hurriedly got up and walked outside the hall, and asked loudly at the soldiers standing outside the hall, "What's going on outside, why is it so noisy?" ”

At this moment, a military marquis stumbled in from the outside and shouted loudly at Chun Yuqiong: "General, it's not good, the Han family army has entered the city." ”

"Nonsense!" Hearing what the military marquis said, Chun Yuqiong's eyes suddenly widened, and he said angrily: "They didn't attack the city at all today, did they fall from the sky?" ”

"Back to the general's words," the marquis knelt down on one knee and reported: "The Han army ambushed the reinforcements from Jizhou and captured the second son. They pretended to be reinforcements and used the second son to earn the city gate......"

"General Chunyu," Chen Zhen heard this, and walked over to ask Chun Yuqiong: "What should we do?" ”

"What else can I do?" Chun Yuqiong said angrily: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, come here, take my armor and weapons, I will fight to the death with the Han family." ”

Chun Yuqiong finished draping, and as soon as he rode out of the Taishou Mansion, he met Zhao Yun who rushed over. After only two rounds of fighting, he was captured alive by Zhao Yunsheng. When his soldiers saw that the Lord was about to be captured, they either turned around and ran, or abandoned their weapons and surrendered on their knees. After capturing Chun Yuqiong, Zhao Yun turned over and dismounted again, and rushed into the Taishou Mansion with a group of subordinates to capture Taishou Chen Zhen.

Dian Wei, who was hidden in the private house, although he didn't know that Zhao Yun led his troops to rush into Guangping, but when he saw that the city was in chaos, the defenders in the south of the city moved to the north of the city. He decisively gathered his subordinates to kill the south gate, scattered the soldiers guarding the gate, and opened the city gate to welcome the army led by Xun You and Guo Jia into the city.

Chun Yuqiong and Taishou Chen Zhen were captured successively, the Yuan army in the city was leaderless, and Han Zhan's army entered the city from the north and south gates respectively, except for a few people who escaped from the city from the east and west gates, the rest obediently abandoned their weapons and surrendered.