Chapter 0087 Stationed in Wu'an
Zhao Yun ignored these surrendered soldiers, brandished the spear in his hand, and rushed into the city with the cavalry. What is strange is that not only did the defenders on the city wall not release any more arrows, but the soldiers in the city, seeing Zhao Yun and them rushing over, also hurriedly threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt on both sides of the street.
Zhao Yun naturally couldn't slaughter these soldiers who put down their weapons, so he could only continue to lead the cavalry and rush to the county government along the street. There were more than a dozen cavalrymen at the gate of the county ya, and it was the same people who had just gone out to fight with Jiao, and they were pointing at the closed gate of the county ya. Seeing Zhao Yun's cavalry rushing over, he shouted, turned his horse's head and fled.
The cavalry was apparently well acquainted with the city, and had not gone far before disappearing into the alleys on either side of the street. Zhao Yungao raised the gentian bright silver spear in his hand and signaled his subordinates to stop the pursuit. Xia Houlan approached his side and asked puzzledly, "Brother Yi, why don't we chase after him?" ”
"Poor Kou Mo Chase!" Zhao Yun said briefly: "They are very familiar with the terrain in the city, even if we want to, we can't catch up, so let them go." ”
Just as Zhao Yun was about to order everyone to dismount, smash open the gate of the county government and rush in, the gate suddenly opened, and several officials in black official uniforms and a group of officials came out of it.
Seeing a group of white-armored cavalry outside, everyone couldn't help but stop. The official who took the lead walked out of the crowd with a hard head, came to Zhao Yun with a seal ribbon in his hand, and bowed down: "Wu'an County Cheng, see the general!" ”
Zhao Yun did not dismount, but asked condescendingly: "Wu'an County Cheng, let me ask you, how did Wu'an Ling die?" ”
Hearing Zhao Yun's question, the county official knelt on the ground with a puff, put his head on the ground and said in fear: "Back to the general's words, after the county commander received Han Gongzi's letter the day before yesterday, he immediately ordered us to raise money and food to prepare for the army.
Who knew that yesterday, the Marquis of Yixiang sent two lieutenants to touch Zhang Nan and led 100 cavalry to Wu'an to take over military power. I don't know who leaked the news and let the two of them know that the county order was preparing to welcome Han Gongzi, so they led people to rush into the county office and killed the county order and Han Gongzi's messenger......"
Through the county Cheng's narration, Zhao Yun knew how Wu'an Ling and the messenger died, and also figured out why as soon as Jiao Touch Zhang Nan and the two died, the soldiers in the city abandoned their weapons and surrendered, it turned out that in addition to the hundred cavalry, the rest of the people were all county soldiers of Wu'an County, seeing that Jiao Touch Zhang Nan was dead, they naturally refused to sacrifice their lives in vain.
Just when Zhao Yun asked the county Cheng about the situation in the city, Han Zhan came to the outside of the city with the army, looking at the soldiers who were kneeling on the ground, Han Zhan hurriedly dismounted and comforted them with a few words, and then remounted his horse and led the army into Wu'an City.
When the county Cheng saw Han Zhan's arrival, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted, saying, "Wu'an County Cheng sees Han Gongzi." ”
When Han Zhan heard that the other party did not call himself Han Envoy, but Han Gongzi, he knew that this county man was Han Fu's old department, so he hurriedly dismounted and helped the other party up, and said politely: "The county prince doesn't need to be polite, please get up quickly!" ”
The county man stood up and said respectfully: "The county government has been cleaned up, son, please come with me." ”
After Han Zhan instructed Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan to collect and surrender the army, he took Guo Jia, Xun You, Dian Wei and others and followed the county Cheng into the county office. After taking a seat in the main hall, he couldn't help but ask curiously about the situation in Wu'an City: "County Cheng, I want to ask how Wu'an Ling died?" ”
The county man who had just sat down heard Han Zhan's question, and hurriedly stood up and respectfully repeated what he had just said to Zhao Yun. In the end, he sighed and said in a regretful tone: "Jiao touched Zhang Nan and the others were cruel and unkind, after killing the envoy and the messenger, they would also kill the envoy's family cleanly, it is really inferior to beasts." Fortunately, Han Gongzi got rid of the two and avenged Wu Anling. ”
Hearing that Wu Anling was killed by Zhang Nan and the others because of himself, Han Zhan felt extremely guilty in his heart. He was silent for a moment, and then said to the county Cheng: "County Cheng, now that the two thieves have been eliminated, you should go and collect the corpses of Wu Anling's family, so that you can bury them well." ”
"Subordinates receive orders." The county man agreed, gave a deep salute, and walked out of the main hall backwards.
After waiting for the county to leave, Han Zhan turned his head and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, it seems that the Yuan clan has received the news of our expedition, so he preemptively sent his subordinates to take over the military power of the counties along the way, so that our army could not rush to Jizhou as soon as possible." ”
Guo Jia gently shook the feather fan in his hand, and said thoughtfully: "Since Wu'an County is so remote, the Yuan family has sent captains to take over the military power, presumably several large counties, he will send more important generals and more soldiers to take over the military power." In this way, on the road of continuing to advance eastward, we will inevitably meet the Yuan clan's men and soldiers. ”
"Envoy," as soon as Guo Jia's words were finished, Xun You continued: "I will write letters to the Taishou and county orders of those counties, and ask them to be careful to beware of the Yuan family, so as not to sacrifice their lives in vain." ”
Regarding Xun You's proposal, Han Zhan nodded: "Okay, Gongda, I will trouble you to write a few letters and send them to the counties along the way, so that those Taishou and county commanders can provide vigilance, lest one of them accidentally be poisoned by the Yuan family." ”
When Xun You was waving his pen, Zhao Yun walked in from outside and saluted Han Zhan, "Envoy Qi, we have collected a total of 1,800 soldiers and captured 85 war horses, what should we do with it?" ”
"Incorporate them into our army, and when we leave Wu'an County, we will transfer a thousand men from our original soldiers and horses to defend Wu'an City, lest the Yuan clan copy our back road." After Han Zhan finished giving the order, he asked with concern: "Zilong, how are the casualties of our army?" ”
"Replying to the envoy's words," Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The cavalry wounded eleven people, and two were killed. ”
Knowing that the number of casualties was so small, Han Zhan felt a little surprised, according to his thoughts, how could there be forty or fifty casualties in the battle just now, and as a result, there were no more than twenty people in total, even dead and wounded.
Seeing Han Zhan's surprised expression, Zhao Yun hurriedly explained to him: "After the captain of the Yuan army died in battle, the soldiers had no fighting spirit and wanted to flee in a hurry, so the casualties of our army would be so insignificant. ”
After Xun You's letters were written, Han Zhan ordered Zhao Yun to send these letters to the Taishou and county orders of the counties along the way, and instructed Dian Wei: "We will camp in Wu'an City tonight, and you must send more men to guard the four gates, and beware of the Yuan clan sending people to sneak attack." ”
As soon as Dian Wei waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he hurriedly bowed his hand to him and said, "Please rest assured, Dian Wei will personally lead people to patrol tonight to ensure that not a single bird can fly into Wu'an City." ”