Chapter 229: The Hunt Begins
щ{][lā}?. 2. The plan has been decided, Yuan Tan is like a hunter who is now prey, immediately pounced fiercely, in order to seize the opportunity, he issued the order of 'soldiers and horses to cross at night', under the hazy moonlight, hundreds of fishing boats of all sizes shuttled back and forth on the river, and it took only one night to send all 60,000 Qingzhou soldiers and horses over!
After crossing the river, the army did not stop, but continued to rush and went straight to Xuzhou...... Pengcheng, in order to speed up the march, Yuan Tan held a sword, personally supervised the team behind, and issued a strict order: "Soldiers and soldiers, those who arrive in Pengcheng first, will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the official will be promoted to three levels, and those who dare to be one step behind will be killed!" ”
In front of the yellow gold, behind the bright sword, the soldiers naturally know how to choose, one by one throw off the thighs, round their arms, with the strength of milk, running straight sweat, foaming at the mouth, small tongues are spitting out the old ......
Although it was a little hard, but the army was progressing very smoothly, there was no resistance in the city along the way, and even the wolf smoke of the early warning was not lit, and the people in many places also opened the city gates, led cattle and sheep, and came to **** with wine, showing extraordinary enthusiasm!
Seeing this situation, Yuan Tan was very proud in his heart, what is the meaning of 'eating pot pulp, in order to welcome the king', this is the best explanation, it is really the desire of the people, but in order not to affect the degree of the march, the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou did not enter the city to rest, and they did not even ask for the cattle and sheep sent, and the soldiers of the whole army only brought three days of rations, day and night, and there was only one goal~~ Pengcheng!
A knife can pierce the heart of the enemy, so don't be tempted by other targets, even if it's close at hand, this is a wise saying that everyone who commands the army knows!
Pengcheng is the seat of Xuzhou, and it is also the place where the most money and grain are accumulated, as long as it is taken here, it is equivalent to controlling the land of the five counties of Xuzhou, and even if Xiao Yi brings troops back to help, it will be useless!
As for Xiaobawang-Sun Ce, Yuan Tan has already made up his mind, when the big thing is over, it would be good to divide him with a few small cities from the border, or, simply not give him one, people's ambitions are endless, "Xuzhou is in hand, Yangzhou is in sight, this world will be mine sooner or later!" ”
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60,000 soldiers galloped all the way, no one took off their armor, and the horse did not leave the saddle, and finally arrived at Pengcheng at night on the third day!
Pengcheng in the night is very gloomy, only a little light flickering, and the zigzag city wall is like the teeth of a giant beast, dense, hideous and terrifying, as if ready to devour countless lives at any time!
Looking at the tall city tower, many people sat directly on the ground, threw knives and guns, and began to pant desperately, and if they didn't take a break, they would not spit at the mouth, but vomit blood!
"Pengcheng, as well as the whole of Xuzhou, are all owned by this son!" On horseback, Yuan Tan looked up to the sky and laughed, after this battle, he should be famous all over the world, right? Being able to take Xuzhou from the hands of 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang', such a record is enough to shock the world, and it also proves his mortal ability, and his father will also be impressed, and when the time comes, the position of the heir of the Yuan family will be none other than this son!
"Come on, light a bonfire, signal!"
"No!"
Soon, three bonfires were burning, Yuan Tan and the others were staring at the city tower, according to the previous agreement, the big families of the scholars in the city would light three torches, and then kill the soldiers defending the city, and cooperate with the Qingzhou soldiers and horses to enter the city!
A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, three quarters of an hour......
More than half an hour has passed, there is no movement on the dark city tower, not to mention the torches, not even a little spark has been seen, which can't help but make the Qingzhou soldiers very depressed, everyone has traveled a long way to come, and they are about to vomit blood, they thought they could kill into the city, grab a good time, have a good time, but the night wind blew stupidly, and they had a hot sweat, and now they were blown by the cold wind, many people feel soft, their hands and feet are sore, and they can no longer lift their strength!
"Mr. Yuanlong, why don't you see the person who answered?" Yuan Tan's face was also gloomy, tens of thousands of horses ran to the city with great difficulty, but no one answered inside, isn't this a joke?
"Well, let's go down and listen to one or two!" Chen Deng was also confused, the code that was clearly agreed, could it be that these people regretted it halfway, or were restrained by something,
"One, two, three, great......" was in doubt, three torches suddenly lit up on the city tower, Chen Deng suddenly showed joy, and before he could laugh, he was surprised, "Five, six, seven......"
The number of torches continued to increase, and finally there were tens of thousands, and they continued to extend from both sides of the city tower to the wilderness, forming a big circle, which was surrounded by 60,000 Qingzhou soldiers!
"Oh no, we've been tricked!" Seeing this scene, the Qingzhou soldiers suddenly panicked, even the dullest people understood at this time that they were surrounded, and they were surrounded on all sides, impermeable, and there was not even a way to live!
Yuan Tan was stupid, Liu Bei was stunned, and the 60,000 soldiers were even more chaotic, thinking that they were here to hunt, but they were about to finish, but the situation was reversed in an instant, it turned out that he was the prey, or a prey that fell into the pit stupidly!
"What to do? How is it good? …… Finished! “
The emotions of panic, fear, and despair quickly spread among the army, and everyone could see that such an impenetrable encirclement network, if you want to escape, it will be difficult to ascend to heaven!
Of course, there is one person who is not afraid at all, and that is Chen Deng, because he clearly knows that he is destined to die, and he has brought the 60,000 army into the enemy's encirclement, even if he is lucky enough to rush out, Yuan Tan will not spare him, death is certain, but he doesn't want to die in vain, what is going on?
At this moment, the figure of the most dense torch on the city tower flashed, and a great future came out, with a cold iron armor, a ghost helmet, and a cold sword, which was the governor of Zhengxi ~ Xuzhou Mu ~ Xiao Yi!
"Mr. Yuanlong, I haven't seen you for a few months, don't come to call for harm?" Touching the city wall, Xiao Yi's voice came out slowly in the night breeze, calm and elegant, just like an ordinary hunt!
"Ghost-faced Xiao Lang! ~~ Ghost Face Xiao Lang! ”
The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, seeing Xiao Yi standing proudly at the head of the city, the Qingzhou soldiers in the encirclement suddenly exclaimed, they dared to come to attack Xuzhou, one is to covet the wealth here, and the other reason is to take advantage of Xiao Yi's absence, if they know that this 'killing god' is here, they will not be sent to death no matter how much money they have!
"Ghost-faced Xiao Lang, you? …… Aren't you playing in the mountains and rivers in Chenliu? Chen Deng's eyes were about to pop out, in order to sneak attack Xuzhou, he had put a lot of effort into sending countless spies to investigate the situation, he was very sure that just two days ago, Xiao Yi was still playing in Chen Liushan, could it be that he fell from the sky?
"Hehe, what Mr. Yuanlong said is good, two days ago, the governor of Bendu was playing in Chenliu, and there are beautiful women as companions, but is it~", Xiao Yi pointed his fingers in all directions, with a proud face, the Xuanjia iron cavalry under the command of the governor of Bendu is all one in a thousand warriors, under the full gallop, it can travel more than 300 miles in one day and night, and it is more than enough to rush back to Pengcheng in two days, hehe, the governor of Bendu still has time to take a bath and change into a battle robe! ”
"The Metropolitan Governor is mighty!"
"The Metropolitan Governor is mighty!"
Torches swayed and shouts erupted, and the soldiers expressed their respect in this way...... "Follow the Governor and win the battle!" “
"Okay, ghost-faced Xiao Lang, with soldiers like gods, admire below, but what about you, what are you for?" The corners of Chen Deng's eyes really cracked, and he could see very clearly that there was still a group of people standing beside Xiao Yi, who were the heads of the scholar clan in Xuzhou, and they were also his former partners, and they were the culprits who killed him!
Chen Deng couldn't understand, Xiao Yi was brutal and unkind, bloodthirsty and murderous, and even more ruthless in dealing with the Shi clan, their Chen family was washed in blood overnight, it stands to reason that the Shi clan should hate him to the bone, why on the contrary, these people want to help the abuse?
"Mr. Yuanlong hasn't woken up yet, since the governor of Dadu took over, drying sea salt, relieving locusts, relieving the people, opening academies and ......, there are countless such good deeds, and the people of Xuzhou are happy to die for it, as if they are heavenly beings, how can they be bewitched by a few words of your rhetoric and make a betrayal?"
It is Chen Qun who speaks, and now among the scholars in Xuzhou, with his family, since Xiao Yi took power, although he has cut off a lot of heads, he can do a lot of good things, that is, he also takes care of them and these scholars.
Besides, even if they want to betray, they don't have the ability, Xiao Yi has run Xuzhou through the wind and rain, and the people's hearts are attached, even if the scholars want to rebel, the people below will not agree, so as soon as Chen Deng's letter was delivered, they reported it, Xiao Yi will plan, and with his hand, he caught Yuan Tan, a big fish, this is what happened in the past!
"I see, Xiao Yi ~ Ghost Face Xiao Lang, it is my great misfortune to meet you in this life, but it is a great luck for the people of Xuzhou!" Chen Deng's face is like ashes, he has lost, he has lost completely, if there is an afterlife, don't be an enemy of this person!
"Hehe, it's an honor to be praised, but the soldiers still lack a military merit in exchange for a future, so let's borrow your heads!" Xiao Yi smiled coldly, and waved the sword in his hand, "The hunt begins~~~ kill!" ”