Chapter 156: The Sandpiper and the Clam Fight
LΓΌ Bu defeated Cao Cao's army outside Juye City, so he led his soldiers and horses to return to Juye City. But when Lu Bu arrived at Juye City, Juye City had already been replaced with Zhuge Jin's banner, and the city was full of the banners of the Hell Demon Army.
Lu Bu of the Hell Yaksha Banner knew it, and he knew that this was the escort team around Tao Ying, known as the most elite unit in Pengcheng, so Lu Bu lingered under the city for a long time, and he didn't dare to enter the city.
"My lord, there is the Hell Demon Army in front, and the Prime Minister must be in the city."
Chen Gong beside Lu Bu rode his horse and looked at the city for a long time, and then said slowly. Lu Bu nodded, and then asked Zhang Liao to talk.
Zhang Liao rode to the outside of the city, and when he heard that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses had returned, Zhuge Jin hurried to the city wall. Standing on the city and looking out of the city from afar, the evening sky was a little foggy, and the distance was a little cloudy, and I couldn't see the horizon.
There were no soldiers and horses from Xuzhou in Lu Bu's army, which made Zhuge Jin a little surprised.
"Brother, didn't the second uncle lead the troops and horses to pursue Cao Bing with Marshal Lu? Why is it that now, Marshal Lu is back, but the second uncle is missing? β
When Zhuge Jin hesitated, his younger brother Zhuge Liang asked beside him. The second uncle in his mouth is none other than Xu Sheng, the younger brother of his stepfather Tao Ying.
"Could it be that Lu Bu killed General Xu?"
Zhuge Jin was a little worried.
Zhang Liao saw Zhuge Jin in the city under the city, and hurriedly shouted to the city: "General Zhuge general, open the city gate quickly, the marshal is back!" β
Zhuge Jin lowered his head and looked at Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao waved at Zhuge Jin with a happy face! Zhuge Jin couldn't help but curse, picked up an arrow from his side and shot it at Zhang Liao.
An arrow flew in, and Zhang Liao hurriedly dodged sideways. Zhuge Jin was about to release the arrow again, but Zhang Liao shouted with some puzzlement: "General Zhuge , why did you shoot me?" β
Zhuge Jin also shouted in the city: "My lord took you in, why did he harm my lord?" β
Speaking of harming people, Zhang Liao became even more depressed, how could he have hurt him? So Zhang Liao shouted under the city: "It's too late for us to be grateful to the Prime Minister, how can we harm him?" β
Zhuge Jin didn't care about him, just shouted: "Don't pretend anymore, hurry up!" If my lord doesn't come back for a day, you won't want to enter Juye City! β
Zhang Liao saw that he couldn't make sense of Zhuge Jin, so he had to go back and tell Lu Bu. Lu Bu also sighed, and led the soldiers and horses to camp elsewhere.
It is said that when Zhao Yun escorted Tao Ying to flee to Jinxiang, Tao Ying gathered nearly 3,000 troops left by Li Dian in Jinxiang, and then headed towards Changyi City.
Changyi City is still the largest city in Sanyang County, the capital of Shanyang County, and one of the few cities that has not been destroyed by the war. Therefore, Tao Ying wanted to settle down in Changyi City, and then gather his own military horses, or return to Pengcheng to defend Ji Ling, or continue to mediate with Lu Bu and Cao Cao, anyway, this time, he will not choose to be passive forever like before!
When Zhao Yun escorted Tao to Changyi City in a hurry, Changyi City was already full of Liu Bei's banner at this time, which made Tao Ying puzzled!
Tao Ying wanted to go to the city to ask clearly, but next to him, Zhao Yun said: "Big brother, we don't know how many soldiers and horses there are in the city, so don't fall into the trap again." β
In the cold wind, Tao Ying felt like a defeated rooster for the first time. Who is the winner of this war? Is it Cao Cao? Liu Bei? Lu Bu? Or Qingzhou Yuan Tan or Huainan Yuan Shu?
I was played in the drum, maybe this was originally their princes who joined forces to play their own! But it's a big game.
Abandoning Changyi, the capital of Shanyang County, Tao Ying continued to lead his troops towards Liangqiu City in the west. Walking north along Surabaya, less than forty miles away, suddenly a troop of soldiers and horses appeared on the side of the mighty Surabaya River.
Tao Ying stood on a hillside, looking far ahead, and on the cloud-covered Surabaya River, a military horse that had spread deep into the woods was rushing towards him like a locust in the sky.
Look at that formation, that number of centaurs is at least no less than 10,000!
Forward, it is the enemy and I do not know the ten thousand people to block, and the retreat is to hide from Liu Da'er, who is known as the righteous world, Tao Ying does not know what to do. The 3,000 men and horses around him are not elite troops, and if they are surrounded at this time, there is only one way to die.
When they were in a dilemma, it seemed that they had also discovered that there were military horses here, so a few fast horses galloped towards this place. Anyway, he couldn't escape, Tao Ying chose to face it calmly, rather than being defeated without knowing it, it was better to know who was behind the scenes this time, and let himself be convinced of the loss.
As soon as the tanma in front of him bypassed the low riverbank, he recognized the Xuzhou soldiers and horses wearing battle armor beside Tao Ying at a glance. Seeing that several people on the opposite side were still wearing Xuzhou clothes, Tao Ying's tense heart suddenly relaxed.
Those few people saw that Zhao Yun was surrounded by a person, and saw that the dress looked very similar to Tao Ying, so several people hurriedly ran over, got closer, and found that the person was indeed Tao Ying.
Several dismounted, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Excellency! β
Tao Ying asked them up, and then asked with some eagerness, "What about Wang Taishou?" Why didn't Wang Taishou guard Changyi City, why was it taken away by Liu Bei? β
The little soldier knelt on the ground and didn't dare to speak, so Tao Ying asked them to lead the way and asked Wang Taishou to come over to see him. Tao Yinglema stood on the hill, and when he turned his head, he could see the smoke rising from the city of Changyi behind him.
After half a pillar of incense, when the evening sun breaks through the clouds again and falls on the Surabaya River, the reeds fluttering on both sides make the beginning of winter even more bleak.
Wang Taishou rode a horse and led nearly 10,000 horses towards Tao Ying, and when Wang Taishou arrived at Tao Ying's side, he hurriedly dismounted and knelt on the ground.
Tao Ying looked at the dusty Wang Taishou, what was his name, Tao Ying even forgot. But his hair on the ground was a little mottled, but he still had to ride around on horseback, so Tao Ying really couldn't bear to blame him anymore.
Dismounted and helped Wang Taishou up, and the old lady's hands trembled a little.
"Wang Taishou, when I leave, my third brother will try to ensure that you come to Changyi. Why did Changyi fall into Liu Bei's hands this time? β
Tao Ying spoke very softly, and Wang Taishou lowered his head and said: "The lord forgives me, I was stationed in Changyi City, who knew that Sun Qian suddenly ran to say that the lord was surrounded by Lu Bu's army in Juye." In fact, all these so-called negotiations are fake, Cao Cao has already colluded with Lu Bu, and they are the ones who deceived the lord to come to die! The old slave didn't want the lord to have any strengths and weaknesses, so he led the troops to the rescue. β
"Sun Qian?"
Could it be that his brother did it?
I don't know why, this idea suddenly popped into Tao Ying's mind.