Jian Yong always felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help but continue to ask: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses the lord sent to escort him?" ”

Tao Qian suddenly laughed and said: "With the Jingzhou army of 20,000 cavalry, what soldiers and horses do you need to send Tao?" ”

This is the reason why Tao Qian is in a good mood, a few days ago he was helpless because so many Jingzhou troops suddenly came, who knew that they were all gone at once, like a fish bone stuck in the throat, and suddenly he went down, can he not be happy?

When Jian Yong heard that the Jingzhou army had left, he was a little surprised, and muttered: "The Jingzhou army has increased so many troops at once, how could it have withdrawn for no reason?" There must be a ghost in this! ”

"Hey, Mr. Jane is suspicious." Tao Qian waved his hand and said, "The Jingzhou Army is here to escort that little divine doctor. Now that Tao's illness has been cured, and the little doctor is homesick and proposes to return to Xiangyang, it is inconvenient for Tao to stay. Now that the little divine doctors are gone, there is no reason why those Jingzhou troops who serve as guards should not leave. These Jingzhou troops not only escorted the little divine doctor, but also escorted the Zizhong brothers and sisters, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone. ”

Jian Yong groaned: "No, who will escort Lord Mi back to Xuzhou?" ”

Tao Qian laughed and said: "How did Mr. Jian know that there are more than 10,000 slaves in Zizhong's family, and he brought six or seven thousand people this time, even if there is no Jingzhou army escort, who is not a long-eyed thief dares to touch his mind." ”

Jian Yong asked, "Did Lord Mi bring a lot of property with him?" ”

Tao Qian said without thinking: "The Mi family is the richest man in Xuzhou, with a huge amount of money, his daughter is married, how can the dowry not be rich, who married his daughter is really a blessing from the previous life!" ”

Jian Yong lost his voice and said, "The Lord is tolerant!" Mi Zhu will never come back! ”

Tao Qian is not stupid, Jian Yong asked so many things one after another, how could he not be suspicious, and he faintly felt that there was something wrong here.

In fact, not only Jian Yong saw it, but Chen, Chen Deng, and Sun Qian all saw it, but they had a very good relationship with Mi Zhu, and they got a lot of benefits from Zhang Liao, even if they saw it, it was inconvenient to say it to Tao Qian. People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. They have long heard that the Jingxiang area is rich and prosperous, and the society is stable, and Xuzhou is facing the pressure of Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Xuan, and is in the midst of ups and downs.

Tao Qian is old after all, if he was young, he would have taken the case a long time ago, although he feels that it is wrong, he refuses to be convinced, and said: "Mr. Jian does not need to panic, Zizhong has always been loyal to Tao, how could he abandon Tao?" ”

Jian Yong's mind quickly turned a few thoughts, this is a good opportunity for Liu Bei to take charge of the power of Xuzhou, if it is operated properly, although it is not possible to sit in the position of Xuzhou Mu, but it is better than living in Xiaopei. Thinking of this, Jian Yong arched his hand and said: "If the lord doesn't believe it, just send someone to Mi Mansion to take a look." If Lord Mi's wives and concubines and children are all in the house, then Lord Mi is undoubtedly going to send off his relatives; If his wife, concubines, and children are gone, then Lord Mi will definitely escape! ”

Xuzhou City is not big, the news was quickly reported back, Mifu was already empty, even the slaves who stayed in the house yesterday were nowhere to be found, and the house was a mess.

Tao Qian is not a native of Xuzhou, and since he was the assassin of Xuzhou, he has not been treated well by the local scholars in Xuzhou, and only a few local scholars such as Mi Zhu and Chen Deng are willing to stand on his side. Among these local scholars, regardless of fame, strength, and wealth, they should all be the leaders of the Mi family, and Mi Zhu has always spared no effort to support Tao Qian. Now, when he suddenly heard that Mi Zhu was going to abandon him, Tao Qian seemed to have been stripped of his backbone, and he was speechless for a while.

How could Jian Yong let go of such an opportunity, and hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, although Mi Zhu has been gone for a while, he has many slaves and a lot of property, and the speed must not be fast, as long as he is short of a light horse, he can catch up." Without further ado, please make a decision as soon as possible! ”

Tao Qian hesitated for a moment and sighed: "Forget it, he has the Jingzhou army to escort, I heard that Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are not worthy of courage, who is their opponent in Xuzhou City?" Let him go! ”

Jian Yong bowed and said: "Don't worry, Lord Liu's second brother, General Guan, is strong in martial arts, and can be defeated by Zhang and Gao's second generals, so my subordinates will rush back to Xiaopei, please send troops and horses quickly, and the two roads will go out together, and Mi Zhu will definitely be chased back!" ”

Sure enough, as Jian Yong expected, there were many old and weak women and children in Mi Zhu's group, and they drove many big cars, and the speed of travel was very slow, and they did not leave Xuzhou for two days. In the middle of the line, I suddenly saw a lot of smoke and dust behind me, and a biao army horse flew over. Mi Zhu's family members and slaves had never seen this kind of battle, and they suddenly became chaotic. Gao Shun led 5,000 elite soldiers to be responsible for the break, seeing this situation, he waved the spear in his hand, and the three armies immediately stopped, quickly lined up in formation, and blocked the way of the army and horses.

The Biao army horses that got up from behind were all cavalry, about 5,000 people, and the first one with an iron spear in his hand, came out of the crowd, and shouted: "Dare to ask where Lord Mi is, the last general will be ordered by the lord to return to Xuzhou quickly, and there are important matters to discuss!" ”

Although Gao Shun did not have much time in Xuzhou, he was also led by Zhang Liao to visit the civil and military officials in Xuzhou one by one, and recognized this person as Cao Bao, the general under Tao Qian. Tao Qian dislikes the poor and loves the rich, the Cao family is a big family in Xuzhou, almost as famous as the Mi family, Cao Bao also became the first general under Tao Qian, in fact, he does not have much talent in military affairs. However, because Cao Bao was one of Tao Qian's cronies, he naturally became one of the officials that Zhang Liao befriended, so after Gao Shun arrived in Xuzhou, the first one to visit was Mi Zhu, and the second was Cao Bao, so he knew him.

Seeing the other party menacing, Gao Shun had no fear, although the other party was cavalry, he was infantry, but these infantry were carefully selected by him from the Fourth Legion, and after strict training, he had his own set of tactics to deal with cavalry.

It's just that the two sides haven't reached the time to tear their faces, and Gao Shun is not good at taking the lead, so he put the horse slowly out of the front of the battle, and immediately bowed his hand and said: "It turned out to be General Cao, Lord Mi has escorted Miss to the front, I don't know what is important for Lord Tao to summon each other, according to what Gao saw, let's wait until Miss Mi and General Zhang get married." ”

Zhang Liao has been in Xuzhou for many years, Cao Bao also knows his prestige, and when he saw that it was Gao Shun who came from the other side, not Zhang Liao, he couldn't help but put his mind at ease and said in a deep voice: "Cao only knows that he acts on the orders of my lord, and he doesn't ask anything else, General Gao is going to embarrass Cao?" ”

"Hahahaha......" Gao Shun laughed loudly, suddenly sank his face, and said, "After Gao is ordered by General Zhang, you have to go over, and ask Gao if he is willing to agree to this gun in his hand!" ”

Cao Bao was furious, urged the war horse under the crotch, and came to fight Gao Shun with a gun, Gao Shun raised his gun to greet him, and the two horses intersected, and the two fought in one place, fighting for about ten rounds. How Cao Bao was Gao Shun's opponent, gradually his marksmanship was scattered, his strength was weak, and he turned his horse and left.

Gao Shun didn't chase after him, and said loudly: "Cao Bao, you go back and tell Tao Qian, just say that Lord Mi has switched to my father-in-law." Mi Daren's houses and fields in Xuzhou still hope that he will take more care, if there is a mistake, my lord will come to talk to him! ”

Cao Bao bullied Gao Shun as a pawn, he retreated to the front of the formation, as soon as he reined in the war horse, he pointed the iron gun in his hand, and shouted: "Brothers, rush over and capture Gao Shun alive with a reward of one hundred taels!" ”

The five thousand light horsemen shouted, urged the war horses, and rushed towards the Gao Shun formation. The Xuzhou cavalry is not equipped with stirrups, the main means of combat is cavalry shooting, charging and killing is not their strength, plus the two sides are not far apart, the speed of the war horse has not completely risen, and it has reached the front of the opponent's formation.

Gao Shun snorted coldly, and the spear pointed at the opposite side, and many black clay pots were suddenly thrown out of the infantry formation. When the pots fell to the ground, they immediately fell to pieces, and many nails burst out, and the cavalrymen immediately flipped on their backs. However, after all, the two sides were too close, and many cavalry still rushed to the front. However, before they could wave the steel knives in their hands, the horses fell to the ground with a scream, and the knights on the horses were instantly pierced by four or five spears.

It turned out that behind the shield of Gaoshun's army, many long knives and big axes were stretched out, ash spears were stretched out, long knives and axes were used to split horse legs, and ash guns were used to stab knights. And these light horses did not get up due to their speed, and the impact power was very limited, and the soldiers who were holding the shields only shook their bodies under such an impact, and there was no scene of broken bones and tendons and blood spraying wildly.

Cao Bao's personal martial arts are still a little bit, but the fact of commanding the battle is too far away, and these cavalry are really a kind of Lang fee in his hands. In the blink of an eye, Cao Bao's cavalry had fallen by more than 2,000 people. Cao Bao was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered Mingjin. These Xuzhou light horsemen came and went faster, and when they heard the sound of the gong, they were defeated backwards like a tide.

But how could Gao Shun let them retreat calmly, the bow and crossbow that were not fired just now because they were too close now happened to come in handy. Liu Xin has always paid attention to the cooperation of all arms in combat, as long as the strength reaches more than 5,000 troops, it will generally be equipped with crossbowmen, pikemen, shield hands and axe hands at the same time.

These crossbowmen were well-trained, and as soon as they received Gao Shun's order, the crossbows in their hands rained down in the direction of the retreat of the Xuzhou cavalry. The crossbowmen used all projectiles, and they played in advance, and these Xuzhou cavalry had just retreated halfway, and the arrows also fell from the sky, and a large number of them fell in an instant.

Cao Bao saw that his hand was lost, but Gao Shun's men and horses were almost unharmed, knowing that they were not his opponents, he hatefully raised the iron spear in his hand towards Gao Shun, leading more than a thousand remnants of the army to flee in the direction of Xuzhou.

Gao Shun did not pursue, he had no intention of fighting Cao Bao, as long as he protected Mi Zhu's family and moved to Jingzhou safely, the task would be completed. Besides, he led all the infantry, and it was impossible for two legs to outrun four legs, so why bother doing such useless work.

The Mi Zhu family was very slow, Gao Shun didn't take long to catch up, and was about to tell Zhang Liao and Mi Zhu what had just happened, when he saw a soldier in the rear team running forward and said loudly: "Qi Qi two generals, there are chasing soldiers coming!" ”