Chapter Fifty-Eight: Halfway Through
Zhang Xun was really thinking about Yanzhou escaping, although he said that Yuan Shu was betrayed, it was mainly to save his life, he was not as optimistic as Yuan Shu, he knew that he couldn't fight, so he didn't want to follow Yuan Shu but die, so he secretly sent someone to contact the Yellow Turban Army, which was what happened before. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Liu Zhi originally thought that Zhang Xun was going to take refuge in himself, but he didn't expect that he didn't have this plan, but wanted to take refuge in Cao Cao in Yanzhou, it seems that he should still care about the identity of the thieves of the Yellow Turban Army, otherwise it wouldn't be like this.
"Lord, there are traces of the Nanyang Army ahead!"
A scout galloped over and reported loudly to Liu Zhi.
Liu Zhi was shocked and asked, "How far are they from us?" ”
The scout replied, "It's not far, it's about ten miles away!" ”
"Okay, the pioneer battalion immediately rushes up, bite them, don't let them run!"
After Zhou Cang got the order, he immediately led his men and horses to speed away from the team and chased in the direction of the Nanyang Army.
Zhang Xun also got the news that the Yellow Turban Army was chasing him at this time, and he wanted to speed up, but his team was escorting a large number of supplies and treasures, and the speed was difficult to pick up, and his army was all infantry, and it was impossible to get there quickly.
"The army stops advancing and prepares for battle!"
Zhang Xun drew his sword and squinted his eyes to look behind him, it was already dusk, but he could still find some flying dust as far as his eyes could see, and he knew that this was caused by the enemy army continuing to pursue.
The 5,000 soldiers quickly set up their formations and assumed a posture of facing battle.
Zhou Cang's people were only 1,000 people, and when he saw that the Nanyang army was ready, he didn't dare to attack immediately, and the task given to him by Liu Zhi was not to talk about the Nanyang army to eat, but to drag them down.
Seeing that the other party stopped and did not attack, Zhang Xun stepped forward, clasped his fists with both hands and saluted Zhou Cangyao, and said: "This general doesn't know his name, you have been chasing us for so long, I don't know what's going on?" ”
Zhou Cang also returned the salute and said: "In the next Zhou Cang, on the order of my lord, I will leave General Zhang to talk about it, and my lord also said that General Zhang has worked hard and made great achievements, and he wants to thank him in person!" ”
Zhang Xun smiled when he heard this: "It turned out to be General Zhou, rude and rude, please General Zhou go back and tell your lord, I have already helped him do the matter, I don't have to stay, I still have important things to do, less accompaniment!" ”
After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, and Zhou Cang shouted from behind: "General Zhang, slow down, my lord also said that if the general insists on leaving, it's not that he can't do it, but General Zhang needs to leave something?" ”
Zhang Xun turned his head and had an ominous premonition in his heart, but he still asked, "What is it?" ”
Zhou Cang smiled, and the long knife in his hand pointed at the carriages in Zhang Xun's army, "It's those materials and treasures, my lord said, even if General Zhang takes these things away, then Cao Cao can't let you keep them with you, since it's a gift, what is the difference between giving it to Cao Cao and giving it to my lord?" ”
Zhang Xun's face changed greatly, and he said angrily: "What if I don't stay? What can you do to me? ”
Zhou Cang also suppressed his smile, and said with a cold gaze: "Then take your dog's life!" ”
After saying that, both of them urged their horses forward, and without saying a word, they fought, and the soldiers of both armies cheered for their respective generals.
Zhou Cang is a second-rate general, and Zhang Xun is also a second-rate general, but his martial arts are not as good as Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang is a thick-backed sword, powerful and heavy, and the moves are majestic, Zhang Xun didn't know the depth at first, and saw that the other party was not good-looking, so he despised it in his heart, and waited until he took Zhou Cang a few tricks, only to know that the other party's strength was really unimaginable, so he didn't dare to hit it hard and began to fight.
The two fought more than 20 times in a blink of an eye, Zhou Cang was still at ease, but Zhang Xun was already sweating profusely, panting, he struggled to force Zhou Cang back, pulled his horse back to the battle, did not dare to fight again, Zhou Cang just wanted to pursue, he saw Zhang Xun ordered the Nanyang army to attack, his people were few, naturally he could not touch the other party, so he immediately ordered to retreat, he came to the palace.
The Nanyang army chased forward for a while, but could not catch up with the Yellow Turban Army, but was slashed by Zhou Cang all the way, killing dozens of people, Zhang Xun knew that the other party was deliberately delaying time, so he did not dare to continue to stay for a long time, and after seeing the Yellow Turban Army retreating slightly, he immediately ordered the army to evacuate quickly, and the soldiers of the Nanyang Army spread their legs one by one and ran wildly towards the north.
It's just that Zhou Cang's task is to drag the other party, if the Nanyang army runs away, he will have no way to deal with it, so Zhou Cang immediately led his troops to chase after him.
If the Nanyang Army originally ran like this, maybe it would be possible to run away, but they carried too many heavy supplies in their team, and it was almost impossible to run fast with these things, even if the horses pulling the carriage were killed, it was impossible for them to catch up with the army, and the soldiers began to lose their formation in the process of running, and gradually some people fell behind, these people who fell behind obviously couldn't survive, and they were all hacked to death by the Yellow Turban Army who caught up.
Zhang Xun was originally running in front on horseback, but when he looked back at this time, he saw that the formation of his troops was stretched very long, and the carriages transporting the treasures had gradually fallen to the back of the team, and he didn't know how to choose for a while, whether to continue to run away and abandon those treasures or give up running away and go back to protect those treasures?
In the end, Zhang Xun still decided to save his life, as Zhou Cang said, even if he brought these treasures to Yanzhou, they were just presented to Cao Cao as a meeting gift, but if his life could not be saved, it would be meaningless to think about them.
Zhang Xun didn't care about these treasures here, Zhou Cang was very concerned, he waved his knife to kill the soldiers of the Nanyang Army who were left behind, and then snatched all these carriages, and then left the soldiers to watch carefully.
The Nanyang Army ran for more than 30 miles in a row, and the Yellow Turban Army also chased all the way, and in the end, although Zhang Xun was allowed to run away, but these soldiers under his command basically ran away, and Zhou Cang estimated that it was good for 1,000 people to follow him.
Soon, Liu Zhi also chased after him with a large army, and saw that Zhou Cang snatched Zhang Xun's treasures, he finally put his mind at ease, this batch of treasures is very important for his next development, and if Zhang Xun brings these things to Yanzhou, then Cao Cao is like a tiger, he has just occupied Yanzhou, and he is short of money at this time, Zhang Xun sent him such a big gift, I am afraid that he will take off immediately!