Chapter 12: The Enemy of Wancheng
"Get on your knees!" The two sergeants escorted Chen Ying into Zhao Feng's big tent, different from Cao Xiu and Sun Yi's predecessors in the past, the former did not ask for much urging, and directly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "General Zhao spares his life, the villain has an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old son, begging the general to surround my life!" ”
"Holy!" Zhao Feng couldn't help but despise this guy, and it was still the most uncreative set of lines over and over again. At this time, Wen Ping had already taken the time to change his boots as soon as possible, and as soon as he entered the tent, he saw the scene of Chen Ying kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and suddenly snorted and said: "General Zhao, this guy has a despicable character and poor martial arts, and it is useless to keep him, so I can save my mind by chopping him as soon as possible!" ”
"That makes sense!" Zhao Feng nodded deliberately. Chen Ying was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed like pounding garlic and begged for mercy: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life!" As long as the general spares the villain's life, the villain is willing to go back and persuade Lord Song to surrender. If Lord Song refuses to surrender, the villain is also willing to sacrifice the city to the general! ”
"Huh?" Zhao Feng deliberately said noncommittally when he heard this. "General, I think this guy is unreliable, and he wants to take the opportunity to slip away, so it's better to kill it with one knife to prevent future trouble!" Zhu Ran, who was on the side, saw Chen Ying "behave" like this, and immediately put forward his own opinions.
"Alas, Yifeng, since Captain Chen is sincere, how can we refuse his good intentions?" Zhao Feng waved his hand, and then ordered Chen Ying to be untied.
"Thank you for the general's grace of not killing, Chen Ying will definitely give Yicheng County away!" Chen Ying packed the ticket again and again. "Whether you send it or not, please give a reply as soon as possible to Captain Chen, otherwise it will be said that our army will attack the city!" Zhao Feng said lightly. Chen Ying agreed again and again and hurried back to Yicheng County.
"General, this Chen Ying sold his master in an instant, how can the general trust him?" Hao Zhao saw Chen Ying walking away, and hurriedly admonished. "Of course I won't believe him, Bo Dao, and select two hundred elite sergeants to be prepared to follow me into the city; Zhongye, you lead an army and prepare to fight at any time! Zhao Feng smiled and arranged them separately. The generals immediately understood that he was ready to make a plan, so they put their minds at ease.
Besides, Chen Ying ran back to Yicheng in despair, and Song Zhong was naturally very surprised when he saw him. "Captain Chen, did you run back by yourself?" Song Zhong asked.
"No, Lord Song, I deceived them by fake surrender, and I was released back by them." Chen Ying panted. After his mood calmed down a little, Chen Ying said viciously: "Lord Song, this Zhao Feng and Wen Ping are both brave generals in the world, and we can't fight hard, so I lied to them that I came back to persuade you to surrender." Later, as long as we trick them into the city, we will ambush the sword and axe men in advance and rush up to divide Zhao Feng's corpse. As soon as this person dies, Liu Bei's army will retreat, and you and I will be great heroes! ”
"That's great!" Song Zhong thought about it for a while and didn't think there was anything wrong, so he agreed. So about an hour later, Chen Ying went out of the city alone to Zhao Feng's military camp, while Song Zhong led a group of officials to wait at the city gate.
"General Zhao, I told Lord Song, Lord Song deeply feels the general's benevolence and righteousness, and is willing to surrender, and asks the general to take over Yicheng County as soon as possible!" Chen Ying humbly said to Zhao Feng, who was high above.
"Very good, since that's the case, then I'll go into this Yicheng County!" Zhao Feng said with a smile on his face, and stood up after speaking, Chen Ying hurriedly led the way, and Hao Zhao and Zhu Ran followed. Chen Ying's face changed slightly, but at first glance, he was only following more than a hundred people, and he didn't care too much at the moment, leading everyone to Yicheng County.
"Yicheng County Order Song Zhong, meet General Zhao!" When he walked to the side of the suspension bridge, he saw a civil official leading everyone to wait for a long time, and when he saw Zhao Feng coming, he hurriedly knelt down and "please surrender".
"The Song County Order does not need to be polite, Your Excellency abandons the darkness and turns to the light, which is really gratifying!" Zhao Feng smiled and explained the scene, and secretly sneered in his heart: This fraud is too unprofessional, and he didn't bring any official seals, taxes, and household registration, and it was clear that it was fake.
"The general is well-known. Zhong has ordered someone to prepare a banquet at the county government to catch the wind for the general! Song Zhong said with a flattering face. Zhao Fengqiang held back the nausea in his heart, but still kept a smile and followed Song Zhong and Chen Ying towards the city gate.
"Song County Order, I don't know if the knife and axe hand has been prepared?" As soon as he entered the city gate, Zhao Feng suddenly asked. Song Zhong didn't have time to react for a while, and subconsciously replied: "It's ready!" As soon as the words came out, he knew that the situation was not good, and Hao Zhao, who was about to be attacked, was already ready to attack, and the steel knife in his hand was waved, and suddenly Song Zhong's head had already landed.
"Do it!" Seeing this, Chen Ying hurriedly shouted, and as soon as his words fell, he was slashed by Zhu Ran behind him, and immediately whined and mourned with Song Zhong. At this time, hundreds of ambush soldiers rushed out of the gate, Zhao Feng pulled out his long sword and fought at the gate of the city with everyone, and at the same time, Wen Ping led a large group of men and horses from the camp of the Yangzhou army outside the city, and quickly rushed into the city to clear the remnants of the enemy. After a fierce battle, most of the defenders surrendered, and the few who dared to resist were also annihilated, so Zhao Feng successfully went to the next county. At that moment, Zhao Feng ordered a short rest, and then marched to the public security after two days.
Anzhong County is a small county, located in the south of Wancheng, and Jiaxia is separated from the east and west sides of Wancheng, the defenders are only a few hundred people, and they have just been broken by Guan Yu's army in the afternoon. "Kong Ming, did you say that Zhang Xiu would be tricked?" In the Yazhong of Anzhong County, Guan Yu asked Zhuge Liang.
"The general can rest assured, Cao Ying is the most suspicious. Zhang Xiu has a grudge against him for killing his son, and although he has defected to Cao Ying, Cao Ying does not trust him very much. Zhang Xiu will do his best to serve Cao Ying in order to protect himself. At present, our army is on an expedition to Jingxiang, and the grain and grass are all supplied by Yuzhou, and Zhang Xiu has Xiliang Iron Cavalry under him, so he will naturally attack and disturb. Zhuge Liang smiled.
"That's fine, pass the order, and the three thousand troops will follow me to transport grain and grass to Fancheng, and I will personally escort it!" Guan Yu immediately ordered.
"What, Guan Yu attacked Anzhong County and stored all the grain, grass and baggage there?" In Wancheng, Zhang Xiu faced Tanma, who had just returned, and was a little incredulous about his information.
"That's right, that Guan Yu only sent Chen Wu to lead an army of 10,000 to Fancheng, but he himself was stationed in Anzhong with grain and grass." Tanma replied honestly.
"It seems that Guan Yu is afraid that the general will use iron cavalry to attack his baggage again, so he wants to take it step by step, occupy Anzhong first, and then store the grain and grass in the city, and then transfer it to Fancheng, as I expected, he will attack Deng County next and open up the road." Hu Che'er, the general of Zhang Xiu on the side, admonished. Zhang Xiu thought about it and felt that it made sense, after all, there were less than 10,000 people under his command, and there were thousands of iron horsemen, and the field battle was still insufficient. In order to prevent himself from raiding again, it is natural for Guan Yu to occupy the city. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu was also gloomy in his heart, since he defected to Cao Ying, this person has embezzled his own people, and now this bit of people in his hand is his last capital.
"I think most of them are like this, and I will send more orders to send more horses. As soon as Guan Yu starts transporting grain, he will report it immediately. Zhang Xiu put aside these messy thoughts and hurriedly ordered. The next time he reported to Malay, Guan Yu really sent Liao Hua to capture Deng County, and now he is transferring grain and grass from Anzhong there, and Guan Yu personally led 3,000 people to escort it.
"Three thousand? Guan Yu thinks that he can resist my Xiliang Iron Horse by himself? Zhang Xiu couldn't help sneering when he heard this, and then ordered to order 4,000 cavalry and 1,000 infantry to follow him to loot grain and grass, but ordered the deputy general to lead 5,000 infantry to defend the city.
In the south of Anzhong City, a convoy of baggage is slowly moving south. The cart was full of sacks and wrapped in rain-proof tarpaulin. There are few horses in Jingbei, and most of the carts are pulled by oxen.
"Hey, isn't this old black full today, why is it so slow to pull up!" A man in charge of escorting looked at the ox cart that was dragging forward, and couldn't help but be a little anxious.
"What are you in a hurry, there are more cars loaded today, so naturally it is slow!" The other man replied with a smile.
"You and I are in a hurry, I'm afraid that it will drag on for too long, in case I am caught up by the enemy army in Wancheng, it will be over!" The man from earlier snorted. Although the war of the army is generally not interested in them, the people, but if there is really a fight, the sword and the sword can only depend on the individual creation.
I was really afraid of something, not long after the two of them finished speaking, they suddenly heard a roar similar to thunder behind them, and then the earth was trembling slightly, and the more they trembled, the more obvious it became. These people's faces suddenly changed greatly, and they hurriedly hid under the car with their heads in their hands to avoid the limelight for the time being.
"Hmph, kill me!" Seeing that the baggage team was only dozens of miles ahead, Zhang Xiu was also overjoyed, and hurriedly urged the soldiers to come forward and fight. The guards who were escorting the grain and grass were not slow to react, unloading the cattle from the carts and setting up the carts as shelters. It's just that in a hurry, it can't be properly arranged, and there are still several big vacancies in the whole car battle, and the Western Route Army has already rushed to the front.
"Kill me!" Zhang Xiu rushed into the battle first, and several soldiers stepped forward to engage in battle, but they were all stabbed to death by him. However, at this time, the change was abrupt: the cattle that were unloaded from the cart were running around, and most of the Xiliang troops under Zhang Xiu's command were herdsmen, but now there were many people who were busy robbing the cattle, but they didn't care about fighting for a while.
"Don't be too busy snatching the ploughing oxen, crush the enemy first!" Seeing this, Zhang Xiu was in a hurry, and shouted orders. At this moment, the first general of the front army arrived, wearing a golden helmet, wearing a yellow scarf chain mail, a green parrot robe, a green dragon glaive knife in his hand, and a red rabbit chasing the wind horse under his crotch, it was Guan Yu Guan Yunchang.
"Zhang Xiu'er, if you dare to come and rob me of my grain and grass, you are really killing yourself!" Guan Yu looked at Zhang Xiu in front of him and snorted coldly. Zhang Xiu looked at the majestic Guan Yu, and was also on guard in his heart, but said: "Guan Yu, even if you are here, you will only have one more surname!" ”
"Ignorant child, in a desperate situation and still don't know it, do it!" Guan Yu drank it. Zhang Xiuzheng was wondering why he was doing it now, but he saw that the oilcloth on each cart suddenly lifted, and then soldiers jumped out of the car.
"What?" Zhang Xiu was shocked when she saw this. In fact, Guan Yu placed a full 8,000 people in the car, which was unexpected, and many Xiliang troops were stabbed off their horses by surprise. Some were even busy grabbing cattle when they were killed by the enemy.
"Don't mess around, get ready for battle!" Zhang Xiu shouted hoarsely. At this moment, Guan Yu stepped forward and said: "I have heard the name of the Gun King of the North for a long time, and now I can understand it." ”
"Good!" Although Zhang Xiu now wants to command the troops to continue fighting, he knows that the opponent in front of him is not an idle person, and if he is not careful, his reputation may be wiped out, and even take his surname.
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