It was already midwinter November, the weather was cold, a heavy snow came unexpectedly, the field was white, and the heaven and earth suddenly became covered in silver.

At noon on this day, a team of about 500 people appeared at the north gate of Pingyang City, all wearing Cao Jun armor and waving Cao Jun banners, and more than 50 carriages appeared outside the city gate.

"Uh...... The defenders of the city quickly lowered the drawbridge and opened the city gates. We just came back from the front escorting the baggage, and we handed over the baggage in the city, and we have to rush to Wu County to help in the battle! ”

A general under the city, carrying a three-pointed two-edged halberd and a yellow horse under his crotch, loudly urged the defenders of the city to open the door quickly.

After Guo Ji and Zou Zheng led their troops out of the city, they ordered Hou Lin to pull up the drawbridge, close the city gate, and strictly guard against it, so as to prevent soldiers and horses from attacking when the city was empty.

"Who is the leading general? Why doesn't so-and-so know you? Hou Lin stood at the head of the city, pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword, and asked with a vigilant expression.

"I'm a lieutenant under General Zou, and I used to defend in Chang'an, isn't it normal that you don't know me? Dare to ask the 4,000 generals under General Zou, can you know all of them? The general of the city put his weapon on the ground and retorted impatiently.

Without waiting for Lin to say anything, he continued to urge: "The battle ahead is tense, General Zou ordered me to hand over the baggage in the city and hurry back to help the battle, if you miss the war, it is not something you can afford!" When I escorted the baggage back to the journey, Guo Taishou fell into a bitter battle, if you don't rescue in time and kill Taishou, General Xiahou will never spare you! ”

After listening to the defense of the generals under the city, Hou Lin felt that it made sense. Zou Zheng brought 4,000 men and horses from Chang'an. has been stationed outside the city, and it is normal to have generals you don't know, and besides, there should be no surprise that the other party is escorting a baggage vehicle.

After pondering for a while, Hou Lin made up his mind and shouted to the city: "Listen to the people under the city, in order to prevent accidents, I will have to act carefully, and I hope to cooperate." All the soldiers retreated two hundred feet, leaving one driver for each baggage cart to drive. Otherwise, General Ben won't open the door for you! ”

"Just as you say!"

The generals under the city moved backwards with weapons in their hands. The team of more than 500 people retreated more than 200 zhang together, and only more than 50 baggage trucks were left in front of the city gate waiting to open the door.

Seeing that the men and horses under the city really retreated two hundred zhang according to their words, Hou Lin Fang relieved himself and ordered the suspension bridge to fall. Open the gates. Let the baggage cart come in.

Frozen. The wheels of the carriage rolled against the snow and made a "squeak" sound. As the drawbridge slowly descended, the city gate slowly opened. More than fifty carriages lined up and slowly drove into the city.

"Stop, the general has an order, search the materials in the baggage truck!"

After the carriage had entered the city gate for four or five cars, a soldier with a dozen soldiers hurriedly ran down from the city tower, stopped the carriage, and ordered the contents of the cart to be inspected.

"I have entered the city and killed Cao Bing!"

Suddenly, there was a shout, and more than twenty elite soldiers jumped out of the carriage, all armed with steel knives and slashed. Cao Jun was caught off guard, and was cut down more than a dozen in an instant, and the red blood splashed on the white snow, which was extremely dazzling. With the people in the first carriage moving, the ambush soldiers in the carriage that followed came out one after another.

More than fifty long horse-drawn carriages were ambushed, and there were about twenty soldiers hiding in each carriage, and fifty carriages were a thousand people, and they shouted in unison, and rushed into the city gate with a bee chrysalis. One by one, like wolves and tigers, they launched a surprise attack on the somewhat dazed Cao Jun cutting melons and vegetables.

The gates of the city were suddenly ablaze, and the ambushers cut the ropes of the drawbridge, firmly occupied the gates, and stormed the city, beckoning their companions from outside the city to rush into the city.

Where did this group come from? It is Zhang Wenyuan's conspiracy!

After receiving the news that the Cao army in Pingyang was preparing to ambush his own men and horses in Wu County, Zhang Liao made a plan. Ordered the team to unload the iron from the baggage cart overnight and store it in a small town, and sent a thousand men and horses to guard it.

There are many armors and banners of Cao Jun in the baggage, which were captured by Yuan Mai in Liyang. Zhang Liao ordered Zhang Kuo to lead 500 men to put on the armor of the Cao army, disguise themselves as Cao Jun, and let the soldiers trapped in the camp hide in the car, and then led by Zhang Kuo and Gao He, along a small road, marched to Pingyang overnight, and came to the city. After some planning, the defenders really hit the plan.

The general on the horse was Zhang Liao's fourth brother Zhang Kuo, who was overjoyed when he saw that his brother was like a god, waved his weapon in his hand, and shouted: "Kill Cao Bing, take the city, General Fenwu will definitely be rewarded!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Kuo's horse took the lead in charging, and more than 500 soldiers waved spears one after another, and charged with the generals. The city gate has been taken, there will be no more tragic casualties, it is a good time to make meritorious contributions, which one does not rush to be the first?

The soldiers hiding in the carriage are the "trapped camps" trained by Gao Shun, and their combat effectiveness is so strong that they are by no means comparable to ordinary soldiers, and their individual combat ability can be one enemy and three, even if there are no reinforcements from outside the city rushing in, they can also gain the upper hand.

After a scuffle, the Cao army, who was caught off guard, ambushed five or six hundred corpses. The remaining defenders could not resist and retreated, and more than 1,000 remnants of the defeated army, led by Hou Lin, withdrew from the south gate and fled to Hedong County in the south.

With one blow, Pingyang City, which has 10,000 residents, easily fell into the hands of Yuan Jun. Zhang Kuo and Gao He inspected the people and counted the baggage of the granary, and at the same time sent people to Huai County to speed up the good news.

At the same time, on the battlefield of Wu County, the 6,000 Cao army led by Guo Ji and Zou Zheng had also fought fiercely with the men and horses led by Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao concocted the same method, hiding ambushes in the baggage car, and after the Cao army was killed, the escort soldiers first pretended to be defeated, and when the Cao army counted the baggage, the soldiers in the carriage suddenly killed, so that the Cao army was caught off guard and the formation was in chaos.

Zhang Liao returned to cover up the killing, led 3,000 men and horses to encircle and suppress from the outside, and the ambush soldiers in the carriage responded inside, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and Cao's army was suddenly in chaos.

"Where will the thief go, eat me Zhang Liao with a knife!"

Zhang Liao has a Yunyue knife in his hand, a yellow-maned horse under his crotch, unstoppable, like a dragon in the chaos of the army, everywhere he goes, he is invincible, his head is rolling, and the corpses are piled up. Inadvertently met Zou Zheng, there was no three-in-one, sold a flaw, and chopped Zou Zheng under the horse with a knife.

Seeing that his main general was slashing the enemy general, majestic and majestic, like a god descending from heaven, Yuan Jun's morale was suddenly like a rainbow and his fighting spirit was full. However, the Cao army was ambushed first, and the generals were lost, and the people were panicked, their morale was low, and they did not work hard, so it became a rout.

Guo Jice swung his sword and tried his best to stop the defeated soldiers, but the defeat was like a mountain, but he was helpless. Under the escort of his cronies, he fled southward, preparing to retreat to Pingyang, and just escaped three or five miles away, when he suddenly received the news of the loss of Pingyang, he was shocked and fell off his horse.

It's really a loss to steal chickens and rice, and I lost my wife and soldiers!

Before Guo Ji could get up, suddenly a cannon rang out, and a cavalry swept in, and wherever the horse's hooves went, the snow melted and the mud splashed. 1,500 heavy cavalry were killed in an instant, layer inside and layer outside, surrounding Guo Ji and more than 500 henchmen and guards in the center.

The first general, the "Snow Red" in the palm of the crotch, the "Tiger Roaring Broadsword", nine feet tall, is the Prince of Longyou, who was ordered by Zhang Liao to set up an ambush here!

"General Cao Jun, don't kneel down quickly, otherwise there will be no forgiveness for immediate killing!"

Seeing the heavy armored horses like copper walls and iron walls, the sturdy armor shining in the snow, the sharp spears flickering with cold light, and being surrounded by water, more than 500 Cao troops suddenly scattered, surrendered their weapons one by one, and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

"I originally wanted to plunder the baggage, but who knew that I fell for Zhang Liao's treacherous scheme, lost the city, lost the army, and lost my troops, what face did I have to live in the world? What is the face of General Xiahou? ”

Guo Ji looked up to the sky and sighed, drew his sword and killed himself, lying on the snow, the blood-stained snow flowing from his neck was as enchanting as a flower, and it was shocking.

Guo Ji and Zou Zheng were all killed, the 6,000 Cao army killed more than 1,000 people, more than 2,000 fled, and the remaining 3,000 people were captured except for those who voluntarily surrendered.

After taking Pingyang and killing Guo Ji and Zou Zheng, Zhang Liao was not complacent, and quickly reorganized and surrendered the army, mixing the surrendered Cao soldiers with his own men and horses, and the team under his command quickly expanded to 8,000 people.

Zhang Liao ordered Wang Shuang to lead 1,500 "Tiger Cavalry", plus 3,000 newly reorganized mixed infantry all the way south, to sweep other counties in Pingyang County, and occupy the whole territory before Xiahou Yuan came to help. He led the remaining 6,000 men and horses to take care of the baggage in Wu County.

Wang Shuang was ordered to lead his men and horses south at full speed. Everywhere they went, the county towns opened their city gates, looked at the wind and descended, and in less than two days, they captured six county seats, including Beiqu, Puzi, Yong'an, Yangxian, Xiangling, and Linfen.

"Haha...... Great, who dares to slash immediately, only I, General Zhang Wenyuan! Yuan Mai was overjoyed after receiving the good news, and looked up to the sky and let out a long roar.

was worried that the territory in his hand was too small, and he didn't expect Zhang Liao to give him an unexpected surprise. Immediately ordered Ko Yi to lead his men and horses to the west, stationed in Binh Duong, and took over the defense from the king's hands. He also ordered Fu Hu to temporarily act as the Taishou of Pingyang, and enter Pingyang with Ko Yi, and temporarily handed over the defense of Keiguan to the deputy.

Lu Yi and Fu Hu immediately led their men and horses into Pingyang overnight, deploying defenses at various passes and appeasing the people on the other hand. Within a few days, Pingyang County, which has eight county seats and a population of 230,000, was completely controlled by Yuan Mai.

After this battle, Zhang Liao became famous, and the world knew that Zhang Wenyuan was capable of writing and martial arts, and had the talent of a general.

When Yuan Shao of Yecheng got the news, his spirit was shocked, and he personally issued an edict appointing Zhang Liao as the rebellious general without waiting for Yuan Mai to express his merits for Zhang Liao; Yuan Mai was promoted to the general of Pingxi, and he could open the government to govern affairs, and the governor of Hanoi and Pingyang two counties of military and political affairs.

"Woo...... Finally got the position of senior general! ”

After Yuan Mai received the ribbon, he breathed a sigh of relief. Since then, he has completely gotten rid of the ranks of miscellaneous generals, and can be ranked alongside Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan Gaogan and others.

Although his Pingxi general is slightly lower than Yuan Tan's Zhengdong general and Yuan Shang's Zhengnan general, he is already a general who stomps his feet, which is enough to deter one side. (To be continued......)