Zhang Liao led 20,000 Cao troops as the front army, all the way south, two days later, the army arrived in Bowang County, fifty miles away from Wancheng, Zhang Liao saw that it was too late, so he ordered the army to be stationed in camp, thinking of last year's attack on Jingzhou and returned in a fiasco, the rear army he led was besieged by Liu Jing's army, if it were not for Cao Cāo's political concessions, he Zhang Liao would have become Liu Jing's prisoner of war, facing a lifetime of shame, now in retrospect, it still makes him feel a little afraid.

However, Zhang Liao is also a person who has been through storms for a long time, he will not be trapped by last year's defeat, on the contrary, he will learn the lessons of last year, fight again, and wash away the shame of last year.

The army had just set up camp, but Zhang Liao got an unexpected news, a fleet full of supplies left Wancheng, along the river south, there were 500 large ships, this news made Zhang Liao realize something, is it

"Wenyuan!"

Li Dian walked quickly into the big tent and asked, "I heard that there is an emergency military situation, what happened?" ”

"The scouts found a fleet sailing out of Wancheng and heading to Xiangyang, with five hundred large ships loaded with supplies."

"Could it be that Wen Ping is going to give up Wancheng?"

Zhang Liao nodded, "I also feel this way, I heard that Cao Zhen defeated Pang De's army and blocked the Han army from going to Wancheng, now there are only 10,000 troops in Wancheng, if our army arrives, Wen Ping will definitely not be able to hold Wancheng, and it is his wise move to give up Wancheng and retreat." ”

Li Dian hesitated and said, "I'm wondering, can we intercept the retreat of the Wenpin army?" Avenge last year's one-shot revenge. ”

Zhang Liao didn't answer immediately, he walked to the map, stared at the water for a moment, and asked, "Which line does Man Cheng think Wen Ping will take if he retreats south?" ”

Li Dian stepped forward and pondered for a moment and said: "Cao Zhen's cavalry did not carry fire oil, they could not burn the transport fleet, then the cavalry would definitely go north along the river to intercept the retreat of Wenpin's army, I think Wenpin should be very clear about this, so if Wenpin's army wants to retreat, it will definitely evacuate east of Shuishui." ”

Li Dian knocked heavily on the map, "Can't be cheap for him." ”

Zhang Liao fell into deep thought, so far, the retreat of the Han army to the south is only a conjecture, there is no evidence yet, and it is necessary to be cautious and get accurate information before making a decision.

At this moment, a soldier reported outside the tent: "There is a person named Huang Xu outside who asks to see the general, saying that there is a major military situation to report." ”

'Huang Xu? Zhang Liao was slightly stunned, this name seemed to have been heard, and Li Dian reacted very quickly, "Could it be that Huang Ying's son?" At the beginning, he served as the head of the people. ”

Zhang Liao suddenly remembered that during the Chibi War, the prime minister levied and sent 50,000 Nanyang people to transport grain, as if the leader was called Huang Xu, the son of the head of the Huang family in Nanyang.

"Let him in!" Zhang Liao immediately ordered.

After a while, the soldiers brought in a man, this person is about 30 years old, with big shoulders and a round waist, and a burly figure, his name is Huang Xu, the second son of Huang Ying, the head of the Huang family in Wancheng, the Huang family and the Deng family are equally famous, known as the two major families in Nanyang, and there are many branches, such as Xiangyang Huang Chengyan, Jiangxia Huang Zu, and Nanyang Huang Zhong and so on.

Due to the intersection of major political forces in the Jingxiang area, each branch of the Huang family also has its own choice, such as Huang Chengyan chose Liu Bei, Huang Zhong chose Liu Jing, Huang Zu was destroyed by Jiangdong, and Huang Ying, who stayed in Wancheng, surrendered to Cao Cāo, in Cao Cāo's several battles against Jingzhou, the Huang family has made great contributions, and was rewarded by Cao Cāo, Huang Ying's eldest son Huang Xian entered Xuchang as an official, and the second son Huang Xu was in charge of tens of thousands of people, and even Huang Ying himself was named the Marquis of Guannei, which was extremely glorious.

A few months ago, the Han army conquered Nanyang, and the Huang family chose to remain silent, also because the time was still short, Nanyang County had not yet had time to be included in the government rule of Jingzhou, and Taishou was still Zhang Yan, who was appointed by the original imperial court, and the Huang family was not liquidated and escaped the catastrophe.

This time, the Cao army counterattacked Nanyang, and the Huang family began to be active again, secretly contacting the wealthy families in the city who were pro-Cao, preparing to cooperate with the Cao army to attack Wancheng, and causing trouble in the city.

Huang Xu knelt down on one knee and saluted when he entered the tent, "See General Zhang!" ”

Zhang Liao knew him, and hurriedly helped him up, "Huang Gongzi, please get up." ”

Huang Xu got up and said: "I have important information to report to General Zhang, Wen Ping is already assembling troops and preparing to evacuate Wancheng, and my father has also contacted more than a dozen wealthy families, packed up more than 1,000 people, and is ready to start an incident in the city to receive Cao's army into the city." ”

After speaking, he took out his father's personal soldier letter and presented it to Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao read the letter, and he had a bottom in his heart, so he smiled and said to Huang Xu: "I will definitely report your loyalty to the prime minister, take Wancheng, and count your merits." ”

Huang Xu was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted again: "May I ask when the general is ready to attack Wancheng, we can cooperate at any time." ”

"I don't know the details for the time being, but you go back and tell Ling Zun that if the Han army evacuates, please pay attention to maintaining order in the city and maintaining the stability of Wancheng."

"I understand, I'll go back to the city to report to my father."

Huang Xu bowed and left, Zhang Liao ordered someone to send him out, then Li Dian stepped forward and said with a smile: "Why didn't Wen Yuan tell them the specific time of our siege?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head, "The important affairs of the military aircraft, how can I entrust the villagers at will, they have a lot of people, once it is leaked, it will hurt me." ”

Li Dian approvingly: "Wen Yuan is cautious, no wonder the prime minister entrusted him with a heavy responsibility." ”

Huang Xu left the barracks and rushed back to Wancheng with two entourage, they urged the horses to gallop all the way, at this time it was already dark, the bright moonlight sprinkled the earth, there was no one on the official road, only heard the rapid running of their war horses, an hour later, they were less than twenty miles away from Wancheng.

Just as they rushed into a forest, Huang Xu's horse suddenly screamed, and his front hooves were raised high, only to see two big trees falling on the official road in front of him, blocking the way, and before Huang Xu could react, a huge net was cast on his head and entangled him firmly.

Immediately afterwards, a hundred sergeants rushed out of all directions, and they all raised their crossbows and aimed at them, the two entourages were so frightened that they raised their hands and did not dare to move, and a military marquis came out from behind the big tree, looked at them coldly, and waved his hand, "Take them away!" ”

Wancheng, the news of the withdrawal of the Han army spread throughout the city, although it was night, there were still countless people in black appeared on the street, they were all dressed in black short robes, their right arms wrapped in white cloth, holding a war knife, there were more than 1,000 people, this is more than a dozen strong men of Wancheng wealthy families, headed by the Huang family.

When the Han army withdrew from Wancheng, they showed up one after another, took control of the city gates, occupied the barracks, surrounded the official offices, patrolled the streets, and more importantly, they were impatient to wave the Cao army flag and announce that Wancheng had changed.

Huang Ying, the head of the Huang family, is a middle-aged man in his fifties, tall, jīng Shen Xuan, when he was a teenager, he had practiced martial arts in the army, and made a thirty-pound big knife, he had changed into Cao Jun's armor helmet, carried a big knife, and rode a horse to patrol the streets, looking majestic.

The Han army's occupation of Nanyang made him frightened, lest he be purged by the Han army, but fortunately, it didn't take long for the Cao army to kill again, and the moment when he raised his eyebrows came again.

"Huang Family Master!"

The head of a wealthy family rushed over and saluted Huang Yingxing: "I talked to Deng Yi, but the Deng family refused to come forward, he said that our actions had nothing to do with him. ”

Huang Ying snorted coldly and said: "Since he refuses, forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, I don't force him, but in the future Nanyang's affairs, the Deng family should not be involved." ”

Huang Ying's attitude towards Deng Yi was extremely contemptuous, he knew that Deng Yi's son was an official in Jingzhou, Deng Yi was a pro-Jingzhou faction, some time ago when Wen Ping occupied Nanyang, Deng Yi was extremely active, and now that Cao Jun came back, he naturally disappeared.

Huang Ying turned his horse's head and walked towards the city gate, but he was thinking in his mind that if he killed the Deng family, although the Huang and Deng families had a marriage, Huang Ying still wanted to use Cao Jun's strength to eradicate the Deng family, so that Nanyang would be the dominant of his Huang family.

At this moment, there was a sudden chaos at the city gate, and there were screams and cries, which immediately surprised Huang Ying, what happened? He urged the horse to run to the north city gate, but before he arrived at the city gate, he faced a few crossbow arrows, Huang Ying hurriedly waved his knife to dial, at this time he also saw the situation clearly, only to see countless Han soldiers appear at the north city gate, more than 100 black-clothed people were killed crying dad and mother, holding their heads and fleeing.

This stunned Huang Ying, where did the Han army come from? "The head of the Huang family, run, the Han army is coming!" A man in black shouted.

Huang Ying woke up like a dream, turned the horse's head and fled, but as soon as he ran a few steps, there were also shouts and cries on the street in front of him, only to see a group of black-clothed people stumbling and running, chasing hundreds of Han soldiers behind, arrows like flying locusts, and people in black were constantly overturned to the ground.

Huang Ying was so shocked that he was sweating profusely, he had already understood, the Han army didn't leave at all, pretending to evacuate, leading them out of the hole, Huang Ying felt regret and hatred in his heart, he threw down the big knife, turned the horse's head and ran towards an alley, but before he ran to the mouth of the alley, dozens of arrows came from the side, Huang Ying was hit by more than a dozen arrows, and fell from the horse with a scream, and died tragically on the spot.

At this time, Wen Ping appeared at the gate of Beicheng, followed by a large group of soldiers, several soldiers escorted Huang Xu, Huang Xu was both frightened and scared in his heart, he knew that Wen Ping would clean Wancheng, and the Huang family was finished.

Wen Ping pointed at Huang Xu and shouted to the soldiers: "Take him to identify, all the families involved in the conspiracy will be cleansed, regardless of the master and servant, and all men over the age of sixteen will be arrested." ”

Thousands of soldiers divided into 20 teams, carrying torches, rushed into the wealthy families participating in Liancao, arrested all the men over the age of 16, tied them up in strings, and captured more than 2,000 people together with the hundreds of black-clothed strong men who were captured.

There was chaos in Wancheng, and the crying was shocking, but only the Huang family was really cleansed, except for Huang Ying, who was dead, his sons and nephews were all killed by the Han army, and their heads were cut off for public display.

At this time, Wen Ping had received the news that the Cao army had nearly 50,000 troops south, and the former army Zhang Liao had been killed fifty miles away.

Seeing that it was nearly five watches, their time was running out, and he urged the horse to come to the crowd of more than two thousand people who had been arrested, and they had already knelt down in the dark, everyone lowered their heads, and many people trembled all over, and their hearts were extremely frightened.

Wen Ping pointed at the horsewhip and shouted: "Wait and listen! ”

The crowd gradually quieted down, Wen Ping waved his hand, and more than a dozen soldiers stepped forward with bamboo poles, carrying more than a dozen heads of the Huang family.

Wen Ping shouted loudly: "This time I just jǐng to tell you, now is not the era of Liu Jingsheng, the Han army is only temporarily retreating, and will be killed back soon, if you dare to pro-Cao and oppose the Han again, the next time I capture Wancheng, the pro-Cao family will be beheaded, and the Huang family will be your end!" ”

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