Chapter 19: Outwitting Nanyang
By the time Zhao Yun entered the city, Cao Ren had been tied up by Wei Yan to the mansion, and he was as manic as a fierce beast.
Zhao Yun frowned and looked at Cao Ren, as if he hated Wei Yan to the core, if his gaze could kill, Wei Yan was only afraid that he had turned into a pulp.
Wei Yan was there, and he hugged his fist to Zhao Yun and said, "General Zhao, this kid refuses to surrender, so he has to act according to the plan." ”
Zhao Yunyan said: "Cao Ren's personal soldiers can't go together, and they need someone familiar with the guards of Wancheng to go." ”
Kou Feng hurriedly said: "I have several sides with the guard Niu Jin, and I am willing to take a trip." ”
"That's the best!" Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Wen Chang walked with him, and a certain person answered." ”
"What do you want?" Cao Ren listened to a few people openly talking in front of him, and he was dumbfounded and roared.
Wei Yan pouted and smiled: "Without him, it's just a general!" ”
Cao Ren struggled and said: "Don't think about it, Cao swears to die and will not obey ......"
"It's up to you!" Wei Yanyan slapped his palm on Cao Ren's neck, fainted, and sneered: "Toast and don't eat and drink." ”
Everyone immediately prepared, still changed into Cao Jun's armor, and Kou Feng escorted Cao Ren to Wancheng overnight, and Zhao Yun led his troops to follow from afar.
The moon stars are scarce, the spring breeze is tight, and the fifth watch enters Wanxian County, at this time, the defeated army of Xinye fled back one after another, and the territory was panicked.
Along the way, many deserted soldiers joined, and when they arrived in Wancheng, the number of 2,000 men and horses increased to more than 3,000, and many defeated troops gathered outside the city, shouting for the city.
The defenders of the city shouted at the deserters to go farther away and wait until dawn before opening the city, so as not to mix in with the enemy.
Kou Feng led people forward, torches lit up the surroundings, Cao Ren lay on the stretcher, and shouted: "General Cao Ren is here, open the city gate quickly." ”
When the defenders heard the shouting, they looked and vaguely saw that it should be Cao Ren, so they didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported to the city.
When the guard Niu Jin heard the news, he recognized it as Kou Feng and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”
Kou Feng replied: "General Cao was defeated in the middle of the plan, and was taken advantage of the enemy to seize Fancheng, he was injured by an arrow and fell unconscious. ”
Niu Jin no longer had any doubts, and seeing that Cao Ren was unconscious, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly ordered someone to open the city, and turned around and went down to the city to greet him.
As soon as he was halfway up the stairs, he heard a terrible scream, followed by a killing shout, and suddenly he stumbled and rolled down from the castle tower.
Boom Boom –
As soon as they got up in disarray, they heard a muffled thunderous sound enter through the city gate, and a troop of cavalry rushed into the city.
The first white horse and white robe raised his gun and shouted: "Changshan Zhao Zilong is here!" ”
"I've been tricked, get out of here!" Niu Jin saw that the situation was not good, so he turned around and left.
When the Cao army in the city heard that the enemy army had entered the city, they were immediately in chaos, scattered and fled, and those who tried to resist in vain were all killed by Zhao Yun.
At this time, Wei Yan and Fu Wei had already landed in the city, leaving 500 troops to let Kou Feng guard the south gate, and the two of them divided their troops to kill the east and west gates, and it was important to control the city gate first.
Zhao Yun led the troops to rush to the mansion, kill the defenders, and find out the Nanyang Taishou who was hiding in the back office, Niu Jin had already fled from the north gate with his troops.
At dawn, Wancheng had been completely occupied by the Jingzhou army, Zhao Yun sat in the county government, brought Yang Jun with him, and asked: "The fourth and third dukes of the Yang family are also loyal and good, why do you want to work for traitorous ministers?" ”
Yang Jun sighed: "Forced by the situation, I can't help myself, Taiwei sees that the Han family is about to decline, and he has retreated. Just not talented, in Nanyang Xuande teaching, set up a school, to glorify the emperor's industry, dare not forget the roots, please the general to see. ”
Zhao Yun is in Xinye, and often hears Liu Bei mention that Nanyang is too shou Yang Jun, who is the leader of the younger generation of the Yang family, and has quite a lot of political achievements in governance, and is praised by the people.
And the Taiwei he was talking about was the famous man Yang Biao, who was deposed by Cao Cao two years ago and deprived of his title.
Zhao Yun saw that Yang Jun's words were sincere, and he respected Yang Biao, so he hurriedly left the table to support him, and said: "Since the Ming Mansion has the Han family in mind, are you willing to help General Liu?" ”
Yang Jun bowed and said: "The Yang family is loyal and martyrful, and is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”
Zhao Yun also asked Yang Jun to temporarily preside over the affairs of the city, and the people of Wancheng learned the news, but instead of panicking, they ran and cheered.
Zhao Yun said angrily: "The people's hearts are like this, why worry that the Cao thief will not be destroyed, and the Han family will not prosper?" ”
Yang Junyan said: "Nanyang is the land of Guangwu Zhongxing, the people all miss the ancestors, quite a lot of loyal descendants, swear to be loyal to the Liu family, now the eldest prince has led the army to fight the thief, the counties in the territory, can be passed on to the decided. ”
Zhao Yun was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to report to Liu Qi that as long as he successfully took the entire territory of Nanyang, he could calmly confront Cao Jun.
Liu Qi had already arrived in Fancheng at this time, and sent reinforcements to the north, and sent 20,000 soldiers and horses from Xiangyang, a total of 50,000 troops to supplement Nanyang.
After receiving Zhao Yun's notice, Liu Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed, left Guan Yu to guard Fancheng, and took Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong to Wancheng non-stop.
Nanyang is the place where Liu Xiu made his fortune, and where the emperor is located, there are naturally many officials and people who are loyal to the Liu family, which is the benefit of the foundation.
Regardless of ancient and modern, local feelings have always been the root of Chinese civilization, this emotional sustenance is simple and noble, everyone is proud of their hometown, not to mention the emperor's hometown?
Even Zhuge Liang called himself Nanyang Savage, not Langya Zhuge , which was a supreme aura of glory.
After the establishment of Cao Wei, there were also many rebellions in Nanyang, especially when Guan Yu attacked Fancheng, the Hou Yin incident had the greatest impact, and almost cut off Cao Ren's back road.
The people's support is available, which is the greatest guarantee, and Liu Qi is also full of excitement to step into this city of glory and martial arts.
When he came to the mansion and saw the ceremony, Liu Qi said: "I have heard the name of the Ming Mansion, and Nanyang is rich in people, so please ask Mr. to continue to govern the territory, how about it?" ”
Yang Jun was grateful, and hurriedly said: "The general is sent, and he should obey his orders!" But when Cao Cao heard the news, he would definitely raise a large army to attack, and in order to calm the people's hearts, he needed to suppress it with a large army. ”
Liu Qi said with a smile: "Sir, rest assured, a certain has been transferred to the north, and the Nanyang Governance Office has also moved back to Sui County. ”
Yang Jun also heard about Liu Qi's changes during this time, and saw that he was really full of confidence, and he captured Cao Ren again.
After everyone discussed, Yang Jun first persuaded the officials in the city to surrender, and then wrote a letter to send people to the counties to recruit surrender, and then moved to the rear of the county on the same day.
Liu Qi stood on top of Wancheng with his hands in his hands, looking at the mountains in the north, and said with a smile: "This sad place of Cao Cao will once again become a pain in his heart." ”
Huang Zhong stroked his beard and smiled: "How can Zhang Xiu be compared with the general? If the thief comes again, he will be killed! ”
Liu Qi's performance in the past half a month made Huang Zhong really see hope, Lao Huai was relieved, and after getting out of the pain of losing his son, he once again ignited his fighting spirit.
Liu Qi faced the wind with his hands, his face was full of spring, the grass and trees outside the city were growing buds, and he looked at a new green from a distance, full of vitality.
This battle showed that the enemy was weak, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger to take Cao Ren, and there was no omission in every step.
Raided Fancheng, captured Cao Ren alive, outwitted Wancheng, and fully recovered Nanyang, firing the first shot in the struggle for world domination.
From now on, Liu Qi's name will spread all over Kyushu, and Wancheng will once again become the focus of the whole world.
The morale of the whole army is high, but everyone knows that this is just the beginning, and the next is the real tough battle.