"Have you ever found any trace of Cao Cao?" Gao Fei stopped on a high slope, riding on a horse riding on dark clouds and snow, and asked the scouts who had just returned.
The scouts all shook their heads, with frustration on their faces.
"Why don't you look for it quickly? I don't believe that Cao Cao can fly away even if he has wings?" Gao Fei has been searching for a day and a night, and continues to expand the scope of his search, but he still hasn't found anything.
"My lord, my subordinates thought that there was no need to look for it. It was already at this time. Cao Cao must have escaped. According to the message sent by Zhang Liao Feige, it was said that Xia Houyuan and Cao Cao's family were stationed in Xu County. I think Cao Cao must have escaped.
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Go and fight with Xia Houyuan, and there are still some Wei soldiers and horses in Yangzhai City. Huang Zhong has occupied Runan, Zhang He has occupied Chen County, and only Yingchuan has not yet been occupied. Cao Cao has nowhere else to go but there." Jia Xu analyzed.
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"Inform Pang De, Wenpin, Lu Heng, Xian Yufu, Han Meng, Zhang Nan, Jiang Yiqu, Nanlou, Chunyu Dao, and others, and ask them to quickly escort the prisoners to Chenliu, and all the prisoners will be handed over to Xun You and Guo Jia.
, Those ministers of the Wei State should be imprisoned for the time being and sent to Juan County to hand them over to Xun Chen. They will deal with them after they get Cao Cao!" Gao Fei nodded and immediately passed on the order.
After that, Gao Fei sent out several carrier pigeons to inform Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Chu Yan to march towards Xu County. He and Jia Xu led the cavalry forward, and their destination was also Xu County.
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In the county town of Xu County, Cao Cao finally returned. He had a full meal first, then took a comfortable bath and changed his clothes. Only then did he regain his style as the King of Wei. However, his style was still the same, but it had greatly improved.
Not as good as before.
After a meal, Cao Cao ordered the rapid evacuation of Xu County, and personally led Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Xu Shu, Cao Xiu, Xia Houen, Cao Zhen and other generals, as well as five hundred cavalry towards Yangzhai, leaving behind Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Xun Yu and others.
And the horse infantry escorted Cao Cao's family.
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The atmosphere inside and outside Yangzhai City was extremely tense. The soldiers guarding the city did not dare to open the city gate easily. Faced with the Yan army's constant yelling and swearing outside all day long, the guard Zang Hong ignored it at all.
"General, the Yan army is really bullying people by making such a noise. I am willing to go out of the city to fight with you!" Chen Lan, the general, glanced at Zhang Liao under the city wall and clasped his fists.
Immediately afterwards, two generals, Li Feng and Mei Cheng, asked for their orders: "General, we are also willing to fight to the death with the enemy general!"
Zang Hong glanced at Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, Yan Xiang, and Liu Xun behind him, and asked, "What do you mean?"
Yan Xiang said: "Zhang Liao is pressing hard, and the morale in the city is low. If we can really kill Zhang Liao, it will not only lift the siege, but also make the Yan army retreat without a fight. Once the enemy general dies, he will inevitably fall into a leaderless state, and our army will be in trouble."
There are a hundred benefits and no harm. However..."
"But what?" Zang Hong asked.
"But Zhang Liao is not weak in martial arts. He was once a general under Lu Bu. He should not be underestimated. I wonder if the generals in the city can defeat him." Yan Xiang expressed his concerns.
"Hmph! What's there to be afraid of for a stinking young boy? Let me get his head." Chen Lan yelled, and as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately held a big knife and went down.
city wall.
Generals Li Feng and Mei Cheng followed closely behind. After bidding farewell to Zang Hong, they and Chen Lan led the cavalry out of the city.
Zang Hong watched every move under the city and thought secretly in his heart: "I wonder what King Wei is doing with Chen Liu. Since Zhang Liao has already attacked here, the military advisor once explained before leaving that there is very little food and grass in Yangdi City."
We must defend well. Military strategist, strategist, please come back soon. If we delay for too long, our morale will plummet."
These people were all Yuan Shu's old generals. When Cao Cao sent troops to attack Yuan Shu, he fought and won consecutively. Finally, at Yuan Shu's hometown in Runan, he captured all of Yuan Shu and captured Zang Hong, Yan Xiang, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, and Liu Xun.
, Chen Lan, Li Feng, Mei Cheng, Lei Bo, Lei Xu and others, these people all defected to Cao Cao one after another after Yuan Shu's death.
Zang Hong was from Guangling, Xuzhou. During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he was originally the chief clerk of Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao. Later, when Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao were killed by Yuan Shao's men while fighting for the jade seal, he led the army.
As Zhang Chao's subordinates defected to Yuan Shu, they have been under Yuan Shu's command.
He served as the guard of a county in the Song Army. When Cao Cao invaded Runan and killed Yuan Shu, he collected Yuan Shu's body and was watched by Cao Cao. At that time, Cao Cao had ordered that no one should collect the body, but Zang Hong valued friendship and served Yuan Shu.
Collecting the corpse violated Cao Cao's decree.
Cao Cao didn't know about it until he wanted to kill him. As soon as he heard that it was Zang Hong, he immediately ordered his people to let Zang Hong go. Zang Hong felt grateful for his kindness and surrendered to Cao Cao, and then relied on his sharp tongue.
, summoned all of Yuan Shao's old generals under his command. It was at that time that Yan Xiang, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others joined Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was very polite to Zang Hong and appointed Zang Hong as the governor of Runan. However, due to the drought, there was a famine in Runan, so he took his people to Yingchuan. Zang Hong was a low-key person and worked in Yingchuan for more than a year.
After Xu Shu left, he entrusted Yangdi City to Zang Hong, because only Zang Hong could appease Yuan Shu's subordinates.
Zhang Xun was also highly regarded by Yuan Shu before and was a good soldier in marching and fighting. He was defeated in Shouchun two years ago and was beaten by Sun Jian. He was forced to retreat to Lujiang and joined forces with Liu Xun. Later, he was opened again.
, he had no choice but to escape back to Runan.
Seeing Zang Hong's hesitation, he asked: "Now that the power of King Wei is over, our surrender to Cao Cao is just a temporary measure to survive. Today, the Yan army is strong and will inevitably occupy the Central Plains. Why don't we surrender to the Yan army?"
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Zang Hong said hurriedly: "No, no, I won't do this. If you surrender again, you will definitely be called a slave of the three surnames."
Qiao Rui said: "No matter what they call us, as long as we wear warm clothes and have enough food, it's enough. Besides, if we offer the city, Gao Fei will definitely promote us vigorously when he sees it. There is enough food and grass in the city to last more than a year."
, if the Yan army gets this batch of food and grass, they will definitely reuse ours..."
"Shut up! None of you can even think of surrendering without a fight. We will spend a few more days with Zhang Liao. After a few days, we will make a decision." Zang Hong said.
The rest of the people stopped talking and just looked at the city quietly.
At this time, the city gate opened. Zhang Liao, who was riding on a maroon war horse with a heroic face and a spear in his hand, was in high spirits. When he saw three generals and five hundred cavalry driving out of the city gate, he relaxed.
He said in a tone of voice: "It finally came out."
"Who is coming? Tell me your name!" Zhang Liao took a few steps forward and shouted to the person opposite.
"Li Feng is right!" Li Feng shouted, galloped on his horse, and rushed forward with his spear pointed out.
Zhang Liao also came forward to greet them. When the two men were about to approach, Zhang Liao suddenly took out a gun and stabbed him five or six times in succession. However, he heard Li Feng scream and his chest was covered with blood. He fell directly from the horse.
Get off the horse.
Chen Lan and Meicheng were shocked, wondering why Li Feng, a strong man, could not defeat Zhang Liao. The two looked at each other, and they shouted in unison, and charged at Zhang Liao with their weapons drawn.
Got out.
Not to be outdone, Zhang Liao, who had not shown off his skills for a long time, seemed a little excited at this time. He galloped towards Chen Lan, and Mei Cheng rushed over.
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise. The weapons of Zhang Liao and Chen Lan collided too violently, making a loud sound.
When Mei Cheng saw that Zhang Liao had passed Chen Lan's round, he was already furious and went to Zhang Liao.
"Looking for death!" Zhang Liao saw Mei Cheng approaching with a gun, so he cheered up, raised a gun, and stabbed Mei Cheng under the horse.
Then, Zhang Liao turned the horse's head and rushed towards Chen Lan. Gibbon Shu turned sideways and captured Chen Lan alive. He took Chen Lan back to the formation, and then directly threw Chen Lan to the ground. The soldiers immediately used their weapons to attack him.
Caught his neck.
"Zhang Liao is brave and unstoppable. He killed Li Feng and Mei Cheng in one move, and also captured Chen Lan. It seems that it is not easy to deal with!" Yan Xiang felt in his heart when he saw one of his men captured and two killed.
It was also a period of decline.
Zang Hong said: "It seems that closing the city gate tightly is the best policy."
After the words were spoken, the five hundred soldiers who had been placed outside entered the city and began to hang up their war-free cards and intensified patrols.
Seeing that the enemy did not come out, Zhang Liao kept shouting and cursing for half an hour. Zhang Liao had no choice but to retreat.
In the camp, Zhang Liao was sitting there, looking at Chen Lan kneeling on the ground, and asked: "Are you willing to surrender?"
After hearing this, Chen Lan immediately said: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender."
"Very good, take good care of him first. When night falls, I will have my own strategy to defeat the enemy." Zhang Liao waved his hand towards Chen Lan and motioned for Chen Lan to go down.
After Chen Lan left, Zhang Liao sat there and spread out the map. He was looking at it carefully and was lost in thought. Suddenly a scout came in from the outside and said immediately: "General, the lord sent a flying pigeon message to the general."
Yangzhai City must be captured as soon as possible, even if it is a forced attack, otherwise there will be endless trouble."
After Zhang Liao heard this, he hurriedly wrote a reply and asked the scouts to take him away.
Then, he began to think hard, and finally thought of a plan, and asked someone to call Chen Lan over again.
After Chen Lan was brought there, he asked, "What are your orders, general?"
Zhang Liao said: "Are you sincerely loyal to our Yan army?"
"It is indeed sincere. I am determined and the general is extremely brave. I admire him very much."
"In that case, let me ask you to do something for me. You return to Yangzhai and open the city gate for me. As soon as the city gate opens, I will lead my troops in and cooperate with you inside and outside. How about it?
"Zhang Liao said.
After hearing this, Chen Lan nodded and said, "Okay."
Zhang Liao smiled and said: "It's not too late, let's start preparations now."