Chapter 1069 Wuyin County Magistrate's Helplessness
Outside the county town, a group of Wei soldiers came quickly.
This group of troops were three thousand Wei soldiers led by Cao Ang and Xu Huang. The army approached the county seat of Wuyin County. Cao Ang did not rush into the city, but stopped outside the city.
Cao Ang rode on his horse and shouted: "Where is Yuan Dao, the magistrate of Wuyin County?"
The county magistrate stood on the city tower, neatly dressed, with a smile on his face, but he seemed a little reluctant. Zhang Liao stood on the inside of the city tower, also smiling. He believed that the county magistrate would make the right choice, so he did not intervene.
The county magistrate straightened his body and replied loudly: "County magistrate Yuan Dao, I have met the crown prince!"
He stood upstairs, bowed his hands to Cao Ang.
Cao Ang looked at Yuan Dao carefully, without showing any suspicious look on his face, and asked: "Magistrate Yuan, Zhang Liao led his troops to attack Wuyin County, why didn't he see a single person?"
When the county magistrate saw that Cao Ang was suspicious, he looked happy.
In fact, Yuan Dao was not the magistrate of Wuyin County at the beginning, but a civilian official in Cao Cao's army.
Cao Cao led the army all the way south, and after leading the troops to occupy Wuyin County, he killed the original Wuyin County magistrate and selected a new civilian official in the army. This person was Yuan Dao. Yuan Dao's wife, children, and parents were all in Yanzhou.
Once Yuan Dao surrendered, his wife, children, and parents would definitely not be protected, so Yuan Dao could not surrender.
Yuan Dao pretended to surrender in order to prevent Cao Ang from entering the city.
Yuan Dao was prepared to be killed by Zhang Liao, and he still had a bit of luck in his heart. As long as Cao Ang did not enter the city and stayed outside the city, he would not have to be embarrassed.
Cao Ang asked loudly and became suspicious, so Yuan Dao was happy.
Yuan Dao took a deep breath and said loudly: "Reporting to the crown prince, Zhang Liao led his army to attack Wuyin County. Although the offensive was fierce, it stopped outside the city and did not capture Wuyin County."
Zhang Liao didn't notice Yuan Dao's expression, and after hearing Yuan Dao's words, he didn't have any doubts.
His life was at stake, and he was sure that Yuan Dao would not dare to mess around.
Xu Huang stood next to Cao Ang and whispered: "Your Majesty, the city wall in Wuyin County has just been renovated. It seems that Zhang Liao has indeed been to Wuyin County. As for whether Zhang Liao has retreated, it is difficult to determine." Even though.
Yuan Dao was a civil servant in the army, so Xu Huang still remained suspicious and was not completely reassured.
After a pause, Xu Huang said again: "Your Majesty, please go to the city to test it out."
Cao Ang nodded and shouted loudly: "Magistrate Yuan, Ang led the army for a long journey and was tired from running around. The soldiers in the army are exhausted and need to rest. You open the city gate and let the soldiers enter the city."
When Yuan Dao heard this, his expression changed drastically.
His eyes flashed, and he was extremely anxious. Just now he loudly said that he had repelled Zhang Liao, which showed that Wuyin County was safe and there would be no problems. If Cao Ang had retreated directly or stationed himself outside the city, the matter would have been easier to handle. However,
, Cao Ang insisted on going to the city to rest. Isn't this a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?
For a moment, Yuan Dao was in a dilemma.
Seeing that Yuan Dao was still silent, Zhang Liao shouted in a low voice: "Magistrate Yuan, do you want to jump off the tower?"
Yuan Dao didn't reply, and kept thinking about various methods in his mind.
Xu Huang stood next to Cao Ang and frowned: "Your Majesty, there is no trace of happiness on Yuan Dao's face. Instead, he seems to not want us to enter Wuyin County. What's going on?"
Cao Ang also said: "It is indeed strange that we are not allowed to enter the city."
Xu Huang and Cao Ang never thought that Yuan Dao would pretend to surrender, so they had doubts in their hearts.
Cao Ang rolled his eyes and shouted again: "Magistrate Yuan, open the city gate quickly and let the army enter the city!" Cao Ang didn't understand what Yuan Dao meant, so he urged Yuan Dao to open the door again.
Zhang Liao heard Cao Ang's words and shouted: "Magistrate Yuan, haven't you thought about it yet?"
Yuan Dao felt helpless, why did Cao Ang want to enter the city? The army was camped outside the city, how great!
It's a pity, it's a pity...
Yuan Dao gritted his teeth and shouted: "Your Majesty, Zhang Liao is in the city, don't go in..." Just as he was about to finish speaking, Zhang Liao swung his nine-foot-long sword and slashed Yuan Dao into two halves.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Dao pretended to surrender.
After Zhang Liao breaks the city, he can kill Yuan Dao and use Yuan Dao's excuse to take control of Wuyin County. This is a good idea, but it can easily arouse Cao Ang's suspicion, so Zhang Liao lets Yuan Dao personally trick Cao Ang into entering the city. Yuan Dao welcomes Cao Ang
Entering the city, everything was seamless and there was nothing suspicious about it, and it was difficult for Cao Ang to tell the difference.
However, Zhang Liao did not expect that Yuan Dao would pretend to surrender.
He looked cold and shouted: "Open the city gate and fight out!" After saying that, Zhang Liao ran down the city tower with a nine-foot-long sword, preparing to take this opportunity to kill Cao Ang.
Under the city, Cao Ang was shocked by the situation upstairs.
Yuan Dao pretended to surrender in order to remind them not to enter the city.
At this time, both Cao Ang and Xu Huang understood the reason why Yuan Dao did not want them to enter the city.
Unfortunately, everything is too late.
In the eyes of Xu Huang and Cao Ang, if Zhang Liao led his troops to conquer Wuyin County and Yuan Dao was still alive, he would have surrendered to Zhang Liao. Because if Yuan Dao pretended to surrender, he would eventually be unable to stop Cao Ang and Xu Huang from entering the city.
, but Yuan Dao had to remind him, so his identity was exposed and he was killed by Zhang Liao.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to be killed decisively.
Cao Ang and Xu Huang thought so, but Yuan Dao didn't think so.
Zhang Liao led his soldiers to attack Wuyin County, and Yuan Dao died in the line of duty. He was a loyal minister of Cao Cao, but there was nothing special about him. When Cao Ang entered the city, Yuan Dao risked his life to remind him that the situation was very different, because he had saved Cao Ang's life.
Cao Ang escaped the disaster and must be extremely grateful to Yuan Dao.
As the saying goes, Cao Ang wants to compensate Yuan Dao, so he must give preferential treatment to Yuan Dao's family.
This is Yuan Dao's idea that has come full circle.
“Crunch!!!”
The city gate was opened wide, and Zhang Liao led nearly 10,000 Shu soldiers to rush out of the city gate.
Zhang Liao rode a white horse with a nine-foot-long sword in hand. He galloped with great majesty. As he ran, he shouted: "My son, Cao Ang, Zhang Liao is here. Quickly dismount and surrender. I will spare your life."
Xu Huang swung his mountain-breaking ax and rushed forward.
The big ax was pointed at Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang shouted: "Xu Huang is here, Zhang Liao should stop being so arrogant." Before he finished speaking, the long-handled ax in Xu Huang's hand was raised high, and the sharp ax blade streaked through the air, heading towards
Zhang Liao slashed away.
The nine-foot-long sword met the axe, and a huge roar was heard after the weapons collided.
Zhang Liao raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Good skills, look at the sword!"
Historically, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were both powerful generals of Cao Cao, and the gap between them was not big. In comparison, Zhang Liao was slightly better, but in the battlefield, what was competing was the momentum and the courage of the generals. Xu Huang was worse.
If Xu Huang becomes more and more courageous in the battle, Zhang Liao will definitely be defeated.
On the contrary, if Zhang Liao is at his peak, Xu Huang will definitely fail.
The two of them were going back and forth, fighting endlessly.
When Cao Ang saw Xu Huang and Zhang Liao entangled, he shouted: "Death to Zhang Liao!" As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Ang grabbed a spear from the soldier's hand and rode towards Zhang Liao to kill him.
Cao Ang was good at both civil and military skills, and he could also fight in battle.
He joined the battle group carrying a spear and immediately changed the balance of the situation.
Xu Huang and Cao Ang joined forces, and Zhang Liao was at a disadvantage.
Zhang Liao waved the nine-foot long sword in his hand and fought left and right without any trace of defeat. At this time, the Shu army soldiers brought by Zhang Liao launched a fierce attack and quickly rushed towards the three thousand elite soldiers brought by Cao Ang. Not only that, Zhang Liao
The generals under his command also took action to contain Cao Ang and change the current situation.
Zhang Liao had over 10,000 troops, but Cao Ang only had 3,000 troops, which was far more than Cao Ang's soldiers.
Not only that, the soldiers Zhang Liao brought were all elite soldiers in the army, not fresh recruits.
As soon as the two sides fought, the three thousand soldiers brought by Cao Ang complained incessantly and were difficult to stop.
Seeing that he could not kill Zhang Liao and could not suppress Zhang Liao's soldiers, Xu Huang shouted: "Your Majesty, retreat!" Cao Ang knew that the situation was unfavorable and without any hesitation, he joined forces with Xu Huang to defeat Zhang Liao and chose to retreat.
Zhang Liao captured Wuyin County, but failed to ambush Cao Ang.
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