The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 283: Chapter 282
Tai Shici nodded, stretched out his hand and patted Hao Zhao's shoulder lightly, and said to Hao Zhao, "Come on, don't go back to Jiguan, go back to Jinyang, and take good care of your mother."

Hao Zhao felt a conflict in his heart. On the one hand, he was the life and death brother who was killed by Tai Shici, and on the other hand was Tai Shici who was kind to him. He didn't know what to do.

He was silent for a moment, and finally took the reins of the horse from Tai Shici's hand, turned over and rode on the horse's back, shouted "Jia", and galloped out without saying a word.

Looking at Hao Zhaoyuan's back, one of Tai Shici's soldiers said: "General, you let him go like this. He didn't even say thank you, and just left like that. It's really hateful."

Tai Shici smiled but did not answer, and immediately said to everyone: "There is no need to delay, send a signal to the other battalions immediately!"

"Here!"

Tai Shici and the others didn't stay where they were for long, the soldiers brought the horses, they stepped on the horses, and immediately rushed towards Jiguan. At this time, the signal had been sent, and it was time to take action.

Tai Shici left with the army, leaving two soldiers to take care of the injured Shen Bao, and went straight to Jiguan to kill him.

Cao Xiu was injured, and the soldiers advised him to go back to the pass, but he did not agree, and he was willing to leave only when he saw Hao Zhao come back with Shen Bao's head.

At this time, the rest of Hao Zhao's subordinates rushed over, surrounded Cao Xiu, stayed where they were, and waited for Hao Zhao's good news.

After waiting for a while, Hao Zhao did not wait, but the enemy did.

With a clear whistle, heavily armed enemies surrounded them from all directions, some carrying bows and arrows, or carrying crossbows, before approaching, there was a blast of fire!
Immediately afterwards, on the official road directly in front, Tai Shici was riding a white horse with a silver helmet and a silver gun in his hand, which almost melted into the same color as the snow, with an orange-red tinge. Hong Liu directly killed him.

Cao Xiu and others were taken aback, and immediately lined up to fight.

But the arrows flying all over the sky had already struck, and hundreds of arrows fell, and Cao Xiu's subordinates were killed and injured, only about two hundred people remained.

The remaining [-] soldiers surrounded Cao Xiu in the middle, and ten more soldiers held up their shields to cover Cao Xiu's arrows, and then retreated in the direction of Jiguan.

Tai Shici didn't approach, but his subordinates shot wildly with arrows, and sent someone to cut off Cao Xiu's retreat, and still shot from a distance with arrows, eliminating Cao Xiu's vital forces from the outside.

Soon, the soldiers of Cao Jun were shot with arrows one after another. On the palm-sized snow around them, there was a dense patch of arrows, like hedgehogs. The corpses were lying in a mess, and some were even bloody and bloody from being trampled on.

In just a quarter of an hour, there were only about [-] people left around Cao Xiu, and most of them were still wounded by arrows. It would be a matter of time before they were wiped out.

Cao Xiu waited fiercely for Tai Shici, feeling very annoyed, he underestimated Tai Shici too much, when he saw Tai Shici appearing here, Cao Xiu was completely shocked, why did Tai Shici come to Hanoi from Hedong in just a few days , but Tai Shici did not pass through Jiguan, the only way. Could it be a detour?

In such a dangerous situation, Cao Xiu couldn't afford to think too much. He looked around and found that he was completely surrounded, and there was almost no possibility of rushing out.

Suddenly, Tai Shici and the others stopped shooting. Tai Shici rode his horse and took a few steps forward, shouting loudly: "Cao Xiu! If you are sensible, surrender yourself. As long as you can persuade the army in Jiguan City to surrender, I will return to you." I can give you a way out!"

"Hahaha... Do you think that I am a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? If I want to kill, I will kill it. Don't be a fool!" Cao Xiu had already put life and death aside. , but 20 years later, he is another hero.

Tai Shici saw that Cao Xiu was unwilling to surrender, and he was unwilling to waste any more words. After all, Cao Xiu was Cao Cao's clan son and his cousin's nephew, that is, his nephew, and he would definitely not carry Cao Cao on his back.

Therefore, Tai Shici raised his hand, and the soldiers from all directions either drew their bowstrings or held their crossbows, and when Tai Shici waved his hand down, they immediately shot arrows.

Arrows like locusts fell mercilessly, and all the soldiers guarding Cao Xiu were killed, and Cao Xiu was also hit by several arrows, but he was still standing among the corpses with a long spear, with an indifferent look in his eyes. , looking at Tai Shici, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said weakly: "Tai Shici, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go..."

"Since you like being a ghost so much, then I'll make you happy!" Tai Shici took out his horn bow, drew an arrow and put it on the bowstring, and quickly drew the bowstring to the full. He only looked at Cao Xiu once, and then let go of the bowstring. , an arrow flew towards Cao Xiu quickly, pierced his throat, and shot Cao Xiu to death.

Later, Tai Shici ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, took off the clothes of the soldiers of Cao Jun, put them on his body, and then sent more than 300 people to the city of Jiguan to open the gate.

The moment the closed door was opened, three hundred elite soldiers immediately showed their ferocious faces, raised their sabers, and slashed and killed all the Cao soldiers guarding the gate without leaving.

At this time, Tai Shici led the army, held Cao Xiu's head, swaggered into Jiguan City, and then quickly occupied the highest position in Guancheng, blocked more than 8000 Cao soldiers in the barracks, and informed them that Cao Xiu was dead. If you don't put down your arms and surrender, you will end up the same as Cao Xiu.

There are nearly 9000 soldiers in Cao Jun. Relying on the large number of people, they were unwilling to surrender at first, and wanted to try to fight to see if they could break out of the encirclement.

However, Tai Shici had already occupied all the favorable positions in the Guancheng. As soon as Cao Jun came out of the cave, he was greeted with a burst of arrows. After more than 1000 people were killed and injured, the rest did not dare to rush out again, and they all huddled in the cave.

Tai Shici didn't attack either, but just waited outside.

At this time, the deputy general Dai Xiong arrived at the north gate with the army. Tai Shici sent people to welcome Dai Xiong into the pass, and then joined forces to guard the main point in turn.

Although it was warm in the cave, there was no food to eat. After nearly a day of stalemate with Tai Shici, Cao Jun's army's morale gradually weakened. Some were willing to surrender, while others wanted to stick to it. There was infighting.Fortunately, he was persuaded and no bloodshed occurred.

But there is no way to consume it like this, it can only be starving, and the firewood has been burned out, the previous temperature is gone, cold and hungry, it is really unbearable.

Just at this time, Hao Zhao left and returned, thanking Tai Shici for his kindness, and surrendered to Tai Shici, who ordered him to persuade those Cao troops to surrender.

Hao Zhao was outstanding in martial arts, brave and ruthless, and was well-known in the army. He entered the cave alone and informed those Cao troops of Taishi Ci's conditions, and the Cao troops expressed their willingness to lay down their weapons and surrender to Tai Shici.

So, more than 600 Cao Jun followed Hao Zhao out of the cave, handed over their weapons, and surrendered to Tai Shici.

Tai Shici also kept his promise, first let them have a full meal, and then let them be assigned to every soldier, he will treat those who are willing to stay under him as soldiers, and he will not do harm to those who are unwilling, not only let them go Leave and pay back the travel expenses.

These soldiers were all conscripted into the army in Bingzhou. Many of them were from Jinyang. They enlisted for nothing more than to make a living. Even if they went back, they would still be farming. If you still want to go hungry, you might as well continue to serve as a soldier and earn military pay. At least you can take care of food and housing in the military camp, and you still have money to send home to support your family.

As a result, none of these 600 people was willing to leave, and they all expressed their willingness to stay and serve as Tai Shici's soldiers.

Tai Shici appointed Hao Zhao as the captain, responsible for commanding these 600 people.Hao Zhao was moved for a while, and he was even more grateful to Tai Shici.

On the same day, Jia Kui, the prefect of Hedong, came to Jiguan with [-] soldiers, joined forces with Tai Shici, and after some planning, prepared to launch a counterattack.

Tai Shici only rested here briefly for one night, and then left Shen Bao and 500 people guarding the pass, leading the army all the way east, preparing to recover the lost land in Hanoi, and he even regarded Xiahou Dun, who was stationed in Huaicheng, as the first priority. The goal!

In addition, he even sent Hao Zhao to lead the troops to seal off the river bank, collect ships, and prepare for his next plan.

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Yanzhou, Lihu.

Zhang Yan led the Son of Heaven to catch up with General Huben Xu Chu in Juyang, but he secretly dispatched General Huwei Zhao Yun stationed in Fan County to secretly cross Cangting to the north with all flags and drums silent.

Yuan Shao raised an army of 35 to fight for the Central Plains, while the other [-] troops were distributed on the borders of Youzhou and Bingzhou, and Yuan Xi, Yuan Shao's second son, was in charge to prevent the Huns, Xianbei, and Wuhuan from entering.In this way, Jizhou, Yuan Shao's old nest, must be empty.

General Huwei, Zhao Yun, led the bodyguard army. This army was the best of Zhang Yan's elite, and before Yuan Shao went south, he deployed defenses and asked him to station troops in Fan County.

But Zhang Yan also kept an eye out. He didn't let the guards go to Fan County ostentatiously, but asked them to dress up as ordinary people, escort the luggage to Fan County, and then serve the people on the spot in a low-key manner, saying yes to the county magistrate. Migrated Tuntian militiamen.

Therefore, except for a few people who know the location of General Huwei Zhao Yun's army, outsiders have no way of knowing.Then, Yuan Shao didn't even know that Zhao Yun's army existed in Fan County.

If Yuan Shao knew, he might have already taken precautions.

Zhang Yan once promised Zhao Yun that once the war with Yuan Shao broke out, he would be the vanguard and kill Yuan Shao himself.

He never forgot, and Zhao Yun never forgot.

At the beginning of Yuan Shao's attack, Zhao Yun asked Zhang Yan to fight, and wanted to attack Yuan Shao on a white horse.

However, according to the situation at the time, Zhang Yan believed that Yuan Shao's army was in full swing and should not be confronted head-on, so they should preserve their strength, so he ordered all the ministries to stand firm and not fight. They pretended to surrender, so as not to bring disaster to the people of the states, counties, and counties.

Therefore, Zhao Yun was impatient, and stayed in Fan County in a daze. He only waited for Zhang Yan's order, and rushed into Yuan Jun's barracks with a large army, beheading Yuan Shao.

However, Zhao Yun did not wait for the order to be the vanguard to confront Yuan Shao head-on, but he waited for the order to lead his army to the north secretly, and then to attack Yecheng. He even sent a supervisor to Zhao Yun, fearing that Zhao Yun would be blinded by hatred He has no intention of obeying this order.

In fact, Zhao Yun is quite obedient. He is a natural soldier, and as a soldier, he must obey orders, and he does this very well.Since Zhang Yan arranged it like this, there must be a reason for him.Moreover, Zhao Yun was not mentally retarded, he quickly guessed what kind of shock would be brought to Yuan Shao if the attack on Yecheng was successful.

Supervising Army Sima is redundant to Zhao Yun, but it also has advantages. At least someone can discuss it. One more person, one more strength, one more head, one more idea.Chen Gui, Prime Minister of Peiguo, who served as the supervisor of the army, and the father of the later general Chen Deng, was also a loyal supporter of Zhang Yan in charge of Xuzhou.

Although Chen Gui was old, he was in good health. As soon as he came to Fan County, he told Zhao Yun about Zhang Yan's strategic plan. , and then collect the boats and start crossing north.

Zhang Yan, on the other hand, led today's son, under the escort of two thousand cavalry guards and General Huben Xu Chu, bluffing and swaggering from the sentence Yang to the north along the way. When he came to Lihu, he stopped and sent The envoy took the imperial decree and went to Yuan Shaojun's camp outside Puyang City to question the crime!
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