The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 285 Chapter 284
The five thousand elite riders were all dressed in black armor, and under the leadership of General Yan Liang, they were like a black torrent.

The dull and chaotic sound of horseshoes sounded beside him, and Yan Liang, who was rushing to the front, looked back from time to time, seeing the cavalry's sparse meandering, Yan Liang's frown deepened.

"Son of a bitch weather!"

Yan Liang looked up at the hazy sky, and cursed secretly in his heart.

These five thousand cavalry are all the elite of Yan Liang's subordinates. They were trained by Yan Liang. When fighting, all of them are like hungry wolves, rushing towards the enemy with their teeth grinning. Let it go, and they will do whatever they can. They are a group of out-and-out berserkers on the battlefield, and even a group of bloodthirsty butchers!
Normally, the distance from Puyang to Lihu, which is dozens of miles away, can be reached in half an hour. However, because of the snow on the road, which covered the official road, Yan Liang and the others ran a lot on the way. It's a waste of time, and the horses can't move forward normally in this bad weather. The journey is slow and time-consuming. It has been half an hour, but they have only traveled twenty miles.

According to this situation, Yan Liang estimated that it would take some time to reach Lihu.So, he sent a hundred cavalry to act as scouts to scout the way ahead, while he walked slowly with the army.

Behind Yan Liang is the cavalry unit led by Wen Chou, also 5000 people, but they keep a long distance from Yan Liang.

Yuan Shao led Tian Feng, Zhang He, Gao Lan and others, as well as [-] cavalry troops, followed closely behind Wen Chou. The [-] troops set out from Puyang and marched in a meandering way, stretching out for more than ten miles. , mighty, so spectacular.

The road was slippery in the snowy weather, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others were all cavalry, and they ran faster in front, but Yuan Shao's army had mostly infantry.

This time, in order to destroy Zhang Yan, Yuan Shao mobilized an army of [-], including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, all of which were Yuan Shao's elite troops and Yuan Shao's direct descendants.The [-] army was recruited by Yuan Shao when he was a shepherd in Jizhou. Because seven out of ten of the army were from Jizhou, it was also called the Jizhou Army.

Yuan Shao had 35 direct line troops. In this southern expedition, Yuan Shao mobilized 8 troops, and the Jizhou army mobilized [-]. Of the remaining [-] Jizhou troops, [-] stayed in Yecheng and [-] were transferred by Yuan Shao. Yuan Tan, the eldest son, was appointed to protect Yuan Tan.

After all, Yuan Shao was still not at ease when Yuan Tan was in command, so he specially asked Xu You, Guo Tu, and Pang Ji to assist him, and led generals Zhu Ling, Jiang Yiqu, Zhang Nan and other generals to let Yuan Tan lead an army of [-] to attack Qingzhou .

During this Southern Expedition, Yuan Shao was ambitious and high-spirited. Looking at the world, there are really only a handful of people who can mobilize so many people to participate in the battle.

The Tianxue road was slippery, Yuan Shao and others walked very slowly, and it was no surprise that people slipped and fell from time to time along the way.

"How far is Yan Liang from Lihu?" Yuan Shao asked the people around him anxiously.

"The scout reported just now that General Yan Liang is about twenty miles away from Fox City."

"Well, in this weather, this speed is not too slow. Send someone to tell Yan Liang that anyone who encounters an enemy will be shot to death. Anyone who gets Zhang Yan's head will be rewarded with a thousand gold!" Yuan Shao said.

"Here!"

……

Zhang Yan stood quietly alone on the only way to Lihu City, and he was still one mile away from the ambush site of Xu Chu and others.

He looked at the straight snow-covered road ahead, hoping that someone would come on the horizon.

However, he was disappointed again and again. After waiting for so long, not to mention a single figure, not even a bird or beast appeared.

Not only that, even the car he sent to pick up the emperor Liu Xie seemed to be against him, and never appeared behind him.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, a voice came from behind Zhang Yan. He looked back, but saw a carriage slowly approaching from the official road, and it was Jia Xu who was in charge of driving.

Jia Xu held the rein in one hand and the whip in the other, walking slowly towards Zhang Yan, one person, one horse, and one cart.

"Military Master, why are you here?" Zhang Yan asked hurriedly.

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Escorting His Majesty here, I don't trust others, so I drove the carriage here myself."

The carriage drove to Zhang Yan's side, Jia Xu jumped out of the carriage, then opened the curtain of the carriage, and respectfully said to Liu Xie inside the carriage: "Your Majesty, we are here, please get off the carriage!"

Liu Xie was wearing a dragon robe and a crown on his head. At this time, he was looking outside with suspicious eyes, but he saw Zhang Yan alone in the white wilderness. The north wind was blowing from outside, blowing The bead curtain hanging in front of his crown swayed in the wind, making a series of sparkling and crisp sounds.

"Aiqing, why do you want me to come here?" Liu Xie didn't get out of the car, but sat there motionless, he wanted to ask clearly.

Zhang Yan didn't get off the horse, but rode on the horse's back arrogantly, looking at Liu Xie with an extremely arrogant expression, and there was a killing intent in his sharp eyes, which gave people a chilling feeling.

"Yuan Shao rebelled. I wrote a letter to persuade him, but he didn't listen. When he learned that His Majesty was leaving the fox, he personally led the army to kill him. Yuan Shao issued an edict to the world in the name of a false edict, saying that he wanted the Qing emperor to side. I asked His Majesty to come here. I want to expose Yuan Shao's lies in front of Yuan Shao and his subordinates, and tell them who is the traitor!" Zhang Yan said coldly, "Since your majesty is here, please get out of the car!"

Liu Xie is very afraid of Zhang Yan. Since Dong Cheng and Fu Wan were cut off, Liu Xie has been like a puppet. In addition, Zhang Yan has also selected beauties for Liu Xie. Liu Xie has been living his own sexual life in the harem , hugging left and right, more than a dozen women, not letting any one go, enjoying the happiness to the fullest.

Basically, all major military affairs depend on Zhang Yan.In the past, Zhang Yan was afraid of getting a reputation as a treacherous minister, so he asked Liu Xie for advice on everything, like walking on thin ice.

But since Dong Cheng and Fu Wan were killed last time, Zhang Yan no longer has so many scruples.In his opinion, no matter how scrupulous he is, in the eyes of others, he is still a minister of power and treachery, and he cannot change his identity.

Simply put, Zhang Yan didn't care so much anymore. He killed Dong Cheng, executed him, and then imprisoned Liu Xie. He controlled the power of the world by himself and acted as the regent. Except that he didn't have the title of emperor, the rest was similar to the emperor.

In the past two years, many speculators persuaded Zhang Yan to poison Liu Xie to death, and then proclaim himself emperor.But they were all rejected by Zhang Yan. In his opinion, proclaiming the emperor is a matter of time, but how and when to proclaim the emperor must be more cautious.

Liu Xie got off the carriage obediently without a single complaint, but he was shivering from the cold wind when he just got off the carriage.

In the past two years, Liu Xie has been indulging in sensuality, indulging in drinking and sex, and excessively indulging in sex. He looks strong on the outside, but in fact his body has already been hollowed out, and he can't stand the torment at all.

And just last year, Liu Xie's Gongsun Jieyu gave birth to a dragon heir for Liu Xie. Since the birth of the dragon heir, Zhang Yan has been secretly planning one thing in his heart, which is to get rid of Liu Xie. Make Liu Xie's son who is not yet one year old the emperor, and he still manages state affairs as the regent. In this way, his rule can last for a long time, and the emperor's influence on the officials and even the whole world can be gradually weakened.

However, if Liu Xie died in Pengcheng, he would naturally be involved, and killing Liu Xie when Hebei was not peaceful would undoubtedly cause turmoil in the world.Moreover, Zhang Yan didn't have a good reason to kill Liu Xie, so the matter has been shelved.

Although it was put on hold, Zhang Yan would think about it from time to time.This time, Zhang Yan led Liu Xieyu on a personal expedition. He seemed to have seen an opportunity and wanted to use Yuan Shao's hand to kill the current emperor.

"Your Majesty, please stand here and wait for Yuan Jun's arrival with my minister."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan turned his face to Jia Xu and said, "Did you bring the sign I asked you to bring?"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "I brought it."

He walked to the back of the carriage and took out a few vertical wooden signs, on which were written "Beware of an ambush here" in seven bold characters.

After Zhang Yan glanced at it, he was very satisfied, so he asked Jia Xu to put a few signs on the side of the road.

After a long time, Liu Xie was shivering in the cold wind, his lips were blue from the cold, and he was curled up with no warmth in his whole body.

Seeing Liu Xie being frozen like this, Zhang Yan just sneered, but thought to himself: "You have always been pampered, this time I will let you taste the feeling of being frozen!"

After a while, Jia Xu walked up to Zhang Yan and asked, "My lord, your majesty's clothes are thin. If you go on like this, if you are frozen to death, it will be terrible. Why don't you let your majesty take shelter from the wind and cold for a while?" ?”

Zhang Yan glanced at Liu Xie with a livid face, and nodded.

Jia Xu then helped Liu Xie into the carriage. There was a child on the carriage. Liu Xie shivered and wrapped the child around his body, and began to keep warm, but in his heart, he had already scolded Zhang Yan countless times. up.

At this time, Jia Xu walked to Zhang Yan's side again, and asked in a low voice, "The Lord asked His Majesty to come here, it's not just to expose Yuan Shao's lies, right?"

Zhang Yan squinted at Jia Xu, and said with a sneer, "Military Master, why don't you guess what I want to do?"

Seeing a cunning flash in Zhang Yan's eyes, Jia Xu said in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Could it be that my lord wants to borrow a knife to kill someone?"

Zhang Yan just smiled and did not deny it.

Jia Xu didn't ask any more questions, turned around and walked towards the carriage, pulled out a short knife hidden in his bosom, and cut off the reins of the horses pulling the carriage.

Zhang Yan watched clearly from behind. Seeing Jia Xu doing this, he suddenly understood everything, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The two looked at each other and smiled, not rebelling against their hearts, everything was kept silent.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Yan, Jia Xu, including Liu Xie who was sitting in the carriage, heard a mess of horseshoes, whips twitching, and someone shouting from far to near.

Sure enough, a moment later, a black torrent sailed out on the horizon, and Zhang Yan, who rushed to the front, knew that it was Yuan Shao's confidant and beloved general, Yan Liang.

"It's just in time, and a good show will be staged in a while!" Zhang Yan said to himself.

(End of this chapter)