The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 179 Pretending to be a horse dealer
"Li Tong, Xu Zhu, Liao Hua, Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, you and others lead your troops to Gaomi and join Zhao Yun's army." Li Yuan ordered the generals under his command.

"My lord, isn't General Zhao in Dongwu? Why did he go to Gaomi?" Liao Hua asked in confusion.

"Junior brother set off a day earlier than us. With the speed of the cavalry, they had already arrived in Gaomi when we arrived in Dongwu. I believe that junior brother will be able to easily capture Gaomi, so we met at Gaomi." Li Yuan explained.

So the generals went down and got ready to go to Gaomi County. On the other side, Zhao Yun's flying cavalry army was about to arrive in Gaomi. With the advantage of speed, Zhao Yun's flying cavalry army would often set off as the vanguard. However, Zhao Yun did not take the risk of attacking Gaomi this time. Then attack the city, because their first goal is to surprise Beihai, so when attacking Gaomi, they must not let go of any deserters.

The Flying Cavalry Army was hiding in a forest. Zhao Yun had sent dozens of scouts to check Gaomi's defense situation half an hour ago, and he had already made a detailed plan to attack Gaomi this time.After waiting for a long time, the scouts sent out finally came back.

"How is Gaomi's defense situation?" Zhao Yun stepped forward and asked without waiting for the returning soldiers to rest.

"General Zhao, the defense of Gaomi County is very loose, and the city walls are not tall. There are not many soldiers guarding the city, probably less than 1000." Go in."

Zhao Yun shook his head and denied, "No, it is not difficult to take down Gaomi, but what we have to do is not let a single soldier go. We will use the speed advantage and cavalry shooting of the cavalry to prevent the enemy from reporting to Beihai."

"General Zhao, what should we do?" Zang Hong asked after being silent for a long time.

Zang Hong was originally Li Tong's lieutenant general, but Li Tong believed that Zhao Yun's abilities were much superior to his. He learned a lot from Zhao Yun's subordinates before he could become a general who stood alone, so he recommended Zang Hong to Zhao Yun Being a lieutenant there, even being a soldier is better than being a lieutenant there.

Li Tong grew up a lot under Zhao Yun's teaching. Although he learned a lot, he still thought he was far behind Zhao Yun, so he recommended Zang Hong to go to Zhao Yun's place.Zang Hong also came to Zhao Yun with a worried heart. Zhao Yun didn't say anything after learning about it, but let him stay in the Flying Cavalry Army as a lieutenant general.

"Zang Hong, I have a task for you now, can you do it?" Zhao Yun had already made up his mind, and wanted to assign the task to Zang Hong, to see how capable Zang Hong was, his only impression of Zang Hong Even if he was defeated by Zhou Cang and captured alive by Zhou Cang, he didn't know much about other aspects, so he also wanted to test Zang Hong.

"General Zhao, please tell me, I, Zang Hong, will definitely not let you down!" Zang Hong clasped his fists and said, since he surrendered to Li Yuan, it was the first time for him to go out with the army, and he thought that he must not lose face, after all, Li Yuan had never been defeated in battle. He doesn't want to break this record in his hands.

Seeing Zang Hong's confidence, Zhao Yun nodded with satisfaction, "I will assign you two hundred of the most elite flying cavalry, and you and them will change into common people's clothes and enter Gaomi County dressed as horse merchants."

"Could it be that General Zhao wants me to dress up as a horse merchant and enter the city, and then wait for the opportunity to control the city gate?" Zang Hong said anxiously before Zhao Yun finished speaking.

"I'm only half right. If you use 100 people to capture the city gate, there are still 100 people who are useful for other purposes. There are only two city gates in Gaomi County, namely the south gate and the north gate. After leaving the north gate, go northwest. You can reach Beihai by walking. All you have to do is enter from the south gate, and then come out from the north gate to find a suitable place to hide. When I attack the city, the magistrate of Gaomi County will definitely send a horse to Beihai for help. You If you see it, use the flying cavalry to intercept it, and don't let the enemy soldiers escape."

In Zhao Yun's opinion, controlling the city gate is secondary. After all, Gaomi County's defense is very lax, and the city wall is not tall, only more than three meters high. It can be climbed into the city with climbing tools. In this era, the defense force of the county is weak. It is very weak, and only county towns have tall walls, so the most important thing for Zang Hong to attack this time is to intercept deserters.

"But General Zhao, I don't know how to ride and shoot." Zang Hong felt a little guilty, his arrow skills were average, let alone riding and shooting.

"It doesn't matter, the two hundred flying cavalry troops I gave you are all the most elite soldiers under my command. Their cavalry and shooting skills are very good. You just need to watch the timing and command them." Zhao Yun patted Zang Hong on the shoulder to signal his reassurance. Well, things like riding and shooting can be practiced slowly, but the grasp of fighters can only be adapted to the situation, which is what he values.

"Yes!" Zang Hong nodded and changed into civilian clothes with two hundred flying cavalry, dressed as horse merchants and headed towards Gaomi County.

After Zhao Yun waited for Zang Hong to leave, he gave an order: "All officers and men listen to the order and rest in place for half an hour, and attack Gaomi County after half an hour."

Zhao Yun is also bold in employing people, quite in the style of Li Yuan. Not long after Zang Hong returned to Li Yuan, let alone the level of ability, just his loyalty to Li Yuan is not enough guarantee, but Zhao Yun still dares to use Zang Hong to carry out this important task, it can be seen He employs boldness.

Zang Hong led two hundred flying cavalry troops to Gaomi County. He was very apprehensive along the way. He knew that this task was arduous. If he succeeded, it would be a great achievement. If he failed, it would affect Li Yuan's surprise attack on Beihai, so he was very cautious. Don't be careless.

It took less than half an hour for Zang Hong to lead his troops to Gaomi County. The city gate officer saw Zang Hong's troops and couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "With so many horses, are you a horse dealer?"

"Yes, the villain is a horse dealer." Zang Hong bowed his head and bowed, trying to lower his posture as much as possible. In fact, his heart was beating non-stop, fearing that he would be seen through.

"You have to pay taxes when you enter the city to sell horses. Have you prepared the taxes?" The city gate officer touched his chin and said. He is not a good-tempered person.

"The villain is ready." Zang Hong took out a bag of money from his pocket, which was given by Zhao Yun, and he carefully handed it to the city gate officer.

The city gate officer took it over and opened it to take a look, his eyes immediately cast a greedy gaze, he licked his tongue and said, "As expected of a horse merchant, he is really rich."

"Then can I enter the city?" Seeing the satisfied look of the city gate officer, Zang Hongxuan finally relaxed.

The city gate officer walked up to a horse and stroked it slowly with his hand, "Horse dealer, I see that you have so many horses, at least two hundred, why don't you give me one."

(End of this chapter)