Chapter 996: Changes in Qiao County

It was not until dark that the news from the scouts stunned Jia Kui. Yangliangju was deserted, and tens of thousands of people in Yuzhou disappeared as if they had evaporated. The scout team sent people to carefully search the area 20 miles around Yangliangju, but there was no trace of the Yuzhou Army. The defenders of Gushu County, more than ten miles west of Yangliangju, also found no trace of the Yuzhou Army.

In Suiyang City and the Prime Minister's Palace, Jia Kui was walking back and forth in the meeting hall like an ant on a hot pot. Tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops were suddenly wiped out, which made him feel an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. The actions of the Yuzhou Army were really unusual. They first marched deliberately slowly, and then suddenly attacked Yangliangju. Just when everyone thought that the Yuzhou Army was going to attack Suiyang, they suddenly disappeared again. What did Kong Min want?

After receiving the news that the Yuzhou Army had disappeared, Jia Kui had sent people to the garrison generals of all counties in the Liang Kingdom and ordered all cities to close their gates. Without his order, no one was allowed to send troops out of the city to prevent the Yuzhou Army from playing tricks. . But even so, Jia Kui's uneasiness did not diminish by half.

It was already the third watch, but Jia Kui was not sleepy at all, and summoned all the generals to discuss the affairs of the Yuzhou Army. Now in the conference hall, the Prime Minister of Liang State, Shi Caishen, the Commander-in-Chief of the County Army, Sima Xing, the Commander-in-Chief of the Liang State Army, Jia Gong, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Pei State Army, Ding Gong, were all present, but after deliberation for a long time, no one could come up with a solution.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded outside the Prime Minister's Mansion. Jia Kui frowned. Just as he was about to get angry, he heard an urgent report from the soldiers outside the hall: "Prime Minister, Captain Zhang, the guard of the South Gate, is here. Asking for a meeting outside, I have an urgent military report!"

The soldier's words made Jia Kui's heart tighten, and he quickly said: "Quickly tell him to come in!"

A moment later, Nanmen Captain Zhang Ji rushed in and shouted loudly as he ran: "Prime Minister, it's not good, there is an emergency messenger from Qiao County outside the city."

"Messenger seeking help!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Jia Kui even stood up and said, "Are you sure it's the messenger from Qiao County?"

Zhang Xiaowei said: "The general dare not go all over the country. This is the token delivered to the city by the messenger. After the general got it, he ordered the soldiers to pull him up to the city tower in a hanging basket. The messenger was exhausted and was all over the city. There were blood stains on it, so the general ordered his soldiers to carry it to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he first brought the token to the Prime Minister for inspection."

With that said, the captain took out a dark token from his arms and handed it to Jia Kui's hand.

Jia Kui knew that this token was genuine without even looking at it in his hand. It was less than a hundred miles from Qiao County to Suiyang, and the messenger was able to run out of strength and covered in blood. In addition to running in a hurry, it seemed that there were pursuers to stop him. So, something must have happened in Qiao County, right? . .

Jia Kui felt a strong uneasiness in his heart. At this moment, the bloodstained messenger was carried in by the soldiers. Jia Kui looked at the messenger and was shocked. He turned out to be a personal soldier of Cao Hong, the prefect of Qiao County. His name was Cao. Zhi, Jia Kui had seen this person before.

Sure enough, as soon as the messenger came in and saw Jia Kui, he said: "Prime Minister Jia, we have all been deceived. The main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army suddenly appeared under Qiao County. Now a hundred thousand troops have surrounded Qiao County. The generals have not led fifty A cavalryman fought desperately to break through, but was intercepted by the army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. All fifty brothers died in the battle to protect a certain person from breaking out. "

With that said, Cao Zhi took out a tube of letters from his arms and struggled to hand it to Jia Kui. The soldiers quickly took the letter and handed it to Jia Kui.

Jia Kui quickly opened the letter, and the content inside shocked him like a bolt from the blue. The letter asking for help was indeed written by Cao Hong himself, and it was also stamped with the seals of the prefect of Qiao County and the general of Dang Kou.

Cao Hong said in the letter that this morning, the Yuzhou Army, which had been marching slowly in the past few days, suddenly marched for dozens of miles and arrived at the foot of Qiao County in the afternoon. Then, the army was divided into three parts, each in Qiao County. They set up large camps in the south, north and west directions, and sent thousands of cavalry across the river to control the west of Qiao County.

Here, I have to talk about the surrounding terrain of Qiao County City.

Like Dingtao, Qiao County built its city near water. However, the river in Qiao County was to the east of the city, so the city in Qiao County was flat on three sides and faced water on one side. Now, as soon as the Yuzhou Army arrived at Qiao County, they surrounded the city outside the city gates on three sides, and then sent cavalry patrols to the east bank of the Wo River in the east, obviously to trap Qiao County to death.

None of these are important. The most important thing is that after the Yuzhou Army set up camp, what was raised in the camp was not the flag of the Yuzhou Army, but "General Huang of the Eastern Conquest Army to assist the country" and "General Li Ningshuo of the Eastern Conquest Army". " and "Conquering the Eastern Army, Guangwu General Han" several general flags.

Standing at the top of Qiao County City, Cao Hong looked at the huge "yellow" flag in the military camp outside the city, and his heart suddenly fell into an endless abyss. Didn't it mean that Huang Zhong was in Dingtao? Why did they appear in Qiao County, and whose two lieutenants, Li and Han, belonged to them?

Cao Hong quickly recalled the information about the Eastern Conquest Army he had received from Cao Cao. The only general named Han among Huangfu Chaobo's generals should be the Baibo thief Han Xian. What about the one named Li? In Cao Hong's impression, Huangfu Chaobo's generals surnamed Li included Baibo thief Li Le and Jizhou Li Li. However, it turned out that these three were not generals of Huang Zhong's tribe? Why did it appear in Yuzhou?

Could it be that the Yuzhou Army deliberately raised the banner of Huang Zhong to confuse him? When Cao Hong was hesitating, suddenly the guard next to him shouted: "General, an enemy army is coming from the opposite side. It seems that they are here to inspect our city." "Information."

Cao Hong looked down at the city, and sure enough, a cavalry appeared on the opposite side, followed by thousands of infantrymen. When he looked at the leader, Cao Hong was shocked. It was Huang Zhong. He was right. It was definitely Huang Zhong. You know, when the princes were fighting against Dong, Cao Cao's generals fought side by side with Huangfu Chaobo many times, and they were very familiar with Huang Zhong.

The appearance of Huang Zhong made Cao Hong's last bit of luck disappear without a trace: "It's really Huang Zhong. It's hard to say that the target of the expeditionary army is Yuzhou instead of Yanzhou, but where is the Yuzhou army? Where did it go?"

Suddenly, Cao Hong thought of a plan to replace the main force. The main force of the expeditionary army on the battlefield of Yuzhou was the main force of the expeditionary army, and the main force of the Yuzhou army was the Yuzhou army on the battlefield of Yanzhou. But in this case, would Huangfu Chaobo's army really dare to attack Yanzhou? You know, Cao Hong could see at a glance that the infantry army behind Huang Zhong was indeed elite. After thinking about it, Cao Hong also found it incredible.

Thinking of this, Cao Hong felt that things had become confusing. However, no matter what, he had to send out all the information here, at least to let his lord know the situation in Qiao County.