Chapter 224: The Tunnel
Vigilance is the greatest power that God has given to all animals, including man. Vigilance can make the hungry beast more awake and hunt more smoothly; It can also make weak beasts more alert and escape more smoothly.
And also the desperate beast goes crazy.
Yuan Shao was too vigilant, and his vigilance made him feel uneasy in his safety, and Chen Deng behaved too resolutely, as if he was ready to die with the Yan army attacking Guangling...... It's not right, it's not right.
How could anyone be so stupid as to want to die with the Yan family?
Chen Deng should be afraid, should be afraid, and then run away...... Yuan Shao thought, Chen Deng is going to run away, I can't let them run, what should I do if they run away? Even if you want to run, you can't run with soldiers.
Who's scared?
Naturally, those in power do not want their subordinates to defect, so they often kill their opponents after the mutiny, but this choice is not absolute. For example, every emperor kills people because you rebelled, so I want to kill you; But Emperor Gao killed the heroes, that is, if he didn't kill the betrayal, he would rebel, and you would always rebel, so he had to kill you.
The sword light of the sharpening Huo Huo flickered in the Chen mansion, and the stragglers who retreated from the Bohai Sea all the way to Guangling bravely wielded their swords and strictly followed their general's orders to kill all the old, weak, women and children in the mansion. The mad warrior stepped out of the threshold with a bloodstained knife in his scarlet eyes, and the news drifted in the wind.
"Chen Ying is not here!"
Guangling Guan Temple, I don't know when it happened, the county officials blocked the door like crazy, one moment they were still frightened by the irresistible battle, the next moment the torch was thrown in from outside the courtyard, and then the crossbowmen climbed the courtyard wall and shot hard, the temple door was broken, and the blood rushed to the sky.
Chen Deng...... Chen Deng is not here! ”
This news is much worse, Chen Deng is the Taishou of Guangling, but he is not in the official temple at this moment, where will he be?
Yuan's soldiers and horses circled around the city like mad dogs, and since they had already tried to see the dagger, where did they dare to let the tiger return to the mountain, they would not do anything and kill them endlessly.
Chen Deng in the barracks.
In the southwest corner of Guangling City, there is a county barracks, which is stationed with 2,400 county soldiers. Originally, there was a battalion of 1,800 soldiers outside the city, but Chen Deng was sent to the north to guard the main road in order to prevent the Yan clan from suddenly forcing the crossing of Masegou, so there were only 2,400 soldiers in the county who could be driven by the Guangling Taishou.
In fact, even Chen Deng himself didn't know if he could still drive this army at this moment...... Compared with Guangling Taishou, Yuan Shao is still a skinny camel bigger than a horse, and he can give more to the county commander.
The governor of Guangling is also a celebrity, called Xue Zhou. In the past, he was the leader of thieves on an isolated island overseas, and his subordinates had more than 10,000 households, and his momentum was huge. However, when Chen Deng was in charge of the government of Guangling, he came to take refuge, tied his hands and received orders, and was willing to be used by Chen Deng, and now he is the captain of Guangling, and most of his more than 2,400 subordinates are pirates in the past.
It stands to reason that it is difficult for people to put their lives in the hands of a bandit in this situation, but Chen Deng appeared under the gate of the barracks after sneaking for a long time and swaggered into the camp.
He thought very easily and straightforwardly, if the Yuan clan wanted to kill him at the moment, the four gates of the city defense must have been locked. When you go out of the city, you don't have to think about it, the only way to survive is in this barracks, if you can still live, then you will live; If not, you may die.
The soldiers in the camp obviously received some news, and they were very surprised to see Chen Deng and his younger brother alone, and all the swords and spears were full of defense, but in the end, Chen Deng had accumulated power for a long time, and they all gave way to the military tent in Xuezhou. It's just that Chen Deng hasn't said anything yet, Xue Zhou is in a hurry!
"Chen Yuanlong, Xue has always been very respectful to you since he defected, and he admires you as a person." Xue Zhou stood up with his helmet and armor, this pirate leader who had been exposed to the vicissitudes of life was not angry but also arrogant, not to mention the anger at the moment, he looked extremely terrifying, and said: "You came just in time, the commander who handed over was killed by Xue, you have to say a good thing, why do you relieve Xue of his official position!" ”
Yuan Shao's people didn't take Xue Zhou seriously at all, just as a lieutenant who didn't have much knowledge, and only sent a dozen people with official seals to enter the camp to dismiss Xue Zhou, where did they know that Xue Zhou didn't care so much at all, and his subordinate soldiers were very concerned about Xue Zhou, and directly tied up the military academy and executed him in the camp. Just before Chen Deng came, they were still gathered in the camp in Xuezhou to think about where to go, and it was only a moment to come up with ideas.
At this juncture, Chen Deng's sudden visit was unthinkable by Xue Zhou and others.
"Xue Duwei, the person who came was not sent by Chen, it was Yuan Gong." Chen Deng shook his head frankly, and then said everything he knew, Chen Ying said on the side: "Duwei Xue, the Yuan family killed my family, and now my brother can only rely on Duwei!" ”
Unexpectedly...... Is it Yuan Shao?
"A dumb and incompetent person dares to do such an evil thing!" Xue Zhou was immediately furious and said: "In this case, why don't we oppose Yuan Touyan, the soldiers of the Yan clan are coming to the city, we are all out of the city, how can the Yuan clan have a way out!" Don't worry, the blood feud Xue has avenged you! ”
As a senior general of Guangling County, Xue Zhou is very aware of the deployment of Yuan's troops, although now the defense line is all shrinking, and there are still thousands of Yuan's men and horses in the city, but Xue Zhou's subordinates are well armed and are not afraid of Yuan at all.
"Xue Duwei can't be rash, the Yuan clan is blocking the four gates in the city, we are in internal and external difficulties, and it is already difficult to defend ourselves, how can we fight back?"
There are thousands of people in the city, which is much stronger than the troops of Xuezhou's subordinates, although most of the old troops of Xuezhou live outside the city, but the Yuan family locks the four gates, where is there still the possibility of going out.
"In the past, when the children in the city first entered the city, they couldn't bear the pain of captivity, so they dug a few tunnels and secretly went out of the city to meet women privately. The bastards of the past can save lives at this time. Xue Zhou said with a smile: "There is still an old department of Xue outside the city, and he will send someone to steal out of the city to send a signal later, but let them flee south under the name of the king...... Two teams of men and horses were secretly sent to the north to find the Yan army, and the other was sent east to Yandu to find the Yan army. ”
The distance is not far, the message can be delivered in one day, as long as there are reinforcements outside, the Yuan family is a caged bird and cannot fly out. Xue Zhou was not worried at all that the Yuan clan would send troops to storm his camp. Even if he killed the generals sent by the Yuan clan...... The Yuan clan does not have many soldiers, Chen Bu outside the city is no more than 10,000 troops, and there are even fewer than thousands of people in the city, if he dares to attack, not to mention that the Yuan clan's soldiers and horses will be subtracted by at least two thousand.
As long as Xue Zhou is a little weaker, Yuan's bento can be used by him!