Outside Changyi City, Bao Xun and Bao Shao led the city's Chinese military officials and rich gentry, neatly lined up at the city gate, quietly waiting for the arrival of Xuzhou soldiers.

Zhang Yan rode the dark cloud snow horse and walked in front, followed by Yu Ban and other cavalry, and walked towards Changyi City proudly.

Soon, Zhang Yan and others came to the city of Changyi, Yu Ban hurriedly rode out of the horse, came to Bao Xun, Bao Shao and others, and said loudly: "This is Zhang Yan, the general of the cavalry, why don't you hurry up and see you?" ”

Bao Xun, Bao Shao and others have long heard of Zhang Yan's name, and Cao Cao returned in vain in the first battle of Pengcheng last year, mostly because of Zhang Yan.

The Bao brothers immediately bowed to Zhang Yan and said, "I'm waiting to meet General Xiaocai!" ”

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "No courtesy!" ”

"This is the household register of Shanyang County, please take a look at it from the general!" Bao Xun immediately asked people to bring a large stack of bamboo slips and put them in front of Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan didn't even look at it, and said to Bao Xun: "It is indeed a wise move for Bao Sima to abandon the darkness and surrender the city, which can not only save the suffering of the two armies, but also adapt to the situation, if the counties of Yanzhou are like Bao Sima, how good it would be." ”

Bao Xun said: "For the general, the general is bright, and Cao Cao is dark. But for Cao Cao, the general is dark, and Cao Cao is bright. The positions of the two armies are different, it doesn't matter whether they are open or dark, but the people in the city are innocent, and I hope that the general will be kind to them in the future. ”

Zhang Yan said: "Bao Sima, please rest assured, since Shanyang County has surrendered, then from now on, Shanyang County will be my territory, and the people in the county are also my people, I will definitely not slaughter the city casually like Cao Cao." ”

Bao Xun listened to Zhang Yan's words and ridiculed Cao Cao, but in any case, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou last year, he did slaughter hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Xuzhou, although Bao Xun did not agree with Cao Cao's approach, but he was helpless.

After all, the Xuzhou soldiers and Cao Cao had a common enmity, and he was worried that the Xuzhou soldiers would also follow Cao Cao's example to slaughter the city. Now, after listening to Zhang Yan's words, he is much more relieved.

Yu Ban looked around, but didn't see Lu Qian's figure, so he asked, "Shuye, where is Lu Qian?" ”

Without waiting for Bao Xun to answer, Bao Shao shouted behind him: "Bring Lu Taishou out for me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, several people pushed Lu Qian out, Lu Qian was tied up with five flowers, and there was something stuffed in his mouth.

"Get on your knees!" Bao Shao yelled at Lu Qian.

Lu Qian stood there straight, although he couldn't speak, his eyes were extremely vicious, and he glared at the Bao brothers viciously.

Seeing this, Bao Shao raised his leg and kicked Lu Qian to the ground with one kick, and several people hurriedly held Lu Qian down.

Lu Qian's strength was weak, and he couldn't break free, so he could only kneel on the ground.

Yu Ban saw that Lu Qian was tied up like this, hahadaxiao got up, he rode his horse to Lu Qian, raised his horsewhip and whipped it towards Lu Qian's body.

"Smack!"

With a crisp sound, Lu Qian's body was firmly whipped, but he still stared at Yu Ban.

"The world is really impermanent, yesterday you were still a high-ranking Lu Taishou, but today you have become a prisoner. Didn't you say I was a traitor to the glory of the traitor? Then I'll show you today, and let you know how powerful I am as a traitor! Yu Ban was so angry that he raised his hand and whipped Lu Qian again.

After Bao Shao and the others saw it, they were also relieved, but Bao Xun's eyes showed a little pity.

Bao Xun was originally unwilling to surrender, but unwittingly fell into the trap designed by his brother Bao Shao, and was instigated by Bao Shao to embark on the road of rebellion. In fact, as soon as the Bao family was arrested by Lu Qian, Bao Shao planned a rebellion, and he had many friends in the rivers and lakes, so he immediately contacted various families, but he had no prestige in the army, so he could only ask his younger brother to rebel together.

In this way, the Bao brothers responded to every call, and they didn't have to make any effort at all, so they caught Lu Qian.

Zhang Yan rode on horseback and didn't speak, seeing Lu Qian being beaten, Yu Ban, Bao Shao and others were gloating, but Bao Xun showed pity, so he immediately stopped: "Captain Yu, I think this should be enough." You say, what should be done with Lu Qian? ”

Yu Ban didn't think about it, and immediately clenched his fists and said: "General Qiyu, the last general thinks that when Lu Qian is beheaded for public display, and then the heads of the counties, whoever dares to disobey will be Lu Qian's fate!" ”

Zhang Yan said: "Very good, I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"Whoa!"

Yu Ban turned over and jumped off the horse, instantly drew the sword at his waist, and in front of everyone, he slashed Lu Qian with a sword and killed his head.

Lu Qian's blood stained the land at the gate of the city, and Yu Ban even carried Lu Qian's head and hung it on his waist, and his body was stained with Lu Qian's blood.

"General, this is not the place to talk, please go into the city!" Bao Shao hurriedly said.

So, Zhang Yan led the cavalry team into Changyi City, followed by Yu Ban, Bao Shao, Bao Xun and others.

This time Changyi City surrendered without a fight, Yu Ban, Bao Shao, and Bao Xun all had merit, Zhang Yan rewarded Yu Ban with 500 gold, and appointed Bao Xun as the Taishou of Shanyang, Bao Shao as the long history of Shanyang, and the rest of the original county officials, all those who surrendered remained unchanged, and all those who were vacant were appointed by Bao Xun.

After that, Zhang Yan asked Bao Shao to take Lu Qian's head to the counties under the rule of Shanyang County, and anyone who did not surrender would be killed.

Bao Shao also seemed to like such errands, and took the initiative to propose to incorporate one of his friends into his subordinates, and obtained Zhang Yan's consent.

On the same day, the city wall of Changyi City was changed, and the banner of the word "Zhang" slowly rose and floated over Changyi City.

Zhang Yan even held a big banquet, and invited many rich gentry in the city, at the banquet, Zhang Yan even said that in the future, Shanyang County will be handed over to Bao Xun to manage, and he will not interfere.

A day later, Xu Sheng, Chen Ying, and Mi Fang all came with news that Juye, Kangfu, and Rencheng had all been captured, and Xu Sheng, Chen Ying, and Mi Fang were stationed in the local area, waiting for further instructions from Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan then issued an order to let Xu Sheng, Chen Ying, and Mi Fang garrison the place and occupy the dangerous pass.

In addition, Zhang Yan ordered Lu Dai, Deng Yi, and Wang Bo to guard Pengcheng tightly, and handed over all the affairs of Pengcheng to Chen Qun.

Early the next morning, Yu Ban came to the door of Zhang Yan's room, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Zhang Yan was already dressed neatly, and when he heard someone knocking on the door, he went to open the door.

"Captain Yu?" Zhang Yan opened the door and saw Yu Ban standing at the door with a frown, so he asked, "What's so flustered?" ”

Yu Ban immediately hugged his fists and said: "General, now that Cao Cao is leading the army in Xuzhou, Yanzhou is empty, it is the time for the general to use force, why didn't the general take advantage of this great opportunity to lead his troops to sweep Yanzhou?" And Cao Cao's family is in Juancheng, if the lord leads the army to raid Juancheng, he will definitely be able to capture Cao Cao's family in one fell swoop, not only can they use them to blackmail Cao Cao, but also relieve the danger of Xuzhou, and all parts of Yanzhou are bound to fall by the wind, which is a lot of money. ”

After Zhang Yan heard this, he nodded again and again, not only Yu Ban thought so, but even he thought so, but the reason why he didn't act immediately was also to consider an important factor, that is, Lu Bu.

At this time, Lu Bu should have been welcomed by Chen Gong and Zhang Miao as Yanzhou pastor.

He had already sent scouts to inquire about the news, but there had been no reply, so he wanted to wait in Changyi.

But Yu Ban didn't know Zhang Yan's thoughts, so he was anxious, and he had recently surrendered, and he wanted to take this opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Zhang Yan said: "What Captain Yu said is very true, but now our army has very few troops......

Without waiting for Zhang Yan to finish speaking, Yu Ban said: "General, our army is indeed very small now, but with the more than 2,000 cavalry brought by the general, it is enough to sweep the entire Yanzhou." In order to be able to conquer Xuzhou in one fell swoop, Cao Cao transferred almost all the available troops, except for Zhang Miao in Chen and Chen Gong in Dongjun, each with 3,000 elites, the rest of the places left are only some old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are not vulnerable at all. Even Juancheng, where Cao Cao's family is located, has only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to escort it, which is a great opportunity given by God to the general, if the general does not grasp it well, I am afraid that he will regret it for life. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yan pondered for a moment and thought that what Yu Ban said was also very reasonable. Didn't Lu Bu in history take advantage of this time to sweep Yanzhou with a small number of soldiers and horses?

"Captain Yu, what you said is very right, this is a godsend, we must grasp it, you go and give the order, gather all the cavalry, and you and I will go to Juancheng together."

After Yu Ban listened, his face was suddenly overjoyed, and he hugged his fists and said, "Oh! ”

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Yan and Yu Ban left Changyi City with their cavalry, each carrying three days' worth of dry food, and headed for Juancheng.

At the same time, on the land of Xuzhou, the flames of war were raging, Cao Cao's army would be unable to pass through the siege of Kaiyang, and Zang Ba, the cavalry captain, led his subordinate generals to defend the city and fought to the death with Cao's army.

Cao's army suddenly attacked Xuzhou from Langya, and Zang Ba's Kaiyang City, as the first line of defense in Xuzhou, was fiercely attacked by Cao's army.

Tao Qian personally led the army from Tancheng and held Kaiyang with Zang Ba. In three days, Kaiyang City was devastated, and on both sides of the city wall was a sea of corpses and blood, and the Xuzhou soldiers in the city were all injured, and now there are less than 10,000 people left.

Tao Qian was restless, and several orders were sent to Pengcheng to let Zhang Yan send troops to rescue, but he didn't want to wait left and right, and he never saw Zhang Yan's soldiers and horses arrive.

At the time of this great enemy, Zhang Yan not only did not appear, but did not even send reinforcements, which suddenly made Tao Qian feel cold.

For this reason, Tao Qian had to find another way to let Sun Qian go to Qingzhou to seek rescue.

Tao Qian stood at the head of Kaiyang City, looking at the dense Cao army outside the city, and his heart was also melancholy.

At this time, a soldier ran over and said to Tao Qian: "Lord Qiyu, Master Chen Dengchen, the captain of Diannong, is here!" ”

Tao Qian suddenly asked excitedly, "Where is Chen Deng now?" How many soldiers and horses did they bring? ”

The soldier replied, "Master Chen is the only one, and he has not brought any soldiers and horses." ”

When Tao Qian heard this, he sneered: "I waited for three days, but I didn't expect to wait for Chen Deng alone......