Zhang Yan took Zhang Liao, Gan Ning and others boldly and slowly drove into Handan City from the north gate of Handan City, and after a careful search again, they were stunned and did not even find a single figure.

It is indeed an empty city.

The group went from north to south, Zhang Yan ordered people to open the city gate of the south gate, and put down the drawbridge, and he went up to the city tower with Zhang Liao and Gan Ning, only to find that standing on the city wall were just some scarecrows wearing Cao Jun's uniform, and Cao Jun and the people in the city had long since lost their sights.

When Zhang Yan ascended the city tower, Xu Chudeng, who was shouting and scolding outside the moat, was dumbfounded, and the regent went to inspect the city, why did he appear in Handan City.

Xu Chu rubbed his eyes in disbelief, but no matter how he rubbed it, Zhang Yan stood there so straight, looking at him expressionlessly.

"Bang!"

The drawbridge was lowered, the city gate was also opened, and the soldiers who followed Zhang Yan walked out of the city gate.

Xu Chu's face was hot, not only him, but even Lu Meng and the thousand cavalrymen felt a burst of shame.

Handan City has become an empty city, and they, as the vanguard troops, don't even know it!

"Drive!"

Xu Chu patted the horse, rode the horse and galloped towards the city, and when he came to the stairs of the city tower, he turned over and jumped off the horse, and then went straight up to the city tower.

As soon as he ascended the city tower, he immediately knelt beside Zhang Yan, and said with his head down and clenched his fists: "Regent, this is all the negligence of the last general, it is the last general's incompetence, he doesn't even know when the enemy army left, the last general begs the regent to punish!" ”

"Poof", Lu Meng didn't know when he also climbed the city tower. knelt directly beside Xu Chu, and said loudly: "Regent, the responsibility for this matter lies with me, and it has nothing to do with the general, the general fought with the enemy general Dian Wei from morning to evening yesterday, and he was already exhausted, and all his energy was used to meet Dian Wei, so it is normal to not know the situation of the enemy army in the city." As a member of the army, the last general was supposed to assist the general, but he failed to do his duty. So much so that I don't even know when the enemy army left, it's really damned, and ask the regent to severely punish the last general! ”

Xu Chu was moved when he heard that Lu Meng had taken all the blame on him, but he didn't expect that this young person would still have the courage to bear it.

"Regent. I am the vanguard, and Lu Meng is just joining the army. The responsibility is entirely mine. It has nothing to do with Lu Meng, please ask the regent to punish me! Xu Chu said immediately.

Lu Meng said: "No! The responsibility is mine, please punish me, the regent! ”

Xu Chu and Lu Meng argued there, and no one wanted to let them, so they were blushing and their necks were thick when they argued.

Zhang Yan turned around and looked at Xu Chu and Lu Meng expressionlessly. Quirking his lips, he asked, "Did I say I was going to punish you?" ”

Xu Chu and Lu Meng were both stunned, not knowing what Zhang Yan meant by this, and stared at Zhang Yan with confused eyes.

Zhang Yan said: "Cao Cao has always been treacherous. Besides, he has a few resourceful men under his tent to advise him, and it will be easy to fool you. This time, that's all, next time there must be no similar situation, the enemy forces are gone, and you are still in the dark and don't know anything. If the enemy surrounds you, will you not sit back and wait for you to die? I remember I sent scouts to you, you weishenme don't need it? Forget it, I won't say more, in short, this incident is a lesson, and you must remember in the future, no matter what happens, you must send scouts out to investigate first! ”

"Whoa!" Xu Chu and Lu Meng replied in unison.

"Get up!" Zhang Yan said.

Xu Chu and Lu Meng were relieved if they were amnesty.

"Handan City has become an empty city, since Cao Cao took away the people in the city, those people who dragged their families with their mouths must not go far, as long as we catch up, we can still catch up." Zhang Yan said, "Immediately gather all the cavalry and prepare to start a pursuit, but if you encounter the enemy, you will not be killed!" ”

Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Xu Chu, Lu Meng and others clasped their fists in unison and said, "Oh! ”

After the order was given, everyone went to gather the cavalry, and soon, all the five thousand cavalry were assembled, including Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Gan Ning, and Lü Meng.

Zhang Yan did not leave a single soldier to defend Handan City, but took the five thousand cavalry, and immediately launched a pursuit of Cao Cao, according to his understanding, Cao Cao must have gone to Jinyang, as long as he chased all the way along the northwest direction, he would inevitably have some gains!

In addition, Zhang Yan sent scouts to inform Jia Xu and Gao Shun, who led the army, that they did not need to enter Handan City, and marched directly to the northwest, ready to do a good job of pacifying the people at any time.

"Let's go!"

With Zhang Yan's order, five thousand cavalry, the mighty set off, the sound of rolling horse hooves continued to sound, iron hooves on the ground, stirring up bursts of dust, for a time the sand and dust were filled, almost all the soldiers and horses were covered in the dusty dust and mist, so that people could not see how many soldiers and horses came.

The cavalry relied on the high-speed movement of horses to pursue all the way to the northwest, and the Cao army escorted the people forward, but the people were not soldiers, and there were women, the elderly and children.

In addition, the weather was hot and the people's hearts were restless, and these people were bewitched by Cao Cao, and in order to survive, they chose to leave their hometowns, but the speed of their progress was very slow, which can be described as turtle speed.

From yesterday to now, it has been a day and a night, and these people have walked less than forty miles, and they are still shouting and shouting for rest.

In desperation, the army had to cooperate with the advance of the people, stop and go, delay many trips, and Cao Cao's army gradually drifted away, and the general responsible for leading the army was Han Fan.

Han Fan is the son of Han Meng, the general under Yuan Shao's account, after Han Meng's death, Yuan Shao asked Han Fan to replace Han Meng to lead the army, but Han Fan did not have Han Meng's kind of force, only archery was slightly better.

Han Fan saw that the army was walking and stopping, and the cries of women and children would always sound in his ears, he was young and vigorous, where could he stand this kind of torment, so he immediately went to Xun Yu and suggested that some of the old and weak women and children be thrown off to reduce the pressure on the army to move forward.

However, Xun Yu rejected Han Fan's suggestion and let them continue to lead the people forward, fearing that abandoning the old and weak women and children would shake the morale of the army.

Han Fan stopped talking and continued to lead these people forward, but he was extremely unhappy in his heart.

The army walked forward slowly, and continued to walk for about five miles, and suddenly the scout hurriedly came to Xun Yu's side, and said in a panic: "Don't drive your lord, it's not good, the enemy is chasing after you, there are about 5,000 cavalry......"

After Xun Yu heard this, he didn't feel anything abnormal, he had already guessed that the enemy would chase after him, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. He asked expressionlessly, "How far are the enemy's pursuers from here?" Who is the leader? ”

"The chasing army is less than ten miles away from here, and the leader is the regent Zhang Yan, and he also leads Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Gan Ning, Lü Meng and other generals......"

Xun Yu frowned, and said to Han Fan: "Immediately spread the news of the arrival of the chasing soldiers, so that the people can run as far as they can, you stay with eight thousand soldiers, and we will ambush the enemy!" ”

Han Fan said: "Don't drive your lord, the chasing soldiers are all cavalry, we are all infantry here, even if the number is more than the enemy, but there may not be a chance of victory, in my opinion, it is better to leave these people, let me protect the don't drive the adults out of here, as for those chasing soldiers, we can set up a clever plan to lure them away, so that we can escape back to Jinyang smoothly." ”

Xun Yu said: "No! If you want to give up on these people, you have already given up, so why wait until now? Although the enemy's pursuers are all cavalry, I have a way to deal with them! As long as you are willing to obey my commands, you will definitely be able to defeat the enemy. ”

Han Fan is not a coward, he just doesn't want to fight a battle that he is not sure of. At this moment, when he heard Xun Yu say that he could defeat the enemy army, he came to his senses and asked, "Don't drive your lord, do you really have a plan to defeat the enemy army?" ”

Xun Yu nodded and said, "Of course, this is just a little harder." ”

Han Fan thought for a moment, and immediately said, "Okay, I'll do it!" I'll do it with Master Don't, and if I can kill the Regent, then I'll be famous all over the world!" ”

Xun Yu said: "Without further ado, hurry up and arrange it, we just need to ......"

When Han Fan heard Xun Yu babbling in his ear, he immediately smiled, and immediately hahadaxiao said: "Don't drive the adult's clever plan, let the five bodies that the last general admires fall to the ground, in this way, that Zhang Yan will die without a place to be buried!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Han Fan ordered his subordinates to do things, while telling the people that the chasing soldiers had arrived, let them run towards Jinyang, and at the same time gathered the army and made some arrangements according to Xun Yu's instructions.

Han Fan asked Liang Qi to lead 3,000 soldiers to ambush in the woods in front, and took out dozens of thunderbolt fire mines, buried these thunderbolt fire mines on both sides of the road, and he himself returned to Handan City with 5,000 troops with Xun Yu, but he didn't dare to go the same way, for fear of running into Zhang Yan's army, after all, Zhang Yan's army was cavalry, they were infantry, and they were still at a disadvantage to a certain extent.

Xun Chen led another 20,000 troops to guide the people towards Jinyang City.

Xun Yu is not a military general after all, and his physical strength is relatively poor, but fortunately, he is riding a horse, although his equestrian skills are not proficient, but it can be used as a means of transportation, and Han Fan is riding on horseback, commanding the army to rush towards Handan City.

The army died down along the way, and made a big arc, which bypassed the official road that must be passed, and it was only more than twenty miles away from Handan City.

At the same time, the army led by Gao Shun and Jia Xu was also rushing in the direction of Handan City, which was about thirty miles away from Handan City...... (To be continued......)