The Huns retreated. Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan did not pursue them rashly, but stayed where they were, patiently confirming whether the Huns were really far away.
When we broke into the camp to rescue the prisoners, we lost another hundred soldiers, but rescuing more than a thousand Han prisoners was generally worth it.
When the scouts who had been following the Huns came to report that the Huns had indeed completely retreated, Zhao Yun said to Xiahou Lan: "Zi Heng, let's return to the army and join the people."
Xia Houlan nodded, then turned to the cavalry and shouted loudly: "Brothers! Get ready to go home!!!"
"roar!!"
"go home!"
"Go home! Go home!"
Xia Houlan's words undoubtedly represent the aspirations of everyone.
After this experience, almost everyone put their heads in their waistbands. Being able to come back alive was the most important reason that kept their sanity from collapsing.
The thundering cheers of the Han cavalry reached the ears of the Huns from far away.
Liu Bao reined in his horse, and his horse stopped obediently.
Turning around, listening to the faint cheers from the distance, Liu Bao sighed slightly in his heart: "Although the world of the Han family is in chaos, the Han people have not lost their bloody spirit... It seems that I am too anxious."
...
The people who were fleeing for their lives in the dark suddenly heard the sound of "rumbling" horse hooves behind them!
Some of the frightened people immediately began to shout in panic,
"The Huns are coming! The Huns are coming to kill!"
"Run for your life! I don't want to die!"
“I don’t want to go back to being a slave, and I don’t want to die either!!”
Zhao Yun had only a hundred soldiers left to guard him. Facing the riots of thousands of people, it was extremely difficult to maintain order at this moment.
But some people still fled into the darkness. They were unable to stop them and could only try their best to comfort the people who stayed behind.
However, when the cavalrymen revealed their Han army uniforms under the firelight, people finally began to cheer.
"It's the cavalry of the Han army!"
Zhao Yun came to the prisoners and said loudly: "Everyone! The Huns have been repelled by us, you are safe!"
After receiving the news that the Huns were repelled, countless people hugged each other and cried.
"The Huns retreated! We are saved!"
"We are saved!"
"Long live the great man!"
...
After reassuring the people, Zhao Yun was about to rein in his horse and move forward.
Suddenly, a woman with disheveled hair and a messy face came out and asked, "May I ask, General, are you working for Cao Cao, Cao Mengde?"
Not only Zhao Yun was stunned, Xia Houlan, who was about to maintain order, also subconsciously stopped and looked curiously at this thin, beggar-like woman.
"A certain person works for the hussar general Lu Yan, and Lu hussar serves for Cao Taiwei, so we can be regarded as indirectly serving for Cao Taiwei."
"Mengde has become the prince of the dynasty..." The woman seemed a little distracted.
Zhao Yun saw that this woman seemed to have an unusual conversation, and her words seemed to have something to do with Cao Cao, so he asked: "Dare I ask..."
The woman's face could not be clearly seen, and due to long-term malnutrition, it was impossible to judge her age from her appearance. Zhao Yun didn't know whether to call her miss or madam. After a moment of pause, he finally ignored her and said, "May I ask, do you know Mr. Cao?
"
The woman was awakened by Zhao Yun's words. He nodded slightly and said: "My surname is Cai Mingyan, and my courtesy name is Wenji. She is the daughter of Cai Yong, the former Zuo Zhonglang general. Cao Meng... Cao Taiwei was once a student of my father, and he and I
We had some friendship in the early years..."
More than just friendship, Lao Cao was secretly in love with Cai Yan for a long time!
"Book of the Later Han·Biography of Women" records: Cai Yan, courtesy name Wenji, was erudite, talented in eloquence, and good at music. He was suitable for Wei Zhongdao in the east of Hedong. His husband died without children and returned to his home. In the midst of peace, the world was in chaos.
Wen Ji was captured by Hu Qi and lost to King Zuoxian of the Southern Huns.
After the death of Wei Zhongdao, Cai Yan returned to his hometown in Chang'an. During the chaos in Chang'an, Cai Yan was captured by King Zuo Xian and the refugees while fleeing with them.
Fortunately, in panic, Cai Yan covered his face with mud to cover his appearance, so he was not discovered prematurely by the Huns.
Because Liu Bao coveted the prosperous Guandong, he did not return to the north immediately, but came to Henan Yin to peek at Hanoi County.
But she didn't expect that Zhao Yun's cavalry came to train and by the way, they rescued her from the hands of Liu Bao, the Xian King of Zuo.
Cao Cao, who was eloquent, bad-tempered and straight-tempered, has now become the prince of the dynasty.
Looking back at myself, I was the beautiful girl of heaven, but now I look like a beggar, and I was almost kidnapped by the Huns and taken to the grassland...
There were so many bitternesses and generalizations that Cai Yan didn't know where to start.
"It turns out she is the daughter of Cai Zhonglang!" Seeing that Cai Yan was actually the daughter of the famous scholar Cai Yong, Zhao Yun did not dare to neglect, so he turned to Xia Houlan and said: "Go and prepare a carriage for the lady, and send it to Chen Liu as soon as possible. Please take care of her, sir."
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"Why are you sending it to Chen Liu? His husband seems to be the Cavalry General Lu or something, right?" Cai Yan's heart thumped, and she, who was still young but had experienced several years of ups and downs, suddenly became wary.
Seeing Cai Yan's vigilant and suspicious look, Zhao Yun explained for her: "During our raid on the Huns, we exchanged a letter with you.
Lieutenant Cao was recently personally leading an army to attack the rebel Cao Bao and the puppet emperor Yuan Shu in Xuzhou, and was not in Xuchang."
"Xuchang?" Cai Yan asked again doubtfully.
Cai Yan has been wandering for too long and has no idea about the current situation in Guandong.
"Captain Cao and Lu Huiqi rescued the emperor from the Xiliang army and then moved the capital to Xuchang."
Cai Yan recalled that the emperor seemed to have escaped from Chang'an, but he did not expect that he was rescued by Cao Cao in the end.
"The Emperor... was really saved by Meng De?!" Cai Yan was very sad. It turned out that the guy who wildly said that he wanted to rescue the Emperor actually let him do it!
"Now that Captain Cao is away, the one who can make the decision, apart from Shangshu Ling Xun Yu, is the Hussars General Lu Yan, who is also my husband."
"I see." Cai Yan's doubts were finally dispelled. She smiled at Zhao Yun and said, "In that case, I will be nagging the general..."
"It doesn't matter. However, it will take some time for Ziheng to find the carriage. Miss, how about riding on the horse first?"
"No need, I'll just walk with them." Cai Yan smiled, but his smile was obscured by the thick dirt on his face.
Cai Yan turned around and returned to the people. Zhao Yun looked at her thin but extremely strong back and remained silent for a long time.
...
The next day, Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan sent the rescued people to the nearest county.
Henan Yin is now taken over by Sima Lang, an official appointed by the imperial court, and handed over to Han court officials. Zhao Yun does not have to worry about anything.
But when leaving Yin in Henan, more than a thousand warriors from the countryside came here to join Cao Cao's army.
In the end, the carriage that Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and Cai Yan rode returned to Chenliu County as quickly as possible, carrying more troops than before departure.
“Coming to Chenliu County is like entering another world!”
Cai Yan looked at the surrounding environment through the curtains of the carriage without blinking, and sighed.
The people here all have smiles on their faces.
Such spirit and spirit had never been seen before in Chang'an or even Luoyang.
"Meng De... If my father is knowledgeable, he should be proud of your achievements..."