Chapter 2674 : Zhao Zilong and his wife teamed up to defeat Jia County and kill five generals in a row
As expected by Ying Hao, Ji Ling's plan to defraud the city was discovered by Cao Wenzhao.
Ji Ling is not a wise general. It is actually very difficult for him to quickly come up with a plan to blow up the city at such a critical moment. But in fact, the most important thing about blowing up the city is his acting skills.
Ji Ling thought that after he led his defeated army and fled back to Jiaxian County, his acting skills were so good that Cao Wenzhao would not doubt him, so he opened the city gate and let him enter the city directly. However, he obviously overestimated his acting skills and also
Cao Wenzhao's caution was underestimated.
Although Cao Wenzhao did not see any obvious flaws in Ji Ling's acting skills, he felt that Ji Ling was a little uncomfortable. This was enough to immediately arouse his vigilance, but he had no way to verify it in the short term, and the Qin army was pursuing troops.
He was about to be killed, so he thought of another way.
"General Ji Ling, the Qin army is approaching. If we open the city gate now, once there is a congestion, I am afraid that Jiaxian County will be captured. You should immediately lead the remaining troops under your command to retreat eastward. As long as you can return to Yangdi, you will be safe."
Hearing what Cao Wenzhao said, Ji Ling was instantly dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Cao Wenzhao would not open the city under such circumstances, but he couldn't refute the reasons given by Cao Wenzhao. To force a refutation would be like asking for trouble.
Ji Ling looked at Jiang Juan beside him as if asking for help. Jiang Juan understood and said, "Don't refute it yet. According to Cao Wenzhao's words, first go to the east thoroughly and see Cao Wenzhao's reaction."
"This...that's all we can do."
Ji Ling said with a helpless expression. He originally wanted to make a great contribution through this so that he could show off in front of Ying Hao, but he didn't expect that Cao Wenzhao was so cautious, which made him somewhat difficult to get off.
Ji Ling followed Cao Wenzhao's instructions and led his defeated army to retreat from west to east.
Seeing Ji Ling being so obedient, Cao Wenzhao secretly wondered if he was a little too sensitive.
"No, since it's hard to distinguish between true and false, it's always good to be cautious." Cao Wenzhao thought to himself.
Ji Ling led his army around Dongcheng and was about to leave. He didn't see Cao Wenzhao sending anyone to recall him, so he felt a little worried.
"What should we do now? Do we really have to retreat to Yangzhai?" Ji Ling asked anxiously.
Jiang Yan glanced at Ji Ling and said calmly: "Yangzhai City has high walls and thick walls, and the garrison is twice that of Jiaxian County. Regardless of whether we can deceive the Yangzhai garrison, even if we can, there is no way for people like us to defeat him."
No less than Yangzhai."
"Now we can only place our hope on Yuan Huan. If he cannot open the city gate from the inside, he will have no choice but to attack Jiaxian."
Jiang Juan sighed lightly, after all, a strong attack means increased casualties.
In the battle to conquer Yangyin City, the Qin army conducted a surprise attack and a night attack, plus they directly captured the guard Ji Ling alive, so it didn't cost much. However, Cao Wenzhao in the suburban county was already prepared.
"General Ji Ling, tell me the truth, is Yuan Huan trustworthy?"
Hearing Jiang Juan's question, Ji Ling didn't know how to answer. Although he had a good relationship with Yuan Huan, he was not absolutely sure that Yuan Huan would switch sides.
Seeing that Ji Ling stopped talking, Jiang Juan immediately said: "General Ji Ling, if Yuan Huan is unreliable and defrauds the trust of our army by pretending to surrender, you, as his recommender, will also be held responsible."
Ji Ling's expression suddenly changed. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Huan is a man of both ability and political integrity. I am willing to guarantee it with my life. He is absolutely reliable."
Jiang Juan secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and said: "That's good. If we continue to stay in Jiaxian, it will have no effect at all. Why not continue to withdraw eastward and see if we can conquer Gaoting City and Juntai."
The city was opened by fraud."
Yangyin City is the acropolis of Jiaxian City, while Gaoting and Juntai City are the acropolis of Yangzhai City.
Ji Ling also nodded in agreement. Since he couldn't deceive the county town of Kaibang, he would do the next best thing and defraud the cities of Gaoting and Juntai before he was exposed. It would also be considered a great achievement.
Ji Ling couldn't help but think highly of Jiang Juan who proposed this plan.
Before, he thought that Jiang Juan only managed to reach the position of the 108th uncle of the Qin Dynasty by working around Ying Hao, but now it seems that Jiang Juan also has real talent and knowledge, but there are too many outstanding people in the Qin Dynasty.
, which makes Jiang Juan look so inconspicuous.
Ji Ling clearly remembered that ten years ago he was the commander of Yuan Shu's bodyguard, and at that time Jiang Juan was still the bodyguard beside Ying Hao.
Now he, the general of Yuan's army, has become the defender of a small city in Cao's army, while Jiang Juan has become the founding hero of the Qin Dynasty.
Ji Ling finally understood that in troubled times, following the right monarch was more important than establishing meritorious deeds.
After Ji Ling and Jiang Juan finalized the plan to defraud the cities of Gaoting and Juntai, they immediately sent a message to Zhao Yun who was pretending to pursue them.
After Zhao Yun learned about it, he sent Ma Chao with three thousand cavalry to chase eastward, pretending to pursue Ji Ling, but in fact he was trying to help Ji Ling and Jiang Juan seize the two cities of Gaoting and Juntai.
On the upper floor of Jiaxian City, Cao Wenzhao saw that the Qin army divided its forces and a group of Qin army cavalry pursued eastward, apparently to hunt down Ji Ling.
Previously, Cao Wenzhao was unable to distinguish the authenticity of the edict, so he did not allow Ji Ling to enter the city, and instead asked him to retreat eastward around the city.
But now Ji Ling's various performances all show that he has no problem, which also makes Cao Wenzhao feel a little regretful. If Ji Ling's defeated army is allowed to enter the city, it will be a big help for him. Unfortunately, it is too late to regret now.
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Now that Ji Ling's troops have escaped from the suburban county, and the Qin army's cavalry has chased eastward, Ji Ling may not be able to escape this disaster.
"General Ji Ling, I'm sorry, I can't do anything about it."
Cao Wenzhao said to himself with a regretful look on his face. He felt that his hesitation had harmed Ji Ling and the five or six hundred defeated troops who had recovered from Yangyin City, but he did not know that Ji Ling had surrendered to the Qin Dynasty.
At this moment, Zhao Yun led his cavalry outside the city and sent his generals to challenge.
Zhao Yun also knew his reputation. If he went to challenge in person, the defenders in the city would definitely not dare to fight, so he sent Qin (Ying) Qian to challenge.
"Listen to the Wei troops in the city. Yangyin City has been captured by Great Qin. Zheng County City cannot hold on for long. Those who know how to do it should surrender quickly..."
The Qin army continued to fight for an hour, making the defenders of Jiaxian County very angry. In addition to Yuan Huan, generals such as Han Rong and Han Sheng took the initiative to ask for a fight.
When Cao Wenzhao saw that the general who was coming was not Zhao Yun, he was naturally a little moved, but out of caution, he still refused everyone's request to fight, and stayed behind closed doors no matter how provocative the Qin army was.
"General, Cao Wenzhao is determined to be a coward. Let's just attack." Qin Qian said.
Zhao Yun looked at Jiaxian County not far away, but asked Ying Liangyu beside him, "What do you think, madam?"
Ying Liangyu, the eldest princess of the Qin Dynasty who was dressed in silver armor, laughed after hearing this and said: "My husband has made a decision in his heart, so why bother asking about my identity."
"The one who knows the clouds is Madam."
Since the reform of the military system in the Qin Dynasty, after the female generals received their titles, the 10,000 women's army could not arrange that many female generals. All the female generals were transferred to other armies, and those with husbands were naturally transferred to their husbands' armies nearby.
Among them, for example: Yin Shiniang, Hu Sanniang, etc.
In fact, Ying Liangyu had already quit the Women's Army and stayed at home to support her husband and raise children. However, after the new military system came out, she once again thought of joining the army. Even if she could not become a leading general, she could still assist her husband.
Zhao Yun is not the kind of man who can't accept his wife's public appearance. He knows Qin Liangyu's talent in the art of war and often asks for advice when he studies the art of war on his own, so he is very happy for his wife to come to him to help him, so he transferred Ying Liangyu to his side.
Serve as deputy general.
After Ying Liangyu took office, he shared a lot of chores for Zhao Yun, helped Zhao Yun keep the dragon cavalry army in order, and also gave Zhao Yun more time to practice martial arts and study the art of war.
"We don't have to worry about the force attack for now. We still have a backup plan. If it fails, it won't be too late to launch a force attack."
Zhao Yun said seriously, he was not willing to attack until the last step.
Qin Qian and other generals didn't know what Zhao Yun was talking about, but since Zhao Yun, as the general, had really said it, they could only follow orders.
At ten o'clock in the night, Yuan Huan was just preparing to take a rest after completing his inspection on the upper floor of Jiaxian City, when one of his grain officers took the initiative to look for him.
Although Yuan Huan didn't understand why the grain officer came to find him, he still met him, but he didn't expect that the grain officer was actually a secret agent of Da Qin.
"General Zhao Yun, I ask you to say hello to the general and give these two letters to the general."
After Yuan Huan received the letter, he sneered: "You are so brave, you dare to come directly to see me, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
"General, you might as well read these two letters first before deciding whether to kill him or not. Oh, by the way, there is a letter written by General Ji Ling to you."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Huan's eyes widened immediately with disbelief, and then he quickly opened the letter and quickly browsed it.
Two letters, one written by Zhao Yun and the other written by Ji Ling, were carried into the city by carrier pigeons at night, and then were handed over to Yuan Huan by an undercover agent.
The content of the letter written by Zhao Yun was mostly about solicitation, persuading Yuan Huanliang to choose a tree to rest in, and the specific plan to open the door after he agreed. Yuan Huan read it in a few minutes.
As for the letter written by Ji Ling, the content was also to persuade him to surrender to Qin, but the angle was completely different from that of Zhao Yun.
Ji Ling persuaded Yuan Huan to surrender, mainly based on their unhappiness after surrendering to Cao Wei, and the kindness of their old master Yuan Shu to them. Only by joining the Qin Dynasty can they avenge their old master Yuan Shu.
Yuan Huan read Ji Ling's letter several times, and after repeated confirmation, he was sure that it was Ji Ling's note, and the feeling in his heart was very complicated.
You Ji Ling, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually knows how to fake surrender?
Frankly speaking, after Yuan Huan surrendered to Cao Wei, his life was not comfortable, but he had no idea of betraying Cao Wei. After all, in addition to his actual power, Cao Cao did not treat him poorly.
It's just that Ji Ling also said in the letter that he had surrendered to fight against Qin. Regardless of whether Yuan Huan surrendered or not, his relationship with Ji Ling would definitely arouse the suspicion of the Wei army.
After weighing for a long time, Yuan Huan finally decided to listen to Ji Ling. After all, Cao Wei's broken ship was about to sink, and surrendering to Da Qin was indeed a way out.
At the south gate of Jiaxian County, Zhao Yun, Ying Liangyu, and Qin Qian were leading three thousand elites to ambush outside the city, waiting for Yuan Huan to open the city gate.
"General, madam, do you think Yuan Huan will defect?" Qin Qian asked.
"Yes, Ji Ling will surrender to our Great Qin. Yuan Huan will be jealous whether he surrenders or not. Submitting to our Great Qin is his only way out."
As soon as Ying Liangyu finished speaking, the south gate of Jiaxian County slowly opened, followed by a burst of fireworks blooming in the night sky, and the officially agreed signal sounded.
Immediately afterwards, the Wei army at the south gate of Zheng County also reacted. Realizing that there was a traitor inside, they all rushed towards the gate of Shen City, trying to close the city gate again.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun decisively ordered: "Kill." Then he was the first to rush out and led three thousand Qin troops into Bang County.
[Ding dong, Ying (Qin) Liangyu’s skill "Loyalty" Effect 2 is activated. If the relationship between husband and wife is harmonious after marriage, after this skill is activated, the husband’s command will be 3, intelligence 5, and force 3, and there is a chance to increase the morale and combat power of all soldiers.
Currently, Zhao Yun's commander has risen to 97, his intelligence has risen to 95, and his force has risen to 112;]
[Ding dong, Zhao Yun's skill "Reverse Scale, effect 3 is activated when charging into the formation. When commanding the cavalry, the commander is 3. The morale of the whole army will increase, the combat power will increase, and the speed will increase...
The current commander-in-chief of Zhao Yun has increased to 100. The morale of the entire Qin army has increased, their combat power has increased, and their speed has increased...]
With the increase in the two skills of "Loyalty" and "Reverse Scale", Zhao Yun's commander skyrocketed from 94 to 100, directly crossing the threshold of mid-to-high-level commanders and entering the ranks of high-level commanders, of course only limited to cavalry combat.
At this time, in Jia County, Cao Wenzhao heard the sound of arrows and realized that the rebel was Yuan Huan.
After learning that Yuan Huan had rebelled and opened the South Gate, Cao Wenzhao immediately mobilized his troops as quickly as possible, preparing to surround and kill Yuan Huan's 500 troops at the South Gate and recapture the South Gate.
Cao Wenzhao's reaction was not quick, and Yuan Huan almost died when he was killed by Yu Da, Yu Hualong's son. But unfortunately, Zhao Yun's reaction was faster.
Although Yuan Huan was the captain of the city gate, not all the Wei troops at the south gate belonged to him. Therefore, as soon as he opened the city gate, he was besieged by the surrounding Wei troops, including Yu Da, who was at the level of a god general.
Yuan Huan was only a top-notch master with only five hundred soldiers under his command. How could he withstand the counterattack of Yu Da, a god general, and nearly a thousand Wei troops?
Yuan Huan also knew that he could not fight hard, so his initial goal was to open the city gate and persist until Zhao Yun entered the city, thus successfully completing the task. However, this task was not simple.
Not long after he raised his troops, Yuan Huan's Five Hundred Soldiers suffered more than half casualties, and he himself was seriously injured by Yu Da.
Just when Yuan Huan was about to die in battle, Zhao Yun led his cavalry to rush to the city gate, rescued Yuan Huan at the gate of the Ghost Gate, and killed the 100-level god general Yu Da with just one move.
"Dar."
Yu Hualong, who was sent by Cao Wenzhao to support him, witnessed the tragic death of his eldest son and was naturally furious. He immediately led his other four sons and two thousand reinforcements under his command to kill Zhao Yun at the gate of the city.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun immediately asked Qin Qian to rescue the seriously injured Yuan Huan, and then he led the cavalry to continue charging into the city to prevent being blocked by the Wei army at the city gate and unable to use the speed and impact of the cavalry.