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Zhang Liao led 20,000 Cao's army to the front army. Once he went south, the army arrived in Bowang County two days later, fifty miles away from Wancheng. When Zhang Liao saw it was too late, he ordered the army to station in the camp. Thinking of the defeat in attacking Jingzhou last year, the rear army he led was besieged by Liu Jing's army. If Cao Cao had not made any political concessions, Zhang Liao would have become Liu Jing's prisoner of war and faced a lifelong shame. Looking back now, he still felt a little scared.

However, Zhang Liao is also a person who has experienced a lot of troubles. He will not be trapped by last year's defeat. On the contrary, he will learn from last year's lessons, fight another battle, and wash away the shame of last year.

The army had just set off the camp, but Zhang Liao got an unexpected news. A fleet full of supplies left Wancheng and headed south along the Qingshui River. There were five large ships. This news made Zhang Liao realize something. Could it be

"Far"

Li Dian quickly walked into the tent and asked, "I heard that there was an emergency military situation, what happened?"

"The scout found a fleet of ships sailing out of Wancheng and heading to Xiangyang, with five large ships full of supplies."

"Is this the recruitment to give up Wancheng?"

Zhang Liao nodded, "I also feel this way. I heard that Cao Zhen defeated Pang De's army and blocked the Han army from going to Wancheng. Now there are only 10,000 troops in Wancheng. If our army arrives, he will definitely not be able to defend Wancheng. It is his wise move to give up the retreat of Wancheng."

Li Dian hesitated and said, "I wonder, can we intercept the revenge of the army recruited and withdrawn last year."

Zhang Liao did not answer immediately. He walked to the map, stared at Jingshui for a moment, and asked, "Mancheng thought that if he retreated south, he would take which line he would take."

Li Dian walked forward and pondered for a moment: "Cao Zhen's cavalry did not carry tincture oil. They could not burn the transport fleet. The cavalry would definitely go north along the Hebei to intercept and recruit the army. I want to recruit the army to retreat very clearly, so if the recruiting army wants to retreat, it will definitely evacuate east of the Qingshui River."

Li Dian knocked heavily on the map, "You can't get him cheap."

Zhang Liao fell into deep thought. So far, the Han army's retreat to the south was just a conjecture, and there was no evidence. We must be cautious and obtain precise information before we can make a decision.

At this moment, a soldier outside the tent reported: "There is a man named Huang Xu outside asking for a general, saying that there is a major military situation to report."

Huang Xu and Zhang Liao were slightly stunned. He seemed to have heard of this name. Li Dian reacted quickly, "Is it because Huang Yingzhi served as the civil servant leader?"

Zhang Liao suddenly remembered that during the Battle of Chibi, the Prime Minister sent 50,000 Nanyang civilians to transport food, as if they were the ones called Huang Xu, the head of the Huang family in Nanyang.

"Invite him in," Zhang Liao immediately ordered.

Soon, the soldier brought a man in. He was about in his early teens, with a big waist and a big figure. His name was Huang Xu. He was Huang Yingci, the head of the Huang family in Wancheng. The Huang family and the Deng family were as famous as the Deng family. He was known as the two major families in Nanyang and had many branches, such as Huang Chengyan, Huang Zu of Jiangxia, and Huang Zhong of Nanyang.

As major political forces intersect in the Jingxiang area, the Huang family also had their own choices. For example, Huang Chengyan chose Liu Bei, Huang Zhong chose Liu Jing, Huang Zu was destroyed by Jiangdong, and Huang Ying, who stayed in Wancheng, surrendered to Cao Cao. In several battles of Cao Cao's conquest of Jingzhou, the Huang family made great contributions and received praise from Cao Cao. Huang Ying's eldest son Huang Xian became an official in Xuchang, and Huang Xu was in charge of tens of thousands of people. Even Huang Ying himself was named the Marquis of Guannei, which was honored.

A few months ago, the Han army conquered Nanyang, and the Huang family chose to remain silent because the time was still short. Nanyang County had not had time to incorporate into the government rule of Jingzhou. The guard was still Zhang Yan, who was appointed by the court, and the Huang family was not liquidated and escaped.

This time, when Cao's army counterattacked Nanyang, the Huang family began to accumulate activities again, secretly contacting the wealthy families pro-Cao in the city, preparing to cooperate with Cao's army to attack Wancheng and initiate a stir in the city. Huang Xu was sent by Huang Ying to contact Cao's army.

Huang Xujin knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See General Zhang"

Zhang Liao knew him and quickly helped him up, "Please get up with Mr. Huang."

Huang Xu stood up and said, "I have important information to report to General Zhang. He is already gathering troops and preparing to evacuate Wancheng. My father has also contacted more than a dozen wealthy families, collected more than a thousand soldiers, prepared to raise an uprising in the city and pick up Cao's army into the city."

After saying that, he took out his father's personal soldiers' letter and presented it to Zhang Liao. After reading the letter, Zhang Liao had a clear mind, so he smiled and said to Huang Xu: "I will definitely report your loyalty to the Prime Minister truthfully, seize Wancheng, and count your credit."

Huang Xu was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and said, "When will the general be planning to attack Wancheng? We can cooperate at any time."

"I don't know the specifics for the time being, but when you go back, tell Ling Zun that if the Han army evacuates, please pay attention to maintaining order in the city and maintaining the stability of Wancheng."

"I understand, I will go back to the city to report to my father."

Huang Xu gave a gift and said goodbye. Zhang Liao ordered someone to send him out. At this time, Li Dian stepped forward and smiled and said, "Why didn't Yuan tell them the specific time for our siege?"

Zhang Liao shook his head, "How can you entrust the villagers with military confidentiality at will? They have many people and are mixed. Once they are leaked, they will ruin my big deal."

Li Dian praised: "It's no wonder that the Prime Minister has entrusted him with important tasks."

Huang Xu left the military camp and rushed back to Wancheng with two followers. When they urged their horses to run, it was already dark, and the bright moonlight spread across the earth. There was no one on the official road. Only the sound of their war horses running quickly. One hour later, they were less than twenty miles away from Wancheng.

Just as they rushed into a forest, Huang Xu's horse suddenly screamed and raised its front hooves high. He saw two big trees falling across the official road ahead and stopped them. Before Huang Xu could react, a huge net was cast on his head, entangling him firmly.

Immediately afterwards, famous soldiers rushed around and raised their crossbows to point them. The two followers were so scared that they raised their hands and did not dare to move. A military marquis came out from behind the big tree, looked at them coldly, waved their hand, "Take them away."

In Wancheng, news of the withdrawal of the Han army spread throughout the city. Even at night, countless men in black appeared on the streets. Their clothes were the same, all of them were black-clothed robes, with white cloth wrapped around their right arm and a battle knife in their hands. There were more than a thousand people. These were the strong men of more than a dozen wealthy families in Wancheng, with the Huang family as the one.

When the Han army withdrew from Wancheng, they appeared one after another, controlled the city gates, occupied the military camps, surrounded the government offices, and patrolled the streets. More importantly, they were impatient to shoot out the Cao army flag and declared that Wancheng had changed.

Huang Ying, the head of the Huang family, is a middle-aged man in his fifties. He is tall and energetic. When he was a teenager, he practiced martial arts and joined the army and used a 10-pound sword. He had already put on Cao Jun's armor and helmet, carried a big sword in his hand, and patrolled the streets on horseback, looking majestic.

The Han army occupied Nanyang and he was frightened, fearing that he would be cleansed by the Han army. Fortunately, Cao's army came back soon, and he was proud and came back again.

"Honor Huang"

A wealthy family leader rushed over and bowed to Huang Ying and said, "I have talked with Deng Yi, but the Deng family refused to come forward. He said that our actions had nothing to do with him."

Huang Ying snorted coldly and said, "Since he refuses to do so, everyone has their own ambitions. I will not force him. But the Deng family will not participate in Nanyang's affairs in the future."

Huang Ying despised Deng Yi's attitude. He knew that Deng Yi's son was an official in Jingzhou. Deng Yi was a member of Jingzhou. When he was hired to occupy Nanyang some time ago, Deng Yi was active. Now that Cao's army has returned, he naturally disappeared.

Huang Ying turned his horse and headed towards the city gate, but his mind was thinking that if the Deng family was killed, although the Huang and Deng families had a marriage, Huang Ying still wanted to use the power of Cao's army to eradicate the Deng family, so that Nanyang would be the dominant Huang family.

At this moment, a sudden chaos at the city gate was filled with screams and cries, which surprised Huang Ying. What happened? He urged his horse to run towards the north city gate. Before he could reach the city gate, several crossbow arrows shot towards him. Huang Ying quickly waved his knife to call. At this time, he also saw the situation clearly. Countless Han soldiers appeared at the north city gate. Yu Ming, a man in black, was killed so much that he cried and called his parents and ran away with his head in his arms.

This shocked Huang Ying. Where did the Han army come out? "The head of the Huang family ran away quickly, the Han army came" a man in black shouted.

Huang Ying woke up like a dream, turned his horse's head and fled, but just after a few steps, there were also shouts of killing and crying on the street ahead. A group of men in black stumbled and fled, chasing several Han soldiers behind him. Arrows were like locusts, and men in black were constantly shot and overturned to the ground.

Huang Ying was so shocked that he was sweating profusely. He had already understood that the Han army had not left at all. He pretended to evacuate and led them out of the cave. Huang Ying was regretful and hated. He threw down his big knife, turned his head and ran towards a alley. But before he could run to the entrance of the alley, dozens of arrows shot from the side. Huang Ying hit more than a dozen arrows in a row, and he screamed and fell from the horse, and died tragically on the spot.

At this time, Pin appeared at the gate of the North City. Behind him, a large group of soldiers were following him, and several soldiers were escorting Huang Xu. Huang Xu was both frightened and scared. He knew that Pin would clean up Wancheng and the Huang family was finished.

He urged Huang Xu and ordered the soldiers: "Take him to identify, and all families involved in the accomplice will be cleaned, regardless of master or servant, all men over 16 years old will be arrested."

Thousands of soldiers were divided into twenty teams, and rushed into the wealthy families participating in the Liancao with torches. They arrested all men over 16 years old and tied them up in a bunch. A total of more than 2,000 people were arrested together with several captured men in black.

The city was in chaos and cries were trembling, but only the Huang family was actually cleansed. Except for Huang Ying, his nephews and brothers were all killed by the Han army and their heads were cut off and displayed to the public.

At this time, the news had been heard that nearly 50,000 troops of Cao's army went south, and the Zhang Liao army of the former army had already reached fifty miles away. He knew that Wancheng could not be defended, so he had to give up. But before giving up, he had to clean up the forces of Cao in Wancheng, so he used a little trick, pretended to retreat, and killed another shot.

It was nearly five o'clock in the morning and they had no more time left. He urged the horse to come to the crowd of more than 2,000 arrested people, and they had already kneeled down and were filled with darkness. Everyone lowered their heads, and many people were trembling all over, and they were frightened.

Pin Ma whip and shouted: "Let's listen."

The crowd gradually became quiet. With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen soldiers raised their bamboo poles and walked forward, which carried more than a dozen heads of the Huang family.
Chapter completed!