Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 750 The Fall of Zhongmu City!

Before the cavalryman could finish speaking, thousands of figures sprang out of the grove and began to encircle the defending troops.

The defending troops were somewhat bewildered by Zhao Yun's charge and the rain of arrows from the grove.

At this moment, seeing the cavalrymen holding Xiahou Yuan's head on their broadswords, they were all dumbfounded.

However, they were still somewhat skeptical.

A small number of people even charged towards the cavalry.

The cavalryman sneered, forcefully swung his broadsword, and flung Xiahou Yuan's head, which was still protruding from the tip of the blade, across the enemy.

Xiahou Yuan's head fell at the feet of one of them.

The man was still in the stance of rushing out.

Only when he saw the severed head fall to his feet did he suddenly lower his head.

Upon seeing Xiahou Yuan's severed head, his eyes widened in anger, resentment, and fear, and the man was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

The soldiers who rushed out behind him also noticed Xiahou Yuan's head.

They all stopped in their tracks, their eyes filled with confusion, fear, and grief.

Xiahou Yuan!
It really is Xiahou Yuan's head!

You must know, this is Xiahou Yuan!

One of the Xiahou twins.

He followed Cao Cao in his campaigns for over a decade, achieving remarkable military exploits.

He even helped Cao Cao defeat Ma Chao.

This was Cao Cao's second-best subordinate, second only to Xiahou Dun.

He actually died just like that!

Do they dare to go back?

If Cao Cao had known, he certainly wouldn't have left them any way out.

Thinking of their parents, wives, and children at home, the soldiers snapped out of their daze and burst into tears, crying out, "General Xiahou!"

"General Xiahou has truly fallen in battle!"

"Father! Mother!"

The entire night sky was instantly filled with wails.

No one resisted anymore.

Zhao Yun, riding a blood-red warhorse, wiped the blood off his face.

Looking at the despairing faces all around him, Zhao Yun sighed.

This is war.

Often, there is a winner and a loser overall, but for the soldiers, there is no winner or loser.

Not only will they die, but their families may also be implicated.

With the death of a general like Xiahou Yuan, countless soldiers' families will suffer as a result of inadequate protection.

Zhao Yun looked towards Guandu and sighed inwardly.

This is probably why he admires Zhang Sui more and more.

His "no guilt by association" policy inspired many soldiers to risk their lives to follow him.

At this moment, the cavalrymen picked up Xiahou Yuan's head again and rode up.

Zhao Yun clasped his hands in a fist salute to the cavalry and said, "General Yan, you have rendered a great service today. Congratulations!"

The cavalryman's name was Yan Rou, a Han Chinese general who had once served under the Wuhuan king Tadun.

When Zhang Sui attacked Liucheng, the new capital of the Wuhuan people in the three commanderies, Yan Rou and Xianyu Fu, along with several other Han generals, led their troops to open the city gates and welcome Zhang Sui's army into the city.

Yan Rou was appointed as one of the three vanguard generals in this southward campaign against Cao Cao.

Yan Rou placed Xiahou Yuan's head into Zhao Yun's hands and laughed, "How could the credit belong to me alone?"

"The governor of Yangzhou is brave and skilled in battle; I witnessed it all just now."

"Moreover, this head was obtained at the cost of nearly two thousand soldiers dying at the foot of Zhongmu City."

Zhao Yun held Xiahou Yuan's head in his hands, grunted in response, and then began to deal with the nearly five thousand prisoners with Yan Rou. Afterwards, he led the five thousand prisoners but did not return.

Zhao Yun, carrying Xiahou Yuan's head, along with five thousand prisoners and three thousand soldiers, headed straight for Zhongmu.

Yan Rou, on the other hand, led a small group of people to the camp.

Yan Rou and Zhao Yun discussed it and decided that it would be a waste to go back and claim credit for taking so many prisoners and Xiahou Yuan's head with them.

Why not try using these prisoners and Xiahou Yuan's head to see if we can gain control of Zhongmu?

Therefore, the two split up into two groups.

Yan Rou arrived at the camp and recounted the plan she and Zhao Yun had discussed after Xiahou Yuan's death.

Xi Zhicai was so excited that he overturned the table and rushed out to meet Zhao Yun. If Zhao Yun did manage to capture the city gate, Xi Zhicai planned to lead his troops to attack the gate as a precaution.

At the foot of Zhongmu City, Zhao Yun had a captured lieutenant bring Xiahou Yuan's head to the gate.

The general on the city wall looked at the large group of people outside the city, all of whom were soldiers who had previously left the city.

Even so, he made his deputy show his identity token.

After showing his identification token, the lieutenant raised Xiahou Yuan's head high and said in a trembling voice, "General Xiahou Yuan has fallen in battle!"

The deputy general's words left the generals on the city wall in a daze.

He hurriedly ordered his men to hang Xiahou Yuan's head on the city wall.

Upon seeing that the head hoisted up by the rope was indeed Xiahou Yuan's, the general immediately squatted down on the ground.

The city gates were then opened.

The general held Xiahou Yuan's head in his arms, his eyes filled with a blank and terrified look as the soldiers outside the city entered.

Later, we must find out the details of General Xiahou's death and then find a way to shift the blame.

Even so, though the death penalty may be avoided, punishment is inevitable.

This is Xiahou Yuan, one of the two most trusted generals and relatives of Cao Cao.

Recalling the scene when Xiahou Yuan left the city, the general closed his eyes in anguish.

It’s over.

His future in the Xudu court was completely over.

Just as he was in despair and on the verge of collapse, countless flames rushed towards the city from the enemy camp in the distance.

It's an enemy attack!
The general then came to his senses.

Unable to look at Xiahou Yuan's head any longer, the general handed it to a soldier beside him and hurriedly ordered the soldiers still entering the city to speed up.

However, before he could give the order, Zhao Yun, who had already entered the city, heard the commotion outside and charged up the city wall first.

The captured soldiers quickly retreated from the city gates and moved to both sides of the main road outside the city, making way for them. They dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground.

Xi Zhicai led his troops to quickly cross the drawbridge and storm into the city.

Nearly five thousand prisoners stared blankly at the battle raging inside and on the city walls, not knowing what to do.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour.

It didn't end until dawn.

The city walls were covered with corpses.

The ground was stained with blood.

Xi Zhicai ordered Yan Rou to stay at the city wall and lead the troops to clean up the battlefield, while he organized his soldiers to do a good job of defense and guard against the attack of Cao Cao's army.

At the same time, he also sent soldiers to deliver Xiahou Yuan's head to Guandu, to Zhang Sui, and informed Zhang Sui of the news that Zhongmu had been captured.

Although the night's battle left Xi Zhicai physically exhausted.

However, Xi Zhicai maintained his smile throughout.

He felt refreshed.

With Zhongmu captured, Cao Cao lost his pincer movement.

Moreover, Hebei can deploy a large number of troops in Zhongmu to constantly threaten Changshe.

Once Changshe is captured, Xudu is doomed.

Changshe is the gateway to Xudu.

Cao Cao must be panicked when he hears this news.

The plan he previously devised for Zhang Sui has a much higher chance of success!
If Cao Cao dares to send a large force to launch a surprise attack on Wuchao, then the unification of the world will come.

He deserves some credit for ending this chaotic era!
Moreover, he could be considered a loyal subject who followed Zhang Sui to the throne.

At that moment, Zhang Sui was smashing things in the commander's tent at the new camp—

acting.

There are still spies in the army that haven't been caught.

He had to continue to act out the anger that came from being ambushed by the Huns, resulting in the loss of the camp and the devastation of the Wuchao grain depot.

Gao Shun, Xu Rong, and Chen Dao stood frozen not far away.

While watching Zhang Sui's performance, the three of them would occasionally run to a nearby table, grab some cooked beef from a porcelain bowl, and chew it.

Just as the three were enjoying their meal, a soldier rushed in and whispered something in Zhang Sui's ear.

Zhang Sui, who was smashing things, stopped pretending and ran out of the command tent laughing loudly.

Gao Shun, Xu Rong, and Chen Dao hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)