The Three Kingdoms: Home Travel

After the East Gate General left, the Yellow Turban leader who had been defeated by the Xuzhou army was secretly worried about the Xuzhou elite soldiers on the city wall. The city wall was high up and could see everything below clearly. If they sounded the alarm, wouldn't all their efforts be in vain?

After much deliberation, he risked being exposed and climbed the city wall. What he did on the wall was a delightful surprise.

The hundreds of elite soldiers from Xuzhou were seen gathered in twos and threes around a campfire, warming themselves and joking with each other in hushed tones. Only a few Xuzhou soldiers stood on the edge of the city wall, warming their hands with their breath.

The Yellow Turban general watched for a while, and it seemed that the Xuzhou soldiers could not bear the cold any longer. They found a fire, sat down, and took out a leather bag to drink some water.

"Leave some for me!" a soldier beside the Xuzhou soldier muttered, snatched the leather bag, drank from it, then took a deep breath and said, "Phew... I'm freezing to death! If it weren't for this, we'd probably freeze to death here!"

"yes!"

"It's all that Yellow Turban rebel's fault!"

Could that be wine? The Yellow Turban soldier immediately recalled what the general had said earlier and was secretly delighted.

"Hey, it's too cold today. I'll take a nap by the campfire. Oh, and if Mr. Chen happens to come, remember to wake me up!" one of the Xuzhou soldiers said.

"You?" another soldier from Xuzhou protested, "I still want to sleep!"

"Alright, alright! You all go to sleep! If Mr. Chen doesn't come, but the Yellow Turban rebels do, they'll chop off all your tools of the trade!" a soldier from Xuzhou said from a distance.

"Uh, that's true..."

After some discussion, a dozen or so soldiers were selected to stand guard, while the rest huddled around the campfire to sleep.

The dozen or so Xuzhou soldiers who had been selected were naturally unwilling. They glanced casually at the outside of the city a few times and returned to the campfire, never to get up again...

The elite troops of Xuzhou are nothing special... This is for the best...

The Yellow Turban soldier quietly descended the city wall, unaware that the squinting Xuzhou soldiers had glanced in that direction. What a joke! These Xuzhou soldiers had already been in cahoots with him when he came up; they were just putting on a show for him.

With a soft thud, the city gate quietly opened a gap large enough for one person to pass through. A Yellow Turban soldier stepped out, lit a torch outside the moat, waved it a few times, then extinguished it, only to light it again and wave it a few more times...

"Success?" Zhang Yan, on the distant high ground, clearly saw the signal and was overjoyed. He waved his hand and growled, "Silence! Gag the horses... Let's go!"

(Zhang Niujiao's three hundred cavalrymen were handed over to Zhang Yan)

At first, he was somewhat wary, but when he crept up to the city of Xuzhou and saw that the city gate was slightly ajar and there was not a single person on the city wall, he was overjoyed. Xuzhou! Haha!

The city gates slowly opened, and Zhang Yan rode in, shouting, "Follow me and charge into Xuzhou!"

At the same moment, at the North Gate!

Yan Ping mustered his troops and, together with generals Yu Du and Mu Gu, slowly approached the north gate, using Yellow Turban spies to trick the city gate into opening...

At the east gate, the Yellow Turban leader had led several hundred men up the city wall when Zhang Yan entered, intending to deal with the exhausted soldiers first. But as soon as he got up there, he saw hundreds of crossbows with arrows nocked and aimed at him, and his eyes turned cold...

"Kill!" Zhang Yan roared, spurring his horse into the city, followed by shouts from the Yellow Turbans.

However, the east side of Xuzhou City was completely silent. Zhang Yan reined in his horse and stopped, vaguely sensing that something was wrong. Suddenly, a cannon shot rang out and a drumbeat sounded. Countless elite soldiers from Xuzhou (Zhang Yan's illusion) attacked from all sides. The leading general was Fang Yue, and the Xuzhou soldiers surrounded the Yellow Turbans from a distance.

"Hmm?" Zhang Yan looked around coldly, showing no fear whatsoever, and gave a cold laugh.

Suddenly, a scream came from behind. Zhang Yan hurriedly turned around and saw hundreds of archers on the city wall firing wildly at the Yellow Turbans inside. The city gate was also seized in the process.

As the city gates slowly closed, the Yellow Turbans were both surprised and panicked, looking around helplessly.

"Hahaha..." A burst of laughter came from afar.

Zhang Yan took a deep breath and shouted, "Who goes there!"

"Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong... General Zhang, it's been a long time..."

It's that guy again! Although Zhang Yan now knows that the initial scheme probably didn't originate from him, she still finds it hard to have any goodwill towards him because he comes from a powerful family!

"Your manners are lacking; I am quite disappointed!"

Chen Deng gave a cold laugh and retorted, "Yuanlong is also deeply ashamed, and has come specifically to invite General Zhang to stay at my Chen family's residence for a few days, so that Yuanlong can fulfill his duty of hospitality!"

"..." Zhang Yan looked around, thinking to herself that she probably wouldn't get away with it tonight, and hoped that she could succeed at the North Gate...

Zhang Yan was worried that attacking one gate alone would be difficult, so he devised two plans simultaneously. If he succeeded, that would be best! If he failed, he would use them as bait to lure the troops from Xuzhou to the east gate, and then breaking through the north gate would be effortless!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan listened to the sounds around him and saw that the battle was raging in Xuzhou. He was afraid that the operation at the North Gate had succeeded. He laughed loudly!

Chen Deng's words left Zhang Yan speechless: "Didn't I think you had already breached the North Gate?"

"...You!" Zhang Yan stared at Chen Deng with wide eyes, her heart filled with extreme fear.

"Your plan is quite clever..." Chen Deng said cheerfully, "However, Yuanlong's teacher is even more astute, having seen through your scheme long ago! A feint to the east while attacking in the west, catching the enemy off guard!"

After learning that there was no fighting at the North Gate, Jiang Zhe initially thought that the city was surrounded on three sides with one side open. However, when he learned that the Yellow Turbans were going to launch a night attack on Xuzhou, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and wondered which gate he would choose if he wanted to take Xuzhou from both inside and outside.

North Gate! The words "North Gate" popped into Jiang Zhe's mind in an instant. It wasn't because the North Gate was easy to attack, nor because there were few soldiers at the North Gate at the moment, but because the Yellow Turbans had launched several feint attacks and the North Gate was unprepared.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhe immediately notified Chen Deng, who then told Tao Ying. Tao Ying seemed somewhat reluctant to help his father, but after some persuasion, he finally went.

Even so, Chen Deng secretly wrote a letter to Cao Bao and Mi Zhu, telling them to be on guard. This was Jiang Zhe's instruction, after all, anything could happen! This concerned hundreds of thousands of people in the city.

"Jiang Zhe... Jiang Shouyi..." Zhang Yan gave a bitter smile and shook his head inwardly. Now he finally understood why the Great Teacher of Virtue had ordered them to "invite" Jiang Zhe. This Jiang Zhe was so shrewd, anticipating the enemy's moves and employing ingenious schemes... admirable... terrifying...

"Now that things have come to this..." Zhang Yan sighed, then shouted, "Gentlemen, fight to the death!"

"Drink!" The Yellow Turban Army, worthy of being called the number one army in the world, did not lose their courage even when they were in dire straits. When their commander gave the order, they immediately rushed towards the gleaming crossbows.

"Fire!" Chen Deng shouted coldly. He was also somewhat surprised that those Yellow Turban soldiers, who were of commoner origin, still had the courage to charge in such a situation.

Suddenly, a hail of arrows rained down, and the screams of the Yellow Turbans were incessant. This was no longer a battle, but a massacre. Against the unprepared Yellow Turbans, the crossbows at this range had decisive control. In addition, with the three-stage and two-stage "Jiang Clan" tactics, the number of Yellow Turban soldiers was reduced drastically.

Zhang Yan glared angrily and charged towards Chen Deng on horseback. Suddenly, a spear came from the side, blocking his path. It was Fang Yue.

"I've come specifically to meet General Zhang!"

"Hmph!" Zhang Yan didn't reply, and spurred her horse forward to fight Fang Yue.

At the same time, the North Gate!

Yu Du and his three generals rushed into the north gate, about to start the fight, when suddenly a group of people came towards them. The leader was a general with a jade-like face and red lips, wearing white armor and carrying a silver spear (haha, he's become Zhao Yun!), it was Tao Ying.

Tao Ying reined in his horse and laughed loudly, "I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

As he spoke, countless archers appeared on the rooftops of the surrounding houses, nocking their bows and loading arrows.

The three generals of Yudu looked at each other...

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