The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

It was already very early in the morning in March, and soon after Mao Shi, the east was gradually turning white, and the night was fading.

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The spring breeze in the early morning came from the south, blowing across the vast wilderness, rolling from the treetops near and far, bringing the freshness of spring leaves into Xin Ai's arms.

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Since leaving the camp at night last night, Xin Ai and 400 cavalry have been driving non-stop for nearly a hundred miles, during which he only took a short rest. He should be very tired. Without feeling tired, he only felt the morning breeze in his arms, indescribably comfortable and refreshing, he turned his head and glanced behind him, behind him were four hundred iron cavalry galloping on horses.

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These 400 cavalry soldiers were Xun Zhen's hard work over the past two years. All the knights were good at riding and shooting, and all the mounts were good horses. Against the background of the fluttering red flag, the spirit of the people and horses was galloping forward like a turbulent stream. People with a sense of vitality.

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They followed closely behind Xin Ai's horse, and proceeded along the road toward Inner Yellow.

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Wherever they passed, Kazuki's resident bird was startled, leaving behind a tumble of dust.

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"Su Ze!"

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Su Ze rode his horse in response, ran to Xin Ai's side, and answered loudly, "Yes!"

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Xin A pointed before the whip: "Did you see it?"

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The place where his whip pointed was Neihuang. Under the misty sky, the tall city wall of Neihuang could be seen standing in the distance of the road.

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"Saw!"

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"Bring a horse and go explore the way first."

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Su Ze promised loudly, and did not stop his horse. He turned back and whistled, made a gesture, and then jumped over Xin Ai and galloped inward. Ten cavalrymen rushed out of the marching formation, closely following him. followed him.

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When Xin Ai passed by, the ten cavalrymen gave a military salute one after another on their horses. Xin Ai nodded in return.

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Although Xin Ai is not a naturally strong and brave person, he still can't wear heavy armor, and he is still wearing only leather armor, but he has already won by his willingness to take the lead in every battle and his casual and naive nature. Respect of the Parts Knights.

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"High armor!"

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Gao Jia responded loudly in the array: "Yes!"

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"Bring fifty cavalry, go around the East City Gate, and flank me."

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Gao Jia replied, "No!" He rode his horse with a halberd, led fifty cavalry away from the main force, and turned to the east.

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"Gao Bing!"

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Gao Bing was on the right wing of the array and responded loudly, "Yes!"

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"See that mound and woods?"

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"Saw."

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"Take twenty riders there, dismount to rest, and wait for me to come back."

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"No!"

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Gao Bing rode the horse with one hand and pressed the crossbow on the side of the saddle with the other. He led twenty cavalry off the road and went to the hills and woods in the field to ambush.

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Xin Ai kept him here just in case, in case Cheng Jia and Chen Wu were defeated, Yu Du and Li Qiong were prepared, and Nei Huang had 5,000 horses to ride, so he only ran for one night on this long distance. The 400 cavalry was absolutely unstoppable, so we had to keep a backhand in case the battle was unfavorable. In fact, the fifty cavalry that Gao Jia brought to the east gate is also for this purpose. Xin Ai is now going to the north gate of Neihuang. If Yu Du and Li Qiong are prepared, then when he leads his troops to the north gate Outside the gate, Yu Du and Li Qiong are likely to split their troops out from the east and west gates, and use both sides to sack him. With Gao Jia at the east gate, at least half of Yu Du and Li Qiong's power can be weakened.

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Xin Ai has fought with Xun Zhen for more than two years. He is a battle-hardened man. What is especially commendable is that he has seen all kinds of big scenes. Now he is also a very experienced cavalry general. Otherwise, Xun Zhen would not trust him to send him. Come to meet Cheng Jia, Chen Wu and others.

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In Xun Zhen's cavalry unit today, Xin Ai is the chief general, and there are four subordinates under him, namely Su Ze, Su Zheng, Gao Jia, and Gao Bing. Now Su Ze, Gao Jia, and Gao Bing have their respective tasks to leave. Su Zhengcai catches up with Xin Ai, trails a horse head, and walks on the same road with him, looking at Neihuang County from a distance, with a little worry and eagerness to say: "Yu Lang, do you think Cheng Jia and Chen Wu succeeded?"

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Xin Ai was too lazy to guess and ignored him. She took off her mask from the saddle, freed her hand and brought it to her face, and looked into the wind, Neihuang County was getting closer and closer.

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Su Zheng said, "What if it doesn't work out?...Cheng Jia, Chen Wu, and Li Xiang are just fine. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are brothers with Liu Gong and Cao Qing, and they are the people who are highly valued by the government, and Zhao Yun is even more famous. Fujun loves it, but I don’t know if they will fall into the thief?”

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Su Zheng also likes Zhao Yun very much. Zhao Yun is a young man, strong in stature, calm and righteous, both civil and military, and has many advantages, but he is very humble and self-retired. Therefore, although he has not been with Xun Zhen for a long time, he has already made many friends in Xun Zhen's righteousness. .

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Xin Ai also had a good impression of Zhao Yun, so he answered Su Zheng and said, "Since you know that the lord of the government loves Zilong, how could the lord put him in danger?"

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"That's right... Yu Lang, look, is there a fire in Neihuang County?"

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As you get closer to Neihuang, not only can you see the city walls of Neihuang County more and more clearly, but you can also see the black smoke in Neihuang County, like a fire.

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Xin Ai rode on the horse and looked far into the distance. He didn't see the guards on the head of Neihuang city. He listened carefully. The wind blowing from the direction of Neihuang in the south brought the sound of noise.

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With his spear in his hand, he said, "Go down and order the villages to prepare for battle!"

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Xin Ai's face was covered with a mask, so he couldn't see his expression, but Su Zheng could hear the joy in his voice, and he hurriedly agreed to the promise, turned around on horseback, ran back to the formation, and conveyed him to the various villages in the Mercedes-Benz. military order.

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At this time, it was less than five miles away from Neihuang County, and four or five miles would be there in an instant.

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Before arriving at the northern city gate of Neihuang, Su Zheng, who had come to explore the road ahead of time, rushed up and shouted loudly, "Liu and Zhao Zhujun have won a great victory, Yan Mengsheng has captured Yu Du!"

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"Yan Meng?"

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"It's Zhao Yun's fellow villager."

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"Oh!" Xin Ai looked towards Su Zhengma's back, only to see the ten knights that Su Zheng brought, but not Liu Deng, Zhao Yun and others, and asked, "...Where are Deng and Zilong?"

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"They are at the West City Gate and are coming this way."

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Li Qiong's residence is in the west of the county. After Liu Deng, Zhao Yun and others captured Yudu, they left the city from the west. Xin Ai came at the right time, and they had just left the city gate not long ago.

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Xin Ai immediately ordered: "Su Zheng! Bring fifty knights to pick them up."

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Su Zheng agreed to the promise, and led fifty cavalry to the west city gate.

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Xin Ai raised his hand to signal the remaining nearly 300 cavalry to stop, and then he restrained his horse to stop, looked around, left and right, and said doubtfully: "I heard that there are 5,000 bandit soldiers stationed in Neihuang, but there is no one in the city and outside the county. ?"

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"I asked Deng just now, and he said it was Cheng Jia's credit."

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"Oh?"

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"Before the action yesterday, Cheng Jiaxian ordered people to spread rumors in the thief camps inside and outside the county, which made the thieves' hearts unstable. When the incident happened last night, fires broke out all over the county, killing four, and Yu Du and Li Qiong were trapped in their houses. In the middle of the war, the military orders could not be sent out. The bandits in the barracks outside the county did not know what was going on. They were panicked, and they started fighting. Xu people and horses."

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There are not only Li Qiong's subordinates stationed in the barracks outside the county, but also the 2,000 people brought by Yu Po. to poison".

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Although the two thousand cavalry who followed Yu Du to Neihuang knew that Yu Du came to Neihuang this time to check whether Li Qiong had collusion with the enemy, they were only dubious when they heard this rumor at first, because Yu Du did not cure Li Qiong. Qiong's crime, from this point of view, Li Qiong did not seem to be collaborating with the enemy, but when the fire broke out in the city in the middle of the night and the killing was loud, they had to believe it. After fighting each other and killing each other, someone suddenly remembered another rumor: "Xun Zhen brought the elite to attack Wei County." Their family members were all in Wei County. Poison couldn't take care of it, and immediately many people fled the camp and went back to Wei County.

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There are more than 10,000 thieves and soldiers under Yu Du's command, which seems to be a lot, but most of them are thieves. In the event of setbacks, they would disperse like birds and beasts. There were more than 3,000 cavalry in the camp outside the county, and in less than a night, not even a single person was left.

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Of course, having said that, this is also due to Yu Du's bad luck. If he was in the camp when the battalion change occurred, it might still be possible to suppress the battalion change. It's a pity that he was not in the battalion, but then again, he If they were in the camp at the time, this mess would not have happened.

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Cheng Jia has advantages, such as courage, chivalry, keeping promises, and resourcefulness, but he also has disadvantages. Probably because of his short stature, ugly appearance, and low self-esteem, he likes big words, covets beautiful wealth, and is not good at talking. Often openly flattering Xun Zhen, Xin Ai didn't like him very much, but after listening to Su Zheng talking about the reason for the riots outside the county, he had to say: "Unexpectedly, frozen pearshang can also make a strange plan. "

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—Cheng Jia is short and has spots on his skin. "Cheng Junchang, Dongli Chang" is a song composed for him by the people of Zhao County, which means ridicule.

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While speaking, Su Ze returned with Liu Deng, Zhao Yun and others.

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There were nearly 200 warriors participating in tonight's event, and at this time, there were only less than 100 people who came with Su Ze.

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Xin Ai took off her mask, jumped off her horse, and hurried to meet her.

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I saw a young soldier following behind Zhao Yun. He held a rope in his hand, and a person was tied to the other end of the rope. This man had messy buns, disheveled clothes, smelled of alcohol, and was downcast, but it was Yu Po.

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Xin Ai glanced at him and didn't pay much attention to it. She quickly retracted her gaze and turned to Liu Deng, Zhao Yun, Chen Wu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Li Xiang. Half of Liu and Deng's people got lucky, but fortunately, none of them were damaged. Xin Ai smiled and said, "I knew that it was so easy for you to wait, and I didn't have to drive 90 miles at night, and I came to meet you and wait for you."

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After fighting all night, he captured the thief's head in the thief's nest. Looking back on the experience last night, Liu Deng and others laughed heartily.

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Xin Ai said: "Although the thief camp outside the county is empty, there are still more than a thousand thieves in the county. You have fought hard all night, and Yu Du has been captured. Leave the remaining thieves to me! Please wait here for a while, let me wait until I enter the city to kill the thieves, and go back when I go."

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Xin Ai's mission this time was originally just to meet Cheng Jia, Liu Deng and others, but since he heard that the thieves from outside the county went to the camp, and now there are only a thousand thieves left in the county, he naturally didn't mind entering the city. He swept away the remaining thousands of thieves and took advantage of the situation to capture Neihuang County for Xun Zhen.

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Liu Deng looked back at the county and said, "Perhaps there is no need for Yulang to work hard."

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"how do I say this?"

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"Cheng Junchang is alone and has entered the county camp to persuade Li Qiong to surrender."

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"what?"