Chapter 542: Wuxian ambush

After Tang Yuan warned his son, he came to the county government office, informed Fan Yang of the agreement between Tang Bu and Zhang Long and left.

After seeing off Tang Yuan, Xiang Quan came to Fan Yang and said, "Do you think this Tang Yuan will make us the last one? On the surface, it was to help us lure Zhao's army, but in fact it was to collude with Zhao's army."

Fan Yang shook his head and said, "No, Tang Yuan does not have the courage to do this, and I think Tang Yuan must have guessed the power behind us, so he dared even more."

"He guessed it? Then should he silence him after the matter is done?" Xiang Quan asked. Their identities were kept confidential. Now Tang Yuan guessed that the forces behind them would be rumored to the Zhao army. If they go to inform the Zhao army, it would be easy to attract the encirclement of the main force of the Zhao army.

"No need, Tang Yuan is the leader of the gentry and nobles in Wu County. If you kill him rashly, it will be very troublesome. Besides, our identity cannot be concealed and will be made public sooner or later. As long as we have enough strength to shake the foundation of the Zhao army's rear, we can take the banner of justice." Fan Yang said.

They surrendered to Deng State, and Xiang Quan, Guan Ling and others came from Deng State. They could not hide it for long, and killing Tang Yuan was not worth the loss.

Two days later, that is, the 27th year of Qianyuan, on the night of the fifth day of the September 19th, Zhang Long led his troops to hide outside Wu County, waiting for the signal from the Tang family in the city. As soon as the signal sounded, they could directly enter the city.

But what Zhang Long didn't know was that his every move was being monitored. Guan Ling was responsible for guarding the city gate tonight, and Tang Yuan's eldest son Tang Bu was also accompanied by Tang Yuan. When he saw something strange outside the city, Guan Ling realized that it was Zhao Jun coming, so he said to Tang Bu: "Young Master Tang, I'll ask you for everything."

"Don't worry, General!" Tang Bu nodded and said, then turned around and got off the city. After Tang Bu left, Guan Ling ordered the soldiers to hide.

Tang Bu came to the city gate and summoned dozens of guards and family soldiers he brought, then put out a few corpses, treating them as guards who were killed by them, and then slowly opened the city gate. After the city gate opened, Tang Bu walked out, looked around, and then gave the guards around him a wink.

The guard understood, then took out a pair of bows and arrows, let someone ignite the arrows, and then shot them into the sky.

Zhang Long, who was hiding outside the city, saw the signal and hurriedly brought people up. After seeing Tang Bu, he asked anxiously: "Young Master Tang, how are you?"

Tang Bu smiled and replied, "General, don't worry, everything goes smoothly. The guards at the city gate have been killed by all the villains, and the city gate has also been opened. In addition, the thieves and leaders of the thieves in the city were invited to have a banquet by their father and the heads of the major families in the city. I'm afraid they are already drunk at this moment."

"Okay!" Zhang Long was overjoyed when he heard this, and then said to the chief clerk behind him: "Send the order and the whole army will enter the city!"

Soon, Zhang Long brought the army into the city. When all the troops entered the city, Tang Bu said to Zhang Long again: "General Zhang, something seems wrong in front of him. Why not just let the villain take people up and see what's going on?"

Zhang Long did not allow him and nodded, but after Tang Bu led his men forward for more than ten steps, he suddenly turned around and hid in the streets in the city. Just when Zhang Long felt strange, suddenly there were fires everywhere from high places around him, and a large number of bows and arrows shot towards the Zhao army, and many Zhao soldiers fell to the ground.

"General, there is an ambush in the city. We have been trapped. Tang Yuan and Tang Bu are lying to us. Please retreat quickly!" The chief clerk immediately understood that he and others were deceived by Tang Yuan, Tang Bu and his son. There were ambushers in the city.

"Ah! Tang Yuan, Tang Bu, you two traitors, don't let me catch you, otherwise you will be smashed into pieces! Removal!" Zhang Long said gritting his teeth.

"Kill!" While the Zhao army retreated, Xiang Quan led his troops to chase after him. The Zhao army was ambushed and suffered heavy casualties. He had long become a frightened bird. In addition, he urgently needed to retreat, so he did not stop Xiang Quan and others from chasing him. He could only let the soldiers behind him be strangled.

When Zhang Long came to the city gate, he found that the city gate had been closed. He wanted to open the city gate, but before he could reach the city gate, the arrows flew down and instantly took the lives of more than a dozen Zhao troops. Then a large number of defenders rushed out from all around and protected the city gate.

Seeing this, Zhang Long saw that the pursuers behind him had arrived. He had no choice but to order a strong attack on the city gate, but he could not advance in an instant. Although the Zhao army had the advantage of numerical numbers, the person guarding the city gate this time was Guan Ling, and the person he personally led was naturally the five hundred elite Yongping Guards he brought from Guangling. These five hundred people were carefully selected by Guan Ling in Yongping Guards. They were definitely the elite among the elites. How could they be compared to ordinary local defenders in Zhao State? In addition, the city gate was very narrow and it was impossible to provide space for the army to be used, which also led to the Zhao army's numerical advantage not being shown at all.

At this time, Xiang Quan, Li Fang, and Dong Ning, who were chasing behind him, also led their troops to kill him. Xiang Quan took a step forward and shouted to Zhang Long in the Zhao army: "Zhang Long, your defeat is determined today. If you want to save Xiang Shang's head, get off the horse and surrender quickly, otherwise today next year will be your day of worship!"

"Hmph!" After hearing Xiang Quan's call, Zhang Long felt very panicked, but he pretended to be calm and replied disdainfully: "I, Zhang Long, are the descendants of the Great Zhao General, and are famous families. How can you surrender to the bandits? The soldiers obeyed the orders and followed the general to fight out!"

"Hmph! Mingwu is unknown, kill me!" Xiang Quan sneered when he saw Zhang Long so ignorant.

While the two armies were fighting, the most powerless Zhao army chief clerk on the battlefield said to Zhang Long at this time: "General, the city is narrow and not conducive to our army's operation. This is not a solution. The person who just talked to the general was the leader of the bandit. As the saying goes, capture the king first. As long as we can take this person down, we will definitely be able to leave the city smoothly." After that, the chief clerk pointed to Xiang Quan's direction.

When Zhang Long heard this, he suddenly realized and hurriedly commanded the army to kill Xiang Quan. The soldiers around Xiang Quan were not the 500 elite soldiers under Guan Ling. These people were composed of some bandits and were not opponents of the Zhao army at all. The biggest reason why they were able to chase the Zhao army before was that the Zhao army had no intention of fighting with them. Now that they had the intention, they could only barely resist the Zhao army's offensive.

Seeing this, Guan Ling at the city gate knew that Zhang Long was planning to capture the thief and first to capture the king. He wanted to capture Xiang Quan directly, so he picked up his big sword, rode his horse out, and killed Zhang Long in the formation. Capturing the thief and first to capture the king. By chance, he also had this idea.

Guan Ling is the second most powerful general to Guan Yu in Yongping Guard. I know that Guan Yu once said that he is far inferior to Guan Ling's age. Guan Ling, who is less than thirty years old, obviously has not reached its peak state, but it is enough to deal with these little fish.

Guan Ling held a big sword and rushed into the Zhao army formation. Any Zhao soldier who wanted to stop him was easily solved by him like chopping melons and vegetables. He felt like he was entering a no-man along the way, and he was about to kill Zhang Long.

When Zhang Long saw Guan Ling who could not be stopped, he was shocked and quickly shouted: "Stop him! Stop him quickly!"

However, the Zhao soldiers were already shocked by Guan Ling's brave performance and did not make any useful resistance. Guan Ling quickly took the knife and killed Zhang Long. Zhang Long had no choice but to go to battle himself. However, the facts proved that his ideal was full and the reality was very skinny. Zhang Long, who thought he could block it, was knocked down after only less than five moves. After killing Zhang Long, Guan Ling immediately captured the chief clerk on the side, and then shouted loudly: "Listen to Zhao Jun! Zhang Long is dead, you are defeated, don't want to die and quickly put down your weapons and surrender, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"

After hearing Guan Ling's words, Zhao Jun looked at where Zhang Long was, and found that there was no Zhang Long. The chief clerk was also held in his hand by Guan Ling. He didn't know how to live or die. He suddenly lost his morale and put down his weapons and surrendered.

The Zhao army gave up resistance, which made Xiang Quan, who was behind, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. There was no way, the Zhao army's counterattack was really too fierce, and he almost couldn't stand it. Fortunately, Guan Ling killed Zhang Long in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Soon, Guan Ling brought the chief clerk to Xiang Quan. Who knew that as soon as Guan Ling let go, the chief clerk fell to Xiang Quan and cried: "God of life! General, please spare me!"

"General Xiang, I see that this person has been following Zhang Long, and he must be a more important figure in the Zhao army, so I captured him alive. I wonder what to do?" Guan Ling said to Xiang Quan.

"I wonder what Military Advisor Fan thinks?" Xiang Quan asked Fan Yang.

However, Fan Yang did not answer, but looked at the chief clerk who was kneeling in front of him and asked, "What is your name? What is your position in Zhao's army?"

The chief clerk replied: "The villain is called Zhang San, who is the chief clerk of the Zhao army. Please spare your life!"

"Haha, it's not difficult to spare your life, but it depends on whether you are working together!" Fan Yang said with a smile.

"Cooperate! The villain must cooperate. Whatever the general says, the villain will do!" Zhang Sanyi quickly responded when he heard that he had the chance to survive.

Then Fan Yang said to Xiang Quan: "General Xiang, since this person is the chief clerk of Zhang Long's army, I think he has a good understanding of the defense in the Pengcheng area. Our army also needs to attack Pengcheng in the future. It is better to keep his life for the time being, and attack Pengcheng in the future will be more effective."

Xiang Quan nodded and then said to Zhang San: "It's okay to spare your life, but you have to tell Pengcheng's troops and defenses in a variety of ways. If there is any concealment or mistake, I will take down your head immediately!"

"Don't worry, General! The villain will definitely not hide anything!" Zhang San responded quickly.

Then Xiang Quan asked someone to take Zhang San down. Tang Bu, who had been hiding aside for a long time, walked out and said to Xiang Quan: "Congratulations to General Xiang, defeating Zhao's army and relieving the danger of Wu County!"

"Haha, thanks to the help of Mr. Tang and Ling Zun, this place is too chaotic. It is better for Mr. Tang to go back earlier and tell me that Mr. Tang for me, saying that I will personally go to the mansion to thank Mr. Tang and Mr. Tang early tomorrow morning!" Xiang Quan said.

Tang Bu nodded. It was so bloody here that he really shouldn't stay for a long time, so he said, "Well, that villain will be waiting for General Xiang to be at home tomorrow and say goodbye!" After that, he took the people away.
Chapter completed!