Three Kingdoms King of the North

After listening to Chen Gong's method of breaking the formation, Lu Xiang hurriedly said: "Prefect Chen, let me lead the rescue."

"Lieutenant Lu, you are not Cao Ren's opponent." Regarding Lu Xiang's request, Chen Gong shook his head and refused: "If you can't break out from Zhengxi Jingmen, then you won't be able to break this formation."

Just when Lu Xiang was about to say a few more words, Gao Lan put his hands on his shoulders: "Lieutenant Lu, just as Chen Taishou said, I will lead the troops to break the formation, and you will take the rest of the troops here to raid the formation."

Lu Xiang thought for a moment secretly, thinking that let alone himself, even if he joined forces with his brother, he would not be Gao Lan's opponent. If he went out to rescue his brother, the chances of winning would be much higher.He cupped his fists and said, "General Lao Gao!"

Cao Ren trapped Lu Kuang, and when he was secretly proud of himself, he suddenly saw a group of soldiers and horses coming from the opposite side. They came directly from the Shengmen in the southeast corner, came straight to the formation, and hurriedly rode forward to fight.

When the two met, they didn't sign up, so they started fighting.Don't see that Cao Ren is a well-known general in Dongjun, but compared with Gao Lan, he is slightly inferior.At the beginning, the two were able to fight to a draw, but after twenty rounds, Cao Ren gradually lost the upper hand.

After two more battles, Cao Ren couldn't resist the enemy, so he pulled his horse and left.Gao Lan didn't chase, but followed Chen Gong's instructions and went straight to Jingmen in the west.

When Cao Ren was defeated and left, the formation began to be a little messy. At this moment, Gao Lan broke out from the Jingmen again, and the eight-door golden lock formation, which had only a false appearance, suddenly fell into chaos.Seeing that the enemy formation was in disarray, Chen Gong said to Lu Xiang who was beside him: "Lieutenant Lu, the eight-door golden lock formation has been broken, hurry up and lead the troops to attack and rescue your elder brother."

After hearing this, Lu Xiang agreed loudly, took the remaining soldiers and horses and killed them.The Dongjun soldiers and horses in the formation had long been in chaos, but now seeing a new force entering, the soldiers shouted and fled in all directions.

Gao Lan, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang joined forces, and then covered up and chased them for more than ten miles.Fortunately, they considered that these soldiers and horses would be Chen Gong's subordinates in the future, so they only drove them away instead of killing them. They killed more than 500 people, but captured more than 4000 people.

When Chen Gong came with his men, Gao Lan cupped his fists to salute him, and said, "Congratulations to Governor Chen, congratulations to Governor Chen, you broke Cao Ren's eight-door Golden Lock Formation so easily today, no one will fight with you again in the future." Eunuch Chen is right."

Chen Gong calculated in his mind that Cao Ren used about ten thousand troops to set up the formation today. He killed more than 2000 people when he broke the formation, and now he has captured more than 4000 people. With some scattered on the way, he can follow Cao Ren back. There are only 3000 soldiers and horses in Dongjun city.If I want to take office in Dongjun, these soldiers and horses are nothing to worry about.He quickly cupped his hands to thank Gao Lan: "Gong thank you General Gao. If it weren't for General Gao and the two captains of Lu Xiaowei who are brave and good at fighting, I am afraid that it would not be easy for Gong to reach Dongjun smoothly."

"Chen Taishou," Gao Lan asked Chen Gong, "shall we rush to Dongjun immediately?"

"It's only thirty miles away from Dongjun City, and it's getting late. Even if you rush there, you won't be able to enter the city. It's better to rest here for one night, and it won't be too late to enter the city tomorrow."

Gao Lan nodded, and then gave orders to his subordinates: "Order the whole army to set up camp here."

Chapter 525 Abandoning the City and Going Away

Just as Gao Lan's soldiers and horses were setting up camp, Cao Ren, who was defeated and returned, galloped back to Dongjun City.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he shouted at Man Chong who came to greet him: "Close the gate, close the city gate quickly."

Man Chong saw the soldiers still entering the city in an endless stream, and quickly reminded Cao Ren: "General Cao, we still have many soldiers outside the city. If we close the city gate, I am afraid they will disperse."

"Close the gate, close the city gate quickly." Cao Ren, who had already become a frightened bird, continued to shout: "Otherwise Jizhou soldiers and horses will rush into the city."

Man Chong knew that Cao Ren had just been defeated, and he was terrified. If he didn't see the city gate closed, he would definitely not feel at ease.Quickly ordered a team leader beside him: "General Cao's order to close the city gate immediately."

After the team leader received the order, he immediately rushed to the soldiers in the city gate and shouted: "General Cao's order to close the city gate immediately."

The soldiers guarding the gate agreed and immediately began to close the gate.However, the rout soldiers outside the city were entering the city one after another. Seeing that the city gate was being closed, they were afraid that they would be shut out of the city, so they rushed over to grab the door in a hurry, and the two sides huddled together at the gate.

Seeing that the rout soldiers could not enter the city, and the city gate could not be closed, the team leader hurriedly asked Man Chong for instructions: "Mr. Man, the rout soldiers are blocking the door, and the city gate cannot be closed. I don't know how to deal with it?"

If Man Chong was a ruthless person, he would definitely order the city to throw rolling logs and stones to kill a group of broken soldiers who tried to enter the city, so as to achieve the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys.However, Man Chong couldn't do such a cruel thing. He glanced at Cao Ren who was sitting next to him drinking water, and ordered the team leader: "Hurry up to the top of the city and see if the Jizhou army is coming to kill you."

Hearing Man Chong's order, the team leader hurriedly ran towards the top of the city.Not long after, the leader of the team shouted at Man Chong on the street below from the top of the city: "Mr. Hui Man, except for our defeated soldiers, no soldiers and horses in Jizhou have been found."

"General Cao," Man Chong said to Cao Ren when he heard that there were no soldiers from Jizhou chasing after him, "There are no soldiers from Jizhou coming outside. Why don't we open the city gates and let the defeated soldiers enter the city? If we let them stay outside the city." , I am afraid that it will harm the surrounding people, and once the lord learns about this, he will definitely blame the general."

When the team leader said at the top of the city that no soldiers and horses from Jizhou had been found, Cao Ren had already heard about it, but he was worried that the Jizhou army would enter the city among the routs, and he was very resistant to opening the city gate.But when Man Chong mentioned his elder brother, Cao Ren had to treat it with caution.

To him, it doesn't matter if all these soldiers and horses are lost, as long as the recruiting flag is erected, they can be replenished in ten days and a half months.But if because of this incident, I left a bad impression on my elder brother, then my future future will be affected.Thinking of this, he waved his hand at Man Chong and said, "Forget it, just open the city gate and let those rout soldiers enter the city."

Man Chong and Cao Ren returned to the prefect's mansion, only to find that Ma Rixun was waiting at the door.

Seeing the two of them coming back, Ma Rixun suddenly became angry: "General Cao, Chen Gongtai is the newly appointed prefect of Dongjun County by the imperial court. You lead your troops to intercept him. Could it be that you are thinking about rebellion?"

Cao Ren had just returned from the defeat, and he was upset. When he heard Ma Rixun's reprimand, he was even more furious, but since the other party was a grand tutor sent by the imperial court, he could only suppress his anger and walk away.

"Ma Taifu, you misunderstood. General Cao did not lead the troops to attack the new prefect." Man Chong waited for Cao Ren to leave, and quickly explained to Ma Rixun: "General Cao led the troops out of the city to meet Chen. As a result, the soldiers and horses of Jizhou were unreasonable, and when they saw General Cao, they fought violently, and General Cao had no choice but to lead the troops back."

Seeing Man Chong's sincere face, Ma Rixun was a little confused. He just listened to the report from his followers, saying that Cao Ren led [-] troops to the field, and was going to do harm to Chen Gong and his party. The guards of the mansion are detained here and cannot leave.At this moment, Man Chong said that Cao Ren led the troops out of the city to meet Chen Gong, so he couldn't help being a little confused about the situation.

After a while, he finally asked, "Boning, are you telling the truth?"

"Really, of course it's true." Man Chong replied without a blush on his face, "How dare the subordinate officials lie to the superiors? Of course everything they said is true."

"Bo Ning, since you said that General Cao led the troops out of the city to meet Taishou Chen, why did the guards of the Taishou's Mansion detain this Taifu here and not allow him to leave?"

"Teacher, one of the subordinates must make their own decisions, and wait for the official to express the grievance in my heart for you." After Man Chong finished speaking, he ordered the team leaders around him: "Come here, take down the head of the prefect's mansion, and take down the staff." twenty."

The team leader agreed, and led people forward to arrest Shi Chang, dragged him aside, and began to execute the execution cracklingly, making Shi Chang scream again and again.

Ma Rixun is a soft-hearted person. He didn't want to hear such a movement, so he waved his hand at Man Chong, "Bo Ning, this matter is over, and I don't want to pursue it. Tomorrow, you will take someone out of the city to meet him." Prefect Chen."

"Subordinate to obey!"

After seeing off Ma Rixun, Man Chong came to the inner hall and saw Cao Ren who was sullen.

"That old ghost Ma Rizun left?" Cao Ren asked angrily.

"If you go back to General Cao, he has already returned to the post house."

"Although Jizhou's soldiers and horses won the victory today, they did not catch up with the victory, but they will definitely arrive at the city of Dongjun tomorrow." Cao Ren asked with a sad face: "Mr. Man, tell me, what should we do?"

"The defenders in the city have no fighting spirit after paying homage today." Man Chong shook his head lightly and said, "If the Jizhou army arrives tomorrow, I'm afraid they will collapse without fighting."

Cao Ren had no doubts about Man Chong's statement.When he first set up the eight-door golden lock formation, he felt that it would be easy to wipe out the entire army of Jizhou soldiers and horses, but after the formation was broken, Cao Ren became pessimistic. Twenty thousand, he doesn't think he can hold the city.

He grabbed Man Chong's arm and asked anxiously, "Mr. Man, what should I do?"

"I can only abandon the city overnight and go to Chenliu to join the lord."

"Abandon the city?" Cao Ren was taken aback by Man Chong's words: "My elder brother handed Dongjun into my hands. If I lost it, how should I explain to him?"

"General Cao," seeing that Cao Ren was still hesitant, Man Chong said seriously, "Chen Gongtai is the new prefect appointed by the imperial court. If the general does not want to bear the infamy of a traitor, when he arrives tomorrow, he cannot accept him behind closed doors." Rather than not being able to keep the city at that time, it is better to leave early and rush to meet the lord."

"If my brother blames me, how should I deal with it?"

"The general can plead guilty by himself." Man Chong said: "The lord is kind and will never embarrass his brother. Then you can save yourself from danger."

After hearing Man Chong's words, and thinking about his brother's character, Cao Ren stood up abruptly, called a confidant, and told him to pack his bags immediately and prepare to leave Dongjun overnight.

At three o'clock, Cao Ren and Man Chong quietly left the prefect's mansion with more than 20 confidantes, ordered the guards at the south gate to open the city gate, and then disappeared into the night.

At noon the next day, the troops led by Chen Gong and Gao Lan arrived outside the city of Dongjun. They thought that Cao Ren would guard behind closed doors, but they saw the four gates of the city wide open. The officials went out of the city to meet each other.

Chen Gong hurriedly got off his horse and saluted Ma Rixun: "I've met Mrs. Ma!"

"Chen Taishou," Ma Rizun helped Chen Gong up, and said with a smile, "Cao Ren and Man Chong escaped in the dark last night, and this Grand Tutor personally brought you into the city to take up your post."

Chapter 526

When Chen Gong and Gao Lan took over Dongjun, Han Zhan's opera garden in Yedu officially opened for business.