The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Zhou Xin's two younger brothers, Zhou Ang and Zhou Yu.Zhou Ang was the prefect of Jiujiang.He was once sent by Yuan Shao to capture Sun Jian's Tunyang City and cut off Sun Jian's food and grass.

Zhou Yu was once the governor of Yuzhou.Cao Cao invited Zhou Yu during the recruitment of volunteers, and Zhou Yu immediately gathered 2000 people to follow.After Sun Jian repelled Dong Zhuo, Ben Neng was promoted to governor of Yuzhou, and Zhou Yu was sent by Yuan Shao to replace him.After Zhou Yu fought with Sun Jian, he was defeated.Instead, he helped his brother Zhou Ang defend Yuan Shu, but was defeated again.He returned to Kuaiji and was killed by Xu Gong.

The three brothers are all ill-fated people.

Liu Zheng didn't have much impression of these three people, he led his soldiers and horses to Yi County, and took down Yi County with ease.Then they went all the way up through Lingyang County and Jing County, and on the third day, they arrived at Wanling City, the seat of Danyang County.

In Wanling City, there are still [-] garrisons left by Zhou Xin.Commanded by Zhou Xin's younger brother Zhou Ang, they seemed to have known for a long time that Liu Zheng's army had come from Poyang. When they arrived here, the gate of Wanling City was closed, and the towers were full of soldiers and horses. It seemed that there were many people. However, due to the gathering in one place, the other city gates seemed a little empty.

When Liu Zheng came to the bottom of the city, he still politely shouted at the people on the tower.

"Listen, people inside, surrender the city, and I will spare you from dying. If you persist in your obsession, you will die when my army flattens the city wall."

Although Liu Zheng didn't think that he could tell the opponent to surrender directly with just a few words, such a move was still necessary. If the opponent couldn't think about it, he would be frightened and Kaesong surrendered.

Zhou Ang hurriedly walked through the city and went up to the tower. He never thought that his elder brother was obviously leading people to attack Liu Zheng's territory, but he was killed by the enemy and returned. Now he is in a difficult situation.

"Who are the people outside the city? We know that this is where the court ordered officials to rule. You are rebelling, do you know?"

Zhou Ang only knew that a group of soldiers and horses came from Poyang, but it was really unclear who came. After all, all his spies in Danyang were taken away by his elder brother Zhou Xin.

Liu Zheng didn't care at all, and Zhou Ang replied to Liu Zheng.

"Rebellion? Maybe this is rebellion. Since you know it's a rebellion, why don't you open the city gate quickly to avoid the suffering of swordsmen."

Liu Zheng saw Zhou Ang on the tower, but he didn't have much interest in knowing Zhou Ang.

"If you want me to surrender, don't even think about it!"

Zhou Ang also had backbone, and he rejected Liu Zheng's proposal immediately, and directly took a longbow from the guard beside him, then raised his hand and drew out a sharp arrow, aiming at Liu Zheng who was under the city, and shot it with one arrow.

The arrow flew over, even though Liu Zheng discovered Zhou Ang's arrow at the first time, he was frightened.

Fortunately, there is an archery master beside Liu Zheng. Tai Shici, who came with the army, saw Zhou Ang on the tower and picked up the bow and arrow. superb.

When Zhou Ang shot out an arrow, Tai Shici also drew the arrow at the same time, and also drew two arrows at the same time, and then shot at Zhou Ang with an arrow.

Tai Shici's archery skills were superior. After the arrow was shot, he shot the arrow from Zhou Ang's hand directly with another arrow, and the arrow missed.Knocked down in mid-air.

At the same time, Tai Shici's arrow turned out to be two arrows. After one interrupted Zhou Ang's arrow, the other went straight to the tower, and hit Zhou Ang's helmet with a puff.

Then with a ding, Zhou Ang's helmet was shot down and nailed to the wooden pillar of the building behind the tower.

Although Zhou Ang has a bit of backbone and martial arts, he is also a person who is afraid of death. He has never seen this kind of battle before, and he was also frightened by Tai Shici's superb archery skills.

He didn't dare to stay longer on the battlements, so he took a few steps back.

Liu Zheng turned his head and glanced at Tai Shici.

"Ziyi, thank you for having you, otherwise this arrow might be against me."

Although this arrow may not be able to hit Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng still wants to appease Tai Shici. After all, for the sake of Liu Zheng's safety, a few words of praise are still indispensable to win people's hearts.

"My lord, it's nothing, I'm by your side just to ensure your safety!"

"Since the guards in this city are so ignorant, let's go into the city. Wenpin you lead three thousand soldiers and horses to charge, Zhou Cang your men start to attack the city gate, we must break through within a day. Open the city gate, by the way, the Zhou Dynasty dispatched 3000 people to go to other gates to attract the attention of the defenders in the city, as long as we can restrain these people, we can directly break the city gate!"

Along the way, Liu Zheng attacked the county seat of Danyang County, almost all by force.

There are only one or two thousand county soldiers in these counties themselves. When faced with the siege of Liu Zheng's army, some of them resisted a little bit, and they were able to stand in a stalemate for an hour or two. , directly surrendered.

Therefore, Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses did not lack experience in siege. Under the leadership of Wenpin and Zhou Cang, they were still good at siege.

There are no more than 4000 defenders in Wanling City, including four gates. Although the protection of the moat reduces the scope of the siege, it is even more difficult for four thousand defenders to defend the city. ah.

In addition, these soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng are all elites who are not afraid of death. Following Liu Zheng's orders, they charge forward and do not hesitate.

After charging for just over an hour, under the violent impact of the huge city hammer, the city gate was quickly broken, and Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses directly rushed into the city.

Zhou Ang was on the top of the city tower, panicking to make amends, but he couldn't stop Liu Zheng's army at all.

Chapter 472 Find a way to defeat the enemy

Not long after, Liu Zheng had occupied Wanling City and killed most of the four thousand defenders.

Zhou Ang, who was arrogant before, was also captured alive by Liu Zheng's men, and tied up in front of Liu Zheng like a dead dog.

It didn't take long for Zhou Xin's family, young and old, to be arrested by Liu Zheng's men.

Not only Zhou Xin's family was arrested, but also Wang Lang's family.

As for Wang Lang, in fact, Liu Zheng really has some understanding.

It's not that he knows Wang Lang well, but that Liu Zheng knows Wang Lang's granddaughter better, because Wang Lang's granddaughter is called Wang Yuanji, who is the wife of Jin Wen Emperor Sima Zhao, and also the mother of Jin Wu Emperor Sima Yan.

Speaking of which, Liu Zheng really looked at Wang Lang's family a few more times, but at this time, Wang Lang's family only had a daughter and no son, and the daughter was only three years old. Presumably, his son hadn't been born yet. So Liu Zheng didn't bother with these people.

Take all of them away directly, pull them back to Poyang, and wait to deal with Zhou Xin and others.

Liu Zheng led his troops to attack Danyang County, and the whole process took less than 10 days.He successfully returned to Poyang County from Danyang County.

At this time, there was no movement in Poyang County. Ten days later, after the troops led by Huang Zhong besieged Poyang County, Zhou Xin, Wang Lang and others in the city did not move at all.

The main reason is that although they knew that Liu Zheng had already withdrawn with some troops, there were still Huang Zhong and a series of people there, so they did not dare to take the initiative to attack, fearing that Liu Zheng's troops would be hiding nearby, waiting for them to attack. You can come to a sneak attack at any time when you go out of the city.

When the time comes, you will be ambushed, but it will really make you not respond every day, and the earth will not work.

Ten days later, Liu Zheng led his soldiers and horses to reappear outside the city gate.

At this time, Zhou Xin and Wang Lang often finally realized that something was wrong.

Because 10 days have passed, the reinforcements they were expecting from the Huainan Army still did not appear.

And the news about Huainan that Liu Zheng said at the beginning, by this time, the rumors among Zhou Xin and Wang Lang's army became more and more fierce. Everyone speculated whether Huainan had really been quelled by Liu Zheng Otherwise, why would Liu Zheng still have time to bring someone back.

This kind of news spread, making more people think that Liu Dai's army will no longer come to support them, and the people in the army are scattered. Even with Zhou Xin's strong suppression, some bad news is still in Poyang County. Spread the word.

Although Wang Lang and Zhou Xin didn't believe the news in their hearts, as time passed, they couldn't wait for the news from Huainan, and they were also anxious.

On this day, when Liu Zheng's army appeared outside the city again, both Zhou Xin and Wang Lang hurried to the tower.

Liu Zheng also deliberately waited for Zhou Xin and Wang Lang to appear.

When he saw these two people appearing on the tower, Liu Zheng stood up from the army formation, and then shouted at the tower from a distance.

"Zhou Xin, I haven't seen you for a few days, how are you doing these days?"

He didn't directly pull out Zhou Xin's family members, but first said something politely to Zhou Xin, wanting to see Zhou Xin's recent situation.

Although the ten days were not long, it must have been a rather sad ten days for Zhou Xin who was trapped in Poyang County.

"Liu Zheng, talk quickly if you have something to say, let go of fart if you have something to do, and attack the city if you have the ability. What's the use of showing off your tongue here?"

This time, Zhou Xin didn't speak, but Wang Lang who was standing beside Zhou Xin.

Wang Lang, actually, Liu Zheng knows more about him, it is from the ghost animal video on the site, in which there is a scolding scene between Wang Situ and Mr. Zhuge Kongming, which is widely circulated and quite fascinating.

It's just that the Wang Situ who is standing in front of Liu Zheng now is not the Wang Situ in the future, but just a little prefect, not that old. It seems that he looks like he is in his early thirties at most.

This kind of Wang Situ, for Liu Zheng, may still be able to make friends. He didn't want to offend Wang Lang, so when he saw Wang Lang speak, he still had a good impression and said something to Wang Lang.

"Presumably, this is Mr. Wang, the prefect of Kuaiji. I have heard of the Duke's name for a long time, and I am really lucky to meet you today. I admire the reputation of the Duke and want to invite him to come to Jiaozhou to do something big. I don't know what to do?"

Wang Lang didn't have much nostalgia and reluctance for the Han court. In history, Zhuge Liang called him a traitor of Wei even though he was a minister of Han.

It was also people like Wang Lang who were the first to jump out and ask Wei Wang to usurp Han.

So he doesn't care about Liu Zheng's identity, whether he is a traitor or not, of course, it is only possible after Liu Zheng's identity is strong enough, and now Wang Lang is still an official of the court, a prefect, and wants to be tricked by Liu Zheng. It's not that easy to just say a word.

"Liu Zheng, are you still drunk and talking nonsense? You are a traitor, and I am a Han subject. It is my duty to be loyal to the king and serve the country. How can I surrender to you, a traitor!"

"Oh, yeah, I just want to say something, do you know what I have been doing since I left here for a few days?"

Liu Zheng said something indifferently, and before Wang Lang and Zhou Xin could answer, he continued on his own initiative.

"I took people to Danyang County, broke through Wanling City, and captured some of your people."

As soon as Liu Zheng said these words, Wang Lang and Zhou Xin on the tower immediately changed their expressions.

They were a little unscrupulous just now, and their expressions changed drastically in the blink of an eye, as if they were thinking about the authenticity of what Liu Zheng said, but judging from the changes in their faces, it can be seen that they believed What Liu Zheng said.

Because today's Danyang County really doesn't have much military strength. Liu Zheng has 2 people and can easily kill Wanling City, but it is still very difficult to break through the gate of Wanling City in such a short period of time.

So Zhou Xin was still unwilling to accept this fact, and hurriedly stood up to deny it.

"Impossible! How could you walk back and forth from Wanling City in such a short period of time? There are still 4000 elites and [-] people I stationed in Wanling City. Open the city gate!"

Although Zhou Xin was worried, she still pretended to be unbelieving on the surface and forced herself to calm down.

"You don't believe it? Then I'll let you see who these people are."

"Come on, bring everyone up to me!"

Liu Zheng didn't give Zhou Xin any time to react, so he spoke directly and ordered people to bring the people who had been prepared a long time ago.

Soon, Zhou Xin and Wang Lang's family members appeared outside Poyang County.

Chapter 473 Voluntary Surrender

Wang Lang's family is okay, the population is not large, they lost a lot when they were in Kuaiji, only a few close relatives are still by Wang Lang's side.

It's Zhou Xin's family, a large group of people, including Zhou Xin's wife and children, his younger brother, his younger brother's family, and even elderly parents.

They were all invited by Liu Zheng.At this time, these people were tied up in a state of embarrassment, one by one, and placed on the open space outside the city. Their faces were full of panic, and some younger children were already frightened to the point of crying. Mother, weeping loudly.

Although the distance was relatively far, Zhou Xin on the tower still recognized his own flesh and blood at a glance.

"Madam! Child! Father!"

As soon as Zhou Xin saw the bound people outside the city, the expression on his face became very ugly.

The emotions are very excited, there are fear, surprise, and self-blame.

I can't wait to rush down immediately and rescue these relatives who are tied up outside the city.

"Liu Zheng, the fight between you and me shouldn't involve my family, you let my family go!"

Zhou Xin didn't clear his thoughts for a while, and shouted angrily at Liu Zheng in the city.

Liu Zheng said it didn't matter, and let Zhou Xin yell at him. Since he chose to arrest the other party's family, he naturally expected this kind of result. Anyway, the more fierce the other party scolded, the more he would care.

"Don't get excited, don't get excited."

After Zhou Xin scolded for a while and was a little out of breath, Liu Zheng continued to speak.

"It's not as bad as your family. The two armies are at war. What's the point of arresting relatives and friends? If you still have a little conscience, let them go!"

Although Liu Zheng told Zhou Xin not to get excited, how could Zhou Xin calm down at this time, his family's wealth and life were all on Liu Zheng's body, as long as Liu Zheng said a word, his family would be extinct. At this moment, Zhou Xin could only lift his heart into his throat.

"As for your family members, they just hit it off with me. I invited them here just to let them go to Jiaozhou as my guest. As for your saying that the disaster is not as good as your family, I also agree with it. Don't worry, I promise not to hurt you. Your family is a hair."

Liu Zheng smiled and made his promise to Zhou Xin and Wang Lang on the tower.

But the more calm and smiling Liu Zheng is, the more scared Zhou Xin and Wang Lang are on the tower. After all, Liu Zheng is a rebel from the Yellow Turban Army. ?

In particular, Liu Zheng also said with a smile that he looked gloomy at first glance, and the smirk on his face made Zhou Xin and Wang Lang even more worried.

Before Liu Zheng could speak, the anxious Zhou Xin had already yelled at Liu Zheng to surrender.

"I surrender, I surrender! Master Liu Zheng, as long as you don't hurt my family, I am willing to surrender!"

At this time, Zhou Xin's heart was burning with anxiety. When he saw that Liu Zheng was going to take his family to Jiaozhou, he couldn't help shouting at Liu Zheng to surrender.

Although Wang Lang, who was standing next to Zhou Xin, wanted to surrender in his heart, he was not easy to open his mouth after all. The commander here was always Zhou Xin. Zhou Xin opened his mouth to surrender, and Wang Lang immediately glanced at Zhou Xin, and then yelled at Liu Zheng in the city.

"Lord Liu Zheng, we are willing to surrender, and we hope not to hurt our family members. As long as you are willing to let our family members go, we will open the city gate immediately!"

Both of them are people who know current affairs. From just now, they kept saying that Liu Zheng is a traitor, but now they call him Mr. Liu Zheng. The situation is not strong, so they have to bow their heads.

Liu Zheng smiled even more happily when he heard what Zhou Xin and Wang Lang said.

"Really? Do you really want Kai Cheng to surrender? I didn't force you to do this, it was you who were willing to Kai Cheng to surrender."

"Yes yes yes, we are willing to open the city and surrender, not you forced it, as long as you let our family go! Everything is up to you."

After all, scholars still care about their families and relatives, unlike some military generals, who understand righteousness and instill in their minds the idea of ​​being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, and are willing to sacrifice their lives for the country. People like Zhou Xin and Wang Lang will still surrender.

After all, Wang Lang surrendered to Sun Ce in history.

Now that Liu Zheng has seized the handle, he is holding the handle in Liu Zheng's hands, and surrender is not impossible.

"Then you go out of the city and surrender, I can guarantee your safety and the safety of your family."

Liu Zheng happily said something to Zhou Xin and Wang Lang, ordering them to surrender.