Chapter 709

In almost all the battles Zhao Yun participated in, he was always at the forefront.

The silver dragon spear in his hand could be described as a dragon emerging, shining with courage.

After fighting for only three rounds, Zhu Ling was already beaten back by Zhao Yun.

Fortunately, the guards beside him were relatively loyal.

Otherwise, at that moment, Zhu Ling would probably have become a prisoner in Zhao Yun's hands.

And as Zhu Ling and the soldiers charging in front retreated.

The group of conscripted men in Le'an City had their morale drop even lower for a time.

Although the city had not been breached yet at this time.

But with this situation, it was estimated that it couldn't hold on for too long.

However.

Next, something that made Zhu Ling feel even more surprised appeared.

Zhao Yun did not take advantage of the momentum to lead his soldiers to break into the city in one go.

Instead, shortly after climbing the tower, he ordered a temporary retreat.

This move made Zhu Ling feel very confused.

He couldn't quite understand what Zhao Yun's purpose was in doing this.

However.

The incoming sound of horns.

Made the expression on Zhu Ling's face change even more abruptly.

Yes, in the northeast direction of the city, another army appeared!

That army was the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry!

The leader was precisely Zhang Liao and Lu Bu.

"This..."

In an instant, Zhu Ling seemed to suddenly understand something in his heart.

But it was already too late.

Zhao Yun ordered a retreat not because he couldn't break into Le'an City in one go.

But to coordinate with the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in the northeast.

As everyone knows.

Ancient warfare was not the kind of strategy game in later games.

When two armies fought, when they reached the point of red eyes, soldiers would really cut down their own teammates together.

To reduce the occurrence of this situation.

The birth of unified military uniforms came about.

And there were also the same differences between different branches of the same camp.

Just like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, their clothing was completely different.

Of course, Zhao Yun's retreat was not to give up attacking the city.

But to wait for the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to approach, so that soldiers on both sides would fully notice each other, and then attack the city together.

The expression on Zhu Ling's face dimmed completely at this moment.

He understood that he had no chance of victory anymore.

This city could simply not be preserved in his hands.

And with the loss of Le'an City, the defense line of Qingzhou would be completely torn open.

But now, how could he possibly have any other choice?

Besides dying on the battlefield, it was kneeling to surrender.

Ultimately, Zhu Ling believed that it was better to live miserably than to die.

He decided to open the city and surrender to Zhao Yun.

Just like that, this bridgehead to Qingzhou, Le'an City, fell into the hands of Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao.

And after capturing Le'an City, these two armies also completed their convergence.

The total number of people reached more than 100,000.

Actually, with the current situation, there was no need to wait for Gu Yi to lead the main force to Qingzhou.

Just relying on these 100,000 elites, it was probably enough to pacify Qingzhou.

Soon, the three generals Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao launched a fierce attack on the next important town in Qingzhou, Chengyang Commandery.

The defending generals of Chengyang Commandery were two clan generals newly promoted by Cao Cao from the Xiahou family.

One was named Xia Hou En, and the other was named Xia Hou De.

Emmm, what reputation did these two have in original history?

Xia Hou En was known as the God of the Qinggang Sword.

His most famous deed was giving the Qinggang Sword to Zhao Yun.

The other, Xia Hou De, compared to Xia Hou En, was actually not much stronger.

In original history, he assisted Xia Houyuan in guarding Hanzhong.

But he lost the stronghold of Mount Micang.

Although it didn't cause any butterfly effect on Xia Houyuan's death in the Battle of Hanzhong.

But it still brought not-so-small losses to the Cao army.

Cao Cao promoting and using these two was enough to show that he really had no generals left to use.

No way, Cao Cao didn't want to use such straw bags either!

But he had no other choice.

Besides these two, the remaining people were not even as good as these.

For example, some of Cao Cao's cousins and the like were pure playboys when they were young.

After getting old, they became another kind of disaster, anyway, they were of no use at all.

Could one expect such people to serve him?

Therefore.

Cao Cao decided to pick the big one from the short ones.

The two lucky ones, Xia Hou En and Xia Hou De, were selected.

However.

For their official careers, this was a lucky thing.

But when it came to personal fate, it was probably not so lucky.

The Chengyang Commandery they guarded had a higher degree of sturdiness compared to the previous Le'an Commandery.

But this so-called "higher degree" was really just simply higher.

Facing the siege of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

Xia Hou En and Xia Hou De were almost scared into shrinking inside the City Lord's Mansion, not daring to come out at all.

With even the commander being so cowardly, what could one expect the soldiers below to do?

Therefore, this Chengyang Commandery only held on for less than half a day before being breached by the three generals Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun.

After taking Chengyang Commandery.

The next stop was the last important town in Qingzhou, Lin Zi City.

This city was once the capital of the Qi State among the Six Eastern States.

But times have changed.

With the development of the era, the prosperity of Lin Zi City was no longer what it used to be.

So much so that the current administrative center of Qingzhou was no longer Lin Zi, but Beihai.

The defending general stationed in Lin Zi City was much more powerful than the previous two straw bags.

Yes, this person was precisely Cheng Yu.

Compared to Xun Yu and others, Cheng Yu was a rare civil official with experience in leading troops.

When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Cheng Yu was already over forty years old.

After that, he resigned from his official position and lived in leisure at home.

But what he shouldn't have done was.