Chapter 32: Enemy with profit

Runan.

Deng Ai ran to the house excitedly and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Mom, I'm a cavalry captain!"

"Shizai, what did you say? The Cavalry Commander?" Deng's mother heard Deng Ai's voice and hurried out.

The Deng family was originally a big family in Nanyang, and Deng Ai's mother was also from a wealthy family. She was well-educated and well-reasoned, not the kind of person who could not read big words. Of course, it was also true.

The cavalry commander belongs to Guangluxun, with a rank of 2,000 stones, but he is in charge of the Yulin Guard. He has no quota for quantity and no specific responsibilities. After 2,000 stones, he should be a big official. Even if he gets it, he is about the same salary as the county magistrate.

However, the Cavalry Commander had the full strength to lead troops to the expedition, but there was no specific matter and no rigid regulations on how many soldiers and horses could be brought. For example, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao was appointed as the Cavalry Commander and led thousands of people to attack the Yellow Turban Army.

Now, Deng Ai, the cavalry commander, has an actual official position that is not as good as that of the prefect of Runan. However, because Cao Pi gave Deng Ai full authority to dispatch county soldiers in Runan, Deng Ai was covered with a layer of imperial envoy.

The imperial envoys have great power in all dynasties, and now Deng Ai, the imperial envoy, can control military power. Deng Ai naturally understands how powerful he has, and also knows that this power was given by Cao Pi himself. Deng Ai never expected that the last time the ancient city annihilated tens of thousands of robbers, he could actually win Cao Pi's favor.

At this time, Deng Ai seemed to have reached the sky in one step. Cao Pi was his future lord. He could have been promoted by Cao Pi himself. Deng Ai could have predicted that his career would be bright.

Originally, Deng Ai was going to stay in the ancient city honestly, but unexpectedly, Cao Pi gave Deng Ai a cavalry captain and also gave him military power. This made Deng Ai feel that now was the best opportunity to stand out. Deng Ai had never thought of quelling the Runan Rebellion with his own strength, but now it is different. Deng Ai already has military power in his hands, and Deng Ai is confident that he can quell the chaos in Runan this time.

Deng Ai knew that if he could quell the Runan Rebellion this time, what awaited him would be a huge reward from the court. If there were no accidents, he should be able to enter Xudu as an official. Entering Xudu means entering Cao Wei's true power center and being able to participate in the formulation of national policies.

Deng Ai licked his lips and said, "Mom, pack up your things and we'll leave tomorrow."

"Shizai, where are we going?" Deng's mother asked.

"Ancheng, let's go to Ancheng."

Ancheng is located to the west of the ancient city and is not too far from the ancient city, but the scale of the two is simply incomparable.

Ancheng was once the capital of Jibei. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ancheng was the largest city in Runan County. Its population was as high as 100,000. Although Ancheng was far inferior to some big cities such as Yecheng and Xudu, Ancheng was a unique big city in Runan, which had been tragically damaged for many years.

In big cities like Ancheng, no robbers dare to come here to cause trouble yet. However, as time goes by, it is difficult to guarantee whether anyone will be worried about Ancheng.

Deng Ai is now a cavalry commander personally named by Cao Pi, and his identity is extraordinary. Although the officials in Ancheng had never heard of Deng Ai, the seal could not be fake. Naturally, everyone did not dare to offend the imperial envoy, so the officials in the city immediately arranged a residence for Deng Ai and his mother.

The Central Army Treasure of Ancheng Military Camp. Deng Ai summoned all the officials in the city and the generals in the camp to the Central Army Treasure. Then he took out the appointment document sent to him by Cao Pi.

"Everyone, my name is Deng Ai. This is the appointment document of the prince. The prince ordered me to mobilize the soldiers of Runan County!" After Deng Ai said that, he handed the appointment document to the officials below.

Everyone passed on Cao Pi's appointment document, so it was naturally impossible for this document to be fake. After everyone finished reading it, the appointment document was passed back to Deng Ai.

Deng Ai took the document and then spoke, "Since you all have seen it, I hope you can obey the orders."

"Is General Deng a 100,000 robbers burning in the ancient city before?" a school official asked.

Deng Ai nodded and said, "It's right."

"Oh?" Everyone looked at Deng Ai sideways. Deng Ai is now a celebrity in Runan. After burning out 100,000 robbers in a fire, the name Deng Ai has long been spread throughout Runan, especially among the Cao army. Everyone knows that Deng Ai in the ancient city is extremely wise and repels 100,000 robbers with 500 people.

Originally, everyone thought Deng Ai should be a middle-aged scholar, but now everyone was surprised to see Deng Ai so young and dressed in a military general. So they looked at Deng Ai curiously.

The prefect of Ancheng passed the tiger talisman to Deng Ai without saying a word. It can be seen that the prefect of Ancheng seemed to be asking for Deng Ai to take over the military power.

Deng Ai took the tiger talisman and was slightly stunned. Deng Ai was afraid that the other party would be reluctant to hand over the military power, but he didn't expect that the prefect of Ancheng would hand over the tiger talisman so happily.

Seeing Deng Ai take over the tiger talisman, the prefect of Ancheng breathed a sigh of relief, showing a relief expression, and then said, "General Deng, in the next literati, I really cannot take on the important task of defending Ancheng. Now this Ancheng is handed over to General Deng."

"Don't worry, Lord Tai, I, Deng Ai, will not let the people of Ancheng suffer any danger." Deng Ai said.

"That's great. To be honest, we just received the news that a group of robbers had gathered and headed towards Ancheng. Now that General Deng is here, Ancheng is worry-free." The prefect continued.

Deng Ai then understood why the prefect had just met with the tiger talisman so happily. It turned out that there were robbers to attack, and the prefect in front of him was not sure that he could defend the city, so he just returned so happily to hand over the military power.

Deng Ai asked, "I wonder how many people the robbers have come?"

"Preliminary estimates are 100,000 people!" said the prefect.

"So many more!" Deng Ai took a breath. Not long ago, he had just killed 70,000 or 80,000 robbers. It took only a few days before another 100,000 robbers came to attack Ancheng. The robbers were developing too fast.

It seems that the lesson I taught this group of robbers was not ruthless enough last time, so I must think of a way to do it once and for all this time.

Thinking of this, Deng Ai asked, "Sir, how many soldiers and horses are there in the city now?"

"There are still four thousand elite soldiers in the city."

"What about the food and grass?"

"There are still a lot of food and grass in the city, which is enough for our residents in the city to use for a year." The prefect said.

Deng Ai nodded. The city defenders were almost the same as he expected, but the food and grass were much more than he had thought before. But well, for Deng Ai now, the more food and grass, the better.

"Sir, mobilize me some food and grass immediately, I will use it for free..."

The 100,000 robbers who came to attack Ancheng were also formed by a dozen large robbers. Unlike the scattered soldiers who attacked the ancient city last time, this group of robbers was obviously much stronger than the group of people who attacked the ancient city last time. Moreover, the horse exploration brought news that the robbers also brought some simple siege weapons.

There is also a very bad news that the robbers who came this time are all bandits. Although they were temporarily gathered, each team of people had captured a small city before. It can be said that among this group of robbers, many of them had the experience of siege.

However, Deng Ai was very calm, without any panic, and still looked confident. Seeing Deng Ai's confident look, his originally floating morale was a little calmer.

Deng Ai is only twenty-three years old now and is still very young. However, seeing Deng Ai acting so calmly, the officials in the city realized that Deng Ai was not an ordinary person.

Finally, the robbers came to the city of Ancheng.

Unlike other chaotic robbers, after coming to Ancheng City, this group of robbers not only did not attack the city immediately, but instead set up camps, began to cut down trees everywhere, and began to make more siege tools.

At this time, Deng Ai left the city.

In front of the robber camp, Deng Ai raised his gun and shouted at the robber camp: "I am Deng Ai in Nanyang, how dare the thieves come out to fight me!"

These robbers are all desperate people, and they live a life of licking blood from the knife. They are used to being brave and fierce in their daily lives. When they hear Deng Ai shouting, more than a dozen people immediately came out of the camp.

"Are you going to go one by one, or do you want to go together?" Deng Ai shouted sternly.

"Hahaha, who am I at that time? It turns out to be a baby!" said a middle-aged robber, raised his knife and rushed over.

Deng Ai is twenty-three years old and has just graduated from college. In the eyes of these robbers, he is indeed a baby. In addition, Deng Ai is not very tall and burly, which inevitably makes the robbers look down on him.

"Good come!" Deng Ai shouted and rushed over with a gun. He saw that the two horses were wrong, and then the robber was picked up by Deng Ai, swept a circle in the air, and then fell to the ground.

"Who else dares to come?" Deng Ai shouted again.

Deng Ai's shot just now was too fast, and the robbers who came out didn't see Deng Ai's tricks clearly. The people present were all experienced in the battlefield for a long time. At this time, everyone understood that the young man who looked not old in front of him was a master.

"Everyone go together!" I don't know who shouted first, and then more than a dozen robbers rushed forward. These robbers don't care about the style of a general. There are more people and few bullies. This is what these robbers often do, so more than a dozen people go together to deal with Deng Ai alone, and the robbers don't blush.

Deng Ai saw so many people coming up suddenly, and was not panicked at all. Deng Ai did not retreat but advanced, and raised his gun to meet him. At this time, Deng Ai's spear turned into a rainbow, flying up and down. People in the distance could only see the gun shadows covering Deng Ai. Faced with such a close defense, the robbers' offensive instantly stopped.

Taking advantage of this moment, Deng Ai's attack also began to counterattack. At this time, Deng Ai's gun suddenly accelerated and stabbed out with a sharp and gloomy wind.

"Puchi!" Deng Ai stabbed a robber in the shoulder with a shot, and then suddenly pulled out the robber. The blood suddenly turned into a red line and sprayed out. Then Deng Ai's gun did not stop, and then swept towards the next robber.

The tip of the gun swept over and happened to sweep the other party's face. The other party did not dodge in time. Deng Ai's spear tip swept on his forehead. Then a red blood mark oozed out from the robber's forehead, and some yellow and white things were mixed in between, which was the robber's brain.

Deng Ai's rapid killing of two people in this flash made the robbers feel a little chilled. Such a powerful person is a great threat to the robbers. However, at this time, Deng Ai did not continue to fight, but instead jumped on his horse's head and ran backwards.

"Chasing, don't let him go!" The remaining robbers rushed up immediately.

Deng Ai found out from the corner of his eyes that the robber followed, secretly took out the bow, and then drew out three arrows. Then the three arrows were loaded on the bow at the same time, and one of them shot backwards towards the back.

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!" Three arrows shot towards them, hitting three of the robbers. One of them was shot in the chest and was killed immediately, while the other two were still shot on the shoulder. The other accidentally fell off the horse in order to avoid the bow and arrow.

When Deng Ai saw that he had killed three people in one go, he immediately drew out three arrows and shot at the robbers chasing behind him again. However, this time the robbers were already prepared, and Deng Ai only shot one person.

Deng Ai's two archery shots have already made the robbers frightened. These robbers did not dare to chase them too close, for fear that they could not avoid the arrows that Deng Ai shot. Deng Ai took this opportunity to speed up into the city.

"General Deng is mighty!" As soon as Deng Ai entered the city, he heard cheers around him.

Originally, everyone thought that Deng Ai, a young man in his twenties, was just smart, but his martial arts were mediocre, but he didn't expect that Deng Ai's martial arts were so powerful. He just called out to the 100,000 robbers alone, and killed six people in a row in front of the formation. The main general was so brave that this greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers in the city.

In comparison, the morale of the robbers was severely hit by Deng Ai's move. The robbers who came out to fight against Deng Ai were all generals among the robbers, and they were all good at fighting, but unexpectedly, they were killed by Deng Ai in the blink of an eye.

This group of robbers was formed by a convergence of more than a dozen bandits. Without a unified commander, they would naturally separate when camping, but this did not affect the transmission of news between them. Deng Ai's fire in the ancient city had already shaken the entire Runan. At this time, the robbers remembered that the person who came to call the battle today was also called Deng Ai. Could it be that Deng Ai, the ancient city, came here?

The so-called shadow of the famous tree of people, Deng Ai burned his fame with fire, and robbers from all over Runan also felt a sense of awe for Deng Ai. At this time, the robbers always realized that if Deng Ai from the ancient city really came, it would not be so easy to attack Ancheng.

However, the robbers did not give up. Ancheng is the largest city in Runan, with countless food and grass in it. These robbers came for food and grass.

Over the past month, robbers have developed too quickly, and the staked people and stake camps have been robbed. Now it has become very difficult for robbers to get food. These robbers do not work, but only know how to rob and destroy the rings. Apart from robbers, they have no source of food and grass. This makes it impossible for robbers to rob, except for a few cities.

The number of robbers is constantly expanding, but the food is getting smaller and smaller. The more people the robbers, the more food and grass it consumes, and the greater the burden it is. So now, the more robbers, the greater the pressure they face to survive. It is precisely because of this that robbers are now in a difficult situation. Either capture Ancheng and robbers’ food; or everyone will be starved to death.

Undoubtedly, the robbers would choose the former, so even if everyone knows that Deng Ai is in charge in the city, they will not choose to retreat, but will decide to continue attacking.

Deng Ai naturally knew that relying on himself alone was not enough to scare away these robbers, but Deng Ai still had another way.

The next morning.

Deng Ai once again came to the robber camp, but this time, Deng Ai was not here to call.

"I am Deng Ai, Nanyang, and ask the leader of your camp to speak!" Deng Ai shouted loudly.

Deng Ai's reputation is still very famous in Runan, so when he heard Deng Ai coming, the leaders of more than a dozen bandits came to the front of the formation with more than a thousand people and set up a formation, as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Dear leaders, I am Deng Ai, Nanyang. I was the one who set fire to the ancient city a few days ago and burned a hundred thousand troops!" Deng Ai took the lead in introducing himself.

"Deng Ai, don't think you have 100,000 fewer people. We are afraid of you!" One of the robbers roared.

"Dear leaders, don't get me wrong. I'm not here to fight you." Deng Ai said.

"Then what are you doing? Could it be that you want to surrender to us?" another robber shouted.

"Everyone, I'm here next time to discuss with you a condition." Deng Ai said calmly.
To be continued...