The infantry quickly dispersed, and the cavalry ran faster. Fortunately, the cannonballs were not accurate, and the shells stopped after a few bounces in the field. But Liu Pei didn't dare to go any further, and directly ordered the team to retreat.

At this moment, Liu Bei's team began to run back, and they looked like they were defeated! This can make Liu Pei's nose almost crooked!

The team retreated a mile before regrouping. Liu Pei rode on the horse to see that the team was finished, and he didn't find any losses, so he scolded angrily: "What the hell is going on?" Why do you still shoot at your own people? ”

At this time, an officer said: "Marshal, our military uniforms are different from the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, do the people in the city regard us as rebels?" ”

Liu Pei slapped his thigh when he heard it! That's definitely the case! The rebels in the north of Pingdu City were surrounded by them, and they had long been frightened into the absence of the six gods. In addition, Liu Pei's soldiers were dressed up and were not the mandarin duck jackets of the Ming army. Moreover, Liu Pei's team still came out of the rebel camp in a big way, which made the people in the city think that they were rebels!

Liu Pei thought that there was suffering here and couldn't say it! It's all because of my own momentary excitement that I forgot to be cautious! Thankfully, there were no casualties. If the lives of soldiers were sacrificed in vain, wouldn't that be wronged?

Thinking of this, Liu Pei suppressed his anger and said, "Send someone to send my body, arrows, and documents over, and let them open the city to meet me." ”

One of his own soldiers took out his things and rode his horse to the city in a slow stride. Liu Pei watched him negotiate with the city from afar. Finally, a hanging basket was put down in the city, and a trembling soldier came out of the hanging basket.

Liu Pei's cavalry threw the paperwork across the moat, and the soldier quickly grabbed his things and returned them to the hanging basket, urging the city to pull him up.

After a long time, the gate opened, and a small crack ran out of a procession of people. As soon as they came out of the city gates, they were shut and killed, and only then did they lower the drawbridge and let them out of the city.

Liu Pei waited for them to get closer and recognized the person as a local guard. When the garrison saw Liu Pei, he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Humble Huang Daheng, I have seen the general!" ”

Liu Pei sat upright on the horse and did not move, and shouted loudly: "You."

Why do you fire without asking? If you hurt my soldiers, will you pay for your life? ”

Huang Daheng was so frightened that he trembled, and hurriedly said, "My lord, this is no wonder a villain!" It's all those soldiers who operate the cannon that fire indiscriminately, and I'll clean them up when I go back! ”

Liu Pei knew that he was also responsible, so he didn't want to worry about him. said: "Get up, tell me what the hell is going on?" ”

After Huang Daheng got up, he thanked him again and again, and then told Liu Pei about the situation. It turned out that Kong Youde besieged the city for more than ten days these days, and after the initial attack for a few days, he did not directly attack the city. On the contrary, there are a lot of tricks.

He sent men to fight with his own men in the guise of reinforcements, luring the defenders of the city out of the city. As a result, he really succeeded once, and was almost taken by the rebels. So the defenders of the city simply no longer dared to believe that reinforcements had arrived.

When they saw Liu Pei and his party approaching the city in military uniforms that were not Daming, the soldiers who operated the artillery naturally directly launched artillery bombardment, which scared Liu Pei and them a lot!

Although Liu Pei was sulky, he didn't want to worry about them. After all, it was a great credit that they were able to hold the city. So Liu Pei said slowly: "Forget it, I don't care about you." It's a great achievement for you to be able to defend the city. Now let them open the gates, and we will go into the city to rest. ”

Huang Daheng said tremblingly: "My lord, according to the rules, your team has to let me check it." ”

Liu Pei also knew that this was indeed the rule, so he waved his hand and motioned Huang Daheng to hurry up and check. Hu Dahu Kenei saw Liu Pei talking to such a good-talking Shangguan, so he couldn't help but bow down again and again to thank him, and trotted all the way to the back team.

After Hu Dahu checked it hastily, he felt that there was indeed no problem. Then he quickly whipped up and ran back. It was at his signal that the drawbridge and the city gate were opened.

Liu Pei called Huang Daheng to his side, and asked about the details of the previous period of time as he walked. When he walked to the city gate, Liu Pei thought that the local civil and military officials must be welcoming him. As a result, when I arrived at the gate of Money City, I found that there were only a few Liao Liao!

Liu Pei couldn't help but say angrily: "What about the officials in the city? Are they all dead? ”

Hu Dahu said with an embarrassed face: "My lord, you don't know, the county commander of this city is a member of the Kong family, and he has a big temper. And they are civilian officials, who always look down on military attachés! It must be for this reason that they didn't show up! ”

Liu Pei understood as soon as he heard it. Shandong is the hometown of Confucius. The Kong family thrived and grew here, and the population was huge. Therefore, the Kong family, like the gentry everywhere, often planted slaves at all levels around their hometowns. This is nothing new.

Liu Pei snorted and said, "We can't afford to mess with the people of the Kong family, so ignore him." I ask you, can the barracks in the city house accommodate so many people? ”

Huang Dahengpei said with a smile: "The military camp in the city is just afraid that it will not be able to be placed. Because the barracks in the city can only accommodate a maximum of two thousand people! And my lord, you have captured so many rebels, and you can't fit it anymore! ”

Liu Peiluo groaned and said: "You go to requisition the people, and after my people have searched the two camps outside the city, I will let the people dismantle the camps and send them to the city wall to set up camps." ”

Huang Daheng was overjoyed when he heard it! What Huang Daheng is most afraid of is that the guest army will behave indiscriminately after entering the city, especially Liu Pei, who has sinned against him, and he is even more afraid of these people's revenge. Now I heard that Liu Pei was going to camp outside the city, so he was naturally willing to agree to any conditions. What's more, it's just a trivial matter like requisitioning people's husbands.

Since he had already decided to camp outside the city, Liu Bei simply didn't even enter the city. Directly send people to search for the other two rebel camps. Sure enough, as expected, both camps were empty.

Together with the people, they dismantled the two camps and moved them all to the city to set up a large camp. After the camp was set up, Liu Pei wrote a letter of success in front of Huang Daheng.

In the paperwork, a part of the victory was cut down. And attached a paragraph of Pingdu City's civil and military matching, strict guards, to ensure that the city is not lost. By the way, I asked for credit for the civil and military officials in the city.

Liu Pei: This is just a sedan chair carrying people, and it is a convenient favor. But in Huang Daheng's opinion, it's a big deal! With Liu Pei's paperwork, the credit for defending the city can be regarded as a solid one! Let him watch it from the sidelines, and he is about to scratch his ears and cheeks!