"Call the envoy in," Liu Ping knelt down at the table and commanded casually.

"No!" The herald bowed out.

"Do you guess Wancheng sent a messenger at this time, what happened?" Cao Ang sat across from him frowning and pinching his chin gently.

In this vanguard army, although Cao Ang is the main general, almost everything is handed over to Liu Ping.

After all, Cao Ang felt that Liu Ping was better than him in everything except for the war, so he was too lazy to bother.

"How can I guess this," Liu Ping fiddled with the tea bowl in his hand and said with a smile: "Maybe there is something good." ”

"How can anything good?" Cao Ang laughed out loud, "Brother Xian's experience in the battle formation is still shallow, I guess, the envoy must be here to write a battle book?" ”

Before the two armies face each other, it is common for the next provocative war letter to provoke the other side, and of course, it is also possible to make a strategic fool and confuse the other party.

In short, what the envoy said before the battle, or the letter sent, if you take it seriously, you will lose.

"If someone dares to talk nonsense, see if I don't kill him?" Cao Ang's waist was suddenly straight, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist, and his eyebrows were raised.

At this time, a messenger in a Tsing Yi Confucian shirt in his thirties bent down to raise the curtain to enter the tent, and said to Liu Ping and Cao Angshi: "I have seen two generals, and on the order of my lord, I have come to hand over the letter of surrender." ”

He held a letter above his head.

"Fraud?" Cao Ang sneered, stood up, did not answer the letter, but "Cang Langlang" pulled out the long sword at his waist, and said sharply: "What a big boldness, do you think the two of us will believe it?" ”

As he spoke, he put his dangling sword on the messenger's shoulder.

The envoy was startled, and hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "General, my lord is really willing to surrender, not a fraudulent surrender." ”

"Big brother is angry," Liu Ping also stood up, pushed Cao Ang's sword aside, and said to the messenger: "You said that your lord is going to surrender, how do we know if it's true or not?"

What if we enter the city and are ambushed by your lord? ”

Although Liu Ping knew that it was most likely true that Zhang Xiu asked to surrender at this time, he did not dare to risk his own life.

"Then what should my lord do, so that the general can believe it?"

"Unless......" Liu Ping lowered his head and muttered, "Let your lord, send all the weapons and armor of the soldiers." ”

"I'll go back to my lord," the messenger saluted Liu Ping, took back the letter, and withdrew.

And after two hours the messenger returned.

But this time, he was followed by a tall and powerful middle-aged man.

The man said to Liu Ping and Cao Angshi: "The last general, Zhang Xiu, has seen two generals, and the last general has sent all the ordnance and armor outside the camp, please send someone to check it." ”

This is actually Zhang Xiu coming in person.

Cao Ang couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, it is said that there is no main general who will personally go out to surrender, not to mention, iron is an important strategic material in this era, and Zhang Xiu will never prepare two sets of weapons and armor for his sergeants.

Since Zhang Xiu personally sent the weapons and armor and showed enough sincerity, it must be a sincere request.

Cao Angwan didn't expect that the two of them would take Wancheng without blood, he couldn't help but glance at Liu Ping next to him, this guy's mouth is simply iron-clad, he said that if there is a good thing, there is really a good thing.

"General Zhang has worked hard, please take a seat," Cao Ang smiled and said politely to Zhang Xiu, while giving the pro-soldiers next to him a look, and asking the pro-soldiers to inspect the weapons.

"This is the yellow register of Wancheng's household registration, the government has stored grain, and the last general has been sealed, please check it together," Zhang Xiu bowed and handed a package to Cao Ang before bowing his head and sitting down next to him.

Cao Ang took the package, didn't even look at it, and handed it directly to Liu Ping.

Liu Ping sat at the table, picked up the top booklet similar to the general catalog from the package and unfolded it, only to see that it briefly listed Wancheng's family background.

There are more than 60,000 households registered, with a total of more than 220,000 people, of course, this is only the number of registered people, and the actual population is much larger than this number.

In addition, 80 million yuan and 300,000 stone were stored in grain, and there were more than 11,000 soldiers.

Liu Ping was overjoyed when he saw it, Wancheng is really a rich place, and now his father-in-law can make a fortune, if his father-in-law knows that there are so many captures without spending a single soldier, I don't know how happy he will be.

At this time, Cao Ang's own soldiers returned, bowed down and said, "11,420 spears and 12,000 pairs of armor have been transported from outside."

This ordnance and armor is more than Zhang Xiu's soldiers, Zhang Xiu hurriedly explained: "The last general also sent the ordnance in the treasury, so the number is not matched." ”

"The general is well aware of the righteousness, and he will make peace with the army, so as not to cause misery and save the people from the suffering of war, which is really a great merit, and he will report to my lord and make a contribution to the general." Liu Ping smiled calmly, and his doubts were gone.

In fact, he should have seen Zhang Xiu, but at that time on the battlefield against Zhang Jixi's Liangjun, the two did not face each other.

He pondered, it seems that Zhang Xiu's first surrender was indeed sincere, but what happened later made Zhang Xiu feel crisis and humiliation, so he surrendered and rebelled.

The next thing is simple, since Zhang Xiujun has been disarmed, Liu Ping and Cao Ang are relieved to lead the army into Wancheng, and send someone to send the news to Cao Cao's camp behind.

When entering the city, Liu Ping looked at the tall city walls and the rippling moat, and thought to himself that if Zhang Xiu did not surrender, it would not be easy to conquer this Wancheng.

Wancheng did not suffer from a major war, so the city was lined with shops, orderly, and there were many pedestrians on the streets, which was much more lively than the newly built capital city of Xudu.

Three thousand military horses entered the city, and the military discipline was as good as if there was no offense in the autumn.

Zhang Xiu was well prepared, and had already arranged residences for Liu Ping and Cao Ang respectively, which were the two mansions of the parallel faction.

After Liu Ping entered, he found that this was the house of a large family, and the pavilions and pavilions built in it were elegant and solemn.

Le Jin left 500 soldiers to guard, guarding the two mansions respectively, and he himself led the army to camp not far away, although Zhang Xiujun had disarmed, but he could not relax his carelessness.

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In addition, Cao Cao personally led 30,000 troops and horses, and there were Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun, Dian Wei and other generals under his command, and Guo Jiaxun was used as a strategist, and he came to Benwan City in a mighty way.

In fact, Cao Cao's heart was not steady on this way, Wancheng was so close to Xu Du, and the side of the couch did not allow others to sleep peacefully, so it was impossible for him not to fight.

However, although there are a lot of 30,000 military horses, it may not be so easy to attack Wancheng, one of the six major metropolises.

It would be better if it was like the last attack on Pengcheng, and it would be better to lure the defenders out of the field for a decisive battle, but if Zhang Xiu refused to defend it, it would not be good to fall into the quagmire of siege warfare.

However, the attack on Pengcheng has Dongguan County as a bait, Zhang Xiu is a Wancheng, all the belongings are in the city, Rao is Guo Jiaxun is wise and scheming, and it is impossible to hang Zhang Xiu out empty-handed, and it is fast to take it after attacking for three or two months.

"Give Zhongde an order and ask him to prepare more grain and grass," Cao Cao rode on the Shadow War Horse and said solemnly to Xun Yu beside him.