At that time, when Cao Ren was appointed as the commander of the Battle of Pengcheng, it was inevitable that he would be weak-hearted, after all, this was the first time he had independently commanded all the main forces of Cao's army.

It's just that he thinks of planning so well, as long as nothing goes wrong, he can become famous in one fight and become a figure that the Cao Group can take charge of in the future.

What I never expected was that since the march of the army, there have been frequent forks, not only Pengcheng County has not been captured, but the army has fallen into the quagmire of war, and even Dongguan County is in danger, if the army is not withdrawn immediately, there is a danger of losing everything.

After all, his debut as a leader was a complete failure.

He pondered, in this way, he may become a mud in the eldest brother's heart that cannot support the wall, and he doesn't know if the eldest brother will give him a chance to correct his name in the future.

"Give the order to go down, pack up your baggage, and prepare to withdraw your troops!" Cao Ren commanded helplessly.

"No!" The heralds went down.

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and generals don't have to worry," Cheng Yu saw Cao Ren's thoughts, so he comforted beside him: "Although this battle failed to attack Pengcheng, at least Ping Gongzi captured Zang Ba's 5,000 men and horses, and the general also had a slight achievement, so Cao Yuanjun will not be too disappointed." ”

Cao Ren led the troops to fight until now, and the Cao army had a total of about 3,000 dead and wounded, and if you count Liu Pingde's Zang Ba's 5,000 people, the army has increased by 2,000.

Although this little effort is not worth mentioning compared to the loss of grain and grass, it can barely be regarded as a fig leaf to cover up the defeat in this battle.

Cao Ren disdained to use this small skill to cover his shame, and nodded with a wry smile: "Mr.'s words are reasonable, I command improperly, and the eldest brother will be punished, and I have no complaints."

However, Ping'er escorted the grain and grass in time, recovered the 5,000 people of Zangba, and led the army to resist the defenders of Pengcheng, but such merits cannot be erased because of my defeat, and I will ask for credit for it at that time. ”

Cheng Yu nodded, deeply agreed.

"Newspaper—"

Suddenly, a herald hurriedly ran in, knelt on the ground and panted: "Gongzi Ping has led the army to conquer Pengcheng." ”

"What?"

Cao Ren opened his mouth, Cheng Yu pinched his beard, and the two were stunned at the same time.

There was silence in the tent.

"What do you say? Say it again. After a while, Cao Ren relented.

He almost thought that he had misheard, what constituted Liu Ping's partial army, could he not count it in his heart?

In addition to the captive soldiers, who are Tuntian soldiers, they can only fight Lejin's 3,000 men and horses, which is not an absolute elite, so it would be good if such an army could contain the defenders of Pengcheng, and it could even conquer Pengcheng? Are you kidding.

Pengcheng's 40,000 army has not been captured for so many days, and he has only been away for a few days, so he let Liu Ping capture it, which he never dreamed of.

The herald was already experienced, cleared his throat, and said calmly: "Pinggongzi has captured Pengcheng and captured 6,000 Xuzhou soldiers, and he is in the city at this time to welcome the general back to the north." ”

"Ahem, cough," Cao Ren couldn't help but cough, instantly becoming ecstatic.

Pengcheng County is the crux of all crises, as long as the city is captured, it will be full of life.

First of all, it would be meaningless to confront Liu Bei here, if Liu Bei knew that Pengcheng was lost, I am afraid that he would withdraw his troops immediately, after all, Liu Bei did not have the strength to recapture Pengcheng.

Secondly, Cao Renke immediately sent an army to relieve the siege of Dongguan, anyway, after not having to confront Liu Bei, his army was very abundant.

Most importantly, as the manager, he has achieved the strategic goals he had previously set.

His debut was not pretty, but it turned out to be perfect.

Of course, he also knew that it was all because of Liu Ping's astonishing actions that lifted him from the bottom to the clouds all at once, and it had nothing to do with him.

But after all, he is the commander of this army, and the grain transporter under his command has made meritorious contributions, and of course it must be counted on his head.

"Haha, Ping'er, this guy always makes people so ...... Caught off guard, I didn't even know what to say. Cao Ren laughed, and he remembered that Liu Ping's identity was a grain transportation officer.

He, the commander, actually counted on the grain transport officer to attack the city with an army escorting grain and grass, and no matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't help but blush.

Cheng Yu was pinching his beard and smiling, with an expression on his face that I had known for a long time.

……

Besides, after Liu Ping entered the city overnight, he directly entered the general's mansion, and then he didn't have to worry about anything.

Le Jin is a general, so he naturally posted An Min's list of articles, packed up the prisoners, counted the seizures, and other things were also properly arranged.

In any case, he was the first general to storm the city, and this credit is indispensable.

But the city gate was opened from the inside, and he entered the city without much effort, and if he didn't do these chores well, what face would he have to take credit?

Fortunately, after Zang Ba saw that the soldiers took Pengcheng without blood, his sergeants also surrendered sincerely, and Zang Ba could also help him.

Liu Ping led people into the general's mansion, Zhou Cang saw the pillar he was tied by Zhang Fei, and he was angry and wanted to cut it with a knife, but unfortunately now Zhang Fei is gone, and he can't take revenge.

The thin housekeeper in the mansion trembled with fear when he saw Lu Qi next to Liu Ping, but he didn't know that it was precisely because he promoted a maid that he lost everything and lost the city.

Very happily entered the statistics of the results, and Liu Ping read it a little.

More than 6,000 defenders were captured, 50 million in money, and countless loads of grain and grass.

It's really a bumper harvest, no wonder all the princes are sparing no effort to attack the city and grab the territory, it turns out that the capture of a city is so rich.

That's all, the most important thing is the people.

Pengcheng County is much richer than Dongguan County, and from the register, there are more than 120,000 people under the rule of Pengcheng County.

Liu Ping knew that in the future, most of these people would have to move to Tuntian, Xu County, and with so many people, it was enough to turn Xu County into an important town in the Central Plains.

Three days later, Cao Ren led his army back to the city.

Previously, he had ordered Cao Chun to lead an army of 20,000 to relieve the siege of Dongguan.

In fact, after Guan Yu knew that Pengcheng was lost, he understood that he had lost the siege conditions, and Cao's army would inevitably divide his troops to save him, and he would be difficult to resist, so he withdrew his troops back to Xuzhou.

So Cao Chun has not yet arrived, and the crisis in Dongguan County has been resolved, so Cao Chun led the army to withdraw again.

After Cao Ren entered the city, the first thing he did when he entered the General's Mansion was to repay Cao Cao, who was far away in Yanzhou.

Liu Ping kept his identity in mind, although he entered the city early, he never delivered the news to Yanzhou, after all, Cao Ren was the commander of this army, and it was reasonable for him to report the news.

Cao Ren was obviously satisfied with Liu Ping's approach.

He sat in the study with a pen, smiled slightly and said to Liu Ping: "You kid is humble and not arrogant, you can do this at a young age, it's not easy, your father-in-law has such a good son-in-law as you, it's really a blessing." ”

"It's just a duty," Liu Ping hurriedly said politely.

Cao Ren smiled, and when he was reporting his merits, he felt that no matter how much praise he piled up for Liu Ping, this was what Liu Ping wanted to achieve.

Being a man with his tail between his legs is not a lot of benefits for him.