Ji Ling saw that He Man dared to betray him, and immediately became angry in his heart, and immediately ordered the siege of the city, at this time, he saw the strategist Li Feng said: "The general is slow, the thief He Man occupies the city and has a favorable location, our army has no siege equipment, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture it in a hurry, and Pei Qing is now leading the pursuing army to approach, in case the two sides unite, our army will suffer from the enemy, for the sake of today, we should leave immediately, as for He Man thief, we will not be too late to calculate this account in the future." ”

In fact, how could Ji Ling not be inappropriate to attack the city at this time? The reason why he was angry and ordered was just that he couldn't get used to He Man's arrogant appearance, and at the same time hoped that someone would find a step for him, and now Li Feng's words could be regarded as giving him a step, so he thought about it after listening to it, and then nodded and said: "What Mr. said also makes sense, if this is the case, then let this guy go first, and when I come back with the army, it's not too late to clean up this guy." ”

Then Ji Ling ordered to retreat to Runan and wait for Yuan Shu's return.

Pei Qingtong led the army to chase after Ji Ling, and he really wanted to take the opportunity to capture the county seat, because this was the best way to break through the county town in a short time, but he didn't expect that his army had just approached, and Ji Ling actually led the army directly to flee in the direction of Runan.

Pei Qing was puzzled when he saw this scene, and he didn't know why the other party didn't enter the city, but just led the army to leave?

However, at this time, Pei Qing couldn't control so much, he immediately ordered the army to surround the city and prepare to break the city.

For him, Ji Ling is insignificant, and taking the opportunity to take the county seat is the most important thing, otherwise, once Ji Ling comes back, or Yuan Shu comes back, this city will not be easy to attack.

However, when Pei Qing came to the city and saw that the defender of the city turned out to be He Man, he understood what had happened.

However, Pei Qing was still very happy, because in this way, the defenders of Qian County were weakened, and the opponent's troops were relatively small, which was more conducive to his own siege.

However, if he could take the opportunity to persuade the other party to surrender and avoid a war, Pei Qing would of course be even happier.

So Pei Qing personally went to the city and asked to talk to He Man.

However, He Man resolutely refused and shouted: "Pei Qing, I didn't expect you to beg me one day, right?" But even if you kneel down and beg me, I will never surrender, you are a spy mixed in our Yellow Turban soldiers, you for your own selfish desires, trick our Yellow Turban brothers to be recruited by the court with you, become the eagle dog of the court, and fight back, the spearhead is aimed at our old Yellow Turban Department, and want to kill us all, but unfortunately people are not as good as the sky, I He Man still survived, and now I am leading the soldiers to guard this city, although you have a lot of people, but if you want to break through my city, at least a few thousand people will be killedAt the same time, General Zuo Yuan Shu is attacking your old nest Yingchuan, when the time comes, you will not be able to capture Qiaoxian, but also lose Yingchuan, and become a lost dog from now on, that is what I am most happy to see. ”

Seeing this, Pei Qing shouted loudly: "He Man, I wanted to give you a way to live, but you don't know what to do, do you think I can't capture your city?" I'm just that I don't want your soldiers to die in vain, and since you don't even care about their lives, why should I pretend to be a good person here? ”

Then Pei Qing gave an order to immediately attack the city.

Although it was at night, although the other party dug several deep ditches, Pei Qing didn't care at all, he had a way, and immediately ordered the soldiers to fill the ditch with soil, and it took less than half an hour to fill in those deep ditches.

Then the whole army began to cut down trees, overnight to make siege equipment, because the deep ditches and the place where the siege equipment was made are outside the range of the opponent's archers, He Man did not dare to lead the army out of the city to meet the enemy, so he saw his first line of defense was easily broken but there was no way, so he had to order the defenders in the city to prepare the city defense equipment overnight, in order to be able to hold the county town to the greatest extent, He Man did not hesitate to order the most trustworthy 1,000 Yellow Turban soldiers under his command to the city, break into the people's homes, The first is to collect all the equipment that can defend the city, and at the same time drive the strong men of the people to climb the tower, help them defend the city, and if anyone dares to resist, behead them immediately.

As a result, the chickens and dogs in the city suddenly jumped up, and the people were driven up to the top of the city overnight, and at the same time their property was looted, and many soldiers took the opportunity to carry the belongings of the people's homes into their own pockets.

Early the next morning, when Pei Qing led the army to order the siege of the city, He Man drove the people to defend it, and at the same time said with a cruel smile: "Pei Qing, aren't you going to attack the city?" Come on, I'm not afraid of you, you see? These are the people in the city, and they are all your people, aren't you going to the city to do your Yuzhou assassin history? Although you have led the army here, you have so many elite soldiers and fierce generals, you can easily kill our defenders, and then attack the city, but in this way, your people will be buried with you, I heard that you have always loved the people like a son, today I want to see, whether you want to be a good assassin who loves the people like a son, or insist on entering the city to be your assassin history. ”

When Pei Qing saw this scene, he was so angry that he shouted: "He Man, this battle is between you and me, why bother the people?" Your methods are so cruel, it is simply the anger of people and gods, there must be no good results in the future, those who have the ability to let the people go, let's fight each other, bullying the defenseless civilians, what kind of ability? If you let these people go, I can promise to spare your life, and even if you and your soldiers leave the county, I will let you go immediately. ”

"Haha, Pei Qing, are you really stupid? I lead my soldiers away? I'm afraid that as soon as I leave on the front foot, you will chase and kill on the back foot, don't talk nonsense, if you want to win the city, you have to sacrifice the people, otherwise you will obediently quit the county for me, go back to your Yingchuan, and the rest is not negotiable. He Man laughed, couldn't help but say, "I just want to see if you really love the people like a son, or are you hypocritical?" ”

Pei Qing trembled with anger when he heard this, He Man himself is a rogue, he can not care about the life and death of the people, but Pei Qing is the assassin of Yuzhou, if he doesn't care about the life and death of the people, his hard-earned reputation will be over. How can I get the support of the people in the future?

So after Pei Qing thought about it again, he finally decided to withdraw the army, although he was unwilling, he could only do this.

Of course, Pei Qing will not really withdraw, he also has his own calculations, I believe that this time he will definitely be able to plan and hide from the other party, so that the other party will regret not being at the beginning.

"Since you have a way to live, then don't blame me for not giving you a chance to choose, He Man, when we meet again, it will be the day you die." Pei Qing's face was gloomy, he waved his hand, and ordered the army to retreat.