Deng Ai had already made up his mind in his heart, he would never let himself fall into Cao Zhang's hands and suffer all kinds of humiliation, once Cao Zhang's army rushed to the head of the city, he would rather jump from the walls of this Wancheng city, and let his bones be buried forever in the place where he died in battle.

However, when he looked out of the city, his eyes, which were already very dim, lit up......

Just as he was looking for where he could jump down from which it would be difficult for the Wei army to capture him, he raised his eyes and saw torches lit less than a few miles behind Cao Zhang, and a team of men and horses was hurrying towards Wancheng.

At this time, if there are any more people coming, needless to say, it must be the army of Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, and there is no other possibility.

"General Zilong and General Meng Qi didn't give up on my Wancheng!"

Deng Ai's heart, which had already had the will to die, came alive again, and after muttering to himself, he no longer looked for a place to jump off the city wall, but stretched out his hand and pointed to the firelight that was still some distance from Wancheng and shouted to the soldiers around him who were almost unable to support it: "General Zilong has returned, and it is less than two or three miles outside the city, as long as I can hold on to a stick of incense for a long time, today's siege of Wancheng will be solved!" Hurry down to the city and tell the rest of the brothers that we will use our bodies to block most of the Wei army at the city gate, and don't let them rush in! ”

This sentence, a spread of ten to hundred, so that the remaining more than 1,000 defenders and thousands of people are like chicken blood, completely with a life for a life to kill the Wei army rushed in, this time made the Wei army a little overwhelmed, but those who have a heart heard the words in the mouth of the defenders of Wancheng, and felt inappropriate in their hearts, and hurriedly returned to the city gate to inform Cao Zhang, who had not yet entered the city.

"What? And what did they say? ”

Before Cao Zhang could ask in detail, he seemed to think of something in his heart, and hurriedly turned around, but saw that the dotted firelight was rapidly coming in the direction where he was, and it was obviously less than two miles away, because at this time, he was about to break through the gate of Wancheng, so Cao Zhang's attention and all the soldiers under his command were all focused on the resistance in Wancheng, but they ignored the power behind them, and it was the ignorance of this small meeting, so that the enemy army behind him had marched to the point where they were about to engage with their own short-handed soldiers.

What is the two heavens of ice and fire, at this time, Deng Ai's encounter and Cao Zhang's encounter can be called the two heavens of ice and fire, but one slowly crawls out of hell, and the other slowly falls from heaven.

Whether to continue the offensive or to retreat decisively and abandon this operation became an acute question in front of Cao Zhang at this time.

If you continue to attack, although you can't completely occupy Wancheng and close the city gate before Zhao Yun and Ma Chao arrive, you can basically bring most of the sergeants into the city gate, and he will start a fierce battle with Zhao Yun and Ma Chao at the city gate, it is conceivable that this will be a battle with huge casualties, but in the end, whether he can take Wancheng, Cao Zhang is skeptical.

In this way, he led the remnants of the army to defeat and Sima Yi round, even if he could kill tens of thousands of enemies, there was no brilliance on his face, and it was really not a wise move to cause such a big damage as the attacking side did not get the city.

And if Zhao Yun and Ma Chao led the army to retreat before they arrived here, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao would hardly chase Cao Zhang with all their strength when they took into account the situation in Wancheng, so Cao Zhang almost killed more than 10,000 defenders in the city with a small amount of troops, which was still a good result, of course, he didn't know that thousands of them were Wancheng people mobilized by Deng Ai.

These two thoughts hesitated in Cao Zhang's mind for a few breaths, until he had faintly seen the two big flags that were getting closer and closer to him, which represented Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, whose combat strength could be ranked in the forefront under Liu Feng's command, he did not have the confidence to fight with Zhao Yun and Ma Chao alone, so Cao Zhang made up his mind at this moment.

"Quickly give up the siege, withdraw to Shangyong from the west of Wancheng, and join Sima Yi!"

With this simple order, the Wei army, led by the tiger and leopard cavalry, which was besieging the city, withdrew from the north gate of Wancheng like a tide, and then quickly moved to the west, and at this time, there were already some overwhelmed defenders and civilians at the city gate, and they could hardly believe their eyes.

When the enemy retreated, they saw the handsome banner of Zhao Yun and Ma Chao who had arrived not far in front of them, almost all of the weapons in their hands were thrown on the ground, and the people were either kneeling on the ground, or lying directly on the ground, they had almost completely exhausted their physical strength, everyone had some knife wounds on their bodies more or less, and they were able to hold on to this time, completely relying on the hope that Deng Ai gave them at the last moment, and now, this hope has become a reality, and the feeling of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe makes them feel like they have regained their lives. The strength of all body was stripped out in this instant.

The next moment rushed here, it was indeed Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, but behind them were not the tens of thousands of soldiers Cao Zhang's worries, but only 10,000 cavalry under Ma Chao's command, and they had already speculated through the horse hooves and horse manure where Cao Zhang passed when they set off, Cao Zhang must have set off for Wancheng almost three hours before them, at such a time, not to mention that Cao Zhang's command still has 20,000 tiger and leopard cavalry elites, If Zhao Yun and Ma Chao brought the forty or fifty thousand defenders back to Wancheng at a normal speed step by step, then what was waiting for them would almost certainly be the end of Cao Zhang's attack on Wancheng.

So after the two discussed it, they also decided to take a dangerous move, while letting the infantry march in the direction of Wancheng as much as possible, and on the other hand, they personally led only more than 10,000 cavalry to Wancheng at the fastest speed, so that even if they encountered Cao Zhang outside the city, they could delay a certain amount of time with Deng Aili in the city.

When they were rushing to Wancheng, they met the two lieutenants sent by Deng Ai, they informed Zhao Yun and Ma Chao of the situation in the city, and after telling Deng Ai what he said, where could Zhao Yun and Ma Chao let Deng Ai leave it alone in the city, and it was not far from Wancheng at that time, so he ordered all the soldiers to light the torches they carried, and rushed to Wancheng even faster, in order to attract Cao Zhang's attention and delay the pace of his siege, the result was obvious, Such an arrangement played a big role in the critical moment.

Under the protection of 5,000 defenders, Wancheng has held out for such a long time in the hands of the elite of the Cao army led by Cao Zhang, and in the eyes of the Jingzhou soldiers who came to the rescue, it has become a city of miracles.