Chapter 303: Tao Qian abandons the city
Cen Bi had already closed his eyes, waiting for death to come, however, after a long time, he did not feel the pain of cutting his throat.
Cautiously opened his eyes, only to see that the tip of the forbidden three-pointed knife was two inches away from his throat, but he never moved forward half a minute.
"Stop!"
Yu Ban shouted, and the sergeants under Cen Bi looked over one after another, and couldn't help but be stunned, the main generals were all subdued, how could they fight?
The Qingzhou soldiers put down their weapons one after another and gave up resistance, Cen Bi sighed lightly and asked, "Why don't you kill me?" ”
As a military general, there is a possibility of dying on the battlefield at any time, Cen Bi has this awareness, he is not afraid of death.
It's just that now Yu Ban didn't kill him, of course Cen Bi wouldn't be so stupid as to find death by himself, of course he gave up resistance.
Yu Ban snorted coldly and said: "Go back and tell Qingzhou Mu Yuan Tan that Duke Cao is friendly with his father, and he can't bear to kill his son's general, so don't meddle in the affairs of Xuzhou again." ”
Cen Bi nodded and said, "Yes, I will definitely bring the words." ”
Seeing that Cen Bi agreed, Yu Bancai took back his three-pointed knife and said, "Hurry up and pack up the team and go back to Qingzhou." ”
Cen Bi had no choice but to order a retreat, and he didn't even have time to pick up the weapons thrown to the ground, but Yu Ban was cheapened.
And Mi Zhu, who had been hiding in the rear army, knew that something was wrong when Cen Bi was restrained by Yu Ban, and had already fled to Pengcheng from another direction, and the reinforcements along the way were really not counted on.
Yu Ban didn't know that there were Tao Qian's subordinates in Cen Bi's army, otherwise, he would definitely not let Mi Zhu slip away like this.
Mi Zhu galloped all the way, returned to Pengcheng, met Tao Qian, and told Tao Qian that Cen Bi was defeated by Yu Ban and led the army back to Qingzhou.
Tao Qian snorted coldly and said, "Cen Bi sent by Yuan Tan is really unreliable, and it depends on Ji Ling invited by Yuanlong." ”
This was clearly saying that Cen Bi was not, but Mi Zhu couldn't hear it, this was complaining about himself, so Mi Zhu had no choice but to make a promise, retreat to the side, and stop talking.
At this moment, a messenger ran in and said loudly: "Lord Qiyu Prefecture, the big thing is not good!" ”
When Tao Qian heard this, his brows furrowed, and he shouted, "What happened?" Hurry up! ”
The messenger said: "General Cao Bao led his army to rush to the aid of Ji Ling, but he didn't expect to be ambushed by Cao Cao's army halfway, and he was fighting fiercely at the moment, and he was seriously damaged!" ”
"What?" Tao Qian exclaimed, glanced at Mi Zhu beside him, but he didn't expect him to really be right.
Tao Qian patted the cases in front of him angrily, and said hatefully: "I didn't expect this to be Cao Cao's trick, alas." ”
"Report! General Cao Bao has retreated to the city gates. "A messenger came to report it.
Tao Qian frowned, and ordered: "Open the city gate and let Cao Leopard enter the city." ”
It didn't take long for the embarrassed Cao Bao to run in and say: "Lord, I led the army halfway to the road, and I was ambushed by Cao Bing. ”
Tao Qian sighed and said, "The fault is not the general, but Cao Cao's treacherous ear." ”
"Lord, without further ado, Cao Cao's army has arrived, and as far as these forces in Pengcheng are concerned, I am afraid they will not be able to resist for long."
"How's General Ji Ling's side?" Tao Qian asked.
After a long time, Chen Deng stepped forward and said, "Just now Tanma learned that General Ji Ling was stopped by Cao Cao's subordinate Lieutenant Dian Wei. ”
Tao Qian frowned again and said, "That Dian Wei is General Ji Ling's opponent?" ”
When Chen Deng heard this, his expression was a little embarrassed, and he said: "It seems that General Ji Ling is not the opponent of Dian Wei, and his 20,000 soldiers and horses were stopped by the 10,000 army led by Dian Wei. ”
"What? I didn't expect one of Cao Cao's lieutenants to be so brave! Tao Qian exclaimed, "Isn't that Ji Ling known as the number one general under Yuan Shu's account?" ”
Mi Zhu sighed secretly behind Tao Qian, the art of war is cloudy: knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, this Tao Qian doesn't know anything about Cao Cao's forces, it seems that this time Xuzhou is really more than lucky.
"Report! Cao's army has begun to attack the city! ”
Tao Qian was a little confused, originally the troops in Pengcheng, if they held on, Cao Cao would not break the city for a while.
However, just now, Cao Bao led Tao Qian to order out of the city, and fell into Cao Cao's scheme, most of his sergeants were lost, and those who came back were also wounded, and they couldn't hold Pengcheng at all.
"Lord, why don't you retreat to Xiapi City?" Chen Deng said with a laugh.
Tao Qian's old eyes glared and said: "Pengcheng is the western gateway of my Xuzhou, if it is abandoned, won't the gate of Xuzhou be open to Cao Cao?" ”
"However, if you don't leave at this time, when Cao Cao breaks the city, if you want to leave again, it's too late." Chen Deng continued.
Tao Qian looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "Chuan Wu order, withdraw from Pengcheng and go to Xiapi, and at the same time, mobilize the troops of various counties and counties to gather in Xiapi to prevent Cao Cao." ”
"Yes, my lord!" Chen Deng gave up his hand and went down to give the order.
Tao Qian looked at Cao Bao again and said, "General Cao, the old man still has to rely on the general to break off." ”
Cao Bao nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, if you let me kill Xiahoudun, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it, but if it is broken, then there will be no problem." ”
So, under the pressure of Cao Cao's siege, Tao Qian gave up Pengcheng and retreated to Xiapi.
With Tao Qian's withdrawal, Pengcheng was immediately captured, Cao Cao stood at the gate of the city on horseback, waved his hand, and shouted: "Enter the city, but there is resistance, don't count to kill!" ”
Here Cao Cao has already captured Pengcheng, and in another place, Ji Ling is still confronting Dian Wei.
It's just that the two armies are a little tired now, and they each collect their troops to rest, and when they are rested, they will fight again.
In Dian Wei's camp, a fast horse galloped in and shouted: "General Cao's military order, General Dian Wei receives the order." ”
After Dian Wei heard this, he hurriedly walked out of the tent and shouted: "Dian Wei is here, dare to ask the lord what military orders he has." ”
The messenger handed a secret letter to Dian Wei and said, "The military order is in this letter, and General Dian Wei must act according to the letter." ”
Dian Wei opened the envelope, took out the letterhead inside, looked at it carefully, frowned at first, and when he saw the end, he stretched it out and said to the messenger: "Tell the lord that Wei will do according to the plan." ”
Seeing that Dian Wei agreed, the messenger turned his horse, left the camp, and ran in the direction of Pengcheng.
Dian Wei saw that the messenger had left, so he ordered: "The whole army is there, follow me out of the battle and challenge Ji Ling!" ”
With an order, nearly 10,000 soldiers quickly assembled, and under the leadership of Dian Wei, they rushed towards Ji Ling's camp again.
At this time, Ji Ling was also resting, and suddenly a sergeant came to report, saying that Dian Wei had led his troops to attack again, and he couldn't help but be furious, raised his three-pointed and two-edged knife, gathered his army, and went to fight!