In Yangcheng, Sun Junhou invited Xi Zhong over, thanked him in person, and said: "Mr. is a true god, this battle will raise the prestige of my Yuzhou army, so that Cao Ju will no longer dare to underestimate me and wait." ”

Xi Zhong smiled slightly and said: "Sun Junhou has won the award, this time our army turned defeat into victory, it is actually caused by Sun Junhou and the soldiers who fought bravely to kill the enemy, how dare Zhong take credit." ”

Sun Junhou laughed and said: "Sir doesn't have to be modest, if there is no gentleman's clever plan this time, let alone defeat Cao Jun, even if the last general's head is already unsafe." ”

After a pause, Sun Junhou asked again: "Please also ask Mr. to teach me, what should I do next?" ”

Xi Zhong smiled faintly and said: "The military marquis has already sent a letter to Lord Thorn Shi, I believe that Lord Thorn Shi will send a large army to aid Yangcheng in the near future, and when the time comes, he will only need to attack inside and outside, and Cao Juye will be defeated." ”

Sun Junhou was overjoyed and said: "Okay, so the last general will wait for the arrival of the lord's army." ”

Then, Xi Zhong said goodbye to Sun Junhou and left, thinking in his heart that with Cao Ju's ability, he would give you any chance to attack on both sides, and then, as soon as Cao Ju's army arrived, he would inevitably attack Yangcheng, how could Yangcheng be protected.

After Xi Zhong returned to his residence, he packed up his things, and when it was almost dawn the next day, he pretended to be on the orders of Sun Junhou, went out of the city to survey the terrain, and left Yangcheng.

and said that Gan Ning was about to commit suicide when he was defeated, but he was grabbed by Gan Xing, who was quick-eyed, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Brother can't also, the so-called victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, how can my brother kill himself because of the defeat in a battle, so the lord will break his arm." ”

"Ugh." Gan Ning hung his head, sighed and said, "The lord has a lot of trust in Ning, and the first time he led the army, he gave Ning the position of vanguard general, but now that it is such a battle situation, what face does Ning have to see the lord." ”

After that, Gan Ning said to Huang Xu again: "Regret not listening to Zishu's plan, otherwise, how can there be this defeat." ”

Huang Xu could say something, thought for a while, and said: "General Gan, now the plan is to send someone to report the battle situation in Yangcheng to the lord, and ask the lord to decide." ”

"Exactly." Gan Ning withdrew the long sword into its sheath, nodded, and immediately wrote a letter, sealed it with fire paint, and sent his cronies Pegasus to Cao Ju.

In the letter, Gan Ning described the experience one by one, including that he did not follow Huang Xu's advice, and wrote it word for word, and finally asked Cao Ju to punish him.

When the report of Gan Ning's defeat came, Cao Ju's army had already reached less than ten miles outside Yangcheng.

This time the defeat report, Gan Ning described it in great detail, but Cao Ju was extremely surprised, because Gan Ning had already found out, and the person who came up with this clever plan for Sun Junhou was called Xi Zhong.

Xi Zhong is Xi Zhicai, of course Cao Ju knows, this person is definitely one of the top strategists in the Three Kingdoms period, but unfortunately his health is not good and he died of illness in advance. However, Cao Ju is proficient in the medical skills of Taiping Essentials, and if Xi Zhong follows him, he will not necessarily die.

Originally, Cao Ju was ready to let people set up camp, but after receiving the defeat report of Gan Ning, he immediately changed his mind and advanced the army to Yangcheng for five miles before setting up camp.

Early the next morning, not long after Xi Zhong left Yangcheng, Cao Ju's army besieged the south, west and north gates of Yangcheng, preparing to attack Yangcheng.

When Sun Junhou learned about it, he was shocked, he didn't expect Cao Ju's army to advance so quickly, it had already arrived, but the reinforcements from Yuzhou were still nowhere to be found.

Gan Ning also received Cao Ju's order to rectify the remaining 3,500 soldiers and horses, and ambushed them five miles outside the east gate.

Siege three without one, this is the best strategy for attacking the city, can not be blocked on all sides, because that will make the defenders feel lifeless, will fight desperately, will make the besieging side pay a considerable price to capture the city.

West Gate, Dian Wei was dressed in a strong suit, dancing with a double iron halberd, and ran to the West City Gate first, behind him, there were five hundred people who dared to die, as well as the shield soldiers and archers who were responsible for covering the siege of Dian Wei and others with bows and arrows.

Dian Wei's foot combat skills are still above the cavalry battle, the most suitable for attacking the city, I saw that his huge body was as flexible as an ape on the ladder, a few dodges and jumped to the west city gate, between the opening and closing of the double iron halberd, there were five or six Yangcheng defenders who died under his halberd.

Dian Wei turned his back to this ladder, and protected Cao Jun behind him to climb the city wall, and then opened a bloody path to protect other ladders.

In less than two quarters of an hour, there were more and more Cao troops in Xichengtou, and under the instruction of Cao Ju, Cao Peng and Hua Xiong also followed up to the West City Gate.

With such three fierce generals, the defenders of the West City Gate were not opponents at all, and they were gradually defeated and retreated.

Immediately, Dian Wei killed the head of the city, opened the city gate, and let Cao Ju's army enter the city.

The other two city gates were also lost one after another, and Sun Junhou was shocked and angry, so he had to retreat to the east gate while fighting.

Yangcheng couldn't be saved, Sun Junhou was still thinking about Xi Zhong, and immediately sent someone to Xi Zhong's residence to look for him, but he pounced, and the maid there said that Xi Zhong went out before dawn and never came back.

Sun Junhou felt strange in his heart, but now there was not much time, so he had to ignore Xi Zhong and led his army to retreat to the East City Gate.

When he retreated to the East City Gate, there were less than 3,000 defenders left in Yangcheng around Sun Junhou, and Sun Junhou learned a news from the defenders of the East City Gate, Xi Zhong said that he had been ordered to go out of the city to survey the terrain as soon as it was dark.

At this time, if Sun Junhou didn't know that Xi Zhong left early, he would be a complete fool, but he didn't blame Xi Zhong, and said with a long sigh: "It's a pity that this person can't really help, if not, how can there be this defeat." ”

Marquis Sun ordered the East City Gate to be opened, and three thousand military horses poured out of the East City Gate and headed east.

There are Cao Jun on three sides, only the East Gate, Sun Junhou is not a general, of course, he easily fell into Cao Ju's plan to encircle three and lack one.

The result is very simple, when Sun Junhou led his troops to retreat, he was ambushed by Gan Ning's army, and after a vicious battle, Sun Junhou was killed by Gan Ning, and half of the three thousand military horses under his command were killed in the battle and half surrendered.

The battle of Yangcheng finally came to an end, and Cao Ju defeated the 12,000 defenders of Yangcheng with a loss of 1,500 soldiers and horses, killing 4,000 people and surrendering 8,000 people.

This battle situation is already very good, but Cao Ju is not happy at all, not because of Gan Ning's defeat, but because after occupying Yangcheng, Cao Ju got a news that Xi Zhong left early.

Xi Zhicai, Cao Ju stood on top of the East City Gate, and Xi Zhicai left from here, he couldn't help but sigh secretly and muttered to himself: "Xi Zhicai, isn't it worth your allegiance?" ”