The round moon hung in the sky, spreading a thin layer of silver light on the earth in the night.

Several officers on horseback approached Pengcheng with a hundred and ten soldiers on foot.

"Stop!" There was a shout from the top of the city.

The team stopped, and then the officer in the lead stepped forward.

"What for?" Another inquiry came from the city.

The team outside the city took the lead by the captain who received the military order from Sima Yi during the day.

"Uncle Liu Huang is about to fight" The captain raised his face and shouted to the defenders at the head of the city: "He is worried that Pengcheng's army is insufficient, so he sent us to help defend it." ”

"How many of you are there?" There was an inquiry from the top of the city.

"More than a hundred." The captain said: "If we encounter enemy troops outside the city, we may not be able to recruit them, but if we stand on the city wall, Guan Bao can help a lot." ”

"Is there a warrant?" The defenders at the head of the city asked.

"Yes!" The lieutenant took out a letter from his bosom and shouted to the defenders at the head of the city: "There is also the seal of Uncle Liu Huang here. ”

Both sides were on top of the city and under the city, and it was impossible for the defenders to read the warrant he had drawn.

The lieutenant was unhurried and calm when he answered, and now he took out the warrant, and he couldn't help but believe it.

However, opening the city gate is not a trivial matter, and in case it is the enemy army, he cannot afford to take responsibility.

After thinking for a moment, the defender who was talking to the captain shouted: "It's so far away, I can't see the warrant clearly, you shoot it with an arrow first......"

"How is that possible!" The lieutenant said, "Who is Uncle Liu?" How can his warrant be child's play? ”

The defender who answered thought for a moment and said, "Why don't I put a rope down, and you can bring the warrant." ”

The captain sneered for a while, and said to the defenders: "It doesn't matter if you refuse to open the city gate, you actually make such an unreasonable request, we still left, and when we saw Uncle Liu Huang, we had to reply that Peng Cheng's brother refused to open the city." ”

After speaking, he turned his horse and shouted to more than 100 people not far away: "The brothers who defend the city refuse to open the city, let's go back first!" ”

Seeing that he was really leaving, the defenders who answered hurriedly shouted: "Come back!" Come back! Still believe you? ”

The lieutenant reined in his horse, turned around and beckoned to the back.

More than 100 soldiers who changed into Liu Beijun's armor walked towards the city gate.

The gates slowly opened, and the captain led the team into the city.

As soon as he entered the city, he glanced at the two cavalrymen beside him.

The two cavalrymen understood and deliberately slowed down.

The Xuzhou army that opened the city gate was about to close the city gate, when two cavalrymen suddenly rode their horses and rushed up.

Without waiting for the Xuzhou troops to react, the two cavalrymen waved their weapons and knocked them to the ground one by one.

The sudden scene surprised the other Xuzhou troops not far away.

"Defend the gates!" The captain shouted, and before the Xuzhou army had time to respond, he had already ridden his horse and killed him.

More than 100 Cao soldiers who entered the city with him shouted and pounced on the enemy.

There was a shout of killing from the city gate, and the Xuzhou army at the head of the city immediately knew that it was not good.

The officer of the Xuzhou Army, who was talking to the captain just now, shouted: "It's not good, it's the enemy ...... who entered the city."

He was about to arrange for reinforcements from the city wall when a soldier's shout reached his ears: "City...... Out of town! ”

The officer hurriedly turned around and ran to the battlements to look out of the city.

I saw a group of people rushing over in the night, and I don't know how many there were.

I didn't get any information in advance that Cao Jun would come to Pengcheng, and when I saw this scene, the officer's heart suddenly cooled!

"Bow and arrow wind!" Another officer behind him shouted and ordered the soldiers to wind their bows and arrows and prepare for battle.

The officer in the lead licked his lips, suddenly drew his long sword, and slashed at the officer who had given the order.

Poor officer, he didn't understand why he was killed until he died.

The officer in charge of guarding the city shouted, "Throw away your weapons and welcome Cao Gongzi's soldiers and horses into the city." ”

The Xuzhou army at the head of the city received the order, and they looked at each other one by one and didn't know what to do.

Seeing this, the officer shouted restlessly: "If you want to live, throw away your weapons quickly!" ”

As soon as he shouted, someone immediately came to their senses and threw their weapons on the ground.

There were more and more Xuzhou troops throwing weapons, and gradually the weapons on the head of the city were piled up into a hill, but the Xuzhou army defending the city squatted on the ground one by one with their heads in their hands.

The Xuzhou army near the city gate only made a slight resistance, and was surrounded and annihilated by more than 100 Cao troops who rushed into the city first.

Sima Yi led the army to charge into the range of the enemy's bows and arrows at the head of the city, and he was going to order the soldiers to raise their shields, but he did not expect that not even a single arrow was fired from the city.

Entering the city, what Sima Yi saw was not the picture of the enemy army swearing to resist stubbornly in his imagination, but the Xuzhou army who had thrown their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

"General, Pengcheng has been taken!" The captain who led the troops to the most advanced city greeted him and said to him with a fist.

"It's easier than expected." Sima Yi instructed: "Pass the order, change the flag of our army at the head of the city, gather the prisoners together, I have something to say to them." ”

The lieutenant answered, and commanded one of the soldiers: "Did you hear what the general said?" ”

"I heard you!" The soldier replied.

"Since you heard it, why don't you give the order quickly?" The lieutenant glared at him.

The soldier hurriedly ran away.

After a while, several Cao Jun escorted the officers of the Xuzhou Army who were defending the city to Sima Yi.

"General Qiyu, Pengcheng is guarding him." A soldier clenched his fists and said to Sima Yi.

Looking at the Xuzhou Army officer standing in front of him, Sima Yi asked, "What official position are you?" ”

Bowing his head, the officer replied, "General Hui, I am a captain." ”

"Captain?" Sima Yi smiled slightly: "The captain was actually sent to guard Pengcheng, which shows that Liu Xuande does not attach importance to Pengcheng. ”

The officer bowed his head and did not dare to respond.

At this time, whatever he says is wrong.

If you respond to Sima Yi's wishes, you will be said to be unsympathetic, and you will speak to the enemy when you are captured.

If you don't follow Sima Yi, you will probably be killed here.

"How many of you are there?" Sima Yi asked the captured lieutenant.

"Back to the general, there are more than 300 soldiers defending the city." After the lieutenant replied, he said: "Most of them can't fight, and there are only a few of them, and they can barely be regarded as elite soldiers." ”

"I didn't encounter any arrows on my way here." Sima Yi asked, "Who gave the order not to shoot arrows?" ”

"I gave the order." The officer said flatteringly: "I have long heard that the son of the Cao family is brave, and the general should be from Huainan." The city gate has also been breached, even if I lead the troops to resist, I can't stop the army from entering the city, it is better to let the soldiers lay down their weapons first, and maybe let them save their lives. ”

(End of chapter)