Chapter Forty-Eight: The City Breaks

Cao De led the army to the city of Dengcheng to call for battle, but called out a person named Zhou Cang to fight with Cao Ren. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info will report to Zhou Cang in the future. Cao Ren, who was in the battle, didn't feel how to move, and Cao De, who was in the back, couldn't help but squirt a mouthful of saliva.

Cao De clamped the horse's belly, took a few steps forward, and shouted at Zhou Cang: "Zhou Cang, what about Pei Yuanshao." Pei Yuanshao shouted that you went home for dinner. Cao De's words caused the sergeants of Cao Dejun's army to laugh. And Zhou Cang's angry face can change color on the basis of black.

In Cao De's previous life, he read a lot of novels about the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Cang usually appears with Pei Yuanshao. As soon as Cao De heard Zhou Cang's name here, he couldn't help but think of Pei Yuanshao, and out of fun, Cao De shouted out that sentence that was very well-known in later generations.

Zhou Cang was angry like a bull by Cao De, and he gasped for a few breaths. With a loud roar, he raised his weapon and slapped his horse and rushed towards Cao Ren. Cao Ren also unequivocally raised his gun to meet the battle. The two of them fought back and forth for more than 20 rounds. Seeing that Zhou Cang was about to die. Cao De immediately asked the soldiers to sound the gong for retreat. And let the soldiers shout: "There is a sneak attack by the Yellow Turban Army, run." ”

Cao Dejun, who shouted out, immediately looked like rabbits fleeing separately, coaxing him to turn his head and run. Cao Ren, who was fighting with Zhou Cangmi in front, heard that there was an ambush. A shot swept away Zhou Cang's attack, and he turned his horse and ran towards his own formation. The entire Cao Dejun army is like a swarm of locusts that want to plague the crops. It was dark, and people were running backwards. Flags, swords and guns were thrown all over the ground.

And just when Cao Dejun turned around and fled. An order was issued from the head of the city of Dengcheng, and the two thousand soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army immediately went out of the city, feeling Zhou Cang's side and chasing after Cao Dejun. And in front of the two thousand Yellow Turban Army, they chased to the place where Cao De's army was arranged, and it stagnated. Because all the Yellow Turban soldiers were bending down to pick up weapons on the ground. Even after Zhou Cang beat a few people with a gun, he still couldn't stop the people who were picking up weapons. In desperation, Zhou Cang could only let Cao Dejun's embarrassment escape.

It was less than half an hour before Zhou Cang returned to the city with a full load of 2,000 people. Suddenly, there was another trumpet of the guard over the city. Zhou Cang hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, and saw a group of men and horses heading towards Duncheng from a distance. When this group of men and horses approached, Zhou Cang realized that it was the Yellow Turban brothers who had rushed to help.

With an order from the head of the city, the gate of Dengcheng slowly opened again. The Yellow Turban Army, which numbered about 600 people, marched into Dengcheng. It's just that what most people don't realize is that this Yellow Turban Army is a little neater than all the Yellow Turban Army's ranks.

Let's say that after Cao De ran out for five or six miles in a company, he began to gather the army. One thousand and two, one is no more, one is not less. It turned out that all this was a ploy used by Cao De.

First, he pretended to siege the city and fought with the local generals. Then, at the appointed time, the Yellow Turban Army, disguised by Cao Dejun, appeared near the warring sides. Then Cao Dejun fled in a hurry. In order to stop the pursuit of the Yellow Turban Army, Cao De also ordered to throw away some of the weapons in his hand to distract the pursuing troops. At this time, the fake Yellow Turban Army will wait for the real Yellow Turban Army to clean up everything and appear under the city of Duncheng. Because this group of Yellow Turban soldiers scared Cao De away. To a large extent, the Yellow Turban Army defending the city consciously considered this to be their brother troops. Therefore, the fake Yellow Turban Army entered the city smoothly.

After Cao De gathered his men and horses, he returned to the temporary camp of Cao De's army in a neat line. On the way, Cao De instructed Cao Rendao: "Remember the Zhou Cang who fought against you. This man is a good material to be a pioneer. By the way, there is also the Pei Yuanshao I mentioned. These two are likely to be together, so you should inquire carefully. I have a lot to do with it. ”

After Cao Ren made a promise, he happily returned to the camp with Cao De and a thousand soldiers.

On the second day, Cao De went to call for battle with a thousand soldiers. It's just that this time it was Xiahou Yuan who fought against Zhou Cang. But the result is still the same. Cao Dejun ran away again and threw weapons on the ground again. But this time there was no arrival of the Yellow Turban Brothers, but the defeat of Xiahou Yuandou. Cao De led another thousand and one people and ran away in a panic. And the Yellow Turbans returned with a full load again.

On the third day, Cao De continued to call the battle with a thousand soldiers. The result is the same. It's just that this time there are five or six hundred more people in the Yellow Turban Army. But in this batch of extra Yellow Turban Army, there is one more general of Cao De, Cao Ren.

Since this time was similar to the first time, Cao Ren seized the opportunity to ask others the story of Cao De's siege. When mentioning Cao De's sentence 'Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao called you home for dinner', Cao Ren also specially asked if there was anyone named Pei Yuanshao. When Cao Ren got a satisfactory answer, Cao Ren smiled again and continued to listen to the story. Of course, because the similarity of things was too similar, the Yellow Turban soldiers at the bottom didn't notice anything. By the time the top brass of the Yellow Turbans realized the problem, it was already too late.

On the night when Cao Ren entered the city with the fake Yellow Turban Army, Cao De led 3,000 soldiers into the interior of the city.

Just when Cao De took three thousand men and horses to the city of Dengcheng at night. The gates of the city creaked open. Of course, this is the masterpiece of the first batch of fake Yellow Turbans. And this group of Yellow Turban soldiers happened to be sent to the city gate to assist in the night watch when they were repairing for a day or two nights.

Just after the end of the day, the gatekeeper was already asleep. And this gatekeeper went to the underworld to report in his sleep. After solving the main backbone of the gatekeepers. The fake Yellow Turban Army successfully controlled the real Yellow Turban Army, and then opened the city gate to welcome Cao De's army that had just arrived into the city.

And Cao Ren was in charge of the second batch of fake Yellow Turban Army. In addition to excluding some of the people to assist the first batch of people to open the city gate, Cao Ren took the rest of the people and went straight to Zhou Cang's residence, which had been inquired about. And what is even more coincidental is that Zhou Cang is drinking with Pei Yuanshao, and he has drunk a lot. After dealing with more than a dozen guards, Cao Ren successfully tied up Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, who were dazed from drinking.

At the beginning of this battle, it encountered strong resistance from the Yellow Turban Army, but the Yellow Turban Army, which had not been commanded for a long time, gradually lost its desire to resist in the face of the attack of an unknown number of enemies. There is also a great internal bloom in the center of the Yellow Turban Army led by Cao Ren. Under this double whammy. The Yellow Turbans surrendered one after another.

The battle lasted only a little more than two hours. And the post-war work lasted a whole day. Cao De still followed the previous practice, beheading the identified thieves one after another, and all the rest were sent to Hanzhong to serve five years of forced labor. Of course, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were not beheaded, but were locked up in a dark room by Cao Ren.

Soon Cao De's camp also moved to Dengcheng. And Xun Yu and Xu Shu also followed the men and horses left behind in the camp to Dengcheng. When Xun Yu and Xu Shu came to Cao De's face, Cao De had just finished arranging everything and had just been idle. As soon as the two sides met, Xu Shu bowed deeply to Cao De: "General, it's a certain loss." A certain is willing to gamble and lose. I will definitely make amends to the officers and men of the three armed forces. Cao De grabbed Xu Shu, who was saluting, "Yuan Zhi, there is no need to say it, come, sit down first, sit down and talk." ”