Cao Bing in front of him was suddenly in chaos, Sun Guan captured a person and asked how the battle was going ahead, and Cao Bing said that the soul of Xuzhou was condensed into a body and resurrected the second son, and the resurrected second son was captured and beheaded by Yu Ban, and vowed to kill all the Cao soldiers who participated in the slaughter of Pengcheng!

Hearing the news of Tao Ying's resurrection, Zang Ba began to encircle and suppress Cao's army without saying a word. Sun Guan also led a group of soldiers and horses to Xiaopei, Zang Ba trained the troops well, and the army fought several battles with the Yellow Turban Army, so the soldiers and horses were strong, plus Xiaopei Chen Dengli should be combined with the outside, and soon defeated the Xiaopei defenders, and the army came all the way to Pengcheng!

And the Cao soldiers who were ambushed outside the three gates of Pengcheng, east and west, were captured by Zang Ba's army and horses before they understood what was going on, so after an afternoon of fighting, the Cao soldiers who had no fighting spirit were collected all the way by the combined forces of Zang Ba and Chen Deng, some fled to the mountains, and some took advantage of the chaos to run back to Tan County, most of them were either killed or captured.

The generals swore allegiance to Tao Ying in the Pengcheng hall, and they wanted to tear the earth with Tao Ying to seal the marquis, Chen Dengjin said: "My lord, what should I do with nearly 7,000 prisoners of war outside the city?" Zang Ba also offered advice on the side: "Lord, it's better to kill him, and pile up the heads on the road that Cao thieves must pass to repay his hatred of slaughtering Xuzhou!" ”

Killing 7,000 unarmed soldiers at once, Tao Ying couldn't bear it. They are hateful sometimes, they slaughter cities, but aren't they just as innocent people? They don't want to fight either, they also have wives and children, and they are human too! And if they are killed, Cao Bing will definitely fight to the death in the future.

Thinking of this, Tao Ying turned to Xu Sheng, who had just returned, and said, "Xu Sheng, order you to clean up the vacant rooms in Pengcheng and make them into a prison cell, and then put all the soldiers in prison." They have committed such a crime against Xuzhou, they must be repaid in full, and they cannot be allowed to die easily! ”

Xu Sheng was ordered to retreat, Chen Deng hurriedly asked the deputy general to follow Xu Sheng to take over the prisoners, and Zang Ba also asked Yin Li to go with Xu Sheng to hand over the prisoners.

After settling the prisoners, Chen Deng asked Peng Cheng how much food he had, and Tao Ying hurriedly asked people to count them, and here they began to count the soldiers and horses from all walks of life. In this battle, Tao Ying brought nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses from Xiapi, and there were less than 5,000 people left. On the way, nearly 2,000 Cao Bao soldiers were recruited, and there were nearly 7,000 troops.

Zang Ba led five generals and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, a total of more than 27,000 soldiers, Pengcheng was originally a grain point of Cao Cao, plus Xiaopei grain and grass, these grains and grass are enough to support Tao Ying's soldiers and horses for a year!

Thinking about the fact that the grain and grass are enough for a year, it seems that this is enough, because Tao Ying knows that as long as he can't hold on, Cao Cao will retire in less than a year.

Thinking of this, Tao Ying suddenly felt that he had so many soldiers and horses, why did he need to listen to other people's dispatches and look at other people's faces? Since you occupy Pengcheng, why don't you use this place as your stronghold? What's more, this is his hometown! A thousand years from now, he's going to be born here!

Thinking of this, Tao Ying hurriedly ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and not let the plague run rampant.

So thousands of people began to collect all kinds of weapons and arrows outside Pengcheng, and nearly 100 horses were collected alone. In this battle, the armor and weapons captured by Tao Ying were piled up nearly a few acres of land, but fortunately, Pengcheng was big enough to stack these things without a problem, because after all, Pengcheng, which has a population of tens of thousands, has no land.

Looking at the piled up weapons, Tao Ying couldn't help but sigh, iron is sometimes a good thing, but when he was made into a weapon, how many innocent people were killed. When he defeats the Cao thieves one day, he will refine these weapons and armor again, and then turn them into agricultural tools, reclaim the land, and appease the homeless people who have been displaced by the war. It's all up to him, the future helmsman!

But he didn't have much time to sigh and there were a lot of things to do, Chen Deng brought the soldiers and horses into the city, and the city began to camp again, Chen Deng left Xiaopei, and for a while Xiaopei had no one to station.

All the generals advised Tao to lose Xiao Peibao Pengcheng, because although Cao Cao was newly defeated, the army still existed, and if Cao Cao concentrated his troops and horses to attack, he was afraid that Pengcheng would not be able to defend it with few soldiers.

However, every inch of land and every inch of gold, Tao Ying was not willing to give up at all, and in the end, Zang Ba had to ask for orders to guard Xiaopei. As soon as Zang Ba left, there were no generals in Pengcheng, and Zang Ba left Sun Guan and Wu Dun to assist in guarding Pengcheng.

The day was spent in the process of cleaning up the burning corpses on the battlefield, and the bows and crossbows collected in the city were once again moved to the four gates of the city wall, Chen Deng ordered the captives to build the city walls day and night, rebuild the broken city walls, and clean up all the corpses piled up in the moat, and the water in the moat turned red blood.

In order to show the strong side of Xuzhou, Wu Dun ordered the heads of all the Cao soldiers who died in the battle to be cut off, and the heads were placed in a circle around the city wall of Xuzhou!

Everything was busy two days later, and in the past two days, Pengcheng gradually stabilized, and Tao Ying sent people to Xiapi to report the victory.

When the messenger quickly whipped up and passed the battle report to Xiapi again and again, the whole Xiapi also began to boil. However, this made Sun Qian, Jian Yong and other senior decision-makers in Xuzhou begin to be a little worried.

In Xiapi City, Tao Qian's spirits were much more uplifted, and he seemed to be much more optimistic, but this still couldn't stop his body from gradually collapsing in great joy and sorrow.

Tao Qian let Picheng put up lanterns to celebrate, and he also began to preside over government affairs with illness, and in the study, Tao Qian was discussing some war matters with a few henchmen and staff almost every day.

This day is still no exception, at noon, Tao Qian coughed and sat on the chair, everyone persuaded him to go back to rest, but he insisted on waiting for the battle report of the child Tao Ying.

On this day, God really did not disappoint him, the messenger rode a fast horse to the supervision institute with joy, someone had already led the horse, and the messenger shouted all the way: "There is good news, there is good news!" ”

The messenger rushed to the hall and knelt down, and Tao Qian asked people to take the letter, which was still in a bamboo tube, using the paper invented by Tao Ying. Every time a messenger left Xiapi, he always had to take with him a lot of paper made by domestic slaves.

"Father, the child has crossed Surabaya with the army, and the child is fighting with the enemy vanguard in Pengcheng, captured in the ban, and recovered Pengcheng and Xiaopei! General Zang Ba came from Kaiyang to help, hoping that his father would send reinforcements to protect Pengcheng, and if Pengcheng was lost, Cao's army would bypass Tanxian and go straight to Xiapi, so the child begged his father to send some more grain, grass and winter things. ”

After the messenger finished reading, Tao Qian showed a pleased smile on his face: "The old man is really wrong Ying'er, he is really the savior of our Xuzhou!" ”

Although Tao Qian was old, he was still extremely excited and said: "The herald ......"

Just when everyone was rejoicing, several staff members seemed to see the clue, but a few people didn't dare to tell Tao Qian. In the main hall, Tao Qian's cough became more and more severe, and after returning Tao Ying's battle report, Tao Qian went back to the mansion to rest. Inside the city, the soldiers also posted the good news on the walls of Xiapi City.