Inspired by the sound of war drums, Cao's army launched a fierce attack on Shouchun in waves. No matter how he persuaded each other left and right, Cao Cao was so numb that his arms were numb, and he refused to stop for a while. Cao Cao knew very well that he had now lost his foundation, and if he did not capture a rich territory in time, it would be very problematic for the 200,000-strong army to eat horses, let alone replenish the ordnance and arrows.

This offensive and defensive battle lasted for a whole day and night, Cao's army attacked the city several times, but they were driven down by the reserves of the Manchu organization, and the corpses of the city were blurred with flesh and blood everywhere, and the local soldiers and people defending the city had already suffered more than half of the casualties. Many of the young and strong people in the city had risen up, and the number had not changed much, but the combat effectiveness had dropped extremely severely, and the morale of the defenders had obviously begun to decline.

Seeing that another day's dawn was coming, the offensive of Cao's army outside the city was becoming more and more fierce, and he was full of anxiety. Suddenly, a group of people came straight from the city to the city, and the first to walk was the patriarch of several scholar families in Shouchun City.

When these people came to Shouchun City, one of them bowed his hand and said: "Lord Man, this battle can't be fought anymore, let's surrender quickly." ”

Man Chong saw that the person who came was Li Ping, the head of the Li family, a big family in the city, and was about to get angry, and suddenly his heart moved, so he said in embarrassment: "Don't hide it from you, Man Mou originally served under Cao Gong, and he already had the intention of attaching himself to Cao Gong, but the Cao army was attacking very urgently, and now there is a lack of trustworthy people to exchange news......"

Li Ping saw that Man Chong was a little moved, and couldn't help blurting out: "Since Lord Man has this intention, then hurry up and show the white flag!" I have a few brave servants in my family who can let them go out of the city to deliver news for the adults. ”

Man Chong waved his hand and said, "Not everyone can contact Cao Gong, and you need to have a certain identity." Originally, it was appropriate for Man Mou, but Man Mou had done something sorry for Cao Gong in the past, and he felt shameless to face Cao Gong, so he ......"

Li Ping arched his hand and said, "The adults do have this intention, and the little people are willing to do the same for the adults." Xiaomin is also slightly famous in Shouchun City, and he must be able to be tolerated by Cao Gong. ”

Not long after the full pet was transferred to Shouchun, Li Ping didn't know much about the full pet. Now knowing that Man Chong actually had a history of betraying Cao Cao, Li Ping opened his mind. In Li Ping's view, where is the full favor is shameless to face Cao Cao, obviously afraid that Cao Cao will settle accounts with him. And most of the heroes look down on repeated villains, presumably Cao Cao will not be an exception. Li Ping had the intention of taking this opportunity to get rid of Man's favor and replace it himself.

Since Liu Xin occupied Shouchun, he began to emphasize the fairness of buying and selling, and those merchants from other places occupied a lot of business of the Li family, so Li Ping had long hated Liu Xin. Li Ping came to the city this time to persuade him to be full of favors, and he made two plans. If the full favor agrees to surrender, then everything is over. If Man Chong did not agree to surrender, he pretended to support Man Chong, but secretly gathered the big families of the scholars in the city to raise troops at night and seize the city to sacrifice to Cao Cao. At that time, their Li family will be able to raise their eyebrows in Shouchun, and their business will naturally flourish.

Man Zhong heard Li Ping take the initiative to ask for help, pondered for a long time, and said: "Mr. Li is righteous, Man Mou thank you for the people of the city." ”

Last night, Cao Cao did not continue to beat the drum in person, because his two arms could no longer be raised. However, Cao Cao still refused to leave the battlefield to rest, and insisted on directing his soldiers to attack Shouchun City in waves. Suddenly, Cao Cao saw a white flag lit up on the head of Shouchun City.

Cao Cao hurriedly waved his hand and said loudly: "Mingjin! ”

The gong sounded, the charging soldiers retreated like a tide, and the Han army did not take the opportunity to use bows and crossbows to sneak attack, and the noisy battlefield was quiet for a while.

I saw a hanging basket hanging down from the upper floor of Shouchun City, and a middle-aged scholar sitting in the hanging basket was Li Ping. The hanging basket fell to the ground, and Li Ping crawled out tremblingly, raised his hands high, and trotted all the way to Cao Jun's formation.

Cao Cao made a look, Cao Hong, who had been following him all the time, rode forward, stretched out his hand, picked up Li Ping, turned the horse back, and threw him in front of Cao Cao.

Li Ping didn't dare to get up, prostrate himself on the ground, and said, "Gong Cao is above, please accept the worship of the small people." Xiaomin was entrusted by Jiujiang Taishou to be full of favor and presented a book of surrender. ”

"What did you say?" Cao Cao didn't know who was guarding Shouchun City, and he was stunned when he heard Li Ping's words, and asked repeatedly, "The one who guards the city is full of favors?" ”

Li Ping kowtowed and said: "Lord Man said that he was originally a ...... of Cao Gong's old department."

Cao Cao's face had regained his calm, and he snorted coldly: "I am so bold that I dare to send you to surrender!" Left and right, with a certain dragged out and cut! ”

Li Ping was shocked and hurriedly said, "Cao Gong spares his life!" Xiaomin really intends to belong to Cao Gong, even if he is full of favor, Xiaomin also intends to join Cao Yuan. ”

Cao Cao suddenly laughed, waved back left and right, and said, "You get up, Cao asks you, how many people are there in the city?" ”

Li Ping got up from the ground, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, told Cao Cao everything he knew, and then said: "Gong Cao, full of favor is really a repeated villain, and Gong Cao must not be guarded against." ”

A hint of coldness flashed in Cao Cao's eyes, and he sneered: "Then why are you helping me?" ”

Li Ping didn't dare to lie, and said truthfully: "If Xiaomin can help Cao Gongshi succeed, there is nothing else to ask for, I just hope to reward Xiaomin with a Jiujiang Taishou." ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was afraid that he would only have one Jiujiang Taishou left, so what reward would he give you? However, he said: "Taishou is not a big deal, but it depends on how you behave." Li Ping, you go back and tell Man Chong that as long as he is willing to return, Cao will not blame the past! However, Cao only gave him an hour to think about it! ”

Li Ping was overjoyed and made a gesture to Cao Cao. Cao Cao waved his hand and asked Cao Hong to send him back to the city. The head of the city hung down the hanging basket again and pulled Li Ping up to the city. After a while, the hanging basket was put down again, and Li Ping was sent to the front of the two armies again.

Cao Cao frowned and said, "What? What conditions are there for a full spoil? ”

Li Ping waved his hand again and again and said: "No, no, no, full of favor means that the four doors are blocked by rocks, and it will take a certain amount of time to dredge, and I also ask Cao Gong to give two hours." ”

Li Ping didn't lie in this matter, in order to prevent the city gate from being broken by the rushing car, Manzhong piled up countless masonry and wood behind the four gates, not to mention that the rushing car could not be broken, that is, it was cleaned up, and it really couldn't be cleaned up in two hours.

Cao Jun's car has knocked the city gate open a big opening, that opening can clearly see the situation behind the city gate, listening to Li Ping's words, Cao Cao has believed seven or eight points, but he is suspicious by nature, but he muttered: "Li Ping, you go back to the city, if you dare to play any tricks, you will set fire to the number, and Cao Mou should be outside the house, after the matter is completed, Cao Mou will let you do this Jiujiang Taishou!" ”

Li Ping was overjoyed, even thanked him, and returned to Shouchun City in a hurry. The hanging basket "squeaked" and pulled Li Ping up, and when he arrived at the city, Li Ping seemed to have really become a hero who rescued the soldiers and civilians of the city, and walked towards the city tower with his head held high.

As soon as he entered the city tower, he suddenly heard the full pet shouting: "Li Ping is collaborating with the enemy, and if he is not taken down from the left and right, when will he stay?" ”

The soldiers on both sides pounced like wolves and pushed Li Ping to the ground. Li Ping shouted that he was wronged, but he saw Man Chong pointing to the side and said, "Where do you look? ”

Li Ping turned his head to look, only to see that the few people in the clan who had conspired with him were all tied to the side in despair.

It turned out that after Li Ping went out of the city for the second time, Man Chong sent troops to control all the scholars in the city, and those who went to prison were imprisoned, and those who were raided were raided. Then, Man Chong urgently reorganized the surviving local officers and soldiers and the people, and added some brave young and strong people, and divided them into two teams, each team consisted of about 700 soldiers and 6,000 people, and still maintained a local army of 500 people as a reserve.

Shouchun City suddenly became busy, the soldiers and the people seized the time to rest, and the people kept transporting stones, wood, and broken bricks to the city. The houses of the noble families were demolished, and all the materials that could be used were transported to the city. As for the things behind the city gates, not only were they not cleared, but they were blocked even more tightly.

Two hours passed quickly, and Cao Cao came to the front of the horse, and saw a familiar figure on the head of the city, which was full of favor. Cao Cao couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Boning, don't come unharmed." ”

Man Chong also arched his hand and said, "Gong Cao, Man is so polite." ”

Cao Cao raised his horsewhip and said, "Berning, let him pass the past, Cao will definitely not take it to heart." Now it's time to open the gates. ”

Man Pet laughed and said, "Thank you Cao Gong for your righteousness!" It's just that this city gate can't be opened, if Cao Gong wants to enter the city, please step over from Man! ”

Cao Cao was originally suspicious of Manzhong's surrender, but now after listening to Manzhong's words, he suddenly changed color and said: "Boning, if you don't surrender now, when Cao enters the city, it will be too late to regret it!" ”

Manzhong didn't answer, waved his hand behind him, and several soldiers escorted Li Ping and his people to the city, their hands raised their knives, blood burst out, and Li Ping and his people had already died.

Cao Cao finally couldn't hold it anymore, turned his horse back to his main formation, picked up the drumstick again, and shouted: "Siege!" ”

This time the offensive was even more fierce than yesterday, but after two hours of adjustment, the defense of the city was much tighter, and many soldiers and people had been less afraid and more resolute after yesterday's baptism of war.

Cao Cao raised his two stiff arms and beat the war drums again, and Cao's army went forward one after another, constantly attacking the walls of Shouchun like Hailang. Shouchun is like a small boat in the sea, which is in danger of capsizing at any time. But an hour has passed, and the black Chinese character flag is still flying high at the head of Shouchun City.

Cao Hong saw that Cao Cao was tired and sweating, so he hurriedly came to grab the drumstick, and said, "Lord, you can rest for a while, let the end come." ”

Cao Cao pushed him and said, "Cao Hong listens to orders!" You are limited to take Shouchun City within one hour, otherwise you will be beheaded first! ”