Zhang Yan and the others galloped all the way, and encountered many burned villages on the way, even if there were no traces of people in these villages, they still did not escape the catastrophe.

Zhang Yan could guess with his toes that this must be what Lejin had done, to vent the defeat he had encountered in Peicheng.

The group soon arrived at the boundary of Pengcheng, and at this time, Zhang Yan became cautious, slowed down his march, and approached Pengcheng little by little.

In order to let the defenders in Pengcheng know that they had completed the task of burning Cao's army's grain and grass, Zhang Yan specially selected three soldiers to go back to report the news first.

At the same time, Zhang Yan successively sent more than a dozen sentries to the front to investigate, and he led the army to march slowly.

After walking for about a few miles, the sentries sent out by Zhang Yan returned one after another, bringing back a scout of Cao's army.

Zhang Yan ordered the army to stop where it was, and let people bring the scout of the Cao army to his side, and said sharply: "I ask you something, you must answer truthfully, otherwise, I will let you not survive, and you can't die." ”

Cao Jun's scout glanced at Zhang Yan, his eyes were full of contempt, and he snorted coldly: "If you want to kill, you have to be killed, listen to it!" ”

Zhang Yan looked at this scout of Cao Jun and sneered: "Very good, but there is a bit of backbone." Judging by your age, you should be twenty-five or sixteen years old, and if you are not willing to answer my question, I will not kill you. As I said, I will make you unable to live, and you will not be able to die. If you are willing to answer my question, I will not embarrass you and let you go immediately. What do you think? ”

Cao Jun scout did not answer Zhang Yan's question, but just stared at Zhang Yan with a pair of eyes viciously, without the slightest fear.

Seeing that Cao Jun's scouts ignored him, Zhang Yan sneered, and said to a few Danyang soldiers: "Press him to the ground, rip off his pants, and use a knife to cut off the thing in his crotch, and make him a eunuch......"

As soon as the voice fell, the four Danyang soldiers immediately took action, pressing the Cao Army scout directly to the snow, and the other Danyang soldier instantly ripped off the Cao Army scout's pants, holding a sharp long knife in his hand, and gently touched the root of the scout with the tip of the knife.

The Cao Jun scout was so frightened that he lay on the ground and didn't dare to struggle, for fear that his lifeline would be cut off because of his struggle. He never expected that Zhang Yan would use such a bad trick against himself, and after cutting off his life, he would become a eunuch.

He would rather die than become a eunuch, so he hurriedly shouted: "I said I said, what do you ask, as long as I know, I will answer you, please don't let me become a eunuch, my family has nine generations of single inheritance, just me am a man, I have not passed on the ancestry......"

A smile appeared on Zhang Yan's face, and he said lightly: "I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place?" ”

After saying that, he waved his hand to the Danyang soldiers, motioning for them to let go of the Cao army scout.

With a sad face, the Cao Jun scout hurriedly got up from the ground, lifted his pants, and stood there, motionless. But because of the fright just now, my legs trembled unconsciously.

Zhang Yan hurriedly asked, "Let me ask you, has Cao Cao ever retired now?" ”

The scout of Cao Jun replied truthfully: "The lord has not withdrawn his troops......"

"Didn't retreat?" Zhang Yan was a little puzzled.

He has already burned Cao Jun's grain and grass, Cao Jun has nothing to eat, what are he staying here for?

"Where is Cao Cao stationed now?" Zhang Yan asked sharply.

Cao Jun scouted: "It is still stationed outside Pengcheng City. ”

Zhang Yan carefully interrogated some of the circumstances of this Cao Jun scout, and the Cao Jun scout answered them one by one. But Zhang Yan still didn't dare to guarantee whether this Cao Jun scout was telling the truth, so he asked people to temporarily tie up the Cao Jun scout and quietly wait for the people he sent out to come back.

After about a meal, the scouts sent out by Zhang Yan came back one by one, and reported to Zhang Yan the situation of Cao Jun that they had heard, which was basically consistent with Cao Jun's scouts' answers.

Zhang Yan, who has always been cautious, was still a little uneasy, so he asked people to take off the clothes of Cao Jun's scouts, change into that outfit himself, and leave the army hidden here, planning to go to Cao Ying to find out.

Zhang Yan changed his clothes, jumped on horseback, galloped away, and disappeared without a trace.

He walked all the way along Surabaya, walked about seven or eight miles, and saw rows of Cao army's camps standing on the bank of the Surabaya River, and groups of Cao army came out of the camp and headed towards Pengcheng in the distance.

"Cao's army grain and grass were destroyed, but Cao Cao did not retreat but advanced, what did he want to do?" Zhang Yan looked at Cao Jun from afar, his heart full of questions.

Zhang Yanyi was bold, and after some thought, he decided to enter the Cao army camp alone to find out.

Because he was wearing the clothes of Cao Jun's scouts, he did not arouse Cao Jun's suspicion at all when he gradually approached Cao Jun's camp.

When he was still more than ten meters away from Cao's military camp, he suddenly saw Cao Cao wearing armor and slowly walking out of Cao's military camp under the protection of more than ten generals, his expression was solemn, and a pair of gloomy eyes shot a breathtaking cold.

Zhang Yan stopped, afraid that if he got too close, he would show his horse's feet, and stood quietly on the edge of Cao's camp, but his eyes looked around.

He noticed that Cao's army was almost all dispatched this time, and there were only a few hundred soldiers left in the camp, and it seemed that Cao Cao was ready to give it a go and storm Pengcheng.

Zhang Yan didn't dare to stay in one place for a long time, so he walked around the Cao military camp and spied on the situation of the Cao military camp clearly.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

At this moment, there was a deafening sound of war drums not far away, Zhang Yan turned his head to look, but seeing a group of people outside Pengcheng City, Cao Jun was like a black torrent, letting out a terrifying shout, surging towards Pengcheng.

The dilapidated Pengcheng is like a flat boat in the sea, whether it can withstand the turbulent waves of Cao Jun, everything is unknown.

Zhang Yan's heart was full of thoughts, he didn't think about it, he immediately withdrew from Cao Ying, and quickly returned to the place where the army was assembled, in his eyes, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to force Cao Cao to retreat, and he did it here.

"Drive!"

Zhang Yan desperately waved the horsewhip, his legs tightly clamped the horse's belly, returned to the station as fast as possible, put on his armor again, and galloped towards the Cao military camp with more than 2,000 strong Danyang soldiers.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan deliberately asked people to kill the Cao army scout sacrifice flag, and used the blood of the Cao army scout to burn the anger of the Danyang soldiers.

More than 2,000 cavalry, under the leadership of Zhang Yan, rushed all the way along the banks of the Surabaya River, and soon saw the Cao army camps standing on the banks of the river.

Pengcheng in the distance, there is a fierce battle, the Cao army is like ants to attack Pengcheng, the Xuzhou soldiers in Pengcheng swore to resist, not an inch of land, and Cao Jun fought bloodily on the head of the city.

Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian personally risked the arrow stone to command the city, the captain Cao Bao led the Danyang soldiers to guard Tao Qian, and Chen Deng was also wounded on the city tower to command.

From time to time, the people of Xuzhou can be seen on the city tower, they brave the arrows of the Cao army, transport arrows to the arrows on the city tower, and carry the Xuzhou soldiers who were killed or injured on the city tower down the city tower.

At this moment, the army and people of Xuzhou are united in their efforts, and they are fighting against Cao Cao's majestic army with a small city, and the intensity of the battle is indescribable.

"Kill! Kill me! The first person who ascends the city will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the person who cuts off Tao Qian's dog head will be rewarded with ten thousand gold! In the military formation, Cao Cao, who had been watching the battle, pulled the reins of the horses, kept spinning in place, waving the Yitian Sword in his hand, and let out hysterical shouts.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the soldiers of the Cao army climbed towards Pengcheng desperately for the high bounty, and launched a new round of onslaught on Pengcheng.

In the face of a new round of onslaught by the Cao army, the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou reluctantly resisted for a while, and became more and more powerless, and there was a shortage of troops in several places.

At this moment, Cao Ren, the vanguard general of the Cao army, stretched out his hand extremely quickly, he held a long knife, quickly climbed the ladder, and climbed towards the city wall.

The long knife danced wildly, Cao Ren hacked to death one after another Xuzhou soldiers who came to stop him, took the lead in climbing the wall of Pengcheng, relying on his bravery, and killed a cone of land at the head of the city, becoming the first person to climb the head of the city under the heavy reward.

Behind him, the soldiers of the Cao army climbed up to the top of the city one after another and started a bloody battle with the Xuzhou soldiers at the head of the city.

Cao Cao, who had been restless on horseback, finally got some comfort in his heart when he saw such a scene, and said loudly: "The land of projectiles, dare to stop me Cao Cao?" Tonight, I want to use the head of Tao Qian's old man to pay tribute to my deceased father and all the soldiers who died in battle! ”

"Fire! Blaze! ”

Cao Cao's laughter was mixed with the smell of arrogance, his laughter was still echoing in the air, Dian Wei next to him suddenly shouted, he hurriedly turned his head to look, but saw that the Cao military camps on the bank of the Surabaya River were in flames, and the huge fire dragons were devouring everything with the help of the wind, and many Cao soldiers were on fire, rushing out of the camp, and let out a miserable wail.

Before Cao Cao could react, there was a burst of screams from the military array in the right rear, and more than 2,000 cavalry were like falling from the sky, under the leadership of a young general, like a sharp knife, directly into the back of Cao Jun, like a bamboo, unstoppable.

Cao Cao sent almost all his troops to attack the city, and there were only more than 1,000 Cao troops around him, and he saw that he was about to capture Pengcheng, but something happened at this juncture.

First the grain and grass were destroyed, then the military camp was burned, and now he was threatened by a sudden cavalry, Cao Cao was in turmoil.

At this moment, what happened in the rear of the Cao army had affected the Cao army that was besieging the city, and they saw the sky-high fire by the riverside, as well as a force of Xuzhou soldiers who almost wanted to surround their commander, and the army's morale was shaken, and their morale plummeted.

On the contrary, the Xuzhou soldiers in Pengcheng were inspired when they saw such a scene, and the soldiers fought desperately to fight hard, trying to repel the Cao army!

"Lord, the barracks have been burned, and now our army has no grain left, and Pengcheng will be difficult to conquer for a while, please make a decision quickly!" Guo Jia, who had been staying by Cao Cao's side, saw these scenes and hurriedly said.

Cao Cao understood what Guo Jia meant, glanced at Tao Qian on Pengcheng again, and ordered hatefully: "Withdraw the army and return to Yanzhou!" ”