It was nearly dusk, and under the slanting sun, a cavalry was speeding on its own.

The broken banner of the word "Deng" drifted away in the wind like dead branches and leaves.

The wind was a little cold, and Xu Han, who was sitting on the big black horse, subconsciously tightened his armor and pulled the wind towel wrapped in his face up.

The afterglow of the remnant sun tore a long oblique shadow behind him, rolling up a long cloud of dust from the east to the west of the avenue.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Han raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and in his knife-like eyes, the outline of the city wall gradually came into view.

Xu Han's heart gradually became excited, and an inexplicable blood was quietly boiling.

Shencheng has finally arrived.

Xu Han ordered to speed up his advance, and the formation was scattered, trying to show the appearance of a rout and fleeing.

Seeing Shencheng getting closer and closer, Xu Han said to the person beside him: "Shencheng has arrived, it's up to you." ”

The man's hands were secretly tied to the saddle, and Cheng Ping followed closely beside him, pressing the big knife in his hand, looking like he was about to kill at any time.

"If it happens, will you really keep your word?" The man's gloomy face revealed a bit of suspicion.

Xu Han laughed, "I, Xu Han, have always been true to my word, and besides, you have no room to negotiate conditions with me now, I hope you are clear about your situation." ”

The man's expression was slightly awe-inspiring, and he was silent.

As he spoke, the team approached the east gate of Shencheng.

At this time, the defenders of Shencheng were still nearly 2,000 people, and these people had already heard the news of the defeat of Shanchun City and the fall of Kaifeng.

Because Deng Yinshuo hastily withdrew west to Guanzhong, he did not have time to give orders to the defenders of Huaishang, not only Huai, but almost all of Deng Tong's districts have now cut off contact with Deng Yinshuo and fallen into an embarrassing situation of fighting their own battles.

The two thousand Xuan troops in Shencheng already felt abandoned by Deng Yinshuo, and the generals were anxiously thinking about how to plan for their future.

When the sentinel came to report that a team of soldiers and horses had appeared in the east of the city, the city suddenly fell into a panic, and two thousand restless soldiers and horses quickly went to the city to be on guard.

That cavalry came from the direction of Kaifeng in the east, and the Xuan army in Shencheng thought that it should be killed by the Yi army.

Li Zhenwei's victory over the world is a foregone conclusion, and his return to the country should be in accordance with the time.

That's what most people think in their hearts.

However, when the image of that cavalry came into view, everyone was surprised.

It was not a soldier of the Yi country, but a defeated army of the embarrassed Xuan army.

Shencheng was quite close to Feng, and many ownerless rout troops had fled recently, and the vigilance of the defenders in the city immediately relaxed a lot.

However, they did not choose to open the city gate and let the defeated army enter, after all, the current situation is chaotic, and it is safe to put it first, how can they easily let other troops enter the city.

In a moment, the cavalry stopped in front of the moat, and the knights shouted to open the door and let them into the city.

The Xuan army defending the city refused to open the door on the grounds that they had not received military orders.

This disguised Xuan army is exactly what Xu Han and his subordinates are pretending to be.

After several battles some time ago, Xu Han captured a large number of armor of the Xuan army, and it was not a problem to disguise a 500 cavalry.

The problem is that superficial disguise alone is not enough to deceive the gates of Shencheng.

However, Xu Han also brought a secret weapon with him on this trip.

"It's time, it's time for you to make an appearance." Xu Han used a commanding tone, and the person next to him was human.

The man nodded helplessly.

As he spoke, a path was split in front, and Cheng Ping watched the man in the back until he reached the moat.

The man cleared his throat and shouted on his back, "I'm Xiao Zhennan, are you blind, why don't you open the city gate and let Ben Jiang in." ”

The eyes of the Xuan army in the city shot at the person who shouted, and for a moment, everyone was taken aback.

That person is Xiao Zhennan.

This is also the clever plan that Liu Xu offered to Xu Han.

Thinking of breaking through Shencheng quickly, the best strategy is naturally to surrender the army without a fight, deceive the city gate, and the army will rush in.

Xiaozhen Nanjiu Town Shencheng, the Xuan army here is his old department, as long as he appears, why worry about the city gate not open.

Sure enough, the Xuan army in the city was all pleasantly surprised when they saw Xiao Zhennan appear, even if someone was clamoring to open the city gate.

However, there were still people who had doubts and asked loudly, "General Xiao, why did you appear here?" ”

Xiao Zhennan was captured by Xu Han, this is a well-known thing, and now he suddenly appeared under Shencheng without warning, which will naturally make people puzzled.

"This general killed Xu Han's guards and fled back to Kaifeng, but when Shanchun City was defeated, this general was ordered by His Majesty to come and collect the army of Shencheng and retreat westward, and you won't open the door soon!"

Xiao Zhennan followed Xu Han's words in advance, and shouted at his old department.

Xu Han made up such excuses because he considered that the defenders of Shencheng would be suspicious of Xiao Zhennan's appearance, and in order to better create a false image, he also deliberately copied a small road to the east of Shencheng to show that Xiao Zhennan was indeed coming from the direction of Kaifeng.

As soon as Xiao Zhennan explained like this, the suspicion of his old department suddenly decreased, and seeing that the old master was in front of him, where did he dare to hesitate anymore, and hurriedly shouted to open the city.

The drawbridge was slowly lowered, the city gate slowly opened, and this Huaishang governance office had opened its arms to Xu Han.

The corners of Xu Han's mouth flashed with a hint of a smile, he patted Xiao Zhennan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "General Xiao is doing a good job, you just wait here for a while, and after a while, I will have a good drink with you in Shencheng." ”

Xiao Zhennan's face was gloomy, and his mouth grinned, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Sitting on his leg and clamping the horse's belly, Xu Han jumped on the suspension bridge, his long knife was horizontal, and shouted: "Go into the city with Ben!" ”

The whistle was like thunder, and the murderous aura was awe-inspiring.

I saw that black shadow, shot out like lightning, and went straight to the city gate.

Behind him, the sound of five hundred iron horsemen suddenly screamed, rushing across the suspension bridge like a torrent, and following Xu Han up.

Seeing this situation, the defenders of the city realized that they seemed to have fallen into a ploy and were anxious to close the city gates.

Only, it's too late.

Xu Han took the lead, crashed into the city gate, swept out with a big sword, and cut the two enemy soldiers who wanted to close the door in two.

The rest of the Xuan army was intimidated by his divine might, and they were stunned for a while.

Only for this moment's hesitation, a large number of iron horsemen then surged in, and the rolling iron flow crushed those panicked Xuan troops wantonly.

Xu Han rode his horse and danced the knife, and the big knife did not leave a single life, and went straight to the city.

Facing the two Xuan soldiers with spears to block, Xu Han shouted violently, and the big knife rolled out like a wheel, and in a burst of miserable howls, the two enemy generals were smashed with guns and people.

Angry at the head of the city, Xu Han galloped to the direction of the city tower, swept out the big knife, and made a loud "click", cutting off the banner with the word "Deng".

"Where are the bannermen?" Xu Han shouted.

The cavalry carrying the flag rushed to the scene, and Xu Han's ape arm stretched out, snatched the red flag, and slammed it into the city.

Under the remnant sun, the big banner with the word "Xu" is flying in the wind.

Shencheng changed hands.

The 2,000 Xuan troops who stayed in Shencheng were already panicked, and they rushed to Xu Han's group of morale-boosting iron cavalry, and in a moment they killed ghosts and wolves, and asked to surrender.

When night fell, Xu Han had completely controlled Shencheng.

Shencheng is worthy of being the largest city in Huaishang County, and no matter the size of the city or the population, it is far from being better than Qianyang.

After nightfall, Xu Han was already sitting in the magnificent Taishou Mansion in Shencheng, taking all the fine wine hidden in the mansion and rewarding the victorious soldiers.

Zhu has won a streak in the near future, and now he has won Shencheng, the more morale is growing, all of them are in good spirits, and this wine banquet is very good.

Xiao Zhennan, who was a prisoner, was also honored to attend this time.

Now Emperor Deng of Xuan State is no longer Xu Han's number one enemy, Xu Han has the heart of Lian Xuan's resistance, and Xiao Zhennan is very obedient to deceive him to open the gate of Shencheng, Xu Han will naturally treat this Deng Huang general a little kindly.

Xiao Zhennan during the banquet could only have a sad face, forcing Xu Han to laugh.

Xu Han drank happily this night, and he didn't know when he got drunk, and when he woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun.

After the other party finished washing, Si Wen's meticulous work sent the latest information, saying that Li Zhenwei sent Lin Ao, the general of the Yue cavalry, Li Li, the prince of the Li Huang family, and Jiang Yao, the governor of the Zhongli Supervision Army, to act as the prime minister of the marching army, and to ride 20,000 horses, which were sent from Kaifeng, and came to Shencheng in the starry night.

When he heard this information, Xu Han couldn't help frowning.

It is not surprising that Li Zhenwei sent troops to fight for Shencheng, but to Xu Han's surprise, Li Zhenwei actually sent 20,000 soldiers and horses, and among them was Lin Ao, a former subordinate.

At present, Xu Han's total strength is about 15,000 people, of which the elite are 6,000 foot cavalry, including the Shenxing Cavalry and the Iron Floating Slaughter.

In order to capture Shencheng, Xu Han has transferred all 6,000 soldiers and horses, among which the infantry army commanded by Tang Mo is still on the way to Shencheng.

Although Li Zhenwei's soldiers and horses are not as elite as Deng Yinshuo, they are not inferior to his own army.

6,000 against 20,000, in terms of troops, Xu Han is obviously at a considerable disadvantage.

"Liu Xu, this old slippery head is really right, Li Zhenwei attaches great importance to me, it seems that this time it is surprisingly ...... win."

Xu Han thought about it in his heart, so he called for an order to Tang Mo, ordering his infantry to speed up to Shencheng.

Then, Xu Han took more than ten horsemen out of the city to survey the terrain near Shencheng.

As a general, you can not know the time, the people, but you must not know the location.

Xu Han spared a few miles of Shencheng, and finally climbed a small hill on the northeast side, raised his eyes to look at the surrounding situation, and gradually swept a little strange color in the condensed eagle eyes.

"Cheng Ping, if you were the commander of the Yi army, where would you choose to set up camp?" Xu Han suddenly asked.

Cheng Ping, who was next to him, glanced around, raised his finger and said: "The Yi army is coming from the east, and it will inevitably take the east gate of Shencheng as the main direction of attack. ”

Under the supervision of Xu Han, Cheng Ping also studied the art of war more, and recently he has also made great progress in marching and camping.

"Very good, it seems that you haven't read the military book in vain lately." Xu Han nodded slightly and praised.

Receiving Xu Han's praise, Cheng Pinglu was excited, scratched the back of his head and said with a smile: "This is not thanks to the general's supervision, otherwise I would not be a big boss." ”

Xu Han stopped talking, his eyes fell on the area that Cheng Ping was referring to, there was a deep light in his eyes, and he was secretly thinking about the strategy of using troops in his heart.

After pondering for a long time, Xu Han's tightly locked brows relaxed, and the corners of his mouth raised a sudden smile, and then he asked again: "Now that the 20,000 elites of the Yi army are coming, how should our army respond in your opinion?" ”

"No matter how many Yi troops there are, what are you afraid of, I am willing to lead the army to fight to the death with the Yi army." Cheng Ping replied without hesitation, full of pride.

Cheng Ping is still the same Cheng Ping, brave and brave, but he still lacks a bit of wisdom.

Xu Han sighed secretly in his heart, but said with a smile: "Ben will know that you are not afraid of death, but you have to remember that the way of using soldiers is to pay attention to the harmony of Qi Zheng, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred yourself, and the brutal fighting method must not be used lightly unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

"Hmm."

Cheng Ping was educated by Xu Han, and he was not unhappy, and said with a confused face: "Forgive me for being stupid, I don't know how the general plans to deal with the enemy?" ”

"One word - dig!"

"Digging?"

Cheng Ping could still have any strange plans for Xu Han, but he didn't want to hear only one word "digging", and he couldn't help but feel more and more at a loss.

Just as he was about to ask carefully, Xu Han had already laughed and turned his horse down the mountain and looked straight at Shencheng.

"General Xu's wisdom is really unfathomable, how can I figure it out with my elm head......" Cheng Ping muttered in his heart, and hurriedly turned his horse to chase after him.