A few days ago, Zhang He received an order from Koji Yi to send troops to rescue Xiao Pei, and he didn't dare to delay and immediately gathered troops and horses to send troops with Guan Cheng.

And halfway to meet Wei Xu, who rushed to ask for help, the two sides met, Wei Xu explained his intention, Zhang He also said the order of the Yi general, Wei Xu was overjoyed and immediately followed back to help.

As the army was marching, a horse suddenly galloped in front of it, and the speed brought up smoke and dust all the way.

When the flying horse got close, it was a scout sent by Zhang He, who turned over and dismounted and said loudly: "Report to the general, Qiao Rui is leading the army to besiege Xiaopei on all sides, and the situation is very urgent!" ”

Wei Xu followed behind Zhang He, and the scout's report was heard clearly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to plead with Zhang He in his heart: "Xiaopeicheng has few soldiers, I am afraid it will be difficult to defend it for a long time, I hope the general will rush to save it!" ”

Even if Wei Xu doesn't say anything about this, Zhang He will do his best to rescue him, after all, this is what Liyi's general order is.

Zhang He motioned to the scout to continue to inquire about the news, and comforted Wei Xu: "General Wei is panicking, there are still thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiaopei City, and there are Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others in command, so they are safe for the time being. ”

Although Zhang He comforted Wei Xu so much, he also knew that the military situation was urgent, and he did not dare to be careless, so he immediately ordered the whole army to speed up.

Xiao Pei, Qiao Rui looked at the smooth attack of the army and showed pride, although the city wall had not yet been attacked at this time, but it was not too far away from breaking the city.

Although Le was killed by Zhang Liao last night, if he can capture Xiao Pei, he will be able to take revenge on Zhang Liao for Le, and he will be rewarded for his merits.

Before, he commanded the soldiers to capture Lu Bu alive, and now if he captures Xiaopei and kills Zhang Liao and others, he will be the first to send troops to Xuzhou this time.

Qiao Rui thought of this, and the smug look on his face was even greater.

On the city wall, Zhang Liao personally participated in the defense of the city, while desperately shouting to boost the morale of the soldiers, but Xiao Pei's situation became more and more critical.

Each wall was only guarded by more than 1,000 soldiers, but it had to face the crazy attack of 5,000 Yuan troops, and the difficulty of defense could be imagined.

If it weren't for the small city of Xiaopei, I'm afraid that these more than 1,000 soldiers would not be able to occupy the city wall.

Qiao Rui also saw this, and only then did he unscrupulously attack from all sides, and the gap in the strength of the two sides was too huge, and as time went by, the disadvantages of small numbers would become more and more obvious.

At this time, a soldier ran over in a panic and said to Zhang Liao: "Report to the general, the North Gate is in crisis, General Cheng Lian asks for reinforcements!" ”

Zhang Liao frowned when he heard the report, and now that the war has just started less than half a day, the north gate has been rescued, and if it goes on like this, it may be in danger of breaking the city before dark.

The north gate was in an emergency, and Zhang Liao had no choice but to order someone to send an order, asking Hao Meng to divide 500 troops to reinforce Chenglian.

There are still 1,000 men and horses in the city Hao Meng on standby, and the purpose is to reinforce the four gates at any time.

Zhang Liao originally thought that this thousand men and horses would not be used today, but the reality was cruel, and in only half a day, 500 people had been dispatched, which showed the fierceness of the war.

It was already noon, but Yuan's army was still desperately attacking, and there was no appearance of being ready to rest, as if he was determined to break through the city in one go.

The weather was very hot, Zhang Liao was wearing thick armor, which was already soaked with sweat, and shouted that he had not eaten a drop of water for a long time, and at this time he only felt a hot pain in his throat, which seemed to be unbearable as if he was on fire.

After a long period of exposure to the sun and lack of water, the soldier's lips had already dried and cracked, and occasionally beads of sweat flowed to his mouth, so he hurriedly stretched out his tongue and licked it clean, for fear of missing a drop.

Although the bitter and salty sweat makes people thirsty, it is also very satisfying to have a short period of moisture.

The defenders of the city are like this, and so is the Yuan army outside the city, at this time, the two sides are competing not only for strength, but also for perseverance.

Zhang Liao slashed down a Yuan Jun who had just emerged on the ladder, then looked in the direction of Pengcheng, and muttered in his heart: "If you don't come again, everything will be over!" ”

Zhang Liao was not afraid of death, but he didn't want to die so early.

As a general, dying on the battlefield is the highest honor, but Lu Bu's wife and daughter are all in the city, once the city is broken and captured, he will inevitably be humiliated, and the end will be more miserable than death.

Because of this, Zhang Liao is so looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements soon.

"Report to the general!"

Just when Zhang Liao was distracted, a soldier shouted loudly: "Ximen is in danger, please send reinforcements!" ”

It was Cao Xing who guarded the west gate.

Zhang Liao had no choice but to order the last 500 soldiers in the city to reinforce Ximen, and from this moment on, there were no more available soldiers in the city, and the real decisive battle came.

Whether it is life or death, everything can only depend on the will of heaven.

Qiao Rui, who had been observing the siege outside the city, heard the deputy general's report that the west gate and the north gate were going well, and laughed: "I will sleep in Xiaopei City tonight!" ”

Xiao immediately ordered that a thousand soldiers be drawn from the east gate and the south gate to attack the west gate and the north gate, and it was bound to break through these two gates.

Zhang Liao in the city saw Qiao Rui transfer some soldiers to the west gate and the north gate, although he was anxious, he was helpless.

Time passed little by little, and the sun slowly turned west, but the brutal siege continued.

Yuan's army started attacking at dawn, and it has been almost a whole day, and both sides have reached the limit of physical strength and perseverance, and the competition is who can hold on for a little longer.

Zhang Liao numbly waved the big knife in his hand, his arms were extremely sore at this time, but he was still gritting his teeth and insisting.

Suddenly, I heard a faint shout from the west: "The city is broken, the city is broken!" ”

Zhang Liao was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't know whether it was true or not, but he was afraid that the soldiers would panic and hurriedly shouted: "Don't panic, this is the enemy's plan!" ”

At this moment, a soldier stumbled over and said with a crying voice: "General Qiqi Zhang, General Cao Xing was injured by a stray arrow and could not command, and now the Yuan army has captured the city!" ”

"What?"

Cao Xing was the best shooter among the eight strong generals, but he didn't want to be injured by a stray arrow, which shocked Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao looked at the passionate Yuan army outside the city, his eyes were split, he knew that Xiao Pei could no longer be defended, and just wanted to order the whole army to retreat, but suddenly saw a riot in the rear of the Yuan army.

Zhang Liao hurriedly looked into the distance, only to see a large army appear in the rear of the Yuan army at some point, although the sky was getting darker, he could still vaguely see a big Zhang character embroidered on the handsome flag.

"It's Zhang He!"

When Zhang Liao saw Shuai Qi, he was overjoyed, and shouted in his mouth: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming, kill with me!" ”

At this time, not only Zhang Liao saw the arrival of reinforcements, but all the soldiers in the city saw it clearly, and immediately swept away the decline just now, as if bursting out with infinite power, and immediately killed the Yuan army who took the opportunity to attack the city wall.

Qiao Rui outside the city also saw Zhang He leading the troops to kill, and he hated it in his heart.

At this time, Ximen has been attacked by himself, as long as there is a moment, the entire Xiaopei's defenders will be defeated, but at this critical moment, Zhang He led the troops to kill, making all today's efforts in vain, really angry!

The reason why Qiao Rui was so anxious to break through Xiaopei was that he was worried that Zhang He would come to reinforcements, and he didn't want to be half a step late.

Now that the army is attacking the city for a day, the physical strength of the soldiers has already reached the limit, and there is no chance of victory in the face of the vigorous Zhang He's army.

Qiao Rui was also a decisive person, knowing that things could no longer be done, and he did not procrastinate, so he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.

Zhang Liao looked at Yuan Jun, who was receding like a tide, grinned, and suddenly sat down on the city wall with a relaxed expression.

"It feels good to be alive!" ”

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