After receiving Liu Yong's letter, Zhang Shao grinned.

"Haha, my imperial sister-in-law is really powerful, such a clever arrangement, General Ben doesn't believe that Deng Ai and Sima Banru are not fooled?"

"General Zhang can't be quiet, as long as he arranges it at night." The eunuch was worried about being heard by others and reminded Zhang Shaodao.

Zhang Shao burned the letter.

"You can go back and reply to Your Majesty, and say that General Ben will do what he wants."

The eunuch leaves.

Outside the city, the camp of Cao Wei's army:

Deng Ai and Sima Banru sat across from each other.

"General Deng came to take Shu Han this time, and he was like a bamboo along the way, but he was repeatedly frustrated near the capital, and Ben Hou has played my father according to the facts, and asked him to send another capable person to come." Sima Banru snorted angrily.

Deng Ai's face was expressionless.

"Marquis Sima played the Jin King to change the general, I'm afraid the original intention is not to be frustrated by the general, but to the honored lady in the city, right?"

"So what?" Sima Banru did not hide it, "If your concubine is captured by the enemy, I am afraid that General Deng has already commanded his soldiers to attack the city." ”

Deng Ai turned his face away in anger.

A Chinese guard poked his head and glanced into the tent, as if he had something to say.

Deng Ai understood, and walked out with his sword in his hand.

"But is something going on?"

The Chinese officer handed over two pieces of bamboo slips to Deng Ai.

"Lord Chen Ji in the city sent someone to bring this letter, and the villain was afraid that there was something urgent, so he didn't dare to delay."

Deng Ai did not open the animal skin strap tied to the bamboo slips, but thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Where is the messenger now?" ”

"The man was afraid that he would be discovered by the defenders of the city, so he returned immediately after delivering this letter." said the lieutenant officer.

A sneer appeared on Deng Ai's face.

"Go back and keep quiet."

The lieutenant officer left.

Deng Ai opened the bamboo slip at this time, but after only reading the words on it, he casually threw it into the grass on the side.

"It's a small plan, how can you fool General Ben."

The curtain of the big tent was opened, and Sima Banru, who was full of anger, walked out.

"General Deng is in contact with the city, why should he deceive Ben Hou?"

Deng Ai's brows tightened.

"This letter is fraudulent, intended to induce General Ben to send troops, but General Ben was not fooled, so he did not have time to return to Hou Ye."

"General Deng is suspicious all day long, in Ben Hou's opinion, he is deliberately delaying time, and his intention is to prevent Ben Hou and his concubine from seeing each other." Sima Banru said, took out the saber at his waist and rummaged through the grass for a while, picking up the two bamboo slips.

Deng Ai shook his head and said nothing.

With a "snap", Sima Banru threw the bamboo slip at Deng Ai's feet.

"Benhou Aifei has fled the palace and is being hunted down everywhere, and there is Chen Ji as an internal response in the city.

Deng Ai still shook his head.

"Master Hou, don't worry, this letter is definitely not written by Chen Ji, rashly entering the army, you will definitely lose."

"Haven't you read the Art of War?" Sima Banru was anxious, "Since ancient times, the soldiers have been fast, if you delay for no reason, don't you want to kill Concubine Benhou?" If General Deng refuses to send troops, Ben Hou will personally lead the people of his headquarters to go forward, and when he rescues his concubine, he will take your dog's head. ”

"Master Hou can't be moved." Deng Ai shouted.

Sima Banru swung his sword and slashed at Deng Ai in an attempt to pull his hand, forcing Deng Ai to withdraw his hand.

Deng Ai knew very well in his heart that if he entered the army at this time, he would definitely encounter an ambush.

Deng Ai really guessed correctly, the letter was written by Zhang Shao according to Liu Yong's instructions, but he ignored one point, that is, it was written on bamboo slips, Chengdu City was heavily guarded, so it was almost impossible for the two pieces of bamboo to be taken out of the city without being known. Based on this, Deng Ai judged that the letter was fraudulent.

Sima Banru didn't think so.

He was dazed by Lin Yuniang, who was locked up in the city, where would he think of this layer?

The people of the headquarters mentioned by Sima Banru refer to the five thousand elite soldiers specially transferred by his father Sima Zhao from the Imperial Forest Army when he came, intending to protect this second son who only knows how to have fun all day long.

These people only obeyed the orders of Sima Banru alone.

Seeing that he couldn't stop him, Deng Ai had no choice but to return to the big tent and prepare to mobilize men and horses to follow Sima Banru in order to protect his safety.

At this moment, another lieutenant officer brought a feathered arrow that Chen Ji shot down from the city.

Chen Ji informed Deng Ai in the letter that Liu Yong was seriously ill, and he had already revealed the news to the guards in the city.

Deng Ai was overjoyed.

"Tell the people to come to the tent and listen to the command."

Just as Sima Banru's 5,000 elite soldiers were approaching the city gate, the men and horses commanded by Deng Ai had already bypassed the original attack route and ambushed on the other side of the city gate.

Zhang Shao, who had been guarding the city gate, saw Sima Banru's men and horses coming, thinking that they had really hit the plan, and immediately used the secret passage outside the city to attack them.

At the same time, another force sent by Liu Yong came from behind Sima Banru's army, forming a situation of encirclement.

Although the 5,000 Imperial Forest Army was valiant, it was quickly defeated and retreated in the face of the enemy.

Deng Ai, who was ambushed on the side of the city gate, saw that Sima Banru was in danger of being wiped out, but he never stood still.

"General Deng, if Marquis Sima is missing, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult for us to explain to King Jin." A general, worried that Sima Banru had been killed, reminded Deng Aidao.

Deng Ai sneered.

"Don't worry, I expect that the commander of the city will soon go out of the city to chase and kill in person, and then we can only seize the city, the capital will be occupied, the Shu army will naturally collapse, and the siege of Sima Hou Ye will naturally be solved."

All the generals had doubts on their faces.

"My royal sister-in-law is really clever." Zhang Shao stood on the city, seeing that the enemy's casualties had been six or seven out of ten, he was overjoyed and waved his hand to order, "Open the city gate, everyone will attack with me, kill the enemy in one fell swoop, and recover my lost territory." ”

The morale of the Shu army was greatly boosted, and they immediately opened the city gate to chase them out.

Before the time of a stick of incense had passed, the soldiers sent by Deng Ai had already come to the city.

"General Zhang returned victoriously and quickly opened the city to greet him."

Most of the soldiers defending the city had already followed Zhang Shao to attack, and the rest were celebrating the victory.

"General Zhang has returned victoriously and opened the city gate quickly." Chen Ji stood at the head of the city, leaning over to look at the people outside, and already knew in his heart that he had succeeded this time.

Before the city gate was opened, Chen Ji went down to the city and left quickly, he didn't want to become a ghost under the knife of Cao Wei's soldiers who didn't know the truth.

By the time the Shu soldiers who opened the city gate realized that they had been fooled, it was too late, and Cao Wei's army poured into the city like a tide.

Deng Ai took the lead.

"A reward for capturing the defenders alive."

"Those who hurt the people will be decided."

One general after another orders were quickly issued in Cao Wei's army.

Most of the defenders in the city were scattered at the gates of the city, and some were taken out of the city by Zhang Shao, plus the people sent by Liu Yong in advance, there were few people left in the city, and more people had no intention of resisting because they heard the news that Liu Yong was critically ill.

Cao Wei's army was like a locust that had fallen into a crop field, and in the blink of an eye, it had spread to all corners of the entire capital.

"Send troops to besiege the palace, no trespassing, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Deng Ai was worried that these red-eyed soldiers would rush into the palace, and immediately gave another order.

However, he was still a step late, and five hundred soldiers had already rushed into the palace under the leadership of Liu Hengji.