The defenders turned the winch, and the suspension bridge slowly lowered, making a rattling sound. Seeing that he could finally enter the city, Cheng Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and called on his brothers to bend over and bow, and thank Wu Shi profusely.

Seeing that they knew how to repay their kindness, Wu Shi was very satisfied. He thought to himself that he had not wasted his time to make an independent decision. He waved his hands and said with a smile: "We are all brothers, so there is no need to talk about these false etiquettes. Chief Cheng

, take the brothers into the city quickly, lest the Shu army comes after you and takes the opportunity to seize the city."

Cheng Sheng replied loudly: "What Sima said is true." The general waved his hand and shouted to the more than 200 sergeants behind him: "Brothers, go home."

Everyone cheered and ran to the city gate happily. Seeing that Cheng Sheng was quite talented, Wu Shi wanted to win him over to his side, so he went from the top of the city to the city gate to greet him personally.

"Captain Cheng, you are so lucky to have escaped death! Brother, I have sent someone to report the news of General Lou's defeat to General Duan Cheng. He is on his way here and will ask you for questions.

So let's go to the city tower and wait, and as for the brothers under your command, someone will arrange for them." Wu Shi said kindly while patting Cheng Sheng's arm enthusiastically.

Cheng Sheng cupped his fists and said, "Thank you Wu Sima for your kindness. Brother, I appreciate it. As for whether to see General Duan or not, I have my own opinion, so I won't bother Sima to arrange it. Everyone, do it!" After saying that, he quickly drew out the sword around his waist.

, put it on Wu Shi’s neck.

Wu Shi asked in confusion: "Brother Cheng, you...what are you doing? If you have something to say, please tell me."

"What is Brother Cheng doing? This Sima, don't you understand? Of course he is working with us to revive the Han Dynasty!" At this time, a tall man walked out of the crowd and said with a smile on his face.

Wu Shi finally came to his senses and exclaimed: "Ah, you are the Shu army? Dog thieves, you dare to deceive me, the army will quickly defeat them..."

Cheng Sheng swung the knife diagonally downward, slitting Wu Shi's throat in an instant, making it impossible for him to say what he said next. Wu Shi covered his neck with blood spattered with his left hand, and pointed at Cheng Sheng with his right hand, with his face

Full of regret and unwillingness, he fell to the ground on his back with a bang and died.

Cheng Sheng looked at his body and sighed, then turned around and saluted the man who came over with clasped fists: "General Qi, I'm lucky to be worthy of my humble duty."

"Haha, you did a good job. I will personally ask Yang Shijun for your credit." Qi Hu chopped down a Wei soldier who was charging towards him and knocked him to the ground, nodding and smiling.

Cheng Sheng said: "Thank you, General, for your cultivation." After saying that, he also brandished his sword and rushed into the enemy group.

It turned out that the more than two hundred defeated soldiers were disguised as Han troops. They had carefully designed it to gain the city. Of course, in order to deceive the Wei army guarding the city, there were still 20 or 30 surrendered soldiers who sincerely surrendered among them. When the Wei army saw it on the city

There are familiar faces, and the alertness in my heart is indeed reduced a lot.

As for Cheng Sheng, he did not surrender his troops, or to be more precise, he did not surrender his troops this time when the Han army went north to attack Micheng and captured prisoners of war. Instead, he sincerely surrendered after the end of the Han army's first Northern Expedition last year.

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The Han army achieved a complete victory in the first Northern Expedition and captured no less than 10,000 people from the Wei army. Because Cao Wei implemented the wrong service law of controlling the families of soldiers as hostages, only a few prisoners were willing to surrender to the Han army.

In order to better deal with these captives, Yang Qing offered advice to Zhuge Liang at that time, either surrendering them with great righteousness, or breaking them up and placing them in remote places in Nanzhong to serve as coolies, or breaking them up and placing them in Hanzhong to farm and accumulate grain, or releasing them with travel expenses.

It goes home.

Cheng Sheng was the only son in the family, and he was originally one of the people who collected travel expenses and returned home. However, he was deeply moved when he saw that the Han army was not cruel, not bloodthirsty, and treated people with benevolence and righteousness. He took the initiative to find Ma Su, who was responsible for placing the prisoners, and expressed his willingness to stay and surrender.

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Later, when people from the Youwei Mansion heard about this, seeing that Cheng Sheng was alert and sincere in his submission, they recruited him as a Youwei and sent him back to the Wei army to serve as an agent.

After Cheng Sheng returned to Cao Wei's army and successfully lurked, he was dispatched several times to garrison in Qicheng. At this critical moment of the battle, he finally played a huge role tonight and deceived the gate of Qicheng into opening in one fell swoop.

More than two hundred Han troops suddenly launched an attack. The Wei troops at the city gate were unable to react in time. They were quickly driven back by Qi Hu and Cheng Sheng, leaving control of the city gate to the Han troops.

At this time, Duan Cheng, the guard general of the Wei army, rushed to the west city. He was shocked to learn that the defeated troops were disguised as Han troops, and he hurriedly summoned his troops to counterattack.

However, it was too late. Suddenly, there were bursts of rapid horse hooves outside the city, followed by deafening shouts of killing. It turned out that Feng Chong was leading the cavalry over.

Two thousand cavalry rushed through the city gate very quickly. The hundreds of Wei troops in the west city could not resist. Feng Chong led the cavalry to kill them with only one charge, and they were defeated and fled in all directions.

Duan Cheng saw that the situation here was over, and rushed to the south city to defend it. However, there were only more than 2,000 Wei troops in the city, and only 2,000 people were recruited. With the fall of the west city and the morale of the army being unstable, even if the two sides had similar strength, they would not be able to do anything.

He was no match for the Han army.

An hour later, the North City and the East City fell into the hands of the Han army one after another. Only the more than a thousand defenders in the South City still resisted stubbornly under the leadership of Duan Cheng.

In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, Feng Chong, Qi Hu and the others were not in a hurry. They only commanded their troops to surround the enemy troops and shoot them from a distance with bows and arrows. They planned to wait for the rear troops to arrive before launching an attack.

Attack them fiercely and annihilate them.

It was not until dawn that the three thousand infantry from the rear arrived smoothly. Feng Chong and Qi Hu launched the final general attack with their superior strength. After a fierce battle, half of the more than a thousand Wei soldiers were wiped out and half were captured. Nancheng was the last stronghold of the Wei army.

It fell into the hands of the Han army.

The guard general Duan Cheng was unwilling to surrender to the Han army, so he raised his sword and committed suicide. Feng Chong and Qi Hu felt his loyalty and ordered the sergeants to bury him in a coffin and coffin.

After the war ended, the Han army immediately released orders to calm the people and maintain order. After killing dozens of rogues who took the opportunity to cause trouble, the people in the city felt at ease, and some people opened their doors one after another and came out for activities.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Feng Chong called a personal guard and said: "You immediately go to the Mujiazhuang camp and report the news that Qicheng has been recaptured by our army.

Let you know."

"promise."

One day ago, Yu She and Qi Hu led more than 7,000 infantrymen to the east of Mujiazhuang along the trail. They intercepted the 3,000 Wei troops who were preparing to return to Qicheng after receiving Zhang He's order in time, and fought with Feng who was pursuing them.

Chongbu attacked from two sides and annihilated the Wei army in one fell swoop.

The Han army won a complete victory in this battle. Most of the 3,000 Wei troops were killed. General Lou Zheng and more than 700 people were captured. Only a few escaped.

After Zhang He planned to defeat Liao Hua and evade the Han army's encirclement and retreat to the north, his next plan was to meet up with Lou Zheng who was out of the city to meet him, and then slowly return to Qicheng.

However, he was still a step too late. At this time, the Han army had arrived on the battlefield and separated the three Wei armies.

In order to prevent Zhang He's troops from joining forces with Lou Zheng's troops, Yang Qing ordered Feng Chong's cavalry and Yu She's infantry to move east and west to attack Lou Zheng's army. At the same time, he personally led Liao Hua's troops to the north for more than 20 miles to ambush Zhang He.

The final result was that the three thousand Wei troops in Mujiazhuang were successfully annihilated, but Zhang He's troops were not ambushed. Perhaps Zhang He smelled the danger at the last moment and decisively gave up his plan to go south to join Lou Zheng and suddenly led the way.

The army turned north and disappeared.

Yang Qing had no choice but to lead his troops to Mujiazhuang to meet up with the large group of troops after sending out scouts to follow them.

Yu She and Qi Hu arrived with the main army. Yang Qing already had nearly 10,000 troops in his hands. More than 10,000 troops under Zhang He were either wiped out or on the run. Micheng to the east was almost in his possession.

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Of course, in order to reduce the casualties of the army's siege as much as possible, Yang Qing devised a strategy to pretend to be a defeated Wei army to gain access to the city.

Originally, this plan was just a trial and did not force success. However, I did not expect that the person who was ordered was so powerful and successfully completed the task of tricking the city gate into opening, which made great contributions to the Han army's breach of the city.
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