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Shen Pei and Zhang He rushed to Xuchang according to Fang Zhiwen's order. It seemed that Cao's army was trying to cooperate. Xuchang's Ju Suzhen had already led the main force to attack Dingling westward. There was only one army of Zhang Xun in Xuchang City. Compared with the huge Xuchang City, the defense was too weak.

Although cities at the giant city level are quite difficult to capture, the premise of this conclusion is that there must be enough defenders, otherwise how can such a long city wall defend against enemy troops with higher mobility?

Shen Pei found that there were fewer defenders in the city, and the front of Xuchang City was very wide, so he immediately divided the work with Zhang He, one person was responsible for the attack, and instructed Zhang He to try his best to widen the front of the attack to divide the strength of the defenders.

On the first day, due to time, the attack was just a tentative attack, and then he withdrew his troops back to the battalion. Shen Pei did not intend to attack overnight because Yi Ren's troops had not fully caught up. Now is not the best time to fight. Although Shen Pei himself does not like Yi Ren very much, he has to admit that the lack of Yi Ren now seems to be missing something and is incomplete.

At night, the strange people who arrived in Xuchang overnight arrived one after another. Everyone found that there were already many tasks hanging on the bulletin board in Shenpei and Zhang He's camp. Everyone immediately rushed to the front of the bulletin board and carefully selected tasks that suited them.

"Hey, rabbit! We're meeting again!"

"You are the rabbit, your whole family is a rabbit!"

"Haha, don't be angry and embarrassed. It's hard to meet, that's fate. Speaking of which, are you following the sanity during this period?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just found out that you are still very infatuated with Yuan Shao!"

"You're so crazy! I think you're infatuated with Fang Zhiwen! Why don't you follow your invincible idol!"

"Uh...I thought too, but the Cao army on Wenqiang side ran away, and there was no merit to make! The Central Plains War was about to end. It seems that Xuchang still had a tough battle, so he ran here!"

"No, there will be a battle in Dingling in the west! There will be Runan City in the south."

"I found that those of you who followed Yuan Shao seemed to be even lowering their IQ!"

"Get out! You have low IQ!"

"You dead rabbit, you said you are not convinced. Now only you people believe that Fang Zhiwen will really destroy Cao Cao. Let me tell you, it won't take long to go Fang Zhiwen to withdraw his troops. Do you believe it?"

"Retreat the troops...it's unlikely! What if Fang Zhiwen evacuates, what should Yuan Shao do?"

"What should I do? Cold salmon! Fang Zhiwen is not Yuan Shao's father, nor is he his nanny. Who cares about Yuan Shao's death?"

"This brother...is the argument on the forum that balances the Central Plains forces! Not new."

"It seems that what I said just now is right, but forget it. Anyway, you believe it or not, I just come for the meritorious value. After hitting Xuchang, I will take a break, or go to Liu Bei's side to take a look!"

"You mean you are not optimistic about the future battle between Dingling and Runan?"

"To be honest, Yuan Shao faces Cao Cao. More defeats than defeats, and the defeated side will suffer losses. However, after Liu Bei suffered several defeats, he should be excited."

This made the players in Yuan Shao's camp think that Yuan Shao's past record was indeed not very good, and it was particularly bad for Cao Cao. If Fang Zhiwen really started to withdraw his troops at this time, it would be hard to say whether Yuan Shao could take Dingling and Runan City alone.

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The next morning, Yuan Shao's camp became lively, and the soldiers were busy preparing for dinner. Soon after the sun rose, the brigade of soldiers pushed out of the camp with heavy siege equipment and headed towards Xuchang City not far away.

According to Shen Pei's suggestion, Zhang He opened a wide attack surface on the front of the city wall, and then used the cavalry to wander not far away. When he found that there were loopholes in the enemy's army or his successor was weak, Zhang He took the cavalry to pounce on it.

After one morning, Zhang He had already leaned on the city wall with three carriages onto the city wall. The battle between the two sides had developed to the top of the city. Although Cao's army was very tenacious, the gap in military strength had been revealed. Looking at the light of paper talismans and skills that burst out from time to time on the city, it can be seen that the attacking aliens were suppressing the aliens in the city attacking. The damage to both sides was actually the attacking party's advantage over the attacking party. If this continues, the Cao army in the city will not be able to defend for long.

Zhang He looked at the battle in the city with satisfaction, thinking about whether he would rush forward to make a final decision. At this time, a messenger rushed over.

"General, Lord Shen has an order, please gather 10,000 cavalry and ambush ten miles southwest of the city. If you encounter the defeated Cao army, you must not be wrong!"

"Uh?!Southwest of the city? This..."

"General?"

"Oh, General I received the order. You go and reply to the examiner. General I set out immediately and will not let Cao's army go one by one!"

"promise!"

Although Zhang He was a little unwilling to accept it, he still ordered a horse to leave the deputy general to command the attack, and passed by himself and headed southwest of Xuchang.

"General, what does this Lord Shen mean? Are you worried that we will take the credit for the first landing?"

Zhang He felt a little sad, but his face sank, and he said to his guard beside him coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, spreading rumors will ruin the morale of the army."

"But the general..."

"Shut up, you can't guess these things randomly. You all keep your mouth in mind. If anyone talks nonsense, I will be the first to deal with him with military law!"

"promise!"

The thirty-mile journey took not long before Zhang He ran and arranged for the scout to investigate everywhere. Zhang He found a valley not far from the straight road, hid all the people and horses, and let the soldiers get off the horse and rest. Zhang He climbed up the hillside and bypassed the front and looked towards Xuchang, but there were hills blocking it and the smoke and dust were floating, so there was no way to see Xuchang's situation.

Zhang He sighed, shook his head and turned to walk down the mountain. Just as Zhang He was waiting depressedly, the scout's carrier pigeon was flying quickly.

"General, Cao's army rushed out of the city and was heading west along the avenue."

Zhang He suddenly stood up, and a divine light flashed in his dim eyes, as if it was igniting flames.

"What!? What is the specific situation? How many enemy troops are there, infantry or cavalry?"

"There are three or four thousand cavalry in front, and the number of infantry behind is still increasing, and it should be less than ten thousand!"

"Okay! The soldiers are ordered to get on their horses and annihilate the enemy head-on!"

"promise!"

The sudden attack of Zhang He caught the retreating Cao army off guard and was rushed by a large number of cavalry. The cavalry of Cao's army was almost destroyed, but what surprised Zhang He was that the commander could not be found among these Cao troops? Could it be that Zhang Xun did not come out of Xuchang City and was personally cut off the rear?

There was no time for Zhang He to think about the reasons carefully. The infantry behind had already begun to form formations. Zhang He commanded the cavalry to be divided into two teams in front and back. Before the Cao army formed the formation, he rushed into the Cao army's formation with the rain of arrows that seemed chaotic in Cao's army. The torrents of cavalry repeatedly cut the chaos of Cao's army. Although many Cao army soldiers were still tenaciously fighting each other, this dying struggle was no longer meaningful to the overall situation.

Zhang He waved the spear in his hand and rushed back and forth, covered in bloody aura, until there was no enemy standing on the entire battlefield. Zhang He then held the horse, pushed up the face on his helmet, breathed in big mouthfuls of pungent air, scanned the battlefield full of corpses and surrendered soldiers, and felt refreshed in his heart.

Zhang He ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up, and sent a team to search everywhere to chase and kill the fleeing enemy troops. The only regret was that although the evacuated Cao army blocked, he did not catch Zhang Xun. Thinking about it now, Zhang Xun never seemed to have the awareness of fighting to the death, and he might have changed his clothes and fled.

After packing up the battlefield, Zhang He concentrated his troops and slowly returned to the city. At this time, the battle in Xuchang City was not completely over. Some die-hard troops and Yi Ren were engaged in street fighting, but the four gates of the city were already controlled by Shen Pei. When Zhang He returned, Shen Pei brought people to welcome him.

"Junyi, how about it? He stopped Cao's army!"

"Reported to the master, they all stopped it, but they did not find Zhang Xun's whereabouts. Could it be that he is still in the city?"

"No, according to the prisoners in the city, Zhang Xun changed his clothes and got out of the city mixed with the cavalry!"

"What! That's true!"

"Haha, it's okay if you haven't caught it. This is God's will. However, Junyi has interrogated the prisoners?"

"Not yet!"

"Have you seen the battlefield summary?"

After Shen Pei said that, Zhang He remembered that he had not seen the battlefield summary yet. Zhang He did not care about the rudeness and opened his menu bar in front of Shen Pei. He opened the battlefield summary and saw it. He was stunned!

"Kill the enemy's chief general and gain some experience, the enemy's morale dropped by 30."

"Uh... Lord Shen, it seems, it seems, Zhang Xun was killed by the last general, but when did this happen!"

Shen Pei laughed: "Haha... Congratulations to the general for his great contribution to killing the general. Zhang Xun was afraid of death. He must have changed into the soldiers' clothing. Even if he died under the general's gun, the general would not know it!"

Zhang He smiled awkwardly: "This...it really makes people wonder what to say!"

Shen Pei smiled and waved her hand and said, "No need to say anything. The general's achievements in killing generals can't escape. He also has the achievements in capturing the city and destroying the enemy. I'm waiting for the lord's promotion and reward, haha..."

Zhang He looked at Shen Pei gratefully, and then he realized that Shen Pei gave him what a good opportunity to make contributions!

"Thank you for your accomplishment!"

"No, no, it's just a matter of course. Let's go to the city first, Xuchang is in the first place, there are still many things to do!"

"My lord, isn't you in a hurry to attack Dingling?"

Shen Pei shook his head and sighed: "According to the agreement between our army and Fang Zhiwen, when Xuchang, Wenqiang, Shangcai, Ruyin and other places are taken down, the Youzhou army will withdraw from the battle! The remaining battle will be carried out by ourselves. Therefore, we must be fully prepared. The attack on Dingling must be done until Pan Feng and Qu Yi arrive."
Chapter completed!