Zhang Yan and others galloped all the way, and encountered many burned villages on the way. Even though there were no traces of people in these villages, they still had no escape from the disaster.

Zhang Yan could guess with his toes that this must be what Le Jin did to vent his failures in Peicheng.

The group quickly arrived at the territory of Pengcheng. At this time, Zhang Yan became cautious, slowed down his pace, and moved closer to Pengcheng little by little.

In order to let the defenders in Pengcheng know that they had completed the task of burning Cao's food and grass, Zhang Yan specially selected three soldiers to go back to report the news first.

At the same time, Zhang Yan sent more than a dozen sentry soldiers to investigate first, while he led the army to march slowly.

After walking about a few miles, the sentries sent by Zhang Yan returned one after another and brought back a scout from Cao's army.

Zhang Yan ordered the army to stop in place, and asked someone to bring the scout of Cao's army to his side, and said sternly: "I ask you something, you must answer truthfully, otherwise, I will make you unable to survive or die."

Cao Jun's scout glanced at Zhang Yan, his eyes full of contempt, and he snorted coldly: "If you want to kill and cut, you will listen to the emperor!"

Zhang Yan looked at the scout of Cao's army and sneered, "It's very good, but I have some backbone. Depending on your age, you should be twenty-five or six years old. Just when you are in a state of youth, if you are unwilling to answer my questions, I will not kill you. I said, I will make you unable to survive or die. If you are willing to answer my questions, I will not make things difficult for you and let you go immediately. How about it?"

The scout Cao's army did not answer Zhang Yan's question, but stared at Zhang Yan fiercely with his eyes, without any fear.

Seeing that Cao's scout ignored him, Zhang Yan sneered and said to several Danyang soldiers: "Press him to the ground, remove his pants, and use a knife to cut off the thing in his crotch, so that he can become a eunuch..."

As soon as the voice fell, the four Danyang soldiers acted immediately and pressed the Cao army scout directly to the snow. Another Danyang soldiers instantly took off the Cao army scout's pants, held a sharp long sword in their hand, and gently touched the scout's root with the tip of the knife.

The scout Cao's army was so scared that he looked as if he was lying on the ground that he did not dare to struggle, for fear that his life would be cut off because of his struggle. He never expected that Zhang Yan would use such a detriment to deal with him. After cutting off his life, he would become a eunuch.

He would rather die than become a eunuch, so he hurriedly shouted: "I said, "What do you ask? As long as I know, I will answer you. Please don't let me become a eunuch. My family's nine generations are just a man. I haven't passed on the family line yet..."

A smile appeared on Zhang Yan's face and said lightly: "If I had known this, why should I have been there?"

After saying that, he waved his hand to the Danyang soldiers and signaled them to let go of the Cao army scout.

The scout Cao Jun was so sad that he stood up from the ground, lifted his pants, and stood there motionless. But because of the fright just now, his legs trembled unconsciously.

Zhang Yan hurriedly asked, "I ask you, did Cao Cao retreat now?"

The scout of Cao's army replied truthfully: "The lord has not retreated..."

"Didn't retreat?" Zhang Yan was a little confused.

He had burned Cao's army's food and grass. Cao's army had no food, so why are they still here for?

"Where is Cao Cao stationed now?" Zhang Yan asked sternly.

Cao's army scout said: "It's still stationed outside Pengcheng City."

Zhang Yan carefully interrogated the situation of the Cao army scout, and the Cao army scouts answered one by one. But Zhang Yan still couldn't guarantee whether the Cao army scout was telling the truth, so he asked someone to temporarily tie up the Cao army scout and quietly waited for the people he sent to come back.

After about one meal, all the scouts sent by Zhang Yan came back one by one. Reporting to Zhang Yan about the situation of Cao's army that he had found was basically consistent with the answers of Cao's scouts.

Zhang Yan, who had always been cautious, was still a little worried, so he asked someone to take off the clothes of Cao's scouts, put on his outfit, and leave the army to hide here, intending to go to Cao's camp to find out.

Zhang Yan changed his clothes, jumped onto the horse, galloped away, and disappeared without a trace in a flash.

He walked along Sishui and walked about seven or eight miles, and suddenly saw rows of Cao's camps standing on the banks of the Sishui River. Groups of Cao's troops emerged from the camp and headed towards Pengcheng in the distance.

"Cao's army's food and grass were destroyed, but Cao Cao did not retreat but advanced. What exactly did he want to do?" Zhang Yan looked at Cao's army from afar, his heart full of questions.

Zhang Yanyi was very brave. After some thought, he decided to enter Cao Jun camp alone to find out.

Because he was wearing the clothes of Cao's scouts, he gradually approached Cao's camp without any suspicion.

When he was more than ten meters away from the Cao Jun camp, he suddenly saw Cao Cao wearing a helmet and armor, slowly walking out of the Cao Jun camp under the protection of more than ten generals. His expression was solemn, and his eyes were filled with breathtaking cold lights.

Zhang Yan stopped, afraid that he would reveal his legs if he got too close. He stood quietly by the side of Cao Jun camp, but his eyes were looking around.

He noticed that almost all of Cao's army was dispatched this time, and there were only hundreds of soldiers left in the camp. It seemed that Cao Cao was preparing to give it a try and attack Pengcheng.

Zhang Yan did not dare to stay in one place for a long time, so he circled around the Cao Jun camp, and spyed through the situation of the Cao Jun camp clearly.

"Dongdongdongdong..."

At this moment, a deafening sound of war drums came not far away. Zhang Yan turned his head to look, but saw a crowd of people outside Pengcheng City, Cao's army was like a black torrent, making shocking shouts and rushed towards Pengcheng.

The broken Pengcheng is like a small boat in the sea. Whether it can withstand the stormy waves of Cao's army is unknown.

Zhang Yan's heart was full of ups and downs, without even thinking about it, and immediately stepped out of Cao's camp and quickly returned to the place where the army gathered. In his eyes, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, forcing Cao Cao to withdraw his troops, and it was a blow.

"drive!"

Zhang Yan waved the horse whip desperately, clamped the horse's belly tightly with his legs, returned to the base as fast as possible, changed into his armor, and galloped towards the Cao Jun camp with more than 2,000 strong Danyang soldiers.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan deliberately killed the Cao army scout to sacrifice flags and used the blood of the Cao army scout to burn the Danyang soldiers' anger.

More than two thousand cavalrymen, led by Zhang Yan, ran all the way along the banks of the Sishui River, and soon saw Cao Jun camps standing by the river.

In the distance, Pengcheng was in a fierce battle. The Cao army kept attacking Pengcheng like an ant. The Xuzhou soldiers in Pengcheng vowed to resist to the death, without giving up any inch of land, and fought bloody battles with Cao army on the top of the city.

Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, personally led the command of Shi Dengcheng. The captain Cao Bao led the Danyang soldiers to guard Tao Qian around, and Chen Deng also commanded on the city tower with injuries.

From time to time, the people of Xuzhou would be seen on the city tower. They braved the arrows of Cao's army to transport arrows to the arrows on the city tower, and carried the Xuzhou soldiers who were killed or injured on the city tower down the city tower.

At this moment, the military and civilians of Xuzhou were united and unanimous to the outside world. They were using a small city to fight against Cao Cao's majestic army. The intensity of the battle was unspeakable.

"Kill! Kill me! First, those who climb the city will reward a thousand gold, those who cut off Tao Qian's dog head will reward a thousand gold!" In the military formation, Cao Cao, who had been watching the battle, pulled the reins of the horse, kept spinning in place, waving the sword in his hand, and shouting hysterically.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards. For the high bounty, the Cao army soldiers climbed up Pengcheng without hesitation and launched a new round of fierce attacks on Pengcheng.

Faced with the new round of fierce attacks by Cao's army, the military and civilians of Xuzhou barely resisted for a while, and became increasingly unable to do so. Several places experienced insufficient troops.

At this moment, Cao Ren, the pioneer general of the Cao army, reached out his hand very quickly. He held a long sword and quickly climbed the ladder and climbed up the city wall.

With a long sword dancing, Cao Ren killed one Xuzhou soldiers who came to stop him, and took the lead in climbing the walls of Pengcheng. Relying on his bravery, he broke out a land of standing on the top of the city, becoming the first person to climb to the top of the city under heavy rewards.

Behind him, Cao's soldiers climbed up to the city wall one by one and started a bloody battle with the Xuzhou soldiers at the city wall.

Cao Cao, who had been riding on the horse, finally got some comfort when he saw this scene and laughed loudly: "In a small place, can you dare to stop me Cao Cao? Tonight I will use Tao Qian's head to pay tribute to my deceased father and all the soldiers who died in battle!"

"Fire! Fire!"

Cao Cao's laughter was mixed with a sense of arrogance, and his laughter was still echoing in the air. Dian Wei, beside him, suddenly started to scream. He quickly turned his head to look, but saw the fires of Cao's camps on the banks of the Sishui River soaring into the sky, and huge fire dragons were devouring everything with the help of the wind. Many Cao soldiers were on fire, rushed out of the camp, making a series of painful wails.

Before Cao Cao could react, screams came from the military formation behind the right. More than two thousand cavalrymen were like falling from the sky. Under the leadership of a young general, they were directly inserted into Cao's back like a sharp knife, like a sharp knife, and were unstoppable.

Cao Cao sent almost all his troops to attack the city. There were only more than a thousand Cao troops around him. He was about to capture Pengcheng, but something happened at this critical moment.

First, the food and grass were destroyed, then the military camp was burned, and now it was threatened by a sudden cavalry, and Cao Cao was in a state of confusion.

At this moment, what happened behind Cao's army had affected Cao's army, who was sieging the city. They saw the fire that soared into the sky by the riverside and a wave of Xuzhou soldiers who were almost trying to surround their commander. The morale of the army was shaken and the morale plummeted.

On the contrary, when Xuzhou soldiers in Pengcheng saw this scene, they were inspired. The soldiers fought desperately, striving to repel Cao's army!

"Lord, the military camp is burned. Now our army has no grain of food. Pengcheng will be difficult to conquer for a while. Please make a decision quickly!" Guo Jia, who had been staying next to Cao Cao, said hurriedly when he saw these scenes.

Cao Cao understood what Guo Jia meant, looked at Tao Qian on Pengcheng again, and ordered with hatred: "Retreat the troops and return to Yanzhou!"
Chapter completed!