After Beiwei's army and Tiefutu joined the battle, Shenpei's army was instantly killed and routed.
The more than 20,000 defenders brought out by Shen Pei from Ye City were basically defeated by Cao's army, while Yuan Shang led more than 10,000 defeated troops to retreat, and ran to nowhere under the cover of night.
The front line collapsed, and the way back to the city was cut off. At this moment, the trial team had no way to go to heaven or earth...
In the end, a group of arrogant generals from Cao's army surrounded Shenpei by the moat, waiting for Cao Cao to come and deal with it himself.
Shen Pei was Yuan Shang's supervisor, and his power in the army was even greater than that of an ordinary general.
Moreover, Shen Pei was a strong, loyal and resourceful man who caused a lot of trouble for Cao Cao's army who was attacking the city, making Cao Cao's generals both hate and respect him. Now that this big fish was caught, he naturally had to hand it over to Cao Cao himself.
Not long after, the crowd of Cao's soldiers separated automatically.
Cao Cao and Lu Yan walked out of the crowd and came to Shen Pei.
Looking at the trial match, Cao Cao's love for talents was ready to move again.
Therefore, Cao Cao said to Shen Pei: "The demise of the Yuan family is a foregone conclusion. If the public has great talents, it is better to return them to the imperial court..."
However, before Cao Cao finished speaking, Shen Pei, who had kept his eyes closed, immediately opened his eyes after hearing Cao Cao's persuasion to surrender, and cursed:
"Cao Cao! The thief who stole the country! Let everyone find him and kill him!"
If the Yuan brothers hadn't killed each other, how could you be as rampant as you are today?
I, Shen Zhengnan, have only recognized Mr. Yuan in my whole life, so I will stop talking nonsense. I will kill or behead him as I please!"
The judge was loyal to the Yuan family, but was unwilling to surrender, and even scolded Lao Cao bloody...
No matter how thick-skinned Cao Cao was, he couldn't stand being insulted in front of so many subordinates, and he became increasingly angry.
Cao Cao suppressed the anger in his heart and turned to look at Lu Yan, as if asking how to deal with it.
Lu Yan had no expression on his face and said: "Let's take him into custody first. It would be good to exchange him for some food, grass and property. At least he can be used as waste."
"Trash?" When has Shenpai ever been called a trash?
Anyway, it is already a certain death. Offending Cao Cao is an offense, and offending another Lu Yan is also an offense.
So the judge pointed at Lu Yan again and cursed: "You are a child with a yellow mouth, and you are talking nonsense. Cao A'hao is surrounded by scoundrels like you!"
"Whoever arrests him will scold him... This person has gone crazy." Lu Yan shook his head and sighed.
A lunatic... Lao Cao didn't bother to argue with him, and said: "That's all, let's lock him up first. Maybe we can really use the waste..."
"Thief Cao! A scholar must be killed and not humiliated! Kill me, kill me!!!" The judge's voice faded away...
The next day, in the stronghold of Cao Jun, there was a large tent of the Chinese army.
Xu Chu and two personal guards escorted a man dressed as a servant to Cao Cao.
"Lord, we caught a spy!" Xu Chu grinned and said.
But when the man dressed as a servant saw Cao Cao, he immediately shouted: "You're wronged, Prime Minister! I'm just here to deliver a message. The master of the family has a letter to give to the Prime Minister!"
When Cao Cao heard this, he glanced at Xu Chu.
Xu Chu understood and began to explore that person.
Sure enough, Xu Chu took out a letter from the man's arms after a while.
Xu Chu presented the envelope to Cao Cao with both hands. Cao Cao tore open the envelope and browsed it quickly.
"Shen Rong..." Cao Cao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said to himself: "Shen Rong is strong and unyielding, but his nephew knows how to assess the situation."
Cao Cao put away the letter and said to the servant who delivered it: "That's it. Go back and tell Shen Rong that I agree with his request to surrender... As for Shen Pei, you can avoid the death penalty, but you can't escape the living penalty!"
The servant was trembling and kowtowed to Cao Cao: "Yes, yes! I have written it down. I will go back and report it to the master."
"Go ahead..."
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
The servant rushed out of the Chinese army's tent in a hurry. When he came out of the tent, he almost bumped into Lu Yan.
"Who is that person? Why is he so flustered and reckless?" Lu Yan walked into the tent and asked Cao Cao.
Cao Cao wanted to show off, so he pretended to be serious and asked: "Mr. Lu has always been a clever strategist. Can you figure out what that person is here for?"
"Are you from Yecheng?" Lu Yan asked with interest.
Cao Cao was startled and thought: "No way? Did you guess it so quickly?"
But he still nodded and said: "He is indeed from Yecheng."
"Please surrender?"
Cao Cao's heart suddenly felt so cold that he couldn't pretend anymore...
"yes..."
Lu Yan tried his best to recall, and it seemed that it was Shen Pei's nephew who opened Yecheng, "No way..."
Although he thought it was a bit ridiculous, Lu Yan still asked: "Sent by Shen Rong?"
"Alas!" Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed, thinking: "I am just asking for humiliation!"
Seeing Lao Cao's reaction, Lu Yan was sure that it was most likely Shen Pei's nephew Shen Rong.
Somehow, Lu Yan would feel better every time he saw Lao Cao feeling aggrieved.
In a happy mood, Lu Yan took out a bottle of constitution pills, poured them out one by one, threw them into his mouth, chewed them like peanuts, and said: "Now that Shen Rong has surrendered, Yecheng can be conquered soon. Take Yecheng
In the future, the entire Jizhou will also be in our pocket. Congratulations to Mr. Cao..."
Cao Cao saw Lu Yan wasting so much on the "miraculous medicine" and quickly ran to him to grab it, "Oh my! This is a constitution pill! Do you know how much each of these pills are fetching in the market now? You're such a jerk
It’s such a waste to eat it!”
Shaking the porcelain bottle, Cao Cao saw that there were only two constitution pills left in it.
But something is better than nothing. Lao Cao stuffed the medicine bottle into his arms and said: "Go back and replenish Zhaoji's health. She seems to be pregnant, hehehe."
"Mrs. Cai is pregnant?" Lu Yan was stunned for a moment, then stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations!"
"Wherever...but you have to hurry up!"
Is there anyone who chats like you? Lu Yan suddenly didn’t want to talk to Lao Cao anymore...
...
Hedong County.
Zhong Yao, Ma Teng, and Zhang Xiu all marched into Hedong, and troops from all over Hedong responded.
Gao Gan and Hu Chuquan, who had no support from the people, barely resisted in Jiang County for half a month, and finally led their troops to retreat, exiting Hedong County and returning to Bingzhou.
After returning to Bingzhou, Gao Gan did not immediately lead his troops to rescue Yuan Shang in Jizhou. Instead, he led only 30,000 troops to confront Lu Lingqi's army at the foot of Mao City.
"Xiaoxue, Xingba, Bodao, why do you think Gao Gan kept besieging him but not attacking? Doesn't he want to rescue Yecheng?" Lu Lingqi couldn't figure out Gao Gan's thoughts, so she asked her subordinates.
As the commander of the personal guards, Zhao Xue was appointed by Lu Lingqi to join the army. Now it was time for her to solve Lu Lingqi's doubts.
"General, it seems to General Yimo that this senior official is not so loyal. I'm afraid he has other ideas..."
"You're right about joining the army. I feel like the senior officials also have different intentions." Hao Zhao agreed.
Gan Ning hung his arms, his face and body were covered with bandages. After thinking for a while, he said: "The high official is sitting in a state. If Yuan Shang dies, he can completely seek refuge with the prime minister and be himself."
A happy and happy native emperor."
"Humph!" Lu Lingqi snorted and continued: "When a tree falls, the hozens scatter, and when a wall falls, everyone pushes it away... Sir, your words have already made the human heart very clear!"