The next day, the Wei army, which had been attacking the city for several days, suddenly stood still. Faced with this abnormal move, the Chu army in the city did not react at all. The two sides seemed to have reached an agreement, and there was a turmoil inside and outside the city.
It was a terrifying calm. Inside the city wall, Chen Dao was directing the soldiers of the Chu army to hide behind the city gate and keep digging. There was a large open space behind the city gate, but it was dug into pits.
But Chen Dao was obviously not satisfied with this result, but there was no open space behind the city gate. After thinking about it, Chen Dao asked the soldiers to dig the pits deeper! At the same time, Chen Dao used the dug soil to dig deeper.
A circle of earthen embankments was formed around it, allowing the archers to climb up the earthen embankment. Just when Chen Dao had just finished all this, a sergeant quickly ran to Chen Dao and whispered a few words to Chen Dao.
Sentence. Chen Dao's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly said to the sergeant: "Quick! Bring him here, I want to question him personally!"
Not long after, the sergeant came over with a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was dressed like a rich man. He was a little thin and had a gloomy look on his face. After seeing Chen Dao, the middle-aged man came over.
The young man quickly knelt down to Chen Dao with a flattering look on his face and said respectfully: "I have seen the general!"
"Okay! No need to be polite! Get up!" Chen Dao didn't bother to talk nonsense to him and replied asking him to get up. The middle-aged man also knew that Chen Dao didn't want to see him for any courtesy, so naturally he was very happy.
He quickly stood up. Immediately afterwards, Chen Dao asked: "How is it? Have you done what I asked you to do?" In fact, Chen Dao didn't need to ask. He knew just by looking at the reaction of Wei Jun outside the city today.
This matter should have been successful, but Chen Dao, who has always been prudent, still wants to know the specific process.
The middle-aged man quickly replied: "In response to the general's instructions, the villain sneaked into the Wei army's camp last night and went directly to find their commander-in-chief. The villain claimed to be Tao Qian's old subordinate and was dissatisfied with Liu Gong's control of Xuzhou.
I came here to surrender to him and was willing to help him open the city gate tonight. The commander-in-chief of the Wei army was very happy after hearing this, and even said that he would reward the villain heavily!"
"Okay!" After listening to the middle-aged man's brief narration, Chen Dao couldn't help but cheer. Hearing that the commander-in-chief of the Wei army who came to lead the troops this time was the long-famous Xiahou Dun! If Chen Dao could be here
After completely defeating Xiahou Dun in a battle, Chen Dao will truly become famous all over the world! Thinking that Chen Dao has always failed to appreciate his talents in these years, I can't help but feel excited! Chen Dao wants to show everyone who underestimated him in the past.
How powerful is his ability! Thinking of this, Chen Dao couldn't help but feel very motivated. Even as he continued to direct his soldiers to lay traps, a cold light flashed in his eyes: Xiahou Dun! Come on! Tonight, I'm going to let you have a good taste.
I was so impressed!
In this busyness, the day passed quickly. As soon as night fell, Chen Dao immediately asked his soldiers to set up traps at the city gate, and then led his soldiers and horses to start the earth embankment at the city gate.
Go up to the ambush and wait for Xiahou Dun's troops to arrive and give them a head-on blow!
Amidst the silence, it was midnight, which was also the time agreed upon by the middle-aged man and Xiahou Dun. Chen Dao greeted his subordinates behind him and asked him to pass on the order for the middle-aged man to go to the top of the city.
Send a secret signal. According to his agreement with Xiahou Dun, as soon as the secret signal is given, Xiahou Dun will break through the door with his army. As for the city gate, Chen Dao has already asked people to open the city gate. In the upcoming battle,
, it will not be the city gate that will play a role, but the countless traps behind the city gate!
After a while, the middle-aged man rushed to Chen Dao and bowed to Chen Dao: "General! The villain has already done what the general said! I believe it won't be long before the Wei army rushes in as agreed!
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Chen Dao nodded with satisfaction, waved to the middle-aged man and said, "Okay! I understand! Go down! They will give you the reward I promised!"
Hearing what Chen Dao said, the middle-aged man immediately became happy, kowtowed to Chen Dao three times, and shouted: "Thank you, General! Thank you, General! The villain resigns! The villain resigns!"
He left the ambush area backwards and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After sending the middle-aged man away, Chen Dao quickly made a gesture to his soldiers, telling them to be ready at all times. The city gate was already wide open at this moment. Outside the city gate, it was so dark that it was so dark.
Trembling with fear, Chen Dao clenched the spear in his hand with some excitement, his eyes fixed on the outside of the city. This kind of waiting was also a kind of torture for Chen Dao.
However, more than an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and there was still no movement outside the city. This made Chen Dao suddenly feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what went wrong. His plan should be perfect.
Ah! Logically speaking, Xiahou Dun should have fallen into the trap at this time and brought troops and horses to attack in a sneak attack! But why hasn't the Wei army been seen yet?
"ah--!"
Just when Chen Dao was puzzled, suddenly a shrill scream broke through the night sky. Although Chen Dao was extremely brave, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. Chen Dao subconsciously turned his head.
, looking in the direction of the sound, only to find that it was the North City Gate of Xiaopei! Suddenly, a flash of light flashed through Chen Dao's mind like thunder and lightning, shocking Chen Dao to the point of being stunned.
In order to succeed in his plan to ambush Xiahou Dun, Chen Dao concentrated all the troops in the city on the west side of the city, leaving only a few soldiers to guard the other three gates, and the north gate was no exception!
"Could it be?" Chen Dao's face turned pale, and he muttered something in disbelief, but he soon got the answer. Not long after the screams disappeared, bursts of killing shouts came from
The news came from the north of the city. Now all the defenders in the city are here. The shouts of killing coming from the north of the city are naturally not coming from the defenders. Then the only possibility left is the enemy!
"Quick! The whole army gathers! Go to the north of the city for rescue! Hurry!" Chen Dao shouted quickly, summoning the soldiers who were ambushing here to rush to the north of the city, hoping that there would still be time for rescue. But at this time, Chen Dao became even more desperate.
Something happened, and shouts of killing were heard one after another from the south and east of the city. It seemed that the enemy attacked from three city gates, but missed the west gate where Chen Dao was ambushing. Obviously
You just saw through Chen Dao’s plan!
The war has escalated to this point. No matter how calm Chen Dao is, he is a little panicked at this moment. His legs even feel weak. Especially when the shouts of killing are getting louder and louder, Chen Dao's face is getting darker and darker.
It was ugly. Finally, Chen Dao let out a long breath. Suddenly, he turned his wrist and turned the spear in his hand. The head of the spear pointed directly at himself and stabbed his throat suddenly!
"General! No!" The soldiers nearby had been waiting for Chen Dao's order. When they saw Chen Dao's behavior, they were startled and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Chen Dao. Grabbing hands
, pulled the gun, and finally narrowly stopped the spear, but even so, the spear still left a bloody mark on Chen Dao's throat!
"Let me go! I'm sorry for your lord's great trust! I can only apologize with death! Let me go! Let me go!" Chen Dao roared loudly and kept struggling, but the soldiers around him dared not let go.
Many soldiers reacted and stepped forward to hold Chen Dao down. One of the soldiers simply snatched Chen Dao's spear away and held it tightly in his arms, not daring to let Chen Dao do it again.
"General! Victory or defeat is a matter of military strategism! Why should you give up on yourself because of the victory or defeat in a battle? General! You must think about it!" The soldiers around him persuaded him left and right, and finally dissuaded Chen Dao from his death wish.
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Chen Dao took a deep breath and shook his head with pain on his face. Seeing that Xiaopei City was full of fire, Chen Dao gritted his teeth and finally could only shout: "Send the order! All troops, retreat! Return to Pengcheng!"
"Although Xiaopei has been lost, fortunately the defenders in Xiaopei City are all here. Chen Dao can at least retain such thousands of troops for his lord, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.
However, Chen Dao also knew that since the enemy general had seen through his plan, he would definitely not let him go so simply. It was still a matter of debate whether he could keep these thousands of people in Pengcheng. Chen Dao immediately wanted to let his left and right people go.
The soldier let go of himself, took the spear with one hand, got on his horse, and shouted to the already panicked soldiers around him: "Brothers! Xiaopei City is broken! If you stay here, you will only die! If you want to survive,
Just rush out after me!"
Survive? Who doesn’t want to survive! Moreover, Chen Dao’s performance in the past few days has conquered these Chu soldiers. Seeing Chen Dao coming forward, all the Chu soldiers temporarily calmed down their panic and responded in unison.
After a drink, they gathered behind Chen Dao.
Seeing this, Chen Dao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. What he is most worried about now is that the military morale will be lost, which will be troublesome. Now it seems that the military morale is still useful! Chen Dao immediately transferred
Looking inside the city, it was clear that many enemies were already coming from the city. The only way out was the west gate behind the army! Chen Dao gritted his teeth, turned his horse's head, and shouted to the soldiers: "
Brothers! In order to survive, rush out with me!" After saying that, Chen Dao took the lead, bypassed the trap he had set before, and ran towards the outside of the city, while other Chu soldiers followed closely behind.
, of course, there are a few people who are so nervous that they accidentally fall into those traps, and are destined to have no way out!
With Chen Dao running away, it means that all the Chu troops in Xiaopei City have withdrawn from Xiaopei. After tonight, Xiaopei will change hands!