When Xin Ping turned around to look, it was Shen Ping who couldn't help but ask: "Zhengnan, if you don't go to guard the east gate, what are you doing here?"
Shen Pei sneered: "My lord suspected that you would commit an act of betrayal, so he specially ordered Shen Pei to come and watch your every move. As expected, now that you have even opened the city gate, what else can you say?"
It turned out that Feng Ji was ordered to monitor Xin Ping, but he kept it in mind, quietly ran to the east gate, and under the guise of Yuan Shao's order, asked Shen Pei to monitor Xin Ping. Although Shen Pei had no quarrel with the Xin family, he was very interested in Yuan Shao. He is loyal and loyal. As long as Xin Ping makes any changes, he will never be merciful and will even seize the opportunity. In this way, Feng Ji can get rid of Xin Ping with the help of Shen Pei without any effort on his own.
Although these people under Yuan Shao are somewhat capable, they are just not aligned with each other and put a lot of energy into it, so failure is inevitable.
When Xin Ping heard that the judge was sent by Yuan Shao to monitor him, he couldn't help but feel chilled, and said: "Zhengnan, you misunderstood. These soldiers want to escape before the battle, and Xin is about to close the city gate."
Shen Pei couldn't help but draw his sword and strike, shouting loudly: "Nonsense! You obviously want to go out of the city to surrender to the enemy, how can I spare you!"
Xin Ping was unprepared, unable to dodge, and was already hit by a sword in his arm. The soldiers on the left and right hurriedly rescued him, and fought with the soldiers brought by Shen Pei. With few soldiers, Shen Pei gradually lost the enemy, so he had to fight on the side. As they retreated towards the city, the north gate suddenly became a mess.
On the Han army's position outside the north gate, Zhang Fei raised the telescope hanging on his chest and carefully observed the situation at the north gate. He was observing the attack effect of the trebuchet and looking for the opportunity to issue an attack order. Suddenly, the telescope Many unarmed soldiers of Yuan's army appeared and ran towards this side. The city gate was wide open and two groups of people were fighting.
Zhang Fei was overjoyed. He pulled the reins and rushed over.
Yan Yan hurriedly advised: "General, wait a minute, I'm afraid it's Yuan Jun's plan to lure the enemy!"
Zhang Fei laughed loudly and said: "The city gate is wide open. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even if it is a trick to lure the enemy, he will have to suffer the consequences! I just got the news that Yunchang has gone south from Liang Qi. He will be there in one or two hours." When we get here, we can't let him take the credit. Sons, follow me and fight!"
The light cavalry of the Han army that had been wandering outside the city waved their sabers and roared towards the north gate of Ye City. The cavalry was not needed to attack the city, but the wide opening of the north gate gave the Han army cavalry a place to use.
When the Yuan Army soldiers who escaped from the city saw the large group of cavalry rushing over, they knelt down one after another and raised their hands above their heads. However, the Han Army cavalry did not even look at them and flew past them, raising dust. It fell all over their heads and faces.
At the north gate of Yecheng, the melee was still going on. Xin Ping was chopped off an arm by Shen Pei and passed out from the pain on the spot. Now he had woken up and was shouting to stop when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. Jing turned around and saw countless cavalry rushing towards him. It was too late for him to close the city gate, so he had to drag his injured arm and stand in front of the gate with his sword, which looked like a mantis' arm blocking a car.
Zhang Fei took the lead. When he saw someone blocking him, he couldn't help but shouted. He stabbed the snake spear like lightning, penetrating from Xin Ping's chest to his back. Xin Ping's eyes were wide open, and bright red blood flowed from his mouth. The water flowed out. Zhang Fei drew his snake spear and rushed past him. Xin Ping staggered twice and finally fell to the ground. From the beginning to the end, he didn't even have time to let out a scream.
When Shen Pei saw him from behind, he realized that he had wrongly blamed Xin Ping. It was precisely because he had delayed closing the city gate that the Han cavalry rushed into the city. Shen Pei stamped his feet in annoyance and turned towards the city.
He ran away. The Han army had entered the city. Such a major event must be reported to Yuan Shao immediately.
In order to avoid the attack of the Han army's trebuchets, Yuan Shao, under the protection of Wen Chou, had just returned to the gate of his general's palace when he heard the news that the north gate had been lost. Yuan Shao did not dare to enter the palace, so he headed for the east gate under the protection of Wen Chou.
OK. Although Yuan Shao is indecisive and prefers to listen and believe, he also knows that these people under his command are ugly in Chinese, and they are the ones who are most loyal to him.
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. The news of the fall of the North Gate spread quickly throughout Yecheng like a plague. The soldiers of Yuan's army, who had little fighting spirit to begin with, abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in all directions.
News of the Han army's entry into the city soon spread to the prison in Yecheng, and the jailers guarding the prison did not escape. These jailers were different from those Yuan Jun soldiers. Most of them were locals in Yecheng, and there were many heinous criminals in the prison.
.If they escape at this time, those criminals will definitely take the opportunity to escape. In the end, not only will they harm the people in the city, but their own families will also suffer.
Despite this, the jailers were still panic-stricken and gathered together to discuss. Someone suddenly remembered and said: "Don't panic, everyone. I heard that General Gao Lan was thrown into prison because he persuaded Yuan Shao to surrender. Why don't we go and ask General Gao for help?"
, maybe General Gao has some contact with the Jingzhou Army, which can keep everyone safe."
Yi and Gao Lan were imprisoned, but their families brought them three meals a day. After all, they were once Yuan Shao's most capable generals. Regardless of what they have suffered now, they might one day be able to regain their freedom.
Yuan Shao Zhongyong, the jailers were all human spirits, took great care of them, and allowed their families to deliver meals directly to the cells, which also brought news of the Han army's siege.
It was almost noon, and today's meal had not been delivered yet. Both Yi and Gao Lan vaguely felt that something had happened outside. Yi suddenly became restless and walked around in the cell. Gao Lan said with a smile from the next door: "
General, we are all prisoners of the rank and file, and it is useless for you to worry. Do you still want to go out and work for Benchu?"
Yi sneered and said: "If you give me another chance, I will never depend on others again, but I will go out on my own!"
Gao Lan shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm afraid there will never be such an opportunity again in the future."
At this time, the prison head came over with several jailers, raised his hands and said: "Congratulations to the two generals, Yuan Shao has been defeated, the Jingzhou army will enter the city soon, and the two generals will be reused by then. I hope you will
The general can save our lives."
Gao Lan waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Liu Xin will not embarrass you. It's just that Gao has killed his generals, so I'm afraid it won't be tolerated by him."
While he was talking, there was a sudden noise at the cell door. A group of soldiers came in and shouted loudly: "Bring out Yi and Gao Lan quickly!"
It turned out that Yuan Shao was walking towards the east gate under the escort of Wen Chou, and met Feng Ji halfway. After Feng Ji got the news that the north gate had been lost, he hurriedly came down from the city top and wanted to go back to his hometown to move his family's belongings.
He ran away randomly, not wanting to bump into Yuan Shao on the road.
Feng Ji was ordered by Yuan Shao to monitor Xin Ping at the north gate. He shouldn't have appeared here. He was worried about arousing Yuan Shao's suspicion, so he pretended to say: "Lord, when my subordinates rushed to the north gate, the north gate was already lost."
"My subordinates are worried that Yi and Gao Lan in prison will take the opportunity to cause trouble, so they want to go to the prison to persuade them."
Yuan Shao frowned and said: "Here, take Yuan's sword and go to the prison to take the heads of Yi and Gao Lan!"
When Feng Ji saw that he had not aroused Yuan Shao's suspicion, he secretly wiped away a cold sweat, but did not dare to go home again, so he had to follow Yuan Shao towards the east gate.
In the prison, all the jailers looked at each other as they saw a group of fierce-looking soldiers rushing in. Suddenly, they heard Gao Lan shouting and rushed out of the cell. These days, the guards have not been supervising Gao Lan and Yi very well.
It was so tight that the wooden shackles and shackles were not used, and the cell door was opened just now.
Gao Lan rushed out of the cell, waved his fists and rushed into the soldiers, knocking down five or six people in the blink of an eye. Yiye walked out of the cell. At first he didn't understand what Gao Lan was doing, but when he saw the hand of one of the captains
Holding Yuan Shao's sword, he couldn't help being frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the battle. Although these soldiers were in large numbers, they could not stop the two fierce tigers Yi and Gao Lan. In the blink of an eye, they were killed in pieces and fled in all directions.
Even Yuan Shao's sword was thrown away.
Yi picked up the sword, turned around and said: "General Gao, even Yuan Shao is unwilling to tolerate us, I'm afraid Liu Xin will not let us go, you and I should go back as soon as possible!"
Gao Lan shook his head and said: "Ye City has been destroyed, where can you and I hide?"
Seeing that Gao Lan insisted on staying, Yi stopped trying to persuade him and walked out of the prison with Yuan Shao's sword. The guards did not dare to stop him and allowed him to walk away.
At this time, Ye City was already in chaos. After the north gate, the south gate and the west gate were also lost one after another. Yuan Shao, escorted by Wen Chou, came all the way to the east gate, but saw a group of people rushing towards the east gate, led by one man.
Holding a spear in his hand, it was Zhang.
At this time, although there were 360,000 Yuan's troops in Ye City, except for the 60,000 veterans who had passed through the battle formation, the rest were recruits who had just joined the army this year. When those veterans heard that the city had been destroyed, they took off their armor one after another.
, sneaking into the streets and alleys, this is the only way they have been able to save their lives for many years. However, the 300,000 new soldiers have never been on the battlefield, and most of their hometowns are not in Yecheng. When they heard that the city was destroyed, they simply opened the city gates and fled for their lives.
.As a result, the Han infantry was not used at all, and the 40,000 light cavalry alone rushed into the city.
Fortunately, Yuan Shao was accompanied by Wen Chou as a guard. When he saw someone blocking him, he shouted loudly, raised his gun and faced him, and he fought with Zhang. The two spears flew up and down, and they fought evenly.
When Feng Ji saw this, he whispered: "My lord, while General Wen is entangled with the enemy, let's get out of the city quickly."
Yuan Shao glanced at Wen Chou, who was in the middle of a fierce battle, and rushed past him on horseback. He was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, which made him very dazzling among the troops. When the other Han cavalry saw him, they knew he was an important figure and killed him one after another.
He came over and was surrounded by water in a blink of an eye.
At this time, more and more Han troops rushed into the city, including both cavalry and infantry. The soldiers around Yuan Shao became fewer and fewer as they fought. Gradually, only dozens of cavalry were left to follow, and the situation became critical.