Zhang Yan, Gan Ning and others broke through the urn city and directly led the army into the city, and the people in Yecheng closed their doors one after another, not daring to go out of the house, for fear that they would be affected.

At the same time, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, and Zhang Liao also broke through the other three city gates, and the three gates had fewer defensive soldiers, and after retreating into the urn city, they were also quickly broken through and forced to retreat to the center of the city.

Under the protection of Cao Hong, Xun Yu led the remnants of the army to retreat while fighting, and also retreated towards the palace located in the center of the city.

Cao Hong commanded the soldiers to resist hard, but the enemy's offensive was very fierce, and the Cao soldiers could not organize a decent defense at all, Zhang Yan and Gan Ning were even more fierce with cavalry, especially Gan Ning, he rushed to the forefront, holding a steel knife, a burst of slashing, all those who came to resist were killed by him, brave and good at fighting, among the Cao army soldiers, no one could resist.

Even Cao Hong himself was a little jealous of Gan Ning, and when he fought before, he almost died under Gan Ning's knife.

Zhang Yan commanded the cavalry to outflank left and right, attacking from three sides, Cao Hong led the Cao army soldiers to retreat one after another, and soon retreated to the square at the entrance of the palace.

At this time, a steady stream of defeated troops gathered here from the east, west, and north, and Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, and Zhang Liao led the army to chase and kill here, and all the soldiers of the Cao army were surrounded in the center of the square, and everyone's faces were full of fearful expressions.

Zhang Yan reined in his horses and shouted at the more than 3,000 soldiers who were surrounded in the square: "You are all surrounded, don't do fearless struggles anymore, if you don't want to die, quickly abandon your weapons and surrender, otherwise, you will be killed!" ”

As soon as this remark came out. Among the soldiers who were surrounded. They all looked at each other. It is not difficult to see that some of them have been shaken.

Suddenly, a soldier directly dropped the weapon in his hand, raised his hands high, walked towards the camp of the Han army, and shouted: "I surrender!" I vote ......"

The voice was still echoing in the air, and a military master of Cao Jun suddenly rushed from behind with a knife, only to see a flash of cold light. The soldier who was about to surrender was cut off with his head cut off, and blood gushed out of his cavity and splashed everywhere.

"Those who dare to surrender again will be killed!" The military commander turned around, looked at the soldiers who wanted to surrender with a poisonous snake-like gaze, and said sharply.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow flew over quickly, directly killing the military Sima, and the person who shot the arrow was Zhang Yan. He shouted, "Surrender and live!" Death to those who do not surrender! Give you a stick of incense and make a quick decision! After a stick of incense. If there is no more result, the army will attack together, and you will all die! ”

As soon as Zhang Yan's words fell, there was immediately a commotion in the Cao Jun camp opposite, everyone whispered to each other, and there were many discussions, and the army's heart had been shaken.

Xun Yu frowned, looked around, and saw that the general trend had gone, so he said to Cao Hong: "General Cao, the army's heart has been shaken, you can pretend to surrender to Zhang Yan for a while, save your life for the time being, and wait for the opportunity to move after the reinforcements led by the lord arrive." ”

Cao Hong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Don't drive adults, what about you?" ”

"I'm ready to live and die with Yecheng!" Xun Yu said.

Cao Hong said: "No, when the lord left, he specially instructed me to let me protect you." I, Cao Hong, am not greedy for life and afraid of death, I will do my best to protect the ...... who don't drive adults out of the city."

"Why are you so confused! Now the city is full of Zhang Yan's army, how many of these people want to surrender and live, no matter how high your force is, you still can't stop them after all. It is better to keep a useful body and serve the Lord later. ”

"Then why don't you join me in pretending to surrender?" Cao Honghu asked suspiciously.

Xun Yu said: "We are all the henchmen of the lord, and it is impossible to convince Zhang Yan that we are sincerely surrendering." But if there is someone who is willing to cooperate and put on a good show for Zhang Yan to see, then things may get better. So, the two of us, only one can live! ”

"Then you live, I will die!" Cao Hong is neither humble nor arrogant.

Xun Yu hurriedly said: "No! You live, I die! You are strong in force, even if you surrender, as long as you have the opportunity, you can kill it, but I can't, I have no power, once you surrender, you will be restricted, and you can't leave if you want to. That's why you have to live! ”

Cao Hong was silent, frowned, thought about it carefully, and found that what Xun Yu said was quite reasonable.

So, Cao Hong was no longer stubborn, turned around suddenly, squeezed out of the crowd in great strides, walked to the outermost, raised the weapon in his hand high above his head, and then threw away the weapon, shouting: "I surrender!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers who were surrounded were shocked, and even Zhang Yan and others were a little surprised, Cao Hong, as the commander of the first army, was Cao Cao's confidant general, why did he surrender?

Zhang Yan's heart was full of suspicions, he didn't believe that Cao Hong would surrender, and was about to question Cao Hong, but suddenly heard a person in the enemy camp scolding loudly: "Cao Hong! You are an ungrateful villain, who treats you like a brother in vain, and you ......"

Zhang Yan glanced at the enemy camp, and the scolder was Xun Yu, only to see that Xun Yu was full of indignation, full of anger, and even scolded Cao Hong.

"Enough!" Cao Hong suddenly shouted loudly, "Everyone has their own ambitions, I am just making my right choice, I was born and died for Cao Cao, but in the end, what did I get in exchange?" is the so-called good bird chooses the tree to perch, and the good minister chooses the lord to do things, not to mention that the regent is ordered to beg the thief, and Cao Cao is a traitor, why should I follow a traitor? ”

After speaking, Cao Hong walked straight in front of Zhang Yan, knelt on the ground on his knees, kowtowed, and said: "Cao Hong, the general of the defeated army, also hopes that the regent can take him in regardless of his previous suspicions, Cao Hong is willing to be a cow and a horse for the regent, this will not swerving!" ”

"Qiyu Regent, Cao Hong is Cao Cao's confidant general, it is impossible to surrender to our army, I am afraid that it will be a fraudulent surrender! Please think twice about the regent! Gao Shun didn't know when he came from behind, and said with a fist next to Zhang Yan.

Cao Hong raised his head and said busily: "I am sincere, if the regent can't trust me, you can tie me up and observe slowly." Although I have the same surname as Cao Cao, Cao Cao is Cao Cao, and I am me. I, Cao Hong, have followed Cao Cao from birth to death since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and over the years, I have made many meritorious contributions, and I have saved Cao Cao's life. However, these feats, in Cao Cao's eyes, are worthless, he doesn't give me a reward, but instead emphasizes literature over martial arts, and uses a scribe like Xun Yu to pressure me, I have long complained in my heart. If the regent is willing to spare my life, I am willing to discharge my armor and return to the field......"

"Okay, I've seen your sincerity. Now that you've surrendered, shouldn't these of your men surrender too? Zhang Yan directly interrupted Cao Hong's words.

After Cao Hong heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and said with an embarrassed face: "Regent, I can't be the master of this, some of these soldiers are my old department, and some are the Jizhou army that I surrendered, I will definitely be able to surrender my old department, but I don't know if those Jizhou troops will surrender." ”

Zhang Yan saw that Cao Hong's answer was very sincere, so he said: "Then let's do it, you recruit all your old subordinates, and I will give you a credit, how about it?" ”

Cao Hong's face was happy, and he immediately bowed to Zhang Yan and said, "Thank you for the regent's kindness, I'll go and surrender them." ”

After speaking, Cao Hong stood up from the ground, turned around and shouted at the surrounded soldiers: "I have surrendered, what are you waiting for?" Don't surrender quickly, lest you die! ”

As a result, Cao Hong's old troops came out one after another, threw aside all the weapons in their hands, and surrendered one after another.

The rest of the soldiers also followed suit, and in just a moment, more than 3,000 soldiers all laid down their weapons and followed Cao Hong to surrender to Zhang Yan.

But there was only one person who did not surrender, and was still there to scold Cao Hong for being unkind and unjust, and a shameless person who was disloyal and unfilial.

Zhang Yan then asked Xun Yu to tie him up, Xun Yu came to Zhang Yan's face, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "If Wen Ruo asks for death, please also ask the regent to fulfill it!" ”

"Hehe, whether you die or not, it's not you who say, it's me. I let you die, and you can die! Zhang Yan said with a smile.

Then, Zhang Yan turned his face to Cao Hong and said, "General Cao, what do you think Xun Yu should do?" ”

Cao Hong said without thinking: "Xun Yu is resourceful, Cao Cao has always listened to him very much, if you keep him, I am afraid that there will be hidden dangers, it is better to kill him, one hundred." In my opinion, the five horses are divided into corpses or Ling Chi is the most suitable for him! ”

Xun Yu glared at Cao Hong fiercely, scolded again, and even spat at Cao Hong's face.

Cao Hong was angry, and he slapped Xun Yu directly in the face, and immediately printed a five-finger handprint.

Zhang Yan has been quietly staring at Cao Hong and Xun Yu's every move, and when he saw such a scene, he smiled and said: "Xun Yu can't die for the time being, it's useful for me to keep him!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Come on, take Xun Yu down, strictly guard, no one is allowed to approach without my order!" ”

"Whoa!"

The soldiers took Xun Yu away and escorted him to the dungeon, and Zhang Yan's army entered the city, officially occupied Yecheng, and placed Cao Hong and others in the barracks near the four city gates in the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

After a day of fighting, Yecheng was finally captured, Zhang Yan suffered very little loss in this battle, but the enemy army suffered a lot of losses, after the army entered the city, Zhang Yan issued a decree not to disturb the people, and those who violated the order were killed, and the people did not commit any crimes.

At night, Jia Xu, under the protection of five hundred cavalry, entered Yecheng by night.

Zhang Yan personally greeted Jia Xu's arrival, and informed Jia Xu of the situation in Yecheng, and after Jia Xu heard about Cao Hong's surrender, he immediately said to Zhang Yan: "Lord, Cao Hong surrendered by fraud, don't reuse!" ”

Zhang Yan smiled: "How can I not know that Cao Hong surrendered by fraud? During the day, he and Xun Yu sang and harmonized, and acted for me, just to win my trust. Actually, I never believed them. I deliberately kept them, and it was a good use. ”

Jia Xu hurriedly asked, "But is it to capture Cao Cao?" (To be continued......)