Chapter 791 Sha Xian is demoted to a literary position
Wenpin ran away, but Li Dian was not willing to give up. As soon as his horse turned around, he was about to kill him, but he was blocked by the deputy general's spear and could not pursue him.
"If you want to kill my general, you must get through me first."
The lieutenant general was quite strong, and even though he knew he was losing to Li Dian, he had no intention of retreating.
"kill."
Seeing this, Li Dian could only calm down and start shooting at the deputy general.
After a few shots, the deputy general was shot in the shoulder. Even so, he gritted his teeth and shot Li Dian again to death.
"Go to hell."
Seeing that the deputy general was still standing in front of him even though he was shot, he couldn't help but become furious. He fired several shots and finally pierced the deputy general's chest with one shot.
"Chasing Wenpin."
After picking up the deputy general, Li Dian directly led his troops to chase Wenpin, but by the time he killed him, Wenpin had already left Kunyu Mountain with more than 10,000 remaining troops and retreated towards Sha Xian.
"Tell Li Dian not to pursue, but to capture the enemy here first."
Cao Ren saw Wenpin fleeing from a high place and immediately ordered Li Dian to give up the pursuit and concentrate on dealing with the enemies in the canyon.
"The general has orders not to pursue, but to capture the enemy in the mountains."
Soon a messenger conveyed Cao Ren's order to Li Dian.
After hearing Cao Ren's order, Li Dian looked at the remaining soldiers in the distance, shook his head, and then led his army into Kunyu Mountain again.
Without Wenpin Mountain, the soldiers and horses in the mountain had no backbone. They soon threw down their weapons and surrendered to Cao Jun under the pressure of Cao Jun.
At this point, Wenpin's 50,000-strong army was killed, except for the 10,000 soldiers and horses who went out first and the 10,000 remnants of the army who escaped with Wenpin. The remaining 30,000 soldiers and horses were killed, and all the remaining soldiers and horses surrendered.
"Zixiao, what should we do next?"
Li Dian and Le Jin all gathered around Cao Ren.
"My lord must have captured Sha Xian, Mancheng, and Wen Qian now. You will immediately lead an army of 20,000 to go north to Sha Xian to support my lord."
Cao Ren glanced into the distance and ordered Li Dian and Yue Jin to lead their troops north to fight Cao Cao.
"promise."
"promise."
Li Dian and Le Jin directly clasped their fists, then left Kunyu Mountain with 20,000 elite soldiers and ran towards Sha Xian.
Just as Cao Ren expected, after Cao Cao learned that Wenpin had left Sha Xian, he led an army of 20,000 people directly to the city. The defenders on the city were panicked when they saw Cao Cao's army arriving.
"I am Cao Cao, Cao Mengde. Wenpin has been surrounded and defeated by my army in the Kunyu Mountains. If you are wise, quickly open the city and surrender. Otherwise, when the city is breached, all the officers and officials guarding the city will be killed."
Cao Cao rode his horse to the front of the city, waved his whip and shouted at the defenders on top of the city.
"what to do?"
After hearing Cao Cao's words, all the soldiers on the city wall were numb.
"Wait, I will report to the county magistrate immediately."
The garrison commander who was guarding the city looked at Cao Cao's army and ran directly off the city wall towards the county government office.
"What?
General Wenpin surrounded and annihilated Mount Kunyu, and Cao Cao asked us to surrender in Kaicheng?"
The county magistrate was immediately stunned when he heard what the village chief said.
"County magistrate, please come up with an idea quickly."
Now is not the time to procrastinate, you need to make an idea quickly.
"What's your idea?
Kaicheng surrender immediately."
The county magistrate doesn't dare to be a hero. Being a county magistrate is not for anyone. When Cao Cao comes, it's just a matter of changing the master. Do you really want to be a loyal minister to Liu Biao?
"promise."
The village chief clasped his fists and was about to leave.
"Wait, I'll go with you."
Seeing that the village chief was about to leave, the county magistrate followed him directly to the city gate.
"Open the city gate."
At the order of the county magistrate, the city gate slowly opened.
"Shaxian County Magistrate Chen Hui pays homage to your lord."
The county magistrate went straight out and bowed to Cao Cao outside.
"Chen Hui, you are very good and know the current affairs well. You not only saved yourself but also Sha Xian's soldiers and officials. As long as you do your job well, I will not treat you badly."
Cao Cao looked at Chen Hui on his horse with a trace of satisfaction in his eyes, because he would still use Chen Hui in the future. Now that he surrendered in Kaicheng, the next thing would be easier to handle.
"I am willing to serve you."
Chen Hui's face lit up when he heard Cao Cao's words, and he quickly knelt down on one knee to salute Cao Cao.
"Okay, let's go into the city."
Cao Cao nodded to Chen Hui, and then led his army directly into Shaxian City.
Sha Xian was obtained by Cao Cao without any trouble, but Cao Cao did not change the flag on the city head, because he would use Sha Xian as a trap and wait for the defeated army returning from Kunyu Mountain to arrive.
Wenpin quickly retreated north with 10,000 remaining troops. He was really depressed now. Didn't he say that Cao Cao led 100,000 troops to Changsha?
Why can there be an ambush here, and there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses? Does it mean that Cao Cao still has an army of hundreds of thousands?
He really doesn't know anymore.
"General, what should we do now?"
A guard looked at the depressed Wenpin and couldn't help but ask.
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"what to do?
Return to Shaxian first, and then tell General Cai Hao about the situation here."
Wenpin let out a long sigh and led the remaining army towards Sha Xian.
After three days, Wenpin finally arrived outside Shaxian City. After looking at the intact city wall, he finally felt relieved. Fortunately, the enemy did not attack Shaxian, otherwise he really wouldn't know what to do.
"The general is back, open the city gate."
When the defenders on the city saw Wenpin returning with his troops, they opened the city gate directly, and the county magistrate Chen Hui also went out of the city to greet him.
"General, what's going on?"
Chen Hui looked at Wenpin's remnant army, and a glint flashed in his eyes. Fortunately, he didn't resist, otherwise everything would have been over.
"Hey, it's hard to explain. Let's go into the city."
Hearing Chen Hui's words, Wenpin felt melancholy again, ignored it, and returned directly to Shaxian City with the remaining army.
"General, I have something to do there, so I won't accompany you."
After entering the city, Chen Hui hugged Wenpin directly.
"Well, you go and do your work."
Wenpin didn't want to say anything at all now. When he heard that Chen Hui was leaving, he waved his hand to let him leave.
"promise."
Chen Hui left immediately after hearing Wenpin's words and ran towards the county government office.
Not long after the county magistrate left, the bodyguard looked at the empty streets around him with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"General, something is wrong."
Hearing the words of the personal guard, Wenpin raised his head sharply. Just now he was too distracted to care about anything else, and now he was looking at the surrounding streets with confusion.
"No, there's an ambush. Get out of Shaxian quickly."
"late."
Just when Wenpin was shouting, a group of soldiers and horses came to kill from a distance. The leader was none other than Cao Cao's general Cao Hong.
"Wenpin, Cao Hong has been waiting here for a long time."
Cao Hong pointed his sword at Wenpin from afar, and at the same time, countless soldiers and horses appeared on the surrounding city walls, bending their bows and arrows, aiming at Wenpin's army in the city.
"Okay, okay, Cao Mengde is really good at calculating. Where are the others?"
If Wen Ping didn't understand what the situation was like now, he wouldn't be a general anymore.
"Wenpin, Cao Cao is here."
A majestic figure appeared on top of the city tower. Who could he be if he wasn't Cao Cao?
"Cao Mengde, I have nothing to say about my inferior skills. I just want to know whether Xiajun's 100,000-strong army is real or fake."
Wenpin looked at Cao Cao on the city wall, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Even if he lost, he still had to know how he lost.
"Xiajun is just a suspicious army. From the beginning to the end, my target is you and your 50,000-strong army."
When facing Wenpin, Cao Cao directly stated the purpose of his actions.
"Okay, okay, everyone in the world says that Cao Mengde was beaten to the point of losing his armor by Jizhou Yuan Jiujiu. He is just a mediocre person. Now it seems that you are not mediocre. I can only say that Yuan Jiujiu is stronger."
After listening to Cao Cao's explanation, Wenpin could only shake his head. He really lost this battle and fell to the ground. Cao Cao crushed Liu Biao and Cai Mao both tactically and strategically. There was nothing he could do.
"Then if you don't surrender now, you can still save yourself and the lives of your troops."
Cao Cao looked at Wenpin and had nothing to say to what he said. He was not as good as Yuan Shu. He admitted this and there was nothing he could do about it.
"General, we will protect you as you fight your way out of the city."
After hearing Cao Cao's words, Wenpin's personal guards immediately protected him behind him, looking at the soldiers and horses on the city wall with death in their eyes.
"No, even if I can escape now, where can I go?
Liu Biao will definitely kill me after getting the news, and besides, he may not be able to escape, so it is better to surrender than to do so."
Wenpin shook his head. It would be death to escape now. Forget about surrendering.
"General."
The bodyguard also hesitated after hearing Wenpin's words.
