Chapter 1087
Zhang Liao was very happy when he heard what Li Dian said, and immediately said: "In this case, you can go to the city of Xuchang and talk about surrendering Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and others. If you succeed, Yingchuan can be settled!"

Li Dian bowed his hands and took the order: "No, the last general will go to the city of Xuchang and say to surrender Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and others!"

At that moment, Li Dian led a hundred riders to the city.

Hou Junji had already received the news that Li Dian had surrendered to the Han court, and he went to various cities in person, causing many city defenders in Yingchuan County to surrender to the Han.

Hou Junji guarded the city every day, and he set an example to stabilize the morale of the army.The second reason is that they are afraid that when they are not around, the defenders will open the city and surrender.

Hou Junji stood at the top of the city and watched the cavalry come out of the camp in the distance, led by General Li Dian.

"Li Dian, a villain who betrays his master and seeks glory, must have come to bring down the soldiers and horses in the city and create turmoil. Don't let him approach the city. If he comes, shoot me back with random arrows, otherwise the soldiers and horses in the city will be shaken by him. , our life is not long." Hou Junji pointed to Li Dian and others who rode their horses in the distance, and said to his confidants.

These confidantes of Hou Junji have been doing evil for a long time on weekdays, and they knew that they would have no way out if they surrendered to the big man, so they chose to live and die with Xu Chang.

After listening to Hou Junji's order, these confidant generals gave orders to the soldiers under their command one after another. As soon as the Han army arrived, they immediately shot back with random arrows.

Li Dian led a hundred cavalry to the city not far away. He saw the archers on the top of the city standing in formation from a distance, so he reined in his horse and stood up. He said to the cavalry under his command: "Look at the Zhao army at the top of the city. The archers are waiting in formation. It must be Hou. Junji is afraid that I will surrender the soldiers, so he is worried that we will get close. If we go rashly, we will be shot to death by random arrows. Get off your horses and get your shields, and you are giving me a shield, and advance step by step!"

"promise!"

A group of cavalry dismounted one after another, took tall and heavy iron shields, formed a small shield formation, and slowly advanced.

And Li Dian urged the horse behind, holding a shield in his left hand and a general in his right to prevent Zhao Jun from shooting at the head of the city.

As soon as the Han army reached the shooting range under the city, the Zhao army on the top of the city immediately fired arrows at the Han army.It's just that the Han army has been prepared for a long time, and these arrows can't hurt the Han army at all.

"Shoot Li Dian!" Hou Junji said angrily.

Li Dian held a shield to protect the vital points of his body, waved his spear with his right hand, blocked other arrows, hid behind the shield, and shouted at the top of the city: "Hou Junji, if the two countries are fighting, if you don't kill them, now I have If you want to say something, don't you dare let me say it?"

Hou Junji ordered the soldiers to continue shooting arrows and not to let Li Dian show his face, and shouted: "I heard recently that the Han army sent a general who looked like General Li Dian to the four cities, saying that they would surrender our troops. People in the city have been tricked. Now that you fake General Li Dian came here, you just want to shake the morale of our army, how can I let you do what you want?"

Li Dian said angrily, "I am Li Dian, why do I pretend to be a fake!"

Hou Junji shouted coldly: "Then you dare to take down the shield and let our soldiers see you?"

Li Dian listened to the sound of arrows shooting but the clanging sound on the shield, but he dared not take down the shield, he was afraid that once the shield was released, he would be shot into a beehive immediately.

Li Dian helplessly shouted: "Hou Junji, you and I have been ministers in the same palace for many years, can't you even hear my voice?"

Hou Junji pointed at Li Dian and cursed: "You fake, General Li Dian is unparalleled in loyalty, and your voice is quite different from yours. Do you think I can't hear you?"

"What a treacherous man!" Li Dian was furious behind the shield. He assured Zhang Liao that he would come out and surrender Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and others, but he didn't expect to be under the city, and he didn't dare to show his face to say surrender. , what credibility?

At this moment, there was a sound of galloping war horses from behind.

Li Dian looked back, but it was Zhang Liao who led the attack.Soldiers carried a large number of shields, as well as strong bows and crossbows.

"I'll bring soldiers and horses to press the formation for you, you can rest assured that the soldiers and horses will be sent to the city!" Zhang Liao urged the horse to come behind Li Dian, and shouted at Li Dian.

"Thank you, General!" Li Dian was immediately moved.

Zhang Liao ordered to the soldiers behind him: "Shieldmen step forward, and crossbowmen shoot me at the head of the main city!"

"Promise!" Nearly ten thousand soldiers behind Zhang Liao immediately stepped forward. The shield soldiers held their shields in front of them. Under the cover of the shield soldiers, the crossbowmen shot at Zhao Jun on the city wall.

Zhao Jun was caught off guard for a while, and many people were shot and killed by the Han army. Li Dian's pressure was greatly relieved, and he urged his horse out of the formation. Brothers, see clearly, I am Li Dian!"

Zhao Jun on the top of the city heard the words and peeked from the wall.

"It really is General Li Dian!"

"Is it really General Li Dian?"

"General Li Dian really surrendered to the big man?"

When Zhao Jun saw Li Dian on the top of the wall, there was a lot of discussion.

"So what if it's Li Dian, shoot him to death!" Hou Junji was furious when he heard the soldiers' comments.

Li Dian yelled at the top of the city: "Listen, brothers on the top of the city, Zhao Guangyi is exhausted now, you should open the city and surrender immediately. I know that some of you have followed Hou Junji all these years. There are many evil things, but don't worry, we only punish the chief evildoers. If you can take down Hou Junji and surrender in Kaesong, all the past will be forgotten!

Now that Xuchang City is broken, it is only a matter of time. I came here to surrender myself, but I just don't want to add more casualties.Otherwise, on the day the city was destroyed, the evil things you did before would not be so easy to explain clearly. "

When the soldiers on the top of the city heard the words, they panicked and thought of surrendering in Kaesong.What Li Dian said was right, it was only a matter of time before the city of Xuchang was destroyed, and there was still a way out for surrendering now, but when the Han army took the initiative to break through the city, they would be doomed.

"Is Brother Cao Chun here?" Li Dian yelled at the top of the wall again.

"Cao Chun is here!" At the corner of the city, a general showed his head. Seeing this, the Han army avoided Cao Chun with their arrows.

Li Dian yelled at Cao Chun: "Brother Cao Chun, now your brother Cao Cao is the general of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Ren is also serving under his command. Why don't you open the city and surrender, and follow the two brothers to make contributions?"

"Uncle, let's surrender!" Cao Xiu whispered behind Cao Chun.

Cao Chun glared at Cao Xiu, took the bow and arrow from the soldier, bent the bow and set the arrow, and shouted at Li Dian: "Li Dian, you villain who betrayed the Lord and seek glory, do you think I, Cao Chun, are the same as you? Come on!" I shoot an arrow!"

After Cao Chun finished speaking, he shot an arrow at Li Dian.

Li Dian was caught off guard and was shot by Cao Chun's arrow in the arm.

Li Dian frowned, pointed at the top of the city and shouted: "Cao Chun, since you are ignorant of current affairs, don't blame me for being rude."

After Li Dian finished speaking, he rode his horse and left.

When Zhang Liao saw that Li Dian said the surrender would not be possible, he also ordered his troops to return.

When the group returned to the camp, Zhang Liao sighed, "It's a pity, Cao Chun doesn't want to surrender. If they are willing to surrender, Yingchuan can be pacified at least half a year earlier. General Li Dian, how is your injury?"

"Hahaha!" Li Dian didn't want to burst out laughing.

"General Li, why are you laughing?" Zhang Liao frowned at Li Dian.

Li Dian smiled and said to Zhang Liao: "General Wen Yuan, Cao Chun will rebel against Hou Junji tonight, you should order the soldiers to get ready as soon as possible."

Zhang Liao asked suspiciously, "But Cao Chun rejected you sternly before and even shot you with an arrow. How could he turn against you?"

"General, look at my injury!" Li Dian let go of his hand covering his right arm. Zhang Liao looked over and saw an arrow stuck in Li Dian's right arm, but there was no blood on it. The arrow just hit Li Dian. The armor did not hurt the flesh.

Zhang Liao suddenly realized: "You are Cao Chun, did you do this on purpose?"

Li Dian nodded and explained: "I know Cao Chun very well. He is proficient in riding and archery. At that time, I was only a few dozen steps away from Xuchang City in order to let Zhao Jun in the city see me clearly. With Cao Chun's archery skills, everyone You can kill me with one arrow, but only my armor is missing.

This must have been done on purpose by Cao Chun. He knew that what I said to him today would definitely make Hou Junji wary of him, so he sternly refused and shot me again.The purpose is to let Hou Junji relax his vigilance and dispel his guard. In this way, wouldn't it be easy for him to deal with Hou Junji? "

Zhang Liao nodded: "Well, you're not afraid, at a distance of dozens of steps, even a soldier who is proficient in cavalry and archery can shoot, let alone a general like Cao Chun who has practiced martial arts since childhood. The generals obey orders , all the soldiers are not allowed to rest tonight, just sit back and prepare for Cao Chun!"

But it said that it was in the city of Xuchang.

After the Han army retreated, Hou Junji found Cao Chun, patted Cao Chun on the shoulder and said, "Because of the relationship between the general and Cao Cao, I have always been wary of the general. Now it seems that the general is the most loyal general under the lord's command. The general guards Xuchang together with me, Xuchang can be said to be impenetrable."

Cao Chun snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, Cao Aman is Cao Aman, how can it be compared with my Cao family? The Patriarch told me before he died that I must be loyal to the lord. How could I, Cao Chun, betray the lord?"

Hou Junji was overjoyed and said: "Good! The general is loyal, and the world can learn from it. I guard the city every day, and I am quite tired. From then on, you and I will take turns guarding the city. You will be on duty tonight, so I can rest !"

These days, Hou Junji had to come to the city to supervise day and night, and he was physically and mentally exhausted. Now that Cao Chun was available, he naturally wanted Cao Chun to be on duty so that he could have a good rest in the city.

Cao Chun cupped his hands and said, "Thank you General, the last general will definitely not let Xu Chang suffer!"

"Then we will have General Lao tonight!" Hou Junji cupped his hands and went to rest in the city.

After Hou Junji left, Cao Xiu said to Cao Chun: "Uncle, why did you reject Li Dian? Now Uncle Meng De is under the command of Tianxia, ​​serving as General Zhengxi, with a high position. And what about us? We have been with the Zhao family for so many years. After the death of the second uncle, we will no longer be reused. You must know that Zhao Kuangyin started his career with our Cao family.

His Zhao family is ungrateful, and now it is at the end of its rope, why don't we take the opportunity to surrender to the big man? "

Cao Chun glared at Cao Xiu, and said in a low voice, "I did it on purpose. If I had shown the slightest intention to surrender on the top of the wall before, our heads would have fallen to the ground at this moment. Now Hou Junji Entrusting me with a heavy responsibility, wouldn't it be easy for us to rebel now?"

(End of this chapter)

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