The arrows were like rain, and the arrows flying all over the sky were like dense raindrops, flying around between the two armies.

On both sides of the city wall, corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed into rivers.

The two armies fought fiercely near the city gate, fighting for the small area. On several occasions, Cao's army climbed up the city tower, and were killed and retreated by the defenders.

The battle lasted for half an hour, but the two sides still had no choice but to decide the outcome.

At this time, Zhang Yan stood on the city tower with an iron spear and fought hard. His whole body was covered with blood. From a distance, he looked like a bloody man.

He commanded hundreds of defenders around him and repeatedly fought with Cao's soldiers. After killing one after another, Cao's soldiers continued to climb up along the city wall, and seemed to be unable to kill them.

This city wall became the most intense place. While Zhang Yan was killing Cao Bing who was climbing up the city wall, he was also wary of the hidden arrows shot by Cao's army, wishing he could break himself into ten people alone.

"puff!"

Zhang Yan raised the iron spear in his hand and stabbed a Cao army officer who had just climbed up the city wall to death. When he looked up, he saw the numerous Cao army soldiers under the city, and couldn't help but frown. If he continued to kill like this endlessly, it would be a matter of time before he was exhausted to death.

"Reinforcements are here! Reinforcements are here!"

I don’t know who it was, but suddenly shouted, immediately attracting everyone’s attention.

But in the dim twilight, two cavalrymen under the banner of Xuzhou Governor rushed from behind the Cao army, like tigers, like two sharp swords, directly inserted into the military formation where Cao Cao was.

Cao's army was attacking the city with all its strength, almost suppressing all its forces, and the troops left in the military formation were pitifully small.

At this time, the reinforcements from Xuzhou suddenly came from behind. Cao Cao felt the crisis and immediately divided the Cao soldiers beside him into two groups to resist the Xuzhou soldiers. Under the protection of his followers, he quickly evacuated the battlefield.

"The reinforcements have arrived, Cao Cao has retreated, Cao Cao has retreated..." Chen Deng immediately opened his voice and shouted loudly when he saw this subtle change.

On the top of the city, when they saw reinforcements coming, they all swung their weapons in their hands like chicken blood, and attacked Cao's army fiercely. The originally depressed morale suddenly rose.

After Cao Cao left like this, all Cao's army was in chaos. After a while, the sound of gold sounding came from the Cao army's army. The Cao army, densely located under the city wall, began to retreat one after another.

Cao Jun retreated, and Zhang Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was exhausted and sat on the ground and gasped.

Outside the city, there were fierce fighting sounds of cavalry between the two armies, but all of this had nothing to do with him. Looking at the blood-stained city and the soldiers who looked like blood, he was a little secretly grateful that he finally escaped the disaster.

A short and fat man with white hair and wearing an official uniform quickly climbed up to the city tower surrounded by a group of people. He looked at the tragic tragedy on the city tower and shouted with a nervous look: "Yuanlong! Where is Yuanlong?"

"Sir... I'm here..." Chen Deng leaned against the city wall in blood. Seeing that the man was on the city wall, he hurriedly responded.

The old man followed the sound and found Chen Deng, but didn't care about so many things. He took two steps at once and quickly came to Chen Deng's side. He saw an arrow inserted on Chen Deng's shoulder, blood was gushing outward, and his face was filled with pity.

He grabbed Chen Deng's hands and held them tightly. Although Chen Deng's hands were covered with blood, he did not feel disgusted at all. Seeing that Chen Deng was injured, he looked lonely and said apologetically: "It's all my fault that I came later, harmed Yuanlong and many soldiers..."

"Your Majesty, don't blame yourself. This is not your fault. It's all because of Cao Cao... cough cough..."

"Yuanlong, stop talking. I will ask someone to carry you to the prefect's mansion for treatment." The old man said with concern.

As he said that, the old man ordered his subordinates to come and carry Chen Deng away.

Chen Deng waved his hand quickly and said, "Sir, I am just a few minor injuries. Compared with those soldiers who fought bloody battles on the top of this city, my injuries are nothing. If the soldiers did not fight to the death, I am afraid that Yuan Long would have become the dead soul of Cao's army. Please be sure to provide pensions to the dead soldiers and treat the injured soldiers. Only in this way can I feel at ease."

"Yuanlong, you can rest assured that I have a sense of responsibility and will never treat these soldiers who fought bloodyly."

Chen Deng said again: "Sir, the reason why the city can be guarded for a long time is that in addition to the bloody battles of the soldiers, there is another person who has made great contributions. This person has excellent archery skills and has the technique of passing through Yang in a hundred steps. He shot Cao Chun, the general of Cao army, to death with one arrow. In addition, he is also very skilled in martial arts and brave and good at fighting. If he hadn't led the soldiers to repel Cao army's attacks, I'm afraid the city would have been lost long ago..."

"Oh? Who is this person? Is this capable? Please recommend it to me quickly!" The old man was overjoyed after hearing this. There were many elite soldiers in the Xuzhou army, but there were few strong generals. If there was such a number one person, he would definitely reuse it.

Chen Deng looked around and through the gap between people, he saw Zhang Yan, who had become a bloody man with his back against the city wall, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yan..."

Zhang Yan was resting when he suddenly heard Chen Deng calling him and replied: "Sir, I'm here!"

"Zhang Yan, come to my side quickly." Chen Deng called out hurriedly.

Zhang Yan stood up from the ground, moved his strong body, and walked quickly to Chen Deng with agile steps. He first glanced at the old man beside Chen Deng, and a group of scholars and military generals behind the old man, and bowed to Chen Deng and said, "What are the instructions of sir?"

"Zhang Yan, this is Xuzhou Mu Tao Envoy, please salute to the Lord of the State Council!" Chen Deng pointed to the old man beside him and said to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan glanced at the old man and heard Chen Deng say that the old man was the Lord of Xuzhou, so the old man should be Tao Qian. So he imitated the ancients and bowed deeply to Tao Qian, and said with a sensation: "Zhang Yan, the county magistrate of Liuxian, see Lord Mu of the Prefecture."

Tao Qian heard Zhang Yan's loud voice and magnetic voice. When he looked up and saw Zhang Yan's appearance and figure, he couldn't help but feel a little happy. He laughed and said, "I didn't expect that you, a small county magistrate, had such skills. Yuan Long praised you very much. I also lacked generals who could lead troops to fight. You shot Cao Chun first and guarded the city behind. These are all your contributions. I will naturally not be stingy with military positions..."

He paused, and after a little thought, he said loudly: "From today, you will be the lieutenant of the Wuwei School. I hope you can continue to work hard and make contributions in the future!"

"Thank you for the reward of Lord Zhoumu."

Afterwards, Tao Qian ordered people to carry Chen Deng to the prefect's mansion to treat the wounds. When he saw it was getting late, he ordered someone to withdraw the troops and recall the cavalry who fought with Cao's army outside the city.

Outside Pengcheng, Cao's army and Xuzhou soldiers were fighting. Xuzhou soldiers suddenly heard the sound of gold coming from the city, and the cavalry retreated one after another.

Seeing that the Xuzhou soldiers retreated, Cao's army did not pursue them, so the two armies retreated separately.

Zhang Yanxin took office and was responsible for defending the city gate. All the soldiers followed his orders. Seeing that the Xuzhou soldiers retreated, they opened the city gate and let Xuzhou soldiers enter the city. After the Xuzhou soldiers completely entered the city, Zhang Yan took advantage of the night to clean the battlefield outside the city and relocated a lot of stones, which were still piled up on the city for the next battle.

After closing the city gate again, Zhang Yan came to the city head again, looked out of the city, and saw Cao's army camping by the Sishui River, less than five miles away from Pengcheng, and you could vaguely hear the sound coming from the Cao's army camp.

A soldier in strong clothes climbed the city tower, walked straight to Zhang Yan, and said respectfully: "I have met the lieutenant."

Zhang Yan turned around and saw a strange soldier who had never seen him before, so he asked, "You are..."

"As the young master of Fengzhou, I will come and ask the lieutenant to come to the prefect's office to discuss matters."

"Convention?" Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said to the soldier: "Please go back and tell Lord Zhou Mu first, and I will arrive later."

"Here! The young man said goodbye."

Zhang Yan looked at the soldier's back and disappeared into the darkness, thinking to himself: "Xuzhou is a place to use its skills, but unfortunately Tao Qian is not a wise ruler... Maybe, I can find an opportunity to replace Tao Qian and rule Xuzhou..."

He ordered the soldiers to guard the city gates and make them more vigilant. Then he went down the city tower and walked towards the prefect's mansion on foot.

Zhang Yan walked on the streets of Pengcheng and saw that most of the houses near the city gate had collapsed and turned into ruins, and the sides of the street were filled with homeless refugees.

For some reason, seeing these homeless refugees who were starving and frozen on the roadside, he felt a little sympathy. He suddenly realized that it seemed that it was his long-term responsibility to let the people live a life of food and clothing and give them a peaceful world.

While walking, he asked about the location of the prefect's mansion. After about a few minutes, he arrived at the prefect's mansion.

Chen Deng stood at the door of the prefect's mansion. After seeing Zhang Yan's figure, he hurriedly came out and asked with concern: "Why are you here? Come in quickly and wait for you alone."

Before Zhang Yan could figure out the situation, he was pulled into the prefect's house by Chen Deng, who was wrapped in a strap. The two of them walked side by side, took two steps at a time, and soon arrived at the hall.

The hall was full of people. Chen Deng pulled Zhang Yan into the hall and saluted Tao Qian first: "See Lord Zhou Mu."

"No gift, Yuan Long, Zhang Yan, hurry up and sit down." Tao Qian waved his hand.

Chen Deng first pointed to an empty seat at the end of the left and signaled Zhang Yan to do it. He walked straight to the first seat on the right and sat down.

Zhang Yan noticed that the so-called seat is actually not a "seat", it is just a wooden floor covered with a layer of futon. In front of the futon, there was a very small table. He glanced at the people next to him and saw that the rest were all crisp in front of their knees and had hips on their heels. He also followed suit and knelt there.
Chapter completed!