Jiang Cuiping's extraordinary martial arts surprised Ma Dai. After twenty rounds, he was at a disadvantage.

"Hey... you are a girl, and you are pretty, why don't you learn singing and dancing but martial arts?" Ma Dai couldn't beat Jiang Cuiping, so he used chat to distract her.

Jiang Cuiping was furious: "Are you in charge of your aunt? You will die under the halberd!"

The white jade halberd wrapped up a ball of silver light and swept towards Ma Dai like a mountain and sea, wishing that he could slash Ma Dai under the horse with a halberd.

Ma Dai used all his strength and calmly responded to the challenge. His sword flew up and down, and he dealt with all his strength when he saw the move.

Jiang Cuiping can fight, but the Shen army she led cannot fight, at least it cannot compete with the cavalry led by Ma Dai.

Especially the terrain of Qingshe Ridge was high in the south and low in the north. Four thousand Tang cavalry swept down from a high place. Relying on the power of war horses, they rushed down and chopped down at least 500 Shen troops in one round.

Ma Dai divided the 4,000 cavalry into four groups, and he led one to entangle Jiang Cuiping. The other three captains each led one thousand people, galloping back and forth, splitting and surrounding Shen Jun. After Guan Ying's troops caught up, they surrounded and annihilated them in one fell swoop.

"Stop fighting, I'm useless if you win!"

Ma Dai angered Jiang Cuiping with his words, "No one of your soldiers can escape, they can only end up being wiped out by annihilation. No matter how hard you resist stubbornly, it will be futile. Taking the initiative to surrender can save them from death!"

"My aunt is going to die and she will take you to cushion!"

Jiang Cuiping was furious and waved the white jade halberd and stabbed Ma Dai without hesitation, as if he wanted to die together, he seemed to have put life and death aside.

"A good man doesn't fight with a woman!"

Ma Dai felt a cloud of silver light all over his body, and he couldn't help but be dazzled, and he secretly cried in his heart, "This woman's martial arts is so great? It would be great if Brother Meng Qi is here!"

Thirty-six strategies were the best strategy, and Ma Dai knew he would be defeated, so he took a slash and drove the horse away.

The nearly ten thousand Tang troops led by Guan Ying were sweeping in the distance. Jiang Cuiping did not dare to fight. She shouted and drove away.

It seems that the team she led was going to explain in Qingshe Ridge, and Jiang Cuiping had no choice but to ride alone to break through. After all, she was just an eighteen-year-old girl, and she had very little experience on the battlefield.

Ma Dai did not intend to let Jiang Cuiping leave easily. The fleeing just now was just pretending. Seeing that Jiang Cuiping was not interested in fighting, he hurriedly inserted a big knife to the ground, bent his bow and arrow to aim at Jiang Cuiping's mount's eyes, and then an arrow.

With a "sudden" sound, Ma Dai's cold arrow did not hit the target, but it also shot on the nostrils of the mount under Jiang Cuiping's crotch.

The war horse was in pain, and the man stood up, lifting Jiang Cuiping, who was caught off guard, suddenly fell off the horse, and immediately fell into a dizzy way, with stars in his eyes.

"Where is the little lady going?"

Ma Dai rode his horse and slashed over several Shen Jun soldiers who were rescued. He put a big knife on Jiang Cuiping's neck and ordered the two personal soldiers to dismount.

Jiang Cuiping had tears of grievance in her eyes and scolded: "What a good man is the cold arrow hurting people? You Tangren can only bully women!"

Ma Dai laughed: "Haha... the soldiers are never tired of cheating. How can there be open and hidden arrows on the battlefield? Shooting the opponent is a good arrow! You are very clever in making a formation along the river. Why don't you know how to stop when you see it? You have to wait until the main force of our army crosses the river and cuts off your retreat before you remember to withdraw your troops?"

"The strategy of lined up along the river was planned by my father. If he were here, you wouldn't think of crossing the river!" Jiang Cuiping looked dissatisfied, "You are just bullying me, a weak woman!"

Nearly 10,000 troops led by Guan Ying intercepted them separately, attacked the cavalry front and back, and almost killed more than 3,000 Shen troops in one go, and all the rest surrendered, and Jiang You were also captured in the chaos.

The soldiers are very fast. Guan Ying and Ma Dai joined forces and rushed to the city of Wan County overnight.

In the middle of the night, more than 20,000 main army led by Zhou Yu and Cao Xing arrived in Wancheng from the post road to the west, met with Guan Ying and Ma Dai, and surrounded Wan County.

When Zhou Yu learned that Jiang You and Jiang Cuiping were captured, he personally persuaded Zhou Yu to surrender: "Those who know the times are heroes. Our Tang Kingdom has risen rapidly, and our Tang Duke is a descendant of Emperor Yan. If two people can convince the soldiers in the city to open the door to surrender, Tang Duke will definitely not treat you badly!"

Jiang Cuiping cursed: "You Tang Kou invaded our country for no reason. Even if we fight to the last one in Shen Kingdom, we will not surrender! Don't spend more time here, just kill my aunt!"

"This girl's mouth is hard enough, why not give it to Mo Jiang. How about it?" Cao Xing stroked the beard at the corner of his lower lip, revealing a trace of evil gaze.

Zhou Yu glanced at Cao Xing with a stern look and scolded: "Our army is a benevolent and righteous army. Don't make any wrong plans in your heart, otherwise don't blame Yu for not being in love!"

Zhou Yu ordered someone to escort Jiang Cuiping and deal with it separately in the future. Then he started lobbying Jiang You again. After a long time of speech, Jiang You finally let go and expressed his willingness to surrender the defenders in the city for Zhou Yu.

The next day at dawn, Zhou Yu led 40,000 soldiers out of the camp, set up a neat formation to surround the four walls of Wancheng, and put pressure on the Shen army in the city with a storm of overwhelming shouts to destroy their fighting spirit.

Jiang You urged the horse to leave the line and came to the moat to persuade the surrender loudly: "The soldiers in the city, the world is invincible. Now our country of Shen is about to be exhausted, so everyone should open the door..."

With a "swoosh", a cold arrow flew down from the city wall, hitting Jiang You's throat and fell off the horse immediately.

Xiangbang Shen Xi raised his arms and shouted: "Sirs, Jiang You sells the country and seeks honor, and he has no choice but to die. Everyone is trying to defend the city. When the Marquis of Shen returns, why worry about the Tang army not breaking?"

Zhou Yu shook his head slightly from a distance and waved his hand to order the siege: "What a pity, Jiang You finally failed to convince the defenders in the city! It seems that it is time to train our army's attack ability. Pass my order and attack the city with all your strength. Be sure to take Wancheng before dark!"

"Kill, destroy Wancheng, destroy Shen Kingdom, and dismiss the weapon and do not kill, those who surrender will be exempted from death!"

With Zhou Yu's order, forty thousand Tang troops, led by Guan Ying, Ma Dai and Cao Xing, carried a cloud ladder, crossed the moat and launched a strong attack on Wancheng, which had a thick wall.

Wancheng is tall enough and the city wall is strong enough, but the strength on the city wall is too small. Three thousand regular troops and two thousand county soldiers are scattered, with only more than a thousand people on each city wall.

Among these five thousand people, there were only about two thousand professional crossbowmen, and there were only about five hundred scattered on each side of the city wall. The crossbow arrows shot under the city wall were like sporadic light rain, which could not pose too much threat to the Tang army sweeping all over the mountains.

However, the Tang army crossbowmen suppressed Shen Jun with waves of upward shooting under the city, unable to raise his head, and the crackling feather arrows fell on the city wall and hit the armor, like hail. If he was not careful, he was shot into the vital point, and fell down on the city wall and lost his life in a confused manner.

"Guan Ying is here, why don't you surrender soon?"

Guan Ying wore a strong and held a sharp edge, carried a cloud ladder and led five hundred dead soldiers to attack the city bravely. She was the first to climb to the top of the city and swung her sword to kill the surrounding Shen Jun.

Countless Tang soldiers followed Guan Ying, waving their swords to kill the scattered defenders, and soon controlled the walls of the north of Wan County, cut off the suspension bridge, opened the city gate, and welcomed the army into the city.

"charge!"

Ma Dai swung his sword first and led 4,000 cavalrymen to sweep in. Tens of thousands of troops behind him immediately rushed into Wancheng like a tide.

Without waiting until evening, at noon, the Tang army completely controlled Wancheng and captured the main civil and military officials of the Shen Kingdom, including Xiangbang Shen Xi, and other important facilities. They also controlled the Shen Kingdom's granary and the Ku Mansion, and took off all the flags of the Shen Kingdom, replaced them with the Tang Kingdom's flags and fluttered in the wind.

Standing on the wall of Wan County, Zhou Yu was very pleased and thanked the soldiers under his command again and again: "Sir, you took the royal city of Shen Kingdom in just five days. This is a proud military achievement. When you grow old in the future, you can proudly tell your descendants that the Tang Dynasty has the merit I made back then!"

He paused and continued to whisper: "But according to the scouts, Weiss had sent Leyang and Pang Juan to attack Pinglu with 100,000 troops, so there were still many fierce battles waiting for us to fight, to defend our hometown and our relatives!"

Zhou Yu ordered Guan Ying to be the prefect of Wancheng for a temporary appointment, and Cao Xing served as the deputy general, leading 20,000 troops to defend Wancheng, and divided his troops to pacify the nearby county town, and gave the list to calm the people, promoted the Tang Dynasty's policies, and won the hearts of the people.

"General Gongjin is in a straightforward position. The last general will definitely live up to his mission. As long as Guan Ying has a breath, Wancheng will be as stable as Mount Tai!" Guan Ying bowed and verbally issued a military order to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu patted Guan Ying on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Our army is both civil and military, and the first one is General Guan Ying. You are in charge of Wancheng, Yu is very relieved!"

After arranging the defense of Wancheng, Zhou Yu did not dare to delay it. He immediately led 20,000 soldiers with Ma Dai to leave Wancheng overnight, cross the Qingshui River, and headed north to return to the Tang Kingdom to rescue Pinglu and Henoi and other two important towns on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Due to the slow transmission of information, Zhou Yu only knew that 100,000 Wei troops were advancing towards Pinglu, but he didn't know how far the war situation had developed. He could only pray in his heart that Shen Pei, Ji Ling and Liao Hua, could defend Pinglu, withstand the Wei army for a while, and persisted until the reinforcements returned.

After Zhou Yu led his troops across the Qingshui River, Zhao Yun brought a hundred cavalry from the direction of Luyang, rode his horse to Zhou Yu and bowed: "Yun greets General Gongjin!"

"Why did General Zilong come from the direction of Luyang?" Zhou Yu asked with surprise.

Zhao Yun explained: "After the defeat in Taigu, the lord rushed to Dayu Mountain to set up an ambush, intending to ambush the Shen army to avenge the previous shame. However, Jiang Huan was cunning and did not return as usual, but led his troops to Xingyang. The lord led his seven thousand Zhou troops to leave Dayu Mountain and captured Luyang. He then led his troops to rescue Xingyang overnight last night, and ordered Yun to come and help General Gongjin attack Wancheng."
Chapter completed!