Chapter 961 Trial of Honor and Presentation of the City

"retreat!"

The sound of gold ringing sounded in the army, and the Xiliang Army and Bingzhou Army on the ladder and the city head immediately obeyed the order and retreated from the city head one by one.

Today is already the third day of the siege, but the defensive materials on the top of the city are falling down continuously. Therefore, even though Xu Huang and Lu Bu allied forces have a large number of troops, they have not been able to capture Beiping City.

However, on the third day, the coalition's offensive made progress. Because they had spared no effort to use the city's defense materials in the past few days, the city's kerosene, gold juice and other defense materials were exhausted, so the coalition forces once attacked the city.

"Uncle, the supplies for defending the city have been exhausted. What should we do next?" Shen Rong asked anxiously.

"Don't worry." The judge thought for a while and said slowly: "Go and count the unoccupied houses in the city. I'll demolish them all!"

"Demolished?"

"Yes, after dismantling it, take all the wood and make arrows and city defense materials." Shen Pei nodded.

Houses these days are naturally made of wood, so when the war situation is tense and supplies are insufficient, this kind of thing often happens.

Shen Rong nodded with an ugly expression, and when he turned around and left, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.

Outside the city, Xu Huang is in camp.

"Marquis Wen, the enemy's army has begun to tighten. It should not take three or five days for our army to capture Beiping City." Xu Huang said.

"Yes, the enemy's defense supplies have been exhausted today. How can they stop us with their defeated troops?" Lu Bu sneered.

"Report! General, Marquis Wen, our army discovered a spy in the city while patrolling."

"Bring it up!"

Two strong and powerful soldiers escorted a thief-minded spy up and put their arms on his shoulders.

"Kneel down!"

The spy did not dare to resist. He knelt on the ground and looked at Xu Huang and Lu Bu.

"What are you doing out here? Do you want to spy on our army's secrets and take advantage of the opportunity to make a sneak attack?" Xu Huang asked.

"No, no, I was entrusted by my master to surrender the city to the general and Marquis Wen!" The spy's words were shocking. Xu Huang and Lu Bu looked at each other, their expressions stunned.

"Surrender the city? Who is your master?" Xu Huang asked.

"My master is the nephew of military advisor Shen Pei, Shen Rong." the spy replied.

Xu Huang frowned and said, "What? Shen Rong wants to open the city gate and rebel against his uncle?"

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. In the short period of less than a hundred years during the Three Kingdoms period, there were two stories of twenty-four filial piety, which clearly illustrates the plot of filial piety. However, Xu Huang and Lu Bu were naturally puzzled that Shen Rong betrayed his uncle Shen Pei and went out of the city to rebel.

"The general and Marquis Wen didn't know what they were doing. My master didn't mean to do it, but the military advisors in charge did not know the right time and stubbornly resisted in an attempt to counter the king's division. It was really unwise."

The spy said: "My master has turned from darkness to light."

Xu Huang rolled his eyes and said immediately: "Okay, in that case, when can the city gate be opened?"

"Time tomorrow!"

"good!"

Xu Huang ordered: "Take him down so that he can eat and drink alive, and then send him back."

After taking the spies down, Lu Bu frowned and said, "Gongming, do you really believe what he said?"

"I don't believe it all."

Xu Huang said slowly: "Shen Pei is a die-hard loyalist to Yuan Shao, and this Shen Rong is certainly not, so he should be trustworthy. Even if it is not trustworthy, the enemy's attention is on our army entering the city, and our army can take the opportunity to attack fiercely and capture the city." city."

"Of course, if Shen Rong sincerely surrenders, that would be the best."

The next day, it was midnight.

On top of the south gate city, hundreds of soldiers from Yuan were stationed here, responsible for keeping vigil.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone, come on, come on, have a drink."

Shen Rong suddenly came over with hundreds of people, holding more than a dozen jars of good wine, and had already opened the lid. The intoxicating aroma of wine wafted out from the jars, and the city defenders couldn't help smelling it. Sniffed.

"General, are you afraid that this is bad? I have to keep vigil all night." The Marquis swallowed his saliva and refused with difficulty.

"Well, as you said, it's hard enough for brothers to be on duty. Why don't you drink some wine for fun?" Shen Rong said directly: "Tonight's defense will be left to my men. Just drink and eat until you're full." You can only have the strength to fight, right?"

All the people under his command were very hungry and thirsty, so the prince had no choice but to say half-heartedly: "Since the general said so, the villain will be disrespectful."

After that, he waved his hand: "Brothers, General Shen invites everyone to drink, everyone must give face!"

"Oh, I'm drinking!"

The defenders in the city have been under a lot of pressure in the past few days, and they usually don't have enough food and wine to eat. When they saw Shen Rong bringing wine, they were naturally hungry and thirsty, so they rushed forward, picked up the jar and drank.

Tons, tons, tons!

They were holding the jar and drunkenly. Many of them were so drunk that even if they drank less, they still felt dizzy.

"This wine... is so powerful." The Marquis said drunkenly.

"Haha, don't worry, just leave the garrison matters to me." Shen Rong said with a smile.

"Thank you, General Judge."

Plop! The gatekeeper finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground, falling into a deep sleep and snoring.

After seeing that most of the people were drunk, Shen Rong's expression changed and he said coldly: "Carry them all down."

"Here!"

Since Shen Rong dared to bring these people under his command to present the city, they were naturally loyal to Shen Pei. And they didn't want to be like Shen Pei, who would defend Peiping and die for Yuan Shao.

Hundreds of soldiers were immediately moved down, and for a while only Shen Rong's soldiers were left on the city wall.

"Raise the torch!"

Three torches were raised at the same time. This was what Xu Huang and Shen Rong had agreed upon, and raising the fire was a sign.

In the dark night, three bright torches were lit, which were naturally very eye-catching and could be seen at a glance.

At this time, a Xiliang army also quietly touched the south gate.

"Cuckoo!"

"Are they the subordinates of General Xu?" Shen Rong shouted loudly to the people in the city.

"Exactly! I am Hao Zhao, the Jianzhong Colonel, please open the city gate quickly!" Hao Zhao shouted.

"Open the city gate!" Shen Rong ordered.

Shen Pei had already ordered the city gate to be blocked, but Shen Rong had already planned it, so naturally he had the blocked south gate moved away.

As the thousand-jin gate was slowly pulled up, the two city gates also slowly opened.

Hao Zhao's eyes flashed coldly, and he waved his hand and said, "Come in!"

Three thousand carefully selected Jizhou soldiers behind him immediately swarmed in, but they were very careful for fear of an ambush in the city.

"But Colonel Hao? I'm judging Rong."

Shen Rong came directly with hundreds of people and said loudly: "My uncle is in the inner city, let's kill him together!"