Because Yuan Xi's army was blocked from the military confrontation between Gao Rou and Wang Ling and Yuan Tan, it was blocked from the difficulty of advancing in Peking, and Yuan Xi was unwilling to launch unnecessary killings again, so he tried his best to convince Gao Rou and Wang Ling to let him pass through Zhongshan Kingdom.

Gao Rou was finally moved by Yuan Xi's sincerity and agreed to interview him in person.

The place for the negotiations and negotiations between the two sides was finally set in the southern suburbs of Beiping. In order to show sincerity, Yuan Xi did not bring too many troops, so he brought two followers to the agreed location alone, waiting for Gao Rou and Wang Ling to come.

After a while, Gao Rou and Wang Ling also came here. After seeing them, Yuan Xi put down the figure of the Youzhou governor and stepped forward to greet them in person. However, while he had just reached out to say hello to them, a cold arrow suddenly flew out from behind Yuan Xi and flew directly towards Gao Rou's forehead...

Wang Ling, who had quick eyes and hands, saw the cold arrow, and he quickly pressed Gao Rou to the ground.

The feather arrow slashed through Gao Rou's cheek in thrillingly and shot the accompanying soldiers behind Gao Rou. The soldiers' attack arrow fell to the ground and died on the spot.

Yuan Xi was surprised and turned his face and shouted behind him: "Who did you shoot the cold arrow!"

The two accompanying military officers behind him were at a loss. At this time, Yuan Xi saw a hidden archer in the woods not far away. He instantly understood what was going on. He was about to turn around and explain to Gao Rou that he had no chance to speak.

Seeing this, Wang Ling pointed at Yuan Xi and scolded angrily:

"Despicable villain, it turns out that your sincere letters were intended to earn money and kill us!"

Then Wang Ling waved his hand, and the soldiers following him raised their shields in their hands and blocked Gao Rou and Wang Ling. Under Wang Ling's command, they slowly retreated back. Yuan Xi chased after him and wanted to explain:

"General, please don't leave first, there must be some misunderstandings!"

Wang Ling and Gao Rou, who were suddenly coldly arrowed, dared not believe Yuan Xi again. The soldiers all pointed their bowstrings at Yuan Xi with feather arrows. Seeing this, Yuan Xi's accompanying military officer quickly pulled out the sharp sword from his waist and blocked Yuan Xi.

However, the situation did not ease. Dozens of people jumped out of the surrounding area to surround them. Yuan Shang, holding a sharp sword, walked out from behind the soldiers, pulled out his sharp sword and pointed at Gao Rou and Wang Ling who were ambushed and smiled indifferently:

"If you two traitors, how could Yuan Tan be so badly beaten by you? Now you finally fell into my hands. I will cut you into pieces!"

"Third brother!" Yuan Xi shouted loudly to stop Yuan Shang: "Who asked you to set up an ambush here!"

Yuan Shang looked at Yuan Xi who was extremely anxious, but did not listen to his words. He turned his face and stared at Gao Rou and Wang Ling with extremely strong murderous intent: "Second brother, you are too gentle in your work, so you have nothing to do, but you are exiled to Youzhou by your father and not be valued. If I kill them here, I can easily annex their troops. There is no need to waste any saliva before talking to them. This is the quickest way to rescue Yecheng and rescue his second sister-in-law..."

Although Yuan Xi was very concerned about Zhen Mi in Yecheng, he could not bear this method.

Seeing that he could not convince Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi pointed at the soldiers beside him and shouted: "You guys retreat quickly! Don't be rash!"

However, the soldiers turned a deaf ear to Yuan Xi's orders and had no intention of putting down their weapons and retreating.

Yuan Shang smiled and said, "Don't be stupid, they are all my confidants brought from Zhongshan Country. How can you listen to your words?"

As he said that, Yuan Shang slowly stretched out his right hand and prepared to issue an order to kill Wang Ling and Gao Rou:

"Anyone who refuses to obey me will die..."

Just as Yuan Shang's raised hands slowly fell down, a flying stone thrown from the shade of the tree hit his arm.

The atmosphere completely changed in an instant. Yuan Shang looked at the direction of the flying stones in surprise. Everyone focused their eyes here. Not only that, even Gao Rou and Wang Ling who were surrounded and Yuan Xi who wanted to stop Yuan Shang were the same.

"I finally lie on the tree and take a nap after a few days, but you are chirping here..."

Yuan Shang raised his long sword and pointed the tip of the sword straight to the direction of the sound: "Who! Don't hide!"

"Hide?"

Sitting on the branches covered by thick green leaves, he smiled contemptuously:

"Don't make a mistake, I'm here first. You guys hiding in the bushes and waking me up secretly, right..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a few fallen leaves fell from the branches, and almost at the same time he also fell steadily to the ground.

Everyone was surprised when they saw his appearance, especially Wang Ling and Gao Rou looked at him with a dumbfounded expression:

"you..."

Although Yuan Xi was surprised when he saw the man in front of him, he did not reach the level of losing his composure. He asked calmly:

"I wonder who you are?"

Qing Fu moved his two slender hairs and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. He looked at Yuan Xi as different from Yuan Shang. Before he could speak out his name, Wang Ling, who was in the siege, shouted to him first:

"Aren't you leaving? Why are you back again?"

The reason why Wang Ling and Gao Rou were so shocked was that the person who suddenly stood in front of them was Sima Yi...

Sima Yi looked back at Wang Ling whose face changed drastically, and whispered to ignore the current crisis:

"It's not that I'm back, it's that you have come to the territory of Peking. If I had known that there would be a time later, I would have said goodbye so seriously at the beginning, but..."

He turned his gaze again to Yuan Xi who was looking at him not far away, and said to himself:

"It's also a mistake. It's so easy for me to meet the person I want to find."

Although he did not fully understand why Sima Yi suddenly appeared, Yuan Shang saw from his conversation with Wang Ling that they knew each other. With the idea of ​​not doing anything, he ordered the soldiers around him:

"Since they are in the same group, just execute him together!"

The soldiers had just begun to move towards Sima Yi, and Sima Yi, who was calm and calm, sneered:

"You just heard this master say what will you do after killing Gao Rou and Wang Ling?"

Hearing Sima Yi's words, the soldiers did not understand what he wanted to say. They looked at each other and slowed down while thinking in their hearts. Sima Yi continued, "You were originally the people of Zhongshan, living a carefree life. Who brought the war to you? The two people who were facing each other wanted to protect the people from the war. If you kill them, Zhongshan will be in dire straits like Yecheng. By then, your wives, children and parents will be displaced, even if the Yin and Yang are separated, the family will be destroyed. Is this what you want to follow Yuan Shang?"

Sima Yi's words resonated with a large number of people. Some people began to mumble in a low voice, and gradually stopped.

Seeing that the soldiers began to shake because of Sima Yi's words, Yuan Shang was very angry and shouted at them:

"Don't listen to his nonsense! Kill him for me!"

Faced with Yuan Shang's aggressive pressure, Sima Yi not only did not have any fear but laughed at him and said:

"I heard that when Cao Pi's soldiers surrounded Zhanghe, some people actually ignored the identity of the lord of their own side, shamelessly begged for mercy to others; I also heard that when Cao Pi chased to Qishan, some people abandoned their ministers and soldiers who followed him in order to protect themselves, and secretly gave up their seals and scepters. Even the clothes they carried with them were too late to take away, and they fled to Zhongshan with breathlessness..."

Yuan Shang's hand holding the sword was trembling slightly. His face was extremely ferocious and he could no longer tolerate Sima Yi's humiliation experience in front of everyone, so he shouted hysterically:

"Shut up! If you dare to fabricate facts and slander me, you will cut off your tongue!"

"Slander you? Why do I need to fabricate it? Your heroic deeds have spread throughout the counties in Hebei long ago. If it weren't for this, how could Yuan Tan easily get the counties in eastern Hebei quickly?"

Sima Yi's ridiculous smile still did not change: "Ma Ting and Zhang Kai followed you loyally, but you were cruelly abandoned in Qishan. Now, thousands of soldiers including them are resenting you and cursing you."

Yuan Xi, who had been watching, finally understood why Yuan Tan now responded and seized several counties...

Now the soldiers were completely disappointed with Yuan Shang. They abandoned the weapons in their hands and scattered them, and they didn't care about Gao Rou and Wang Ling. Even if Yuan Shang yelled and roared at them, he could never leave their footsteps.

After confirming safety, Wang Ling helped Gao Rou to Sima Yi, and Gao Rou expressed her gratitude to Sima Yi for helping him again: "You saved us again, otherwise we would have been trapped by Yuan Shang, a dog thief."

Although Gao Rou refused to pursue Yuan Shang's intention to murder him without telling him that Yuan Shang had set up an ambush without telling him, he could no longer believe Yuan Xi. Although Yuan Xi repeatedly tried to keep them and tried to explain, he could not change their ideas.

For safety reasons, Gao Rou wanted to persuade Sima Yi to go back to Puyin with him, but Sima Yi declined them again. In desperation, Gao Rou and Wang Ling had to say goodbye to Sima Yi for the second time, but this time it was Sima Yi who watched the other party leave...

Just as Sima Yi watched Wang Ling and Gao Rou go away, a cold sword tip slashed from behind his head...

After waiting for many days, Shen Pei still did not wait for Yuan Xi's army to come to reinforce. This made Shen Rong, who had always believed what Shen Pei said, stayed at the city. He looked at Shen Pei who was standing on the top of the city tower and stared at Shen Pei in the north, and finally couldn't help but step forward and ask:

"Uncle, it's been more than half a month. The second young master's army has not even a shadow. I think it should..."

"Stop!" When Shen Pei heard his nephew's words of chaos, he immediately turned around and stopped him:

"How can you disrupt our morale in the city crisis!"

Shen Rong felt very wronged and said in a hurry: "You said before that the eldest son would send troops to rescue the overall situation, but what was the result? Not only did he not go west to Yecheng, he took advantage of the opportunity of chaos in Hebei to plunder the land and city. Now the second son is far away in Youzhou and wants to rescue him, Guangping and Yangping have completely fallen into Cao Cao's hands. How could he survive?"

In the face of Shen Rong's doubts, Shen Pei knew it very well, but if even the morale of Yecheng was lost at this moment, there would be no room for maneuver, so he could only bite the bullet and order Shen Rong to show the three armies.

The spies who were scattered in Zhongshan Kingdom in advance sent emergency information about Yuan Xi and Gao Rou and Wang Ling's negotiations breaking down, and it was clear that Yuan Xi's army would not face itself from the north. Cao Cao's heart finally put the stone down.

With a determined victory, Cao Cao came to the south gate of Yecheng again to inspect the front line. He was dressed clearly different from ordinary people and was seen by Shen Pei, who stood on the city tower. He believed that the time to capture the thief first had arrived. If Cao Cao was solved at this time, it would be said that Cao's army would be unoccupied and he could turn the situation around.

Thinking of this, Shen Pei quietly ordered people to put the powerful crossbow that he had been secretly retaining on the city wall. After Cao Cao entered the range, he quickly ordered the crossbowman to aim all the feather arrows at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao, who thought that the fighting spirit in the city had been basically destroyed by him, did not expect that Shen Pei still had the strength to launch a surprise attack on him. For a moment, because of negligence and no defense, a feather arrow cut through his cloak and almost shot him while dodging.

Soon Cao's shield soldiers surrounded Cao Cao, which made the situation safe.

Through the shield, Cao Cao looked at Shen Pei who was glaring at him through a very thin gap, and laughed loudly:

"I didn't expect that Shen Pei, you are still hiding such a powerful crossbow arrow. I really underestimate you, but unfortunately, I am destined to be destined to be able to hurt me, Cao Mengde, with your strong bow and hard crossbow!"

Shen Pei threw the longbow in his hand on the ground: "Cao Thief! I only regret that there are too few crossbow arrows in my hand to shoot through your dog's head!"

After that, Cao Cao deeply understood how deep Shen Pei's determination was, and he no longer dared to come to the dangerous place rashly.

In order to quickly capture Yecheng, Cao Cao sent troops to charge dozens of times to attack the city. However, Yecheng was built into a steel city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack when Yuan Shao was alive. Later, the city defense became more indestructible after the strengthening of the city. It was too difficult to capture it through a frontal attack.

Cao Pi, who was standing next to him, could see Cao Cao's distress, and he said to Cao Cao:

"Father, the war in Yecheng cannot be delayed anymore. Yuan Tan is in our rear to seize land in the name of cooperating with us to attack Yuan Shang. If he waits for him to settle down, the situation may develop in a direction that is unfavorable to us."

Cao Cao, who held his chin in a daze, turned his head and looked up at Cao Pi, and smacked his lips:

"Do you have any ideas?"

Cao Pi replied: "I heard from the soldiers on the front line that I heard that Shen Pei and his nephew Shen Rong had several fierce disputes about defending the city on the city tower. Perhaps we can use this Shen Rong as a breakthrough..."

Before Cao Pi finished speaking, Cao Cao stood up with a loud voice, and the cloak draped on his shoulders slid on the ground. Cao Pi saw Cao Cao's eyebrows frowned tightly, thinking to himself if he had said something wrong, so he quickly took a step back and stopped talking.

What Cao Pi did not expect was that Cao Cao stretched out his hand and patted his head gently, looking at Cao Pi with relief:

"My son has grown up and knows to share his father's worries. You have a good idea. I'll ask Mr. Xun You to discuss in detail immediately."

Later, according to Xun You and Cao Cao's plan, Cao's army shot thousands of feather arrows without arrows into Yecheng. The people in the city and the soldiers guarding the city found that each arrow was tied with a white cloth strip, which contained the contents of persuading surrender and the Cao army would treat the surrendered soldiers well after surrendering in Yecheng. Shen Rong looked at Cao Cao's various guarantees in the letter, and he was no longer able to insist on such fearless resistance.

After learning about it, Shen Pei ordered people to forcefully take back all the cloth strips and burn them. Shen Rong took the feather arrow without an arrow and said to Shen Pei:

"Uncle, Cao Cao specially sent someone to shoot this arrow that cannot hurt people into the city. I think he really wanted to surrender. Now the second young master doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Yuan Tan set up his own door and ignores us. It's better..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Shen Pei pointed at Shen Rong with constant trembling in the depths: "If you continue, don't blame me for not thinking about my uncle and nephew!"

That night, on the second night of August 204 AD, Shen Rong ordered people to open the south gate of Yecheng and raise fire to attract Cao's army into the city. Shen Pei, who was lying on the city tower and sleeping with the soldiers, saw Cao's army suddenly arrive, and quickly jumped up to command the defenders on the city tower to fight the Cao army to death. However, when the situation was over, Shen Pei was defeated and captured alive.
Chapter completed!