When Ji Ling saw that He Man dared to betray him, he was furious and immediately ordered the siege. At this time, he saw the strategist Li Feng said: "General, be at a loss. The thief He Man occupied the city and had a good location. Our army had no siege equipment. It would be difficult to capture it in an urgent matter. Moreover, Pei Qing is now leading the pursuers approaching. If both sides unite, our army will be attacked from both sides. For the current plan, we should leave immediately. As for He Man's thief, it will not be too late for us to calculate this account in the future."

In fact, how could Ji Ling not attack the city until this time? The reason why he was angry was that he couldn't stand He Man's arrogant look and hoped that someone would find a way for him. Now Li Feng's words gave him a way, so he thought about it after hearing this, then nodded and said, "What the sir said makes sense. Since that's the case, let this guy go first. It's not too late to deal with this guy when I lead the army back."

Ji Ling then ordered to retreat to Runan and wait for Yuan Shu's return.

Pei Qing led the army to chase after Ji Ling, and indeed wanted to take the opportunity to capture Qiao County, because this was the best way to break Qiao County in a short period of time. However, he did not expect that his army had just approached, and Ji Ling led his army to escape in the direction of Runan.

Pei Qing was immediately confused when he saw this scene. He didn't know why the other party didn't enter the city but just led his army to leave?

However, Pei Qing couldn't care so much at this time. He immediately ordered the army to surround Qiao County and prepare to break the city.

Ji Ling is insignificant to him, and taking the opportunity to take over Qiao County is the most important thing. Otherwise, once Ji Ling comes back or Yuan Shu returns to help, the city will be difficult to attack.

However, when Pei Qing came to the city and saw that the defender was He Man, he realized what was going on.

However, Pei Qing was quite happy because the defenders in Qiao County were weakened, and the opponent's troops were relatively small, which was more conducive to his own attack.

However, if Pei Qing could take the opportunity to persuade the other party to surrender and avoid a war, of course Pei Qing would be even happier.

So Pei Qing went to the city in person and asked to talk to He Man.

However, He Man refused firmly and shouted loudly: "Pei Qing, I didn't expect you to ask me for a day, right? But even if you kneel down and beg me, I will never surrender. You are a spy who is mixed with our Yellow Turban soldiers. For your own selfish desires, you bewitched our Yellow Turban brothers and become the hawk of the court. You also counterattacked and pointed the finger at our old Yellow Turban subordinates. You wanted to attack us in one go. It's a pity that people are not as good as God's. I, He Man, still survived, and now I am leading the soldiers to guard this city. Although you have many people, if you want to break through my city, at least thousands of people will have to be killed, and you may not be able to capture it. At the same time, General Yuan Shu of the Left is attacking your old nest Yingchuan. At that time, you will not be able to capture Qiao County and lose Yingchuan, and you will become a stray dog ​​from now on. That is what I am most happy to see."

Seeing this, Pei Qing shouted loudly: "He Man, I wanted to give you a way out, but you just don't know what's wrong. Do you think I can't capture your city? I just don't want your soldiers to die in vain. Since you don't even care about their lives, why should I pretend to be a good person here?"

Pei Qing then issued an order to attack the city immediately.

Although it was at night and although the other party dug several deep ditches, Pei Qing didn't care at all. He had a solution and immediately ordered the soldiers to fill the ditch with soil. In less than half an hour, the deep ditches were filled.

Then the soldiers of the entire army began to cut down trees and made siege equipment overnight. Since the deep ditches and the places where the siege equipment were made were outside the range of the opponent's archers, He Man did not dare to lead his army out of the city to meet the enemy. So he watched his first line of defense be easily broken but had no choice but to order the defenders in the city to prepare the city defense equipment overnight. In order to be able to defend Qiao County to the maximum extent, He Man ordered the most trustworthy Yellow Turban soldiers under his command to enter the city and break into the homes of the people. First, he collected all the equipment that could defend the city, and at the same time drove the strong men among the people to climb the city tower and help them defend the city. If anyone dared to resist, beheaded immediately.

As a result, the city suddenly jumped up, and the people were driven to the top of the city overnight. Why did Man guard the city? At the same time, the property in their homes was also looted, and many soldiers took the opportunity to put the property in the people's homes into their bags.

The next morning, when Pei Qing led the army to order the siege, He Man drove the people to defend, and said with a grin, "Pei Qing, aren't you going to attack the city? Come on, I'm not afraid of you, you saw it, are you? These are the people in the city, and they are all your people. Don't you want to go to the city to be your governor of Yuzhou? Even though you lead the army here, you have so many elite soldiers and generals that you can easily kill us defenders and then attack the city, but in this way, your people will be buried with you. I heard that you have always loved the people as your son. Today, I want to see if you want to be a good governor who loves the people as your son, or insist on entering the city as your governor."

Pei Qing was so angry that he was so angry that he shouted loudly: "He Man, this battle was between you and me, why bother to make things difficult for the people? Your methods are so cruel, it is simply anger between man and god. There will be no good results in the future. Those who are capable will let the people go. Let us fight to the best and bully the unarmed civilians. What is the ability? If you let these people go, I can promise to spare your life. Even if you and your soldiers leave Qiao County, I will let you go immediately."

"Haha, Pei Qing, do you really think I'm stupid? I'll lead my soldiers away? I'm afraid that as soon as I leave, you will chase after you. Stop talking nonsense. If you want to get a city, you have to sacrifice the people. Otherwise, you will leave Qiao County and go back to your Yingchuan. There is no other discussion." He Man laughed and said loudly: "I just want to see if you really love the people as your son or are hypocritical?"

Pei Qing was so angry that he was trembling when he heard this. He Man himself was a bandit. He could not care about the lives and deaths of the people, but Pei Qing was the governor of Yuzhou. If he ignored the lives and deaths of the people, the reputation he had accumulated with great difficulty would be completely over. How could he get the support of the people in the future?

So after thinking about it again, Pei Qing finally decided to withdraw his troops. Although he was unwilling to do so, he had to do so.

Of course, Pei Qing wouldn't really withdraw. He also had his own plans. I believe that this time I could use the tricks and hide them from them, so that they could regret it.
Chapter completed!