The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

Amidst the fierce battle between the two armies, half of the city wall collapsed with a deafening roar, sending up clouds of dust and trapping the defending soldiers beneath it.

The sight of the collapsing city wall sent a shiver down Shen Yi's spine. Overjoyed, he immediately ordered an attack and commanded the Han troops at the other city gates to prepare to prevent the Wei army from escaping the city.

This time, he didn't leave one side open in a three-sided encirclement, but planned to surround and annihilate the Wei army from all four sides. His main goal was to capture Wen Ping alive, as leaving one side open in a three-sided encirclement might allow Wen Ping to escape.

At Shen Yi's command, the army pushed the prepared carts to the moat, set up the carts on both sides of the moat to serve as wooden bridges, and charged into the breach in the city wall like wolves and tigers.

Zhu County is a small county, and its moat is only three meters wide. It is indeed possible to quickly build a bridge using wooden planks. However, this method would not work in a large city like Jiangling.

After the wooden bridge was built, Ding Feng once again rushed to the front line, stepping over the ruins to be the first to charge into the city and fight the Wei army. Under his leadership, the morale of the Han army was soaring.

In contrast, the morale of the Wei army was somewhat low. The city's defenders' greatest strength was the city walls, and now that their greatest strength had been destroyed, anyone would be shaken.

However, in a life-or-death battle on the battlefield, no negligence is allowed. Any moment of distraction can be fatal. As long as the attacking side seizes the moment of distraction of the defending side and launches a fierce attack, without giving the defending side a chance to react and recover, they will naturally continue to expand their advantage until they achieve final victory.

Shen Yi was absolutely professional in this regard, ordering the main army to launch a fierce attack while also sending out a large force to shout messages to the Wei army.

"Brothers of Wei, you have been defeated. Surrender! Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness is known throughout the land. He will not make things difficult for you."

The same phrase, shouted in unison by thousands of soldiers and played repeatedly, quickly spread throughout the entire army and even the whole city.

Then Liu Bei's reputation for unparalleled benevolence and righteousness took effect. Although the Wei army in the city did not surrender immediately, their will to resist visibly declined.

The Wei army was already at a disadvantage, and the decline in morale made the disadvantage even more obvious. The greater the disadvantage, the lower the morale became, thus entering a vicious cycle.

The Han army entered a virtuous cycle where the more they fought, the better their morale became. They quickly stormed the city walls and opened the city gates. The army outside the city poured into the city through the collapsed gaps in the walls, the city gates, and the still-standing walls.

At this point, the Wei army's defeat was essentially inevitable.

Wen Ping was aware of this, but unwilling to accept defeat, he commanded his remaining troops to fight and retreat. They soon retreated to the north of the city and broke out of the city gate in preparation for a breakout. However, when they got outside, they found that it was better to stay inside the city.

The city gate outside the north city was lined with Han soldiers who were ready for battle. There was no one directly in front of them, but there was a horse trap about three meters wide. On the other side of the horse trap stood Zhang Fei's three thousand cavalry.

Zhang Fei, mounted on his horse, stood before the pit of trapped horses, gripping his eighteen-foot spear, and stared directly at Wen Ping, shouting: "Brother Zhongye (Wen Ping's courtesy name), the battle has come to this point, and you have done your duty to Cao Wei. Now it's time to think about the brothers behind you. Do you really want these brothers behind you to die with Cao Pi?"

Wen Ping looked back at his wounded brothers, and listened to the incessant shouts of battle still echoing within the city. After a moment of struggle, he threw down his weapon and sighed, "I surrender!"

His personal guards, who had long since given up on fighting, immediately followed him when they saw him throw down his weapons. Wen Ping walked to the pit where the horses were trapped, knelt down across the pit from Zhang Fei, and shouted, "Wen Ping, Prefect of Jiangxia of the Great Wei and General Who Subdues Rebels, surrenders to General of Chariots and Cavalry of the Great Han."

He had to surrender to Zhang Fei, since he was a contemporary of Zhang Fei and acknowledged that Zhang Fei was stronger than him. Surrendering to Zhang Fei would be more psychologically acceptable for him. Otherwise, it would be too shameful to surrender to a junior like Shen Yi.

Ah, what a strong and proud man he was!

The rest was easy. With Wen Ping's surrender, the Wei troops in the city laid down their weapons, and Shen Yi quickly entered the city to take over the city and clean up the battlefield.

Half an hour later, Shen Yi finally met Wen Ping and took the initiative to bow to Wen Ping, saying, "Junior Shen Yi greets the old general. The old general is too kind."

Wen Ping stared at the younger man who had defeated him for a long time before sighing helplessly, "The younger generation is indeed formidable. I did not lose unjustly."

After speaking, he took half a step back, bowed to Shen Yi, and said, "This humble general, Wen Ping, greets General Shen."

The Han army treated him with great courtesy, but no matter how courteous they were, he was still a surrendered general and had to recognize his place as such.

Shen Yi, adopting the posture of a victor, accepted his bow with a sense of relief before helping him up. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he turned and instructed, "Immediately treat the wounded. Treat the Han and Wei armies equally; do not neglect anyone."

The Han army won a great victory in this battle, and thanks to the existence of the horse traps around the city, not a single Wei soldier escaped, making it a true annihilation.

But Zhang Fei did not go into the city to celebrate with them; instead, he turned around and chased after Tian Yu.

Now that Wen Ping has surrendered, if we can also deal with Tian Yu, this battle will be completely successful.

Tian Yu was also lingering nearby. Upon receiving news of the city wall's collapse, he realized something was wrong and immediately led his troops to attack. This time, each soldier carried a sack, intending to fill the horse trap with the sacks. If there weren't enough sacks, they would use human lives to fill the remaining ones.

In order to maximize the damage, Tian Yu chose the location of Shen Yi's command flag as the main direction of attack, and rushed straight for Shen Yi's back. When he reached the pit, he was naturally met with a hail of arrows from the Han army. However, Tian Yu, who was ready to die, did not care at all. He pushed through the arrows, rushed to the front, threw the sack into the pit, and then turned around to make way for the others.

Using this method, they successfully filled in a passage several tens of meters long, and then used it to rush into the horse-trapping pits surrounding the city and attack the rear of the Han army.

The Han army could not fight back, and under the command of generals at all levels, they fought and retreated into the city.

Seeing that the Han army did not collapse as expected, Tian Yu realized something was wrong. Damn Shen Yi, he had already guessed that he would launch a sneak attack and dug a pit for himself in advance.

The reason for this thinking is simple: if he didn't cross the horse trap and instead fled directly, Zhang Fei's cavalry might not be able to catch up. But if he crossed the horse trap and got stuck in the battlefield's quagmire, he wouldn't be able to get out in a short time, and then Zhang Fei could arrive in time to block his retreat...

If Tian Yu had retreated immediately upon realizing this, he could have escaped. But after escaping, could he have escaped Jiangxia?

It should be noted that Jiangxia is currently surrounded by the Han army on all sides. No matter whether he goes through Tongbai Mountain, Dabie Mountain, or Suixian County, he will be blocked by the Han army. Moreover, his food supplies are limited and he may not be able to reach the location where the Han army is blocking him.

Even if he managed to break through and return to Cao Wei, it might not be a good thing. He didn't want to bear the blame for abandoning Wen Ping and fleeing alone when the battlefield was in turmoil.

Ultimately, Tian Yu lost confidence as the war progressed to this point, unintentionally revealing a "let it go" mentality.

Therefore, Tian Yu did not retreat but chose to continue the attack. In this battle, he either rescued Wen Ping and broke through the encirclement together, or he died here.

The result was obvious: Zhang Fei arrived quickly and rushed into the pit along the passage Tian Yu had filled in, blocking Tian Yu's escape route.

Seeing Zhang Fei arrive, Tian Yu decisively turned and charged at him, shouting as he went, "Zhang Yide, let me see if your martial arts have declined with age?"

Zhang Fei rolled his eyes at him, then quickly rushed forward, wielding his eighteen-foot spear and mercilessly smashing it down on Tian Yu.

Tian Yu raised his sword to parry, but he couldn't stop Zhang Fei's superhuman strength. He was knocked off his horse in just one exchange.

Zhang Fei pressed his spear against Guorang's throat and shouted, "Brother Guorang, I didn't expect you to be so brave. You actually dared to fight me! Tie him up!"