Lu Bu's Ambition

Chapter 635
The sun on the second day fell on the ground, but Xiapi City turned into a quagmire, soaked in the icy river.

After one night, countless stiff and pale corpses floated on the river in the city, making a mess. Xun Yu and Cheng Yu on the top of the city looked at the tragedy in front of them bitterly, with a look of paleness in their eyes.

Big things cannot be violated!Although the city has already prepared to fill the city with river water, how can it be completely guaranteed!
Standing outside the city in the tent of the Hebei army stationed on a high ground, Zhou Yu and Hao Meng were tied up with ropes and knelt in the tent, facing the eyes of all civil and military officials.

"My lord, it has been found out that a few days ago Cao Jun's surrendered general falsely passed on the king's decree, ordering Zhou Yu and Hao Meng to dig Yi and Sishui rivers!"

Dian Wei rushed into the big tent aggressively, holding three dead heads in his left hand, knelt down on one knee and shouted: "My lord, these three people who stubbornly resisted have been punished!"

Which one of the officials in the tent is not a human being, and they can understand it instantly after careful consideration. If there is no secret instruction from their king, who would dare to do this.

Guo Jia coughed twice and slowly stepped out, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, Jia's supervision is not good, and it caused a catastrophe. I would like to take responsibility for it."

Some of the officials were angry, while others breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the next thing to do is to take down the Pi, as long as it can break Cao Cao's Central Plains, it will be fine.

"Your Majesty, this is the result of the three people's false transmission of the king's order. Please forgive the military division and the two generals, Your Majesty."

"Also ask the king to show mercy!"

At this point, all the officials, no matter they were dissatisfied or happy, came out one by one and began to intercede for Guo Jia, Zhou Yu and Hao Meng.

"Guo Jia's supervision was ineffective, and his salary was demoted to two ranks for one year. Zhou Yu and Hao Meng dug the Yi and Sishui Rivers without authorization, causing the tragedy in Xiapi. Twenty army sticks were punished, and the ranks were demoted to three ranks!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

The three of them shouted excitedly one by one with grateful expressions, but Lu Bu accepted the matter lightly. The people under his command guessed that it didn't matter. It is entirely due to the new surrender general's eagerness to make contributions.

"Huh~ Feng Xiao, the flooding of Xiapi City will surely cause heavy casualties to the people in the city. Building porridge sheds outside the city will make the people in the city come. I will leave this matter to you."

"Thank you, my lord."

Lu Bu changed the subject directly, instead of talking about this matter, he began to face up to the current situation in Xiapi City.

"Zhou Yu and Hao Mengru cooperated with Feng Xiao to lead three thousand troops to supervise the inspection."

promise!
It took three full days for most of the flood to recede. Under the cold weather and submerged by the icy cold river, the people in the city suffered unspeakably.

It was already cold enough, because they could not go out to cut wood to keep warm during the four-door war, and after a flood came down, countless people were frozen to death every night.

And the delicious hot porridge was floating outside the city, and the Hebei army began to spread rumors that Cao Jun was at the end of his way, and whether he was willing to surrender or not, he could shill the people to come out to drink hot porridge.

The 3000 Hebei soldiers continued to yell and shout until noon, when [-] people retreated, and the Hebei army was far away from the city, so you can safely order the people in Xiapi City to eat.

Cao Jun on the top of the city swallowed his saliva one by one, looking at the steaming cauldron outside the city, the general Cao Jun on the top of the city was even more angry.

"Come here, go outside the city and carry all the porridge into the city."

promise!
Compassionate people!Since we are sympathetic to the common people, why do we still have to flood Xiapi? It would be better to send some dry firewood instead of some hot porridge.

All this was to break down the morale of the army in Xiapi City. Cao Cao on the top of the city was holding hot porridge and looked at the gobbling soldiers on the city wall with determination in his eyes.

"Decree the distribution of food in the city, so as not to cause chaos!"

promise!
"If the Hebei army outside the city is still cooking porridge, you can just take it back to the city without any hesitation."

promise!
Although Cao Cao was anxious, feeling the cold weather, he was full of urgency, let it snow soon!As long as there is a heavy snowfall, the Hebei army will have to retreat if it does not retreat.

In the inner city mansion of Xiapi City, Chen Deng looked at his old father in silence, while Chen Gui had gray hair but the ruddy face showed his body.

"Father, Cao Cao is at the end of his rope. Why is the Chen family buried with him? Even if Cao Cao can survive this year, what about next year?"

Now that Cao Cao is at the end of his rope, no one can understand it, but Chen Gui sighed softly, looked at his most outstanding son and said in a deep voice: "Then Cao Mengde is very human, the defeat at Guandu may be due to the strength of the army in Hebei, but what about Yanzhou? It was entirely because of the Turkic surprise attack on Chang'an that Cao Mengde's plan failed and he was sent out of Yanzhou for nothing."

"In the land of Xuzhou, Cao Mengde was able to retreat so quickly, because his cavalry was buried in Guandu, and the hearts of the people everywhere were not stable. Only with two hearts can the siege of Xiapi be the way it is today."

"Don't think that Cao Mengde is at the end of his strength at this time, but whoever dares to move the soldiers and horses in the city can be destroyed in a blink of an eye."

How could Chen Deng not understand, but with a look of unwillingness on his face, he raised his head and looked at his old father stubbornly, "Father, once King Wu breaks down Xiapi City, what will happen to my Chen family? There are too many families in troubled times. It was destroyed, what happened to the Cao family who was also in Xuzhou, is still vivid in my mind."

Chen Deng had already decided in his heart to rebel, or to sell himself and the Chen family for a good price before Cao Cao was defeated, how could Chen Gui not understand.

After being silent for a long while, Chen Gui sighed softly, "Cao Mengde is a rare hero and enlightened master, but it's a pity that he met Lv Bu, the king of martial arts who swallowed mountains and rivers at the wrong time. Time is fate."

"The one who does it himself is an unwise man, understandable!"

Chen Gui's eyes full of deep meaning made Chen Deng lower his head, and respectfully cupped his hands and said, "Father, leave."

Chen Deng backed away slowly, but the white-haired Chen Gui let out a long sigh, looking at the gradually disappearing back with his cloudy eyes.

"The Chen family can't stand the twists and turns, and Yuan Longru is unwilling to be ordinary. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. Let's do everything according to God's will."

Doesn't the old Chen Gui have the idea of ​​revitalizing the Chen family, but after all, Cao Cao's methods are too deep, and he even dragged them, a group of important children of the aristocratic family, to Xiapi.

Moreover, the generals in Xiapi City were either from the Cao clan or the Xiahou clan, and they were all relatives of Cao Cao's clan. It can be said that anyone can rebel, but Xiahou and the Cao clan will never rebel.

How similar the current situation is to Lu Bu's ending in history, but at that time Lu Bu's generals had come to a dead end, so they had two hearts, and the situation was even more embarrassing than Cao Cao.

The Chen family or the major families in Xiapi City are all under Cao Cao's nose, and they can see it clearly.

Cao Cao knew better that it would be impossible for Lv Bu to break through Xiapi's army and attack by force. He had [-] elite soldiers in the city, and another [-] militiamen were temporarily recruited.

With 15 soldiers and horses standing guard, Lv Bu's [-] troops marched all the way from Guandu to Xiapi City. Not to mention the hard work, winter is coming, and the generals in the army are willing to retire.

Therefore, what Cao Cao has been guarding against is not Lu Bu outside the city, but the major families in the city and some generals in the army.

Cao Cao's approach was not wrong. The dissident generals in the city colluded with the family and various clans, and were directly dug out and severely punished. This is why the city of Xiapi is still as stable as Mount Tai.

It's a pity that Cao Cao counted everything, except for a little less!
　Hey~ Guess who Boss Cao missed
　　
　
(End of this chapter)