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Chapter 496
The earth was white.

The water of the Yellow River that had been dug open was surging again.

This gave the defenders on the east bank a lot of confidence. In their eyes, fighting in this kind of weather was undoubtedly courting death.

Many people also secretly complained that the prefect was too busy.

The thieves didn't provoke Hedong, but Hedong went to provoke them first.

Amidst the whistling of the wind, there seemed to be a faint sound of thunder coming from far and near.

The soldiers looked up at the sky, but there was nothing but paleness and a few snowflakes falling.

But soon, thunder came from three sides, and even the ground trembled.

"Cavalry! It's cavalry!" Several gray-haired old soldiers shouted hysterically.

The soldiers in the camp did not hold up their spears, but looked around in horror, as if to confirm whether the old soldiers' words were true or not.

A psychological fluke caught them off guard.

Why did you cross the Yellow River?And why did they launch an attack on such a cold day?

A cavalryman gradually showed a hideous figure in the drowsy light snow.

The long lance is like fangs, and the blue-black iron armor is fierce.

Both the man and the horse were puffing out white gas.

Then, more and more cavalry rushed out of the darkness and chaos, like beasts rushing out of the wild.

Both the man and the horse were dressed in heavy iron armor, with murderous and evil spirits rushing towards them.

Every time you take a step forward, the ground shakes.

The defenders seemed to be intimidated by the iron beast, and stood still in a daze.

It wasn't until the antlers were pushed away and the fence was broken that there was a shrill scream in the camp, "Little thief cavalry!"

But it was too late for this cry, hundreds of heavy cavalry had already stepped into the camp, and everything crumbled in front of it like mud.

This is where the brutal massacre begins.

Flesh and blood were stripped, shredded, and trampled upon by the cavalry.

On the ground, a piece of bright red bloomed amidst the snow-white.

Yang Zheng didn't give them any time to react, and he piled up the heavy cavalry from the beginning.

"Run! Run away—"

There were hysterical screams everywhere.

Wang Zhuo gathered more than [-] county soldiers and the defense line arranged by Qing Zhuang, and it didn't even resist for an hour before it was wiped out.

Yang Zheng reined in his horse on the high slope, watching the crowd fleeing in the snow.

"It's too much to fight, I didn't even play!" Liu Heng yelled strangely.

"Your Majesty, you can let Hu Qi chase after you!" Peng Hu reminded.

"No, killing them will only add a few more innocent souls. If they escape back to the city, they will spread fear." Yang Zheng waved the reins, and Wu Yu walked forward slowly, "Follow them, I want to see Let's see which city dares to resist."

Seeing the dissatisfaction of desire on Liu Heng's face, his heart moved, "Didn't you go out to fight?"

Liu Heng eagerly leaned forward, "I would like to be a pioneer."

"It just so happens that Puban is an important town in the east of the river, and you must belong to it."

Liu Heng was overjoyed: "As long as there are three thousand soldiers, the subordinates will be able to break through the city, and offer Wang Zhuo's head as a sacrifice!"

Yang Zheng had a smirk on his face, "What kind of skill is it to attack a city with three thousand soldiers? Do you still need you, the second most powerful general in Liangzhou, to go into battle?"

"How many people will the prince give? One thousand soldiers, no less."

Yang Zheng patted him on the shoulder, "Go alone!"

"What?" Liu Heng almost fell off the horse...

Tens of thousands of cavalry followed behind the defeated army.

Some Qiang Hu cavalry soldiers cut off the heads of the corpses and hung them on the spears. Their pale faces seemed like this pale world.

Along the way, the army and people in Hedong were defeated.

Wang Zhuo also tried to defend himself according to Puban City.

The cavalry approached the city, and Liu Heng took the lead, pointing at the city with a mace, "Hey, Liu Heng of Liangzhou is here, and the general of Zhuguo led [-] cavalry to attack the Sima family. , chickens and dogs will not stay!"

This fellow has great strength and a loud voice.

He was tall and big, standing at the foot of the city with a mace in hand, but he was majestic.

And Liu Heng's reputation has already spread in Bingzhou, from Yunzhong to Dingxiang, he killed Yingye, and his notoriety spread far and wide, and the children in Bingzhou did not dare to cry at night after hearing his name.

Liu Heng's notoriety, coupled with the power of the Liangzhou Army, has already made this city a frightened bird.

"On the day the city is broken, no chicken or dog will be left behind!"

The Liangzhou soldiers shouted one after another like a tsunami!

The defenders on the city wall were terrified when they saw Liu Heng's mace, and looked at the prefect Wang Zhuo with flickering eyes.

After a stick of incense, the gate of Puban City opened.

Wang Zhuo led a group of generals out of the city and knelt down to meet them, and the defenders also knelt on the ground, shivering, not knowing whether they were frozen or scared.

"My sin is to greet the Great General of the Zhu Kingdom!"

"Wang Taishou is free of courtesy, please get up quickly." Yang Zheng supported him with his hands, but did not get off his horse.

Now he doesn't need to play the trick of being a corporal, it's not bad to make them fear him.

"Don't dare, don't dare, I am confused for a moment, and I hope the general of the Zhu Kingdom will forgive me!" Wang Zhuo was also the first gentry to surrender to Yang Zheng.

As a member of the gentry, he naturally knows how to compromise.

"It's your duty to keep the land safe and secure the people. What's your crime? Pass down my military order that the army is stationed outside the city and not allowed to enter." Yang Zheng got off the donkey along the slope.

Wang Zhuo was also very kind, "The benevolence and righteousness of the general of the Zhu Kingdom is unmatched in the past and present, and the elders of Hedong are willing to donate their granary to reward Master Wang."

Smart people do things with less worry and effort, so that both parties can maintain their dignity.

If others are decent, you must be decent, and you still want the face you deserve.

The butcher's knife can be aimed at foreigners, but it doesn't have to be aimed at one's own people.

However, what Wang Zhuo gave was not enough. It is naturally impossible for such an important town as Puban to be guarded by an unreliable person.

"Haha, Wang Taishou really understands righteousness. I thank the soldiers. General Jiang, you will lead three thousand soldiers to assist Wang Taishou, take over the treasury, appease the people, and restrain the defenders." Yang Zheng laughed.

Wang Zhuo shrank his eyes, lowered his head and said nothing.

Jiang Faye's efficiency was extremely high. An hour later, grain and dry firewood were delivered from the city.

The soldiers chopped firewood to feed the horses, and set up camp on the east wall to avoid the wind and snow.

The light snow stopped after a while, and the cold was still there.

When it was in full swing, the people in the city spontaneously left the city, bringing hard-boiled eggs, meat, etc. to reward the soldiers.

Yang Zheng has been out here for so many years, relying on a single-handed overlord to "unify" countless neighboring tribes, and Liangzhou is what it is today.

Pu Bancheng made such a pot of rice paddy to welcome Master Wang, but Yang Zheng was not used to it.

But when you think about it, there are very few people who can break through the city these days.

Cao Wei also started his family by relying on human remains and slaughtering cities.

There was great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo died at the beginning, and there were still hundreds of thousands of households in the Sanfu people. Li Jue and Guo Si attacked and looted each other, and starved them. In two years, the people were almost exhausted...

"Replenish some horse meat that was frozen to death or frostbitten, and then open a warehouse to release some grain, and distribute it to the common people, one stone per household." Yang Zheng was happy to see this kind of scene.

There is Xuan Yilang in every village, and Xuan Yilang in every village, so that Yang Zheng's will is everywhere.

Hedong County was already rich, and the treasury counted 40 shi of grain, and the money and silk were hard to count. It was not difficult to release tens of thousands of shi of grain.

Attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, this is attacking the hearts of the people in the Central Plains!
Sima Zhao was trying to catch fish, but he did the opposite!
Besides, this is to be generous to Sima Zhaozhi, why not do it?
After more than an hour, cheers resounded from everywhere in the city, "General Xie Zhuguo!"

Hearing this voice, Yang Zheng felt that the great general had a sense of dignity.

(End of this chapter)