Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 138 I Just Arrived to Deliver Food, and You Destroyed the City? !

at night.

Southwest wind.

Zhuge Liang was on the high slope hill, and put out lanterns together with others. There were more than [-] people, each of whom had a lamp.

After igniting the fire source, the lamp swelled. At this time, after calculating the wind direction, the lamp was lifted and floated into the air.

A little bit of fire is like a starry sky embellishment, attacking the sky above Shouchun City.

Cao Cao sat on the high platform in the middle of the camp, and he squinted his eyes slightly when he saw this scene, and he inevitably felt a little proud.

"I didn't expect it to be so beautiful."

"The night sky is dotted like stars rolling backwards, just like someone who stole gold and jade and scattered them in the sky."

Guo Jia's complexion was heavy, and he couldn't help smiling when he heard that Cao Cao had expressed his feelings, "I was surprised when I saw it at first, but I didn't expect it to have such an effect, it can make the lights fly."

"When the candles burn out, these paper lanterns will fall into the city."

"Kong Ming has calculated the lengths. Although the candles are not always neat, they are within the range of the city, and they rarely fly out of the city."

"And on the paper lanterns, all those who can read and write in the army recently have written on it the internal commandments that Mrs. Cao has followed all his life, Xu Bowen disciplines himself and loves the people, and the emperor benefits the people with government and other books."

"Moreover, there are also books on persuading soldiers and civilians to surrender. The main idea is to open the door and surrender, which can save the lives of the whole family."

"As long as the soldiers of Shouchun surrender, they can protect the peace of the whole family, and they can make meritorious deeds. In the future, they can wash away the crime of treason when they serve as soldiers who charge into battle."

"The people in the city can benefit from the strategy of benefiting the people. They can get food and minced meat, so that they will not die when they are full, and they can protect their children and keep them safe."

"Under such a favorable government, it is the entire city's soldiers and civilians who persuade them to surrender. Yuan Shu's hearts have been scattered. How can he gather his soldiers and horses to protect each other to the death? This gust of southwest wind may really blow into Shouchun's heart."

Cao Cao's mood immediately became peaceful when he heard the words, and he was able to use this method to attack, which shows that this strategy is considered to be the ultimate attack.

"What's more, it's still so peaceful and beautiful," Cao Cao said with emotion, "how can it not make people miss the prosperity and leisure."

Putting on lanterns on an autumn night, what a peaceful scene, it can be seen on the battlefield, but it also has a special flavor.

"Haha, hahaha!" Cao Cao stared blankly at the lights flying towards the sky, and gradually laughed out loud.

Many counselors and guards on the stage also followed with anticipation at this moment, watching the lights enter the city.

……

on the city gate.

"Look! What is that!?"

"Fire light came from nowhere! But the stars are falling!?"

"Be alert! This may be Cao Jun's siege trick! Shoot down these lights immediately!"

"Archer!!"

After the generals shouted, the soldiers who had been resting in the city quickly stepped up the stairs, holding bows and arrows to diffuse towards the sky, many lights fell down, and flames were ignited in the middle of the road.

But most of them still flew into the city.

Safe and sound across the defense of the city.

At this time, scraps of paper fell down, and someone picked it up and fell into silence.

"Ms. Cao was frugal all his life, and he didn't allow extravagance and waste in the door. 1.1 millet, it was hard work——"

"Xu Zhen was originally a Baiding, and he was granted the title of Qing Dynasty. He has disciplined himself for many years, never involved in legal risks, and never hid himself selflessly. For several years, the rewards were scattered among the soldiers and the common people."

"Yanzhou and Xuzhou, the government that benefits the people, donates rice and millet to the people, and the pigs and sheep are slaughtered to separate the families, so that the people are full and peaceful—"

"Every winter, there must be more celebrations in every family, and the emperor will be shaded, and God will help and benefit the government. Heart to the people."

"Although the Cao family has gradually become an official, he dare not be extravagant. His family business is strong, and he thinks more about the difficulty of keeping his business and the suffering of the people. He has never been extravagant. It is like drinking honey water with no one to eat. Drinking nectar also—”

Countless paragraphs of words, either piercing the heart, or touching the truth, no matter what kind of words can make people move.

Gradually, the defenders on the city gate tower stopped shooting arrows, because there was no Cao army attacking in the distance, and there was nothing under the city gate, so shooting like this was just deceiving themselves.

Where these candles passed by, a lot of paper fell down, and every literate person would read it aloud to pass it on to the common people.

As a result, the voice was spread everywhere, and the soldiers and horses on guard could not catch it all. The paper on the ground floated to the hands of the barracks, towers, and common people.

It has become a rumor and caused an uproar.

At some point, someone shouted, "How can such an emperor be loyal?"

"You don't want to surrender to Han! Would you rather be a thief?"

"Under the Cao family, most of them are clear, benevolent and righteous people, but in the Shouchun Palace, they only usurped the position of the emperor, how can there be benevolence and virtue! If we don't open the city gate to welcome back the old dynasty, how long will it be!"

"Stupid loyalty is small righteousness! Loyalty to the country is great righteousness! Why do you give up righteousness and follow small righteousness! How can Yuan Shu have such merit!?"

As soon as he said that, the rest of the city rushed to all parts of the city in an instant like a tide. Although the people had no food during the night, their anger that had been pent up for a long time broke out in an instant.

They had heard about Xu Zhen and Cao Cao's behavior a long time ago, and what they pursued was benevolence and righteousness!Kindness!

Take the people as our responsibility!

Regardless of the strategy of farming, Xuzhou opened warehouses and released grain with virtue in return for grievances. Everyone knows these good reputations in the past, and now they are once again seeing such papers from the sky as a warning.

Some people even acted like heaven and sent down immortal edicts to let the Zhong family die, and they will never be forgiven!
As a result, there was such a commotion that the soldiers in the city couldn't suppress it.

The generals ordered to immediately arrest those Confucian scholars who had a little knowledge, knew how to read and write, and had eloquence.

Regardless of whether they are old or young, they will be arrested first and brought into the barracks.

However, it can suppress the common people, but it cannot suppress the officers and civilians in the army. The people in the army are panic-stricken, and they don't know whether to continue guarding.

Everyone who saw the papers falling from the lights felt their hearts sink and fell into confusion.

Even though most of the former lieutenant soldiers were thieves and bandits, the majority were also sensible.

At this moment, I don't know where to make a choice.

"We are loyal to Yuan Shu, but he is drinking and having fun in the palace, but we have to fight to the death outside, what is the reason?"

"That's right! What Huang Cheng said is very true. I don't understand the truth, but I do understand love. This Yuan Shu didn't give us any good looks when he gathered the crowd. When he didn't go out, he must have a gorgeous frame and drive out the people. Every meal is extravagant, and even a sip of honey water costs a lot of money."

"I'd rather die than serve this lord! He doesn't care about our life or death, why does he still have to sacrifice his life?"

"The military order is like a mountain, so what can you do? Can you go out of the camp privately and open the city gate?"

"Then do you think it's worth dying for Yuan Shu?"

"A tyrant who extorts money! Never die for him!"

"Anyway, defending the city is death. You have also seen it. Cao's army attacked the east gate, and it cost ten thousand people to climb the city. With such determination, there is no way to survive. It is better to surrender, and there is still a chance of life!"

"As stated in the letter, if you surrender tonight, you will be able to fight for the big man in the future and take back your homeland, and you can still make meritorious deeds! Don't hurt your family!"

"The wife and children in the family can be full, Cao can do it! Surrender!"

"Oh! It's done!"

In a battalion.

Almost everyone is whispering about it.

It will not calm down overnight, even though the Shouchun soldiers and horses on patrol have already extended their swords into every household.

But under the undercurrent, everything is still surging crazily.

……

late at night.

Dian Wei personally led the army to raise fire from the south gate, and under the charge of the army, almost all the camps in front of the city gate were destroyed.

Occupy the camp and continue to press forward, preparing to lead troops to attack the city.

And at the east gate, Cao Hong personally led the army to advance eastward, under the east gate, overlooking the city gate.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are all here. Whether they can succeed tonight depends on whether Kong Ming's strategy works.

"Siege!"

"Ahhh!"

Facing east and south, attacking the city at the same time, all soldiers charged immediately.

The tranquility of the night was broken in an instant, Xia Dianwei at the south gate quickly rushed to the bottom of the city gate, his cheek was cut by an arrow, and an arrow was stuck in his shoulder.

When they arrived at the base of the city, they were hit twice by the car, and the gate of the city suddenly loosened and was knocked open by Dian Wei. Seeing this, the guards inside put down their swords.

Surrender and surrender!

Dian Wei glanced at them, ready to accept them, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of two people who were about to shoot back.

He immediately shouted loudly, dodged and hid behind a person, making the person aiming at lose the target, and then violently slashed, slashed down with a single halberd with his right hand, and flew on the spot.

"Those who surrender, go to the city and kill them immediately, and I will follow behind you! If you really surrender, you can make meritorious deeds by beheading the defenders!"

"If there is any change, I will behead him personally!"

Jiang Bing looked at each other left and right, immediately picked up the sword, turned around and led Dian Wei to the city gate.

They were still wearing the clothes of Shouchun soldiers and horses, and they were familiar faces. The defenders in the city didn't notice it for a while.

So Dian Wei took a few strides up the south gate tower, and led people into the gate tower meeting hall, where a few lieutenants led a dozen or so guards to guard.

Originally, they were supposed to send an order to defend the city, but after seeing Dian Wei, they all subconsciously laid it up.

Dian Wei kicked one person away with one foot, then jumped forward and chopped two people to death, then swung his two halberds fiercely, and chopped off the bullying person like a frenzy. Stepping forward, he killed the leading general with a halberd.

"The general is dead, how long will you wait if you don't surrender?"

"Are you really going to lose your life for Yuan Shu?"

Under Dian Wei's glaring gaze, his momentum was so overwhelming that all the enemy soldiers who were chasing in around them backed away in fear, and even felt ashamed.

Don't dare to look at it.

Soon, some people put down their swords and surrendered here.

When the soldiers and horses arrived, Dian Wei alone had surrendered all the enemy troops in the entire gatehouse.

The south gate is broken, and the east gate is similar.

Cao Hong led his troops to attack again, but the defenders of the east gate only resisted for a quarter of an hour, while Yuan Huan died on the top of the city gate under the flying arrows.

Even being pushed down.

The tenacity of the defending army was completely different from before, not at the same level at all. Even after Yuan Huan's death, Chen Ji fled, and those generals had no choice but to lead their soldiers and horses to surrender.

After that, the situation of the battle was almost one-sided, and it became more and more smooth.

Cao's soldiers and horses filed into Shouchun City after capturing the city gate. This so-called strong city was indeed attacked from the inside as the previous strategy said.

Regardless of the east gate or the south gate, there are people who don't want to defend the city and only want the war to end, and half of them are waiting for the opportunity to surrender to Cao Jun.

So he half pushed and half agreed, his mind was shaken, and he didn't know how he lost.

As soon as the army's morale was scattered, it was like a collapsed mountain that lost its support and fell down with a crash.

Cao Cao, who was in the middle army, saw all this very clearly, and immediately got out of the car and got on his fast horse.

Prepare to enter the city with the army.

Tonight is bound to be another big victory recorded in history!
It is necessary to use the leader of Yuan Shu to subdue the hundreds of thousands of bandits and civilians in this city.

"Zihe! Immediately let the tiger and leopard riders pass the order, and the one who takes Yuan Shu's head will be named the county marquis! Reward ten thousand gold! Give the god soldier a BMW!! Worship the general!!"

"Hey! I'm going right now!"

As soon as Cao Chun heard this, he was not willing to send the order first, and directly led the tiger and leopard rider to charge, heading for the city.

Less than a stick of incense time.

All the soldiers and horses entering the city went crazy, rushing towards the palace, more than ten times braver than when they entered the city!
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward, let alone such a big reward!Killing Yuan Shu will make him famous all over the world, and he will return to his hometown in fine clothes, so that he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life!

You can also become a general for a big man!Wouldn't it be easier to get credit for leading troops in battle in the future!
The people in the city are all jealous, and even the soldiers are vying to make meritorious deeds.

Among them, Cao Chun, who had originally sent the order, was the fastest in pursuit and headed straight for the imperial city.

The army of the inner city and the imperial city relied on the alleys to continue fighting, but they couldn't stop Cao's army from breaking through the city.

They were fighting almost overnight, and when the sky was about to dawn, the fighting was almost over.

I don't know how many people were killed in the palace, and the entire school grounds were full of corpses piled up like a mountain, and there were countless gold, silver and jade objects.

After the main hall was occupied, Yuan Shu's so-called deep palace was searched all over, and it turned out that he had gone out of the city from the north through the path.

Everyone was in vain, so the tiger and leopard cavalry raised their troops to the north and chased them again in order to gain another exploit.

Otherwise, it would be winter, and if Yuan Shu had to escape, wouldn't it be that he would have to wait another year before he could be killed.

After all, marching in winter is very inconvenient. For a Yuan Shu who has already lost everything, it is not worth spending so much rations and soldiers.

Cao Cao will definitely return to the army.

Inside Zhong's palace, Cao Cao led his generals, Wen and Wu, up the stairs, swept away the valuables in the main hall, and searched Yuan Shu's military amulets, book seals, etc., but did not find the legendary Jade Seal.

Cao Cao was a little displeased, and when he came out, he sighed and looked into the distance.

"Bowen!! You are the best at predicting! Tell me now, where is Yuan Shu?"

"Tsk," Xu Zhen frowned slightly.

You are so talented, congratulations.

"I didn't expect it, but I know it. Afterwards, he will definitely go north to join Yuan Shao."

"It doesn't matter if the Zhong family destroyed the country, whether Yuan Shu is dead or not. Let's just say that he is hidden in the chaos army and disappeared. Isn't this also a great victory?"

Cao Cao looked left and right, and there was not much joy on his face, but he still stepped forward and patted Xu Zhen on the shoulder, "Well said!"

"Return trip!"

"Cao Hong! Immediately go to collect the cities of Jiujiang, let all the people in the Huainan section of Yangzhou come back to work, and order the local celebrities to nominate officials for appointment. In the spring of next year, I want this Huainan water town to be as prosperous as it used to be. It will store grain for me, do business, and accumulate armaments!"

"Here, here! Brother is wise, no, master is wise!"

Cao Hong was overjoyed, of course he knew the meaning of this order, it seems that the previous hard work, the elder brother has been watching!
Huainan must let me take care of it!
……

At this moment, Cao Ang, who arrived with the delivery of grain and grass, had just rested for a while.

Just got the information.

Spraying water on the ground, he immediately got up and said helplessly, "Shouchun has been breached?!"

Me, I just arrived!Are you saying that the merits are mine? !After co-authoring, there is only food left! ?

Could Yuan Shu be dreaming of fighting?Such a big fortified city, with 10,000+ soldiers under his command, didn't even defend it for half a month?
"Tsk, now my achievements are more or less?"

Cao Ang frowned and thought for a moment.

Forget it, it doesn't matter!
Cao Ang smiled lightly and took a sip of water.

Then he wiped his mouth and got up quickly, "I'd better find my elder brother and quickly add up."

(End of this chapter)