Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 387
In the barracks outside the city, Yuan Yao held the secret letter and said with a smile, "This Wei Xu knows the current affairs."

"In order to cooperate with him in acting today, some people died, but it was worth it."

"As long as the city gate is opened, the thousands of soldiers in the city will be ours, so it's still a profit!"

Zhang Xunqiaorui looked at each other, thinking that more than 2000 people were killed or injured in the daytime siege, which is not too small. Although most of the wounded were injured, most of them would not survive.

Whether it was burnt by golden juice, or broken limbs or internal organs, basically they all survived on their own. After about half a month, they would die one after another. Even if they survived, they would not be able to go to the battlefield.

The most worthless thing in this world is human life, and Yuan Xi's extravagant behavior of specially manning a considerable number of battlefield doctors is not only unique among the princes, but also quite rare.

This is also the reason why the morale of Yuan Xi's soldiers is high. The logistics can be guaranteed, and the chances of surviving after being injured can be improved. The soldiers will work together and have few worries.

Of course, everything from herbs to medical supplies comes at a premium.

Although these practices are not ahead of the times, other princes must also want to get it, but in the final analysis it is still a word of money.

Yuan Xi took the route of elite soldiers after full consideration. It's not that he can't afford to pull a team of tens of thousands of people. Youzhou has plenty of people, but it's unnecessary.

These soldiers can indeed flatten many small cities, but the negative effects brought about by militarism are many. For example, a large number of soldiers will empty the food reserves in the territory, the people will not have enough to eat, and the harvest will be affected, which will affect the soldiers. In terms of combat power, the poorer you are, the easier it is to lose the battle, and the more you lose the battle, the poorer you are, thus falling into a vicious circle.

This is the case with the tens of thousands of troops that Yuan Shu mobilized this time.

Its main purpose was to gain momentum for Yuan Yao's military exploits. As for such a laborious expedition, how many soldiers and civilians were conscripted, and how little food was delivered, to Yuan Shu, it was just tens of thousands of pigs.

Yuan Yao was extremely happy at this moment, the first time he dispatched troops, it went so smoothly!
If he breaks the city in one day, he will still be defeated by Marquis Wen's army. After this battle, he will become famous all over the world like that fierce tiger, right?
Thinking of the hideous appearance of the vicious tiger at the top of the city today, Yuan Yao gritted his teeth with hatred. Everyone is not much different in age, but the vicious tiger has gradually become famous in the past two years. It is the general under Yuan Shu's subordinates. When talking about the vicious tiger, his words There are also many exclamations in the middle, and there are many expressions of awe on the face.

After all, the people he defeated were all world-renowned fierce generals and overlords, which are definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.

But this person won't be jumping around for long, Wei Xu will definitely capture Yuan Xi alive, and then open the city gate to welcome him into the city. At that time, the most taboo is to kill or cut that fierce tiger, isn't it just a matter of words?
Seeing Yuan Yao's happy expression, Qiao Rui couldn't help but said: "My lord, it's better to be careful, what if the confrontation is a false surrender?"

"At the end of the day, I hope you will think twice, lest you fall into the opponent's scheme."

After hearing this, Yuan Yao was a little unhappy and said, "Mr. Qiao is still worrying too much."

"Today Wei Xu asked the most elite camp to come out to die. If he didn't want to show his sincerity, why did he do this?"

"And he is besieged by my army, how dare he lie to me?"

"If he lied to me, isn't he afraid that I will kill them all after breaking the city?"

"Is it because Mr. Qiao is afraid and dare not enter the city to meet him?"

"Then I'll go to Zhang Xun instead!"

After hearing this, Qiao Rui broke out in cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "The final general has no such intentions, please learn from me, my lord."

When Zhang Xun saw it, he said, "Mrs. Qiao died early, and there is still a young son who needs to be raised. Let me go."

Yuan Yao became even more unhappy when he heard this, and said with a sneer, "The two of you are loyal, but I know that Sun Ce is the one you respect the most!"

"Especially Mr. Qiao, he often praises the Jiangdong Tigers before and after, right?" When Yuan Yao said the word "Tiger", his face was even more unhappy, one or two were both called tigers!

"Is it in Duke Qiao's heart that Sun Ce is more powerful than Father?"

After hearing this, the two quickly knelt down and said, "The last general is loyal to the envoy and has no second thoughts!"

Qiao Rui kowtowed and said: "The last general is willing to go forward for the young master, to fulfill the young master's success!"

Seeing Yuan Yao, he laughed with satisfaction on his face, thinking that his father was about to become emperor, and these people were still so ignorant of current affairs that they had to beat them hard!
He stepped forward to help the two of them up, and said: "Since it was all a misunderstanding, then everything is over. From then on, our master and servant will work together to win the world!"

Zhang Xunqiaorui had a smile on his face when he spoke with arrogance, but sighed in his heart.

Yuan Yao's performance was too clumsy, slapping first, and then giving a sweet date, was indeed a common trick used by the lord, but Yuan Yao used too much force, the previous slap seemed too threatening, and the subsequent comfort was illusory , the same as Bai said.

A thought came to Qiao Rui's mind, Yuan Shu and his son are far worse than Sun Ce!

Not to mention that Sun Ce did treat many gentry badly, but he is charismatic and sincere, which cannot be learned simply by imitation.

Yuan Yao didn't realize it, and held the hands of the two to ask for warmth, which made Zhang Xunqiaorui's expressions even more embarrassing.

Suddenly, a soldier ran in quickly, holding a scroll of silk, and said: "There are arrows shot from the city, and there are secret letters tied to it!"

After hearing this, Yuan Yao quickly took the silk book from the soldier, unfolded it and read it carefully, and then he was overjoyed and shouted: "It's done!"

He tossed the silk book to Zhang Xunqiaorui and the two of them, they quickly took it and looked at it, and saw what was said in the letter, and the vicious tiger had been arrested!
At present, the city gate has been temporarily controlled, but Chen Gong Gaoshun seems to be alert and is gathering soldiers to retake the city gate.

Right now, Wei Xu is leading soldiers to resist at the gate of the city, hoping that Yuan Yaojun will enter the city as soon as possible to help defeat Chen Gong Gaoshun. If Yuan Yaojun receives a secret letter, please start a fire outside the city, and Wei Xu will open the city gate immediately!

Yuan Yao was overjoyed and said, "This is a great opportunity!"

"Attack all the troops, General Qiao as the vanguard, leading [-] soldiers into the city, General Zhang leading [-] soldiers to guard the city gate to prevent the enemy from escaping, I will support the two in the central army!"

After Zhang Xunqiaorui heard this, he quickly surrendered and accepted the order.

Not long after, Yuan Yao's army approached the gate of Huaicheng at night, and he heard the sound of fighting behind the gate, and the clash of weapons was like the sound of dense rain.

Qiao Rui shouted: "Light it up!"

Three thousand soldiers lit the torches in unison, piled up the straw and firewood on dozens of trucks, poured tung oil on them and lit them, and the flames seven or eight feet high shot up instantly.

The flames suddenly illuminated the top of the city, but the crowd heard shouts and curses from the top of the city. When they took a closer look, there was a man tied up on the wall and hanging outside the wall, yelling.

Qiao Rui took a closer look, isn't this the fierce tiger on the city during the day?

Seeing this person, he also felt quite complicated. He did not expect that this person was so famous that even he was captured by him.

Thinking back when the other party let him back, although he may not have good intentions, he still owed a favor, but Yuan Yao hated this person so much that he wanted to kill him quickly, so it seemed that he couldn't repay the favor.

The gate of the city opened slowly, and Qiao Rui saw that the two sides were fighting together at the gate, the chaos was very great, he still hesitated for a while, feeling that something was not quite right.

The soldiers who inquired about the news told Yuan Yao about the situation inside the city. Yuan Yao was very excited and shouted: "Let Qiao Rui enter the city quickly!"

After hearing the order, Qiao Rui yelled, "Follow me into the city, and anyone who dares to resist will be shot!"

With a wave of his hand, he galloped his horse and rushed into the city first, with soldiers pouring in like a tide behind him.

Qiao Rui rushed in front of the city gate, but he couldn't help but consciously raised his head to look at Yuan Xi who was hanging above, hesitated for a moment, and rushed in with his horse.

The soldiers fighting in the city were obviously divided into two groups, and when one group saw Qiao Rui rushing in, they turned around and fled in all directions.

When the other group saw Qiao Rui's army, they quickly waved their hands and let them in on both sides of the city gate.

Qiao Rui rushed in on horseback, commanding his men to chase after the fleeing soldiers, and unknowingly rushed into the long street inside the arena, everywhere was pitch black, but the soldiers who had fled earlier were nowhere to be seen.

He turned the horse's head, and a bad feeling suddenly surged in his heart.

Why so quiet?

When entering the city, it is absolutely impossible that there is no sound. It is possible that the people are afraid and dare not speak out, but what about cats, dogs, chickens and ducks?

The next moment, a horn sounded, and arrows rained densely from the rooms on both sides!

Qiao Rui jumped off his horse immediately to dodge, the mount under his crotch was shot into a hedgehog, and the soldiers behind him screamed and fell to the ground.

Qiao Rui immediately came to his senses, he had been tricked!

He shouted loudly: "Get out of the city!"

At this time, densely packed soldiers poured out from all directions. Seeing this, Qiao Rui drew out the ring-shou knife and shouted: "Follow me!"

He turned back with the soldiers and collided with the soldiers who had come in before, causing a mess, but Qiao Rui couldn't care less, the current plan was to leave the city first!
Surrounded by soldiers, he desperately pushed away the panicked soldiers and ran towards the city gate, only to see hundreds of soldiers in armor shining coldly standing in front of him.

The leading general raised his ring sword, pointed at Qiao Rui and said, "Trapped in the camp of Gao Shun."

"Put down your weapons, and spare you not to kill!"

When Qiao Rui heard Gao Shun's name, his heart sank, and he saw the city gate closed again behind him, knowing that if he didn't defeat the trapped camp in front of him, he would never want to go out!
With one stroke of his sword, he shouted, "Get out!"

Outside the city, Zhang Xun saw that the city gate was closed, so he knew something bad was going on. He ordered the soldiers to attack the city gate, but there was a shout from the top of the city, and densely packed soldiers came out, and the arrows rained down like raindrops.

Zhang Xunjun had no siege equipment to protect the city, and suffered heavy casualties immediately. He gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers to go up, because he knew that if the city gate was not broken, the bridge inside would be finished!
Yuan Xi was on the top of the city, and he was quite surprised to see the other party attacking the city gate so recklessly. He knew that there were not many soldiers in the city, and if Yuan Shujun recklessly filled in people, the city gate might not be able to stop it!

He frowned, and thoughtfully, ordered someone to cut off the head of a dead enemy soldier, and lifted it on the top of the wall with a long pole, and then asked the sergeant to shout: "The enemy general is dead! The enemy general is dead!"

When Zhang Xun saw it in the city, he felt panic immediately. He saw that the man's head was with loose hair, how could he see clearly at night?
But Yuan Yao heard the shouts, he saw that there were heavy casualties in the city, he thought that the inside of the city was over, and the people outside the city would be buried, how could he face his father?
He also panicked at this time, and quickly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the troops. Zhang Xun heard this, sighed, and led the troops back.

He was riding on the horse, looking back towards the top of the city, just in time to see the fierce tiger sticking out its head, showing that extremely hateful face, waving at him.

Zhang Xun felt depressed, regardless of whether Qiao Rui in the city was dead or alive, but it seemed that this was the second time that he was in Yuan Xi's hands, right?

If it is said that the first time did not know the truth of the fierce tiger, this second time, it was simply forced into a trap.

(End of this chapter)