Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 405 The Battle of Ye City (2)

At that time, Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou to avenge his father Cao Song, but Xuzhou's reputation was bad before it was captured. Under the promotion of caring people, massacres and lust have become Cao Cao's labels, and the people of Jizhou regard Cao Cao as a scourge.On the contrary, Yuan Shao's reputation in Hebei is not generally good, it is quite good, both the gentry and the common people are grateful for Yuan Shao's kindness.

Appraisal first comforts and then suppresses, and after the soldiers and civilians have settled down, they start to demonstrate and deter them.The judge ordered Xin Ping's family to be escorted to the top of the city. The executioner swung down with a big knife in his hand. One by one, the heads fell to the ground, and the corpses were thrown off the city wall. The children were crying, the old man was crying, and the wife was dumb. There were 62 members of the Xin family. Put to death, everyone who sees it will change color.

The judge shouted at the top of the city: "This is the end of the traitor!"

The Xin brothers saw the tragedy in the city, and their liver and gallbladder burst. Xin Ping yelled, vomited blood and fell off his horse. Cut your corpse into ten thousand pieces, eat your flesh, and drink your blood!"

The examiner cursed back at the top of the wall: "An ungrateful dog that loses its family, what face does it have to bark here! I am the Lord with all my heart, so why not be afraid!"

The soldiers rescued Xin Ping back to the camp, and called a doctor for treatment, only to find that Xin Ping had died of exhaustion!Cao Cao was deeply sorry, and it was a great burial.Xin Pi swore that on the day of breaking the city, he would execute all of the judges and be buried with Xin's family.

Shen Pei killed Xin Ping's family, but did not behead Xu You's family, but was imprisoned in a prison for hostages.62 people, men, women, old and young, were killed. Everyone in Yecheng was terrified, and some people couldn't bear it.Shen Pei's nephew, Shen Rong, had a close relationship with the Xin Ping brothers, but he didn't get along with Xu You. He felt resentful when he saw the Xin family being killed.

Shenpei's son Shencheng was captured in Wuchao and took refuge with Cao Cao. Cao Hong ordered him to put a knife on Shencheng's neck to persuade him to surrender.Shen Pei said loudly: "You died recently, and you will still be a member of the Shen family after death. If you give up on Cao Cao, you will not be my son, and you will be expelled from the Shen family from then on."

Shen Cheng burst into tears, Cao Hong had no choice but to release Shen Cheng again.Cao Hong was puzzled, and secretly asked Cheng Yu why he wanted to kill Xin Ping's family because Xu You had defected to Cao Cao in Guandu, and Yuan Shao's defeat had been caused by betraying Wuchao.
Cheng Yu took a meaningful look at Cao Hong, found a place where there was no one else, and said, "It's true that the trial match does not agree with Xu You and the Xin brothers, so it won't be life and death. But after Yuan Shao's death, the Xin brothers assisted Yuan Tan to fight against Yuan Shang. It is not tolerated by the trial."

After speaking, Cheng Yu turned and left, leaving Cao Hong alone in a daze.My god, what is this all about.When leaving Xudu, Cao Pi still borrowed money from himself, but should he not borrow money or not?

Cao Hong suffered repeated setbacks and tried all the ideas he could think of. He was anxious and had no choice but to continue to besiege the city.On the way Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, the Lu brothers sent someone to deliver a letter and two seals, telling Yuan Tan that he secretly wanted to recruit the two of them, and ordered them to destroy Cao Cao's grain road.Cao Cao was furious, an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf!
Yuan Tan and Guo Tu had a good plan, if they succeeded, the battle situation in Hebei would be really unpredictable.However, they misunderstood the Lu brothers. The two brothers had despaired of the Yuan family. Yuan Tan's letter and seal ribbon were sent to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took a sharp breath, Yuan Tan's plan was indeed vicious, Yecheng could not be taken down, and the return route and food road would be cut off again, nearly [-] troops would be in jeopardy, the war in Yecheng must be ended as soon as possible.Cao Cao wrote back to Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, asking them to stabilize Yuan Tan first, saying that Cao Cao was very careful and needed to find an opportunity before attacking.

In order to capture Yecheng as soon as possible, Cao Cao personally came out to inspect the siege situation. Unexpectedly, several archers were ambushed at the top of the city. Fortunately, Xu Chu found out in time, pulled Cao Cao off his horse, and almost shot Cao Cao, causing Cao Cao to break out in cold sweat.

Cao Cao was furious, and Xu You offered a plan to destroy the earth hills and tunnels, dig trenches along the city, and encircle them for forty miles.At first, the trench was dug very shallow, more than half a step wide, and it seemed that it could be crossed in one step.When the judge saw it from the city, he laughed loudly, but did not send troops out to destroy it.Cao Cao assigned tens of thousands of troops to dredge at night, dug a deep trench two feet deep and two feet wide overnight, and diverted the water from the Zhang River into the trench, completely cutting off the connection between the inside and outside of Yecheng.Cao Cao, Cao Hong, Zhang Xiu, and Le Jin were surrounded by four groups, turning Yecheng into an isolated city and a dead city!
From the seventh year of Jian'an, Zhou Cang began to wield a shovel to dig potential corners and wool from Jizhou, and to dig manpower and resources from Jizhou. At that time, Jizhou was still very strong and felt nothing. Continuous wars, reduced agricultural production, and no harvests. It was only after the trial and distribution that Jizhou's treasury was not so full.

During the second battle between Yuan and Jizhou, the grain fields were abandoned, and the output was halved. Yecheng was already short of grain and grass, and needed relief from Shangdang and surrounding counties and counties.Maocheng was occupied, the grain roads were cut off, Yecheng was besieged into an isolated island, and the grain and grass in the city were depleted day by day.

Beginning in July, except for the soldiers who can eat two meals a day, the young and strong who assist in the defense of the city can eat two meals a day, and the rest of the people can only eat two meals a day.In August, there were only a few people left. After three months of siege... there was no more. From September to November, more than half of the people in the city starved to death. The clothes of the victims were used to keep warm, and Yecheng, once the center of Hebei, was bustling with people and rubbing shoulders, becoming a purgatory on earth.

The judge was treated the same as the young and strong, and he had one meal and two meals a day. His haggard appearance was like an old bamboo in the mountains, standing resolutely on the top of the city and swaying with the cold wind.

Cao Cao saw the figure of the judge under the city, and sighed: "Oh, why are the righteous men from Hebei here?" Xu You was silent after hearing this.

Cheng Yu smiled slightly and said: "Without food and grass inside, and no reinforcements outside, how long can the trial match last? Even if the trial match does not surrender, how many people are there in the city like Su You and Feng Li?"

Xun You offered a plan to tie the announcement document to the arrow shaft and shoot it into the city. Thanks to the Jian'an paper, Cao Cao had nearly [-] copies copied overnight. The main content was: to persuade the soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender. [-]. Relatives and family property are protected; [-]. The people in the city are protected and tax-free for one year;

In the early morning of the second day, headless arrows and ten thousand swords were fired into the city. Soldiers and common people found the inscriptions bound on the shafts of the arrows, and rushed to pass on the news. beheaded, but the news has already spread throughout Yecheng.

(End of this chapter)