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Chapter 200 The Soldier Without Fighting

"What is the slaughter of the overlord?" Feng Yao asked again.

At this time, Xu Chu and others were also attracted by Xu Shu's words, they all looked at Xu Shu, and listened carefully to Xu Shu's explanation of Tyrant's Massacre!
"The so-called massacre of the overlord is all in one character! On the day the city is destroyed, all the men and old people in the city will be killed, and all the women in the city will be occupied, even baby girls. It's the same as taking over all of them, but all the women and money will go to the leader, and then the leader will distribute the women and money to the soldiers according to their merits! It's full of domineering spirit!" Xu Shu said.

Feng Yao and the others took a deep breath and were shocked by what Xu Shu said about the massacre of the overlord!

"However! Although the massacre of the overlord kills men and not women, which is conducive to occupying the city, but it is a killing regardless of the reason. The person killed will inevitably have a complicated relationship, and will stand up to condemn the massacre. " Xu Shu said.

Feng Yao nodded, this is indeed an unavoidable question.

Xu Shu went on to say: "But the massacre of the king can greatly avoid such slander. First of all, we must be clear, why is the city massacred?"

"It's nothing more than three things. The first is money and food, the second is women, and the third is to completely kill all possible resistance!"

"Whoever is the county magistrate and who is in charge of affairs actually has little to do with common people. Common people generally don't resist, and common people don't have much money. As for women, common people's women are usually either wives or daughters, not many!"

"The massacre of the king means that after the city is broken, the civilians are not moved, only the rich are killed, their money and food are robbed, their women and servants are taken away! You can even take a small part of the money and food that you have robbed and distribute it to the civilians in the city, and get most of it. The support of people! Then you can recruit civilians as soldiers, and become the king of the world! After breaking the city, you will have money, women, people's hearts, and soldiers! You will not lose your benevolence!" Xu Shu said.

"Okay! If it's the slaughter of kings! I agree with the slaughter of cities!" Xu Chu said loudly.

Yang Wu, Dai Ling, and Liu Shun also nodded in approval.

Feng Yao laughed and praised: "The words of the military adviser made me suddenly enlightened! However, this king's slaughter still has shortcomings. From the meaning of the tyrant, the tyrant, and the king, the military teacher should have better The Emperor's Slaughter?"

"My lord is wise! There is indeed the slaughter of the emperor, but no one has ever used this method of slaughtering a city in history, and my subordinates only know the general idea, not the specific method!" Xu Shu sighed.

Feng Yao then ordered the generals to discuss together, and pointed out that the action against Yang'an City was mainly for Lang Ling to see, and it must have a deterrent effect on Lang Ling, and it would be best to make Lang Ling lose without a fight!

After discussing for a while, everyone in the whole plan came up with a clever plan! !

Feng Yao immediately ordered Liu Shun to quickly send a message to Wei Yan in front, ordering Wei Yan not to attack the city for the time being, and to proceed according to plan.

It was already bright outside the tent, Feng Yao ordered the army to set off immediately, heading for Yang'an.

……

With the heavy snow overnight and the north wind, the whole Yang'an City was almost frozen.

The guards of Yang'an City did not dare to be careless at all. They stood firmly at the top of the city to prevent Wei Yan's army from attacking the city. Although they were shivering from the cold, their hands were red, swollen and numb from the cold, and the fingers that pulled the bowstring were almost out of control, they still Had to hold the cold bow and arrow tightly.

Suddenly, a hundred shield soldiers and a hundred archers rushed from outside the city. Under the cover of the sword shield soldiers, the archers shot a rain of arrows in unison!
The Yang'an County soldiers guarding the city were shocked and shouted loudly: "It's not good! The enemy soldiers are coming to attack the city!!"

But before he stretched out his stiff fingers and fired back with a bow and arrow, several sharp-eyed guards seemed to notice the difference in these arrows, and exclaimed: "Look at those arrows! There is something tied to the arrows!"

Because these arrows were tied with something, they didn't have much lethality. Most of them fell into the city with the sound of wind, some landed on the top of the city wall, and a few flew farther and fell into the houses in the city. .

"Look what it is?"

The soldier who picked up the arrow at the top of the city wall said in amazement: "There is silk cloth tied to the arrow, and there are words on the silk cloth. This must be a letter of war!!!"

At this time, those who can read have to read aloud through the silk cloth.

"According to the order of General Feng Yao, the governor of Yuzhou to challenge Kou Zhonglang, our army will suspend the attack on Yang'an City for two days and two nights!..."

However, after only two sentences, it was interrupted by the cheers of other soldiers.

Outside the city, the [-] enemy soldiers who had finished shooting their arrows, as written in the silk script, had ceased fighting and retreated.

After cheering for a while, the defenders at the top of the city urged the literate soldiers to continue reading.

"...In these two days and two nights, the guards and people in the city are invited to voluntarily withdraw from Yang'an City. If they do not evacuate, on the day of the city's destruction, those who have enough money at home will be able to evacuate. Those who deliberately do not withdraw will be regarded as treason! When the city is broken, the man will be beheaded and the woman will be enslaved!..."

"what!"

There was an exclamation from the top of the city!

A soldier said indignantly: "My ancestors have lived in this city for generations! This will drive us out of the city. How can we survive?"

But after the literate soldier paused for a moment, he said, "Don't worry, there's more to come, let's read it!"

"... After breaking the city, all those who voluntarily withdraw from the city can return to the city, and can receive [-] cash compensation per person! And exempt from taxes for one year! In addition, due to the snowstorm, our army can help Provide free food and accommodation to those who voluntarily withdraw from the city!"

The literate soldier had just finished reading when there was a sudden commotion in the city. A general guarding the city led a dozen of his followers holding up their weapons and shouted loudly: "Everyone is not allowed to spread rumors. Anyone who violates the law will be killed immediately." land!"

Then he pointed at the literate soldier and shouted: "Take it!"

His subordinates immediately rushed up and pushed the literate soldier who had just read the silk script to the ground.

The soldiers shouted for injustice!

The guard shouted: "This person is spreading rumors and shaking the morale of the army! Kill me!"

With an order, the guard raised his sword and cut off the soldier's head, then raised the bloody head and shouted loudly: "There are people who dare to spread rumors again!"

The rest of the soldiers turned pale with fright, and no one dared to move.

"Everyone, cheer up and guard every city wall strictly. Don't fall into the enemy's tricks and let the enemy take the opportunity to attack the city! Then what awaits you will be the enemy's merciless slaughter!" As the guard walked, While yelling loudly, he ordered his subordinates to put away the arrows that fell from the top of the city one by one, and they were not allowed to peek at the contents of the silk book without permission.

In the city, those who saw the contents of the silk book immediately began to secretly summon the elders of the clan to discuss countermeasures in secret.

This kind of arrows with silk scripts is not only in one direction, Wei Yan sent a total of dozens of teams, in every direction of Yang'an City, there are arrows with silk scripts at a certain distance, which are held by soldiers and common people. picked up.

Soon, in Yang'an City, it was spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and almost everyone knew about it in one night.

Although the guard of Yang'an City took strict measures and killed more than 100 people who spread the news, they couldn't stop the momentum at all. Even because of the killing, the people became more curious, and the news not only spread faster.

"Brother, we have a good relationship. Let me tell you something. The officers and soldiers in the south of the city have killed more than a dozen people. Brother, you must inform your family to be careful when you go back!"

"Why? I didn't break the law!"

"because……"

"Ah! So that's the case, thank you, I'll go back and tell all my clansmen to be careful about this!"

Killing a situation like this will speed up the spread.

Someone said cautiously: "The killing of officers and soldiers also proves that this matter must not be a rumor! All officers and soldiers are so afraid that we people will know the truth!"

In Yang'an City, people were panicked for a while, and the rich families had already started to prepare secretly.

But at this time, Yang'an City has already closed the four gates tightly, and no one is allowed to leave the city!
(End of this chapter)