The Nameless of the Common Clans

Yecheng, Imperial Palace.

The shouts and screams from all directions surged like the tide. Liu He knelt on the throne with a calm face, as if the faint shouts and screams from all directions had nothing to do with him.

In fact, it really had nothing to do with him, because no matter what the final result of the battle was, he would be fine. If Yuan Shang won, he would still be the emperor. If Chen Mo won, he would at most go to Luoyang to be an idle king.

Before, Chen Mo's people secretly contacted him through the prince, and Liu He also thought about cooperating with Chen Mo, but it was a pity that Gao Gan was too strict with him. Before, Xu You ran away, causing Jizhou to be attacked by Cao Cao and Chen Mo, two vassal states, and finally many people blamed him.

Liu He was a little funny at the time. Even if he was a puppet emperor, he was still the emperor. His son was beaten by the son of a court official. Couldn't he even express his dissatisfaction?

It was also from then on that the relationship between Liu He and the court officials of Jizhou began to become tense. When Chen Mo contacted Liu He through the prince, he did not refuse or agree because if Chen Mo failed to attack in the end, he would be embarrassed as the emperor. However, Chen Mo's performance was quite impressive afterwards.

When Chen Mo's army was at the gates of the city, Liu He actually thought about cooperating with Chen Mo to cooperate with him from inside and outside. He had some hidden power accumulated in Yecheng.

Unfortunately, Chen Mo did not give Liu He a chance to display his power. The speed at which Yecheng was breached far exceeded Liu He's expectations. He was still secretly planning, while the outer city had been captured. He changed his strategy and prepared to respond to the other party's attack on the inner city. As a result, the inner city was also breached.

Not to mention that it was just a fight in the city now, even if Chen Mo opened the palace gate and walked in front of Liu He, Liu He estimated that he would not be too surprised. He was used to it.

Liu He now wanted to meet this young prince eagerly. He was not a young man anymore. Chen Mo was almost thirty years old, but his achievements were surprising compared to his age. Among the princes in the world, Chen Mo was close to Sun Ce in age, but he felt like Sun Ce's elder.

Shen Pei knelt down at the position where Liu He attacked, and did not speak, closing his eyes and thinking.

The current situation can be described as the collapse of the sky. Even Shen Pei could not think of any way to hold on until Yuan Shang's reinforcements came back. Yecheng had actually been broken by now, but he did not understand why Chen Mo did not come to attack the palace, but competed with those aristocratic families in the city?

As long as the palace was attacked, those aristocratic families could not make any waves.

The behavior of the Guanzhong army was a little abnormal, but Shen Pei could not tell what was wrong.

Gao Gan walked back and forth in front of Shen Pei. He did not know how many laps he had walked in the morning.

"Report~" A general of the Yulin Army came in quickly and saluted everyone.

"At this time, there is no need for courtesy, but Chen Mo is attacking?" Gao Gan waved his hand impatiently, indicating that there was no need for courtesy, and then asked anxiously.

"No, the Guanzhong Army is still attacking various mansions in the city. Now outside the palace, there are constant wars. I heard that many big families in the city are sworn to resist to the death." The general of the Yulin Army bowed.

"Alas, I didn't expect that there are so many loyal ministers in Yecheng. With these loyal ministers, the Guanzhong Army can gain power for a while, but it is wishful thinking to occupy my Yecheng!" Gao Gan's face looked much better after hearing this. If these people can delay for a while, they will have more hope. Yuan Shang is already on his way back. I believe he will be able to return soon. At that time, Chen Mo will be attacked from both sides.

"No!" Shen Pei suddenly opened his eyes and frowned.

"What's wrong?" Gao Gan turned around and looked at Shen Pei in confusion.

"Let's go to the palace gate and take a look." Shen Pei did not answer, but stood up, bowed to Liu He, and walked out quickly.

Gao Gan did not understand why, and when he saw Shen Pei leaving, he hurriedly followed him.

Outside the palace, there were sounds of fighting everywhere, and many places were on fire. When Shen Pei and Gao Gan climbed up the palace gate arrow tower, they saw such a scene. The Guanzhong army was attacking the inner city mansions one by one. In this inner city, many mansions have been turned into scorched earth.

"Mr. Zhengnan, what's wrong?" Gao Gan looked at Shen Pei and asked in confusion.

Shen Pei did not answer, but just watched from a distance as a Guanzhong army rushed to a mansion. There was no shouting, no pre-war communication, and they just shot a barrage of arrows into it, and quickly occupied the commanding heights and suppressed it with bows and arrows. The defense of this mansion was not strong. Some people in the mansion were still saying something, but then they were killed by the Guanzhong army that rushed in, and the whole house was wiped out!

Then there was the fire. Thick black smoke and scorching flames burned everything, including the corpses and the conspiracy hidden under the killing.

Shen Pei closed his eyes, and he finally knew what was wrong.

Chen Mo was taking the opportunity to eliminate the power of the noble families in Jizhou. Even if these people surrendered, it would be useless. Chen Mo's army entered the inner city this time to kill people.

As for why this was the case, Shen Pei, who had thought about it clearly, also roughly understood that Chen Mo wanted to implement his new policy in Guanzhong in Jizhou, and the noble families were the biggest obstacle to the implementation of Guanzhong's political and legal system in Jizhou. Chen Mo was using war to eliminate dissidents!

What a cruel heart!

Moreover, Shen Pei keenly realized that most of the "loyal and righteous people" who died in the war had their families here, and those who were outside were basically not moved. Kill a group, and then use these living people to win over the rest, and Chen Mo also has enough resources in his hands to promote his new policy.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Chen Mo can eventually capture Jizhou.

But with one hand, he succeeded in getting things done, and with the other hand, he also used it to win over another group of people. Shen Pei also had to admit that Chen Mo might actually succeed in the end.

"Surrender, or break out." Shen Pei sighed and looked at Gao Gandao beside him.

"Ah?" The senior official looked at Shen Pei in confusion: "Why is this?"

"The longer it takes, the worse the defeat will be. Chen Mo wants more than just Ye City." Shen Pei said with a sad smile. Regardless of other things, this move alone, if Chen Mo is allowed to continue killing like this, the wealthy Jizhou family will be like Guanzhong back then. Aristocratic families were generally killed and left in ruins. No matter who occupied Jizhou from now on, in terms of the power of the gentry, the Jizhou gentry who had been severely damaged would not have the weight they do now.

Thinking a little deeper, Chen Mo was clearing the way for his Three-Study Minutes.

"Sir, why are you talking such nonsense?" The senior officer looked at Shen Pei with some dissatisfaction.

"General, take a closer look. Are the people in the mansion really determined to refuse to surrender?" Shen Pei looked at the senior officials.

This is being sworn to death.

Hearing this, the senior officials frowned and looked towards the city. The Guanzhong Army did not care at all whether the opponent surrendered or not. They attacked directly after breaking through the door, and their methods were quite ruthless, without giving the opponent a chance to speak.

"This..." Gao Gan looked at this scene with some astonishment: "Why is this?"

"Chen Mo, you are digging for the foundation of Jizhou!" Shenpei took a deep breath, looked at the senior official and said, "We can't let him continue to kill!"

It's not like Tu Guang. Judging from Chen Mo's past, Chen Mo still maintains an attitude of wooing the scholars. At least in terms of attitude, Chen Mo is close to the scholars, but only on the wrist...

The senior cadres were a little helpless. Breaking through? Why? The inner city and the outer city have all been controlled by Chen Mo. Let alone leaving the city, they may not even be able to get out of the inner city. In other words, the only way is to surrender?

"General, surrendering at this time is not a real surrender, it is just handing over military power. We can wait for an opportunity to escape, but if Yecheng is not handed over, then Chen Mo will have the right to continue to slaughter the nobles in the city." Shen Pei looked at the senior officials and said I don’t want to surrender, but if I don’t surrender now, it will be a shame. Even if Chen Mo doesn't kill all the city's gentry, I'm afraid there won't be many left. At that time, it will be the real disaster in Jizhou. No matter after today, whether it is Chen Mo, Yuan Shang or Cao Cao who calls the shots in Jizhou, one thing is that the decline of gentry power will be inevitable outcome.

It may even be more serious than the disaster of the party ban back then. After all, the disaster of the party ban was not so cruel. It was a direct killing, and this was a battle between two armies. The enemy and we were facing each other. Chen Mo just slaughtered everyone here, and no one else could say anything about him. .

The high official glanced at the judge, nodded and said, "I will send someone to hand over the letter of surrender."

…

"Why did it stop?" In the enemy tower, Chen Mo, who was watching the fighting in the city, suddenly noticed that the sound of fighting had weakened, and he couldn't help but frown.

Soon, Zhang Ji led one person to the enemy tower.

"Lord, this person is the envoy sent by senior officials to surrender." Zhang Ji saluted Chen Mo.

"Surrender?" Chen Mo looked at this person without any impression. He frowned and took the letter of surrender from the senior official and remained silent.

"Yes, General Gao knows that the situation is over and does not want to start another killing spree. He sincerely asks Marquis Changling to stop fighting. Our army is willing to surrender." The envoy bowed.

Chen Mo didn't speak, just looked at the letter of surrender quietly. After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Ji: "How can we stop the war without getting the military order?"

"Lord, this high-ranking official has already submitted a surrender order..." Zhang Ji looked at Chen Mo in confusion. Normally, this is the time for a truce, right?

"How can you hide this plan of false surrender from me?" Chen Mo sneered, threw the surrender letter in his hand on the ground and said: "You are also a veteran on the battlefield, how could you fall into such a clumsy trick?"

"My lord, forgive me!" Zhang Ji was startled for a moment, and then suddenly realized that my lord was determined to kill him. It seemed that the killing would have to continue, so he saluted Chen Mo.

"Marquis Changling, General Gao no longer dares to be an enemy of Marquis Changling. Why is this so?" The envoy was shocked when he heard this.

"Don't you dare to be an enemy?" Chen Mo said with a rare arrogant attitude: "Since I don't dare to be an enemy, why didn't I just open the city and surrender when I came to Yecheng? This is obviously a false surrender. Come here, beat this man to death Fight him out. If he dares to come here again, don’t ask me, he will be killed directly!”

"Here!" Two personal guards came in, and dragged the other party out amidst the roar of the envoy.

"Resign, general!" Zhang Ji saw Chen Mo's gaze and quickly saluted Chen Mo, turned around and left. Not long after, the sound of fighting in the city sounded again, and it became more intense...