Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 206

Cao Cao's army entered Jizhou all the way, and reached the city of Yecheng in early August.At this time, at the time of the autumn harvest, Cao Cao's army directly surrounded Yecheng and grabbed the crops outside the city.

Ju Shou looked at Cao Jun who was all over the sky outside the city, already feeling desperate in his heart.After Yuan Shang mobilized most of his troops, there were only 4000 to [-] people left in the city, and they were all newly recruited recruits, far from Cao Cao's soldiers who fought a hundred battles.

Not only that, there was also a rebellion in the city.Su You, the general who defended the city, actually defected to Cao Cao. If he hadn't been vigilant enough, Su You might have let Cao Cao into the city.

Cao Cao saw Su You in the military tent, comforted him a little, and sent him away.Then he asked Xu You, "If Su You doesn't succeed, what can you do?"

Xu You didn't care, he said: "When Su You was used as the internal response, Meng De knew that the chance of success was low, so he had better think of another way!"

Cao Cao also knew that he was eager for success, so he asked, "I don't know what else Ziyuan can do?"

Xu You said: "Since the city of Ye has not fallen, let's attack other places. If the surrounding counties surrender, Yecheng will be an isolated city, and you can attack it any way you want."

Cao Cao was right when he thought about it, it happened that he should prevent Yuan Shang's reinforcements from returning.So they sent people to inquire about the news, while digging tunnels in Yecheng and piling up mountains of earth.

So Cao Cao left Cao Hong as the general and continued to attack Yecheng, and he himself led people to Maocheng.

Yin Kai, the magistrate of Wu'an County, occupied Maocheng when Cao Cao surrounded Yecheng to ensure the safety of the grain road leading to Shangdang.

Yin Kai is also a remarkable figure. Although Wu'an County is just a county, it is a big county.Because at this time, only the chief officials of large counties are called county magistrates, and the chief officials of small counties become county magistrates.

In other words, Wu'an County is the county seat of Wei County after Yecheng.Yin Kai quickly recruited 5000 soldiers, more than the remaining soldiers in Yecheng.

However, facing him was Cao Cao, and Cao Cao also brought Xu Huang, Yin Kai was defeated by Cao Cao within a few days.

Cao Cao pursued and killed Yin Kai all the way to Wu'an County, and occupied Wu'an County, shaking the surrounding counties.

Liang Qi, the magistrate of She County, and Han Fan, the magistrate of Yiyang County, were both timid and came directly to surrender.Cao Cao was also complacent, and Xu Huang discussed: "The Yuan brothers have not been defeated yet, and all the counties are waiting and watching. If my lord rewards the officials of these two counties heavily, the other counties will definitely follow suit."

Of course Cao Cao agreed, he had this plan in the first place, but he was a little overjoyed just now, and watched this.

Both Liang Qi and Han Fan were granted the title of Marquis of Guannei. With their role models, all counties voted for Cao Cao.Even Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain bandit, came to ask Cao Cao to send troops to help Cao Cao. Cao Cao named him General Pingbei, and his troops became very powerful.

Only ten days after arriving in Jizhou, Cao Cao gained the upper hand.But he doesn't have much time, because Zhang Yi obviously won't give him too much time.

At this time, Guo Jia offered a strategy to Cao Cao, "The so-called soldiers are impermanent, and the water is impermanent. The water of the Zhang River has not dried up. If we can dig a ditch leading to Yecheng within one month, it may be flooded with water." Yecheng. At that time, if we persist for more than a month, the cold air will drop, and Yecheng will be destroyed without attack."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, this strategy is really good.As long as it succeeds, Yecheng will become an ice city, and the people inside will not be able to live at all.Failure to surrender is a dead end, and Yecheng is at your fingertips.

As for the people in Yecheng, it was not in Cao Cao's consideration.When Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou, he slaughtered more than ten cities in a row. What is a city of Ye!

So Cao Cao led his troops back to Yecheng, tore down the earthen walls, and then dug ditches.The ditches should be dug well before the freezing, otherwise, after the freezing, they would not be able to dig even if they wanted to.

Jushou found Cao Cao's movements in the city, and immediately knew that Cao Cao was going to dig Zhangshui, so he found the judge who was also staying behind and said: "Cao Cao plans to dig Zhangshui, I will give you two thousand soldiers and horses, and you will send the Lord's family and the city to each other. The family should leave as soon as possible."

The judge said: "I see that the ditch he dug can be crossed in one step. Why are you so panicked?"

Jushou said: "Cao Cao is known for his treachery, how could he only dig a shallow ditch?"

The judge didn't believe it, he only believed in his own eyes.The judge who came forward said: "I think Cao Cao is like this. If you want to go, Ju Gong, you can go!"

Jushou originally wanted to stay and guard the city by himself, but he didn't expect that the trial and appointment would be so ignorant, so he had to take Yuan Shao's family with him, and then escaped from Yecheng at night with some families facing Yuan Shang, all the way eastward. Go to Bohai County.

Cao Cao also found out that someone had escaped, and immediately sent Cao Chun to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to chase and kill them.After being caught in Qingyuan County, Jushou let the others go first. After he broke up, he intercepted Cao Chun for two days before he was exhausted of arrows and was chased by Cao Chun. Jushou was killed in the process of escaping. The tiger and leopard rider were killed.

Cao Chun then moved forward and continued to chase and kill other people until they were all gone.

The judge soon paid the price for his arrogance. Cao Cao asked the soldiers to finish the ditch overnight. The ditch became much wider overnight, and it was impossible to transport food in.

By the time the judge reacted, it was already too late, and it was too late to think about going out of the city.Cao Cao dug Zhangshui, diverted water to fill the ditches, and isolated Yecheng from the outside world.

It wasn't that Cao Cao suddenly became merciful, but that Cao Cao found that it took too long to submerge the entire city of Ye. It would be better to build a ditch outside and only need a small number of people to prevent the people in Ye city from escaping. He can safely lead a large force to stop Yuan Shang's reinforcements.

That's right, after Yuan Shang got the news that Yecheng was besieged, he immediately raised troops from Nanpi, trying to defeat Cao Cao and break the siege of Yecheng.

Cao Cao blocked Yuan Shang in the Xishan area. Yuan Shang's subordinates Ma Yan and Zhang Kai surrendered to Cao Cao, and Yuan Shang fled to Zhongshan.

The judge also wanted to fight out of Yecheng, but was beaten back as soon as he left the city gate.But he saw Xin Pi among the Cao army, and after returning to the city, he arrested all Xin's family.

After holding on for a month, Shen Pei's nephew Shen Rong opened the city gate and surrendered at night, and the city of Ye was destroyed.Before Cao Bing arrived, Shen Pei killed the entire Xin family, including Xin Ping who had returned to Yecheng to handle errands.

After Xin Pi entered the city, he killed Shen Pei and beat him with a whip to relieve his hatred.Cao Cao interrogated the judge, but the judge would rather die than surrender, and finally died facing north.

Xu You wanted to die by himself, and arrogantly insulted Cao Cao in front of the city gate, but was met by Xu Chu who was entering the city, and cut him off with a single knife.

In the battle of Yecheng, four very capable civil servants died, which can be seen from the tragic degree.

　Thanks to Xie Mengyi for the 500 rewards

　　
　
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