Start with Yan Liang, the Sims of Yuan Shao's youngest son

Chapter 155 The Fierce Battle ([-])

"No, I, Yuan Ke, will never believe in evil!" Yuan Ke roared, "Listen to my orders, set fire to the city!"

Buckets of tung oil were poured on the top of the southern city wall, countless firewood was thrown up, and even the door panels and pillars of the palace were torn down for this.As hundreds of torches crashed to the ground, a fire dragon that stretched for nine miles rose suddenly on the south city wall!

Cao soldiers who had no time to dodge danced strangely in the flames, or turned around and jumped off the high city wall, or were roasted into scorched earth on the top of the city wall.

Of course, the defenders who were too late to withdraw from the city would end up in the same way.

Faced with this situation, Yuan Ke couldn't hold back and shed tears.

Poor Wuding Riverside Bone is still a spring boudoir dream.

He is not afraid of death, he just loves the soldiers who gave their lives for it.

The crisis in the south city was temporarily relieved, and Yuan Ke took advantage of this gap to go around to the north gate to direct the defense.

He stopped the soldiers leaning out from the crenel, and shouted: "Archers listen to my orders! Draw the bow and aim at the perforation!"

When the enemy soldiers were thirty steps away from the city, he directed the soldiers to shoot arrows.At the same time, he also arranged for some people to go around the horse's face[1] and shoot cold arrows from behind.With the alternate cooperation of two archers in each group, hundreds of flying arrows were released towards the city like flowing water.

The soldiers attacking the south and north gates were poorly equipped. More than half of them only wore helmets and breastplates, with their arms and lower bodies exposed.Under the front and rear attacks of the archers, they all fell less than ten feet away from the victory.

At this time, good news came from the defenders of the South Gate. Yan Liang successfully used the ballista to launch rockets and destroyed three catapults!
Xu Huang had no choice but to lose again.

But the situation in Xudu City did not improve because of their retreat.

I don't know how long the fire on the south wall can stop the enemy, but the troops in the city are already stretched.

With no way out, Yuan Ke thought of the method he proposed at the beginning.
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"My lord, have you thought about it?" Tian Feng asked solemnly, "Although this method can solve the urgent need, it is likely to offend all the dignitaries in the city, and your lord will become their target!"

"Think it over!" Yuan Ke shrugged and said, "I'm not afraid of their malicious slander. Even if I don't do it now, when the day comes, they will still slander me for their own benefit."

Looking at Yuan Ke with a calm expression, Tian Feng always felt that there seemed to be hidden pain behind his smile that no one could confide in.

"In this case, I will issue the order." Tian Feng said, "The family of powerful officials, regardless of their official position, will exempt all slaves from slavery and serve as a source of soldiers!"

Yuan Ke pondered for a while, and added: "There is one more thing to add. The freed slaves, regardless of whether they live or die after the war, are not allowed to be enslaved again. Defending the city is a job that requires one's life. We have to be kind. .”

Tian Feng sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Young master is right, but if you add this, it is estimated that there will be more people who oppose it."

Yuan Ke said with a smile: "Now is the critical moment of life and death. If they don't agree, it's up to you to deal with it. You don't have to worry, I will take all the responsibilities!"

Tian Feng retreated as promised, and took the guards to go door to door to free the slaves.Yuan Ke, on the other hand, went straight to Yong'anli.

Yong'anli is a residential area in the east of Xudu City.

Since the emperor moved here, the layout of Xu Capital City is very different from before.Ordinary common people mostly live outside the city, except for the merchants who live in the market, only the wealthy and prominent families are eligible to live in the city, such as Yonganli.

Although Xu Capital City has been caught in the flames of war for many days, Yonganli seems to be in another parallel world.There are row upon row of magnificent mansions, some of which are emitting smoke, and the rich smell of meat is floating all over the street; some of the gates are closed, but Yingge Yanyu jumps over the wall, teasing the passers-by on the street.Every household has fully armed servants guarding the door, and their posture is no worse than that of the regular army.

Money can turn ghosts, and it has been like this since ancient times.

Today, Yuan Ke is going to take them under the knife!

when!when!when!
With the sound of a crisp gong, the noisy footsteps of the soldiers broke the tranquility of Yonganli.The guards at the door didn't know what happened, they poked their heads out one after another, and subconsciously clenched the iron bars in their hands.

They came to the door of the first family.

The owner of the house is a fat and rich businessman, who has just been informed, and has already trotted all the way waiting at the door.

When he saw Huang Yue behind Yuan Ke, his eyes lit up, he fell to his knees with a plop, and shouted, "Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"

The messenger yelled: "General Hussars have ordered that the capital city defense is in a hurry. All residents in the city who have slaves in their homes will be exempted from slavery and will be included in the city defense team. There must be no mistakes!"

"It should be, it should be..." The wealthy businessman smiled obsequiously, "There are 300 slaves in the villain's house, and I would like to give all of them... to the general!"

"Borrow?" Yuan Ke raised his eyebrows, "He will help you defend your homeland, and you want to let him go back and continue to be a slave?"

The wealthy businessman was overwhelmed by Yuan Ke's aggressive appearance, and obediently handed over his slave.

"General, is what you said true?" The slaves couldn't believe it for a while when they heard the order to pardon their slave status.

Yuan Ke walked up to them, pointed to Huang Yue behind him, and said loudly: "I am ordered by the current emperor to take charge of Xudu's defense. I solemnly promise you that from this moment on, you will no longer be slaves! Wait until the end of the war , if you can't keep Xu Du, I can't guarantee what will happen to you; but as long as Xu Du can be kept, you will never be slaves for the rest of your life! How about it, are you willing to fight?"

When the slaves heard this, they immediately exploded.

Because of their status as slaves, they have suffered from the eyes of others and the suffering of the world.What they look forward to most is to be able to live in peace of mind as a commoner, but for them, this is really an unrealistic luxury.

Now, someone comes to them and gives them a chance to become a commoner, and guess what happens to them?
Of course, support with both hands and feet!
The slaves all smiled, embraced each other, danced, laughed, knelt and kowtowed.Yuan Ke asked them to follow behind the team and continue to move forward.

With this good start, the next thing will be much smoother.They recruited slaves from more than a dozen families in one go, and the accompanying team expanded to 3000 people, which greatly supplemented the vitality of the defenders!

[1] The protruding rectangular piers on the edge of the city wall are convenient for defenders to attack the incoming enemy from the side, commonly known as "horse face".

(End of this chapter)