Return to the Three Kingdoms with the Empire System

Chapter 169
Huang Cong waited in the school grounds for almost half an hour, and the imperial guards escorted nearly a hundred people to the school grounds.During this period, many people heard Huang Cong's propaganda and gathered in the school grounds.

"General, there are two families who are unwilling to follow the general's advice, and their family members have been brought here by the subordinates." The guard soldier from before walked to Huang Cong's side and reported the news to Huang Cong.

Huang Cong looked at those people, nodded, and said, "Good job." Among those people, the older ones were in their 70s, and the younger ones were still held in their arms and were born less than a year ago. .Regardless of gender, regardless of women and children, regardless of age.

"People in Yangdi, listen up, Yuan Shu's army is coming soon." After speaking, Huang Cong paused, and the people in the school grounds exploded.For them, what they hope most is to live in a peaceful and prosperous world.But now, the pace of war has come again.

"What should I do? Damn it, why don't we go out and hide?" A middle-aged man was walking around in the school grounds and said to his aunt next to him.

"Father, where are we going to hide? We don't have much food at home, and it's almost time for spring plowing. How could this happen? If the seeds don't go down to the ground this year, we'll starve to death next year too! "The woman next to the man was crying. How can the common people live if there is a war in this season?

And these conversations can be heard everywhere in the school grounds.When the spring plowing season is approaching, it is the time when the people are least willing to see war.Well, I don't want to see it any other time.

Finally, after discussing for a long time without any results, an older man stood up and asked Huang Cong, "My lord, is there a solution for this lord calling the little ones here?" ah?"

Huang Cong just looked at the old man, and then continued: "These people did not obey the military orders and refused to subsidize the imperial army's military salary. They are suspected of being enemies. Therefore, I called everyone to the school grounds today to let everyone see Kill them to sacrifice the flag."

As soon as Huang Cong's words came out of his mouth, the faces of those two families changed drastically.Originally, they thought that being arrested was nothing more than threatening them to hand over their family wealth, but Huang Cong actually wanted to kill them to sacrifice the flag, which caught them by surprise.Immediately, some people were so frightened that they passed out, and some people were so frightened that they defecated and passed out.

But Huang Cong's words not only frightened the people in those two families, but also the people in the school grounds.At this time, they thought that Huang Cong also wanted them to hand over food to pay for the army. Suddenly, there were complaints and begging for mercy in the school grounds.

"Silence!" Huang Cong pressed his hands down and shouted, and then continued: "I called you here today to share the property of these big families with you."

As soon as this sentence came out, a large group of people in the school ground fell to their knees and thanked Huang Cong in unison.

"But!" Huang Cong felt a bit of a headache at this time. He was used to leading the imperial army, and talking to these ordinary people really felt a bit wrong.But even so, Huang Cong continued: "These properties cannot be given to you in vain."

At this time, the people in the school grounds became quiet.Didn't you say it was easy to share with them, why didn't you divide it?They just ignored Huang Cong's sentence "I didn't give it to you for nothing".

"Every family, every household, will get a hundred dendrobium grains and a hundred taels of silver." Huang Cong heaved a sigh of relief when he finally finished speaking.As for whether those common people will be born or not, it has something to do with them, and it is something they need to consider.

After dealing with the affairs of the common people, looking at the nearly one hundred people from the two big families, Huang Cong smiled coldly and said, "Behead them and use their blood to sacrifice the flag."

"My lord, my lord, please spare me! We are willing to give half of our family wealth, we are willing to give it!" After those people heard Huang Cong's order to the forbidden army, they cried and begged Huang Cong for mercy.

After Huang Cong heard what they said, he felt infinite contempt for these people.It's time to die, but he only said he was willing to hand over half of his family's wealth. It's typical to ask for money but not name.It's just that Huang Cong gave them a chance, and if they didn't grasp it, Huang Cong didn't have to worry about anything else.

Seeing that Huang Cong didn't respond, the Imperial Guards did not stop and directly pulled a person down to the edge of the stage in the school ground and chopped off their heads one by one.

"You will die badly, you will die badly! Hahahaha..." Seeing Huang Cong's indifference, those people changed from begging for mercy to cursing.But before he finished cursing, he stabbed down again, and a big head rolled to the ground, covered with dust.And looking at that head, the face was extremely ferocious, and the eyes were wide open, and the people watching were trembling in the school grounds.

But after a while, those forbidden soldiers had already completed Huang Cong's order, or completed most of them.Because, at this time, the original Imperial Guard soldier was still holding a baby who was waiting to be fed.At this time, the baby seemed to know that the family had suffered bad luck, and kept crying.

"Why is there one left?" Huang Cong looked at the crying baby and asked with a frown.

When the soldier saw Huang Cong asking him, he quickly knelt down and said, "General, my subordinates really don't want to do anything to this baby. I implore the general to save this baby's life."

Huang Cong watched the soldier kneeling on the ground, and reached out to hug the baby.Seeing Huang Cong coming to hold the baby, the soldier subconsciously shrank his hands back.Huang Cong was also taken aback for a moment, but immediately brought the baby over.

Holding the baby, the baby seemed to know that his fate was in Huang Cong's hands. At this moment, he stopped crying and laughed instead.Looking at this cute baby, Huang Cong's heart softened for a moment, and he was a little bit reluctant to let go.However, thinking of the effect of killing others, Huang Cong was even more ruthless and still lifted the baby above his head.

"Wow, wow, wow..." Just as Huang Cong lifted the baby up, the baby started to cry.With one sound, it directly hit the softest part of everyone's heart in the school field.

Hearing the baby crying, Huang Cong couldn't help but gently put the baby down. The baby was held in Huang Cong's arms again, and a smile appeared on his face again. "Forget it, let's find him a nanny." After saying that, Huang Cong left with the baby in his arms.

When everyone in the schoolyard heard what Huang Cong said, they all had a look of relief on their faces.Just now, unconsciously, everyone's hearts were bound together with the fate of that baby.At this time, Huang Cong let go of the baby, but it made the people of Yangdi City feel that Huang Cong still had a trace of humanity, not as cold as before.

Huang Cong didn't know that his actions had increased the number of strong men in Yangdi City who signed up to participate in the defense of Yangdi City by at least half.After all, it's better to put your family under a humane general than a cold-blooded one, even though their fate may already be doomed.

In the end, the 5000 forbidden troops plus the original strength of Yangdi City, the private soldiers of various big families, and the strong men recruited by the common people, totaled more than [-] people, and it was possible to fight.

In order to raise enough defensive stones and rolling logs, Huang Cong had no choice but to lead people to demolish all the houses near the city wall.In this way, enough defensive items can be raised, and a large area can be vacated to facilitate the transfer of defenders and soldiers, and at the same time, it can reduce accidental injuries to the people in the city.

Just three or four days after Huang Cong prepared everything, Yuan Shu's army came over.Excluding the soldiers left in the cities of Yuzhou and the soldiers who died in the previous battle, Yuan Shu's army has a total of 3 people, and the situation in Yangdi is not optimistic.

Yuan Shu rode a horse and stood in the formation of his own army, standing under the city of Yangdi, waiting for the chief officer of Yangdi city to open the city and surrender.For this reason, Yuan Shu's army did not even have a camp.

After seeing Yuan Shu's expression, a cavalryman beside Yuan Shu rode his horse towards the city of Yangzhai.Because in Yuzhou before, those officials all surrendered in anticipation of the wind. Therefore, this cavalryman rushed directly to the city gate, and then shouted loudly to the city wall: "People on the wall, listen, my lord is It’s the general of the court, and the wise ones hurriedly opened the city gate, and spared Er’s life.”

Seeing that the man dared to be so arrogant, Huang Cong took out a hard bow and shot an arrow at the cavalryman.The cavalryman was not prepared for this. He was shot dead in front of the city gate.

Yuan Shu saw that the cavalry he sent out to shout was actually shot dead by the people on the city wall, he was furious and shouted: "Kill me, after breaking the city, no one will be left alive!"

When the soldiers around Yuan Shu heard Yuan Shu's shout, they also shouted: "After the city is broken, no one will be left alive!" The shouts spread to Yangdi City.Those formerly strong men or private soldiers of big families on the walls of Yangzhai City turned pale with fright when they heard the shouts of Yuan Shu's army.

"Yuan Shu is cruel. If you don't stick to it, you will have to wait until the day the city is destroyed, and your family members will be killed. You have no choice but to resist to the death!" Huang Cong looked at those trembling people who were frightened, Said loudly.But at this time, Huang Cong was extremely grateful to Yuan Shu. If it weren't for Yuan Shu's order to massacre the city, how could these people try their best to defend the city?
"Resist to the death! Resist to the death!" When those people heard Huang Cong's words, they immediately understood.Sometimes, a person's psychology is so simple, but if there is a way out, he will not try his best.

Huang Cong looked at Yuan Shu's army approaching the city, but he was smiling.People on one's own side have a will to die, and it is still unknown what the battle situation will be.

(End of this chapter)