Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 823 Died Today!
Cao Cao asked people to count the remaining number of people, and then he took the steel spear he seldom used, and led the people out of the hall.

At this time, all the remaining soldiers also gathered in the open space outside the hall, all of them looked sad and resolute, but they just clenched their swords and looked at Cao Cao who came out.

"Today, we are going to die together. We are all loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty has lived for four hundred years, and it is today! Gentlemen, let's go to death with troops and horses!"

Cao Cao walked up to his war horse in a few steps, got on the horse, and pointed his spear in the direction of the east gate. For a while, he was full of energy, as if he was leading an army and galloping towards the enemy.

"Here!", "Willing to die with Duke Cao!", "Today is the time for Han Chen to shed blood!"

Both the generals and civil servants here took up weapons, and immediately mounted their horses one after another, and other ordinary soldiers also mounted their horses one after another. Now almost all of Cao Cao's remaining four or five thousand soldiers have been transferred to cavalry. It was about to rush to the east gate of Puyang City controlled by Zhu Weijun.

Now there is not much time left before Zhu Weijun's ultimatum to burn the city. On the main road leading directly to the East City in Puyang City, tens of thousands of Cao Jun soldiers who were about to surrender were also anxiously looking for a way out.

Many Cao soldiers seemed to take off some psychological burdens for themselves, and most of them took off their armor, only wearing inner clothes, and ran to the east city with bare hands. At this moment, they were no longer soldiers, but ordinary farmers and civilian households. Just ordinary common people.

On the side of the east gate of Puyang City, Zhu Weijun specially set up the east gate urn city as a buffer, so that all Cao soldiers and low-level officials who came to surrender were screened at the inner city gate of the urn city, and then ordinary soldiers and military lords were allowed to surrender. The following small officers put down their armor and weapons and lined up to enter the Wengcheng, then passed through the Wengcheng to the outside of the city, and continued to the detention center prepared by Zhu Weijun.

On the wall of the east city and the two wings below the city, there are also heavily armed Zhu Weijun soldiers waiting in full formation, lest Cao Jun's soldiers intend to take the opportunity to break out of the siege.

On the gate tower of the Wengcheng facing the main street, there were at least two thousand crossbowmen holding crossbows facing downwards, and the crossbow arrows in the crossbows could be fired at any time.

However, on the whole, the soldiers of Cao Jun who came to surrender were considered stable. Under the call of Zhu Weijun, they quickly abandoned their weapons and armor, and then lined up through the gate of the Weng City according to the original ranks.

Such Cao Jun civil servants and generals who intend to conceal their identities can be easily distinguished.

Although these people left from Cao Cao's side, they really didn't have any face for a while and turned to Zhu Wei directly, so some people wanted to hide their identities and fled back home.

It's just that they didn't expect Zhu Weijun to be screened here. Some smart people took the initiative to reveal their identities when they saw this, and some people were just in case, but most of them turned out to be unsightly after being screened out.

Most of these people and those officers at the military level were taken to other places for temporary custody. After all, they were not ordinary people, and it was impossible to let them go at will.

At this time, Zhu Wei, Jia Xu and many other high-ranking figures in Zhu Weijun continued to live in the gate tower and sword pavilion in the east city, watching the situation in the city from afar.

"Report, my lord, it's almost time, but you have to order a fire!"

Soon a herald came to report that the deadline given by Zhu Weijun was coming, and soon it would be three quarters in the afternoon, and as long as Zhu Wei gave an order, the city would be set on fire everywhere.

"Zhongmou, Cao's army came to surrender, have you ever counted the amount!"

Zhu Wei didn't directly give any military order to start the fire, but just asked the young Sun Quan who was in the outer direction.

Now that Cao Jun's soldiers have surrendered in such a large number, it can be regarded as more than [-]% to [-]% of Cao Jun's total army strength. If this is the case, Zhu Wei may not necessarily need to burn the city.

Anyway, the strength of Cao's army has already dropped, and the remaining people can directly send troops to exterminate them.

In this way, the buildings of Puyang City can also be preserved. After all, a city is burned to ashes by fire, and it will cost a lot of manpower and money to rebuild it in the future. Just like the Danyang City in Jiangdong, it was burned down by Sun Ce until now. The city has not fully recovered.

Besides, the war is also hoped to be harvested. Now Cao Cao has stored a large amount of supplies in Puyang City. If they are all burned, the food, grass and other supplies in the city will be wasted.

And Cao Jun's tens of thousands of soldiers also had to eat. If Zhu Wei provided food and grass, it would be a great loss to Zhu Wei.

"My lord, we have now surrendered [-] soldiers. Looking at the scale, there are at least [-] or [-] soldiers left. My lord, it seems that Cao Cao's soldiers have lost their morale and there are not many troops left. There is no need to burn the city." !”

Sun Quan reciprocated to Zhu Wei, of course, the surrender of tens of thousands of people is a big project, not to mention that they have to be screened, so many people still gather in front of the east city.

However, Sun Quan obviously also thought about this problem. Now that Cao Jun's soldiers have basically surrendered, there is really no need to set fire to the city.

"My lord, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to let people gather here like this. Although there is no need to start a fire, we still need to guard against Cao Cao's counterattack. If he gets close and calls for these soldiers to respond, it will be wasted in vain!"

When Jia Xu heard the words and watched Cao Jun's soldiers gathered in the city, he seemed to think of some possibility, so he persuaded Zhu Wei.

"Well, so what?"

Zhu Wei nodded, this would indeed be a problem, but what Zhu Wei wanted was a solution to the problem, not just a question, so Zhu Wei asked Jia Xu directly.

"My lord, let them disperse along the south and north sides of the city. They must not continue to gather like this. In addition, order troops from the south and north to directly attack the inner city of Puyang and wipe out the remnants of Cao Cao. They will definitely win in one battle." Set Puyang!"

Jia Xu had already thought of a way to deal with it, so he said to Zhu Wei, of course, he must not treat the Cao army below casually now, nor can he mobilize troops at the east gate.

The soldiers of Cao's army who came to surrender under the city were all in mixed moods like frightened birds. After all, Zhu Weijun here was also full of murderous intent. The soldiers with weapons and weapons around them and the crossbowmen on the city wall all made them worried.

Although many people didn't wear weapons and armor at all, some people were still on guard lest Zhu Weijun would trick them somewhere and kill them directly.

Therefore, if Zhu Weijun mobilizes his troops here, these soldiers may think that Zhu Wei is going to do something and attack them. If anyone among them takes the opportunity to make noise, the situation here will immediately become chaotic.

Maybe these soldiers will move again, take advantage of the momentum to rush to the city gate, and the good situation will also collapse.

Jia Xu's current solution is relatively relaxed. He disperses the soldiers who are gathered together under the city wall, so that even if someone makes noise, it will not be transmitted everywhere immediately, and it will be easier to deal with.

In addition, deploying troops from the south and north gates will not make Cao Jun's soldiers on the east gate feel the movement, so naturally they won't think too much...

(End of this chapter)