Cao Cao wanted to ask Lü Bu for help, but Lü Bu was now only commanding 8,000 remnants of the defeated army, so how could he be willing to go head-to-head with Feng Ye's 250,000 army?

As for the newly recruited soldiers in Nanyang, they have not yet formed combat effectiveness, and if they really want to go to the battlefield, it is far from it, it is like giving it away for nothing.

As for the support from other regions, they all promised very well, but the actual actions were not seen at all. In fact, these people were all hoping that Cao Cao would be able to consume some of Feng Ye's strength.

Feng Ye's army marched very fast because it only brought cavalry, and in just three days, the army had already crossed the Yellow River and headed straight for Xuchang. The soldiers are fast, not only the horses run fast, but the most important thing is that Feng Ye does not need to wait for the slow grain transportation team.

With the unreasonable cheating method of space supernatural powers, the speed of the army has been increased by more than three times. And don't worry about the enemy's means of robbing grain and cutting off grain routes.

Cao Cao's meritocracy did have some impact on the rights of the family, but compared with Feng Ye's two policies of abolishing slaves and becoming officials, he could only start from a small official.

Or Cao Cao is more tolerant of the family, there is no harm if there is no comparison, and the family is dissatisfied with Cao Cao because of Cao Cao's meritocracy.

After such a comparison, I found that Cao Cao is still a kind person, how to say that Cao Cao is also from a big family, compared to Feng Ye, he is much more tolerant of their class.

This undoubtedly caused a lot of trouble for Feng Ye's progress in Yanzhou. The entire Yanzhou has implemented the clearing of the wilderness, and Feng Ye has walked all the way, and everywhere he went, there were no people or animals, and he did not leave a grain of grain for Feng Ye.

Under the propaganda of the Yanzhou family, Feng Ye seems to have become a demon king-like figure, what army eats people without food, military discipline is corrupt, conniving at the looting of soldiers under his command, excessive prostitution, and robbing people's daughters!

All kinds of hats that can be buttoned up are all buttoned up by these people Feng Ye, anyway, there is only one core idea, Feng Ye is here, and everyone has not had a good life. would rather die than fall under Feng Ye's rule.

These big families, it may not be possible to fight, but public opinion propaganda is their forte. Under the smear of these people, Feng Ye's reputation stinked to the point of surpassing Dong Zhuo.

That is, Feng Ye is not in Chang'an now, otherwise he would have to be charged with sleeping in the dragon bed overnight and raping the palace maids and concubines.

At the beginning, Feng Ye was not clear, until after occupying the county seat once, he was thrown a rotten egg by an old man. Feng Ye only knew what his reputation had become by these big families.

"Lord, what should I do with this old man?" asked the guard beside him.

Feng Ye looked at the old man who was captured by the soldiers, this old man really had a bit of backbone, he didn't look scared at all, but had an expression of being ready to die heroically.

Looking at the clothes on this old man's body, it is obvious that he is not a poor person, and the poor are too busy to run around for three meals a day every day. Where do they have the leisure to care about who the national thief is? They don't even know who the emperor is.

What does it have to do with the fact that the state thief is not a national thief? As far as they are concerned, whoever becomes the emperor must pay grain and taxes. But this old man is obviously not from a big family.

Those people weren't so stupid. This kind of being used by others, and still looking like a righteous man, thinking that what he is doing is great, and he is a hero who stands up.

Most of these people come from the kind of families who don't worry about eating and drinking, eat enough every day, and have nothing to do.

Such a man is not afraid of death, and killing him will fulfill his reputation. Feng Ye glanced up at the old man slightly, and when the old man saw Feng Ye looking over, he spat viciously on the ground, disgusting Feng Ye.

Feng Ye immediately ordered: "Tie up this old man and parade the streets, just say that this old thing is an obscene girl." You have to beat the gongs and drums, and notify every household, understand?"

"Command, subordinates understand. "That guard also hates this old man, as Feng Ye's personal guard, now that Feng Ye has been attacked, they also have a share of their responsibility, this is their dereliction of duty.

Didn't this old thing think that he was righteous? Didn't he want to be famous? Feng Ye gave him a reputation. This is called seeking kindness and reaping benevolence. This old thing slandered Feng Ye, regardless of whether he listened to others or made up his own rumors, he always had to let him eat the consequences to relieve his hatred.

This old thing was also dying, and today Feng Ye entered the city, he just wanted to invite him to the death. used his life that didn't have much time in exchange for a reputation of being loyal and good.

As long as he has this reputation of loyalty and loyalty that does not obey thieves, it will be easier for his family and descendants to become famous in the future. may be recommended as an official by the scholars.

This trick of the family clan is not a small trick, it may be useful to others, but to Feng Ye, it is insignificant at all. Spreading rumors, can you still be the handle of the knife in your hand?

"These people dare to slander the reputation of the lord, and they really deserve it. They also don't want to think that the land is controlled by the big clans, and the channels for being officials are controlled by the big clans.

If there were no people like the lord, what would they have left? Wouldn't ordinary people never have the day to come out?" After hearing about Feng Ye's reputation, the guards said indignantly for Feng Ye.

Feng Ye said indifferently: "It's just some foolish people who follow the crowd, what's the use of telling them? They think that if everyone says so, then it must be the truth."

They believe what others say. Ignore them. After the city was broken, all the big clans in Yanzhou who did not surrender were raided, and the whole family was sent to Liaodong to reclaim the famine. ”

Since they chose to stand on the opposite side of Feng Ye, of course Feng Ye would not be polite to them.

With Feng Ye's order, the resistance of the entire Yanzhou region was significantly weakened. The clans are well aware of the current situation in Yanzhou, and Cao Cao only left 30,000 defenders.

Even if a lot of young men were temporarily recruited to help defend the city, they would definitely not be able to stop Feng Ye's army of 250,000. Let these people spread rumors, they are in business. Now that Feng Ye is serious, there are a lot fewer clans that are desperately resisting.

If you surrender, at least you can keep your family property, and if you really resist desperately, you will face the risk of raiding your family and exile your whole family to Liaodong. This benefit is completely disproportionate to the risk.

Many families have chosen to surrender, and they surrendered before the city was breached. and actively helped Feng Ye's army break the city, only such a family will be pardoned by Feng Ye.

If you surrender after the city is broken, it will be too late.

Although these big families are now all focused on Cao Cao, when their own family is threatened, they still resolutely and decisively choose to stand on Feng Ye's side.

This also includes the families of Yingchuan, you must know that Yingchuan is the place where literati gather and scholars are most concentrated. In other places, in the face of Feng Ye's army, even if it was a show, there was some resistance.

But in Yingchuan, Feng Ye's army drove straight into the city without encountering any resistance. Whether it was the Yingchuan Xun clan or the Yingchuan Chen clan of the Han Dynasty, they all surrendered directly.

Only a few people broke away from the family and fled to Chang'an, so that even if Feng Ye was defeated one day in the future, with them here, they could keep the family and not go to the enemy.

When Feng Ye's army came to the city of Xuchang, the family of Xuchang was already going crazy. Families in other places can save their families by holding the defenders hostage and surrendering.

But not in Xuchang, where Cao Cao's army of 20,000 was garrisoned, and Cao Cao's henchman Cao Hong led the army.

If they dare to make any small moves like the big clans in other regions, they are afraid that Cao Hong will quarrel and exterminate all of them first.

But these people all understood that Cao Hong's 20,000 horses could not stop Feng Ye's army at all. They could only send people out of the city to contact Feng Ye and express their surrender and allegiance to Feng Ye.

"Lord, since these big clans in the city have expressed their willingness to surrender, then what are we waiting for, let's attack the city directly, it is not difficult to take Xuchang under the cooperation of the inside and the outside!" Hua Xiong asked.

Feng Ye shook his head and said, "The words of these people are not credible at all. Don't look at how pitiful they say, when we really attack the city, they won't help.

The reason why I surrendered now is just because I am afraid of the punishment after the destruction of our city. Once these people see the opportunity, they may bite us back. ”

"Xuchang is a strong city, and there are famous ministers and fierce generals stationed there, although the number is a little smaller, but from the city to recruit young people to help defend the city, there can also be fifty or sixty thousand defenders. We are all cavalry now, and if we attack, I am afraid that we will suffer heavy losses. Frustrated, he said.

Feng Ye agreed with his head and said: "The hero sees the same thing, I think so too, now Xuchang City is full of infantry, more than enough to defend, and insufficient to attack." Why don't you leave a team of men to watch over them?

I led a large army and assaulted Chang'an to support Zilong. When Chang'an is taken and Cao Cao is captured, this Xuchang will naturally surrender without a fight. ”

"My lord, I will admire the general. Hua Xiong patted his ass and said.

"In this way, Gao Ran led 20,000 Youzhou cavalry to stay, no need to attack the city, just need to watch the city gate, so that the enemy can't go out. Feng Ye appointed.

When Gao Ran heard this, he immediately said aggrievedly: "Lord, the last general asks to follow you to attack Chang'an. When you led the army to attack Yangzhou, you left the last general, and when you took over Xuzhou, you left the last general behind. Now that you are going to attack Chang'an, please be sure to bring the last general. ”

Chang'an, that is the capital of the Han Dynasty, once Chang'an is captured, it means a change of dynasty. What kind of credit does that have to be? This time, Gao Ran was unwilling to give up no matter what, so he said to Feng Ye for it.