The white horse was north of Xudu, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban led by the He Man brothers, who were entrenched here, were exterminated by the army led by Han Hao and Lu Qi under Liu Ping.

At that time, after Han Hao's unremitting publicity, the remaining gentry and people north of the entire Xu capital were all grateful for Liu Ping's kindness, and this was the case with the Li clan.

As for the displaced people who later relocated in response to Cao's Tuntian policy, after being heavily extorted by Zao, they have now all changed to the land subcontracting system formulated by Liu Ping, and they regard Liu Ping as a benefactor.

But now that Liu Yan actually said that it was Liu Ping, whom they regarded as the savior, who ordered the withdrawal of the troops, everyone up and down naturally couldn't believe it.

The middle-aged man who spoke just now obviously had a high prestige among the people, and he said sincerely on behalf of everyone: "Although we have a humble status, we have no chance to meet Ping Gongzi.

But I have heard rumors from the world that Ping Gongzi is a person who loves the people like a son, and in order to avoid the people of Dongguan County from suffering from relocation and displacement, he petitioned on behalf of the people, and now how can he abandon my life?

Let's see, I'm afraid that you are not cowardly, general, so you pretended to be the order of Prince Ping and ran away? ”

"Yes, I think that's the case, Ping Gongzi won't ignore us, you must be afraid of yourself."

"Our people all over the city died under the butcher's knife of the Yuan family, even if you can save your life and escape back to Xudu, how can Gongzi Ping spare you?"

A group of people gossiped and accused Liu Yan of abandoning the people under the pretense of Liu Ping's order.

Liu Yan felt covered in his mouth and couldn't speak.

He was obviously ordered to break through, but the people of the city did not believe it, and now they blocked the road and prevented him from leaving.

He couldn't directly order the butcher's knife to be turned at these unarmed men.

Of course, he led his army away, and after the Yuan army entered the city, these people would all die under the butcher's knife of the Yuan army.

But Yuan Jun can kill, but he can't.

For a while, Liu Yan's head was sweating, but he didn't know how to persuade these people to make way for him.

At this time, Li Zong coughed twice, and the prestige of the head of the Li family was still there, and the surrounding people immediately quieted down when they saw that he had something to say.

"General, stay and defend the city," Li Zong almost pleaded, "Even if we don't eat it, we will save the food as military food."

In addition, the general can send people to choose all over the city, and if he can take a fancy to whose daughter, the old man will buy her and use her as the general's concubine, so as to ensure that no one dares to complain.

Just ask for the general...... Don't abandon me. ”

Whether it is food or women, as long as Yuan Jun enters the city, they are all wiped out, in this case, it is better to take the initiative to sacrifice to Liu Yan, so that at least their lives can be saved.

"Master Li, it's not that Liu is greedy for life and afraid of death," Liu Yan said angrily: "After all, the grain and grass stored in White Horse City are limited, even if we stay, sooner or later, we will eat all the day, and then we will still be unable to escape death."

Moreover, Yuan's army is strong, and with our current military strength, we will never be able to hold White Horse City. ”

"The white horse is the white horse of the imperial court, and the people are the people of the imperial court, can Cao Sikong sit back and watch the people of the city be slaughtered without sending troops to rescue?" Li Zong was puzzled.

Liu Yan gritted his teeth and said: "You don't believe that the withdrawal of troops is on the orders of Prince Ping, and it is not a secret, in fact, Prince Ping has personally led a large army to relieve the siege of White Horse."

It's just that Yuan's army is huge, with as many as 50,000 people, and there are only more than 10,000 people under the command of Prince Ping, and now they have been blocked dozens of miles away, and they may be in a dilemma.

Although Ping Gongzi thinks about the people, but now he is afraid that he is also more than capable and not enough, so Ping Gongzi ordered to lead the army to break through, don't you believe it? ”

These military civilians naturally had no way of knowing, and when they heard Liu Yan say it in such detail, everyone was silent.

Yes, Ping Gongzi is not an omnipotent god, and there are times when he is short of troops and trapped by others.

In such a helpless situation, it makes no sense to stay here and burn the jade of the city.

Ordering the army to abandon the city and break through is the calmest and wisest choice at present.

And they, the defenseless people, can't be saved no matter what, so why bother to save them?

"Providence is like this, it is beyond the power of man!"

After a while, Li Zong looked up to the sky and sighed, and suddenly arched his hand at Liu Yan and said, "Please wait a moment, general, we will get out of the way in a while, and we will never dare to block it." ”

Liu Yan didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Li Zong's gourd, so he nodded.

Li Zong turned around and shouted at the people: "The general wants to leave, but it is a last resort, and it is useless for us to stay."

When the Yuan army enters the city, it will burn, kill, and plunder, and we will not escape death.

In that case, why don't we kill the young woman in the city to avoid humiliation before being killed? ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into a deathly silence, and then it was like a boiling pot.

Although this may sound inhumane at first glance, it is not unreasonable when you think about it.

After the defenders retreated, Yuan's army was soon able to enter the city.

It is inevitable that all the men will be killed, and the women will be killed after being humiliated.

In this case, it is better to put all the women to death earlier, because they will suffer endless torture and finally die.

"This matter starts from my house!" Li Zong waved his hand, and a group of young descendants rushed out from behind him, there were hundreds of them, this was their Li family's tribe.

The young men rushed into the crowd of people, and when they saw the young woman, they dragged them out and gathered together.

In normal times, if the subordinates of a large family catch a woman on the street, their family members will inevitably resist, but now seeing their wives and daughters being driven to the center of the street, few people resist.

Even those women struggled much, and their faces were like ashes and they let the parts come out.

They also knew in their hearts that if they didn't die now, they would die even more ugly after Yuan Jun entered the city.

Of course, if you can't resist, you won't be forced to do it.

What kind of way to die, let them choose freely.

In a short time, nearly a thousand women gathered in the center of the street, mostly young girls and young women, although they did not struggle, it did not mean that they were not afraid.

Anyone would be terrified in the face of death, and these women all bowed their heads and wept in unison.

Their family members watched from afar with tears in their eyes, many crying and screaming, but no one stepped forward to drag their daughter or wife back.

After all, everyone dies in front of their eyes, and it is the same if they die early or late.

This scene made Liu Yan and his generals tremble, they were all flesh-and-blood men, or they also had wives and children and sisters at home, and they naturally felt the same way when they saw so many women being killed because of their evacuation.

At this time, Li Zong waved his hand and said dejectedly: "Let's start with my house!" ”

Immediately there was a series to introduce two beautiful young women, who were Li Zong's two concubines.

Li Zong held a steel knife in his hand, walked straight to the two women, gritted his teeth and said, "Sooner or later, you have to blame me for being ruthless......"

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