In the afternoon, the sun began to set westward, and the Chu army, which had its back to the light, took advantage, because the Wei army, which could barely open its eyes to the sun, needed to allocate at least thirty percent of its energy to dodge the metallic light reflected by the swords and guns on the opposite side.

Now that the situation is reversed, the Chu army has to squint, while the Wei army can see clearly, but fortunately, the light is no longer so dazzling, and the impact is minimal. But the battle situation is becoming more and more intense, the south and north walls have been destroyed most of the city, if it were not for the Mu Fan organization of the people to build a second low wall in the inner city in advance, the current Cangyuan has been lost.

Despite this, he also knew that he couldn't hold it, the power of the thunder cannon was beyond imagination, and the strong city in the world had completely become a useless embroidered pillow, and the cangyuan could be lost, and it would be taken back in the future anyway, but the more than 15,000 soldiers who were still alive under his command could not all die here.

Breaking through has become the only option.

However, in the desperate situation of being besieged by heavy troops, how to break through is very important to the ability of the commander. Mu Fan's method was very simple, but very effective, he directly opened the city gates on all sides, drove the hundreds of thousands of Han people in the city to rush to the camp of the Chu army, women and children, old and young, young men in the back, and allowed to bring their own soft and soft cattle and sheep and livestock. Dare not hesitate, cut off the head in public, and then do not move, kill his son, force his mother, kill his son, force his father, the bloody killing methods completely made these lowly men who usually make cattle and horses for the Xianbei people collapsed, and the heart-rending cry was unhearable, and then as if crazy, staggering, scrambling, like a majestic mud flow pouring from the top of the mountain, wrapped in each other, desperately rushed to the Chu army.

They don't know if the Chu army will stop attacking because of the Han people's lineage, but now it is clear that if they stay, they will die, and they may have a way to live if they rush out - for these poor people who can't decide their own fate, in the troubled times, they may be able to live, which is already a rare blessing from God.

After Xu You received the report, he did not hesitate to order the whole line to stop the attack, and the besieging departments made way out of the city, and continued to suppress the Wei army at the head of the city with strong bows and crossbows under the cover of the sailors' boats, and then the infantry army divided the manpower to help the Han people who escaped from the city to leave the battlefield in an orderly manner.

But after all, this is more than 100,000 people, and they are in a state of complete panic, they do not listen to orders, run wildly, and almost break up the defense line of the Chu army several times. Otherwise, the forces cannot be used in a centralized manner, and the Wei army will definitely take advantage of the situation to break through, and it is afraid that the tiger will return to the mountain.

Sealing three doors and opening one door may be the best policy for the victory or defeat of the war, but for the people, it is also a catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of people poured out of one gate, trampling on the unknown number of deaths, crowding into the water and not knowing how many to drown, such a victory, do not want!

Xu You said coldly: "Just Mu Fan, what kind of tiger is it?" The garrison soldiers are not the Baibao Xianbei of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so what if they are all let go? But for the sake of merit! Pass on my general's order, those who dare to hurt the people will be deprived of all the merits of this battle and handed over to the army for punishment! ”

The structure of the Chinese army is huge, and it involves the foundation of the imperial court, which is the focus of all parties, so Xu You did not rush to imitate the Cuiyu Army to carry out a drastic restructuring of the Chinese army, and the military law is still in charge of the army, and there is no separate supervision department.

However, without the Supervision Department, it would be impossible to control the armed forces as much as possible, let alone brainwash and unify thinking. If he led the Cuiyu Army today, Xu You's previous orders would be resolutely and thoroughly implemented, and it would be impossible to receive a strong backlash from below like now.

The herald was just about to leave, but Tan Zhuo stopped him and said to Xu You: "I'll go there myself!" He was worried that the people below would have a resistance mentality, or that he would hurt the people too much when the time came, and he was afraid that he would provoke Xu You's anger.

It doesn't matter if you kill people on the march, but who of these generals in the Chinese army does not have an intricate network of relationships behind them? It may be a small military marquis, and sitting behind him is a certain important minister in the court. If Xu You wants to revitalize Dachu, he needs strong support from all sides, and he can't be a lonely minister or a direct minister, so the things that offend people are still handled by him, the Sima of the Great General's Mansion.

Xu You thought about it, his face was a little pale, and he said, "It's okay for you to go and have a look!" Cang, lead a team of 100 people to follow Sima, don't make a mistake! ”

"No!"

Cang Shui Urn responded angrily, lifted the giant axe in his hand, and said, "Tan Sima, please!" Although he is only an eight-rank martial arts general, Xu You is the most heartfelt person, even Tan Zhuo didn't dare to hold it up, he politely owed his body, and led everyone to go.

Tan Zhuo's ability is undoubted, and with him, he quickly figured out a way to deal with it. First use the shield soldiers to line up in two rows, set up guns, leave a feasible passage for three people, those who do not listen to the order to rush into battle, directly tied up and thrown to the back to guard, and arranged thousands of people to preach in unison the policy of annexation, those who listen to the order can live, those who do not listen to the order live and die by the sky, the effect is immediate, not only become orderly, but also much faster.

However, General Wupin Jianwu, who was in charge of the main attack at the north gate, and the Taishou Liuqu of Qixing County, disdained to obey Tan Zhuo's orders, and waited for the herald to leave, spat at the mouth, and said, "Sima? Dog Sima! Block the north gate for me, don't talk about people, even pigs and sheep are not allowed to come out. As a result, his subordinates killed a lot of people, and were encouraged by the Northern Wei spies who were mixed in the crowd: "The Hu people don't let us live, that's a difference, we can't complain." But the Han people don't let us live, are you willing? Anyway, it's a death, people are dead and birds are facing the sky, why don't you rush over with me and see if they can kill them all? ”

The will to survive that bursts out of a desperate situation can surpass everything, and the defense line of the north gate was actually rushed open by these tens of thousands of fugitives. It's not that they are more powerful than the Wei army, after all, they have the same root and the same species, and many soldiers still retreated after killing a few people - this is not an enemy, but a black-haired and yellow-skinned comrade, the woman's cry, the blood and tears of the child, how can you do it?

Mu Fan, who was waiting in the city, quickly noticed the changes outside the northern city, and without hesitation, he left 5,000 dead soldiers behind, and took 10,000 cavalry to throw away all the grain and grass baggage, and rushed out of the north gate.

Riding on foot, relying on the pre-arranged formation, the north gate, which was chaotic by the fugitives, could no longer resist the power of ten thousand horsemen. If you look down from a high altitude, you can see that the Wei army is like a black arrow, chiseling through the north without stopping.

Liu Qu was so anxious that his eyes were bloodshot, he drew his sword to supervise the battle, and even cut a few soldiers who were cowering, but he was still weak, and was reflexively shot by the enemy, killing and wounding hundreds of people, and the rest trembled, not to mention how the two legs chased the four legs, and could only watch the Wei army stand out from the layers of encirclement and disappear in the distance.

The battle of Cangyuan lasted for more than three hours, and the number of troops attacking in turn reached 80,000, and Xu You still held 20,000 reserves in his hand and did not use them. After the war, the casualties were counted, the Chu army killed 1,100 people and wounded 3,600 people, and the Wei army killed 11,000 people, mainly the 5,000 people who were left by Mu Fan as cannon fodder, and more than 4,000 casualties when he broke through, that is to say, the defense of the city actually only suffered more than 2,000 casualties, which was still under the advantage of the Chu army's weapons and equipment in all directions, and the Wei army took the lead in losing its fighting spirit and giving up street fighting, which shows the difficulty of attacking the city.

Yuzhou Thorn History Mansion has become a temporary general festival hall, there are dozens of generals who have not yet taken off their armor standing left and right, all of them are bloody, dusty and murderous, there is no joy of celebration at this moment, everyone looks heavy and silent.

Xu You looked at the kneeling willow in front of the hall and said, "Are you guilty?" ”

let go of Mu Fan, Liu Qu knew that he had it, but the reason was not that Xu You's heart was soft-hearted, and he wanted to restrain those ordinary people who were like grass on the wall, so that he would delay the fighter?

He turned his head and exhaled angrily: "Your Majesty is guilty, and the battle is not effective, so let Suo Yu escape!" ”

"That's not your fault, for hundreds of thousands of people, Mu Fan's life and death are insignificant, he just led the remnants to flee to the slipway, I just received Qi Xiao's good news, the slide has been defeated, and he went to die. Your sin is that you did not listen to Sima's orders, connived at the abuse and killing of your subordinates, provoked a civil uprising, and caused a hole in the defense line of the north gate, giving Mu Fan an opportunity to take advantage of it......"

Liu Qu stiffened his neck, very unconvinced, and interrupted Xu You's words, saying, "Tan Sima, that's a mess!" In front of the two armies, there is no room for the Bodhisattva's heart, if you are afraid of killing, don't wear this military uniform, just go to the temple to be a monk......"

"Really?" Xu You's calm eyes flashed with a cold light, and said, "Tan Zhuo is on my orders, you mean, I am also in chaos?" ”

Liu Qu's mouth trembled, and he was just about to answer yes, but he was kicked to the ground by Guangwu General Zhou Shiting from behind, and reprimanded: "Liu Qu, don't shut up yet?" Admit your mistake to the general, and promise that there will be no next time, and the general will not bother with you! ”

General Cao Qing also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, even if Mu Fan runs away, he can't cross the Yellow River, and when the brothers catch up, don't you rub as much as you want?" Liu Jianwu has always been brave, we all know it, please ask the general to give him another chance to make meritorious contributions. ”

These two people have a good relationship with Liuqu, and they risked angering Xu You to open their mouths, but Liuqu stopped doing it, stood up Teng, and said angrily: "I'm not wrong!" Ye Ye is the younger brother of the Liu family, I don't think anyone dares to frame a false accusation on Ye Ye's head......"

Xu You said lightly: "Please scepter!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked, how could the general's scepter be moved lightly, and if it moved, it would kill people. Zhou Shiting and Cao Qing knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "The general is angry!" The general is angry! ”

The others looked at each other, Liu Qu's family background was prominent, and he was arrogant when he usually got along with his colleagues, except for Zhou Shiting and Cao Qing, there were no other confidants, but this would be forced by the situation, if he didn't intercede, the general might not really want to kill, then he would be hated by Liu Qu.

"Please, General, be gracious!"

Everyone knelt down one after another, and Xu You's voice pierced people's hearts like an ice knife, and said: "In this western expedition, our purpose is to cut down Liang and fight against the Wei army, not only to borrow the way, but also to cure your Weiphobia!" Since the failure of the first emperor's three northern expeditions, for many years, the army has talked about Wei color change, and even said what bullshit that 'southerners are not as good at fighting as northerners', so take you and others to Yuzhou to take a look, then the Wei people are still flesh and blood, they will run away, they will be afraid, they will die - they will die under your sword! ”

He stood up, took the scepter handed by Qingming, slowly walked to Liu Qu's side, and said, "This is one of them!" Second, Wei respects the Xianbei people and the Han people are cheap, and the lives of the three young and strong Han people are not even as good as a cow, let alone those women and the elderly. For more than 100 years, these Han people have been submissive, allowing the Xianbei people to ride on their heads as a prestige, being oppressed and enslaved, and the Xianbei people are accustomed to it, thinking that the Han people are born bastards, and will not resist or be angry......"

Many people in the hall clenched their fists, and their eyes erupted with raging flames, as if they were going to burn those Hu people to pieces, but Xu You was talking, they didn't dare to make a sound, and they were holding back their anger.

Xu You raised the scepter, bowed three times to the south, straightened up, swept his gaze over everyone, and said: "There are six million households in the Northern Wei Dynasty, with a total population of 30 million, of which only 35 million are Xianbei people, and the remaining more than 20 million Han people have the same blood as us. And the reason why they fell into such a humiliating hell was because the former Wei lost them, the lord was faint and mediocre, the civil officials were greedy for money, and the military generals were afraid of death, so they gave up the north of the Yellow River to Suolu. Today, we are here to tell these abandoned poor people clearly: Da Chu, there is no need to forget the century-old national shame; Chu Jun is an upright teacher of benevolence and righteousness! We are not for fame and fortune, not for war exploits, but to save the people from fire and water, and to drive away the rivers and mountains of Suolufu! ”

Since the land of Shenzhou sank, the clothes crossed to the south, and An Shiyue was defeated by the remnants of the army, and it was difficult to maintain the half of Jiangdong. After so many years, everyone knows that Chu and Wei are the enemies of life and death, but with the passage of time, Wei as a country established by the Hu people, has gradually been accepted by the Chu people, and even after the failure of the Northern Expedition, defending Jianghuai and dividing and ruling equally seems to have become a tacit established national policy, no one cares about the tens of millions of Han people in Jiangbei anymore, and no one is shouting about restoring the orthodoxy of Chinese clothes, Xu You's words are the first time in recent years that important ministers of the imperial court have clearly put forward the strategic goal of Wei, that is:

Save all the people from fire and water, and drive away the rivers and mountains of Suolu!

Zhou Shiting knelt on the ground, listened to it with excitement, raised his head and said loudly: "I am willing to kill all the dogs with the general!" The generals followed and shouted: "Kill all the dogs, restore my rivers and mountains!" ”

Liu Qu was dumbfounded, feeling the respect and obedience of these comrades to Xu You, and suddenly he was sweating profusely, and he didn't dare to move a little on the ground without the slightest rebelliousness.

Xu You waited for their excitement to calm down a little, and said: "Kill Hu Gou, there will be opportunities in the future, but this time it won't work, yes, this time it won't work!" Yuzhou, Luozhou, Jeju, the land and cities you have fought with blood and sacrifice will still be recaptured by the Wei army, or they will take the initiative to withdraw because of the peace talks...... It's not cowardice, it's not incompetence, it's because we're not ready for it, and now is not the time for a full-scale Northern Expedition...... However, there will be a next time, and there will be a next time, we will definitely stand on all the lands north of the Yellow River again, no longer merchants, messengers, spies, captives or invaders, we will be the true masters of this great river and mountain! ”

"Therefore, I want to take advantage of the opportunity of the Western Expedition to sow the seeds of goodwill here, so that the common people can see the difference between Da Chu and Suolu. When this seed slowly germinates in their hearts, on the day of the real Northern Expedition, they will eat pot pulp to welcome the king. At that time, we can get supplies on the spot, we can get the supply of troops, we can get the wire, we can get whatever we need, then we can defeat the powerful cavalry of Solu without much effort, we can conquer the city, we can drive the horses into Lanjing...... Do you know what kind of war is destined to win? That's what the people want......"

However, Liu Qu was arrogant and arrogant, did not obey the generals' orders, killed the people indiscriminately, and ruined my plan. I can spare him, and military law must not be spared! Xu You handed over the scepter to Qingming, returned to the main seat, and said solemnly: "Liuqu, General Jianwu, the county guard, the rank of two thousand stones, because of the violation of military law, so please kill the scepter." Come, drag them out, and show them to the public for three days, for those who defy military law! ”

Liu Qu's mind was hot, his body was paralyzed to the ground, and when he was grabbed by the arm by two guards, he woke up like a big dream, and begged in a wailing voice: "General, general, spare my life, I don't dare anymore, don't dare anymore!" I beg the general to give me meritorious service for my crimes, and I will make meritorious service for my crimes......"

Xu You's expression was calm, and he saw Liu Qu struggling to be escorted to the outside of the Assassin's Mansion, cutting it down with a knife, and the wailing stopped, and all the generals in the hall were shocked, and they didn't dare to go beyond the rules a little bit from then on.

After the hall was dispersed, Tan Zhuo smiled bitterly and said: "It's because I didn't do things well enough, and I got to the current situation, which made the general embarrassed!" ”

Xu You rubbed his temples and said, "There's nothing to worry about, kill a Liu Qu, Liu Ning still dare to turn his face against me?" ”

Lu Bozhi said worriedly: "But Liuqu is the Taishou of Qixing County after all, and I have never had a precedent for the commander of the Overseer Army to kill the Taishou of a county without reporting, and the Lord and Xie Servant shot over there, will it?" ”

"How can this group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals of the Chinese army be suppressed if they don't kill people? Though the Lord does not know soldiers, but he has insight into affairs, be of good cheer. As for Xie Xiwen......" Xu You's hand gently touched the scepter, and there was a faint coolness from the bronze parts, and said: "The person who killed the Liu family, he will only be secretly happy, and he will not ask for trouble." I'm just upset, those words just now should have been told to them by Wang Shibi, before the expedition, the Xian envoys from top to bottom heard about it, where would there be such a mistake? ”

The Supervision Department has now come up with a mature brainwashing procedure, first knowing the general righteousness, and then building ideals, and then linking the future of the individual with the future of the country and the nation, so that the army knows what it is fighting and how it is going to fight, so that the overall situation can be taken into account and the overall strategic situation will not be dragged down because of tactical needs.

Xu You said resolutely: "When the Western Expedition is over, the matter of the restructuring of the Chinese army must be put on the agenda, the two of you must know in your hearts, the Chinese army will use big knives and offend many people, but no matter how much resistance you encounter, you must refer to the precedents of the Cuiyu Army, standardize the drill system, improve the military law regulations, and destroy the old habits of these gate lords......"

Tan Zhuo and Lu Bozhi got up at the same time and said solemnly: "No! ”