As the night grew thicker, the howling north wind blew through the icy city, the day's slaughter was over, and the fires had been extinguished in the captured mansions, and only puffs of smoke were still rising.

Under the faint light of the fire, there were soldiers carrying corpses, a cart of corpses was transported to the outside of the city to be burned or buried in such a night, the blood stains on the ground had dried up, and the families who were still alive in the inner city had already lost the courage to fight with the Guanzhong Army with today's day of killing, and they were huddled at home one by one, not daring to move around at will, and white flags were planted outside the door, and all the doors were open to show their family's support for the Guanzhong Army and Chen Mo.

The night wind howled, like the roar of the souls of thousands of dead in this war.

Is it cruel?

It's very cruel, today's battle in the inner city, there are nearly 1,000 families who have been raided and destroyed, if you count according to the number of people, the heads that landed today, including those family servants, tens of thousands of people died under this massacre, not all of them picked up weapons to resist, but they all died.

Maybe not guilty, but how many people die every day in this world are guilty? The political game has never been distinguished by good and evil, Chen Mo wants to implement a new policy in Jizhou, he must have Jizhou's resources in his hands, and he needs a lot, just like Hedong, Guanzhong and Heluo, Chen Mo has a large number of fields in his hands, which can be distributed to the people to cultivate, and because of this, he has won the support of all the people.

And the land in Jizhou is in the hands of these people, even if they don't hinder the implementation of their new policy, they continue to exist, and Chen Mo has no land available.

And the field is only one of them, in addition, there is a big problem, after taking Jizhou, Chen Mo wants to use people, Jizhou people must use it, but they can't use it all, and the selection is also selected from these people, it is easy to cause Jizhou to be hollowed out, and Chen Mo also has a large number of people to use here, the college has produced a lot of talents over the years, if these people have not been used, the three academic minutes will not be able to promote.

Changing the world is to wash the marrow of the entire world of the I Ching, and in this process, useless dirty blood must be discharged, even if the dirty blood itself is correct, but their existence itself is wrong.

Looking at the inner city like a ghost domain under the night wind, Chen Mo sighed, looked at Dian Wei beside him and said with a smile: "There is no danger now, so I can rest for a few days." ”

"Lord, I just saw that Zhang Yan's kid brought the Yuan family's daughter to your house." Dian Wei glanced around, approached Chen Mo and said, "Will there be danger?" ”

Chen Mo nodded: "It's very dangerous, but one woman, I alone is enough." ”

Zhang Yan's actions naturally couldn't hide from Chen Mo, and Chen Mo didn't stop it, he really didn't have the intention of harming the Yuan family, after all, Yuan Shao took care of him back then, and he didn't think about killing the Yuan family.

Maybe after accepting this woman, those people can feel more at ease, but there is no way to explain the truth to Dian Wei.

"Lord, you can't be fascinated by beauty!" Dian Wei persuaded.

"Who taught you?" Chen Mo turned his head and glanced at Dian Wei and said.

"Yang Xiu."

"I'm measured!" Chen Mo was speechless, these people have been in charge for a long time, right? glared at Dian Wei: "In the future, I won't listen to these people to provoke, is he the lord or am I the lord?" ”

"That's naturally you, but I think what he said makes sense, my lord, what do you want to do with the woman of the ancient troubled country, what kind ......of praise do you take to praise yourself or something" Dian Wei picked his head, and he couldn't remember it.

"Bao Xi, Daji, do you know what happened to Daji in the end?" Chen Mo asked rhetorically.

"I don't know, I'm dead."

"Everyone will die, after King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang, Daji was included in the palace by King Wu." Chen Mo patted Dian Wei's shoulder, left directly, shook his head and said, "It makes sense, these people around me, whatever they say makes sense to you." ”

"The old canon is also literate." Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo's back and said unconvinced.

"Amazing, make an article and take a look." Chen Mo didn't look back.

"The last general is going to rest, the lord has something to call me!" Dian Wei turned around decisively and strode away.

Pushing the door in, I saw Zhen Mi, who I had seen during the day, kneeling on the mat behind the table in the bedroom, and when I saw Chen Mo coming in, I hurriedly bowed.

"Get up and loosen your clothes for me." Chen Mo waved his hand and motioned for Zhen Mi to get up.

"Oh~" Zhen Mi saluted, got up, lowered his head and came to Chen Mo's side, and removed the robe for him.

"You're afraid of me?" Chen Mo looked at Zhen Mi and smiled.

"The general is the hero of the world, and the concubine is naturally in awe." Zhen Mi bowed her head and said.

"Look up." Chen Mo stretched out his hand, pinched Zhen Mi's chin, asked her to raise her head, looked at Zhen Mi carefully, nodded and smiled: "Then Mrs. Liu is not wrong in one sentence, with Yuan Xi's life, marrying you will only hurt him." ”

He hadn't seen Yuan Xi, but from what he knew so far, Yuan Xi was not the kind of strong master, whether it was ability, talent or his own courage, his life was probably not enough to be comparable to the woman in front of him.

"The words of fate are illusory, and the general also believes in fate?" Zhen Mi's voice is very good.

"I believe in fate, but I don't believe in fate." Chen Mo nodded, the number of lives does exist, ordinary people can't see it, but he can see it, and it is precisely because he knows that Chen Mo doesn't believe that fate is determined by heaven, and people's lives can be changed.

"The concubine doesn't understand." Zhen Mi shook her head.

"If fate is determined by heaven, isn't everything already predestined today?" Chen Mo stretched out his hand, opened her pocket, took out a short sword from her arms, and said with a smile: "Why are you still unwilling?" Wouldn't it be better to obey Destiny? It is destiny to obey the destiny of heaven, and it is also destiny to change your life against the sky, how do you choose? ”

"Concubine ......"

"Look at me!" Chen Mo spoke, with an undeniable toughness in his voice, and the woman's spread clothes in front of him could not attract his attention.

"The concubine body is just thinking about it, but she is still alive." Zhen Mi subconsciously followed and met Chen Mo's gaze.

"That's the destiny of heaven." Chen Mo threw away the short sword casually, luck and life were very dull from the moment he entered the door, Chen Mo had fought for many years, and he had also encountered assassination, which clearly meant that from the beginning, this woman had no intention of assassinating, and it was really like what she said, she wanted to commit suicide, but she didn't have enough courage.

"Let's go." Chen Mo stretched out his hand and hugged her by the waist: "Since you want to obey the mandate of heaven, you should obey the arrangement of the mandate of heaven, shouldn't you?" ”

Zhen Mi instinctively closed her eyes, although she was married to a woman, some things were experienced for the first time, her slender fingers pinched Chen Mo's placket tightly, her knuckles turned white, and she was obediently placed on the couch by Chen Mo, the curtain fell, the night was very long, and the wind outside the door blew a little bigger......

Silent all night, early the next morning, Chen Mo woke up on time as usual, even if he was tired yesterday, he could wake up the next day with full energy, which did not change with age.

"Rest well." Glancing at Zhen Mi, who was a little overwhelmed and wanted to get up, Chen Mo smiled and put on his clothes, there are still many things to do today.

"Lord, Cui Geng came to report that last night the Gao Ran army sent troops to attack at night and was repulsed." As soon as he came to the government office, he saw Yang Xiu walking up and bowing down.

"Go and tell Gao Gan that he can surrender, Gao Shun and Zhang Ji will go together, there is the person he wants." Chen Mo nodded, knelt down and said, what should be killed, I have almost killed it yesterday, as for the palace, Chen Mo wants to leave Liu He with some dignity.

"Lord, yesterday the high cadres were willing to surrender, today I am afraid that it will be ......" Yang Xiu frowned and said, yesterday the high cadres surrendered, in fact, they wanted to stop Chen Mo's killing, but Chen Mo was a little stubborn, most of the gentry in the city were killed, and they must be scolded by the people of the world, and if they want to make the high cadres surrender today, I am afraid it will not be easy.

"Do it!" Chen Mo raised his head, glanced at Yang Xiu, and said indifferently.

"Huh~" Yang Xiu's voice suddenly lowered, and he respectfully agreed and went to lobby.

Chen Mo was quite dissatisfied with Yang Xiu's failure to pour medicine into Dian Wei, regardless of whether it was wrong or not, Chen Mo's guards also dared to calculate, which made Chen Mo feel like he was being violated.

Chen Mo didn't care about the affairs of the palace, I believe that even if the other party doesn't agree, Gao Shun and Zhang Ji are enough to make the other party agree, Chen Mo is now more concerned about the next battle, Yuan Shang and Cao Cao, I'm afraid it won't be long before they will gather in Yecheng.

"Inform Ma Jun and ask him to redirect the river into the moat as soon as possible." After Yang Xiu left, Chen Mo asked the guards to inform Ma Jun and ask him to refill the moat.

"The lord wants to use this to induce Yuan Jun to attack the city by means of a moat?" Xun You asked with a smile.

"Maybe it's Cao Cao." Chen Mo nodded and smiled: "I can't say for sure, there were many Yuan troops who escaped from the city at that time, do these people know how we sneaked into the city?" If you know, Yuan Jun can't be deceived here, but you can deceive my brother, Xu You should know the existence of this culvert. ”

Xun You nodded, and then frowned: "Although our army has won Yecheng and has taken the lead, but in this way, I am afraid that Yuan Cao will join forces." ”

"There is no way, if I don't take Yecheng, I can't take the lead, everything has advantages and disadvantages, at least now, we have the opportunity, Cao Cao's advantage in capturing the plain has also been disintegrated, and then it depends on whose means are stronger."

"It's just a city in Yecheng, I'm afraid it won't last, and the grain road is easy to be cut off." Xun You said with a smile: "General Wuyi is stationed in Chaoge, which can protect the safety of the grain road, and the lord can order Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu and Pang De to attack with cavalry, making it difficult for Yuan Cao's second army to attack the city with all its might." ”

Chen Mo nodded: "Gongda's words are exactly what I want, and let Xu Huang lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to join forces with Cui Geng, Bao Geng, and Shi Geng, and station them on the turbid Zhangshui, so as to prevent the enemy from attacking the city with water." ”

The plan to flood Yecheng, Chen Mo is useless, but it does not mean that Cao Cao and Yuan Shang will not use it, this must be prepared, and Zhang Ji can lead the army outside, and he can also form a horn with Yecheng.

"As a result, there are not enough soldiers and horses in the city." Xun You said worriedly.

"With the strength of Yecheng, it is enough to leave more than 10,000 people, not to mention that there are also the Black Mountain Army and the Yecheng Army here, it is not easy to break the city." Chen Mo smiled.

"The Lord is reasonable, and he will do it here." Xun You nodded, didn't persuade again, got up and said goodbye.

"Well, be careful, it's not peaceful in this inner city right now." Chen Mo smiled.

"Whoa!"