(The first update of today's three watches)

On the 16th day of the Han army's siege of Wancheng, Liu Xie led a group of generals to inspect the front line of Wancheng.

Everyone rode horses, and Liu Xie asked, "How is the Cao army in the city today?" ”

A general said: "If you besiege and not attack like this, you will see that the food in the city is about to run out, and there is no water, and Weichen will be able to break the city in a few days." ”

Another general said: "Last night, the subordinates of the subordinate soldiers heard a strange noise on the ground at night, the sound was very slight, I am afraid that Cao Jun was digging a tunnel, so the minister ordered someone to dig it up, and sure enough, they were digging a tunnel, and the minister had blown it up with gunpowder, and it was estimated that more than 100 people were killed and buried by the enemy. ”

Liu Xie sneered: "Cao Cao is scheming, good at interspersed battles, good at digging tunnels, good at robbing people's grain and grass, and good at division. ”

Some generals doubted: "Is Cao Cao so powerful?" So why is it so embarrassing today? ”

Liu Xie said: "Don't underestimate him, do you know that Cao Cao has developed so many soldiers and horses in Xuchang alone?" ”

The generals shook their heads, and Liu Xie said: "He has a secret army, which is called 'Captain Touching Gold', and it is not good to say that it is a group of tomb robbers, who make a fortune by digging people's ancestral graves. ”

Several generals scolded: "What a lack of morality! ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "Isn't it just what's the matter, this kind of thing, our Han army must not do it!" If you want to get rich, you can earn it in the open! ”

All the generals echoed and said yes, and kept it in mind.

Liu Xie said: "This Cao Cao is good at digging the ground, we can't be slack, and I ordered to dig more tunnels around Wancheng to prevent Cao Ren from coming out of the ground." Also, the order was given to Ma Chao, and then to him, the enemy's Cao Cao's main force dug through the ground. ”

"The ministers obey."

Zhang Liao said, "Cao Ren is tired and can attack the city, Your Majesty, please break through the city first." ”

Liu Xie waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, within the four seas, all are the king's land, where are we not staying?" If you are bored, you can also learn from me and bring your family with you. However, it is only limited to wives and concubines, even if the elderly and children are forgotten, it is more comfortable to stay in Luoyang. ”

Everyone laughed.

Liu Xie hereby instructed: All those who escaped from Wancheng, whether they were deserters or refugees, should be treated and appeased well.

Liu Xie remembered something and said: "When Liu Pi was guarding Wancheng, the people of Wancheng bought a lot of my Luoyang leather, paper and ironware and other materials at a low price, especially this paper, it is estimated that it should be used up these days." Little Luozi ......"

"The minions are here."

"The flying pigeon passed the book back to Luoyang, and asked the Luoyang Book Company to publish a Zhao'an advertisement in tomorrow's newspaper, which should be large, and the advertising slogan should be written: Is the toilet paper running out? There are many in Luoyang, as long as you escape from Wancheng, you can have cheap and soft toilet paper to use. Then an extra hundred thousand copies of tomorrow's newspaper will be printed, and all these 100,000 copies must be transported to the front by tomorrow evening, and all the expenses will be charged to the royal family. ”

Xiao Luo Zi said: "The slave will do it." ”

All the generals laughed secretly, and Liu Xie sighed: "Isn't this trick a bit poisonous?" ”

Wen Yin said: "No. Your Majesty, are you going to shoot these 100,000 newspapers into Wancheng? These newspapers are equivalent to sending two more days of toilet paper to the soldiers and civilians in Wancheng. Cao Ren should thank you. ”

Liu Xie laughed when he heard this, and all the generals laughed.

Since then, the siege of Wancheng has continued. Luoyang is close to Wancheng, the grain road is open again, and various military supplies such as grain and arrows are continuously transported from Luoyang, and Liu Xie maximizes the Han army's siege of the city without being too tired.

If there are deserters and refugees in Wancheng, Liu Xie will accept them as ordered, and at the same time, they must also be strictly investigated, so as to prevent spies from mixing in them.

As long as there are soldiers who want to break out, they will shoot back with arrows. The Han army has a lot of arrows, and the arrows shot out are not afraid of Cao Jun picking them up and reusing, Liu Xie's strategy is, if you shoot me with an arrow, I will block it with a shield, if you want to come out, I will shoot you back with an arrow, anyway, I won't go anywhere, you don't want to come out, I will play with you.

In addition, in order to prevent the soldiers from being bored, Liu Xie asked the generals to take their wives and concubines to the barracks to reunite their wives and concubines, and even implemented a shift system from the twentieth day of the siege.

There were 140,000 Han troops under Wancheng, and 60,000 Han troops at Ma Chao, adding up to 200,000. The so-called shift system means that 10,000 soldiers return to Luoyang every day to change the guard of Luoyang.

In this way, every soldier can go back to Luoyang to rest and recuperate, and go home to see his family.

In addition, Liu Xie also vigorously purchased grain in the surrounding villages and towns, recruited soldiers and horses, and publicized the policies of the imperial court.

All this greatly hit Cao Cao's morale to a great extent and made Cao Cao's army collapse.

Liu Xie himself is not lonely on the front line, he has Queen Fu and Dong Guifei, as well as two female generals Yan Er and Yanyun, as well as Zou Yuan, a celebrity in troubled times, and the five of them take turns to sleep for him.

When they are free, they will teach them to play polo, or learn riding and archery swordsmanship with Yan'er Yanyun.

Liu Xie has learned martial arts since he was a child, but he is the emperor, and there are too many things, so his two strokes can only be ranked as a third-rate military general at most, but this is not important, he is the emperor, he has the courage to govern the country, and the charm of the leader is enough.

In the blink of an eye, Wancheng has been besieged for forty-five days, and the water and food in Wancheng have run out, and a large number of fleeing people have escaped from the gap in the city wall blown by the fire meteor, and a large number of soldiers have escaped.

At this time, half of the defenders of Wancheng Cao Ren had escaped, and there were less than 50,000 people left.

Liu Xie always let the soldiers with loud voices shout and curse under the city, or shout slogans to surrender, and then shoot propaganda slogans into the city with arrows.

The rest of the defenders, all hungry, demoralized, and ineffective.

Some generals advised Liu Xie to attack the city, but Liu Xie still insisted on only besieging and not attacking. On the fiftieth day, Liu Biao suddenly sent an envoy to present a copy of Cao Cao's documents.

The text was to the effect that Liu Biao would join him in attacking Wancheng, but Liu Biao refused, and sent the text to Liu Xie to show his loyalty.

When Liu Xie was meeting with the generals, he held Cao Cao's inscription and said: "This Liu Biao is really very smart, he is very familiar with current affairs, and he knows that there will be no good end to the confrontation with the imperial court, what do the generals think?" ”

All the generals thought that Liu Biao was a preservation plan, and after getting rid of Cao Cao, they could immediately go south to subdue him.

Liu Xie said: "Otherwise, Liu Biao will not make a mess for the time being, first say good words to appease, Xiao Luozi, plan to seal Liu Biao as the general of Zhennan, Jingzhou Mu, Cheng Wuhou, fake Jieyue, and immediately send the will to Jingzhou." ”

"The minions obey."

"Wait," Liu Xie said again, "I have heard that Wen Ping is a strong martial artist, and I have summoned him back to Luoyang to see his style." ”

Xiao Luozi did as he was told, and Wen Yin stood up and said, "Courtiers, thank you for Your Majesty's grace." ”

(End of chapter)