At this moment, Zhao Yun, Chen Dao, and Tai Shici saw the wolf smoke, and hurriedly released the catapult, and the buckets were also smashed all over Jicheng; There were twenty catapults on all sides, and four buckets were fired at a time, and one hundred and sixty buckets of water were sent out in one minute.

Many people on the city wall abandoned their shields and held bows and arrows, and this wooden barrel was extremely thin, and they had to be careful when carrying it, so they could not block the power of an arrow; But as soon as the barrel was shot, the water inside immediately became an ice pick and shot at the city.

Many soldiers were either killed by ice picks, or frozen into popsicles, and the barrels cracked when they were smashed, and those who resisted with shields smashed the barrels into the shields, splashing in all directions, and in an instant they also became ice arrows, reflecting the surrounding soldiers. The city wall was smashed with water, and the water immediately turned into ice, and the soldiers stood in the water, and they were immediately frozen, and it was difficult to move, and those who broke free were also stepping on the ice, and they were directly slipped, and as soon as the water was poured on their bodies, they were immediately frozen, and they could not move at the moment. For a time, thousands of soldiers were frozen, or shot to death by icicles, or trampled on each other, and even worse, slipped and fell to their deaths, and countless people died.

After a while, Jicheng was seen from afar, like an ice city, and there seemed to be ice sculptures on the city wall, as if there were ice sculptures in later generations, but they were all people struggling, and they were miserable from afar.

Zhao Xu saw that there was no sound of movement on the city wall, and Jicheng was already within reach, and shouted: "Those who dare to harass the people after entering the city will be killed!" Besiege! Then he ordered the march to the city, and the army on all sides shouted loudly and entered the city, because the soldiers who defended the city were all dead at the head of the city, and there was no one to stop them, and they immediately attacked the city.

Zhao Xu's army had just entered the city, and when he saw that thousands of people in the city were greeted at the gate of the city, the army stopped, and someone had already reported to Zhao Xu, and Zhao Xu flew over. When those people saw Zhao Xu, they knelt down and cried: "We have been oppressed by Yuan Shang for a long time, the previous snow disaster, regardless of it, there are countless dead, and now there are only a few thousand of us left in Jicheng, and I hope that the general will be pitiful." ”

Seeing this situation, Zhao Xu was full of emotion, immediately dismounted, and shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, now that we enter the city, we will never oppress the people. I have revised a letter and asked my lord Liu to exempt Hebei from taxes for one year, and my lord Liu Xuande is a benevolent and virtuous person, and he will definitely allow it. My lord will definitely establish a benevolent world in the future, are you willing to follow my lord Liu Xuande? ”

The people all said: "We are willing to follow Liu Yuanjun!" At this time, when the soldiers saw this scene, they all thought in their hearts: Following the lord, they will definitely be able to create a benevolent and virtuous world, in exchange for a benevolent and peaceful world.

Zhao Xu was overjoyed, and saw that the people were thin, so he ordered the soldiers to separate thousands of quilts and cloaks from the military supplies and cover them with the people, and the people all cried bitterly and sighed: Finally come to the world master, and there will be a good life in the future. When the soldiers saw Zhao Xu's benevolence, they were already very respectful when they were in the snow disaster before, and they admired the five bodies at this time, so to speak, as long as Zhao Xu said a word, he would let himself go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and he was also willing.

Zhao Xu ordered the soldiers to clean the battlefield on the city wall and buried the dead soldiers together. Zhao Xu went to the city wall to see, Zhao Xu had seen the trial under the city before, so he recognized the trial and was anxious to find the trial. On the southern city wall, I saw the corpse of the judge, which had been frozen into a popsicle, and one finger was forward, and the mouth was open, as if it was still going to command; His body was also full of icicles, and he died a very tragic death. Zhao Xu couldn't help but admire the loyalty of the trial and ordered a thick burial in the south of the city.

Zhao Xu stood at the head of the city, and was sighing to himself, when he suddenly saw Zhou Canghuo alone, and Zhao Xu asked his name.

The man trembled: "A certain surname is Chen Minglin." ”

Zhao Xu said: "When the right person attacked the city, the guards on the city died, why are you safe and sound." ”

Chen Lin said: "The kid is a scholar, afraid of the general's divine might, and does not dare to fight. Zhao Xu knew Chen Lin's talent and said: "I know that your writing is excellent, you are willing to follow my lord." ”

Chen Lin saw that he was spared, and said, "General Xie will not give up, willing, willing." Zhao Xunai wrote a letter of recommendation, that is, he sent a thousand soldiers to escort Chen Lin and Xin Bi to Linzi for work.

Zhao Xu set up Jicheng, went to Yuan Shao's tomb to set up a sacrifice, and sighed: "Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, in the past, was the leader of the eighteenth road princes, and had the heart to dominate the world, but unfortunately he died here. All the generals sighed, and Chun Yuqiong and Jiao He were even more emotional.

However, it was said that Yuan Shang attacked Daijun, and suddenly heard that Bai Deng was broken by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and Zhao Xu besieged Jicheng, so he was shocked and urgently sent troops back to Jicheng. Thinking on the road: Zhao Xu is good at using soldiers, and there may be an ambush when he takes the main road, so it is better to take the Great Wall road. That is, lead the army to take the path to kill Benjicheng.

Yuan Tan saw Yuan Shang retreating, and thought that Zhao Xu had attacked Jicheng, that is, he urged the three armies to attack Yuan Shang from behind.

Yuan Shang was on the march, and when he walked to the Great Wall, he suddenly shouted loudly all around, and saw a big man in the shape of a man who was the first to kill, it was Dian Wei.

Dian Wei shouted: "General Zhao Xu has captured Jicheng, why don't you surrender to avoid the disaster of killing." ”

Yuan Shang was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Zhao Xu took away my foundation, cut off my retreat, and my life is resting!" Could it be providence. ”

Yuan Shang was still unwilling and waved his army to kill. Dian Wei's Condor Warriors came out first, and in an instant, thousands of soldiers were killed by the Condor Warriors before they had time to fight back, and the rest of the soldiers were all frightened, and they surrendered one after another. Dian Wei came out with a halberd, and Yuan Shang fought, Dian Wei rose up and slashed at Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang hurriedly raised the double knife to parry, the two soldiers did not have time to fight, Dian Wei's double halberd broke through the air like thunder, Yuan Shang was shocked, and was anxious to stop, it was too late, was smashed down by Dian Wei's double halberd, and the shocked Yuan Shang's double knife took off, and the tiger's mouth bled out; Dian Wei made another halberd and beheaded Yuan Shang under the horse.

At this time, Yuan Tan also led the army to arrive, and when he saw that Yuan Shang was dead, he was overjoyed, rushed to Dian Wei, and said, "Thank you General for avenging me!" Although he said this, he still felt a trace of pain in his heart and felt a slight regret.

Exactly: brothers are brothers, and fighting each other is no different from self-harm.

The young man is stubborn and does not regret his grief.

Dian Wei looked down on Yuan Tan, and said coldly: "Okay, I still have to go back to restore my life, you can take care of these surrendered troops yourself, I don't have time to govern them." After speaking, he led the army back to Jicheng.

Yuan Tan was dumbfounded, and said softly: "Is this person stupid!" Don't want so many troops. In fact, Dian Wei didn't take Yuan Tan in his eyes at all, plus Zhao Xu said before that Yuan Tan had a rebellious heart, and Dian Wei also had the heart to try him. Dian Wei only left the Condor Warriors and let the rest of the soldiers and horses go back to restore their lives, so Yuan Tan never found out.

Yuan Tan was able to surrender to the crowd, plus his own soldiers and horses, a total of more than 70,000 soldiers, Yuan Tan was overjoyed. Guo Tu said: "Now that Zhao Xu is estimated to be storming Jicheng, we might as well take advantage of the situation to attack, Zhao Xu will be attacked on both sides, and he will definitely be broken by us." "If this plan is successful, Yuan Tan may be able to collect Youzhou and attack Jizhou again, where does Yuan Tan have no reason to follow. What a pity! They ran into Zhao Xu, because no soldier escaped from Jicheng, the Yuan brothers naturally didn't know that Zhao Xu had captured Jicheng bloodlessly, and they didn't know that there were two elite soldiers who were observing their every move.

Yuan Tan listened to Guo Tu's strategy, that is, he waved his army to attack Jicheng, and in half a day, he arrived at Jicheng, but the scenery of Jicheng surprised Yuan Tan and Guo Tu, and saw that Jicheng was extremely calm, without the slightest trace of fighting, and wondered to himself: Did this Zhao Xu deceive us.

At this time, a team of Biao troops was killed at the city gate, but seeing Zhao Xu at the head, Tai Shici, Zhou Cang, and Wang Yong were on the left and right, and Chun Yuqiong and other generals stood behind.

Zhao Xu scolded: "I treat Yuer well, why do you have different intentions? What a treachery also! ”

Yuan Tan said: "You have violated my realm and taken away my inheritance city, I have long been at odds with you, what faith do you believe in, what righteousness do you abandon?" ”

Zhao Xu was furious and made Tai Shici go out; Yuan Tan made Peng An engage. The two horses intersected, and after only two rounds, Tai Shici raised a shot and stabbed Peng An under the horse. Yuan Tan was shocked, but he was about to leave, when suddenly there was a loud shout around him. Behind the Dian Wei led the Condor Warrior to kill, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the right killed, and Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi on the left were killed, surrounded on all sides.

Yuan Tan was so frightened that his soul was not possessed. Zhao Xu said: "Now that you have no way to live, those who surrender will not die." ”

I saw that Yuan Tan killed one person in the army, it was Feng Ji, and I only heard Feng Ji say: "Yuan Tan has no virtue, Liu Yuanjun is a benevolent and virtuous man in the world, and General Zhao Xu is a hero, so it is better to surrender." After saying that, he slapped the horse and went straight to Zhao Xu's camp, Yuan Tan was furious and wanted to shoot Feng Ji to death, but at this time he was already surrounded, and he was afraid of Zhao Xu's might, so he didn't dare to shoot arrows. In an instant, about half of the soldiers and horses surrendered to Zhao Xu's army, and Yuan Tan didn't dare to stop, so he had to watch his soldiers surrender. Zhao Xu was overjoyed.

Yuan Tan pondered: This is a big deal, it's better to pretend to surrender, maybe there is a way to live, a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late! Yuan Tan thought about it, even if Xin Ping went to make an appointment with Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu saw a scholar walking to the front of the battle, and recognized it as Xin Ping, Zhao Xu said: "Yuan Tan is erratic, I really can't believe it." Your brother Xinbi, I have already sent someone to escort him to Linzi, and he is reused by my lord Liu Bei, why don't you surrender and reunite with good brothers. ”

Xin commented: "General Zhao's words are wrong. A certain hears that the lord is honored, and the lord is worried about the humiliation. Yuan's family has been a long-term thing, don't you hear it: loyal ministers don't care about the two masters. Even if my brother surrenders, how can I betray him? ”

Zhao Xu saw that Xin Ping was stubborn and could not stay, so he sent him back. Xin Ping returned to see Yuan Tan and said that Zhao Xu was not allowed to surrender. Yuan Tan was furious when he heard this, and thought to himself: Your brother Xin Bi has already surrendered to Zhao Xu, you told me not to let me surrender, could it be that you deliberately wanted to harm me? He said: "Your brother Xinbi is now Liu Bei, and you also have two hearts?" Want to betray me? When Xin Ping heard this, he was furious, full of anger, and shouted: "I am loyal to the Yuan family, and now you are suspicious of me, and it is hopeless." In a fit of rage, he didn't lift his breath, but fell under his horse and died of exhaustion. Yuan Tan saw Xin Ping die of anger, only then did he know his loyalty, and he also regretted it.

Zhao Xu saw that Xin Ping was angry, and he was furious, and shouted: "Pifu erection, hopeless, what use do you want?" That is, to wave the army to cover the kill.

Zhao Xu besieged on all sides, Yuan Tan's army was defeated, and the corpses were all over the field in an instant, Zhao Xu took Yuan Tan directly with a gun, Yuan Tan was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and he couldn't parry, and was stabbed to death by Zhao Xu with a shot. Wang Yong rushed into the formation, was bumping into Guo Tu, raising a knife and slashing, Guo Tu was a civil official, where could he stop Wang Yong's power, he was killed by Wang Yong in the battle.

Yuan Xi did not go out of the city with Yuan Tan before, but most of the soldiers and horses in the city of Daijun had been taken away by Yuan Tan, and there were only more than 2,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the city. Yuan Xi was sad, and he was afraid that Yuan Tan would be lost, so he led the army to find it, but on the way, he heard that Yuan Tan was stabbed to death by Zhao Xu, and all his subordinates surrendered. Yuan Xi cried loudly, frightened, thought about it, and decided to vote for Gongsun Du, but on the way, he was afraid that Zhao Xu would pursue him, so he hugged his head and ran all the way.

It's a pity that Yuan Xi didn't know that Gongsun Du had descended Zhao Xu, and when he arrived in Beiping, Gongsun Du led him into the city, killed him with a knife and axe, and brought his head to Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu was overjoyed, repaired Liu Bei, and asked Liu Bei to seal Gongsun Du as the Taishou of Liaodong and the general of Yuecai. Since then, Youzhou has been completely determined, because of the existence of Zhao Xu, the history is advanced, Liu Bei is sitting in the three states of Qing, Youzhou and Hebei at this time, and there is a hidden trend of being the first in the world.