The feeling of slaughter is not very good, whether it is killing or being killed, it can feel very good, it is basically a pervert, or there is a deep hatred.

Obviously, Yuan Yun was full of resentment towards these defenders of Liyang, because the Gunpowder Army had lost nearly 500 men, so even though he knew very well that these defenders were the most simple farmers in the fields before they became soldiers, he still did not let go of those captured prisoners.

Now the corpses of the defenders are hanging on both sides of the city wall, almost all of them are orders from Yuan Yun, although doing so will make him feel a little guilty, but after seeing the corpses of his own people, that bit of modern morality is immediately lost.

It took only two days to conquer the city, and after two days the defenders fled through the north gate with the remnants of their soldiers, leaving all the people behind.

But now these people regard these soldiers from Xu Dulai as demons, and those terrifying flames have been deeply imprinted in their hearts, and some of the residents near the city wall have also fallen into bad luck, not only have their houses burned, but even their families have not had time to escape.

So when the army entered the city, everyone hid in their homes, and the deserted streets made people think that they had entered a ghost town, especially the blackened walls and gates that were burned, which looked like the product of evil.

In the afternoon of this day, the people of the city finally elected an unlucky man, this old man was a local nobleman, perhaps from a middle-of-the-road, in short, he was betrayed by a group of people, and then came to meet the commander of the siege army, Cao Ang.

Yuan Yun was not interested in this kind of Huairou trick, and deceiving a group of ignorant people really made him have no more sense of achievement, and at this time, Cao Ang sent a task down, hoping that Yuan Yun would pick up Zhang Liao and Cao Zhen who were setting up an ambush.

Yuan Yun readily agreed, because this city was very uncomfortable for him now, so soon a thousand gunpowder army cavalry left the city.

Between a lush wilderness, there is only a muddy loess road, and the heavy rain still has no intention of stopping, so Yuan Yun can only move forward against the rain, and his mouth is still scolding, he doesn't like marching and fighting at all, let alone riding horses in the rain.

"Yuan Hou, isn't the speed of our march too slow, this is to pick up the gunpowder army that has set up an ambush, in case we can't catch up, wouldn't it be a big deal?" Xu Shu was obviously not used to Yuan Yun's slow and leisurely attitude, so he rode to his side to send a reminder.

Yuan Yun wiped the rain from his face, and then replied angrily: "Five thousand gunpowder troops are in ambush, plus 10,000 tigers and leopards to ride, if this will be dangerous, then the names of Zhang Liao and Cao Zhen will not be recited for a thousand ...... Well, it won't be recited in the military. ”

At this time, Xu Shu recalled the scene when Liyang broke the city, and couldn't help but tremble all over, he couldn't compare the combat power of the 5,000 gunpowder army with ordinary soldiers, so he was quickly relieved, but he was still not used to such a slow marching speed.

Yuan Yun squinted his eyes and looked at Xu Shu, and found that this thing was frowning tightly, looking like he was about to face a catastrophe, and he was probably worried about Liu Bei in his heart.

Thinking that the strength of the gunpowder army made Xu Shu so nervous, Yuan Yun's bad mood suddenly improved, but Xu Shu was still thinking about Liu Bei at this moment, which still made people very unhappy, so he immediately squeezed and said: "Brother Yuan and Mr. Xu Yu are studying the weaknesses of Yecheng, but what progress has been made?" ”

Xu Shu's face immediately became very unhappy, and he frowned and quickly replied: "Yuan Hou is really a stingy character, I Xu Yuanzhi don't know where to offend you, but you want to toss me like this, since the gunpowder army has long had cannons, gasoline and other sharp weapons, can you find the weakness of Yecheng and what is the value?" ”

Yuan Yun immediately grinned and said, "Do you feel that you are actually not that important now, and Ben Hou still generously gave away the one-percent dividend of South Vietnam, doesn't Brother Yuan plan to stay in Luoyang for two more years?" ”

Xu Shu smiled bitterly, then shook his head and said: "Since the agreement has been reached, there is no possibility of changing it, this is a gentleman's agreement between me and Yuan Hou, and Brother Kong Ming also witnessed it at that time." ”

After speaking, Xu Shu pulled the horse a little closer and continued: "If I mediate between them, is it possible for Yuan Hou and Xuande Gong to resolve their grudges?" ”

"No way!" Yuan Yun replied in the affirmative.

Xu Shu smiled bitterly again, he had actually guessed this result a long time ago, but it was easier to get along with Yuan Yun these days, so he always wanted to give it a try, but now it seems that he is still naïve.

"Xuande Gong is loyal, benevolent and righteous, and loves the people like a son, I really don't understand why Yuan Hou is so hateful?" After Xu Shu finished speaking, he looked at Yuan Yun again.

Yuan Yun knew that even if he told Xu Shu that Liu Bei was a hypocrite now, he wouldn't believe it at all, so he simply chose to change the topic and said: "When will your Liu Bei annex Jingzhou, now is a great opportunity, Liu Biao heard that his health has been getting worse and worse in recent years, Liu Bei has to hurry up at this time, maybe just like Xuzhou, he can take Jingzhou into his pocket." ”

Xu Shu was taken aback and wondered, "How does Yuan Hou know about Liu Biao's physical condition?" ”

Yuan Yun shrugged his shoulders with a smile, and then shamelessly pointed to his nose and said, "Ben Hou just knows, and he knows it very thoroughly. ”

Xu Shu looked at Yuan Yun with a wicked smile on his face, and he didn't know whether to believe or doubt, but these words did serve as a reminder, Xu Shu decided that he should plan well after going back, and now only relying on a new field can't stop a corps like the Gunpowder Army, but if he owns the whole of Jingzhou, maybe the situation will change.

Yuan Yun looked at Xu Shu and began to bow his head and ponder, and his heart immediately became happy, Liu Bei wanted to encroach on Jingzhou, then he had to pass the first pass of Liu Biao's little wife Cai's level, not to mention the Cai family, a wealthy family in Jingzhou, and Cai Mao, who is now Liu Biao's military advisor.

Such a powerful force is in the front, it is definitely enough for Liu Bei to drink a pot, even if Liu Bei succeeds in the end, it is estimated that Jingzhou will make chickens fly and dogs jump, and at that time, he will take the gunpowder army to clean up the mess, Liu Bei will not have any ability to resist at all.

Thinking of this, Yuan Yun was very proud of his little tricks, in history, it was Zhuge Liang who persuaded Liu Bei to replace Liu Biao, but Liu Bei, a hypocrite, chose to give up after weighing the pros and cons, and now let Xu Shu do it, I don't know what the consequences will be.

Slightly urged to get off the horse, Yuan Yun ran out directly, he didn't want to stay by Xu Shu's side, and as a result, the other party found the irrepressible evil taste on his face.

Zhang Liao finally sent a report of the ambush, and sure enough, as Yuan Yun expected, the fleeing defenders and the responding Yecheng army converged at a place eighty miles north of Liyang City, and the number of men and horses on both sides reached 20,000.

Before the 20,000 horses could react, they were attacked by the Gunpowder Army, which was also a large-scale incendiary bomb attack, plus Cao Zhen's 10,000 tigers and leopards, these people broke up much faster than expected.

By the time the 5,000 gunpowder army entered the battlefield again, Cao Zhen had completely ended the battle, with 8,000 enemy troops killed, 6,000 captured, and the rest were missing, and Cao Zhen's side also lost nearly 1,000 soldiers, so you can imagine the intensity of the battle.

In the evening, Yuan Yun's 1,000 cavalry finally entered the camp set up by Zhang Liao and Cao Zhen, and at this time the sky was unexpectedly clear, which made the entire army breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise if it rained so heavily, the road behind would be quite difficult.

When Yuan Yun arrived at Zhang Liao's camp, Cao Ang's envoy also arrived at the same time, and the news sent was very simple, just to inform that Cao Ang had decided to demolish all the city walls to the east of Liyang, and all that was consumed was thousands of catties of gunpowder.

This decision was made long before the expedition, Yuan Yun gave Cao Ang a very positive answer, the main purpose of this crusade against Yuan Shang was not to occupy the city, but to attack Yuan Shang's majesty, so that the clans in the north would completely give up their expectations of Yuan Shang.

And to achieve this goal, the best way is to destroy all the cities along the way, in order to show off the strength of Xu Du, and tell all the clans in the north that Yuan Shang wants to confront Cao Cao of Xu Du, which is simply a mantis arm as a car, and he is beyond his strength.

"Liyang's guard is Feng Ji, one of Yuan Shang's advisors, and now Yuan Shao has set up Yuan Shang as his heir, Feng Ji's identity has risen in an instant, and now he can become the lord of a city, and it can also be seen how much Yuan Shang trusts him." It was Xu You who spoke, and there were a total of five people sitting in Zhang Liao's tent at the moment, namely Yuan Yun, Zhang Liao, Cao Zhen, Xu Shu, and Xu You, who were exchanging experiences with each other these days.

After Xu You finished speaking, he smiled contemptuously and continued: "Feng Ji, this old man knows very well, although he has some skills, but he is greedy for money and afraid of death, he is just a villain who tends to be inflammatory, if we make proper use of this person, we may be able to use him to pry open the gate of Yecheng." ”

Yuan Yun shook his head and said, "If you want to use this person to deceive the defenders of Yecheng to open the city gate, I'm afraid this won't work, after all, there are so many enemy soldiers who have fled back, and the situation here is estimated to have been passed back long ago, and they must be prepared." ”

Xu You has been cleaned up by Yuan Yun once before, and now he is a little timid when he sees Yuan Yun, and when he hears Yuan Yun denying his plan at this moment, he doesn't dare to refute it, so he can only blow his beard and stare at him and choose to be patient.

When Xu Shu saw the expressions of the two, he felt inexplicable, when Xu Yu communicated with himself, he was like a river, and he would fight over everything, why did he become honest when he faced Yuan Yun?

There is also Yuan Yun, who is quite a bastard, obviously has a weapon such as a cannon, and he still refuses to tell the truth, resulting in Xu You still being kept in the dark, and he is still anxious to conquer Yecheng.

"Does Mr. Ziyuan know that we have such sharp weapons as cannons in our army?" Xu Shu couldn't help but decided to remind, after all, Xu Yu was indeed very fortunate these days, and he almost didn't think about tea and food every day.

Xu You was stunned when he heard this, then looked at Yuan Yun and said suspiciously: "Yuan Hou seems to have reservations about me Xu You, but you knocked out a few teeth of the old man before, and now you should take revenge, the old man is just grateful that you took the old man's son back safely, so I don't care about you, but Yuan Hou can't keep hiding it like this, after all, we are now at war between the two armies, and there is no room for any private preferences." ”

Yuan Yun grinned, and immediately arched his hand: "The cannon is originally a secret of the Gunpowder Army, and before the right moment, where does Ben Hou dare to talk nonsense without authorization, this is a strict order from the prince of Cao Ang." ”

Xu You nodded and said, "This is indeed true, the old man is wrong to blame Yuan Hou, and I hope to bear with me." ”

Xu Shu only felt a little twitching in his face now, Xu Yu really seemed to be a different person in front of Yuan Yun, he was a little groveling, and he had been knocked out a few teeth by Yuan Yun before, there must be a lot of relationship between the two of them, it was better for him to ignore it, so as not to get burned.

After thinking about it, Xu Shu interrupted: "Since the use of Fengji is not good, let's directly discuss the details of using artillery to launch an offensive, I believe that even if the cannon is very powerful, it must be transported to the place before it can be played, these days I have observed the cannons, each cannon is very heavy, and now the roads are mostly muddy, and how to transport it next is something we should consider." ”