There was no welcome in the middle of the road, no flowers and delicacies, and no bewitching singers and dances, and the city was deserted, and the gunpowder army only saw empty streets when they entered the city.

Yuan Yun didn't have much to expect, so there was no disappointment at this time, after all, he captured the enemy's city, and Yuan Shao had been operating here for so many years, it was absolutely impossible to say that he didn't win the hearts of the people.

After all, Yuan Shao is not Li Dao, under the name of the fourth and third dukes, it is also one of his political achievements to treat the people in the territory mercifully, and he has done quite well.

"Tell me to go down, let the brothers of the gunpowder army be mentally and take corresponding precautions, here is not like us conquering Chang'an, there are definitely a lot of complaints against us, if you suffer from other people's ways, blame yourself for not being careful." Yuan Yun commanded Shi Shen, and then slapped his horse and went to Cao Ang's side.

The outer city was lost, and almost all the defenders were wiped out at the south gate, but in such a harsh environment, Yin Kui still reacted very quickly, immediately gathered the defenders in the city, and then retreated to the inner city.

This is the last fortress that Yuan Shao built for himself back then, built in the northeast of Yecheng, and the height of the terrain is definitely a great advantage.

Yuan Yun raised his head and looked at the inner city on a mountain, and his heart was inexplicably frightened, because it was indeed much higher than other places, and with the thick city walls, this was definitely a dangerous place.

"Now there are at least five thousand defenders who have fled into this inner city, and if you send a large army to attack, you will need five or six times the number of people." After Xu Shu finished suggesting, he looked at the tall inner city again, and then sighed deeply.

Yuan Yun nodded when he heard Xu Shu's suggestion, and then smiled at Cao Ang on the other side: "How is the marshal going to attack the city?" ”

Cao Ang didn't seem to have much interest in this issue, he had been communicating with Xu You just now about how to settle the people in the city, and when he heard Yuan Yun's question, he just turned his head, and then waved at Zhang Liao and said: "General Zhang Liao, the matter of breaking the city here is left to you to deal with, and I still have to discuss some resettlement issues with Mr. Ziyuan." ”

Zhang Liao immediately clenched his fists and promised, and then took Cao Ang's seal letter, and retreated with a group of personal soldiers.

Xu Shu was a little stunned, there was still a strong inner city in front of him that had not been broken, how could he talk about resettle the people, and to break through this inner city, it was absolutely necessary to discuss it well, how to send Zhang Liao to deal with it alone, this is really unreasonable.

Yuan Yun looked at Xu Shu's confused appearance, so he could only pat his horse and walk to him, and then said, "Brother Yuan, have you forgotten our siege weapon?" It's just 5,000 defenders, and this city is relatively closed, and the Gunpowder Army is the best at closing the door and fighting dogs, so there is no need to worry about it anymore. ”

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses, he himself was using the past siege standards to analyze the situation in front of him, and there would indeed be many mistakes.

At this moment, Xu Shu only felt that the floor under his feet trembled a little, and the cannon cart was finally transported, and the six cannons were lined up, and the muzzles of the cannons were all aimed at the gate of the inner city.

Zhang Liao also reorganized the gunpowder army at this time, and the people on the group were full of excitement, feeling that there were new military exploits to be earned, so they were naturally smiling, and those who were not selected were disappointed, and they couldn't wait to come up with a timid one now, so that they could replace it.

Looking at such a morale soldier, Yuan Yun and Xu Shu scolded at the same time: Kill talent!

Cao Ang also explained almost at this time, so he took Yuan Yun, Xu You, and Xu Shu to retreat, and this place was completely handed over to Zhang Liao to command, and now the most important thing they need to do is to hurry up and rob everywhere, at least before Yuan Shang's reinforcements come back.

After a short time, the four of them were divided into two groups, Cao Ang and Xu Shu returned to the camp outside the city, they needed to discuss the route of retreat, and Yuan Yun and Xu Yu were sent by Cao Ang to raid and plunder their homes.

Yuan Yun was very indifferent, he already had a lot of experience in this kind of thing, when Xu Du copied Dong Cheng's nobles, he was almost there the whole time, and now that Xu You is leading the way, it will be even easier.

Since it is mentioned that the family is being raided, it is necessary to bring an old acquaintance, that is Jiang Gan, who has been following the army, but he became ill halfway, and has been half-dead in the medical camp, and he has finally recovered in the past few days.

Jiang Gan rode on horseback, his face was full of flattery, as long as he came with the army this time, he would be able to get a lot of military merits, for a weak person like him, it was the greatest luck to have military merits, and he now felt that his career was bright.

"We have arrived, this courtyard in Yecheng is known as the mirror lake moon, once it is at night, a bright moon will be reflected on the small lake in the courtyard, sitting in the attic by the lake to drink and enjoy the scenery, that is definitely the most leisurely place." After Xu You finished speaking, he seemed to be reminiscing, and stroked his beard with his eyes slightly.

Yuan Yun glanced at the tall courtyard gate, and the plaque did have the words Jinghuyue written on it, and immediately became interested, and asked Xu You: "Is this the old residence of Mr. Ziyuan in the past?" ”

Xu You nodded, his face immediately turned cold, and he said coldly: "Exactly, but after the old man left, I heard that he was occupied by the villain who was judged, and he killed all the more than 30 people in the courtyard, and the poor Xu family disappeared overnight." ”

"Mr. Ziyuan, don't be angry, what they did to you back then, you can just return it as well." Jiang Gan's sycophants hit the point, at least Xu You was very cool.

But Yuan Yun was not very happy, if he killed the people in this Jinghuyue compound now, he really didn't know how many people would die, and if there were women and children, it would be a big crime, so he immediately kicked Jiang Gan hard.

Jiang Gan was kicked inexplicably, this kind of thing of raiding the family and exterminating the clan was normal, and I don't know what Yuan Yun was unhappy about, but he was a sleek person after all, since the marquis in front of him was unhappy, so he immediately chose to shut up.

Xu You watched Yuan Yun kick Jiang Gan, and probably guessed the reason, so he immediately gave up his hand and said to Yuan Yun: "The old man only kills the people who should be killed, and he will never be as good as a pig and a dog like a trial, and even women and children are also knifed, so Yuan Hou can rest assured." ”

Yuan Yun waved his hand slightly, and then took the horse aside, and hundreds of gunpowder soldiers behind him immediately rushed to the gate.

Yuan Yun saw that it was almost over, so he smiled at Xu You and said, "The soldiers are all under the command of Mr. Yu Ziyuan, and I won't go in." ”

Soon, the gate was kicked open by the soldiers of the Powder Army, and then a group of people rushed in like wolves under the command of Xu You.

Xu You was not disappointed, the gates of the inner city closed quickly, and it was too late to receive the families of these nobles.

Then, just as Yuan Yun thought, all kinds of frightened screams soon came from the courtyard, both men and women, and after a while, a pungent smell of blood was brought out by the breeze, making people want to vomit.

"Lord, this is a good opportunity to make money, let's sit at the door like this, isn't it too much of a loss?" As Shi Shen spoke, his neck was already stretched out, and he kept looking into the courtyard.

Yuan Yun unfolded the fan in his hand with a snort, but after only fanning it twice, he felt that this little wind couldn't penetrate the black armor on his body at all, so he put it away again.

After a little glance at the night that was already full of stars, Yuan Yuncai chuckled lightly and said, "It's better for us to make less money for this kind of benefit, do you dare to use the blood-stained copper coins?" ”

Shi Shen actually wanted to say it out loud, but he took it back when the words came to his mouth, otherwise he would definitely be kicked again.

Yuan Yun looked at Shi Shen with an unhappy expression, so he could only sigh and continue: "Don't worry, since Xu You went in to raid the house, and there was a Jiang Gan by his side, do you think they dare to miss my share?" And I can assure you that the biggest one is definitely ours. ”

Xiao Liu also laughed at this time, and said: "Brother Shi Shen just likes to worry about it, even if we can't get any benefits from raiding the house here, but don't forget, Wu Yong is now following behind with a large group of people, we received the news yesterday, Liyang is about to be emptied by him, and with him behind him, we can't afford to lose." ”

Yuan Yun gave Xiao Liu a thumbs up, then looked at Shi Shen with disdain, and finally didn't say anything, and continued to look at the gate of the courtyard.

At this moment, what is being staged in the courtyard is definitely the ugliest side of human nature.

An hour and a half later, Jiang Gan was the first to run out, and then he took an account book and began to calculate.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Gunpowder Army also began to move the goods out of the yard continuously, and the Yunji truck at the door was quickly filled with one cart, and the remaining six were immediately driven to the nearest place.

"Hey, can't you just pay attention? Do you know how valuable this gate is? Why can't you kick the door lightly, this is a good golden silk nanmu, and you can't be stable when you put things, you think this red stone is really a stone? It's the best coral, you see, it's almost as tall as a small tree, and you can't afford to sell it even if you kill it. ”

Jiang couldn't stop scurrying around in the moving team, and then there were all kinds of complaints, he himself was born in a big clan, and his family was also a wealthy family, so his eyesight was very good, what was expensive and what was cheap, he could see it almost at a glance.

Yuan Yun couldn't stop smiling when he saw Jiang Gan busy there, and his eyes changed in an instant, as if he was thinking about something very important.

"Yuan Hou, judging this miser is really powerful, the family has hoarded countless copper coins, silver bars, horseshoe gold is not counted, and the small one is estimated to be able to fill three more carts." After Jiang Gan finished speaking, his face was full of pride.

Yuan Yun didn't bother to take care of these goods at all, it was just a number for him, and he was more concerned about whether there were enough trucks now, because just looking at the scale of Yecheng, he could guess that the nobles and old officials here were definitely the masters of the wealth.

Jiang Gan saw that the soldiers were busy carrying things, so he took two steps closer to Yuan Yun, and then said in a low voice: "Yuan Hou's share has been prepared, and when the people brought by the Wumen official arrive, the small ones will naturally be handed over to them to deal with." ”

Yuan Yun snorted, laughed in an instant, and then said to Jiang Gan: "Dry, in fact, your talents are really more than that, it is better for Ben Hou to talk to you about a big plan." ”

Jiang Gan's face immediately turned on a smile, and he walked a few steps to Yuan Yun, and said, "If Yuan Hou's plan is for me Jiang Gan to participate, then I will definitely do my best, even if Yuan Hou leaves it to me." ”

Yuan Yun nodded, and continued: "Dry, you are indeed not suitable for the mixed army, it has only been less than two months, you look at your appearance, you are almost thin into a monkey, you might as well cooperate with Wu Yong in the future, the gunpowder army is fighting in front, you are specifically responsible for raiding the house, Ben Hou must be good things will never escape your eyes, so you are hello, I am good, everyone." ”

Jiang Gan frowned slightly, money or anything was not attractive to him, because their family originally belonged to a big family, and he cared more about the official title, only by obtaining the official title could he glorify his ancestors, and in this troubled era, having a status would be more secure.

Yuan Yun naturally saw Jiang Gan's careful thoughts, so he shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "The officials who should be there are naturally indispensable to you, but you need to show more about Wu Yong's business in the army, the so-called collusion between officials and businessmen...... Well, the so-called cooperation between government and business can make everything go smoothly and make a lot of money. ”