Chapter 342: It Won't Just Be Settled
Outside the south gate of Yecheng, Yuan Shang, escorted by the Xiahou brothers, walked out of the city gate with all the generals and their families, looked at the familiar city tower and the majestic city wall, and said with a smile: "Yecheng, farewell, I will leave you one last gift before leaving, a gift that you will never forget." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Then he ordered the soldiers in the city to light the fire.
I saw piles of flames burning in front of the houses full of firewood, and the whole city was immediately enveloped in flames.
Then there were screams, some people were burned to death in the firelight, some people were fighting, desperately trying to escape, but when they pulled out, waiting for the butcher's knives of the sergeants waiting outside.
Some soldiers couldn't bear it, but under the threat of their superiors, they only scolded Yuan Shang for being inhumane on one side, and killed people honestly as required.
The air was full of the smell of burning, and many soldiers couldn't bear it, and vomited in the dark, their livers and intestines were broken, and even those cold-blooded officers had their stomachs twitching and couldn't help vomiting.
Fortunately, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, Yuan Shang did not dare to delay more, after seeing the fire filling the entire Yecheng, he left in a hurry with the Xiahou brothers, those officers were all pale as if they were amnesty, and the sergeants saw the officers leaving, they also left one after another, and even a large part of them did not follow the officers at all, but scattered away, and some soldiers with conscience turned back instead, trying to extinguish the flames and help the affected people escape.
However, if the fire is too strong and their manpower is limited, although they have the heart, they can only sigh in vain.
And at this moment, I saw a person walking out of the city, shouting loudly: "All the people, all the soldiers, I am a judge, Yuan is not yet a way, it is just a matter of running away, and it is really a great sin to set fire to the city, but we cannot sit idly by while the people are suffering, and all those who have a bloody humanity will unite to extinguish this evil fire and save the people who have been afflicted." ”
"It's so good that the trial is coming."
"Yes, the judge has always been upright, and he will never leave us alone."
"Now we have salvation."
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When the people and sergeants who were fighting the fire heard that it was a match, they all lifted their spirits and worked harder to save people.
Naturally, the trial would not be delayed, and he hurriedly instructed Xianrong to take his soldiers to fight the fire, and even rushed to the front line of the firefighting, carrying a bucket and pouring it on the raging fire.
However, the fire was too big, there were only hundreds of cronies and soldiers under the command of Xian Rong, and the others ran away with Yuan Shang, even if they added the soldiers and civilians who rushed to fight the fire, it was only a drop in the bucket, and there was a sense of powerlessness in the face of the raging fire.
At this moment, only the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was heard, and then the person who heard it asked loudly, "Who is inside?" What happened? Why is the city blazing? ”
When the judge heard this voice, he was shocked, and then responded loudly: "It's the trial below, listening to this voice, is it the general?" ”
After getting the other party's affirmation, the judge immediately said loudly: "Yuan Shang defected to Cao Cao, and burned Yecheng when he left, general, although the war is guilty, the people are not guilty, I hope you can help extinguish the fire and save the people in the city......"
"It's incumbent on you." Liu He immediately interrupted the interrogation and loudly ordered the officers and men of the whole army to do their best to extinguish the fire and save the people at all costs.
So tens of thousands of soldiers were busy, hurriedly looking for water containers, going to the moat and all the available water sources nearby, using whatever water tools could be used, to extinguish the fire and save the people.
Thanks to the addition of tens of thousands of people, the fire was quickly brought under control, getting smaller and smaller, and finally extinguished completely.
And after the fire was extinguished, the tragic situation of the people in the city immediately shocked everyone, countless fresh lives turned into charred corpses, the air was full of foul odors, a large number of people died, and many of the surviving people were injured, even if they were slightly injured or not injured at all, at this time they were all overwhelmed, crying for their dead relatives and friends, the whole city was full of deep sadness, and there was a feeling of death.
Liu He smiled bitterly at the judgement, the physical wounds are easy to heal, but the spiritual wounds need to be healed slowly, and this may take a long time.
"I really didn't expect this Yuan Shang to be so indifferent and ruthless. Didn't he hate Cao Cao before? Why did he surrender to Cao Cao again now? ”
"Alas, this matter is a long story, when the general expedition to the plains, but Cao Cao actually killed back, disguised the general's men and horses, deceived the city gate, Yuan Shang was frightened and led the army to flee, but Cao Cao took the opportunity to loot the materials in the city, this matter can be seen at a glance, it is clearly Cao Cao's people who did it, but my lord, bah, it is that Yuan Shang thinks that the top ten generals did it, not only that, but he also suspects that the lower officials colluded with the generals and robbed all the materials in the treasury, so not only did he not listen to the advice of the lower officials, He was also removed from the official position of the lower official, and then Yuan Shang was quite attractive to his mother, and even dedicated his mother to Cao Cao as the capital of surrender, that Cao Cao was greedy for beauty, and actually agreed, and sent Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuan to lead five thousand light horsemen to welcome Yuan Shang south, Yuan Shang made such a heartbreaking decision when he went south, which is really infuriating. ”
"Hmph, Yuan Shang, this kid has done such a thing of indignation, don't say that he is the son of his first brother, even if he is the son of the Son of Heaven, I will never let him go, I hereby swear to Mr. Shen and all the people in the city that within ten days, I must take this kid's life, even if he is protected by Cao Cao, it is useless!"
"Within ten days! This, how is this possible? Although he believed that Liu He would be able to kill Yuan Shang, within ten days, this still made him unbelievable.
"It's ten days, sir, don't you believe it?" Liu He looked at the trial and said with a smile.
"It's hard to believe." The judge shook his head, his face full of disbelief.
"In that case, how about we make a bet?"
"Bet?" With a wry smile on his face, he looked at Liu He, he really didn't expect this gentleman to have this hobby, and then asked, "I don't know what to gamble on?" ”
"If I can't kill Yuan Shang within ten days, then promise Mr. a condition, as long as it doesn't violate morality, I won't refuse, and if I can kill Yuan Shang within ten days, then Mr. will assist me, I don't know if Mr. can agree?"
Liu He looked at the trial with a smile, but it made the trial feel a strong smell of conspiracy.