Cao Cao asked people to count the remaining people, and then he walked out of the hall with the steel lance he had rarely used.

At this time, all the remaining soldiers also gathered in the open space outside the hall, all of them looked sad and resolute, but they clenched their swords and looked at Cao Cao who came out.

"Today, we are all loyal ministers of the Han family, and the Han Dynasty has died today for 400 years! Ladies and gentlemen, raise troops and ride horses, and go to death! ”

Cao Cao walked in front of his war horse in a few steps, turned over on his horse, and pointed the gun in his hand in the direction of the east gate, and for a while he was also in high spirits, as if he was leading his troops out to fight and gallop the enemy formation.

"Whoa!" "I am willing to die with Cao Gong!" "Today is the time for Hanchen to shed his blood! ”

Both the generals and the ministers here have their weapons, and then they have also ridden on their war horses, and other ordinary soldiers have also ridden on their war horses, and now almost all of Cao Cao's remaining four or five thousand soldiers have been converted into cavalry, which is ready to rush to the east gate of Puyang City controlled by Zhu Weijun.

Now there is not much time left before the ultimatum of Zhu Weijun's burning of the city, and on the main road in Puyang City leading to the direction of Dongcheng, tens of thousands of Cao soldiers who are ready to surrender are also anxiously seeking a way out.

Many Cao soldiers seemed to be in order to let go of some psychological burdens for themselves, most of them also took off their armor, just wore inner cloth clothes, and ran to Dongcheng with their bare hands.

On the side of the east gate of Puyang City, Zhu Weijun specially set up the East Gate Urn City as a buffer, so that all the Cao soldiers and low-level officials who came to surrender were screened at the inner gate of the urn city, and then let the ordinary soldiers and petty officers below the military marquis put down their armor and weapons and lined up to enter the urn city, and then went outside the city through the urn city, and continued to go to the detention place prepared by Zhu Weijun.

On the walls of the eastern city and on the two wings of the city, there were also heavily armed Zhu Wei soldiers waiting for them, so as not to have the intention of Cao Jun's soldiers to break through the siege.

On the gate tower of the Urn City facing the main street, there are at least two thousand crossbowmen holding the crossbow machine in their hands facing downward, and the crossbow arrows in the crossbow machine can also be fired at any time.

However, on the whole, the soldiers of the Cao army who came to surrender were quite stable, and under the greeting of Zhu Weijun's side, they quickly abandoned their weapons and armor, and then went out through the gate of Wengcheng in line according to the original ranks.

Such a number of Cao Jun's ministers and generals who intended to hide their identities were easily distinguished.

Although these people left from Cao Cao's side, they really didn't have the face to throw themselves directly at Zhu Wei for a while, so some people wanted to hide their identities and fled home.

It's just that they didn't expect Zhu Weijun to have screening here, some smart people took the initiative to identify themselves when they saw this, and some people still held on to what happened, but after most of them were screened out, they had a bad face.

Most of these people, as well as those military marquis-level officers, were also taken to other places for temporary detention, after all, they were not ordinary people, and it was impossible to let them leave at will.

At this time, Zhu Wei, Jia Xu and many other upper-level figures of Zhu Weijun also continued to live in the Sword Pavilion, the gatehouse of Dongcheng, and watched the situation in the city from afar.

"Report, my lord, the hour is almost up, but you have to order a fire!"

Soon a herald came to report that the deadline given by Zhu Weijun was coming, and it would soon be three o'clock in the afternoon, and as long as Zhu Wei gave an order, the city would be set on fire everywhere.

"Zhongmou, the army of Cao Jun has come to surrender, can you count the amount!"

Zhu Wei didn't directly give any military order to ignite, but just asked the young Sun Quan who was in the outer direction.

Now that so many of Cao's soldiers have come to surrender, it can almost be regarded as more than seven or eighty percent of Cao's total military strength, and if so, Zhu Wei naturally does not need to burn the city.

Anyway, the strength of the Cao army has already been reduced, and the remaining few people can directly send troops to exterminate them.

This can also preserve the buildings of Puyang City, after all, a city is burned to ashes with fire, and it will cost a lot of manpower and money to rebuild it in the future, just like the previous Jiangdong Danyang City, which was burned down by Sun Ce, until now Danyang City has not been fully recovered.

Besides, the war is also hoping to be harvested, and now Cao Cao has stored a large number of materials in Puyang City, if all the fires are burned, then the grain, grass and other materials in the city will also be wasted.

And Cao Jun's tens of thousands of soldiers also have to eat, if Zhu Wei's side provides grain and grass, it will also be a big loss for Zhu Wei.

"Lord, now there are 40,000 soldiers, look at the scale outside, there are at least 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers, lord, it seems that Cao Cao's soldiers have dispersed, and there are not many troops left, but there is no need to burn the city!"

Sun Quan reported to Zhu Wei, of course, the surrender of tens of thousands of people is also a big project, not to mention that it has to be screened among them, so many people are still gathered in front of Dongcheng.

However, Sun Quan obviously also thought about this problem, now that Cao's soldiers have basically surrendered, there is really no need to set fire to the city.

"Lord, so let people gather here, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, although there is no need to start a fire, but it is also necessary to guard against Cao Cao's counterattack, if it comes to the front, shouting these soldiers to respond, but it will also be in vain!"

When Jia Xu heard this, he looked at the Cao army soldiers gathered under the city, and seemed to think of something possible, so he persuaded Zhu Wei.

"Well, so what?"

Zhu Wei nodded, this would indeed be a problem, but what Zhu Wei wanted was a solution to the problem, not just a question, so Zhu Wei asked Jia Xu directly.

"Lord, let him and others disperse along the south and north sides of the city, and must not continue to gather like this, and order troops to be sent to the south and north to directly attack the inner city of Puyang, eliminate the remnants of Cao Cao, and definitely decide Puyang in a battle!"

Jia Xu had already thought of a way to deal with it, so he said to Zhu Wei, of course, you must not treat the Cao army below at will now, and you can't mobilize troops and horses at the east gate.

These Cao soldiers who came to surrender under the city were also in a complicated mood at the moment, after all, the Zhu Wei army here was also full of murderous energy, and the soldiers with swords and crossbowmen on the city wall all made them worried.

Although there were many people who did not have weapons and armor at all, some people were still vigilant, so as not to let Zhu Weijun trick them into killing them directly.

Therefore, if Zhu Weijun has any troops and horses mobilized here, maybe these soldiers will think that Zhu Wei is going to do something and do something to them, then if any of them take the opportunity to make noise, the situation here will be chaotic immediately.

Maybe these soldiers will move again, take advantage of the momentum to rush to the city gate, and the good situation will also become a collapse.

And Jia Xu's current treatment plan is relatively relaxed, scattering the soldiers who have gathered together under the city wall, so that even if someone makes noise, it will not be transmitted everywhere immediately, and it will be easier to deal with.

In addition, the transfer of troops from the direction of the south and north gates will not make the Cao army soldiers on the east gate feel the movement, so naturally they will not think about it......