Chapter 151: Controlling the Displaced by the Exiles
Thirty soldiers with strong arms threw a hundred stone cakes off the city wall, which was three or two feet away from the moat, and the men on the edge of the moat howled when they saw this, and some of the young men who protected the women and children also squeezed into the crowd to grab food, but the effect was not good, after all, the people on the side of the moat were basically in groups, and when they saw those "outsiders" grabbing things with themselves, they would naturally punch and kick unceremoniously. Of course www.biquge.info there were still some young people who grabbed some food, but they didn't eat it themselves, but returned to eat it for the women and children they supported.
Cao Zhen on the city wall had a look of unbearability on his face, and said: "This group of men who protect women and children still have a conscience, and they know how to protect women and children with the stolen grain. "He was just ordered to lead the archers to shoot the homeless people who were grabbing food under the city after the food was distributed, and saw that some homeless people were robbing food not for themselves, but for their families, so it was a little unbearable to receive such an order, a hundred stone of grain would soon be thrown under the bow of about thirty soldiers, and the archers who were waiting behind them were already in place, and soon Cao Zhen was about to give the order to release the arrows.
Cao Pi's face was solemn, and he said quietly: "Zidan, there is a sentence for my brother today, you have to remember: one will succeed for eternity!" Today, you command hundreds of archers, and the kindness of a thought is not hindered in the overall situation, but if you lead thousands of troops and horses, and countless people, this kind of mercy will make you doomed! Remember! The Hu Cake had already been thrown, and Cao Pi didn't wait for Cao Zhen's order, and directly gestured to the archers who were dying.
The city wall of Liyang is very long, three hundred people lined up in a line without pressure at all, the sound of a bowstring vibrating sounded on the city tower, followed by the sound of breaking the wind, in Cao Pi's impression, this seems to be the first time he has seen so many people shoot arrows, the movement and sound, can indeed arouse the adrenaline of men.
After the sound of bowstrings and breaking the sky, there was a scream under the city, and the homeless people who were still fighting for the Hu cake fell down at once, and before they could reflect it, the second wave, the third wave of arrow rain hit, and the fifth wave of arrow rain fell, and there were no people standing under the moat, either to the back, or lying on the ground, many people were shot to the ground, but they did not die, just wailing on the ground, the moat of the north gate of Liyang was bleeding like a river at this time, and after a while under the cold wind, it condensed into ugly scars on the ground, It seems to be an accusation of the evil deeds of some people.
Cao Pi said to the herald beside him: "Go down and order the tiger and leopard to ride, and kill all the young men who have no family with them." ”
Not long after the herald went down, the north gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, Cao Xiu galloped out with five hundred tigers and leopards, passing by the corpses all over the ground and the seriously injured homeless people who were difficult to move, they didn't look at it, they galloped by, and let the horse's hooves nailed with horseshoes trample on those people, the sound of broken flesh and bones and screams sounded at the same time, the homeless people outside the city were shocked, thinking that the Cao army was still killed, but in the face of these tigers and leopards wearing black light armor, with spears and ring-headed knives, they didn't have the courage to resist at all, and the homeless people scattered and fled. The homeless people who dragged their families with their families protected their families, hoping that the disaster of the sword would come to the people they protected later.
The tiger and leopard rode in a team of five at this time, shuttling in the crowd of homeless people, slaughtering those young people who did not have a family with them in the sound of horses' hooves, even though they were running, but they could not run away from the tiger and leopard riders with superb riding skills, as the main general of an army, Cao Xiu, who was wearing Mingguang armor, was particularly conspicuous, and the spear passed through a corpse, and sometimes directly hit the fleeing homeless people, and the horse was trampled to death, and the means were extremely cruel.
Most of the people on the tower of Rao is city have experienced a hundred battles, and they can't bear to see this kind of scene, but Cao Pi is still expressionless, and continued to say to Gao Ran beside him: "General Gao, you have to take 5,000 people out of the city to help General Cao, as long as it is a young man who has no family, kill him." ”
Gao Ran took the order to go, and after a while, five thousand Zajia soldiers went out of the city, killing the fish that slipped through the net all the way, and those young men who protected their families thought they would die, but found that Cao Jun only killed those who were the most ferocious, the strongest, and the first to abandon their wives along the way, and immediately calmed down, and stood quietly in place, just letting the women and children who had added them close their eyes and not look at such a miserable image.
The killing lasted for two hours, and the corpses all over the ground were young and strong people, of course, some of the men who protected the women and children were also killed by mistake, and those women and children who were crying with blank faces proved that many people were killed by mistake, but Cao Pi didn't care about this, and continued to order Jia Xu: "Inform those young people outside the city who protect women and children, within three days, dispose of all the corpses outside the city, and get ten days' food." After saying that, he left the castle tower.
After going down the city tower, Cao Pi found Lu Lingqi standing under the city, obviously even if she didn't see everything, she could see some from the gap between the city gates, plus the screams and pleadings outside the city, she naturally knew what was going on.
At this time, her slender body trembled slightly, and the halberd pointed and scolded: "How is this different from a beast? ”
Cao Pi sneered: "If you can go here and occupy the best place to grab food, the dragon spirit and tiger are begging to enter the city, it must be the generation who abandons his wife, otherwise it is the people who usually run rampant in the countryside, even if it is neither, on the way to escape and in the torture of hunger, their conscience has been exhausted, these people can no longer be called people, I kill them, such as hunting ears, why are they similar to beasts?" ”
If you talk about the talent of wit and argumentation, Lu Lingqi is far from Cao Pi's opponent, and she was robbed by Cao Pi and couldn't answer, so she pointed at Cao Pi and said angrily for a long time: "Drive them away, why do you want to kill them?" ”
"Jizhou and Qingzhou are short of food, only Liyang has food, will they leave? In the end, he will eventually disperse and reunite outside Li Yangcheng, beg for food, and even cut down wood outside the city to build houses, and come to the city to beg every day, how will it end up then? Amusing! ”
At this time, Jia Xu went down to the city tower and reported to Cao Pi: "I have sent someone out of the city to inform." "With him down there is also a scarlet, this kid was a little pale by Cao Pi's means just now, he followed Lu Lingqi to fight in Xuzhou and Guanzhong, and killed a lot of people, but it was a battle between the two armies, and he really hadn't seen such a direct and cruel killing, although the Huns regarded human life as a mustard, and their own tribe was destroyed by others, but in his heart, he thought that Cao Pi was more cruel and murderous than the Huns.
Cao Pi nodded after listening to Jia Xu's report and said: "Send the people out to build a camp for them, and then ten days later go to inform those young and strong, let them drive all the old and weak people outside the city into the Yellow River, and drive away as many people as they want to feed their women and children, the time is limited to five days, after five days they do not return to the camp under Liyang City, they will no longer provide food, until there is no old and weak under Liyang City, I can protect these people for the winter, but they can not enter the city." After saying that, he got on his horse and galloped away.
Lu Lingqi scolded the beast at Cao Pi's back, and he trembled with fright by this order, while Jia Xu touched his beard, smiled slightly, and complied.