"Crunch~crunch~~" sounded with the sound of twisting arms that made people feel their teeth ach. A huge trebuchet, which should not have been in this era, was slowly erected into a ready position.

The stout throwing arm contained a large stone that had clearly been polished. Trebuchets made of solid metal at key junctions like fierce beasts waiting to attack their prey, staring at the massive city in the distance.

"Drink !!" With an angry shout, a burly and sturdy man suddenly raised the giant hammer in his hand. Lifting his breath, he slammed the hammer in his hand on the trebuchet with a roar.

"Whoosh!!" The throwing arm, which was endowed with great force, was suddenly thrown up, and the stone contained in the tail was thrown into the sky!

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Shi Shiran crossed a graceful arc in mid-air, high above the solid city wall.

Under the terrified and desperate gaze of the defenders on the city wall, the stone fell in a parabola with great kinetic energy, and smashed into the garden of a large mansion. Countless scattered pieces of rubble were splattered, and in a scream, the mansion was jumped.

Gao Yang arranged dozens of trebuchets around Yecheng, bombarding the fortified city day and night. His purpose was not to smash Yecheng. What he wanted to crush was the morale and morale of the defenders.

Deep beneath the back hall of the mansion that had been struck by stones, there was an unusually hidden cellar. At this time, several people were dressed gorgeously. Old men of great manners were gathering in this cellar to discuss important matters.

With a crisp sound, the oil lamp placed on the table burst into a brilliant spark, reflecting the gloomy faces of several old men around them.

These people are no ordinary people. They are all the leaders of the famous family valves in this Ye City. In the past, it was a character who could make the whole Yecheng tremble by stomping his feet. These families have taken root in this Hebei region for at least 100 years. It's a real snake on the ground.

It's just that when the real strong dragon comes, these ground snakes who can't run away can only bow their heads tremblingly.

"This Yecheng can't be defended." An old man with cold eyes and a withered face was silent for a moment before speaking out.

"......" Several people around him trembled slightly when they heard this, and their expressions were complicated. But no one said anything.

Before, Yuan Shao confidently led the army south to the river, preparing to meet the princes of the alliance. Discuss high adversity. How high-spirited was it then? But who would have thought that it would take so long? The high-spirited Yuan Shao didn't wait for the princes of the alliance, but waited for the famous killer, Gao Yang!

A defeated official crossing. Yan Liang, one of the double walls of Hebei. defeated Yanjin for the second time, and another person in Shuangbi, Hebei, also fell. Tens of thousands of elites were lost.

The Gaoyang Army is like a divine general, with a powerful combat power that everyone can't believe. In a very short period of time, it forcibly broke through the large river moat. Then there was an unprecedented large-scale cavalry assault, which knocked the last capital in Yuan Shao's hands to pieces, and he no longer had the strength to fight against Gao Yang. And all this has only taken a few days?! The emergence of Gao Yang broke everyone's long-term inherent thinking. This kind of lightning high-speed continuous operation, which completely does not care about logistics and supply, greatly shocked everyone.

At this time, Yuan Shao, who had regained his senses, responded actively. However, the power in his hands at this time was too weak. Although Yuan Shao had already ordered his nephew Gao Gan to break out of the siege and go to various parts of Hebei to gather troops and horses to come to the rescue. But. No one has confidence in Yuan Shao anymore.

Let's not talk about whether Gao Gan can bring back reinforcements, how many reinforcements can be brought back, and whether the reinforcements can win the Gaoyang army outside the city. Just to say that this Yecheng can't hold out for long under Gao Yang's ferocious continuous attacks. Almost all of them because it only takes a few days. Gaoyang's army was able to capture this fortified city.

Gao Yang's attack was too sharp, making everyone feel extremely desperate.

At this critical juncture of life and death, the leaders of these family lords are not willing to accompany Yuan Shao and this Yecheng to be buried together!

"The world has changed, and there is no one in this world who can stop Gao Yang's progress. If nothing happens, it won't be long before Gao Yang will dominate the world. There was a moment of silence in the cellar. Another old man, who was older, could still vaguely see his handsome demeanor in the past, spoke.

The rest of the crowd nodded their heads when they heard this. Gao Yang used his strong strength to prove that he already had the momentum to swallow the world. This. But anyone who has some vision can see it.

"What are we going to do?" The handsome old man asked everyone's thoughts.

According to common sense, in this kind of time of change, these people just follow the winner. It doesn't matter if you bow down to your subordinates, do cows, do horses, or whatever. This kind of thing has been done in both the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Pre-Qin and Han Periods. It's not a big deal to change someone else to continue doing it now.

But! Please note this. Gao Yang, who currently seems to be the most powerful to serve as the new commander, is a person who does not follow common sense at all.

Gao Yang is different from those rulers before him. He didn't even think of using the power of these family lords to help maintain his rule. Instead, he chose to use murderous means to forcefully suppress these family gate valves!

The popularization of education has made the biggest trump card in the hands of the family gate valve useless, although it will take a long time for it to really take effect. But this seed has already been planted, and it only needs enough time to cultivate it, and it will naturally grow into a towering tree in the future.

As for the forcible resumption of land and the emancipation of tenants. It has single-handedly pushed these family gate valves who have pursued the land annexation policy for hundreds of years into the endless abyss! Without fields, what kind of heroes are they?

"The thing now is very simple, to continue fighting is to wait for everyone to die together after the city is broken. When Gao Yang was in Jingzhou, he didn't leave his hand at all. There are so many high-ranking families in the Sili Territory that have been inherited for a hundred years that they will be extinguished, and we may not be able to make that Gao Taiwei take a look. The old man, who seemed to be in the lead, slowly said what everyone knew.

The old man paused, looked around for a while, spoke slowly, and then said, "If you don't want the entire family to accompany Yuan Shao, the general of the defeated army, to burn the jade together, then there is only one other way." ”

The old man did not elaborate on what the road was. But everyone knew it in their hearts.

The so-called other way is to dedicate the city!

took the initiative to take down Yuan Shao, who had no strength, and dedicated the entire Yecheng and Yuan Shao to Gaoyang outside the city. With this kind of credit, if nothing else, at least the life can be saved.

That Gao Yang doesn't look like a fool and a lone husband in his actions, so naturally he won't do anything to suppress meritorious people. Otherwise, who would dare to help him in the future? How long will he go in this world, city by city?

As for the fact that Gao Yang has to take back the fields every time he goes. Compared with the inheritance of the fate of the entire family, the precious fields of the past have become things that can be discarded.

After all, as long as you can tightly hug the thigh of Gao Yang, who is about to become a person in the world, there may be a chance to make a comeback in the future. If it really doesn't work, then stay up until Gao Yang dies of old age, and he will naturally be able to get everything back in the future. However, if they die with Yuan Shao in this Yecheng, then everything will be over.

Moreover, maybe Gao Yang was happy when he saw them dedicate the city, and he raised his hand to let them go. It's just a dream, but it's possible.

To put it bluntly, it is these family valves, and the high-ranking families don't want to die yet.

Gao Yang's large-scale and indiscriminate killings on the borders of Sili and Jingzhou, as well as the uncompromising practice of recovering land and liberating tenants. While arousing the strong resistance of almost all the gate lords in the world, it also deeply imprinted endless fear in the hearts of these people.

There are too few people who are really not afraid of death. What's more, these high-class people who were born with a golden key and have been clothed and fed all their lives, living like a fairy?

If Gao Yang's strength is insufficient, these people will pounce on and bite like hungry wolves, swallowing Gao Yang's belt and bones into his stomach. However, at this moment, the strength in Gao Yang's hands was strong enough to crush the world, and the minds of these people naturally changed. If you can't fight it, then naturally it can only be a compromise.

In the final analysis, the root of everything is the supremacy of profit. And living is the greatest interest for people.

"Let's do it." After a period of speechless silence, an old man's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness, and he said sharply.

Those who can come here to meet already know what they are going to do before they come. Now it's just a matter of saying it, agreeing on it, and getting ready to do it.

In the land of Hebei, the famous Zhen, Chen, Zhao, Zhang and other famous families united to prepare for their own destiny. As for not long ago, they also helped Yuan Shao drive away Han Fu and successfully captured Jizhou, and vigorously funded Yuan Shao's fight against Gaoyang. At this time, everything is like smoke, and the reality is always the cruelest.

A pair of hands full of wrinkles gathered together with a lot of blood, I don't know how much blood they had been stained. At this moment, the fate of Yuan Shao, who was still desperately resisting in Yecheng, was already doomed.

"What? Yuan Shao is dead? Gao Yang's eyebrows, which looked cold, suddenly raised, and asked with a little surprise and disbelief.

Last night, the whole of Yecheng was plunged into a large-scale upheaval. The city was full of fires and people. The neighing of war horses and the howl of humans turned the entire Yecheng upside down. The flames of fire soared into the sky, turning the darkness of the night red.

The people who eat in the same pot during the day become desperate opponents at night. There's a lot of irony about that. (To be continued)