The defeat of Liyang City made Yuan Shang lose any confidence, even in Yecheng behind the high walls of this city, Yuan Shang also felt that he was very dangerous. In his opinion, Cao Jun is an opponent who can't be beaten, and anyone who faces Cao Jun is defeated.

It is no wonder that Yuan Shang had such an idea, whoever went to attack the enemy army with such momentum that day, but the enemy army was disappointed that he had destroyed his entire army lightly. These two moods are an extreme gap, and such a blow is obviously difficult to deal with.

The judge obviously saw what Yuan Shang was thinking, and he shook his head secretly, his heart was about to be bad. Yuan Shangke is the lord of Jizhou, if he loses confidence in this battle, then how can he ask the soldiers in Liyang City to fight hard. A boss determines the confidence of the soldiers, and if the commander loses his trust, the soldiers lose his trust.

Of course, it's not just Yuan Shang who hesitates. Now, there has been a lot of noise in the entire council hall, and the Cao army is so heavily surrounding Yecheng, which means that it will not give up until Yecheng is conquered. Cao Jun's letter of persuasion also shows that Kaicheng surrendered, and Cao Jun can not blame the past, but he will resist stubbornly, and the day the city is broken, it is the time when you wait for your family to be ruined.

There are obviously very few martyrs who want to die in Fengji, so many people encourage Yuan Shang, hoping that Yuan Shang can surrender. They couldn't help but want their families to be slaughtered by Cao's army, so trying to soften Yuan Shang's resistance was what everyone needed to do the most.

After a period of hard work, Yuan Shang was obviously said a lot of the same by everyone, but there were also many people who contradicted him, one by one advocating that with the grandeur of Yecheng, he would definitely be able to hold it, so that Cao Jun could not take any advantage and let them return in defeat.

The two sides quarreled over whether to surrender or not to surrender, which made Yuan Shang worried. While enduring almost endless bickering. Yuan Shang's mood was already very chaotic, and after he heard everyone's quarrel, he obviously had an even more headache.

Coldly watching the people in the hall arguing for so long about whether to surrender or not, Cao Jun finally couldn't sit still. He slapped the table in front of him hard, and then burst out, "Enough! ”

"Now the Cao army has come to the city, and the 40,000 army has surrounded Yecheng. At this moment, you don't want to break Cao, but because of Cao Jun's small letter, you will not feel ashamed! The judge asked coldly, which made everyone in the hall bow their heads.

Don't look at the judge, he is just a literati, but he is obviously much stronger than those straw bales in the hall. And when everyone heard the explosion of the trial, they didn't dare to say anything more. After all, at this time, the trial has entered the stage of rage, and if you provoke him, you may be pulled out and cut by him.

The flies were finally removed from his ears, and the face of the judge looked a lot better. He walked in front of Yuan Shang, and then asked in a deep voice: "Now that the situation is critical, does the lord want to surrender, or rise up to resist?" ”

After the trial said this, the initiative was obviously placed on Yuan Shang's body. If Yuan Shang really said to surrender, then the judge would definitely open the city gate without saying a word and welcome Cao Jun into the city.

The original intention of the trial is not to do this, but if the matter really reaches the point of no return, it can only be like this. Since Yuan Shang has no intention of fighting, why should he take the soldiers and people in Yecheng to make senseless sacrifices. One thing is certain, however, that the time of Kaesong's surrender was the time of his trial and death. His loyalty can show the sun and the moon, Yuan Shang entrusted himself to the lonely that day, let himself take good care of Yuan Shang, and now the city is also broken, what face do I have to see Yuan Shao.

Hearing the judge say this, Yuan Shang's expression was obviously even more hesitant. If he wanted to save his life, he would surrender to Cao Jun immediately, but when he let him give up the feeling of being above 10,000 people under this person, Yuan Shang was obviously a little at a loss. Every man is eager for strength, and when Yuan Shang tasted the sweetness, how could he let go easily.

The judge smiled coldly, he didn't understand why Yuan Shang was so greedy for life and afraid of death. In the opinion of the trial, even if Yuan Shang really abandoned the city and surrendered, Cao Jun would not let Yuan Shang go easily.

If Yuan Shang was a fool, Cao Jun might have mercy on him, but Yuan Shang was obviously not, he had some ingenuity, so Cao Jun obviously would not let such a scourge continue to live.

took Hebei, then Hebei is the rear where Cao's army depends most on survival. With such a strategic location, Cao Cao definitely didn't want any further difficulties.

The interrogator had the intention to mention Yuan Shang, but in the end he shook his head slightly. If Yuan Shang can't even see through this little thing, then he is really not suitable to be a lord. At this time, there was also a faint remorse, if Yuan Shao could have been more rational back then, then the result might not have been like this.

In the end, Yuan Shang finally made a decision. He glanced at the judge, and then said loudly: "I swear to defend Yecheng to the death, if the Cao army wants to conquer Yecheng, unless they step on my corpse and step over my corpse!" ”

Yuan Shang's words suddenly made the judge's eyes light up, and in an instant, the judge saw some hope. If Yuan Shang really strengthened his confidence, it was obviously not impossible to rely on Yecheng to hold the offensive of Cao's army.

Even though Cao Jun is strong, with the towering city walls of Yecheng, he is still confident in the trial. Even though Zhao Fei is good at intrigue and trickery, as long as he doesn't fall for it, no matter what, Yecheng's Amen will not open again from the moment it closes, unless it is knocked open by Cao Jun.

"The lord is wise!" The judge leaned over and said, "We can all surrender to the Cao army, but the lord must not surrender." We may be able to ask for an official and a half-job, but if the lord demotes Cao, he will inevitably cause death. ”

Hearing the judge say this, Yuan Shang also broke out in a cold sweat. Judging is his most relied on advisor, and he obviously won't deceive himself openly.

Yuan Shang was not a fool, and he obviously knew part of the reason. However, at this moment, Yuan Shang still didn't have much confidence, he looked at the trial in front of him, and then asked in a deep voice: "But the military division, there are not many soldiers in the city, can our army resist the offensive of the Cao army?" ”

For this, the trial is obviously also a little worried, but after thinking about it for a while, the trial said: "Yecheng is the foundation of our army, our army has been operating in Yecheng for a long time, and the people in the city naturally care about our army. ”

"Besides, there are many wealthy families in the city, and they naturally have a lot of private soldiers at home, and at this time of life and death, it has never been a problem for these people to contribute some private soldiers."

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard this, and what he said was not unreasonable. Don't look at the number of Yuan troops in Yecheng, which is only 5,000 people, but the entire Yecheng has a population of hundreds of thousands. Don't underestimate a Yecheng, it is the administrative center of the entire Hebei, how can its prosperity be poor.

However, hearing what the judge said, many people in the hall frowned slightly. The wealthy families in the mouth of the judge should all be here, if you really follow the statement of the judge, then you are not going to bleed.

All the wealthy families are selfish, they only care about the prosperity of their own family, as for who rules the world, this is obviously not in their consideration.

The judge obviously knew what everyone was thinking, but he smiled weirdly. After calming down, the judge glanced at the people in the hall, and then said: "Don't forget, Zhao Fei is a famous warrior of the warrior clan, if Yecheng is really conquered by the Cao army, then you should be really careful." After speaking, the judge smiled again, and this smile made everyone present shiver.

What the judge said is not false at all, Zhao Fei's notoriety as a killer of the Nashi clan is known almost all over the world, and it was Zhao Fei who ordered the bloodbath of the entire Xuchang clan back then. Large and small families were uprooted by Zhao Fei, and the first battle made all the scholars in the world afraid.

Thinking of this, everyone stopped persuading Yuan Shang to surrender to Cao's army. Although Yuan Shang was a little incompetent, at least he didn't want to kill the warriors like the executioners outside the city. Moreover, if he can keep Yecheng, Yuan Shang will inevitably be grateful to Dade, and at that time, his family's position will be more stable.

Seeing that everyone in the hall was working together to fight Cao Jun to the death, Yuan Shang obviously showed a smile. Seeing that things are not as bad as imagined, if the people of Yecheng also work together, there is obviously no problem in repelling the Cao army outside the city.

Next, the entire Yecheng took action against Cao's army. All the nobles mobilized, and for the sake of their own families, all the nobles took out their own family resources. Each scholar clan had at least a thousand, and a few hundred private soldiers, and the integration of these private soldiers into the Yuan army suddenly made the Yuan army's strength soar.

The largest scholar clan in Yecheng is the Zhen family, and the Zhen family sent 5,000 private soldiers. These private soldiers are well-equipped, and all of them are strong men, and their combat effectiveness is obviously extraordinary.

In addition to the Zhen clan, the other clans in Yecheng also contributed a lot. The strength of the Yuan army increased greatly, and the Yuan army in the entire Yecheng suddenly hoarded nearly 30,000 Yuan troops with the support of the scholars.

In addition to the scholars, the trial also mobilized the people of Yecheng, hoping that the people could assist Yuan's army to defeat Cao's army. The people of Yecheng really cared about Yuan Jun, and Cao Jun was said to be a heinous person, so the people also contributed a lot of strength to Yuan Jun.

Many young people in Yecheng were conscripted into the army to help the Yuan army defend the city, and at the same time, many people moved thunder stones and rolling wood to the city wall for the Yuan army.

Zhao Fei obviously realized that his persuasion letter had always had the opposite effect, and when he didn't write the letter, Zhao Fei didn't find that there were so many Yuan troops on the city wall of Yecheng, and now, there were several times more Yuan troops on the city wall, which made Zhao Fei a little puzzled, and he didn't know where Yuan Shang found so many soldiers.

However, it was difficult for Zhao Fei to think that the trial had used his reputation to get so many soldiers, but Zhao Fei knew what to do, and he really didn't have a good impression of the scholars. Even if Zhao Fei was allowed to choose again, he would kill all those warriors.