Chapter 357: Yecheng (2)
The defeat of Liyang City made Yuan Shang lose any confidence, even in the Yecheng behind the high walls of this city, Yuan Shang also felt that he was very dangerous, in his opinion, Cao Jun was an opponent who could not be beaten, and anyone who faced Cao Jun was defeated.
It's no wonder that Yuan Shang has such an idea, whoever attacked the enemy with momentum that day, but the enemy army was disappointed that he had wiped out his entire army lightly, these two moods are an extreme gap, and such a blow obviously makes people not know how to deal with it.
The judge obviously saw what Yuan Shang's mind was thinking, he shook his head secretly, his heart was going to be bad, Yuan Shang was the lord of Jizhou, if he lost confidence in this battle, then how could he ask the soldiers in Liyang City to work hard, a boss decided the confidence of the soldiers, and the soldiers were discredited.
Of course, not only Yuan Shang hesitated, now, the entire council hall has been noisy, Cao Jun so heavy troops to surround Yecheng, that means not to conquer Yecheng vow not to give up, Cao Jun's letter of persuasion also shows that those who surrender in Kaicheng, Cao Jun can not blame the past, but those who resist, the day of the city is broken, it is the time when you wait for the family to be ruined.
There are obviously very few martyrs like Feng Ji who are bent on death, so there are many people who encourage Yuan Shang, hoping that Yuan Shang can open the city and surrender, they don't want their families to be killed by the Cao army, so trying to soften Yuan Shang's resistance is the most important thing for everyone to do.
Through 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. This made Yuan Shang worry while enduring the almost endless quarrels, Yuan Shang's mood was already very chaotic, and after he heard everyone's quarrels, 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 that 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 for Cao Jun's little letter guide zhì you wait to turn against you, don't you feel ashamed?" The interrogator 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, the trial at this time had entered the stage of rage, and if he provoked him, he might be pulled out and cut down.
The flies in his ears were finally gone, and the face of the judge looked a lot better, and he walked in front of Yuan Shang. Then he asked in a deep voice: "Now that the situation is critical, the lord wants to surrender." Or do you want to fight back? ”
After the trial said this, the initiative was obviously placed on Yuan Shang's body, if Yuan Shang really said surrender, then the trial would definitely open the city gate without saying a word and welcome Cao Jun into the city.
The original intention of the trial was not to do so. But if things really reach the point of no return, they can only do this, since Yuan Shang has no intention of fighting, then why should he take the soldiers and people in Yecheng to make senseless sacrifices, but one thing is certain. When Kaicheng surrendered, it was the time when he tried to die, his loyalty can be shown to the sun and the moon, and on that day, Yuan Shao's official was orphaned, so that he could take good care of Yuan Shang, and now the city is broken, what face do he have to see Yuan Shao.
Hearing what the judge said, Yuan Shang's expression was obviously 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 ten thousand people under this person, Yuan Shang was obviously a little overwhelmed, every man is eager for strength, and recently Yuan Shang tasted the sweetness, how could he let go lightly,
Judging the match smiled coldly, he didn't understand, why Yuan Shang was so greedy for life and afraid of death, in the opinion of the judge, even if Yuan Shang really abandoned the city and surrendered, Cao Jun would not let Yuan Shang go lightly.
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.
After taking Hebei, Hebei is the rear where Cao's army depends most on survival, and Cao Cao definitely does not want any disaster to occur in such a strategic place.
The judge had the heart to mention Yuan Shang, but in the end he shook his head slightly, if Yuan Shang couldn't even see through this thing, then he was really not suitable to be a lord, and at this time, the trial was also faintly remorseful, if Yuan Shao could be more rational back then, then the result might not be like this,
In the end, Yuan Shang finally made a decision, he glanced at the judge, and then said loudly: "Shang swears to defend Yecheng to the death, if the Cao army wants to conquer Yecheng, unless they step on Shang's corpse and step over Shang's 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 defend the offensive of the Cao army,
Even though Cao Jun is strong, but with the towering city walls of Yecheng, the trial is still confident, even though Du Chen is good at intrigue and trickery, but as long as he doesn't fall for it, no matter what, the gate of Yecheng will not be opened again from the moment it closes, unless it is knocked open by Cao Jun.
"The lord is wise." The judge leaned over and saluted and said: "We can all surrender to Cao's army, but the lord can never surrender, we may be able to ask for an official and a half-position, but if the lord surrenders to Cao, it will inevitably cause death." ”
Hearing the trial match say this, Yuan Shang also broke out in a cold sweat, the trial match is his most relied on strategist, he obviously will not deceive himself openly,
Yuan Shang is not a fool, he obviously knows part of the reason, but at this moment Yuan Shang still does not 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, so at this time of life and death, it is no problem for these people to contribute some private soldiers."
Yuan Shang nodded when he heard this, what he said was not unreasonable, don't look at the number of Yuan troops in Yecheng 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, and the wealthy families in the judge's mouth should all be here, if they really follow the words of the trial, then they 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 everyone's thoughts, but he showed a weird smile, calmed down a bit, and the judge glanced at the people in the hall, and then said: "Don't forget, Du Chen is a famous warrior of the warrior clan, if Yecheng is really conquered by Cao Jun, then you have to 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, Du Chen's notoriety as a killer of the Nashi clan is known almost all over the world, it was Du Chen who ordered the entire Xuchang clan to be washed in blood, and the large and small families were uprooted by Du Chen, and the first battle made the Shi clan all over the world afraid.
Thinking of this, everyone is no longer persuading Yuan Shang to surrender to the Cao army, although Yuan Shang is incompetent, but at least he is not as killing the warriors as the executioners outside the city, and if he can keep Yecheng, Yuan Shang will definitely be grateful to Dade, and when the time comes, his family's position will be more stable,
Seeing that everyone in the hall was working together to fight to the death with Cao Jun, Yuan Shang obviously showed a smile, seeing that things were not as bad as he imagined, if the people of Yecheng also worked together, there was obviously no problem in repelling Cao Jun outside the city,
Next, the entire Yecheng took action in order to fight against the Cao army, all the scholars mobilized, for their own families, all the scholars took out their own family backgrounds, each of the scholars at least a thousand, a few hundred private soldiers, and these private soldiers were all integrated into the Yuan army, which suddenly made the Yuan army's strength soar.
The largest warrior 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 scholars in Yecheng also contributed a lot, and 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 the Yuan army to defeat the Cao army, and the people of Yecheng really cared about the Yuan army, and the trial said that the Cao army was a heinous person, so the people also contributed a lot of strength to the Yuan army.
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.
Du Chen obviously realized that his persuasion letter had the opposite effect, and when he didn't write the letter, Du Chen didn't find that there were so many Yuan troops on the city wall, and now, there were several times more Yuan troops on the city wall, which made Du Chen somewhat puzzled, and he didn't know where Yuan Shang found so many soldiers. (To be continued......)