"Brother Feiyan, take advantage of the fact that the passage to the west is still unblocked, send the women, children, old and weak in the city away as soon as possible.1 Zhang Niujiao finally said this idea, Zhang Niujiao has already thought about this matter carefully, and thinks that it is better to say it, whether it is for the defenders in the city, or for these women, children, old and weak who are about to embark on an unknown future.

"Big Brother Horn! How does this work!? Chu Feiyan didn't think about it, although it was only four hundred miles from Xindu to Julu, but these four hundred miles, not to mention these old and weak women and children, it was the young and strong people in the city, and I am afraid that there would not be many people who wanted to walk these four hundred miles safely and steadily, this is not a retreat at all, but to let these people die.

Chu Feiyan looked at Zhang Niujiao in surprise, you must know that many of these women and children are relatives of the Yellow Turban Army! Isn't that what this is?

"Horns, I don't approve of it either! Are you doing this, don't you let these old and weak go out to die 1 Zhou Cang replied sullenly, everyone turned their eyes to Bu Ji and Yang Feng, only the two of them had not yet expressed their position.

Yang Feng pondered for a moment and said, "I agree with Big Brother Niujiao's opinion. ”

Bu Ji hesitated for a while: "Niujiao, tell me the reason, you must know that many of these women and children are relatives of our soldiers, will this make the soldiers feel cold and even mutiny!?" ”

Zhang Niujiao smiled bitterly: "You think my heart is so bad? In order that the chaos in the city will not break out, these women and children, the old and weak, will be pushed out and sent to death? Have you ever wondered what this battle will look like? Do you remember a strategy class you ever took? ”

Chu Feiyan thought for a while: "Long-term siege of the city, this is the best choice for the officers and troops under the city, as long as we maintain a certain offensive intensity every day, we will eventually collapse without a fight." It's just that we have predicted this outcome for a long time, and our strategic purpose is to buy time for Shizun. ”

"Yes, since you all know, don't you know when you run out of ammunition. What happened to these women and children? Or do you think we'll just surrender then? ”

"Horns, are you saying that these old and weak are likely to starve to death first?" Zhou Cang asked with some uncertainty.

"Yes, this is for sure, we must first ensure that the soldiers eat, otherwise how can we complete the task given by our father-in-law? Or maybe Brother Zhou felt that he should give up the task and save the lives of these women and children. Yang Feng looked at Zhou Cang with burning eyes.

"Then if you send them away now, won't you die!?" Zhou Cang, who looked angry, asked rhetorically.

It was Chu Feiyan who wouldn't answer: "These defenseless old and weak people will be captured, and then they may be enriched into the city of Yiren." Either they were sold, or they were taken over by the local gentry. ”

"Why is that?" Zhou Cang asked puzzled.

"Because they don't have the power to fight. Therefore, they will not be killed, if the whole city of soldiers and civilians act together, it will be encircled and suppressed by the officers and soldiers, and these old and weak are likely to die in the war, but if they are only old and weak who have no combat power at all, these people will become fat sheep in exchange for money and meritorious service. ”

Zhou Cang was stunned. Inhuman! The Inhumans on the opposite side will capture these old and weak people in exchange for money and merit!

In this way, this seemingly cruel move actually saved the lives of these old and weak people, and the only troublesome thing was how to appease the emotions of the officers and men in the army.

"I'll do this, I'll explain to the soldiers.1 Chu Feiyan took this matter on herself.

"No, this is a decision made by all of us, and the whole army should be made aware of the cause and effect of this. I think everyone will understand that we are ready to sacrifice for the sake of great sages and good teachers and for the ideal country, but there is no need for these old and weak to die with us. ”

Zhang Niujiao shook his head and said slowly, I didn't expect that the moment of sacrifice came so quickly, I remember that it seemed that not long ago, the man who always had a light expression said it. These people are all using their lives to tell something to the world, and they are born to be a group of tragic characters. It seems that this is the case.

The next night, in the uncontrollable cry. In the bitter cold wind, the old and weak in Xindu City helped the old and the young, and Yuguan walked out of the west gate of Xindu City, entered the West Camp, and then slowly blended into the deep night under the escort of the player troops who accepted the escort mission.

All the Inhumans who accepted the mission were very happy, because they could leave Xindu City with this mission, and the final result of Xindu City was actually doomed, except for those members of the guild, in order to earn merit points and contributions for the guild, they made up their minds to fight until the last moment, most of the scattered players and small and medium-sized guilds, are looking for a way to exit the mission.

And this escort mission is the best way to exit, as long as you escort people to the giant deer, you will also withdraw from the task of defending Xindu, of course, the mission can also fail, in fact, the task of their troops, is more to prevent these old and weak from falling behind, or being hurt by wild wolves and monsters, if they are intercepted by a large army of officers and soldiers, players can abandon these old and weak women and children with the failure of the mission.

Not only the Yellow Turban Army in the city understands, but even these strangers also understand that the Yellow Turban Army in the city is going to send these people to the players in the imperial court camp, and then they will be sold by them as outcasts, or as props for submitting tasks, so as to save the lives of these Yellow Turban families and civilians, which has won the unanimous appreciation of the Yellow Turban camp players, and the popularity of the Yellow Turban Army's Xindu Qu Shuai Chu Feiyan, as well as the generals Zhang Niujiao and Bu Ji, Zhou Cang, and Yang Feng have also risen a lot among the Yellow Turban camp players. I just don't know if they will have the life to enjoy the benefits of these fame.

The official camp on the opposite side seemed to be very cooperative with the actions of the Yellow Turban in Xindu City, until these old and weak walked out of dozens of miles, only to be intercepted by the player, the two sides did not fight, because it was completely unnecessary, and the troops of the hostile camp appeared from a distance, and the cavalry in charge of escorting here quickly evacuated and disappeared into the night as if they were handing over the defense, and went straight to the giant deer in the west.

And these more than 100,000 or 200,000 old and weak were quickly divided up by the coming player forces, and then went their separate ways, as for where these people will end up, it's really hard to say, or they will go to Qingzhou, Bingzhou or Youzhou, or they may stay in Jizhou locally, anyway, countless families will be shattered, and there may be no deadline for seeing each other again.

Yuan Shao didn't think about catching these old and weak people and threatening the Yellow Turban Army in the city, but it was too bad to hurt his reputation by doing so, the war had just begun, and the troubled times had just begun.

The next day, Yan Liang and Wen Chou made persistent efforts and directly captured the isolated Xida Camp in one go, so far, the siege of Xindu City was completed, and the battle entered the stage of long-term siege.

Xindu City is a third-level town, the height of the city wall is more than five zhang, and the number of defenders is more than 300,000, not including the troops of the Inhumans, and these 300,000 troops are no longer those militias who have not experienced war, they are all veterans who survived the cruel war in the early stage, if the official army chooses to attack, it is definitely a bloody scene.

However, it is necessary not to attack, if it is too negative, it will damage the reputation, and the long-term war will also interfere with the spring ploughing that is about to begin, and it may lead to direct interference by the court to change generals. The Yuan family is far from being able to cover the sky with one hand in the center, especially now that the righteousness of the Son of Heaven is still there, if the Son of Heaven finds an interface and directly lets Han Fu to unify the command of the war in Anping County, it will be really bad.

Therefore, the attack of the official army is carried out every day, on the one hand, it can be regarded as training soldiers, this battle also fully demonstrates the family background of the Jizhou family, a steady stream of large-scale war equipment is constantly put into the battlefield, less than five days, the large equipment in the city has been somewhat unable to keep up with the loss.

So, the time has come for the cruel desperate life, every day the official army will organize troops, including the troops of the aliens, to form a battle formation to storm the city wall, and even try to use siege ladders and goose carts to approach the city wall to attack, although they were all burned by the defenders, but under the fierce fighting between the two sides, the losses began to rise sharply.

Every day, thousands of soldiers fall under the castle, and at dusk they stand at the head of the devastated castle, looking at the remains of the siege equipment still burning, and the buildings destroyed by the fire caused by the oil tanks thrown into the city, and all that remains is corpses and arrows like wheat fields.

There were also sporadic soldiers without armor, cleaning the battlefield, and occasionally a few crows were startled, croaked and flew away, and then fell not far away, a desolate scene.

In fact, everyone doesn't have to worry about the corpse or anything, and it will be refreshed the next day anyway, but the land blackened by blood will never change its original color again.

At the head of the city, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were also busy, transporting the equipment and materials to defend the city, repairing the damaged facilities and city walls, and occasionally looking up to see the scene of corpses all over the city, but there was no trace of joy, because behind the city walls, there were also piles of dead robes, and this was a war without a winner.

When the battle of Xindu was a stalemate, Fang Zhiwen and Zhao Yun's troops finally reached Qinghekou Port, which was the first time that Fang Zhiwen's troops entered Qinghekou Port on a large scale, which meant that Qinghekou Port completely fell into Fang Zhiwen's palm.

Also arriving ahead of schedule were Tian Feng and Li Xueyin, who were not here to help Cui Yan, the future commander of Qinghekou, manage Qinghekou Port, but would go to Anguo with Fang Zhiwen to extend their tentacles into the hinterland of Jizhou, and extract Jizhou's wealth, population, and talents from there.

After Fang Zhiwen arrived, he immediately handed over the defense to Zhen Xiang to arrange, and then convened a meeting of all the civil and military officials in Qinghekou, the main purpose of which was to clarify the division of labor between the generals and officials, the second was to explain the future strategy of Jizhou, and the third was to announce some of the latest appointments. To be continued