More than ten days later, Liu Bei entered the city again and reminded Ouyang Jing that under the cruel pressure of Cao Cao's reckless losses, tens of thousands of people paid the price of more than 10,000 dead and wounded, and finally dug the ditch connecting Yishui and Surabaya.

The next day after receiving Liu Bei's warning, at midnight, the water surged and poured into Xiapi City.

Outside the city, Cao Cao braved the cold wind of the winter night, stood on a high lookout, looked at the Xiapi City that had become a Ze country, and laughed.

In the middle of winter, the water is indeed not big, although it floods the city of Xiapi, but in the following pi terrain, the deepest place in the city will not exceed one person deep. With such a water potential, it is actually difficult to drown people.

However, Cao Cao was still very satisfied.

Because it is winter, and it has snowed for more than ten days in a row, the river water is cold and biting, and the iron-beaten men will inevitably fall ill when they immerse themselves in the river water.

Lu Bujun in Xiapi City, in his sleep, was caught off guard, and was immersed in ice water, and I don't know how many soldiers will be infected with the wind cold. And there are not too many grain and grass reserves in the city, and after this flood, I don't know how much it will be lost.

As for how many innocent people will suffer, Cao Cao didn't pay attention to it at all - the people are like leeks, cutting a stubble and growing a stubble, just as the so-called children and grandchildren are infinitely scarce.

This time, as long as Lu Bu can be pacified, it doesn't matter how many people in the city die.

Looking at Xiapi City in the distance, listening to the exclamations, cries, and cries for help faintly coming from the city, Cao Cao was complacent for a while, looked around at the generals around him, and laughed: "Lu Bu's death is approaching!" ”

Xiapi City.

The Thorn Mansion and the surrounding urban areas are high and towering, and they cannot be flooded.

Tens of thousands of people crowded around the Assassin's Mansion, adults shouted, children cried, so lively.

However, the adults who shouted did not have any sadness on their faces, and when they shouted at the top of their voices, they all had a festival-like expression.

There were Sergeant Lu Bu, who shouted in the crowd: "Be louder! Louder and louder! Scream a little worse! Take out the strength to cry for your father and mother! ”

Some people shouted: "My father and mother are alive, and I haven't cried for mourning!" ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Laughing at what? Don't laugh! I haven't cried or mourned, haven't I been beaten yet? Take out the strength of being beaten by my father and mother when I was a child......"

And there were also generals, standing on a high place, shouting loudly:

"Wen Hou has an order, the people in the city obey the dispatch tonight, and everyone will be rewarded! Adults will be rewarded with two catties of corn, children will be rewarded with half a catty of flour each, and each elderly person will be rewarded with two taels of meat! Wen Hou saved your lives and saved you from the catastrophe of the Cao thief's flood. Instead of thanking you for the gift, and giving you a reward, and if you have a conscience, will you not cry out loud to me? ”

Hearing this, the people shouted more vigorously, and some even laughed like a flower while shouting for help.

Adults' acting skills are very exaggerated, but children are more sincere. Many children, when they saw the armor soldiers who maintained order, holding bright knives and guns, walking around with a fierce face, and so many adults shouting and screaming next to them, they were really scared and cried.

The cries and cries for help that Cao Cao heard came from here.

The famous city of Xiapi is located in the main traffic artery, surrounded by hundreds of miles of fertile fields, rich in grain production, and the population is extremely large.

However, Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou twice, and his reputation was too bad, and before Cao's army arrived, the people in the city had already fled.

Now in this huge Xiapi City, in addition to the more than 10,000 Lu Bu troops, there are only 50,000 or 60,000 people left.

And all the people in the city, except for the soldiers on the city wall, gathered near the flooded Thorn Mansion at this moment, and carried out a huge collective performance.

Ouyang Jing stood on the terrace of a high-rise building in the Assassin's Mansion, smiling at the mass performance below. A cadre of generals also accompanied him, watching this spectacle of tens of thousands of people gathering to cry and cry with him.

After smiling for a moment, Chen Gong complimented: "No wonder the lord ordered his ministers to transfer the grain and grass to a high place earlier, but he had expected that Cao Thief would have such a poisonous plan." Thanks to the lord's precautions, otherwise our army's grain and grass will be at least 30% of it. The people below, thanks to the lord's order to move early this morning, otherwise the winter night will be flooded, and most of these tens of thousands of people will die of illness!

"The lord's mansion is kind-hearted and saves the people from this calamity, so that tens of thousands of people in the city should all return to their hearts. With so many people helping, as long as there is no shortage of food and grass, even if Cao Cao transfers tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to break through the city! ”

Zhang Liao also praised: "The lord is crying and shouting for the people, it is really a clever plan. When Cao Thief heard this momentum in the city, he must have thought that our army had suffered a flood, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were crying and grabbing the ground, and there was chaos. If he retreats and waves his army to attack, our army should give him a big surprise. ”

"The lord's plan is wonderful, but it's ......"

Gao Shun habitually poured cold water when everyone was happy: "Our army's food and herbs are limited, if we give a big reward...... These 50,000 or 60,000 people, two catties of corn per person, are 4,000 stone corn. There are also thousands of children, two taels of flour per person, and a lot of food. There are also two taels of meat for each old man...... Lord, in this way, my army's food and grass may be insufficient! ”

It's not that Gao Shun doesn't love the people, it's just that he is a diehard loyalist of Lu Bu, and whenever he thinks about problems, he stands on Lu Bu's position.

Looking at him, the lord changed his previous style of not caring for the small people, and acted benevolently to win the hearts of the people, which is gratifying, but it also scored the situation. With the grain and grass reserves in the army today, it really shouldn't be so generously rewarded.

"General Gao's loyalty is commendable."

After listening to Gao Shun's advice, Ouyang Jing praised it first, and then said: "However, our army is not short of food. ”

Gao Shun said suspiciously: "Where does the food come from?" ”

"The premise of our army's lack of food is to be trapped in a lonely city and sit on empty food." Ouyang Jing smiled and said softly: "But if our army defeats Cao's army before the food runs out and solves this siege dilemma, how can we be short of food again?" ”

Although the voice was soft, it fell on the ears of the generals behind him, which was tantamount to a thunderclap on the ground.

If he was calm and smooth, he couldn't help but be slightly shocked, and his complexion changed slightly. The rest of the generals also showed disbelief on their faces.

In their opinion, it is already a great fortune to be able to hold Xiapi steadily, how can they counterattack the Cao army, or even defeat the Cao army?

Ouyang Jing didn't explain, only smiled: "Wait." After the water receded, Cao Cao would definitely think that our army had suffered heavy losses and suffered a great demoralization, and took this opportunity to attack the city on a large scale. By that time...... Here's your chance. ”

Two days later, the waters receded. The ground, which was covered with heavy snow, was blown by the heavy water, and then blown by the cold wind, and froze into ice. On the third day, it snowed heavily, and the ice was covered with snow again.

In the past three days, in the city of Xiapi, the sound of coughing has been incessant all day long, even standing hundreds of feet outside the city, you can hear the sound of countless people in the city coughing loudly together.

Cao Cao was full of ambition and ordered the whole army to attack the city. Guo Jia habitually reminded him to be careful of deception, just in case, it is best to leave a calm general in the battalion to guard it.

But this suggestion only got Cao Cao's smug laughter: "In Xiapi City, the sick man doesn't know tens of thousands. Our army has the upper hand, how can it be lost? Today is the time of Lu Bu's death! Of course, there is also truth in the advice of filial piety. However, the generals are eager to make meritorious contributions, and I am afraid that they are unwilling to guard the camp......"

"Since the minister proposed not to relax the vigilance of the camp, of course the minister must stay in the camp and have no worries about the Lord and the public." Guo Jia did not hesitate and took the initiative to ask for help.

"There is filial piety left behind, I don't have to worry about it!" Cao Cao laughed and was full of spirit: "The whole army will go to battle, break Xiapi, and capture Lu Bu, just today!" ”

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