Xu Shu said: "There must be fraud in this matter, at present, we still don't understand Cao Cao's true intentions, if you rashly transfer the army to Yecheng, I'm afraid that it will be inappropriate, in case Cao Cao has other back-ups, the lord can use not many troops!" ”

Chen Zhi stood up at this time and asked his worries: "Not to mention that Cao Cao has 100,000 people, assuming that there are 50,000, if they storm Yecheng, and the Yecheng defenders are only 3,000, I'm afraid they won't be able to resist for long!" Once Yecheng is broken, there will be no obstacle from Yecheng to Wancheng, and they will spare Bowangpo and come directly to the city! ”

Xu Shu was confident, "It's okay, General Wen Ping and General Huang are enough to hold Yecheng for more than ten days, this time is enough for our army scouts to find out the true strength of Cao Cao's army, and we can also judge Cao Cao's intentions, At that time, it will not be too late for our army to send troops from Wancheng!" ”

After the He family, the Dong family, and the Zhu family joined forces to raise troops, there were no countless people in Nanyang who responded as they expected.

Not only did these three heads of families not expect it, but even Cao Ren, who was leading the troops on a slow march, and Cao Cao, who was in Xudu, did not expect it.

Cao Cao really used a trick, he himself did not personally lead the troops to the battle, but asked Cao Ren to lead 20,000 troops under his banner to prepare to arrive at the border between the two sides, waiting for the opportunity to move.

A series of decrees and measures promulgated by Qin Feng in Nanyang were seen by Cao Cao of Xu Capital, he thought that this time Qin Feng must have stabbed the hornet's nest, how strong the power of the scholar clan was, how could he Cao Mengde not know? Once upon a time, his Cao family was also a member of the scholar clan.

Qin Feng actually wanted to take back the land of the scholars and landlords to those displaced people for cultivation, and also confiscate and disband the armed forces in the hands of these landlords and heroes, this is simply a joke for him, those scholars and landlords are willing to give up? Later, something happened, and these landlords and scholars began to confront the government.

Cao Cao, who received the news, immediately began to plan, wanting to mess up Nanyang internally and let Qin Feng collapse himself.

But ······ Unexpectedly, the expected scene of the gathering of servants did not appear.

Cao Ren walked slowly with the army, he was waiting for news, waiting for the news of the internal chaos in Nanyang, but he couldn't wait for the left, he couldn't wait for the right, just a little distance from Xudu to Wuyin County, and his 20,000 horses walked for ten days on the way to arrive.

Even after arriving in Wuyin County, Cao Ren did not receive the news of the Nanyang Rebellion, let alone the news that Nanyang sent troops to Ye County.

"Indifferent to my army? Qin Feng, what does this mean? Could it be that his meticulous work has already probed and learned the truth of our army? Cao Ren wondered in his heart.

Since there was no further news, Cao Ren decided to send troops to test the reaction of the Flame Army, and soon led a large army to the city of Yecheng, but did not start to attack the city, but after showing off his might under the city of Yecheng, he retreated fifteen miles to the village.

Two days later, Qin Feng received a report that Cao Ren led his army outside Yecheng and did not attack the city, and after thinking about it, he still did not give the order to send troops.

On the other side, Qin Feng ordered Yang Zheng to find a way to break through Zhujiabao, but there could be no too many casualties.

Yang Zheng only has 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and it is not difficult to surround Zhujiabao, but it is impossible to succeed in Zhujiabao without casualties, after all, there are nearly 4,000 people inside!

"Come on, prepare 300 people to dig the ground!" Yang Zheng gave the order to dig a tunnel.

This Zhujiabao is not better than the county seat, the city wall is actually not high, but its defenders are many, and the method of siege warfare can not go, even if it is breached, the casualties are too great, in fact, it is a thousand enemies killed, and eight hundred self-losses.

In order to cover up the sound of digging tunnels, and to provide cover for the sergeants digging tunnels, every morning, Yang Zheng led the army to Zhujiabao to shout, so that the sergeants made noise, provoked, and insulted the Zhu family head, He patriarch and Dong patriarch, and even insulted their ancestors.

In the first five or six days, the three family patriarchs in the fort were very angry, especially their clansmen, who wanted to open the gate of the fort and fight Yang Zheng to the death, but were stopped by the patriarchs.

has been scolded for a long time, and the people in the fort have gradually adapted to it, so if you want to scold, you can scold, and there will be no less meat anyway.

On the ninth day, the three Yongs excavated at the same time were all dug into the fort, and that night, the Yong was dug through, and Yang Zheng organized three teams to enter a passage respectively, each with a division of labor.

In the middle of the night, a fierce battle sounded in the fort gate, and then, the fort gate was opened, and Yang Zheng rushed into Zhujiabao with the soldiers who had already been prepared, and the killing began.

In the middle of the night, the entire Zhujiabao was in the midst of fire and fighting, and at dawn, the battle ended, and the patriarchs of the Zhu family, the Dong family, and the He family were all captured, and more than 2,000 people surrendered and captured, and more than 2,000 people were killed.

Qin Feng received the battle report sent by Yang Zheng, and decided to quickly cut through the mess, execute the heads of the Zhu family, the Dong family and the He family, and destroy their doors to prevent future troubles.

The execution ground was set outside the West City Gate, and many people came to watch, and in order to maintain order, the government increased its troops.

On this day, Qin Feng also specially left Wancheng, making those who wanted to intercede for these three families come to naught.

The destruction of the He family, the Dong family and the Zhu family greatly deterred the other scholars and landlords, but the Nanyang scholars and landlords are now tigers with their teeth pulled out, and they can't be fierce, their fields have shrunk greatly, and after the private armed forces are handed over, they only have a maximum of 30 escorts, and they can't afford to make any waves, and the destruction of these three families has completely dispelled their idea of continuing to resist.

The Cao army camp fifteen miles outside Yecheng City.

"Newspaper—"

The messenger hurriedly ran into the camp tent and reported to Cao Renyu: "General Qiyu, there is news from Xizuo that Zhujiabao has been breached, and more than 200 members of the Zhu family, the Dong family and the He family have all been beheaded two days ago, and the three families have been wiped out!" ”

Cao Ren was stunned for a while when he heard the news.

When he came to his senses, he gave the order to withdraw his troops.

History: Cao Ren led an army of 20,000, claiming that 100,000 attacked Ye County for more than ten days, but did not return.

In fact, Cao Ren did not launch a siege at all, he led the army to speculate on Cao Cao's orders this time, Zhu, Dong, and He were so uncompetitive that they were wiped out without even a wave, and he had no chance to start, so he could only retreat.

In winter, it is the best time for the government to organize the people to dig ditches, clean up rivers, and build water conservancy facilities, and it is also the day to strengthen and raise the embankments.

In the summer of this year, the embankments of several rivers in Nanyang almost collapsed due to the lack of reinforcement for a long time, and finally the embankments were saved after organizing a large number of troops to rescue the people, and the floods did not flood the people's homes and fields.