The clay pot was broken, and neither horse nails nor other sharp weapons flew out of it. Instead, a lot of small pieces of colorful paper fluttered up. One of the soldiers was quick-eyed, copied one of them, and presented them to Yuan Shao with both hands. Yuan Shao took a look, and there were a few big characters written on it. . Report to Yecheng Military and Civilian Books. These colorful pieces of paper are actually a leaflet listing Yuan Shao's crimes, calling on the soldiers and civilians in the city not to continue to sell their lives for Yuan Shao, and to abandon the secrets as soon as possible.
Yecheng is too close to Sili, and the headquarters of the Institute in Xiangyang has moved to Chang'an. In particular, there are printing workshops in Chang'an and Luoyang. These flyers were printed in Luoyang and sent to the front lines overnight. In the past, warfare divisions were well-known, and they often published essays, but the number of essays copied by hand was extremely limited. How could they be scattered like the Han army's flyers
After reading the flyer, Yuan Shao was immediately furious. He tore it to pieces in twos and then said loudly: "If the order is passed on, no one is allowed to read these things, otherwise, there will be no mercy!"
At this time, many black clay pots had flown into the city a long time ago, and many more clay pots fell directly on the roof. Leaflets were fluttering in the wind, everywhere, how could it be forbidden. Although there are not many people who are literate, no matter the soldiers in the army or the people in the city, there are still many people who secretly hide the flyers. Because everyone knows that flyers are "written" on paper, and paper is extremely precious in the four northern states.
After this round of pottery pots were thrown into Yecheng, the Han army did not take any further action. The cavalry was still cruising outside the city gate, while the infantry had already started camping, assuming a posture that would trap Yecheng to death. In fact, it was not that the Han army was unable to attack the city with strength, nor was it that the stock of stone bullets was insufficient, but Xu Huang understood that after these flyers were sent to the city, they needed some time for the soldiers and civilians in the city to "digest" the contents of the flyers. At the same time, the Han army never retreated. It not only exerted pressure on Yuan Shao, so that he did not dare to dedicate too much power to obstruct the military and civilians in the city from reading the flyers, but also passed the pressure to the military and civilians in the city to make them understand their own. Situation.
As it got late, the Han army outside the city finally withdrew back to the camp. Yuan Shao feared that the Han army had set up an ambush, and did not dare to send people out of the city to pursue it, but he immediately mobilized his cronies and soldiers to search the whereabouts of the flyers throughout the city. To stabilize the army.
Some people who kept the flyers privately were picked out, and they were immediately taken to Caishikou to beheaded for publicity, but more people hid the flyers tighter, and some literate people began to reciting the contents of the flyers privately. Yecheng is already The undercurrent is surging.
These people have been ruled by Yuan Shao for many years and have been frightened by Yuan Shao's reputation. Although they may not dare to rise up, it is inevitable that they will be slowed down, and this is exactly the effect that the flyer wants to achieve.
In the early morning of the next day, the first ray of exposure from the east was on the head of Yecheng, and the city that had been noisy all night slowly quieted down. A group of jackdaws flew up from the ruins of the castle tower that was bombed by the Han army trebuchet yesterday. Perhaps their nests have been covered by rubble. The guard soldiers who saw all this couldn't help feeling palpitations. They didn't know whether the Han army would drop stones or leaflets today. Of course, they still wanted leaflets to be dropped in their hearts.
Suddenly, the sound of horses hoof came from outside the city, and the Han cavalry galloped around Yecheng again, and rows of Han archers and crossbowmen began to press down the city. Standing on the head of the city and looking into the distance, one can clearly see that the long "big spoons" of the trebuchets are erected in rows. Seeing this scene, the defender, who was very calm just now, was suddenly panicked.
Sure enough, there was a loud bang, and the trebuchet of the Han army launched another attack. Countless white things fell from the sky and landed on and inside the city, making a dull sound. A few soldiers couldn't dodge, were hit by these things in their helmets, and immediately screamed. After the screams, they found that they were safe and sound. Someone who is in trouble picked up those white things and saw that they were all steamed buns with white flour.
Yuan Jun’s breakfast was very simple, only some barley batter, which couldn’t fill his belly at all. He didn’t expect that the Han army would send them fragrant steamed buns. Some people were already drooling with greed. Some soldiers were still hesitating, and some soldiers could not help but bite. Soon, there was a mess on the city, and many people scrambled to pick up the steamed buns that fell around. For this reason, there were some fights. The school captains stopped drinking again and again, but they couldn't stop drinking.
Someone opened the steamed buns and unexpectedly found that the steamed buns were also mixed with flyers, but they were propagating how the people in the Han army ruled areas are now well-clothed, like this steamed bun is their most normal breakfast. The news spread quickly among Yuan Jun who was defending the city, and some people had already begun to discuss about surrendering to the Han army outside the city.
Wen Chou, who was patrolling the city, quickly discovered something wrong, raised his horse whip, and desperately beat the soldiers who were eating the buns, and ordered the soldiers to throw the buns out of the city. He had just eaten a large plate of roast mutton in the morning, and he naturally didn't see these buns, but he didn't know the suffering of ordinary soldiers.
Suddenly, there was another loud noise outside the city, and a white object flew in the air, but the Han army only launched a trebuchet. When some soldiers saw the white object, they thought it was a large steamed bun, and they rushed to fight for it. When the white object fell on the ground, everyone discovered that this time it turned out to be a cloth bag with traces of blood on the outside, but it had already turned dark red.
A school lieutenant had already carried the knife and walked over, drove the army away, picked up the cloth bag and wanted to throw it down the city. Suddenly he felt a strange smell. After hesitating, he opened the cloth bag and rolled one out of it. The head comes.
Everyone was shocked. Those with daring stepped forward and picked up the head to take a look, and couldn't help shouting, "No, this is General Yan's head!"
Wen Chou and Yan Liang have always had a good relationship, and the two are considered brothers. A few days ago, Yan Liang led the army from Liyang back to aid Yecheng, and was ambushed by the Han army halfway through. Since then, Wen Chou has been anxious.
Now, when I heard the soldiers shouting, I was surprised. When I stepped forward and looked at it, he was indeed Yan Liang’s head. Although he had been dead for many days, the Han army had been marinated with lime, and his face was still lifelike. A dead end.
Wen Chou yelled up to the sky, and suddenly fell to the ground. He hurried to save him. He woke up after a long time and said bitterly: "Liu Xin, the hatred of killing brother is not shared by the sky. Wen must take you first. Sacrifice brother to the spirit of the sky!"
From the day when he lost the news of Yan Liang, Yuan Shao had known that Yan Liang was fierce and auspicious. Now he heard that the Han army had thrown Yan Liang's head to the top of the city, but there weren't many surprises. He sighed and ordered people to converge. Because there is only the first level without a body, they have to be ordered to fetch incense wood for carving.
Wen Chou burst into tears and asked Yuan Shao for his orders: "Master, please let the final general go out of the city for a battle and avenge your brother!"
The trial hurriedly persuaded: "General Yan gave up his life, and we are also struck by it. However, the Jingzhou army is coming fiercely. When avoiding its edge, please mourn the military festival!"
Now that Gao Lan and Yu Yi are both in prison, Wen Chou has become Yuan Jun’s only support. Yuan Shao didn’t dare to leave him lightly, so he waved his hand and said, “This is Liu Xin’s trick. I want to take the opportunity. All the generals should not be deceived to disrupt our military's mind. I only guard the city, and forgive him for no more than a hundred thousand soldiers. What can I do?"
Suddenly, there were shouts from outside the city. Listening carefully, there were people proclaiming that the four acropolises of Wucheng, Yicheng, Jiuhou City, and Pingyang City, as well as the surrounding counties, had been captured by the Han army, and Yecheng became a city. An isolated city will be broken sooner or later, it is better to descend early! This shout was messy and subtle at first, and gradually became louder and more orderly, spreading throughout the city.
Xu You listened intently for a while, and suddenly shouted: "No! This is the strategy of the Jingzhou Army to be embarrassed on all sides. It must be his sergeant pretending to be a sergeant. The lord also asks the three armies as soon as possible, and don't be fooled by them!"
It turned out that these shouts outside the city were accents of the northern states, Qing, Ji, You, and all states, while Liu Xin’s soldiers and horses should have come from the south and northwest, but now they are all the accents of these four states. , Doesn’t it imply that the soldiers and civilians in the city have already been captured by Liu Xin. There are still 360,000 Yuan Jun in the city, but most of the family members of these people still stay in the village. Knowing that their hometown has been taken, who is not worried about the safety of their relatives, there is no need to fight. It's better to be in the city now. If you are camping in the wild, I am afraid that many people have already escaped.
When Yuan Shao heard the words "bewildered on all sides", he also suddenly realized that he hurriedly sent someone to pass on the order. In fact, it's okay that he didn't pass the order. The soldiers' shouts to the Han army outside the city were only doubtful. Once this order was passed on, the soldiers' doubts became deeper. Listening more carefully, some people will hear that the accents of those shouting outside the city are very authentic and cannot be imitated in the short term. And these shouts were not shouted one by one, but thousands of people shouted together. If the Han army does not occupy those places, where can they find so many northerners
In fact, the people who shouted were all Yuan Jun's death. These Yuan Jun soldiers came from the four acropolises. After they became captives, they lived a good life. They were full for breakfast and had meat for lunch and dinner. A few lieutenants came just now and asked them to shout continuously according to these words. If he shouted well, he continued to stay here in the Han army for good food and drink. If he shouted badly, he was immediately deported to his place of origin. None of these pawns were willing to give up the good days now, so naturally they shouted harder. They are originally from the four northern states, and the accents of their calls are of course realistic.
Seeing that the defending soldiers became more and more angry, Yuan Shao was anxious and killed several of them one after another, saying that they disturbed the military's mind, but the other three doors were getting louder and louder. The reviewers went to the bombing respectively. At this time, the city that had just been quiet for a while turned up again. When Yuan Shao looked up, a group of people came down from the city, carrying a white flag.