In most cases, playing the white flag does not mean surrender, but just a sign of a truce or that one is not hostile. Now that the white flag appears under Yecheng, it is obviously only the latter case. Some people want to say something to the people in the city, hoping that the people in the city will not just throw arrows for no reason.
Guo Tu poked his head out to take a look, and was surprised, and said, "Simpi!"
Xinpi, Xin Ping, Guo Tu, and Xun Chen were all from the Yingchuan noble family. They walked recently on weekdays and saw Xinpi appearing under the city. Guo Tu was originally happy, but immediately thought of a possibility. Xinpi had been sent by Yuan Shao to guard Handan, but now he appeared under the city of Yecheng, which only means that he has surrendered to Liu Xin. Guo Tu's face suddenly dimmed, and he hurriedly said nothing.
However, Guo Tu is not the only sensible person standing on the head of the city. Feng Ji has already guessed this, and he couldn't help but said: "Kai, Lord, Simpi has already surrendered to the enemy, please send someone to take Simpi’s family to the city as soon as possible. head!"
Although Xinpi went to Handan, his family members stayed in Yecheng. In fact, they were taken hostage by Yuan Shao. At this time, they were taken to the top of the city. Naturally, they would not be allowed to come here to see the scenery. not enough.
Guo Tu hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be anxious, and listen to what Simpi said."
Feng Ji glanced at Guo Tu and sneered: "The lord should first control Simpi's family to prevent anyone from whispering. If Simpi has not betrayed the lord, it will not be too late to let them go."
"The two gentlemen have some truth in what they said. Come here, go and invite Simpi's family to the top of the city, remember to persuade you, and don't be rough!" Yuan Shao pondered for a long while, and came up with such a compromise, and said towards the city. , "George, you are not in Handan, but why are you here?"
Xinpi put away the white flag and tumbled deeply towards the top of the city, and said: "Now that the whole world is flat, Yecheng is no more than a lone city. Why can we fight against it? Xinmou advises the general, this world will not have the surname Yuan after all, the general It is better to descend early to save your wife, otherwise it will be too late to regret on the day the city is broken!"
Yuan Shao furiously said: "Yuan Tu was right, Zhu Zi really betrayed me! He even dared to confuse my military spirit. Yuan Mou killed your wife first!"
Simpi was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "General, wait a minute, what Xin said is from the bottom of his heart, imagine if the world is not peaceful, how can Xin be here?"
Only then did Yuan Shao wake up. Simpi should have stayed in Handan in the north of Yecheng. Now he appears under the city. There are only two possibilities. One is that Handan is conquered by Liu Xin, and he has to surrender Liu Xin, and the other is that he simply surrenders Handan. Dedicated to Liu Xin in exchange for prosperity and wealth. In either case, Handan must be in Liu Xin's hands, and his road to the north has been cut off.
Although Xinpi couldn't see the situation in the city, he could not hear Yuan Shao's answer. He already had cares in his heart. He brushed down the three short beards and continued: "It is not only Xin who lost Handan, Wei County, Qiu, Liangqi, Wu'an, Sheguo, and Luxian are also under the control of the Han army. I am afraid that You, He, and Qingzhou are all lost now. As for the Xianbei reinforcements that the general was looking forward to, it was even more defeated. The head of the leader will be sent here soon! The general has nowhere to go now, what to do, please think twice about the army, don’t miss yourself and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city!"
He didn't just tell Yuan Shao what he said, but also told the other soldiers on the front of the city. Feng Ji was already alert and shouted loudly: "Nonsense! It is clear that you are the seller seeking glory. No matter how powerful the Han army is, it is impossible to win six counties overnight!"
Suddenly, there was a "bang", and the catapult outside the city threw another thing. With the previous experience, the defending soldiers were not too panic about one or two attacks. Someone picked it up and saw that it was another cloth bag. The cloth bag is heavy, and when you open it, there are seven golden bronze seals inside, which are the official seals sent by Yuan Shao to the guards of the seven cities, including Handan, including the one of Simpi!
The garrison soldiers who had been skeptical about Simpi's words just now were in an uproar. There are only 60,000 veterans in the 360,000 army in Yecheng. The others are recruits who have just picked up their swords and guns for a few days. Their hometowns are in the northern prefectures. Whoever has no wives, children or children in their homes is now in the hands of the Han army. , How can I not panic in my heart
When Yuan Shao saw the bronze seals, he couldn't help being startled in a cold sweat, and shouted sternly: "Come here, let go and shoot him to death!"
"Lord, hold on!" Feng Ji flashed a fierceness in his eyes, and said with a grin, "Why not wait for Xinpi's family to get it and let him watch these people's heads fall with his own eyes!"
Yuan Shao suddenly asked in surprise: "Why haven't Xinpi's family members got it yet?"
Guo Tu hurriedly said: "It won't help to kill Simpi's family now..."
He didn’t finish his words. The school lieutenant who ran to capture Simpi’s family just now ran over breathlessly and said loudly, “Kiss Master, there are only two slaves left in Simpi’s house. It is said that the other family members went there yesterday. Master Xin Ping was a guest at his home, and he has not returned. His subordinates led a person to go to Master Xin Ping's mansion for questioning. Master Xin Ping's family replied, and no one was invited to visit yesterday."
Yuan Shao furiously said: "What, let Simpi's little family escape? Quickly, send people to search the whole city. Even if they dig three feet, they must be found!"
Feng Ji snorted secretly and said, "Master, there must be something strange in this matter!"
Guo Tu had been speaking for Xinpi all the time, and after hearing Fengji's words, he couldn't help but grabbed his mind, knowing that Fengji was secretly referring. In order to protect himself, he had to harden his scalp and said: "Lord, although Simpi ran away, Xin Ping is still there."
Yuan Shao has always pretended to be benevolent and false righteousness. What's more, when the enemy is oppressing the realm, he can't help but pretend to indulge: "Simpi is simpi, and xinping is xinping. How can you generalize? Gongru, you bring a team of people to search the city, Be sure to find his family members!"
Guo Tu only promised and took hundreds of people to go down town. In fact, he had already thought about it. This search must be a violation of yang and yin, and it ended without disease.
Watching Guo Tu leave, Feng Ji said, "Master, Guo Tu has always been friendly to the Xin brothers, I'm afraid he will not do his best."
Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "Yuan, forgive him for not dare! It's Zhongzhi's place, don't fail to prevent it, you take someone to do it."
Zhongzhi is the character of Xin Ping. Yuan Shao just said that Xin Ping should be treated differently from Xin Pi. In a blink of an eye, he sent Feng Ji to monitor Xin Ping's movements, which shows how narrow-minded he is. But before Feng Ji could turn around, Simpi had already started to persuade him to surrender loudly under the city. Many of the garrison soldiers on the front of the city, especially the veterans, knew Xinpi and knew that he was a close friend of Yuan Shao. Now even he has surrendered, and the military's mind is even more chaotic.
Yuan Shao heard Xinpi's persuasion to surrender, and the anger that he had just pressed rushed up again. He couldn't wait to let Xinpi see his family's fate with his own eyes, and repeatedly shouted orders to let go of his arrows. Of course, under the cover of the Phantom Secret Spy lurking in the city, Simpi's family members had already withdrawn to a safe place, and Yuan Shao had no chance of threats.
A bowstring rang on the head of the city, and the arrows were like locusts. The group of soldiers following Simpi had already prepared, and quickly lit up a few large shields in front of Simpi, protecting Simpi slowly backing away. However, the defenders on the top of the city obviously shot listlessly, and many arrows were still far away from Simpi's position just now, and they fell into the dust.
As a fierce general, Wen Chou couldn't see the problem. He couldn't help but grab the long spear in his hand and slam the crossbowmen with the barrel of the gun. More than a dozen crossbowmen were beaten by his brute force. Zhe, the screams from the top of the city rang into one piece.
Yuan Shao frowned as he was about to speak when a loud "rumbling" sounded outside the city. What was thrown this time was not steamed buns, cloth bags, or colorful flyers, but real big and small stones.
A big stone with a copper bowl came straight to Yuan Shao with a sharp whistling sound. Wen Chou, who was standing beside him, was taken aback and hurriedly waved his spear and struck the stone bullet. With a loud bang, the stone bullet flew out sideways, hitting the ruins of the tower, arousing countless dust.
Immediately afterwards. Countless stone bullets fell from the sky and slammed into the city. Many of them directly passed the city wall and fell into the city, smashing a large hole in the roofs of some houses close to the city wall. Wen Chou did not dare to stay any longer, led a group of soldiers, and guarded Yuan Shao down the city.
The trebuchet attack of the Han army today is obviously different from yesterday. The whole attack lasted for more than an hour, and there was no sign of stopping. The dense stone bullets whizzed past, and the soldiers guarding the city shrank to the corner of the wall, not even daring to lift their heads. This is the case, and he is still beaten to the blood by the splashing stones from time to time. As for the people in the city, they dragged their homes and fled to the central area of Yecheng.
This time, the Han army not only concentrated all the trebuchets of the four major legions, but also mobilized 800 latest trebuchets from the research institute. Such a powerful "firepower" is no longer the defenders who have not been trained for a few days can withstand it. of. The previously unstable military spirit is even more impetuous, and some soldiers are already ready to move and want to open the door and surrender. The situation of the other three city gates is similar to here, and even worse because Yuan Shao is not sitting in person.
Xin Ping was responsible for the defense of the North Gate. He had already learned that Xin Pi had surrendered to Liu Xin and could not help but sigh secretly. From the bottom of his heart, he still hopes to be a loyal minister. He is the lord on the one hand and the younger brother on the other, which really makes him dilemma.
Seeing the attack by the trebuchets outside the city became more and more violent, the soldiers guarding the city were all faceless. Xin Ping couldn't help being extremely anxious. While he ordered the soldiers to calm down, while preparing to deal with the upcoming frontal attack by the Han army, he heard the gate For a while. When Xin Ping hurriedly watched, he couldn't help but screamed bitterness. The soldier who turned the door could no longer bear it, opened the city gate and ran toward the Han army's position in a swarm.
Xin Ping took a few soldiers and hurried down the city gate. He wanted to send someone to block the gate, but he heard someone behind him sneered and said, "Xin Ping, you are so brave, you dare to offer the gate to the Jingzhou army. , The lord really didn't expect to be wrong!"