Cao's army was shocked and looked up, only to see that the heads were all women and children. It was a horrific sight.
Cheng Yu sneered and said, "Liu Qi killed innocent people indiscriminately and tried to frame me?"
Liu Qi said sternly: "This is the head you threw in the back mountain after killing the people for the past few days."
Cheng Yu refused to admit it: "Liu Qi, stop slandering me. How do you know that you didn't kill these people?"
Liu Qi cursed: "For several days, Cao's army has been looting everywhere, and the people have been fleeing. Since the day before yesterday, no one has fled. No one in the village has been left. May I ask where those people have gone? Last night I sent people to burn the food and grass in Bowang. Where did you get the food and grass overnight?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Cao's army became agitated. There were rumors yesterday that the food and grass had been burned, but there was meat in the evening. When they thought about it now, they felt that something was wrong.
Moreover, Cheng Yu once mixed human jerky into the military rations in Yanzhou. This matter had already spread privately, and Cao's army suddenly felt their stomachs churning.
Zhang He turned around and looked at Cheng Yu in disbelief, his eyes sharp: "Military Advisor, is this true?"
Cheng Yu saw the soldiers around him looking at him unkindly, and his heart skipped a beat. He said calmly, "Liu Qi is trying to confuse the people and disrupt our army's morale. You must not fall into his trap."
He has no fear of the dead, but he has to be careful with the living, especially when facing soldiers on the verge of going berserk.
Liu Qi picked up a homemade loud speaker from the back and shouted at the city: "Everyone, you have only eaten meat these days. Have you ever eaten a grain of rice, a handful of noodles, or even seen porridge? Think about those grain carts. Is there any fresh meat?"
boom-
The loudspeaker carried the message in the wind and it spread throughout the city. In an instant, the entire Wancheng was like a boiling pot.
Everyone in Cao's army changed color and talked in low voices. Some of them couldn't help vomiting.
Cheng Yu was horrified and said to Zhang He and others who looked unhappy: "Everyone, this is Liu Qi's plan, don't believe it!"
Gao Lan suppressed his nausea and asked in a deep voice, "Then may I ask why there was no rice or flour last night? The cooked meat was freshly cooked, and there were no cattle or sheep in the grain transport team. Where did they come from?"
"This..." Cheng Yu didn't expect Liu Qi to say that. In addition, the army was in chaos, so he was a little panicked and couldn't think of words for a while.
Seeing Cheng Yu's expression, Zhang He and others all changed color and stared at Cheng Yu with eyes like knives. They didn't expect that he and Cao Cao could be so cruel.
It would have been fine if they had just slaughtered the people, but they actually tricked them into eating human flesh. Just thinking about it makes me shudder.
"Ugh—" Gao Lan was the first one to vomit violently on his horse, but after a night of fighting, the food had already been digested and he only vomited out sour water.
The Cao army around them all saw it clearly, and this undoubtedly confirmed Liu Qi's words. They all squatted down and vomited violently.
Suddenly, there were sounds of vomiting one after another outside Wancheng. Some people who could barely hold it back saw the filth and stench of their companions' vomit and began to vomit out of disgust.
At this time, Cao's army was in complete chaos and had no power to resist. However, Liu Qi was not in a hurry to send troops. He continued to shout with a loud speaker:
"You are all subjects of the Han Dynasty. Cao's actions are outrageous. They are worse than Jie and Zhou, and worse than beasts! We should work together to eliminate this evil villain. Those who surrender will not be killed!"
Boom boom boom—
After the speech, the command flag was raised and drums beat loudly on the city wall. Cao's army was shocked and fled in all directions. Some of them ran a few steps and then knelt on the ground, wailing and giving up resistance.
"Let's eliminate Cao the thief together. Those who surrender will not be killed!"
There are such large loudspeakers on the four city gates, which are used by soldiers with loud voices to make announcements in turn.
"Cheng Zhongde, do you have any humanity at all?" Zhang He glanced at Cheng Yu coldly and left with his troops.
"General Zhang, you can't..."
"Cheng Yu, old thief, I will kill you!"
Cheng Yu was just about to persuade Zhang He to hold his ground when he heard a loud shout from behind him. Turning around, he saw Lu Chang riding his horse and charging towards him with red eyes.
"Lü Chang, you dare to rebel?" Cheng Yu was shocked and shouted hurriedly: "Quick, stop him..."
puff-
Before he could finish his words, Lu Chang rode his horse over and rushed over. The surrounding Cao soldiers were still hesitating, so he swung his sword and beheaded Cheng Yu.
"The thief Cao is worse than a beast. If you want to surrender, follow me!" Lu Chang raised his bloody sword and roared to the sky.
Cao's army was in complete chaos. Some fled in all directions, and some were at a loss. When Lu Chang shouted, many people gathered and stood on a low slope.
At this time, the gates of Wancheng had been opened, and the Jingzhou army was ready to charge out, like a tiger descending from the mountain, unstoppable. The Cao army had no will to resist and fled in panic.
Guan Yu and Huang Zhong chased after Cao's army that tried to resist, while generals such as Chen Dao and Kou Feng urged them to drive them away, loudly urging them to surrender. Those who laid down their weapons and kneeled down would be spared.
Zhang He and Gao Lan fled to the Baihe River and saw that the water had overflowed both banks, corpses were scattered and blood was everywhere. On the opposite bridge, Zhang Fei had been waiting with his troops for a long time, and Cao's army was in a panic.
Zhang Fei stepped forward and shouted, "Zhang He, because you and I are from the same family, I will let you cross the bridge, but you have to agree to one condition."
Zhang He looked at Zhang Fei warily and said in a deep voice, "Please speak!"
Zhang Fei pointed in the direction of the smoke coming out of Cao's camp and said, "Bring all the men and horses back to the main camp for a look. After they have seen it, they can go or stay as they please!"
"Really?" Zhang He narrowed his eyes slightly. There was such a good and cheap opportunity. Could there be a trick in the camp
Zhang Fei shouted, "You all go and have a look. Cao Cao has done something wrong. There is a mass grave in the camp that has not been filled yet. All the bodies are from the civilians who were transporting grain!"
"What?" Zhang He was shocked, his stomach churning again, "This... This is impossible."
Zhang Fei withdrew his troops far away and signaled Cao's army to cross the bridge. The tragic scene made even him feel horrified. Such evil deeds were simply outrageous.
Zhang He crossed the bridge cautiously. Seeing that Zhang Fei had no intention of charging, he gritted his teeth and ran straight to the camp. Cao's army crowded past, and he followed him.
At this time, not only Zhang Fei was intimidating from a distance, everyone wanted to go and see what was going on to confirm whether they really ate human flesh.
Nearly half of Cao's 300,000-strong army were lost while crossing the river last night. Now their morale was low and they had no fighting power at all. A large group of people knelt down on the bank of the Baihe River, and the scene was filled with black figures.
Some people reached the river and saw the corpses. The white river turned into a river of blood. They completely collapsed, gave up escaping, and knelt on the ground crying.
A moment later, there were bursts of angry roars and cries coming from the direction of Cao's camp. Cao's soldiers covered their faces and scattered, crying and wailing. Some even fainted from vomiting.
After Cheng Yu killed those civilians, he ordered his men to dig a big pit in the military camp overnight and throw all the human heads and internal organs into it. When they were halfway buried, Zhang Fei arrived and killed and dispersed Cao's army.
Cao Xiu returned to rescue, but he was no match for Zhang Fei and was defeated and fled to Bowangpo.
There was a deep pit with a radius of more than ten feet, filled with bloody human heads. Even Zhang Fei felt his scalp tingling at the sight of it, so one could imagine what it was like for others.
Especially those Cao soldiers, who were convinced that they were eating human flesh after seeing this scene, completely collapsed and fell to the ground. Some of them convulsed all over, and some fainted on the spot.
Zhang Fei gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and watched all this from afar. Although the sun was scorching, he still felt chills all over. He didn't dare to watch that scene a second time.
Killing people is not scary. What is scary is disemboweling people like animals and making meat out of them. It is simply outrageous!