Chapter 525 Do you dare to play with Sun Shiwan? (Thanks to [Mercury's Masked Superman]
After several days and nights of tossing, Xiangyang City finally returned to peace.
When Cao Cao's army attacked cities in the past, it was very rare for the navy to attack a strong city like today.
Even if there are siege battles, they are rarely as brutal as now.
After Gan Ning and others left, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh and said: "The power of artillery is indeed huge, and its destructive power is also extremely terrifying. Come, please send an order to inform the people in the city that anyone whose family members died in the siege battle
, our troops will all be compensated 10,000 yuan! At the same time, we must quickly summon the civilians to clean up the corpses in the city and clean various locations to avoid the occurrence of epidemics."
The soldiers followed the order one by one. This was not the first time they had done these things, but every time they would sincerely admire Cao Cao's "mercy".
Lu Yan listened to Lao Cao's arrangements and said with great comfort in his heart: "Yes, Boss Cao is becoming more and more benevolent."
Although the war was tragic, Cao Cao could always consider the people in the war immediately. And what is commendable is that Cao Cao has not massacred the city until now, which is very rare.
Ignoring the desperate expressions of Gan and Ning,
Lu Yan followed Cao Cao and came to the presence of Liu Qi, Zhuge Jin, Kuai brothers and other Jingzhou officials.
After what happened before, Liu Qi had calmed down. After all, even Pang Tong and Cao Cao could let him go, let alone him who was just a "puppet".
"I've met Prime Minister Cao!" When Cao Cao arrived, Liu Qi led the civil and military officials who surrendered in Jingzhou and saluted together.
At the same time, Liu Qi also took the seal from the official behind him and handed it to Cao Cao respectfully.
Cao Cao took the seal and stuffed it into Lu Yan's arms, then he laughed and helped Liu Qi up, saying: "A good nephew is exempt from courtesy, and all gentlemen are exempt from courtesy!"
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
Cao Cao patted Liu Qi on the shoulder and said: "From now on, we are a family. Come, come with me to celebrate the achievements of the navy officers and soldiers!"
After finishing speaking, Cao Cao took Liu Qi's arm and walked towards the governor's mansion.
"Here!" Liu Qi had no choice but to agree and follow Lao Cao.
The next day.
Before dawn, many peasants or people in Xiangyang began to clean the streets.
After all Cao Cao's orders were conveyed last night, the situation in the city gradually began to stabilize.
At dawn, when the people saw that Cao Jun had entered the city without committing any crimes, the panic in their hearts gradually calmed down.
Although Cao Jun's artillery during the siege killed many people in the city, at least they did not massacre the city, and they did not break into the houses too much to harm the people in the city. This is something that has been seen in various situations in troubled times.
For the common people who commit such cruelty, it can be considered a very kind army.
Moreover, what the people of Xiangyang did not expect was that after entering the city, Cao Jun actually ordered compensation to be paid to every family that had someone killed in the siege.
In this way, the people were convinced that the rumors that Cao Jun treated the people well were not false. Only then did the people in Xiangyang dare to go out of their homes and clean the house or the street to wipe away the blood stains.
Many corpses were carried out of Xiangyang City.
The corpses of the Xiangyang defenders will be buried on the spot in a good place outside the city; while the corpses of Cao's soldiers will be cremated after identification, and then buried in the Martyrs' Garden in Chenliu and entered into the Heroes' Temple.
At the same time, the envoy sent by Jingzhou to Jiangdong for help was finally summoned by Sun Quan.
Sun Quan had been reluctant to send troops to help Jingzhou because of heavy losses before, but he couldn't bear the Jingzhou envoy blocking the door every day, so he had no choice but to take the initiative to summon the Jingzhou envoy, Ma Liang.
There are five brothers in the Ma Liang family, and all of them are very talented and famous. Ma Liang is the eldest brother among the five brothers, and the most outstanding one. Because Ma Liang has white hairs in his eyebrows, he is also known as Ma Liang with white eyebrows.
It is praised as "the five constant principles of Ma family, white eyebrows are the best".
This time Ma Liang was entrusted by Pang Tong and was sent to Jiangdong to ask Sun Quan to send troops to resist Cao Cao.
But Sun Quan had been avoiding Ma Liang, which made Ma Liang feel that Sun Quan was really hypocritical to the extreme.
Ma Liang was also stubborn and blocked the door for several days before finally being summoned by Sun Quan.
However, before he could go to Sun Quan's mansion, he received news from Ma Di's entourage sent from Jingzhou.
The message said: Xiangyang City in Jingzhou has fallen, and Liu Qi led all the civil and military officials to surrender to Cao Cao
In the end, the general meaning is: "Brother, we are already Cao Cao's people, you should run away quickly! It's over, run away and fall out with Sun Quan!"
This is so fucking embarrassing.
We haven't even asked for reinforcements yet, but as a result, our main city and lord are gone. How can we ask for nothing?
The main reason is that no one could have imagined that a fortified city that was one of the best in the world would fall after only holding on for four days. It was so unexpected and caught off guard!
After thinking for a moment, Ma Liang said to his entourage: "Let's go back to Jingzhou."
result,
Sun Quan waited for Ma Liang for more than an hour, and finally received the news that Ma Liang had left Jiangdong.
"Asshole!!"
When Sun Quan learned that he had been tricked, he became furious immediately.
How could Sun Quan, who always had a very good reputation, endure such humiliation?
"Ping bell ring!"
"Shameless!"
"Bang!"
"Ma Liang, the dog thief, how dare you play tricks on me! I will send troops to destroy Jingzhou!"
Sun Quan vented his anger in his mansion.
As the key person in communication with Jingzhou, Lu Su also received the news immediately that Xiangyang City was defeated and that Liu Qi, the leader of Jingzhou, led his troops to surrender to Cao Cao.
This really shocked Lu Su. He quickly took the news and went straight to Sun Quan's house.
When Lu Su came to the main hall of Sun Quan's mansion, he happened to hear Sun Quan scolding Ma Liang and threatening to destroy Jingzhou.
"Lord!" Lu Su came to the hall and said with a bitter smile: "I'm afraid you won't have the chance to send troops to destroy Jingzhou."
When Sun Quan saw that Lu Su was coming, he calmed down his arrogant temper and asked, "Do you think I can't defeat Liu Qi?"
Lu Su still smiled bitterly. He shook his head and said, "My subordinates have just received the news that Cao Cao's army captured Xiangyang City in just four days. Now Liu Qi has led his troops to surrender to Cao Cao!"
When Sun Quan heard this, his eyes suddenly bulged, as if he had heard an extremely ridiculous statement, and said: "What did you say??"
Lu Su took out a secret letter from his sleeve, handed it to Sun Quan and said: "My subordinates have just received news from spies in Jingzhou. With the help of new weapons, Cao Jun's navy destroyed Xiangyang in just four days."
Three walls, then a hundred thousand navy troops stormed Wengcheng, and finally captured Xiangyang."
Four days in Xiangyang?
When did siege warfare become as quick as field battles?
After Sun Quanqiang calmed down and read the letter, he finally understood, "It's those new weapons that Cao Jun calls artillery again!"
After pondering for a long time, Sun Quan suddenly asked: "Is there any news about those weapons?"
Lu Su shook his head and said: "Although we know their general shape, whether it is the forging process or the spitting of fire and iron balls, we don't know the secrets."
When Sun Quan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed, "Could it be that we will eventually be destroyed by Cao Jun's artillery fire?"
Lu Su saw that Sun Quan's will was a little depressed, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, my lord, that artillery was also developed and created by craftsmen. Since it was made by craftsmen, one day the secret will be cracked."
Sun Quan got excited again after hearing this and said: "You are right, we cannot give up on Zijing. I plan to increase investment in the workshop, hoping to discover the secret of the artillery as soon as possible!"
Although Lu Su had no hope, he still had to do his best to cheer Sun Quan on, "My lord is wise!"