The county lieutenant looked at the calm magistrate with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and said with some surprise: "How did you fall asleep after it was so noisy last night?"
The county magistrate shook his head: "I didn't sleep either."
In fact, when he saw that the other party was just practicing, he already knew what the other party was thinking, so he got a shield for himself so that he could not hear the sound outside the room, so that he could sleep peacefully.
However, he is a Confucian scholar, and he has this ability, but others do not. He does not have the ability to block the voices of everyone in the city, and he does not have the ability to follow the rules of the city.
"The thieves are practicing day and night, this is obviously done on purpose!" He hadn't slept a wink all night, and the county lieutenant was in a bad state, and his mood became easily irritable.
The county magistrate heard this and remained silent. He didn't have any good strategies to deal with it. After all, they didn't attack the city. You have to blame them. They were just practicing outside the city and didn't attack the city. But if they continue like this, after three days, the soldiers and civilians in the city will
I'm afraid I won't have any intention to fight against the enemy.
"I'm afraid our delaying strategy has been seen through by the opponent!" After a long time, the county magistrate sighed. How could the opponent look like he was waiting for their surrender with peace of mind? He had clearly seen through the delaying strategy, so he used this strategy to disgust them.
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The county magistrate looked at the county lieutenant and said solemnly: "I'm worried that the enemy army not only came up with this plan, but also that the messenger sent by our army was intercepted?"
"That's not true. It's strange to say that although they are practicing, they have no intention of blocking people coming in and out." The county lieutenant frowned.
Since you saw through the plan, you didn't try to stop it?
The county magistrate couldn't understand what Chu Nan wanted to do. Could it be that he wanted to besiege Hefei, but actually wanted to reinforce the army?
After this idea suddenly popped into his mind, the county magistrate was shocked. He must have such a vicious thought!
This Chu Nan is not just a merchant who clings to Lu Bu.
"Has the messenger returned?"
"I haven't returned yet, but I was sent out yesterday. Calculating the time, I will probably be back tomorrow." The county captain shook his head, and the messenger went out to find various families to join forces and recruit people. This back and forth trip cannot be completed in one day.
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"Then just tolerate him for one more day." The county magistrate glanced at the city and sighed.
"Bang~"
An arrow cluster suddenly flew towards them, only a foot away from the two people's position. The county captain was fine, but the county magistrate was startled: "You bastard!"
"Several ones flew in last night. When I went to ask, they just said they were missed." The county captain sighed. They have a good attitude and sincerely apologize. What can you do? If we continue to pursue the case, is it possible that they dare to send troops directly? Then Chu Nannan will laugh to death.
No.
The county magistrate's face turned red with anger, but he also knew that there was nothing he could do. He snorted coldly and walked away.
In the afternoon, several of the messengers sent out returned one after another, and the county magistrate and county lieutenant quickly summoned them: "Why are you coming back so quickly? But the wealthy families from all over the country have prepared reinforcements?"
"Never." The messenger said with a grimace: "The Xuzhou Army sent people with a letter from the county magistrate, saying that the county magistrate had agreed to surrender and that they would promote the New Deal in various townships."
"They believed it!?" The county magistrate's face darkened when he heard this, and he had a bad feeling.
"No, but those Xuzhou people were too cruel. If anyone in the countryside was dissatisfied, they immediately dragged out the local wealthy people and beheaded them. I passed by three villages in my humble duty. All the local wealthy families were slaughtered. Now they are measuring the cultivated land."
"We are the same. In many places, unscrupulous people have obtained the land allocated to the Xuzhou Army and have begun to support the Xuzhou Army. Many wealthy people who took the initiative to cause trouble were even killed, and then quickly flattered the Xuzhou Army."
When the county magistrate heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, his lips trembled slightly, and there was a bit of vibrato in his voice: "Chu Nan...Chu Ziyan, how dare you do this!?"
By now, he probably understands Chu Nan's purpose. His purpose is not to help, he is really desperate!
This is to completely eradicate the wealthy families near Hefei. He is using a delaying tactic, and when the other party comes, he will take advantage of it, and he also has the letter he wrote to him. In the end, he may be responsible for half of the crime!
The county magistrate sat down helplessly on the ground. In this way, he might not be able to count on the reinforcements he was counting on. Instead, he gave Chu Nan an excuse to take action against the local wealthy people. The most crazy thing is that he was using his own banner.
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"This Chu Nan is so vicious and merciless?" The county lieutenant frowned, feeling a little worried. There are many members of his family outside the city. If Chu Nan does this to his family, the consequences...
The county captain didn't dare to think about it, so he quickly looked at the county magistrate and said, "What should we do now? Come up with a plan!"
The county magistrate smiled bitterly. He didn't have any plans. Although Hefei has not yet been conquered, the initiative has fallen into Chu Nan's hands. Not to mention himself, many officials in the city have their homes outside the city. There are also
The same goes for the soldiers in the city. They couldn't beat them with hard force. They wanted to use tactics to delay the attack. But they turned around and used the tactics to draw out the enemy. What else could he do?
"Report~"
At this moment, a county guard rushed to the door and shouted to them: "Boss, the city is in chaos!"
"What happened!?" the county lieutenant asked quickly.
"For some reason, there were rumors in the army and in the city that the county magistrate had decided to surrender and gave the Xuzhou Army a list of names of villages and wealthy families, so that the Xuzhou Army could ransack their homes!"
The county guard bowed and said: "Now the news has spread in the city."
"How could such news be spread!?" The county lieutenant frowned. This news was 70% true and 30% false. It was originally the county magistrate's plan to slow down the war, but now that it was told in a more exaggerated way, the story suddenly became that the county magistrate wanted to surrender.
, but they didn’t dare to offend the big clans in the city, so they secretly sent out the roster and asked the Xuzhou Army to clear out the clans in various places!
If the county captain hadn't been fully involved in this matter, he might have believed it.
"Messenger!" The county magistrate closed his eyes. From yesterday to now, the only people who can enter the city are messengers. They didn't even investigate this.
"They are all here..." The county lieutenant looked at the messenger who came back and said in confusion, but suddenly stopped in the middle of the sentence. All the people they sent are here, but if Chu Nan asks someone to come back pretending to be a messenger,
So what?
At that moment, the county captain hurriedly sent people to the city gate official to ask how many messengers had returned today.
Soon, the numbers for each door were reported, totaling more than thirty.
They only sent a dozen messengers in total, and they haven't all returned yet. Where did they get more than thirty messengers?
It's just that these messengers came back from various city gates and accidentally let the other party sneak in successfully, and even succeeded in spreading rumors!
Chu Nan's methods were followed one after another, and every move was difficult to resist. Even though the fight hadn't even started, the hearts of the people inside had already dispersed.
There was an unspeakable silence in the lobby of the government office.
"If this continues, chaos will break out in the city. You might as well come up with an idea!" Seeing that the county magistrate didn't speak, the county lieutenant said a little irritably: "If you don't go, I'll go. Come and gather the troops. Anyway, let's settle this matter first."
Press it down."
"Can't suppress it!" The county magistrate raised his head and looked at the county captain bitterly: "If you suppress it at this time, it will only make people believe the rumors more. Don't forget, the Xuzhou Army is outside the city. If Chu Nan notices the movement,
You won’t keep the three-day promise!”
He finally figured out that this Chu Nan was not a rule-abiding master, and there was no way he wanted to use rules to bind him.
"What should we do!?" The county captain couldn't help roaring: "Is it possible that I can't wait to die!? I can tell you that many of my clan members are outside the city, and they can't wait that long!"
"Don't be impatient for a moment, let me think about it for a moment." The county magistrate was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He also wanted to break Chu Nan's combo of attacks as soon as possible, but for a while, there was no plan.
"Boss~" At this moment, another county guard rushed in and shouted to the county captain: "Something happened. Several thieves opened the city gate to welcome the Xuzhou army into the city!"
"Damn it, let's go!" The county captain's expression changed when he heard this, and he didn't care about waiting for any more strategies. The city gates were opened by his own family. When the county magistrate came up with a strategy, he was afraid that people would directly surround the government office.
At that moment, the county lieutenant hurriedly gathered his troops and headed towards the city gate with the county magistrate. When he saw the city gate opened wide, a Xuzhou general had already rushed in with his troops.
When he saw the county captain and his party, the general didn't talk nonsense. He slapped his horse and rushed straight towards the county captain.
"Form up!" The county lieutenant was horrified when he saw this, and hurriedly prepared to form a formation to meet the enemy. However, before he could do anything, the opponent's general was already approaching with a big sword. The county lieutenant only saw a cold light flashing in front of his eyes, and followed closely.
The person's head was cut off with a single blow.
"Which one is the county magistrate!" After Wei Yan killed the county captain with one sword, he looked around and shouted.
No one spoke, but everyone subconsciously looked at the county magistrate.
County magistrate: "..."
Seeing that there was no way to escape, the county magistrate could only take a deep breath, took a step forward and said: "I have made a three-day agreement with General Chu. Now that the three days have not come, why do we attack?"
"Are you the county magistrate?" Wei Yan rode towards the county magistrate and sneered: "The day before yesterday, you wrote a letter and counted it as one day. Yesterday was one day, and today is the third day. The three-day period has come, but you don't
Keep your promise, fortunately the righteous people in the city are not ashamed of you, a villain, and take the initiative to open the city, so that our army can enter the city. How can you, a faithless villain, have the face to be born in this world!?"
After saying that, Wei Yan's bloody sword struck out again. The county magistrate subconsciously wanted to say something, but there was no piece of Wei Yan's knife in his mouth. Before he could speak, Wei Yan's head had been chopped off by Wei Yan's sword.
At this point, the county magistrate and county captain were killed, and the Xuzhou army successfully entered the city. The county guards in the city saw that all the leaders were dead, and many of their family members were outside the city, and they had no intention of resisting.
"If you still don't put down your weapons and are captured without mercy, how could you possibly have to fight to the death for such rebellion?" Wei Yan shouted sharply.
"We are willing to surrender!" All the county guards were startled by Wei Yan's sudden shout. They had no morale to speak of. At this time, seeing that Wei Yan, the murderer, wanted to take action again, many people directly threw away their weapons and called for help.
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The Battle of Hefei ended with Chu Nan successfully entering the city. The gates of Hefei City also meant that Lu Bu had a foothold in Jiujiang!