The green energy in Xuchang City dissipated, which meant that the public support was no longer on the official side of the city. Confucian scholars suddenly did not dare to continue to use the art of speaking, speaking, and following the law as before.
However, the Jianghuai Army's attack became more and more fierce under Lu Bu's command.
As Wei Yue and Song Xian led their troops to charge into the city, the battle entered a fierce stage.
On the city tower, the military formation faced the waves of arrows fired by Cao Xing. The military formation defending the city was already crumbling, the golden light was torn apart from time to time, and the falling sharp arrows continued to plunder the lives of the defenders.
"Kill!" Wei Yue rushed up to the city wall with a knife, and without saying a word, he slashed out the knife. Although the sharp blade was not as destructive as the sword, it could still cut open the flesh of a person.
Taking advantage of this moment, Wei Yue slashed his sword three times and killed the three young generals who surrounded him. Behind him, more Jianghuai soldiers came up. The morale of Cao's army was not high. At this moment, as more and more Jianghuai soldiers came,
The troops swarmed onto the city, their morale was even lower, and it was difficult to maintain the military formation.
Cao Peng roared when he saw this, and rushed towards Wei Yue with his gold-edged shovel in hand. He shoveled Wei Yue with the gold-edged shovel in his hand.
Wei Yue raised his sword to meet him, but the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and Wei Yue was knocked far away by the shovel.
Cao Peng laughed loudly when he saw this, strode forward, and shoveled Wei Yue again. Wei Yue gritted his teeth and blocked it with his sword. This time, he was forced into the corner, and there was no way out. Cao Peng's eyes showed a fierce look, and he bit by bit.
Pushing the golden-edged shovel forward, Wei Yue tried his best to stop it, and his palm against the back of the knife was strangled with blood. Still unable to stop the golden-edged shovel from approaching, he could only watch as the golden-edged shovel got closer and closer to him.
"How dare the thief!" Song Xian climbed up from the ladder at this time and shouted angrily when he saw this scene. He pointed his gun at Cao Peng's head and stabbed him.
Cao Peng snorted angrily and could only abandon Wei Yue and turn around to push the spear away. Wei Yue finally got a chance to breathe and quickly rolled to his feet.
Over there, Cao Peng and Song Xian were fighting together, but Cao Peng was superb in martial arts and as strong as an ox. After only a few rounds, Song Xian obviously couldn't hold on anymore. Wei Yue rushed forward with a roar and fought Song Xian against Cao Peng.
The terrain of the city wall is inherently narrow and is not suitable for the use of long weapons. Wei Xu and Song Xian, one far away and one close, cooperated tacitly. Cao Pengkong was strong, but in the face of such cooperation between the two, there was nothing he could do to defeat them at the same time.
Seeing the enemy troops pouring in continuously, and the city was in danger of being lost, Cao Peng was frightened and angry. He turned around and looked around, only to see Wang Zhong running towards this direction.
"Don't come over, drive the enemy troops down the city first!" Cao Peng shouted when he saw Wang Zhong rushing this way.
Wang Zhong nodded, and under the astonished gaze of Cao Peng, he waved his weapon and killed the three-man battle group, and retreated straight to the direction of Wengcheng, from where he could retreat to the city.
"Formation!" Wei Yue took the opportunity to look around and saw that he was surrounded by his own soldiers. He breathed a sigh of relief and shouted loudly. Many Jianghuai soldiers quickly approached and formed a formation.
They formed their first military formation on the city tower.
Cao Peng's expression changed and he quickly slapped Wei Yue with a shovel.
"Iron wall!" Wei Yue moved his sword forward, and an air shield was formed. Cao Peng struck it with a shovel. When the air shield shook, Cao Peng was knocked back.
"Array, trapped!" On the other side, Song Xian also found that there were fewer and fewer Cao troops on the city wall, and their soldiers and horses were getting more and more. He didn't waste any time at the moment, and gathered dozens of people to form the trapped character secret, and
Cao Peng was trapped in the military formation.
"Wang Zhong, traitor!" Cao Peng roared angrily. Even if he wanted to call for reinforcements, he couldn't call for reinforcements at this moment. He waved the gold-edged shovel with all his strength, frantically attacking the surrounding battle formations.
"Come together!" Generals Wei Xu and Song Xian gave the order, and the two sides' battle formations merged. Then eight soldiers holding Yuandun surrounded Cao Peng, continuously reducing the scope of the trapped formation.
"Boom boom~"
Cao Peng kept hitting the surroundings with gold-edged shovels, but the battle formation formed by the two became more and more stable, and the area left to Cao Peng became smaller and smaller, until eight sword and shield players pushed Cao Peng into a small space.
In the range.
A dozen soldiers armed with spears stepped forward and thrust their spears into the military formation.
"Roar~"
Cao Peng was unwilling to die in battle like this, and wanted to rush out of the battle crazily. Three spears were broken by him, but one spear pierced his waist and abdomen at an extremely fast speed. Cao Peng couldn't help but stiffen.
He turned over and shuddered to knock off the spear, but the second spear took the opportunity to pierce his chest and abdomen. Cao Peng's eyes widened, followed closely by the third and fourth spears.
This fierce general of Cao's army who could fight against Wei Yan and Ji Ling died alone under the encirclement of the military formation, unable to close his eyes until he died.
"Quickly, open the city gate!" Seeing Cao Peng's life and death, Song Xian quickly shouted and led his men and horses to kill into the city, leaving Wei Yue to open the city gate for the army.
In fact, by this time, it no longer mattered whether the city gate was open or not. The entire southern city wall had been occupied by the army. A steady stream of Jianghuai troops rushed into the city and spread the city wall in all directions.
Some of the famous scholars who defended the city died in the rebellion, and some saw the opportunity early and retreated to the city first.
However, several members of the imperial party finally realized the difference between letting Lu Bu enter the city and letting Lu Bu attack the city. Kong Rong, Wang Zifu, Zhong Ji and others saw that the situation was not good and retreated first, but there were still a few people in the rebel army.
He roared angrily: "Where is Lu Bu? I want to see him, how dare I attack the capital!"
However, these shouts did not last long. Having lost the support of the people, they were not much stronger than ordinary people, and they were quickly eliminated among the rebels.
"Boom~"
The city gates and the gates of the barbican were opened, and Wei Yan led his army into the city. Looking at the barbican that had trapped him for a day and night, Wei Yan laughed loudly and led his army into the city.
"The thief will never go any further!" Xu Ding led his people to the gate of Wengcheng. When he saw Wei Yan charging out, he shouted and stood in front of Wei Yan.
"Is it you?" Wei Yan looked at Xu Ding. The opponent had formed a battle formation, but the battle formation of hundreds of people seemed a bit ridiculous at the moment: "Xuchang has been defeated. If you are smart, you should put down your weapons and surrender now instead of here.
Resistance!"
"We, the Xu family, are all loyal men. How can we surrender?" Xu Ding stood up with his sword drawn and glared at Wei Yandao.
"Then go to hell!" Wei Yan snorted coldly and instantly formed a formation. Under the leadership of Wei Yan, the army surged towards Xu Ding.
"Kill!" Xu Ding's eyes turned red, and he roared towards Wei Yan to kill him.
"Boom boom~"
After the two swords collided several times, Xu Ding was beheaded by Wei Yan's sword. Hundreds of soldiers behind him also collapsed, and were quickly annihilated by the soldiers who rushed past afterward.
As a large number of Jianghuai troops entered the city, the situation in Xuchang was completely chaotic. The people in the city ran for their lives in panic. However, they soon realized that something was wrong. These Jianghuai troops who rushed into the city did not seem to kill indiscriminately. As long as they did not take the initiative to attack them,
When encountering common people, these people will basically not initiate active attacks on them.
At the same time, there was a special law enforcement team in the city shouting: "Anyone who disturbs the people will be killed! Anyone who molests a woman will be beheaded! Anyone who takes the opportunity to cause chaos will be beheaded!"
The Jianghuai Army can achieve this, in addition to the emphasis on discipline during daily training, the most important thing is that the Jianghuai Army has extremely high treatment, the family tax is halved, the food is the best on weekdays, and there is also a generous salary
of military pay.
You must know that in this era, even the elite are only allowed to not hand over the materials looted during the massacre. This kind of professional treatment has never appeared before, and this is the first time for the Jianghuai Army.
Of course, it was also an important reason why the family records were concentrated in the rear and under the care of the imperial court. What finally appeared in front of the world was what it is now. A new army that set foot on the battlefield for the first time quickly evolved into an army with iron
A teacher of benevolence and righteousness in ordinary disciplines, a teacher of benevolence and righteousness that people in this era have never even heard of.
"Zi Yan, even if you don't massacre the city, don't stop the soldiers from getting rich!" Lu Bu and Chu Nan were the last to enter the city. In fact, with Lu Bu's character, even if he was not the first to enter the city, he should have entered from the front.
It's just that as the lord, Chu Nanjue must have the consciousness of being an elder and cannot rush to the front in everything.
Seeing the scene in the city that was so different from what it was after the city was broken, Lu Bu frowned.
After all, in this era, it is almost common sense to pillage after destroying a city. It would be considered benevolent not to massacre the city. There is really no need to not disturb the people.
"Father-in-law, does he know how many lives this rule can save?" Chu Nan asked with a smile.
Lu Bu shook his head, how could he care about this?
"When Runan was in the hands of Yuan Shu, the population was about 1.8 million. After Cao Cao's attack, our army came again. Now the calculated population is 890,000." Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu.
Said: "This includes many hermits!"
In other words, under Yuan Shu, no matter how well he did, the population of Runan might have exceeded two million. However, after experiencing Cao Cao and this war, the population of Runan has now been reduced by more than half!
This is also the main reason why Chu Nan mainly focused on the new army this time. If he joins forces with the old army to attack, he might be directly led astray.
"So many?" Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan in disbelief.
"Well." Chu Nan walked and said: "From now on, this place will belong to my father-in-law, and these people will also be the ones who will support my father-in-law in the future. The better I treat them, the more stable my father-in-law's position will be. On the contrary, if my father-in-law is unhappy with them, it will be the nobles."
, you can kill them at will, as long as the people’s support is with me, they can’t achieve anything big!”
Lu Bu's strategy here is to unite with the small and medium-sized poor families and the lower class people to fight against the big nobles. The nobles are not within their scope. If they kneel down to beg for food, they can give alms as appropriate according to their abilities, but before that, naturally they should take care of their allies first!
This attitude must be shown to the world. Lu Bu is different from other princes. In this way, with a clear positioning, future battles will become smoother and smoother!
"What Zi Yan said is very close to my heart!" Lu Bu nodded after hearing this. Chu Nan's policy was set when he was in Xuzhou. Not only was Chu Nan using it, but Lu Bu also subconsciously influenced it through Chu Nan's repeated emphasis.
Got this set.
"Father-in-law, leave the war to General Wei and the others. I will go to the palace to meet the emperor. Although we came in by force, we are good people. When we meet the emperor, we must respect him and be polite!"
"Don't worry, I am a loyal minister of the great Han Dynasty!"