Chapter five hundred and seventeen squeezing public opinion
"Sir, why do you want to demolish the dam?" After Ma Chao released the dam, he withdrew his troops and returned to the camp. When he saw Chen Gong discussing the attack on the city with Zhao Yun, he frowned and asked.
"Why are we building the dam?" Chen Gong asked without answering.
"It's to destroy the city!" Ma Chao knew that Chen Gong had no intention of flooding Jinyang from the beginning, so he frowned and said, "But we don't have to demolish the dam, leaving it as a deterrent."
"The enemy's ability to defend this city depends entirely on the support of the people. Now that the enemy's people have lost their support, our goal has been achieved. If we keep the dam, Xinpi will make a fuss about it. But if we demolish the dam, it will also show that we
In contrast, Xinpi bet the lives of a city on whether I would flood the city. Although he won the bet, he lost the hearts of the people. We came here to destroy the city, not to destroy it.
Build a dam!" Chen Gong patiently explained to Ma Chao.
Well……
Ma Chao couldn't turn around for a while, so he looked at Chen Gong and said, "If you demolish the dam, can you break the city?"
"Of course." Chen Gong nodded affirmatively.
Why couldn't he believe this ridiculous reason?
Ma Chao expressed doubts.
Chen Gong looked at Zhao Yun and said: "You two will lead your troops to attack the city tomorrow, but you only need to use arrow arrays to consume the remaining green energy in the city. There is no need to attack by force."
"Here!" Zhao Yun nodded in agreement.
Ma Chao looked at Chen Gong, then at Zhao Yun, and nodded in agreement. Everything will be resolved tomorrow. He wanted to see how Chen Gong was going to break the city.
There was no talk all night, and early the next morning, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao formed formations to fire arrows from the east and west sides, while Chen Gong led the Chinese army to set up a Liangyi formation to prevent the enemy from sneak attack.
Zhao Yun and Ma Chao both followed Chen Gong's advice and only fired arrows but did not attack the city. For a moment, arrows flew up and down the city wall, and a shower of arrows fell towards the top of the city as if they were free of money.
On the top of Jinyang City, green energy rippled, constantly weakening the damage caused by the arrow formation. By the time the arrow formation landed on the top of the city, there was no longer much damage.
"Sir, our army's arrows missed the enemy!" Gao Gan looked at Xinpi anxiously. The opponent's shooting range was too far. They took advantage of the city wall and shot arrows from a high position, but they didn't have as far a range as the other party. This made Gao Gan
Somewhat uncomfortable.
"They are consuming the green energy in the city!" Xinpi naturally understood why Chen Gong did this, but he had no choice. The range was out of reach. If they went out to fight out of the city, the enemy's combat effectiveness showed yesterday. Even if they had many people, they would probably not be able to fight out of the city.
Can't beat it either.
It's really not a good feeling to know the other party's purpose, but only watch the other party push you into a desperate situation step by step.
"But something needs to be done. If things go on like this, it will hurt morale!" Gao Gan said anxiously.
In a war, what we fight for is morale. If we continue to fight like this, morale will have to dissipate before the city is broken.
What can Xin Pi do? He came here full of hatred and wanted to make some truth in the northwest to help Yuan Shao defeat Chu Nan and avenge his brother.
However, despite plotting against the Xiliang Army, Xinpi is now gradually coming back to his senses. Chen Gong only united with the Xiliang Army, but did not control it, and allowed the Xiliang Army to act on its own. I am afraid that this was the idea, to allow himself to consume the Xiliang Army.
The Liang Army made the Xiliang Army unable to recover and was unable to pose a threat to its rear.
Although the Xiliang Army agreed to Chen Gong, it can be seen from Zhang Heng's reaction that the Xiliang Army is not actually loyal to Chen Gong. Although it can pose a threat to Bingzhou, once the march does not go smoothly, this ragtag group will not fight tooth and nail.
, even as long as you block the opponent's first wave of attacks, and then secretly negotiate with others to instigate the opponent, it is not impossible for the opponent to turn against Chen Gong.
It's a pity that Chen Gong arrived half a month earlier than him, and the situation was already under his control. If he didn't destroy the Xiliang army at the Yellow River crossing, the Xiliang army alone would have made Xinpi miserable.
But Chen Gong could take the opportunity to calmly deploy Bingzhou. After he defeated the Xiliang army, he calmly came to collect the results. For the Xiliang army, the villain was himself, but Chen Gong, who controlled all this, became
After this battle, if Bingzhou cannot be defended, the entire Guanzhong may be captured by Chen Gong.
What kind of bullshit scholar is this?
Xin Pi cursed secretly in his heart. Although he knew that this march and fighting had nothing to do with moral character, he still wanted to vent. This Chen Gong is really not a son of a man!
He was just a step slower and kept following the opponent's pace.
Moreover, Xin Pi had a vague feeling. Since Chen Gong had already taken control of the whole situation, would he remain indifferent after trapping himself in Jinyang?
His plan should be to merge the entire state.
Xinpi just thought about it at this moment and gave up thinking about it. The most important thing right now was to defend Jinyang. If they couldn't defend Jinyang, how could they continue to fight against Chen Gong?
He calmed down his mind at the moment and carefully thought about the situation at hand. The other party was so unscrupulous in using arrow arrays to consume his own green energy. It was obvious that he had calculated that the people's hearts in the city had changed. What he had to do now was to change the people's hearts and make the people trust them and support them again.
them.
This is undoubtedly difficult, but it is not impossible.
If the gentle approach doesn't work, then use coercion.
Xin Pi summoned Guo Yuan.
"What are your orders, sir?" Guo Yuan looked at Xin Pi, bowed and asked.
"Take people to the city and drive all the strong men to the city wall. Anyone who disobeys the rules will be killed!" Xinpi looked at Guo Yuan and said in a deep voice.
"Here!" Although Guo Yuan didn't understand why he did this, he agreed without hesitation and led his troops straight to the city.
After experiencing yesterday's conversation that was heard throughout the city, the people in the city had lost their trust in Yuan Jun. Now they saw the defenders coming down the city and just watched indifferently.
However, Guo Yuan's order made the people's lungs hurt.
"We have no fighting power. If you ask me to wait and go to the city, will you die!?" A relatively strong man struggled not to go to the city.
"Poof~" A sharp sword flashed, and the man's head was knocked off by a sword. A group of soldiers followed without any explanation, dragging out the elderly, wife and children one by one, and beheaded them on the spot.
This scene shocked many people. Guo Yuan sat on his horse and looked at the nearby people looking indifferently. He said coldly: "This is a military order. All the young men in the city must go to the city to help garrison. If you disobey the order,
If you do, kill him all over the house!"
The people around him were all silent, and no one dared to say another word. The ordinary people, unlike those in the Central Plains where everyone had not practiced the method of visualization, had no ability to resist in the face of the fierce and vicious defenders.
In order to prevent his family from being harmed, a strong man in the city began to join the team as if resigned to his fate. He went to the city to fight and could still get a chance of survival. However, if he resisted, he would not only die himself, but also his wife, children, and children at home.
Lose your life.
Naturally, there are also people who gather to resist, but these soldiers have been practicing the method of visualization for more than a year. When they are released alone, they will face the existence of one against a hundred people. The people gather to resist. In front of these cruel soldiers,
Weak as a baby.
This is the problem that will inevitably arise after the power of heaven and earth is restored. As the people at the bottom, faced with the government's tough solicitation, they do not have much ability to resist. Even if they have the courage to resist, they will only be brutally suppressed, especially when they see Yue Yue.
As more people began to join the team, those who came later simply gave up the fight and left obediently with the soldiers who came to recruit the strong people.
The same scenes kept playing out in the city. On the city tower, the already thin public opinion began to gather again. They were not fighting for Yuan Jun, but the people whose families were sent to the city wall to pray for their pillars, hoping that they could return safely.
The reason why the young men were summoned was not only because they were stronger, but also because these young men were the backbone of each family. Even if the people in the city wanted to save their families from dying in the war, they had to choose to support Yuan Jun.
Sometimes, the voice of the people is really not important. Those in power have too many ways to force them to make choices that are beneficial to them, just like now. Although after this incident, the people hated the defenders in the city.
, but I have to hope that they can hold on, because when the city is broken, their men, fathers, and sons are very likely to die on that chaotic battlefield. Even for their own children, they must support these inhuman things.
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However, when public opinion gathers, there is also public resentment. The people are unable to resist, but the resentment in their hearts cannot be controlled unless they directly massacre the city. It is an extremely rare phenomenon that public opinion and public resentment accompany each other. For Confucianists, public resentment can be
It is not a good thing. At best, it will destroy your cultivation. At worst, it will bring bad luck again and again, and eventually your soul will be gone.
Xinpi could feel the aura of awe-inspiring power and it was much more difficult to transform public opinion into green energy. In the past, it took the same time to transform a portion of green energy, but now it may take three times as long to convert. The backlash of public resentment has already begun.
However, Simpi didn't have too many worries about this. After choosing the method of squeezing public opinion, he had no hope of retaining this city. When the war was over, he would wipe this city off the map. As long as the carrier of resentment
When people are gone, the resentment has no roots. Just slowly eliminate the resentment of the people. The most important thing now is to survive Chen Gong's attack. Only by living can the future be possible. If you can't even see tomorrow,
What about the future?
As a large number of brave men were rushed to the city, public opinion began to pour in like a tidal wave, and public opinion finally began to gather again.
Chen Gong, who was watching, frowned and looked steadily in the direction of the city. He also felt the changes in youth and public opinion. In such a short period of time, it was impossible for the other party to change the people's likes and dislikes instantly. It's not that it couldn't be changed, but it would take time.
, even if Xinpi knelt down and begged the people for a day, it would not have this effect.
At the same time, Chen Gong also noticed that a lot of public resentment was generated. After thinking for a moment, Chen Gong realized what methods the other party used.
"Seek death!" Chen Gong looked at more and more people on the city wall, shook his head and smiled. There was public opinion, but could the military formations still be spread out on the city wall, which was not wide?
"Pass my military order, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao will join forces here and prepare to attack the city with all their strength!" Chen Gong ordered the two armies to join forces. At the same time, all the siege equipment in the military camp was moved out. Although there were not many, they were used at this time.
, should be enough.
Zhao Yun and Ma Chao heard the trumpet sound from Chen Gong. Although they didn't understand it, they immediately led their troops to the south gate to join Chen Gong. Under Chen Gong's command, catapults, wells, and ladders were launched.
The ramming truck was pushed onto the battlefield. Under the command of Chen Gong, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao each led their troops to attack the city...