Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Six Those who violate my Xuzhou, Sheng will strike and break them
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Cao Cao ordered his troops to besiege on all sides.
There were only more than 2,000 people in the city who refused to defend the city, and the rest were old, weak, women and children. Weapons were lacking, including very few bows and crossbows, and even few decent swords and spears.
The attackers were 40,000 elite soldiers, commanded by Cao Cao, not just an ordinary mob.
The county magistrate Mo Qu led the people to defend the city bravely, but the enemy troops attacked too quickly and fiercely. In less than two hours, the enemy troops boarded the city and were completely defeated.
Cao Cao has ordered that the gates on all sides be guarded and no one is allowed to escape.
After the city was broken, he ordered all the men in the city over the age of sixteen to be driven out of the city. Some of them were under the age of sixteen, but those who grew up quickly were also driven out.
These people were driven to the Sishui River. They all knew that they would be killed like the people who were massacred by Cao Cao before, but no one knelt down to beg for mercy.
Nearly a thousand people were killed during the siege, and now there are about 3,000 people who have been driven out.
The county magistrate Mo Qu was wounded all over his body. He endured the pain and stood in front of everyone, glaring at Cao Cao in front of him.
"Since you are unwilling to surrender to me and only want to die, I will help you today."
Cao Cao walked up to Mo Qu and said to him coldly.
"Spit." Mo Qu suddenly sprayed a mouthful of blood on Cao Cao's face and cursed angrily, "Cao Cao, you can kill us, but you must not make the people of Xuzhou surrender. We would rather die standing than live on our knees. Liu
The envoy will definitely come back and behead you to avenge us!"
"Shijun Liu will definitely avenge us!"
Everyone shouted after him.
Cao Cao raised his hand to wipe the blood that was sprayed on his face, walked away slowly, and whispered to Xia Houyuan: "Kill them all."
Xia Houyuan agreed and waved his hand, and two thousand soldiers immediately rushed forward, raised their swords and spears to chop and stab the captured people, and soon killed them all, then lifted up the bodies and threw them into the Sishui River.
The entire Sishui River was immediately stained red with blood.
Like the previous massacre, Cao Cao did not kill for food, but to make other defenders afraid and afraid to resist.
If it was just for food, he could definitely snatch the food away, and it didn't matter whether he killed the people or not.
He killed people mainly to intimidate others. This was the consequence of defending the city and not surrendering. It also made Xuzhou no longer able to resist him.
But Cao Cao didn't expect that the more people he killed, the less likely the Xuzhou people would surrender and the more they would defend the city.
Lu Cheng was just a small incident that delayed Cao Cao for a day.
After massacring Lu Cheng, he transported all the food in the city and continued to Xiapi.
Xiapi is now in charge of Mi Zhu, and he does not need to tell Jianbi to clear the country. The people nearby have either fled to the city to escape, or fled elsewhere.
"Cao Cao suddenly raised his troops to attack. He bypassed Pengcheng and reached Xiapi. The Lord's reinforcements have not yet returned. How do you think we can resist the enemy now?"
Mi Zhu called Zhuge Jin, Xu Sheng, Xia Hou Bo and others to discuss the matter. He was now the Prime Minister of Xia Pi.
Xu Sheng shouted loudly: "Anyone who attacks our Xuzhou, Sheng will attack and defeat them..."
"Wen Xiang, Cao's army has 40,000 or 50,000, and we only have 5,000!"
Mi Zhu knew that Xu Sheng was not afraid of death, but he couldn't commit suicide by himself. Even if he committed suicide, he couldn't bring the whole city with him!
"Mr. Mifu, we have five thousand garrison soldiers in Xiapi, and the guards from each family together have thousands of people. If we recruit some strong people, we can have eight or nine thousand people, enough to defend the city and wait for reinforcements." Zhuge Zhizhong.
Jin said.
This is a good idea, Mi Zhu nodded: "Zhuge Zhizhong, you can handle the matter of gathering the guards from all the families, and I will be responsible for recruiting the people. The Lord has asked Li Gongliang, Sima and Zang Langya to come back for reinforcements in a few days.
The day is coming, as long as we hold on to Xiapi and the lord's reinforcements arrive, we will have no worries."
Mi Zhu asked Zhuge Jin to gather various guards and recruit the people himself. Xu Sheng and Xiahou Bo were responsible for patrolling the city defense.
Now is a critical moment. Originally, Cao Cao sent troops suddenly, but he bypassed Pengcheng and attacked Xiapi directly, with lightning speed.
Although Liu Bei sent reinforcements and rushed back,
But Liu Bei may have thought that Cao Cao would conquer Pengcheng first, and then lead his troops to capture Pi. Moreover, the reinforcements retreated from Lujiang River. It was a long way, and no matter how fast they walked, they would not be able to return before Cao Cao's troops reached Xia Pi.
There were only 5,000 soldiers in Xiapi City. Mi Zhu felt that if Liu Bei had not asked Liang Lu, who was stationed in Xuyi, to defend Pengcheng with 3,000 soldiers, but had stayed in Xuyi, he might still be able to come to Xiapi in time.
With these three thousand soldiers and sufficient food and grass in the city, it would be impossible for Cao Cao to attack Xiapi.
But now, especially when Cao Cao captured Lucheng and killed all the men in Lucheng, this was a big shock to Xiapi. Many people were frightened after hearing the news, and some even wanted to leave the city.
, and fled to another place.
But now that the city gate is closed, it is impossible to open it again and let them go.
There are prefecture, county and county governments in Xiapi City. Each level of government has many guards. In addition, generals such as Zhou Ping, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also have guards at their homes.
Zhuge Jin's family went to deliver the order one by one, asking them to leave only their servants and all the guards to gather together and ascend the city to resist the enemy.
The prefectures, county offices and county offices are all easy to deal with, but the more difficult thing is the guards of each house. The owners of these houses are all following Liu Shijun in the war, and they are all people with the power to command the army. It is inevitable that some housekeepers will be arrogant and do not guard their positions.
Zhuge Jin took the treatment seriously.
At the same time, the enemy troops are approaching the city, and there will definitely be chaos in the city. They also want to keep guards to protect their homes.
The most authoritative among them were Zhou Ping, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
The first place Zhuge Jin went to was Zhou Ping's family. As long as he could persuade his family, it would be easier to persuade other families.
"Madam, Zhuge Zhizhong is here."
Gan Qian was playing with her daughter in her room, when her servant Ah Shui came in to report.
"Please come in quickly."
Gan Qian already knew that Cao Cao was leading troops to attack, so she thought that Zhuge Jin's visit at this time must be something important.
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"Mrs. Gan, Mr. Wen'an is currently fighting abroad with his lord. Cao Cao suddenly raised his troops to attack. Tens of thousands of enemy soldiers are about to approach the city. We only have five thousand soldiers in the city to defend the city. Lord Mifu and us want to
Gather the guards from all the families and climb the city together to resist the enemy. I hope Mrs. Gan will understand the righteousness and let the guards from the family accompany me to defend the city together and protect the safety of everyone in the city!"
Zhuge Jin said and gave a big salute to Gan Qian.
Originally this was an order, but Zhou Ping and others were all favored by the lord, and Zhuge Jin did not dare to offend him. He would first give him a courtesy, and if they did not agree, he would force them with an order.
Gan Qian received the great gift from Zhuge Jin and was a little frightened. She quickly returned the gift and said: "Zhuge's rule is very polite. The enemy is approaching the city. We should defend it together. Ah Shui, please quickly send all the guards at home to help defend the city. If the male members of the family are like
Those who have the strength can also go together."
Ah Shui said anxiously: "Madam, if all the men in the family are gone, who will protect the family?"
Gan Qian said: "If the city is not defended, how will our family survive? We must protect the city first before we can protect our family. Go quickly."
"promise."
Ah Shui had no choice but to ask all the guards and male servants at home to help defend the city, leaving only the maid at home.
Zhuge Jin quickly thanked him, said goodbye and left, and went to another house to persuade him.
With the Zhou Ping family at the head, other families can be easily persuaded. Even if some are reluctant, they have to let their guards guard the city together.
In just half a day, Zhuge Jin gathered together more than a thousand guards, as well as more than a hundred male servants. They all took the initiative after knowing that the male servants in Zhou Ping's family were out.
On the second day, Mi Zhu also recruited more than 3,000 people and asked them to stand by in the city.
At this time, Cao Cao led an army of 40,000 to Xiapi City.
