After hearing the news, Hou Pi immediately went crazy. He only had 20,000 soldiers on his side, and he was still young and strong. You were defeated in the blink of an eye with an army of 40,000. You really failed to succeed but failed.
"Captain, what should we do now?
I can’t stop it.”
A village chief looked at the captain, his eyes full of horror.
"what to do?
If we can't stop it, we'll stop it. The state captain is so defeated, why should we insist on surrendering? Everyone surrenders."
Glancing at the soldiers around him, although they didn't say anything, he could already see the weariness and panic in the soldiers' eyes. There was no point in persisting. Instead of leading everyone to death, it would be better to surrender directly.
"Yeah, the captain is wise."
"Surrender, surrender."
"No need to die, finally no need to die."
Hearing Hou Pi's words, everyone cheered. It was better to be captured than to be killed by the sword. One by one, the Yangzhou soldiers dropped their weapons and surrendered to the Xuzhou army in front of them.
"General, the enemy has surrendered."
The Yangzhou army on top of the city surrendered, and Zang Ba immediately got the news.
"Okay, order the soldiers to collect the prisoners and open the city gate to welcome the lord into the city."
Hearing that the enemies on the city wall had surrendered, Zang Ba breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what the reason was, the Xuzhou Army finally did not embarrass himself this time.
"promise."
Soon the city gate slowly opened under the control of Xuzhou Army, and at the same time the strong suspension bridge fell to one side of the moat.
"Lord, the city gate is open."
Seeing the city gate open, Chen Gong spoke to Yuan Shu with excitement.
"Let's go into town."
After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he led the remaining militia directly through the city gate and entered Shouchun City.
"Sir, it's not good, Yuan Shu's army has come in and Lord Zhou Wei is on the verge of death."
Zhang Xun was anxiously waiting for the news to arrive in the Prefecture Mufu, but what he was waiting for was Zhou Ping who was carried in.
"What?"
Looking at Zhou Ping who was almost out of breath, Zhang Xun felt like he was stupid. How long did it take for the city to be destroyed?
If Zhou Ping is still like this, he may not live much longer.
"Sir, let's go quickly."
The soldiers clasped their fists at Zhang Xun. The current situation no longer allowed them to stay here, otherwise they would definitely end up dead without a burial place.
"Come here, set fire to the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion and surrounding buildings. I will give Yuan Shu a fire as a farewell gift."
Since he could no longer stay here, Zhang Xun did not hesitate and left directly, but before leaving, he wanted to leave some mess for Yuan Shu.
"promise."
The soldiers clasped their fists and went directly to issue Zhang Xun's order.
Thousands of people started setting fires everywhere, among which the Zhoumu Mansion burned the most violently. The surging flames rose directly into the sky like a mountain of flames. After finishing all this, Zhang Xun ran directly towards the west gate.
When Zhang Xun arrived at the west gate, the city gate there was already open, and the defeated soldiers had already escaped through here. After taking a last look at the city where he was born and raised, Zhang Xun left here under the escort of more than a thousand soldiers and horses.
Dushouchun City has now turned into a hell-like scene. The defeated Yangzhou army started burning, killing and looting like hungry wolves. They knew they could not stay here any longer, so they had to rob enough supplies for their escape before leaving.
When Yuan Shu entered the city and looked at the messy Shouchun City, he couldn't help but frown.
"Order the troops to clean up the defeated troops hiding in Shouchun City. Anyone who dares to take advantage of the fire and rob will be killed without mercy. Anyone who dares to commit adultery and plunder will be killed without mercy. Anyone who dares to seize the opportunity to sabotage will be killed without mercy."
Three words of "kill" came out of his mouth in succession, and the bloody anger directly broke through the sky. He could tolerate the prisoners. These people were just their own masters, but what he couldn't tolerate were those who were wearing human skin and doing beastly things.
Damn bastards, kill every one of them.
"promise."
As a general of the guard, Dian Wei has to protect Yuan Shu. Now the task of cleaning up Shouchun City can only be completed by Zang Ba.
"My lord has given an order to disperse the entire army and clean up Shouchun City. Anyone who dares to take advantage of the situation and rob it will be killed without mercy. Anyone who dares to commit adultery and plunder will be killed without mercy. Anyone who dares to seize the opportunity to sabotage will be killed without mercy."
"My lord has given an order to disperse the entire army and clean up Shouchun City. Anyone who dares to take advantage of the situation and rob it will be killed without mercy. Anyone who dares to commit adultery and plunder will be killed without mercy. Anyone who dares to seize the opportunity to sabotage will be killed without mercy."
"My lord has given an order to disperse the entire army and clean up Shouchun City. Anyone who dares to take advantage of the situation and rob it will be killed without mercy. Anyone who dares to commit adultery and plunder will be killed without mercy. Anyone who dares to seize the opportunity to sabotage will be killed without mercy."
Yuan Shu's order quickly spread among the Jizhou army, and all soldiers organized into units and began to roam the Shouchun City to clean up those broken troops.
"I am reporting to my lord that there is a fire in the Prefectural Mufu Mansion and nearby buildings, and it has now spread to the surrounding area of five miles."
As soon as Yuan Shu arranged for his troops to clear Shouchun City, the soldiers in front passed the news of the fire in the city.
"Come and see with me."
When he heard that there was a fire in and around the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, Yuan Shu did not dare to delay and rushed over with his guards.
When we arrived at the fire scene, we saw burning houses everywhere, and Shouchun people were running around. Some were wailing in the fire, and some were crying on the ground. The scene was extremely chaotic.
"Dian Wei, ordered the guards to disperse the people, and asked Zang Ba to mobilize 20,000 troops to coordinate with the guards to put out the fire."
Seeing the tragic situation in front of him, Yuan Shu knew that this could not be delayed any longer, otherwise, according to the speed of the fire, the entire Shouchun City would be burned to the ground and turned into ruins.
"promise."
Dian Wei immediately led his guards forward, dispersed the people surrounding the fire, and then began to fetch water from surrounding wells to put out the fire.
Zang Ba received Yuan Shu's order and did not dare to neglect. He immediately rushed over with 20,000 troops and horses to put out the fire together with the guards.
Thirty thousand troops fought hard to put out the fire for a full hour and finally the fire was under control. The outermost fire was basically extinguished, leaving only the center still burning fiercely.
Yuan Shu was fighting the fire, but Wen Chou, who was ambushing outside the city, was too weak to capture the prisoners. The Yangzhou Army soldiers all fell into his hands like moths to the flame, and in a short time, seven or eight thousand prisoners were captured.
"General, look."
The captain pointed to the distance and saw a team of a thousand people running towards him, and there were more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages among the crowd, which looked like a fat sheep.
"Open your pockets and wait until they come in."
Since he knew that there were fat sheep on the other side, Wen Chou was not in a hurry to take action. He just asked the soldiers and horses to open the passage first to let them in, and then closed the door to beat the dogs.
"promise."
Wen Chou's army slowly opened his pockets, but Zhang Xun was completely unprepared and dived into the pockets.
"Wen Chou, the fierce general under Jizhou's pastoral tent, has been waiting here for a long time."
Wen Chou rode his horse and appeared in front of Zhang Xun's troops.
"Wen Chou, no, we are in an ambush, retreat quickly."
Hearing Wen Chou's words, Zhang Xun couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart, and immediately ordered his troops to retreat.
"You're here and you still want to leave?"
Seeing the enemy retreating, Wen Chou raised the spear in his hand.
"kill."
The open pocket closed instantly, and countless soldiers and horses came directly from behind to kill them. Then soldiers and horses came from other directions, completely surrounding them.
"Those who surrender live and those who fight die."
Wen Chou walked slowly over and shouted loudly to Zhang Xun who was surrounded.
"I surrender."
"I surrender too."
"surrender."
Each of the surrounded soldiers has no moral integrity at all. Resistance under the current situation is seeking death. Who is willing to be loyal to the emperor?
He threw down his weapons, knelt down on his knees, and surrendered to Wen Chou.
"My lord in the carriage, please come out."
Seeing everyone surrendering, Wen Chou rode his horse over the soldiers and horses and slowly came to the carriage.
