Chapter 132 [shooting down the butcher knife]
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Cao Ren didn't have to wait for an hour. After only half an hour passed, the time for lunch (not two meals during wartime and three meals during wartime) was not yet reached, and the soldiers and civilians of Suiling who had completely lost the courage to resist opened the south and north gates. The officials and villagers led by the county magistrate, held their county registration books and knelt on both sides of the moat to offer surrender.
Cao Ren first entered the city, and Shi Huan was in the army outside to prepare for unexpected events. But it was obvious that their caution was too careful, and everyone in Suiling was trembling. Who dared to play tricks in front of these arrogant soldiers and generals? Are you tired of living?
In just three days, Cao Ren forced his troops to suil without bloodshed. However, isn't he really needed a "bloodshed"?
"What? The grain in the city is only half a month long?" After Cao Ren entered the city, he used the county government official temple as a temporary official residence. He didn't care about the population registration book at all. He first snatched the warehouse and checked the grain storage situation in the county. But it was fine if he didn't look at it. He became angry when he saw it, threw the accounting book hard and roared at the officials of the county.
The warehouse manager in charge of the warehouse said tremblingly: "The county originally had 20,000 hu of grain. At the beginning of the Battle of Pengcheng, he had already sent 10,000 hu of grain to the provincial governor as military rations. After the provincial governor retreated to the East China Sea, he transferred 5,000 hu of grain to provide for capital, and only 5,000 hu of grain was left in the city. Recently, a large number of refugees poured in. If the warehouse was not opened to help, there might be a great chaos, so he sent out grain to support it. By the time the lieutenant soldiers were at the city, there were less than 3,000 hu..."
Cao Ren slowly calmed down his anger and sneered: "Well, three thousand hu is enough for my three thousand soldiers a month. All the left and right will load them with me and transport them back to the camp." The left and right guards took the order and left.
At this moment, not only the warehouse, but also the county magistrate, the township elders were anxious and dissuaded: "No, the lieutenant! This is the life-saving food for the whole city! The army took half of it, but no matter what, please leave the foundation for life."
Pa! The horse whip in Cao Ren's hand whipped heavily on the table, the paint cracked, wood chips splashed everywhere, and the sound was like a wolf howling: "Three thousand hu of grain will be exchanged for 20,000 lives, will it be done?"
This means that if you want food or die. The officials and fellow villagers in Suiling all had bitter faces and didn't know how to dissuade them. How could they know that the Cao army was already seriously short of food at this time. If they had to bear it for another three or five days, no, just by pursuing today, Cao Ren would have to withdraw his troops obediently.
At this time, not only Cao Ren's other troops, but also Cao Cao's army, the remaining grain was less than a month's worth. This time, the division of troops to capture Xia Pi was also to seize the warehouses of the counties and counties and support the war. Unexpectedly, Tao Qian was not stupid either. He knew that the county and county under his rule would definitely not be able to stop the robbery of Cao's army like wolves and tigers. He had already transferred almost the reserved grain in the counties in advance, leaving only a little living grain, so that the Cao army and the people would compete with each other.
He took Suiling, but only got three thousand Hu of grain, which was quite different from Cao Ren's previous expectations. But now that things have come to this point, it is impossible, and at least it is enough for his troops to be needed. Cao Ren planned to take the next step to attack Xiaqiu and even Xia Pi, and decided to continue this war.
Cao Ren had a good plan, but he forgot one thing: being convenient to others, and being convenient to others, if you don’t give people a way to live, people will compete for a way to live by themselves.
The Cao army forced a large number of vehicles to transport grain and rice, so naturally they could not hide it. The Cao army soldiers who regarded themselves as winners did not want to hide it. Therefore, when the news that Cao army wanted to steal the empty warehouse came out, the entire Suiling suddenly became turbulent. A city that had just been subdued was mixed with residents and refugees, and they were already panic. They were worried about their personal safety, property safety, dietary security and other issues. This was simply ignored Cao Ren, who was planning to rob and leave.
To calm people's hearts and deal with the aftermath, leave these headaches to the Taozhou master to do. I am here to be a robber.
High pressure clamping and forcibly plundering, encountering a sensitive moment of fear and anxiety in people's hearts, the expected conflict broke out.
Just one hour after Cao Ren occupied Suiling, thousands of mobs robbed the warehouses in the city. The Cao army, who was responsible for supervising the escort of food and grass, was killed and trampled to death in the conflict. The auxiliary soldiers and servants who transported the food were beaten to run around the city. Many places were already caught fire by the mob and took the opportunity to rob. It was a simple battle for the living grain, but finally it lost control and evolved into a violent*.
Cao Ren had a strong ability to respond to changes and suppress the rebellion. He sent a fast horse out of the city as soon as possible. Xiyu Shi Huan, who was stationed in the camp, sent troops to siege the city. At the same time, he put on a horse and personally led more than a hundred followers to quickly suppress it.
Under Cao Ren's bloody suppression, the riot was quelled in just half an hour. The streets of tic toe were covered with corpses that were killed by horses, and blood was accumulated. The red blood, white rice, and red and white were shocking.
Kill those who should be killed, kill those who should not be killed, and Cang Bing was also robbed, which eventually angered Cao Ren.
"Since you have chosen to ask for food but don't live, then I, Cao Ren, will let you do it!"
Cao Ren issued a city massacre order, and all the people in the city, except for the middle-aged men and women, were killed and their bodies were thrown into Sui River.
This is the second time in history, Cao's army waved the butcher knife after the Pengcheng bloody case. Sui Ling was just the beginning.
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When Ma Han left Zhao Yun to guard the ships, he personally led one hundred white wolf cavalry, fifty-five-floor boatmen, thirty-boat soldiers and boatmen, and took the tower boat to the river upstream, what he saw was the bloody scene of half the river whirling half the river red.
Zhou Cang had been waiting here for a long time, so of course he had not burned the grain, and the grain of Cao's army was not worth burning. At this moment, there were still a dozen people who were lucky enough to escape from Sui Ling, with pale faces, red eyes, and trembling all over him.
"So, Cao's army has finished their food and grass, and the city slaughtered a large number of people because of robbing grain..." After hearing Zhou Cang's report, Ma Han glanced at the people again, his mind changed and made a decision. He said to the people with kindness, "Do you still have relatives in the city?"
"Yes! Yes! I have two sons and one daughter, all trapped in the city."
"My cousin and his wife couldn't come out either."
"My uncle and aunt, and two nephews, are you ignorant of your life or death..."
For a moment, there were crying on the boat.
Ma Han was impatient and silenced the scene with just a gentle word. He said, "Save people is like putting out fires. If you want to save your relatives as soon as possible, listen to me."
There was silence on the ship, only Ma Han's voice echoed on the river: "I want you to follow my subordinates back to Suiling and tell the people in the city that I, the Liaodong Cavalry Commander, lead the guards of Bailang City in western Liaoning. Ma Han will rescue you from Cao's butcher's knife. Please wait with peace of mind."
More than a dozen people looked at each other. This young man turned out to be a cavalry captain or a city guard, but his tone was too big, right? You, a general of Liaodong, how could you expect the Yanzhou army to give you face?
Ma Han said lightly: "I don't ask you to believe now. I just hope that you will give your relatives a chance to survive. Whether you want it or not is up to you."
When you fall into despair, someone gives you a glimmer of hope. No matter how slim it is, will you give up? Ninety percent of people won't, so they can only choose to believe in this confident young captain and use their lives to bet once.
Zhou Cang and two white wolf cavalrymen were wearing hangers, riding strong horses, holding swords and bows. More than ten people followed closely and went to Suiling to write a letter together.
After traveling less than three miles, he was surrounded by Cao's patrols. Facing the shaking swords, guns and arrows, Zhou Cangman took out the letter without caring about it. He flashed in front of the Cao soldiers and said carelessly: "Zhou Cang, a marquis of the Bailang Camp Army in western Liaoning, was ordered to defend the city and sent a letter to the commander of the army, the chief general of the army, Li Feng, the captain of Cao Jun."
Cao Jun, a Du Bo (equivalent to a team soldier) said suspiciously: "Xi Liaoxi? How can you? Take the letter and take a look..."
Zhou Cang Niu glared at the eyes and showed his fierce light: "Look? Are you fucking literacy? What kind of scholars are you pretending to be a scholar! This letter is of great importance. If you miss it, can you afford to be guilty?"
Zhou Cang robbed the white-handed man, which made Cao Jun Duwang both embarrassed and annoyed. Of course, he was illiterate and wanted to hand over the letter and then rob these people into the city. But seeing the other party's fearless appearance, Cao Jun Duwang was also worried and did not dare to act rashly. While sending people to inform him, he scattered the whistle cavalry on both sides to supervise Zhou Cang's three cavalry and a group of timid people to go to Suiling City.
At this time, the blood was already flowing into a river in Suiling City. The dark red blood had not yet time to solidify, and new blood was sprinkled, soaking and spreading all the way, pouring into the water gate in the northeast, like red pigment, dyeing the water gate's water gate's red area.
Cao Ren stood above the city, listening to the tragic whine in the city, looking at the dazzling river coldly, at this moment, he had forgotten what his name was.
Standing on the high wall, Cao Ren saw a cavalry in the north quickly entering the city, then swayed the reins and rushing along the long troop transport path close to the inner wall. He soon came to him and knelt down and reported: "The patrol cavalry on the north bank of the river intercepted three cavalry and more than ten fleeing commoners. The visitor called himself the Liaodong cavalry commander, and led the military marquis under the White Wolf City guarding horseman, and had an important letter to hand him over to the lieutenant."
"Liaodong? Cavalry Commander? Ma Han?" Cao Ren was surprised and asked three questions in a row. He had never heard of this person before. Moreover, in his impression, Liaodong was a corner of the sea and sky, thousands of miles away. How could a Cavalry Commander come here? But no matter what the purpose of the visit, if he really was a Cavalry Commander, the identity of the visitor was not inferior to him, and it would be polite.
Soon, Zhou Cang and the other two were taken to the top of the city, and the dozen or so people did not dare to act rashly because the Cao army did not understand their relationship with Bailang City. They temporarily took the initiative to be detained at the city gate, which made the people feel a little relieved.
Seeing Zhou Cang, who was full of wind and powerful, climbed to the top of the city, Cao Ren couldn't help but be surprised. At a glance, this person knew that he was a warrior like Dian Wei, the governor of his brother's tent. If he was allowed to see him, he would be happy to see the hunt. What about this Ma Han's men?
But when Cao Ren took the letter presented by Zhou Cang, the trace of favor that had just risen suddenly disappeared and he was furious.
"Prepare the horse!" Cao Ren glared at Zhou Cang, "Leading the way forward, I want to visit your city guard!"
"Yes." Zhou Cang responded, but his steps did not move. "Before this, should I ask the captain to show his sincerity in the visit-stop the massacre first?"
Chapter completed!