Ye County.

Two days passed quickly.

Xiahou Xuanru's back thorn.

He knew very well that even if Tian Yu withdrew his troops, he would not be able to come back in time.

Cheng Xi was full of fear and his calves were trembling. As the sky gradually darkened, he couldn't help but feel fear and said in a deep voice: "Two days are fleeting. I think the Yan Thief is going to attack again tonight."

Xiahou Xuan smiled bitterly and frowned and said, "Why do Yan Thief always take the night attack?"

Cheng Xi couldn't figure it out, and murmured: "This - maybe it's a fool to deceive people and not look at things at night. Moreover, the Yan thief does not send troops during the day and acts at night. There are few soldiers in our city, and they will be restless day and night, so they will inevitably be in a state of energy and a dull atmosphere."

Xiahou Xuanxin thought that this was not false. The military and civilians in the city took turns to rest, which made them exhausted. The Yan army rested peacefully during the day and sent troops tonight, which greatly consumed their physical strength. He frowned and said, "This Yan thief is cunning."

If Gongsun Xiu and Liu Zhi heard this set of plausible and rigid theories, they might laugh out loud on the spot.

The acting venue of six or seven thousand people who were afraid of being exposed, made the two of them have their logic self-consistent and they have to make up for the poison points.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, Liu Zhi speculated that the time was almost over, so he immediately ordered the three armies to beat drums and prepare to send troops.

Amid the sound of a drum as fast as lightning, Cheng Xi hurriedly ordered the soldiers to go to the city to resist, arranged the rolling wood and falling rocks, and then he saw an incredible scene.

I saw that on the plain in the distance, rows of purged Yan troops came in line with the faint moonlight, east, west and south, each holding torches, like a mountain collapse and a crack in the ground, shattering all Ye County.

It was the first time Xiahou Xuan saw such a well-trained soldier. Although it was very far away, he could vaguely tell that in the marching of the Yan army, each square formation was as measured like a ruler, orderly and without any confusion.

Are there such elite soldiers in the world?

How could they know that the seemingly huge square formation was in line with the same pace because the Yan army tied two or three bamboos into bamboo frames more than ten feet. A scarecrow hung every four feet. In fact, there were only three Yan soldiers in the middle who carried the bamboo frames with their arms and turned into rows of armies. From a distance, they looked like a square formation that seemed to be ten thousand people, but in fact they were just a thousand people pretending to be gods.

Cheng Xi secretly calculated his fingers and felt that there were 30,000 to 40,000 enemy troops coming from all sides. Their power was so terrifying that it was terrifying.

He couldn't hold on now and hurriedly whispered in Xiahou Xuan's ear: "General, if he doesn't retreat at this time, he may not be able to escape if he is surrounded. Anyway, Tian Yu has already withdrawn his troops, and he is led 30,000 people, all of whom are elite soldiers. At worst, he can take back the lost Ye County. The general's body is a thousand gold medal and goes to Qingzhou to supervise all military and political affairs. If you have any mistakes, it will be even more serious than losing the city."

Xiahou Xuan's face was complicated, and a drop of sweat rolled down his cheeks on his temples. He thought that this was not bad, and he would never be able to defend himself. If he was defeated by misfortune and was captured and killed, Qingzhou would really fall.

He gritted his teeth: "Secretly summoned personal soldiers and only brought 500 people away, so don't let too many people know."

Cheng Xi looked overjoyed, thinking that he had saved his life, so he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, the official immediately prepared the carriage and secretly opened the north gate. We just need to whip the horse and arrive in Beihai County soon."

Xiahou Xuan smiled bitterly, looking at Yexian, which was surrounded by enemies, he had no choice but to nod, and made up his mind to keep the green mountains and not be afraid of burning firewood.

Taking advantage of the night, Cheng Xi secretly picked up 500 personal soldiers, notified his wife, children, and put them into the carriage prepared in advance. However, the family included parents, family, concubines, and a large number of relatives who had been with them, so they could not take so many people away.

Cheng Xi saw that seven or eight concubines wanted to squeeze into the vacant carriage, so he raised his hand and slapped him a few times, and said angrily: "Don't get on the car, wait for the next trip."

The girls were not fools. They knew that they had secretly abandoned the city and fled, so they could not be picked up several times. They cried in tears and knelt down and begged for mercy.

Cheng Xike ignored the others, sneered and pulled out his knife, and said in a deep voice: "No one is allowed to make a sound, and you will all die. Since the Yan thief started his army, he has been shouting the banner of disarming and not killing him. He has left us in the city. Whether you surrender or be captured, you will never die."

After saying that, he kicked a concubine hanging on his lap and jumped into the carriage. The group quickly rushed out of the north gate.

At this time, the siege of the two sides became more and more intense. Liu Zhi used all his troops to attack, and crossbows and arrows from all directions flew together to attack the city in an orderly manner.

The Wei army on the top of the city could not resist. The centurion ran downstairs with blood on his face, but the figures of Xiahou Xuan and Cheng Xi were gone. They caught a minor official in the prefecture yamen and frowned and said, "Where is the governor Cheng?"

The little official said in surprise: "The governor transferred five hundred soldiers and several carriages, saying that he wanted to set up defenses outside the city, and ambush the Yan thieves--"

"nonsense--"

The centurion's face immediately changed, he took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, and said angrily: "What ambush? They have already escaped!"

The little official couldn't help but be surprised: "What...what should I do?"

Even the general of the Western Expedition and the governor of Qingzhou ran away, and there was no supreme ruler. There was no unified person to attack, dispatch, and prevent them. They could not obey each other's command, and the already fragile Ye County was even worse.

The centurion almost hesitated for a moment and said angrily: "Damn, if you stick to this, the Yan thief will be angry. After the city is broken, it may be better to massacre the city. It is better to open the city and surrender. There is still a glimmer of hope. Thirty thousand troops outside attack, but our army has only eight or nine hundred soldiers with halberds and two thousand townsmen. How can we stop it? Whoever surrenders will be said?"

The minor official Shangzi was hesitant, and the centurion led fifty people to the city gate and killed the soldiers guarding the city gate. The two sides immediately started fighting.

Liu Zhi suddenly saw a top-down fire in the middle of the closed city gate. Then the fire became thicker and thicker. The two heavy city gates made a sound of opening the door. Seven or eight Wei soldiers raised their hands and ran out in unison: "God of your life, General, let's go, let's go to the city to surrender!"

When the city gates were all opened, the Wei army was crowded with corpses on the ground, and they thought that this surrender had experienced the unity of dispersed opinions to opinions.

Liu Zhi showed joy and ordered the Yan army to stop the attack and immediately led the army into the city. The streets were empty, and hundreds of Wei soldiers and village heroes stood aside in frustration.

"Where is Xiahou Xuan?" he asked loudly.

The centurion immediately knelt down and said, "Xiahou General—Xiahou Xuan and Cheng Xi have led 500 people and have fled from the North Gate."

Liu Zhi said "Oh" and never thought of capturing the two of them alive. He nodded immediately: "Put down all the weapons. As long as the people in the city do not resist our army, they will never kill one person or one soldier."

The centurion shivered: "Yes, yes." He looked outside the city again and smiled bitterly: "Ye County may not be able to accommodate so many generals."

Liu Zhi smiled "ha" and no longer needed to hide it. He said lightly: "Our army has only six or seven thousand people, and the remaining grain in the city is enough to make our army's investment."

The centurion general was skeptical and thought that tens of thousands of soldiers outside the city were like destroying the sky and the earth. Why was there only six or seven thousand people? He didn't dare to ask too much and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."

Liu Qu said happily: "The treasures in the city have to be taken out, and we have to count the property ourselves."

Yan Xu was the last one to enter the city, with blood on his face, and he said happily: "Mainland? It's so good, why don't you take it out and get a point."

Since Gongsun Xiu ascended the throne, he has set up a clear rule that prisoners and surrendered soldiers should not be killed, nor can he plunder or massacre the people. These two rules are both due to the name of a benevolent and righteous army, and also for the consideration of reality. After all, killing prisoners and surrendered soldiers will indirectly stimulate the future enemy troops to never surrender and fight to the end.

However, in ancient times, the commanders of the army did not abuse the people and plundered them at all. Their difficulties were that the soldiers went through a lot of hardships to capture a city, risking a life-threatening death. After breaking the city, where would they use money to reward tens of thousands of soldiers?

The only reward is to instigate soldiers to plunder the people, or rob their treasures, or plunder the women of the people. In ancient times, soldiers who ate food were forced to do anything to make a fortune, and there was no other way.

Gongsun Xiu abolished this regulation. What he wanted was population and land, and there was no time to protect it, so where could he kill it?

After the Yan army successfully defeated the city and defeated the enemy, it was not allowed to kill the people, but only gold, silver and jewelry were distributed. The insufficient military pay was rewarded to the soldiers of the three armies from the one that should have been collected into the national treasury.

Even though Li Shimin, who was in history, conquered Goguryeo, was very angry at Baiyancheng's failure to surrender, he ordered the three armies to immediately massacre the city after breaking the city and rewarded the city with the money and women to the soldiers.

But Bai Yancheng could not withstand the pressure and surrendered to the Tang army. Li Shimin accepted this surrender, which led to dissatisfaction with the generals under the tent. Xu Shiji, the leader, led dozens of generals to show love to Li Shimin.

Even Li Shimin, the pearl among ancient and modern emperors, was comparable to Qin Emperors and Han Wu, who saw dozens of people coming to reason, immediately apologized and agreed to pay out of his own pocket to distribute rewards to the soldiers of the three armies to make up for the economic losses that failed to plunder the people.

The record in "Zizhi Tongjian": When Li Shiji saw that the general was surrendered, he led dozens of soldiers and soldiers asked, "The soldiers fought for arrows and stones, regardless of the dead, and were greedy for the enemy to capture them. Now the city is drawn, but how can they accept the surrender even more? The heart of the lonely warrior!" The horses and horses said, "The general said this. However, I can't bear to let the soldiers kill people and capture their wives. If the general has made merits under his command, I will reward them with treasures, so that the general can redeem this city." Shiji retreated.

This is also the experience gradually summarized by Gongsun Xiu during many years of war. During this period, he was also inseparable from the day and night guidance of Deng Ai, Jia Fan and others. His knowledge level can be said to be rising.

At the same time, he realized that it would not be possible to completely copy the later generations to change the ancient deadlock. He naively believed that he could transform the soldiers influenced by feudal ideas into modern soldiers like the protagonists of the Internet. It can only be said that it was simply a fool.

Liu Zhi respected Gongsun Xiu's military orders and did not rob the people. He did not commit any crimes. He only ordered people to open the money stored by the government and distributed it to the soldiers of the Yan army.

Liu Qu and Yan Xu all got their own money and were very happy.

He smiled helplessly and told the two that they would never abuse the surrendered soldiers and the people, and then led their troops to the Yafu, reviewed the classics in the city, and learned about the current situation of Ye County's population, land, laws, etc.

This is the real wealth.

The next day, the people of Ye County saw a shocking scene: the more than 20,000 Yan troops stationed outside the city turned into scarecrows overnight.

This news spread like wildfire, and it was passed down by the Wei army and the people of Ye County, and it was said that the Yan army was good at demonic magic and evil magic.

The entire Donglai County also caused a shock. The Yan army captured the county, and even Xiahou Xuan and Cheng Xi abandoned the city and fled, and all the counties were shocked.

Jiaodong County, Beihai County.

Under the escort of his personal soldiers, Xiahou Xuan rushed to the road for several days and nights, and finally arrived at Jiaodong County, Beihai County to take refuge.

The prefect of Beihai Ding Huai is an old man in his seventies. He is in good spirits and almost flatters him to welcome the two of them.

This strange news in Ye County soon spread to Beihai County, and rumors spread among the people and the young. Everyone thought that Yan thieves knew magic, and could turn more than 20,000 scarecrows into soldiers to fight.

Officials of all sizes were both skeptical, but they had never seen it with their own eyes and could not believe it.

Ding Huai also realized something was wrong, so he reported the news from Ye County to Xiahou Xuan and frowned and said, "General Xiahou, the officials heard the news from Ye County. It is said that only one night later, more than 20,000 Yan troops stationed outside Ye County turned into scarecrows."

He was stunned immediately and looked at Cheng Xi, and both of them felt silent.

"How is this possible? Liu Zhi did lead 30,000 Yan troops to attack Ye County, how could it be-"

Xiahou Xuan was about to explain, but suddenly he seemed to figure something out: "From the beginning to the end, I didn't seem to see the whole picture of the Yan army. Although he had added nine more troops, he would not come out once he entered the Yan camp. The scouts did not know the situation inside. When he went to the city to besiege the city, Liu Zhi could not stand by during the day and attacked the city at night. More than 20,000 troops were placed in the distance, and he could only see the general human outline..."

Cheng Xizheng was stunned and puzzled. He had already slapped the table and stood up with a "huh" look, his face turned pale: "No, we are all trapped."

Ding Huai was stunned: "This - I don't know what happened?"

Xiahou Xuan looked ugly and shook his head and said, "The last time the Yan bandits had 30,000 troops besieged the city. They seemed to be strong and strong, but in fact they were only six or seven thousand men. The 20,000 scarecrows were Liu Zhi ordered Yan bandits to carry them away from a distance with bamboo racks. We didn't know the truth and subconsciously thought that it was 30,000 troops to attack the city together."

Cheng Xi couldn't help but open his mouth wide and ate, "It's really... something happened? It's a pity. If I could find out earlier, it would be no problem if I wanted to block six or seven thousand people in Ye County--"

Xiahou Xuan was irritated for no reason. He was about to scold Cheng Xi for only saying sarcastic words afterwards. He was not strong enough to retreat beforehand? But he couldn't say anything. After all, he was the biggest talker in Qingzhou. He came from Luoyang to maintain peace, and Cheng Xi and Tian Yu both obeyed him.

After all, the biggest problem lies with him. Cheng Xi is just a advice. If he doesn't obey, he will not have the trouble today.

Xiahou Xuan glared at him angrily and frowned and said, "It's useless to say such words now. Yan Thief was cunning and could use such incredible tactics, but he never appeared in the military books."
Chapter completed!