Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 496 Ma Mengqi is cruel and merciless (thanks to [Zhou Jiaxuan] for the reward)

Hundreds of letters of persuasion to capitulate were thrown into Huguankou, and it is almost impossible to cover up this matter.

After many soldiers knew the content of the letter of surrender, they suddenly became suspicious, wondering whether they had been abandoned by the senior cadres.

This is not finished.

After Xu Huang threw out the letter of surrender, he sent out soldiers with loud voices to shout outside the city in turn.The content of the propaganda is roughly that the high-ranking cadres have run away, and they are only used as cannon fodder for delaying time.One's own life should be cherished by oneself, and there is no need to take the most precious thing of one's own for the sake of those who abandon one's own.
The letter of surrender from inside the pass and the call from outside the pass were a two-pronged approach. In addition, there was no reinforcements and supplies in Huguan County. Finally, three days later, Deng Sheng couldn't hold on anymore, and surrendered with the [-] defenders inside the pass. .

In fact, Deng Sheng really had no choice. He didn't even dare to sleep in the last two nights.

If you don't switch to surrender, maybe one day when you can't keep your eyes closed at night, you will be tied up or even decapitated by your own soldiers, and then sent to Cao Jun's camp to ask for surrender
When Huguankou surrendered, Lu Lingqi bid farewell to Lu Yan, led the wolf cavalry battalion as the vanguard of the army, and went straight from Huguankou to Huguan County.

Lu Lingqi led the troops one step ahead, and Lu Yan led the army to follow after changing the defenders at Huguankou.

Although Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu had already arrived first, the line from Huguankou to Huguan City still needs to be cleaned, and the checkpoints along the way must be replaced by their own people, so as to avoid their own back road being cut off.

Huguan County.

Two powerful cavalry suddenly appeared outside the county seat three days ago.

Xia Zhaoyi sent his cavalry to fight against them at first, but they were defeated by the opponent in a face-to-face encounter.

Especially the generals of the two cavalry, it was like killing gods descended into the world, killing their own cavalry indiscriminately
Xia Zhao didn't want to fight with them in the wild after he suffered a setback.Anyway, they couldn't attack the city, so Xia Zhao chose to shrink all his troops into the city, and still let the two cavalry wander outside.

But these two cavalry are very hateful,

In order to force the defenders in the city to open the city gate, all the houses of the people where they passed were destroyed, and the people were driven to Huguan City one after another.

Looking at the ragged people outside the city with despair or numbness on their faces, "To accept or not to accept?" became a difficult problem for Xia Zhao to decide.

If it is collected, how can there be so much food to support so many people, and maybe the enemy cavalry will rush in when the door is opened; Morale was also a huge hit.

Although Gao Gan has similar faults as Yuan Shao, it is undeniable that he is quite talented.

Under Yuan Shao's order, Gao Gan has governed Bingzhou for several years, and he has made outstanding achievements during his administration.Moreover, he and his cousin Gao Rou recruited wanderers from all over the world, which can be regarded as a model of recruiting talents.So Gao Gan still has a good reputation in Bingzhou.

It's a pity, just like the famous scholar Zhong Changtong's evaluation, high-ranking officials have ambitions but no talents, and they are good scholars but cannot choose people. Although there are many soldiers under their command, there are not many talented people who can be properly appointed.

Xia Zhao's deputy general looked at the people outside the city who were already struggling to stand, and couldn't bear it, and said, "General, why don't we open the city and let them in."

Hearing this, Xia Zhao glared at the lieutenant general and said, "If Cao Jun raids the city gate while the people are entering the city, can you guarantee to keep them out of the city? Besides, we don't have so much food to feed these people!"

The lieutenant general opened his mouth to say something, but Xia Zhao didn't give him a chance to continue: "The ones outside are the Xiliang army. Wherever they pass, even the wild dogs on the roadside have to be scratched twice. You can kill them!" Have you passed them?"

The deputy general wanted to say yes, but when Xia Zhao said this, he suddenly lost his mind.

Yes, the bravery of the Xiliang army is famous all over the world.

Back then, Dong Zhuo had conquered all the feudal lords in the world by relying on a hundred thousand iron cavalry from Xiliang.One-on-one, almost no one is their opponent.

Although the current Ma Teng has not reached the height of Dong Zhuo in the past, the deterrent power of the Xiliang Army is still there.

After all, the defenders of Huguan City did not open the city gate to admit the people. When Lu Lingqi arrived, she happened to see the hellish scene outside the city.

"What did the Xiliang army do?" Lu Lingqi confirmed to Gan Ning with a livid face.

Gan Ning replied with certainty: "The last general personally questioned several common people, and it was indeed the Xiliang army who did it."

Lu Lingqi yelled angrily, "How is this behavior different from barbarians?"

The people in her hometown were brutally tortured, and Lu Lingqi was naturally angry from her heart.

But now that the Xiliang army is a friendly army, it is obviously unwise to clash with them.

Suppressing her anger, Lu Lingqi said to Gan Ning: "Xingba, you lead the army to gather the people, I believe that the master will arrange them properly."

If you fight a war, you will fight a war. What are you doing to harm these innocent people?

Gan Ning was also very displeased with the Xiliang army's behavior, so he cupped his fists and said, "The last general will go here!"

In a small village more than ten miles north of Huguan City, Zhang Xiu came to Ma Chao and said, "General Ma, it's time to stop, right?"

Ma Chao turned around and saw that it was Zhang Xiu, and immediately laughed and said, "It's General Zhang Xiu! You talk too much, we can almost stop, and drive a group of people to Huguan City, and they may surrender .”

Zhang Xiu has lived in the Central Plains for many years, and under the baptism and influence of the Central Plains culture, his thoughts have gradually changed.

"General Ma, Lu Hussar has always loved the people like his own son, if he finds out about your actions, this matter may not be good for you."

Ma Chao was born in a family and never put civilians in his eyes.Moreover, Ma Chao is ruthless. In order to prevent Cao Cao's power from spreading to Yongliang and Hanzhong in the official history, Ma Chao actually found Han Sui, the enemy who killed his mother, and recognized Han Sui as his father, and cooperated with the sworn enemy.He even said: "Now Chao abandons his father and regards the general as his father, and the general should also abandon his son and regard Chao as his son!" It can be said that he recognizes the thief as his father.

You know, at that time Ma Teng and his brothers were still in Xuchang as hostages, and Ma Chao joined forces, how could Cao Cao let them go?
Obviously, Ma Chao also knew what would happen to his father Ma Teng and his brothers who were in Cao Ying after he raised his troops.But Ma Chao can "abandon his father" and "recognize his father" in advance in order to achieve success. This is a rebellious wolf!
The fact is just as Ma Chao expected, after he attacked the counties and counties in Longshang, Cao Cao executed Ma Teng, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu and others, and the three Ma clans were wiped out.For his own great cause, Ma Chao can abandon his father, brothers and even the three tribes, which is much more ruthless than Liu Bei abandoning his wife and concubine.

But now, in the eyes of Ma Chao, sacrificing some insignificant civilians for a victory is nothing at all.

Zhang Xiu's persuasion is obviously useless, because in Ma Chao's thinking, these civilians are just like bugs on the ground.
But Zhang Xiu knew Lu Yan's character well, and he was not sure how Lu Yan would react after knowing what they did.
Dissuading him to no avail, Zhang Xiu turned and left expressionlessly, sighing in his heart:

"That's all, although I didn't do it myself, but it's more or less a crime. When Huguan City is broken, I'll take the initiative to ask Lu Huss to bind myself."

(End of this chapter)