Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

Liu Bei's three-pronged approach began.

Following Liu Bei's order, the soldiers of the three armies wore sackcloth and mourned for the emperor.

More than 200,000 Yan army officers and soldiers were all indignant after learning the news that Cao Cao had killed his king and proclaimed himself emperor.

All the soldiers turned their grief and anger into strength. They all held their breath and wanted to kill the thief and perform meritorious deeds.

Immediately afterwards.

There were more than ten thousand copies of the"Essay against Cao" written by Guo Jia, and they were shot into Yecheng.

In the message, Guo Jia exposed Cao Cao's crime of regicide, and called on the soldiers and civilians in the city to stop aiding Zhou in his crimes and to obey Cao Cao. They should rise up against Cao Cao and surrender in Kaicheng.

When the proclamation entered the city, it was filled with soldiers and civilians, and everyone had a copy.

For a time, the soldiers and civilians in Yecheng were all shocked and confused.

At the same time as the public opinion offensive, Liu Bei also launched a military offensive.

Two hundred and fifty thousand Yan troops launched a frantic attack on Yecheng regardless of day or night.

In order to cover Cao Cao's westward retreat, Cao Xiu also tried his best and ordered 10,000 Wei troops to defend the city to the death.

Cao Xiu was quite talented.

These ten thousand soldiers are all elite troops loyal to Cao Cao. They have followed Cao Cao since Yanzhou.

At this time, they knew that Yan's army was twenty times larger than theirs, but they still were determined to fight to the death for Cao Cao.

After several days of offensive, these 10,000 Wei soldiers were able to carry it out forcefully, ensuring that the city of Ye was not lost.

The Wei army could remain loyal to Cao Cao, but the soldiers and people in the city had long been alienated from Cao Cao.

After learning that Cao Cao had abandoned them and fled, the people in the city all changed their minds and tried to find a way out for their confidant.

As a result, groups of soldiers and civilians risked their lives and crossed the city to surrender to the Yan army.

Even many soldiers from Hebei gave up their determination to fight to the death and followed the people out of the city to surrender.

In just three days, nearly 4,000 soldiers and civilians surrendered.

Cao Xiu was shocked.

Although he knew that Yecheng could not be defended for more than a few days and would be abandoned to Liu Bei sooner or later.

But he could not allow the soldiers and civilians in the city to turn to Liu Bei in hundreds before he abandoned the city. then.

Cao Xiu then issued a death order and used iron-blooded killing to suppress the fleeing tendency of the soldiers and people.

Anyone who escapes across the city, regardless of whether they are a citizen or an official, regardless of their status, will be killed.

It was also the consecutive executions of the Yi clan.

In order to strictly enforce it, Cao Xiu ordered the most elite Qingzhou soldiers to be deployed at all four key points to ensure that no one could escape beyond the city.

Within two days, nearly a thousand people were beheaded.

Yecheng soon fell into Cao Xiu's white terror.

And his bloody methods finally suppressed the desire of the people of Yecheng to flee, so that they did not dare to act rashly again.

On the surface, Yecheng seems to have returned to calm.

But Cao Xiu's cruel approach chilled everyone's hearts.

At this moment, no one thought about Cao Wei at all. They only hoped day and night that King Yan could break into Yecheng and save them from the fire and water.

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Yanying, Wangzhang

"This Cao Xiu is quite capable."

"There are only more than 10,000 people left, and my king's army of more than 200,000 people has been unable to break through Yecheng for three days."

Liu Bei stared at the sand table in Yecheng, with a hint of approval in his words.

Guo Jiaze beside him said:

"Cao Xiu is the leader of the younger generation of the Cao family. If he is purely a commander, he is still above Xia Houyuan and only inferior to Cao Ren. Liu

Bei realized something and said with emotion:

"The Cao family is prosperous, and they are really full of talents. I didn't expect Cao Cao to have such a powerful nephew."

At this time,

Deng Mu smiled faintly and said with relief: (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"This Cao Xiu is indeed somewhat of a general."

"However, I guess that in the past few days, there must be changes in the city, and someone will definitely take the initiative to act as an internal agent to help the king break the city."

As soon as he said this,

Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he looked back at Deng Mu.

"In recent days, nearly 4,000 Yecheng soldiers and civilians have surrendered from Yuecheng."

"In order to prevent more soldiers and people from fleeing, Cao Xiu implemented bloody suppression methods in the city. All the captured escapees were of the Yi tribe."

"Such cruel methods must cause people to lose their hearts"

"I estimate that there will soon be heavyweights coming to seek refuge with the king."

"As long as someone is willing to serve as an internal response, even if Cao Xiu has more generals, it will be easy for us to defeat Ye City."

Deng Mu took his time and explained the reasons for his judgment.

Liu Bei seemed to have realized something.

Just when he was about to speak again, the tiger guard entered the account and handed over a letter...

"King of Enlightenment"

"Among the fleeing soldiers and civilians, there was someone who claimed to be Xun Yu's confidant and had his own handwritten letter dedicated to the king!"

Xun Yu's confidant! []

There is also a letter written by Xun Yu!

Liu Bei looked surprised. He quickly took the secret letter and couldn't wait to open it and read it carefully.

As he looked at it, the curiosity on Liu Bei's face turned into surprise.

"Zi Yuzhen is a god!"

"God helps me, God helps me to destroy the city of Ye!"

Liu Bei laughed loudly and showed the secret letter in his hand to everyone.

It turned out that this was Xun Yu's letter of surrender.

Xun Yu claimed in the letter that Cao Cao killed the emperor, which made him extremely chilled and disappointed. Extremely.

Therefore, when Cao Cao withdrew from Ye City, he intentionally asked Cao Cao for orders to stay and assist Cao Xiu in guarding Ye City.

His real purpose was to break away from Cao Cao, and at the same time, he secretly surrendered to Liu Bei and cooperated inside and outside to help Liu Bei break the city.

Xun Yu said that he had secretly gathered several anti-Wei ministers and instigated the rebellion of Sun Li, the garrison guarding the east gate. When Liu Bei rushed to Yecheng with a large army, he and Sun Li led the east gate garrison to open the city. Gate, let the Yan army rush into Yecheng

"Xun Yu was a minister of Cao Cao and the prime minister of Cao Wei."

"Is he really willing to abandon Cao Cao and surrender to me, Dayan?"

"Could this be Xun Yu's trick?"

Pang Tong, however, had some doubts about Xun Yu's coming.

The shock on Liu Bei's face faded in an instant, and his eyes became suspicious.

"Although Xun Yu was a close official of Cao Cao, when he defected to Cao Cao, he simply wanted to use Cao Cao's hand to support the Han Dynasty."

"Whether Cao Cao is the king or not, the emperor must be named Liu. This is Xun Yu's philosophy."

"Now Cao Cao killed the late emperor and blatantly usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. This was tantamount to personally shattering Xun Yu's faith."

"I guess he is extremely disappointed with Cao Cao now."

"Surrendering the king and supporting him, a relative of the Liu family, to rebuild the Han Dynasty and inherit the unification became Xun Yu's only chance to realize his ideals."

"I thought that Xun Yu's surrender must be true."

In a few words, Deng Mu analyzed Xun Yu clearly and determined that he really wanted to surrender to Lao Liu.