A halberd stabbed the back of the knife, and Zhang Liao shouted: "Your subordinates are defeated, and you still have the face to fight, go back quickly and change someone, so as not to die miserably under the halberd!" ”

"Drink!" Cao Ren's face turned slightly red, and he violently pushed the crescent halberd outward, and shouted angrily: "Zhang Liao! If you have the ability, come to fight, don't be so strong-tongued here! ”

"Humph!" His face turned cold, Zhang Liao was about to pat his horse and come forward to fight, when he suddenly saw that most of the Cao army was coming to support, so he hurriedly reined in his horse and laughed:

"Cao Ren, keep your head on your head first, and then take it when Zhang comes to Japan!"

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he patted his horse and rushed out of the city, and the few remaining defenders could only let them ask for more blessings.

"General Cao Ren, don't chase!" Seeing Zhang Liao rushing out of the city gate, Cao Ren wanted to lead the army in pursuit, but suddenly a voice came from behind him, calling him back.

Turning his head and glancing, he saw that it was Yu Ban, and he was already within dozens of meters, Cao Ren was unwilling to ask: "Why didn't General Yu let the pursuit, did he let Zhang Liao escape easily!?" ”

Yu Ban replied expressionlessly: "General Cao, General Xia Hou has an order, just let you lead the troops to clean up the remnants of the army in the city, and you can't go out of the city to pursue." ”

Zhang Liao used troops to advance and retreat, at this time it was already dark, in case of ambush, wouldn't it be worth the loss, and the city had been captured, why take this risk.

"Alas!" Cao Ren sighed, glanced viciously outside the city, and angrily led the troops towards the city tower.

Looking back at the treasury in the city, Xia Houyuan learned that the grain had only been burned for thirty percent, and his heart was relieved a lot.

But then he learned that there were only 200,000 stone of grain in total, and his face was full of sadness. "There's not much food in the city right now, so I'm afraid it won't last long."

Cheng Yu also replied helplessly: "Yes, fortunately, Zhang Liao still took care of the people in the city and did not set fire prematurely, otherwise more than half of the tens of thousands of troops and the people in the city would starve to death." ”

"Hmm." Xia Houyuan nodded approvingly and said: "This Zhang Liao is brave and strategic, but it's a pity that it is not used by the lord." ”

Cheng Yu replied with a smile: "Follow Lu Bu and a martial artist, what way out can there be, sooner or later it will perish, I will soon pass the good news to the lord, so that the lord can bring some grain and grass over." ”

"Patronizing and chatting, I almost forgot about business." Xia Houyuan slapped his head, and then said to the guards on the side:

"You go to Puyang quickly and tell the lord, just say that Chen has left behind, and now there is a shortage of food in the city, so you need to ...... Forget it, so be it, go ahead! ”

Xia Houyuan wanted to give an accurate number, but he knew that Yanzhou had already suffered a lot of vitality after this war, and perhaps every county was facing a shortage of food now.

In order not to give Cao Cao a headache, Xia Houyuan could only let him watch it.

Hearing this, Cheng Yu's eyebrows trembled slightly, and he said slowly: "General Xia Hou, Yu has a plan to temporarily solve the dilemma of food shortage." ”

"Oh, let's hear it." Hearing that the current predicament could be solved, Xia Houyuan suddenly became interested and hurriedly asked Cheng Yu to say it.

Looking around, Cheng Yu said: "This place is not the place to speak, I will return to the Taishou Mansion as soon as possible, and I will speak slowly." ”

"Okay." Xia Houyuan's eyes glanced slightly, leaving heavy troops to guard the treasury, and left with Cheng Yu.

The two quickly rushed back to Taishou Mansion, chose a quiet place, and retired everyone.

As soon as the two sat down, Cheng Yufa asked, "Does General Xia Hou know where there is still food in this city?" ”

"This, this poor people naturally don't have it, the big clan must have food, but they are afraid that they will not borrow it!" Xia Houyuan replied suspiciously, not knowing why Cheng Yu asked this.

Cheng Yu said with an unkind face: "Borrow, who said that I borrowed from them?" ”

Xia Houyuan's heart trembled, his eyelids jumped and said, "If you don't borrow it, will you ...... them all?"

Seeing that Xia Houyuan had guessed his intentions, Cheng Yu nodded and said: "Yanzhou can have such a big mess, it is all due to these wall grasses, and it is time for them to see the blood, otherwise if you do it again, how can the lord still have the energy to compete with the princes for hegemony." ”

It can deter the young people, and it can also solve the danger of food shortage, this method is really good, but you can make your own decisions and kill the family, and you may be punished.

Xia Houyuan said worriedly: "If we kill the family privately, I'm afraid that the lord will blame him, but it's not easy to explain!" ”

Cheng Yu had already calculated, and seeing Xia Houyuan's concern at this time, he said calmly: "You can't tell the lord about this matter, otherwise I am afraid it will not be implemented." ”

"Huh?" Xia Houyuan asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Cheng Yu replied: "Even if the lord wants to do this in his heart, he can't do it, otherwise the family will be separated, if I do it now, the lord will only blame him verbally, and he will not pursue it more." ”

"Besides, at this time, the war has just passed, why not push this matter on the remnants of the army in the city."

Xia Houyuan touched his chin, his eyes rolled slightly, and he said slowly: "Well, there is some truth, but just after the big war, it is still not easy to be too bloody, so I will take the first few families to do it, and the rest will ask them for food on the grounds of maintaining safety, what do you think?" ”

Cheng Yu glanced at Xia Houyuan, nodded and said, "Okay, then follow the general's law, be fast, so as not to have any accidents." ”

"Whoa!" Xia Houyuan stood up violently and said, "Okay, in order to avoid leaking things, Ben is going to do it himself, and Mr. Zhongde is waiting here." ”

After Xia Houyuan finished speaking, without waiting for Cheng Yu to speak, he opened the door and strode away.

After leaving the Taishou Mansion, Xia Houyuan went to the place where the prisoners were held, retreated all the entourage, and entered alone.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the nervous captives quickly stood up and looked at the comer with anxiety.

Xia Houyuan held the sword at his waist, his eyes swept over the captives coldly, and he said coldly:

"This will be Xia Houyuan, the chief general of the army this time, and also control the life and death of you, there is one thing for you to do, and you can also choose not to do it, but you should know the end."

As a captive, life and death are already in the hands of others, not to mention one thing, even if the knife is on the neck, there is no power to resist.

"Although the general commands, even if the sword is a mountain and a sea of fire, we will definitely complete it."

"Yes, don't worry, as long as we can, we will never let the general down."

Seeing that the captives were so obedient, Xia Houyuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you die, you just need to be so ......."

Hearing the explanation, the captives were all frightened, this kind of thing should be kept secret, and I am afraid that they and others will be killed in the future.

If you don't do it, you will die, and if you do it, there is no way to live, and the captives exchanged heads and whispered in whispers.

At this time, he boldly said: "I am willing to do it, but after I finish it, will the general dare to guarantee our lives?" ”

"Okay, what's your name and what position have you held?" At present, there are still people who dare to make conditions, and Xia Houyuan also admires it in his heart.

"In Xia Wang Teng, he served as a military commander." The man replied cautiously.

Xia Houyuan nodded slowly and said: "Well, Wang Sima rest assured, as long as this matter is completed, Ben will ensure that your life is safe, but you will be assigned to Ben General's command." ”

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