It was late at night, and Yecheng was unusually quiet under the cover of night. However, in an inconspicuous house in the north of the city, the lights were bright, and some figures kept coming to this house cautiously, and they were very vigilant about the surroundings.

In the private house, Chun Yuqiong waited quietly in the room, and when she saw Jiang Yiqu and others arriving one after another, she hurriedly asked people to entertain her.

About a stick of incense, Chun Yuqiong glanced at more than a hundred familiar faces in the room, these people are all officers in the Jizhou army, and they are the backbone of the entire Jizhou army, Jiang Yiqu, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan, Zhao and others arrived one by one.

Yuan Shao, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Zhang He, Judge, Xiao Ji, Xin Ping and others died, walked and fell, and the strength of the Jizhou Army, which was the most powerful in Hebei in the past, was greatly weakened.

As the saying goes, there are no tigers in the mountains, the monkey is called the king, Chun Yuqiong used to be one of the eight captains of the West Garden at the same level as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and later Dong Zhuo took power, Chun Yuqiong took refuge in Yuan Shao, followed Yuan Shao to Jizhou, and made great contributions in the battle of capturing Jizhou and pacifying Hebei.

It can be said that Chun Yuqiong is a general on the same level as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Ran and others, but because his ability is not as outstanding as these four people, he has gradually become a second-tier figure. However, Yuan Shao remembered the old feelings, as always, treated Chun Yuqiong, and still gave him superior grace, after these people died, Chun Yuqiong naturally became the most prestigious commander in the Jizhou army, and the generals all looked forward to Chun Yuqiong's horse.

Recently, Cao Cao's actions have been very big, first arresting many families and rich gentry in Yecheng under various names, and then secretly killing them. Then Jiang Yiqu was replaced. Let his henchman Guo Huai replace Jiang Yiqu to garrison Liyang. These actions made Chun Yuqiong feel uneasy.

Among the families and wealthy gentry who were arrested and killed by Cao Cao, more than ten of them were Chun Yuqiong's close friends, and two of them had marriage contracts with him.

Chun Yuqiong gradually felt that the crisis was lurking, and felt that Cao Cao was likely to come at him, rather than sit back and wait for death, it was better to rise up and resist, taking advantage of Cao Cao's unstable foothold in Jizhou. As long as he launched a mutiny and played the banner of revenge for the Yuan family, even if he could not capture Yecheng, he could confront Cao Cao in Jizhou.

Chun Yuqiong has been planning this idea for a long time, of course, this is not his idea alone. It was the idea given to him by another person, that person. It was Guo Tu, who was exiled by Cao Cao.

Although Guo Tu was exiled by Cao Cao, he did not leave Yecheng, but let his family leave Yecheng, and he himself secretly hid in Chun Yuqiong's house.

As a former colleague, Chun Yuqiong naturally took Guo Tu in and kept it hidden. It was in these few days that Guo Tu offered advice to Chun Yuqiong and formulated a jihua for him to fight against Cao Cao.

First of all, in the name of Chun Yuqiong, he contacted the officers above the middle level of the army, and then encouraged them to launch a mutiny together, attack Cao Cao, and avenge the Yuan family.

Secondly, Guo Tu secretly came forward to contact the bureaucrats, wealthy gentry, and families in Yecheng, and joined forces with Chun Yu Qiongli to launch a mutiny and completely oust Cao Cao from power.

Although the Yuan family was all killed by Cao Cao, but it was not without fish that slipped through the net, Guo Tu as Yuan Tan's party, knew Yuan Tan's affairs well, when Yuan Tan was in the plains, he secretly accepted a concubine, and gave birth to an heir for Yuan Tan, this illegitimate child, is the fish that slipped through the net.

If Cao Cao can be successfully ousted from power, Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong will support Yuan Tan's illegitimate son to succeed to the throne, Guo Tu is in charge of government affairs, and Chun Yuqiong is in charge of military power.

If Cao Cao could not be ousted from power, and not Yecheng, Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong led the army to Bohai County, where Yuan Shao's earliest foundation was located, where they could call on Yuan Shao's old troops to fight against Cao Cao and form a confrontation with him. This is the middle point.

If they failed to capture Yecheng and were defeated by Cao Cao's army, they led the defeated army to flee all the way south, surrendered to Zhang Yan, and then bewitched Zhang Yan and sent troops to attack Cao Cao.

Of course, in the eyes of Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong, they didn't want the middle strategy and the lower strategy, hoping that this operation could succeed in one fell swoop and kill Cao Cao.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started!" Chun Yuqiong looked around at the people present and said loudly.

As soon as the words fell, Chun Yuqiong asked Guo Tu to come out.

As soon as Guo Tu appeared, everyone present was a little surprised, but then they regained their calm, and with Guo Tu there, their hearts were much more relaxed.

Everyone is an acquaintance who often meets, who doesn't know anyone?

Therefore, Guo Tu also omitted politeness, and immediately began to say his plan, when he was going to do it, how to do it, how to act, and what Jihua was, all of which were explained in great detail.

Everyone present listened very carefully, and when Guo Tu finished saying the detailed jihua, everyone couldn't help but sigh secretly, Guo Tu deserved to be Guo Tu, and Jihua's was very perfect.

"Okay, now that everyone already knows all the contents of Jihua, then after I go back today, I will start to handle it immediately, I hope that tomorrow night, I can get Cao Cao's head!" Guo Tudao.

"Whoa!" Everyone said in unison.

Guo Tu said: "Then, let's disperse now, and go back to prepare for ......."

"Bang!"

Before Guo Tu's words were finished, he heard a loud noise outside the door, the door of the house was kicked open, and Cao Hong, who was wearing heavy armor, appeared in the courtyard door of the house with a blue face, and the fire outside was soaring, and it surrounded all the places.

"The lord has an order, these people are plotting to rebel, all of them will be killed, and no one will be left!" Cao Hong pulled out the saber tied around his waist, moved forward, and shouted loudly.

With Cao Hong's order, the soldiers of the Cao army behind him rushed up one after another, rushed directly into the courtyard, and killed anyone they saw!

Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Xianzhao and others were suddenly panicked, they were plotting to rebel here, and they had always acted strictly, how could they leak secrets?

Moreover, the people who came to participate in the conspiracy. None of them carried weapons. Suddenly surrounded by Cao Hong and others. They are left to be slaughtered.

At this time, Ma Yan rushed out of the panicked crowd, and when he saw Cao Hong, he immediately smiled and hurriedly said: "General Cao, you are finally here, the people who participated in the rebellion this time are here, and now you can catch them all......"

Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Zhao Zhao and others saw this scene. Only then did he figure it out, no wonder Cao Cao knew these things, it turned out that there was a traitor among them, and Ma Yan was that traitor.

For a while, there was a lot of scolding, and Ma Yan was scolded by everyone, and everyone shrank in the room, not daring to go out.

Cao Hong sneered and said to Ma Yan: "The lord is very grateful to you, but the lord hates the person who betrays the lord for glory the most." Therefore, the order given to me by the lord is: Lawfully kill on sight! ”

"Huh?" Ma Yan was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened with horror, he would never have dreamed that what was waiting for him was not the glory and wealth promised by Cao Cao, but the ruthless butcher's knife!

Cao Hong raised the long knife in his hand and slashed at Ma Yan.

"Ahh

Ma Yan screamed miserably, fell directly into a pool of blood, convulsed a few times, and then died.

Cao Hong carried a bloody butcher knife and led the soldiers behind him, rushed directly into the room, rushed up, and killed anyone he saw.

For a while, there were screams one after another, and all those who participated in this conspiracy died under the sword, and no one could escape this catastrophe.

In addition, Cao Hong led the army to behead these generals and wipe out the three clans.

More than 50 people whose homes were in Yecheng were killed at the first time, and those whose homes were in other places were assigned to send troops to arrest them, setting off a bloody storm with the speed of thunder.

Overnight, the middle-level and above officers in the Jizhou army were slaughtered, and the people involved in it were countless, the number of people killed by Cao Cao has been as high as more than 6,000 people, this kind of thunderous means, so that the people inside and outside Yecheng, and even the entire Jizhou, are frightened, everyone is in danger.

Cao Cao took the rebellious criminals and hung them on the four gates of Yecheng as a warning.

In addition, Cao Cao incorporated all the Jizhou army into his own army, which was supervised by the old department, and once any unusual behavior was discovered, Cao Hong could kill him.

For a time, Yecheng, and even the entire Jizhou, were shrouded in white terror, and the people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and the officials were even more endangered.

When the news reached Youzhou, Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and others were all in danger, and their hearts were even more frightened. It feels that while Cao Cao is cleaning up the Jizhou army, the next target is likely to be the Youzhou army.

When the news reached Liyang, Gao Lan, who had already surrendered, fled in the middle of the night because he was afraid of Cao Cao's terror, crossed south to the south of the Yellow River, took refuge with Zhang Yan again, and informed Zhang Yan of what Cao Cao had done in Yecheng.

Zhang Yan did not blame Gao Ran, and continued to appoint Gao Ran as General Weiyuan, so that he and Zhang He could command the surrendered Jizhou Army, and walked the news out.

When the Jizhou army under Zhang He's command heard the news, they were all indignant, very indignant, and even hated Cao Cao. If the previous surrender was just a last resort for survival, then as soon as this news came, this group of Jizhou troops decided to follow Zhang Yan with all their hearts.

However, for Zhang Yan, although Cao Cao's thunderous means are extraordinary, this kind of move is likely to be counterproductive.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Li Cai has already gone to Liaoxi by boat, once the contact with the Wuhuan people is successful, then Youzhou will set off a bloody storm, Cao Cao's foundation is unstable, or will lose Youzhou.

In addition, Jia Kui went to contact the Huns and Xianbei people, and also planned to contain Cao Cao from the northwest, while Zhang Yan needed to wait quietly for the coming of the storm.

The next day, Zhuge Liang arrived in Puyang, Zhang Yan personally received Zhuge Liang, and handed over a captured three-arrow crossbow to Zhuge Liang, and said to him: "This is captured by the soldiers in the battle with the Hebei army, this crossbow can fire three crossbow arrows at a time, very powerful, you see if you can improve it, and develop a crossbow machine that can fire ten crossbow arrows at a time?" ”

Zhuge Liang took the crossbow and glanced at it, then clenched his fists and said: "Qiyu Regent, Kong Ming is only afraid that he will live up to the high expectations of the regent, Kong Ming doesn't know the art of this mechanism at all, how to develop the Ten Arrows Repeater?" (To be continued......)