"Brother Feiyan, take advantage of the smooth passage in the west, and send the women, children, and the elderly and the weak in the city as soon as possible!" Zhang Niujiao finally said this idea. Zhang Niujiao had carefully considered this matter and thought it would be better to say it out, whether it was for the defenders in the city or the women, children, and the elderly and the weak who were about to embark on an unknown future.

"Brother Niujiao! How can this be done?" Chu Feiyan didn't think about it carefully. Although the letter was only four hundred miles away from Julu, not to mention these old, weak, women and children, even the young and strong in the city, there might not be many people who want to walk these four hundred miles safely. This is not retreating at all, but to let these people die.

Chu Feiyan looked at Zhang Niujiao in surprise. You know, many of these women and children are relatives of the Yellow Turban Army! Isn’t this practice...

"I don't agree with Niujiao! If you do this, aren't you letting these old and weak go out to die?" Zhou Cang replied in a muffled voice, and everyone turned their eyes to Bu Ji and Yang Feng, only the two of them had not expressed their opinions yet.

Yang Feng pondered for a moment and said, "I agree with Brother Niujiao's opinion."

Bu Ji hesitated for a while: "Niujiao, tell me the reason. You should know that among these women and children, many of us are relatives of our soldiers. Will doing so make the soldiers feel upset or even mutiny? "

Zhang Niujiao smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think my heart is so bad? In order for the chaos in the city to break out, you will push these women, children, old and weak to die? Have you ever thought about what this battle will be like? Do you still remember the strategy class you took before?"

Chu Feiyan thought for a while and said, "Long-term siege is the best choice for the city's official army. As long as we maintain a certain attack strength every day, we will eventually collapse without fighting. However, we have already predicted this result. Our strategic purpose is to buy time for our master."

"Yes, since you all know, don't you know the consequences of these women, children, old and weak when they are out of ammunition and food? Or do you think we might as well surrender at that time?"

"Niujiao, do you mean that these old and weak will probably starve to death first?" Zhou Cang asked in certain uncertainty.

"Yes, this is certain. We must first ensure the soldiers' oral food, otherwise how can we complete the task assigned by our adoptive father? Or Brother Zhou thinks that we should give up the task and save the lives of these women and children." Yang Feng looked at Zhou Cang with a burning gaze.

"Then will you not die if you send them away now?" Zhou Cang asked back with an angry look.

"No!" The answer was Chu Feiyan: "These unarmed old and weak will be captured and may be enriched into Yiren's city. They may be sold or gathered by local officials and gentry."

"Why is this?" Zhou Cang asked in confusion.

"Because they have no combat power, they will not be killed. If the whole city's military and civilians act together, they will be surrounded and suppressed by the government army. These old and weak may die in war. However, if they are just old and weak who have no combat power, these people will become fat sheep in exchange for money and merit."

Zhou Cang suddenly realized. Yi Ren! The Yi Ren on the opposite side will capture these old and weak in exchange for money and merit!

In this way, this seemingly cruel method actually saved the lives of these old and weak. The only troublesome thing is how to appease the emotions of the soldiers in the army.

"I'll do this, I'll explain it to the soldiers!" Chu Feiyan took this matter on himself.

"No, this is our decision, and we should let the entire army know the cause and effect of this matter. I think everyone can understand that we are preparing to sacrifice for the great wise and the ideal country, but there is no need to let these old and weak die with us."

Zhang Niujiao shook his head and said slowly, "I didn't expect that the moment of sacrifice came so quickly. I remember that it seemed that the Lord Fang, who always had a light expression, said not long ago. People like me are all using their lives to tell people about something to the world. They are born with a group of tragic characters. It seems that this is true.

The next night, amid the uncontrollable crying. In the bitter cold wind, the elderly and weak in Xindu City helped the elderly and young, walked out of the west gate of Xindu City and entered the Xidaying. Then, under the escort of the player troops who were receiving the escort mission, they slowly merged into the deep night.

All the strange people who received the mission were very grateful because they could use this mission to leave Xindu City. The final result of Xindu City was actually destined. Except for those members of the guild, they made up their minds to fight to the last moment in order to earn merit and contributions for the guild. Most of the scattered players and small and medium-sized guilds were looking for ways to exit the mission.

This escort mission is the best way to exit. As long as you escort someone to Julu, you will also withdraw from the task of defending Xindu. Of course, if the mission fails, it is also possible. In fact, the tasks of these troops are more about preventing these old and weak from falling behind or being harmed by wild wolf and wild monsters. If they are blocked by the large army of officers and soldiers, players can give up these old, weak, women and children due to the failure of the mission.

Not only did the Yellow Turban Army in the city understand, but even these strange people also understood that the Yellow Turban Army in the city wanted to send these people to the players of the imperial camp, and then sell them as refugees, or as props to submit tasks, so as to protect the lives of these Yellow Turban families and civilians. This was unanimously praised by the Yellow Turban players. The popularity of the Yellow Turban Army's Xindu Qu coach Chu Feiyan, as well as the generals Zhang Niujiao, Bu Ji, Zhou Cang and Yang Feng has also increased a lot among the players of the Yellow Turban Army. I just don't know if they have the life to enjoy the benefits brought by these fame.

The official army camp on the opposite side seemed to cooperate with the actions of the Yellow Turbans in Xindu City. It was not until these old and weak people walked dozens of miles before they were blocked by the players. The two sides did not fight because there was no need. They saw troops from the enemy camp appearing from afar. The cavalrymen who were responsible for escorting here seemed to be handing over defense, quickly evacuating and disappearing in the night, heading straight to the Julu in the west.

These tens and twenty-five-year-olds were quickly divided up by the arrival of players and went their separate ways. As for where these people will go in the end, it is hard to say, or they will go to Qingzhou, Bingzhou or Youzhou, or they may stay in Jizhou. Anyway, countless families are broken, and meeting again may be indefinitely.

Yuan Shao had thought of capturing these old and weak men to threaten the Yellow Turban Army in the city, but doing so was too bad. The war had just begun and the troubled times had just begun. If he had lost such a bad reputation from the beginning, it would not be fun. Therefore, Yuan Shao firmly rejected Xu You's suggestion and allowed these old, weak, women and children to clean up their identities and disappear into the crowd. Unexpectedly, he won a good reputation of benevolence and righteousness, which made Yuan Shao feel a little satisfied.

The next day, Yan Liang and Wen Chou continued to work hard and directly captured the isolated Xidaying in one breath. At this point, the encirclement of Xindu City was completed and the battle entered a long-term siege.

Xindu City is a three-level town with a height of more than five feet. The number of defenders exceeds 300,000, which does not include the troops of Yi Ren. Moreover, these 300,000 troops are no longer those militias who have not experienced wars. They are veterans who survived the cruel war in the early stage. If the official army chooses to attack for a strong period, it will definitely be a bloody scene.

However, we must not stop attacking. If it is too negative, it will damage fame. The long-term war will also interfere with the upcoming spring farming. It may also lead to direct interference in the court to change generals. The Yuan family is far from being able to cover the sky with one hand, especially now that the emperor's righteousness is still there. If the emperor finds an interface and directly asks Han Fu to unify the war in Anping County, it would be a bad thing.

Therefore, the attacks of the government army are carried out every day. On the one hand, it is also considered training soldiers. This battle also fully demonstrated the family's family of Jizhou. The endless stream of large war equipment was continuously invested on the battlefield. In less than five days, the large equipment in the city could no longer keep up with the loss.

So, the time for cruel death came. Every day, the official army would organize troops, including the Yiren's troops, to form battle formations to attack the city wall, and even try to use siege ladders and goose cars to attack the city wall. Although they were burned down by the defenders, the losses began to rise sharply under the fierce battle between the two sides.

Every day, thousands of soldiers fell down under Xindu City. At dusk, they stood at the devastated Xindu City, looking at the remains of burning siege equipment and buildings that were burned by fires caused by oil tanks thrown into the city. All that was left were corpses all over the ground and arrows like wheat fields.

There were also scattered soldiers without armor. They were cleaning the battlefield. Occasionally, a few crows were aroused and flew away with croaking and falling down not far away, looking desolate.

In fact, no one has to care about corpses or something. Anyway, they will be refreshed the next day, but the land stained with blood will no longer become its original color.

On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were also busy transporting the equipment and supplies to guard the city, repairing damaged facilities and city walls, and occasionally looking up at the scene of corpses everywhere under the city, but there was no trace of joy, because behind the city wall, there were also piles of dead brothers, which was a war without a winner.

When the battle in Xindu became a stalemate, Fang Zhiwen and Zhao Yun's troops finally reached Qinghekou Port. This was the first time that Fang Zhiwen's troops entered Qinghekou Port on a large scale, which meant that Qinghekou Port had completely lost Fang Zhiwen's palms.

Also arriving in advance were Tian Feng and Li Xueyin. These two people were not here to help Cui Yan, the Qinghekou Port in the future, but would go to Anguo with Fang Zhiwen, reaching their tentacles into the hinterland of Jizhou, and extracting the wealth, population and talents of Jizhou from there.

After Fang Zhiwen arrived, he immediately handed over the defense to Zhen Xiang for arrangements, and then convened all the civil and military officials in Qinghekou for a meeting. The main purpose was to clarify the division of labor between the generals and officials, the second was to explain the future Jizhou strategy, and the third was to announce some latest appointments. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!