Yuan Shu was harassed by Cao Cao and was confused. When he heard that he could fight back, he refused to wait for breakfast and immediately beat the drum and gathered the generals.

The generals rushed to the Central Army camp, Yuan Shu prepared breakfast and arranged military affairs with the generals while having dinner. Although they didn't sleep all night, they were still very excited when they heard that they were about to attack the city. You said something, I said something, and someone even started to compete for the siege mission.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu exchanged a knowing look. They were the main force, but some people rushed to attack the city, and they did not object. Wancheng was so big, and Cao Cao still had seven or eight thousand people. Even if the combat effectiveness of the Nanyang County soldiers was average, Cao Cao's four or five thousand people were not a joke, and the casualties would definitely not be small. These generals were not fools, and it was impossible not to know this. The reason why they dared to take the initiative to attack the city was naturally because they now had a strong army and could withstand consumption, so they had to show off and grab a merit.

It seems that the trick of fighting the local tyrants and sharing the land is effective. The troops who had just surrendered changed their attitude, and the generals' selfishness was also curbed, and they turned to the idea of ​​robbery.

Seeing the high morale, Yuan Shu was very happy. After soliciting the opinions of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, he arranged for Chen Yu, Liu Xiang and Li Feng to attack the north gate of Wancheng. The east side of Wancheng was surrounded by clean water on the west side, and the west gate was close to the small town. The north gate became the best choice. As soon as breakfast was finished, they led their troops down to move to the camp and lined up outside the north gate.

Sun Ce also began to act and rushed to Ximen to line up.

Siege is not a autumn outing, you can go as soon as you go. The two armies face off against each other. If the outside of the city wants to break through the city, the people in the city will not sit still and wait for death. The elite soldiers will lie outside the city gate. As long as there is a flaw outside the city, these people may rush out of the city at any time and kill you. Before siege, setting up a defensive formation first becomes the prescribed routine for siege.

The situation was special. The families of the generals were all in the city. Considering that Cao Cao might use these people to threaten them, Sun Ce had an optional action outside the prescribed routine. He sent people to bring all the families of the prisoners out, tied his hands and knelt on the moat, the executioner stood behind them with a long knife, and swept back and forth around their necks with a cold gaze. No matter who it was, he heard footsteps behind him, and the hair on his neck would stand up one by one.

Sun Ce climbed to the general platform, looked at the rows of kneeling figures, and remembered the scene of killing the Kuai family by the Mianshui River, and his heart became tight.

He was going to kill someone again. Even though he had experienced a bloody battle, he still felt a little reluctant. But he also knew that he was born in a chaotic world, either killing people or being killed. If he was not determined to kill someone, Cao Cao would threaten him with the families of the generals in the city, and the battle would not be fought by then.

"The people from the He family are useless, kill them first." Sun Ce climbed to the general's stage and handed over the first order. Pang Tong held Qian Junpo and stood behind him.

"Now." Pang Tong answered, walked to the side of the general platform, and shouted loudly: "The general has an order, the people from the He family are useless, so kill them first."

The messenger waiting in the audience repeated loudly, held the small flag and walked quickly towards the formation.

For the safety of the generals, the central army was at least 400 steps away from the moat, and even if there was the strongest crossbow on the top of the city, it could not be sniped. The Han Dynasty had strict regulations on the scale of cities, and the same was true for the city guard crossbow. As the county governor, Wancheng could only be equipped with a maximum of six stone crossbows with a range of 240 steps. If it was a capital city, it could be equipped with a ten stone crossbow with a range of more than 400 steps. Of course, the position of the general platform would be further away.

The messenger walked very quickly, but there was still some time before the formation. Sun Ce sat on the platform and waited for the execution of the order. Between so far, he didn't have to see the He family's head and head differently. What appeared in his mind was the scene of the Kuai family's blood staining of water. He sighed in his heart: Kuai Yidu, are you okay on the road to the underworld?

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Cao Cao put on his helmet, hurriedly walked up to the city, squinted his eyes, looked around, and felt a little puzzled in his heart.

The main attack direction is the West Gate and the North Gate. Sun Ce had just set up a cover formation at the West Gate. The crossbowman stood up outside the arrow, and behind him was a huge stone throwing machine position. More than thirty stone throwing machines were divided into three rows and were being debugged. Sun Ce's central army was five hundred steps away from the city wall after the stone throwing machine position, and it was impossible to see clearly, but from the perspective of the entire formation, it was normal and nothing special.

Cao Cao felt a little puzzled that Yuan Shu's camp was south of Wancheng, separated by the water, and was not an ideal attack position, but there were nine high platforms in the south of the city, lined up in the east and west directions, which were higher than the walls of Wancheng.

What are these people doing? The powerful crossbowman is still an observer. Could it be that Yuan Gaolu made a ten-stone crossbow that can shoot people in the city directly from the other side of the Qingshui River? Although the difficulty is not very great, thinking about the archer under Sun Ce, Cao Cao still dared not neglect and ordered the generals to be careful of cold arrows.

"Bring the hostages up."

With Cao Cao's order, there were crying sounds under the city.

When Yuan Shu left Luoyang, many people followed his family. After Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang, these people were all placed in Wancheng. Yuan Shu sent troops to pick up Sun Jian, and Cao Cao succeeded in attacking Wancheng, and these people became his prisoners. Now that the two armies are fighting, their heads are commanding the battle outside the city, Cao Cao naturally wants to use them to threaten the other party, and whoever attacks the city will kill his family. Although it may not be able to stop Yuan Shu from siegeing the city, at least it will make him afraid.

The chief minister Yang Hong was taken to the city tower. He glared at Cao Cao and sneered. After more than a month of imprisonment, he only had a coarse meal every day, and had no chance to take a shower and change clothes. He was originally a Confucian figure and now he was unkempt and covered in dirt. He was skinny and thin, but his eyes became more and more fierce, and he had a trace of unconcealed contempt.

"Civilization, don't look at me like this, I have no choice but to do it." Cao Cao smiled bitterly and spread his hands. He had known Yang Hong for many years, but he didn't have much contact. It's not that he didn't want to date Yang Hong more, but that Yang Hong looked down on him. Yang Hong came from the Yang branch of Hongnong. Yuan Shu trusted him very much and discussed anything with him. Yuan Shu went on an expedition and stayed in Wancheng, but unexpectedly became Cao Cao's captive.

"Cao Cao, if you do this, you will be punished by God." Yang Hong sneered: "If you want to kill you, kill me first, so as not to let me see your evil deeds."

Cao Cao shook his head. "I won't kill you, and you have no relatives to lead troops outside the city to attack the city. I want to let you go. You can give Yuan Shu and his subordinates a message. Whoever attacks the city will kill my family."

"Bah!" Yang Hong spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, hitting Cao Cao's face. Cao Cao's eyebrows raised slightly, and instead of anger, he laughed, pulled out a handkerchief from the leather bag on his waist, wiped off the thick phlegm, pinched it into a ball, and threw it outside the city. "Yang Wenming, do you know that your momentary intent may cause countless people to fall to the ground?"

"If you want to kill, you can kill me, why bother to say more?" Yang Hong turned his head and didn't want to look at Cao Cao again.

A trace of evil spirit flashed in Cao Cao's eyes. "Since that's the case, I'll try the knife with you first. Come and bring his family up."

A soldier responded loudly and went down to capture Yang Hong's family. He cried loudly. Not only did Yang Hong's family cry, but the others were also scared. At this time, He Xian suddenly screamed: "That's my family."

Cao Cao turned around and saw that the situation under the city was similar. More than a dozen adult men tied with their hands and tied into a string with ropes were pulled out, taken to the moat, and forced to kneel on the ground. Several soldiers raised their long swords, raised their swords and fell, their heads rolled down one by one, and blood was gushing.
Chapter completed!