The Nameless of the Common Clans

The night deepened, and the howling north wind blew through the cold city. The killing during the day had ended. In the captured mansions, the fires had gone out, and only thick smoke was still rising.

Under the faint light of the fire, soldiers were carrying corpses. Carts of corpses were transported outside the city to be burned or buried in such a night. The blood on the ground had dried up. The aristocratic families who were still alive in the inner city had completely lost the courage to fight against the Guanzhong Army after the killing today. They huddled in their homes, not daring to move around. White flags were planted outside the door, and all the doors were open to show their family's support for the Guanzhong Army and Chen Mo.

The night wind was howling, as if the thousands of souls who died in this war were roaring.

Is it cruel?

It was very cruel. In the battle in the inner city today, nearly a thousand families were destroyed and their homes were confiscated. If we count the heads, the heads that fell today, including those servants, are tens of thousands of people who died in this massacre. Not all of them took up weapons to resist, but they all died.

Maybe not guilty, but how many people die every day in this world, are they guilty? Political games have never been distinguished by good and evil. If Chen Mo wants to implement the new policy in Jizhou, he must have the resources of Jizhou in his hands, and a lot of them, just like Hedong, Guanzhong and Heluo in the past. Chen Mo has a lot of land in his hands, which can be distributed to the people for farming. Therefore, he has won the support of the people.

And the land of Jizhou is in the hands of these people. Even if they do not hinder the implementation of his new policy, they continue to exist, and Chen Mo has no land to use.

The fields are only one of them. In addition, there is another big problem. After taking over Jizhou, Chen Mo needs to use people. Jizhou people must be used, but not all of them. Moreover, they are selected from these people, which can easily lead to the situation that Jizhou is hollowed out. Chen Mo also has a large number of people to use. The college has produced many talents in recent years. If these people are not used, the Three Learnings will not be promoted.

Changing the world means washing the marrow of the Yijing of the whole world. In this process, useless dirty blood must be discharged. Even if these dirty bloods are not wrong, their existence itself is wrong.

Looking at the inner city that looked like a ghost town under the night wind, Chen Mo sighed, looked at Dian Wei beside him and smiled: "There is no danger now, take a good rest for a few days."

"My Lord, I just saw Zhang Yan took the woman of the Yuan family to your room." Dian Wei looked around and approached Chen Mo and said: "Will there be danger?"

Chen Mo nodded: "It is very dangerous, but it is just a woman, I am enough."

Zhang Yan's actions naturally could not be hidden from Chen Mo, and Chen Mo did not stop him. He really had no intention of harming the family of the Yuan family. After all, Yuan Shao took care of him in the past, and he did not think of killing the Yuan family.

Perhaps those people would feel more at ease if they took this woman, but there was no way to explain the reason to Dian Wei, a rough man.

"My Lord, you can't be fascinated by beauty!" Dian Wei advised.

"Who taught you?" Chen Mo turned around and glanced at Dian Wei.

"Yang Xiu."

"I know my limits!" Chen Mo was speechless. These people have been meddling for too long, right? He glared at Dian Wei and said, "Don't listen to these people's instigation in the future. Is he the lord or am I the lord?"

"Of course it's you, but I think what he said makes sense. My lord, think about the women who caused chaos in ancient times. What did they use to praise themselves..." Dian Wei scratched his head and couldn't remember it.

"Bao Si, Daji, do you know what happened to Daji in the end?" Chen Mo asked back.

"I don't know. She must be dead."

"Everyone will die. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Daji was taken into the palace by King Wu." Chen Mo patted Dian Wei's shoulder and left, shaking his head and said, "It makes sense. Any random words said by these people around me make sense to you."

"Old Dian can also read." Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo's back and said unconvinced.

"Great, write an article and see." Chen Mo said without looking back.

"I'm going to rest now. My lord, call me if you need anything!" Dian Wei turned around decisively and strode away.

When he pushed the door open, he saw Zhen Mi, whom he had seen during the day, kneeling on the mat behind the bedroom table. When she saw Chen Mo coming in, she bowed down quickly.

"Get up and undress for me." Chen Mo waved his hand, motioning Zhen Mi to get up.

"Yes~" Zhen Mi bowed, got up, lowered her head and came to Chen Mo to take off his outer robe.

"Are you afraid of me?" Chen Mo looked at Zhen Mi and smiled.

"The general is a hero in the world, and I am naturally in awe of him." Zhen Mi lowered her head and said.

"Raise your head." Chen Mo stretched out his hand, pinched Zhen Mi's chin, asked her to raise her head, looked at Zhen Mi carefully, nodded and smiled: "Then Madam Liu is right in one thing. According to Yuan Xi's fate, marrying you will only harm him."

He has never seen Yuan Xi, but from what he knows so far, Yuan Xi is not that kind of strong master. Whether in terms of ability, talent or courage, his fate is probably not enough to match the woman in front of him.

"The word destiny is illusory. Do you believe in destiny?" Zhen Mi's voice is very pleasant.

"I believe in destiny, but I don't believe it is determined by heaven." Chen Mo nodded. Destiny does exist. Ordinary people can't see it, but he can see it. It is precisely because of this that Chen Mo doesn't believe it is determined by heaven. People's destiny can be changed.

"I don't understand." Zhen Mi shook her head.

"If fate is determined by God, wouldn't everything today be already doomed?" Chen Mo reached out, opened her pocket, took out a dagger from her arms and said with a smile, "Why are you still unwilling? Isn't it better to comply with destiny? Complying with destiny is Fate, changing one's fate against the will of heaven is also fate, how do you choose?"

"I am..."

"Look at me and say it!" Chen Mo said, with a toughness that could not be rejected. The woman's clothes spread out in front of him could not attract his attention.

"I just want to live for the rest of my life." Zhen Mi followed subconsciously and met Chen Mo's gaze.

"Then it is to comply with destiny." Chen Mo threw the dagger away casually. His luck and destiny were ordinary from the moment he entered the door. Chen Mo had been fighting for many years and had also encountered assassinations. It was clear that this meant that from the beginning, this The woman had no intention of assassination. She really wanted to commit suicide as she said, but she didn't have enough courage.

"Let's go." Chen Mo stretched out his hand and picked her up by the waist: "Since you have to comply with destiny, you should obey destiny's arrangements, right?"

Zhen Mi instinctively closed her eyes. Although she was married, she still experienced some things for the first time. Her slender fingers pinched Chen Mo's skirt tightly, her knuckles turned white, and she was placed on the couch by Chen Mo obediently. , the curtains fell, the night was very long, and the wind outside the door blew a little stronger...

After a speechless night, Chen Mo woke up on time the next morning as usual. Even if he was tired yesterday, he would wake up refreshed the next day. This has not changed with age. .

"Have a good rest." After taking a look at Zhen Mi, who was a little overwhelmed and wanted to get up, Chen Mo smiled and put on his clothes. There were still many things to do today.

"Lord, Cui Geng came to report that last night Gao Lan's army sent troops to attack at night and was repulsed." As soon as they arrived at the government office, they saw Yang Xiu coming up and bowing.

"Go and tell Gao Gan that he can surrender. Gao Shun and Zhang Jitong will go together. There are people he wants there." Chen Mo nodded, knelt down and said, those who deserved to be killed were almost killed yesterday. As for the palace, Chen Mo wanted to give it to him. Liu He left some dignity.

"Lord, the high-ranking officials were willing to surrender yesterday, but today I'm afraid..." Yang Xiu frowned. The high-ranking officials surrendered yesterday. They actually wanted to stop Chen Mo's killing, but Chen Mo was a little headstrong. Most of the gentry in the city were killed. He will definitely be reviled by everyone in the world. It will be difficult for senior officials to surrender today.

"Do it!" Chen Mo raised his head, glanced at Yang Xiu, and said calmly.

"Here~" Yang Xiu's voice suddenly dropped, he respectfully agreed, and went to lobby.

Chen Mo was quite dissatisfied with the fact that Yang Xiu gave Dian Wei medicine without any trouble. Regardless of whether he made a mistake or not, Chen Mo's guards dared to scheme, which made Chen Mo feel like he was violated.

Chen Mo doesn't care about the palace affairs. He believes that even if the other party doesn't agree, Gao Shun and Zhang Ji can make the other party agree. Chen Mo is more concerned about the next battle. Yuan Shang and Cao Cao will gather in Yecheng soon.

"Notify Ma Jun and ask him to re-fill the moat with water as soon as possible." After Yang Xiu left, Chen Mo asked his bodyguard to notify Ma Jun and ask him to re-fill the moat.

"My lord, do you want to use this to induce Yuan Jun to use the moat to attack the city?" Xun You asked with a smile.

"Maybe it's Cao Cao." Chen Mo nodded and smiled: "I can't say for sure. Many Yuan Jun escaped from the city at that time. Do these people know how we sneaked into the city? If they knew, Yuan Jun couldn't be deceived. , But you can lie to my brother, Xu You should know the existence of this culvert. "

Xun You nodded, then frowned and said, "Although our army has captured Yecheng and has the upper hand, this may cause Yuan and Cao to join forces."

"There's nothing we can do about it. If I don't take Ye City, I won't be able to seize the opportunity. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. At least now, we have the advantage. Cao Cao's advantage in conquering the plains has been eliminated. What's next? It depends on who has the stronger means.”

"It's just a city of Ye. It may not last long, and the grain roads are easy to be cut off." Xun You said with a smile: "General Wuyi is stationed at Chaoge to protect the safety of the grain roads. The lord can order Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu and Pang De to attack with cavalry. It makes it difficult for Yuan and Cao's army to attack the city with all their strength."

Chen Mo nodded: "Gongda's words are exactly what I want. In addition, let Xu Huang lead 20,000 troops and horses to join forces with Cui Geng, Bao Geng, and Shi Geng, and station them on the Zhuozhang River to avoid enemy troops. Attack the city with water."

Chen Mo's plan to flood Yecheng was useless, but it does not mean that Cao Cao and Yuan Shang would not use it. They had to be prepared for this. In addition, Zhang Ji led his army outside, so he and Yecheng could be at odds with each other.

"As a result, there will be insufficient soldiers and horses in the city." Xun You said worriedly.

"With the strength of Ye City, it is enough to leave more than 10,000 people. Not to mention that there are Black Mountain Army and Ye City surrender army here. It will not be easy to break the city." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"My lord, what you said makes sense, I'll do it now." Xun You nodded, stood up and said goodbye without any further persuasion.

"Well, be careful, it's not peaceful in the inner city now." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Here!"