Yecheng, Imperial Palace.

The cries of killing came from all directions like a tidal wave. Liu He knelt on the throne with a calm expression, as if the faint cries of killing coming from all around had nothing to do with him.

In fact, it has nothing to do with him, because no matter what the outcome of the final battle is, nothing will happen to him. If Yuan Shang wins, he will still be the emperor. If Chen Mo wins, the most he can do is go to Luoyang and become an idle king.

Chen Mo's people had secretly contacted him through the prince before, and Liu He also thought about cooperating with Chen Mo. Unfortunately, the senior officials were too strict with him. Xu You ran away before, causing Jizhou to be attacked by Cao Cao and Chen Mo, and was eventually killed.

Many people blame themselves.

Liu He was a little funny at the time. Even if he was a puppet emperor, he was still an emperor. His son was beaten by a courtier's son. Why couldn't he express his dissatisfaction?

It was also from that time that the relationship between Liu He and Jizhou court officials began to become tense. When Chen Mo contacted Liu He through the prince, the reason why he did not refuse or agree was because if Chen Mo failed to invade in the end, he would

This emperor would be very embarrassed, but then Chen Mo's performance was somewhat outstanding.

When Chen Moli came to the city, Liu He actually thought about cooperating with Chen Moli to cooperate with foreign forces. He still had some secret accumulation of strength in Yecheng.

Unfortunately, Chen Mo did not give Liu He a chance to show off. The speed at which Yecheng was conquered far exceeded Liu He's expectations. They were still planning secretly, but the outer city over there had been captured. They changed their strategy and prepared to respond.

The opponent attacked the inner city, but the inner city was also breached.

Not to mention that it was just a fight in the city, even if Chen Mo opened the palace door and walked in front of Liu He, Liu He probably wouldn't be too surprised as he was used to it.

Now Liu He is eager to see this young prince, who is no longer a young man. Chen Mo is now nearly 20 years old, but his achievements are really surprising compared to his age. Now

Among the princes in the world, Chen Mo and Sun Ce are close in age, but Chen Mo feels like Sun Ce's elder.

Shen Pei knelt down and sat down where Liu He was, not saying anything, closing his eyes and meditating.

The current situation can be described as a collapse of heaven. Even the judge can't think of any way to hold on until Yuan Shang's reinforcements rush back. Yecheng is actually broken now, but he doesn't understand that if Chen Mo doesn't come to attack the palace,

But why compete with those wealthy families in the city?

As long as the imperial palace is there, those aristocratic families will not be able to make any trouble.

Guan Zhongjun's behavior was somewhat abnormal, but the reviewer couldn't tell what was wrong.

The senior cadre walked back and forth in front of the judge, and he walked around countless times in the whole morning.

"Report~" A general of the Yulin Army walked in quickly and saluted everyone.

"At this time, there is no need to be more polite, but Chen Mo is coming?" The senior official waved his hand impatiently, indicating that there was no need to be more polite, and then asked anxiously.

"Not before, the Guanzhong Army was still attacking various mansions in the city. Now, outside the palace, fighting continues. I heard that many wealthy families in the city are fighting to the death." The general of the Yulin Army bowed.

"Oh, I didn't expect that there are so many loyal ministers in Ye City. With these loyal ministers, the Guanzhong Army can gain power for a while, but it is a wishful thinking to take over my Ye City!" Hearing this, Gao Gan looked good.

Many, if these people can delay for a while, they will have more hope. Yuan Shang is already on the way back. I believe he will be able to rush back soon. By then, Chen Mo will be attacked from both sides.

"That's wrong!" Shen Pei suddenly opened his eyes and frowned.

"What's wrong?" The senior officer turned around and looked at Shen Pei in confusion.

"Let's go and have a look at the palace gate." Shen Pei did not answer, but stood up, bowed to Liu He, and walked out quickly.

The senior official didn't know why, so when he saw Shen Pei leaving, he hurriedly followed him.

Outside the palace, there were sounds of fighting everywhere, and many places were on fire. When Shen Pei and the senior officials boarded the archery tower at the palace gate, what they saw was this scene. The Guanzhong Army was attacking the inner city mansions one by one.

In this inner city, many mansions have been reduced to scorched earth.

"Mr. Zhengnan, what's wrong?" The senior official looked at Shen Pei and asked doubtfully.

Shen Pei didn't answer. He just watched from a distance as a Guanzhong army rushed towards a mansion. He didn't shout or communicate with anyone before the battle. He just shot a bunch of random arrows in. At the same time, he quickly occupied the commanding heights and suppressed the mansion with bows and arrows.

The defense of the house was not strong. Some people in the house were still saying something, but then they were killed by the Guanzhong Army who poured in, and everyone in the house was wiped out!

Then there was a fire, thick black smoke, and scorching fire, which burned everything, including the corpses, and the conspiracy hidden under the killing.

Shen Pei closed his eyes, and he finally realized what was wrong.

Then Chen Mo is taking this opportunity to eliminate the power of the wealthy gentry of the Jizhou family. Even if these people surrender, it will be useless. Chen Mo's army entered the inner city this time with the purpose of killing people.

As for why this is so, Shen Pei, who has thought about this clearly, probably understands that Chen Mo wants to implement his new policy in Guanzhong in Jizhou, and the wealthy families are the biggest obstacle to the implementation of Guanzhong politics and law in Jizhou. Chen Mo is using war to eliminate dissidents

ah!

What a cruel heart!

Moreover, Shen Pei was keenly aware that most of the 'loyal people' who died in the war had their whole families here, while those who had people outside were basically untouched. They killed a group of them and then used these living people to win over the remaining ones.

It was decided, and Chen Mo also had enough resources in his hands to promote his new policy.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Chen Mo can finally capture Jizhou.

But with one hand, he succeeded in getting things done, and with the other hand, he also used this to win over another group of people. The judge had to admit that Chen Mo might actually succeed in doing this.

"Surrender, or break out." Shen Pei sighed and looked at Gao Gandao beside him.

"Ah?" The senior official looked at Shen Pei in confusion: "Why is this?"

"The longer it takes, the worse the defeat will be. Chen Mo wants more than just Ye City." Shen Pei said with a sad smile. Regardless of other things, this move alone, if Chen Mo is allowed to continue killing like this, the Jizhou aristocratic family will be like Guanzhong back then.

Aristocratic families were generally killed and were left in ruins. No matter who occupied Jizhou from now on, in terms of the power of the gentry, the severely damaged gentry in Jizhou would not have the weight they do now.

Thinking a little deeper, Chen Mo was clearing the way for his Three-Study Minutes.

"Sir, why are you talking such nonsense?" The senior official looked at Shen Pei with some dissatisfaction.

"General, take a closer look. Are the people in the mansion really determined to refuse to surrender?" Shen Pei looked at the senior officials.

This is being sworn to death.

Hearing this, the senior officials frowned and looked towards the city. The Guanzhong Army did not care whether the opponent surrendered or not. They attacked directly after breaking through the door, and their methods were quite ruthless, without giving the opponent a chance to speak.

"This..." Gao Gan looked at this scene with some astonishment: "Why is this?"

"Chen Mo, you are digging for the foundation of our Jizhou!" Shenpei took a deep breath, looked at the senior officer and said, "We can't let him continue to kill!"

It's not like Tu Guang. Judging from Chen Mo's past, Chen Mo still maintains a wooing attitude towards the scholars. At least in terms of attitude, Chen Mo is close to the scholars, but it's just about his wrist...

The senior cadres were a little helpless. How to break through? The inner city and the outer city have all been controlled by Chen Mo. Let alone leaving the city, they may not even be able to get out of the inner city. In other words, the only way is to surrender?

"General, surrendering at this time is not a real surrender, it is just handing over military power. We can wait for an opportunity to escape, but if Yecheng is not handed over, then Chen Mo will have the right to continue to slaughter the nobles in the city." Shen Pei looked at the senior officials,

I don't want to surrender, but if we don't surrender now, even if Chen Mo doesn't kill all the nobles in the city, there won't be many left. At that time, it will be the real disaster in Jizhou. No matter after today, it will be Chen Mo or Yuan Shang who calls the shots in Jizhou.

It is Cao Cao, but one thing is that the decline of scholarly power will be an inevitable outcome.

It may even be more serious than the disaster of the party ban back then. After all, the disaster of the party ban was not so cruel. It was a direct killing. Moreover, this was a battle between two armies. The enemy and we were facing each other. Chen Mo just slaughtered everyone here, and others could not say anything about him.

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The senior official glanced at the judge, nodded and said, "I will send someone to hand over the letter of surrender."

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"Why did it stop?" In the enemy tower, Chen Mo, who was watching the fighting in the city, suddenly noticed that the sound of fighting had weakened, and he couldn't help but frown.

Soon, Zhang Ji led one person to the watchtower.

"Lord, this person is the envoy sent by the high officials to surrender." Zhang Ji saluted Chen Mo.

"Surrender?" Chen Mo looked at this person without any impression. He frowned and took the letter of surrender from the senior official and remained silent.

"Yes, General Gao knows that the situation is over and does not want to start another killing spree. He sincerely asks Marquis Changling to stop fighting. Our army is willing to surrender." The envoy bowed.

Chen Mo did not speak, but quietly read the letter of surrender. After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Ji: "Why stop the war without receiving military orders?"

"Lord, this high-ranking official has already submitted a surrender order..." Zhang Ji looked at Chen Mo in confusion. Normally, this is the time for a truce, right?

"How can you hide this plan of false surrender from me?" Chen Mo sneered, threw the surrender letter in his hand on the ground and said: "You are also a veteran on the battlefield, how could you fall into such a clumsy trick?"

"My lord, forgive me!" Zhang Ji was startled for a moment, and then suddenly realized that my lord was determined to kill him. It seemed that the killing would have to continue, so he saluted Chen Mo.

"Marquis Changling, General Gao no longer dares to be an enemy of Marquis Changling. Why is this so?" The envoy was shocked when he heard this.

"Don't you dare to be an enemy?" Chen Mo said with a rare arrogant attitude: "Since I don't dare to be an enemy, why didn't I just open the city and surrender when I came to Yecheng? This is obviously a false surrender. Come here and beat this man to death.

Fight him out. If he dares to come here again, you don’t need to ask me, he will be killed directly!”

"Here!" Two personal guards came in. Amidst the roar of the envoy, they dragged the other party out.
Chapter completed!