The night is getting darker, and the howling north wind blows through the icy city. The killings during the day have ended. In the captured mansions, the fires have been extinguished, and only the thick smoke is still rising.

Under the weak firelight, there were soldiers carrying corpses. Carloads of corpses were transported outside the city to be burned or buried in this night. The blood on the ground had dried up. The wealthy families who were still alive in the inner city had already followed the killings today.

, completely lost the courage to fight against the Guanzhong Army, and hunkered down at home, not daring to move around at will. White flags were placed outside the doors, and all the doors were open to show their family's support for the Guanzhong Army and Chen Mo.

The night wind howled, like the roaring souls of thousands of people who died in this war.

Cruel?

It's very cruel. In today's battle in the inner city, nearly a thousand families were ransacked and exterminated. If calculated on a head-to-head basis, tens of thousands of people died in this massacre, including the servants.

Not all of them took up arms to resist, but they all died.

Maybe not guilty, but how many people die every day in the world are all guilty? The game of politics has never been distinguished by good and evil. If Chen Mo wants to implement the New Deal in Jizhou, he must have Jizhou's resources in his hands, and there must be a lot of them, just like before

Like Hedong, Guanzhong and Heluo, Chen Mo had a large amount of land in his hands that could be distributed to the people for farming. Therefore, he won the support of all the people.

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

Land is just one of them. In addition, there is another big problem. After taking Jizhou, Chen Mo wants to use people. Jizhou people will definitely use them, but they cannot use them all, and the people they choose are all selected from these people.

It is easy to cause Jizhou to be ignored, and Chen Mo also has a large number of people to use. The college has produced a lot of talents in recent years. If these people are not used, there will be no way to promote the Three Academic Minutes.

To change the world is to cleanse the marrow of the entire world, the I Ching. During this process, useless dirty blood must be discharged. Even if the dirty blood is not wrong in itself, their existence itself is wrong.

Looking at the inner city that looked like a ghostland under the night wind, Chen Mo sighed, looked at Dian Wei beside him and said with a smile: "There is no danger now. It's good to rest for a few days."

"Lord, I just saw that boy Zhang Yan brought the female members of the Yuan family to your house." Dian Wei looked around, approached Chen Mo and asked, "Is there any danger?"

Chen Mo nodded: "It's very dangerous, but I'm just one woman and I'm enough."

Naturally, Zhang Yan's actions could not be concealed from Chen Mo, and Chen Mo did not stop him. He indeed had no intention of harming the Yuan family. After all, Yuan Shao took good care of him back then, and he never thought of exterminating the Yuan family.

Maybe taking in this woman would help those people feel more at ease, but the reason behind this cannot be explained to a big boss like Dian Wei.

"My lord, you must not be enchanted by beauty!" Dian Wei advised.

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

"Yang Xiu."

"I have a sense of propriety!" Chen Mo was speechless. Didn't these people control things a little too long? He glared at Dian Wei: "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 is quite reasonable. My lord, what do you think the women of the ancient chaotic country would do to praise themselves..." Dian Wei scratched his head, unable to remember.

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

"I don't know, he 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 on the shoulder, left straight away, shook his head and said: "It makes sense, these people around me can just come out and say something.

, it all makes sense to you."

"Lao Dian is also literate." Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo's back and said unconvinced.

"It's amazing, let's write an article and take a look." Chen Mo said without looking back.

"General, I'm going to have a rest. My lord, if you have something to do, call me!" Dian Wei turned around decisively and strode away.

Pushing the door open, he saw Zhen Mi whom he had met during the day, kneeling on the mat behind the bedroom desk. Seeing Chen Mo come in, he quickly bowed down.

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

"Here~" Zhen Mi saluted, stood up, lowered her head, came to Chen Mo, and took off his outer robe for him.

"Are you afraid of me?" Chen Mo looked at Zhen Mi and said with a smile.

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

"Raise your head." Chen Mo stretched out his hand, pinched Zhen Mi's chin, and asked her to raise her head. He looked at Zhen Mi carefully, nodded and said with a smile: "Then Mrs. Liu is right. With Yuan Xi's destiny, I will only marry you.

It will hurt him."

He has never met Yuan Xi, but from what he knows so far, Yuan Xi is not that kind of strong master. Regardless of ability, talent, or courage, his destiny may not be comparable to that of the woman in front of him.

"The words of fate are illusory, but the general also believes in fate?" Zhen Mi's voice was very pleasant.

"I believe in fate, but I don't believe that fate is determined by God." Chen Mo nodded. Fate does exist. Ordinary people can't see it, but he can see it. It is precisely because of knowing that Chen Mo does not believe in fate.

Destiny can be changed.

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

"If fate is determined by God, wouldn't everything today be predestined?" 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 in his voice that could not be refused. The woman's clothes spread out in front of him could not attract his attention.

"I just thought about it but lost my life." Zhen Mi followed subconsciously and met Chen Mo's gaze.

"Then it is to comply with the destiny." Chen Mo threw the dagger away casually. His luck and destiny were ordinary from the moment he entered the door. Chen Mo has been fighting for many years and has also encountered assassinations. It is clear that this means that from the beginning, this

The woman did not have any intention of assassination. She really wanted to commit suicide as she said, but did not have enough courage.

"Let's go." Chen Mo stretched out his hand and picked her up by the waist: "Since we have to comply with destiny, we 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.

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"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 conduct a night attack and was repelled." 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 has no control over the affairs of the palace. He believes that even if the other party refuses to 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 is no way. If I don't take Ye City, I can't 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.

This makes it difficult for Yuan and Cao's armies 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 soldiers and horses to join the three generals Cui Geng, Bao Geng and Shi Geng and station them on the Zhuozhang River to avoid the enemy.

Attack the city with water."

Chen Mo's plan to flood Ye City was useless, but that doesn't mean that Cao Cao and Yuan Shang wouldn't use it. He had to be prepared for this. In addition, Zhang Ji led his army outside, so he could also form a rivalry with Ye City.

"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 troops 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.
Chapter completed!