Jizhou, Qinghe County.
Inside Tobu Castle.
The huge government office hall was filled with the most prominent figures of Tobu. Among them was a middle-aged scholar who was at the top. He had a neat beard and was wearing Confucian clothes. He looked like a distinguished scholar.
However, the expression on this celebrity's face was not so open-minded, but full of nervousness and uneasiness.
"Liu Yu from outside the city, did you really say that?"
The middle-aged scholar repeated in disbelief.
"Yes, Mr. Cui, Qingzhou Liu Yu said that if our Dongwu City does not open its doors and surrender, then he will let the Qingzhou soldiers come and defeat our Dongwu before attacking the Hulu."
The person who replied was the envoy from Dongwu City who went to meet Liu Yu.
And the middle-aged scholar he called "Cui Gong" was none other than Cui Yu, the head of the famous Qinghe Cui clan who was now staying at the Qinghe ancestral land.
Although this Cui Yu is not very famous in history, his great-grandfather was Cui Yan, a famous figure in the Han and Wei Dynasties.
That is, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cui Yan, a famous scholar in Hebei Province, was imprisoned to death for opposing Cao Cao's ascension to the throne.
After hundreds of years of inheritance, the Cui family of Qinghe has been passed down to this day. It is no longer just a famous family that passed down poems and books. In Jizhou, which has experienced many turmoils, the Cui family has become the most powerful force near Tobu.
The Cui family of Qinghe not only has a fort to defend themselves in their ancestral homeland, but even the many scholars and people in Dongwu City today regard the Cui family of Qinghe as their leader.
"Moreover, Liu Yu also said that if the small wall of Dongwu City is broken, once his Qingzhou soldiers arrive, they will be able to break through Dongwu in less than a day."
As soon as these words came out, the other powerful people in Tobu City present became restless.
Those "pseudo-Han" Qingzhou soldiers were so ferocious. They claimed to be a replica of the "tiger and wolf army" of the Qin and Han Dynasties. Even the notorious Hulu ran to the other side of the Qinghe River as soon as they came into contact with them.
"Everyone! Stay calm!"
Cui Yu raised his voice and stopped everyone's noisy discussion very majestically.
"Didn't you tell Liu Yu that as long as they don't enter Dongwu City, we will provide them with food, grass, cloth and silk?"
After hearing this, the messenger replied with a grimace.
"Mr. Cui, I have said all this, but Qingzhou Liu Yu doesn't care at all."
Cui Yu said with a sullen look on his face.
"Greedy people!"
"Is it because the food, grass, cloth and silk we promised to donate are not much?"
The messenger shook his head again.
"That's not the case, Mr. Cui, I don't dare to deceive you. I told Liu Yu at that time that as long as the Qingzhou army does not enter Dongwu City, the amount of food, grass and baggage offered can be increased appropriately."
"What a pity, Liu Yu doesn't care at all."
Cui Yu continued to ask with a cold face.
"Why?"
The messenger swallowed and said.
"Then Liu Yu said that if he wanted more grain, grass, cloth, and silk, he would naturally break into Dongwu City and get it for himself!"
"But what he wants is not just these grains of grain, grass, cloth and silk."
Hearing what the messenger said, Cui Yu's heart felt like frost.
At this time, a Dongwu hero who was sitting next to him spoke up.
"Mr. Cui, these 'hypocritical' Qingzhou soldiers are really vicious. How about we just open the door and welcome them? It's really not safe to continue to resist like this."
Another powerful man who looked like a Confucian scholar also spoke out.
"Yes, Mr. Cui, when Dongwu ordered Wang Bo to deliver the surrender form to Liu Yu, he must have informed Liu Yu of Dongwu's truth and falsehood. Now that Wang Bo is dead, our truth and falsehood are all Liu Yu is in control, if he continues to resist stubbornly, it may not be a good idea."
Obviously, the words of these two Tobu powerful men still carry great weight, and many other powerful men began to express their support for their suggestions.
Cui Yu pondered for a moment when he heard the words, but said a little stubbornly.
"I, the Cui family, have been ministers of the Jin Dynasty for many generations. I have always been loyal and filial. I should abide by the official rites. In order to protect the safety of the people of Dongwu, I am willing to donate food, grass and baggage more than the puppet Han Liu Yu. This is already a violation of the official rites. How can I open the door again? How about welcoming Liu Yu's treacherous traitor?"
Cui Yu's words were righteous and awe-inspiring, coupled with his majestic appearance, an ordinary person would have been reprimanded to the point of being ashamed.
However, these Dongwu powerful men here are already very familiar with Cui Yu's actions.
"Mr. Cui, what you said is wrong. Mr. Cui does not live in the temple now. He works and studies in the countryside. Preserving the family name is the right way. As for loyalty and filial piety, there is no need to be too rigid."
The powerful Confucian scholar spoke again.
"Guo Heming's words are inappropriate. Although I, Cui Yu, am a white man, I, the Cui clan of Qinghe, are now full of ministers. My younger brother, Cui Yue, served as the official of Liu Bingzhou. Cui Ao has been promoted to the governor of Pingzhou. The rest are more than ten people. They all came from the prefectures and counties to serve the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. Although I, Cui Yu, am not talented, I cannot use Dongwucheng to welcome the traitors who are arrogant and slander the name of my Cui family!"
After hearing this, many Dongwu tycoons present were secretly anxious in their hearts.
Everyone knows that Cui Yu, the Cui family of Qinghe, is the most stubborn and conservative, and is good at eloquence. Coupled with the strong strength of the Cui family of Qinghe, although these people are all extremely dissatisfied, they all dare to get angry. Dare not speak.
I am afraid that if I am not careful, I will end up like Dongwu Ling Wang Bo who "killed his opponent".
Since the Cui family of Qinghe, as the actual controller of Dongwu City, is unwilling to open the door to welcome the Qingzhou Army, then the other powerful people have nothing to do.
The strength of Dongwu Cui's family is stronger than that of these small fish and shrimps.
When Cui met the situation, he also knew what these powerful people in Dongwu City were thinking, so he changed his tone and spoke in a slower tone.
"Don't panic, everyone. Although the puppet Han soldiers and horses outside the city are considered powerful, Dongwu City is small but strong. There is plenty of food and grass in the city, enough to last more than a year."
"What's more, my brother Cui Yue has already said that the current Jizhou governor Liu Yan has summoned tens of thousands of Suolu followers from Daibei. When these Suolu followers reach Changshan County, they can send their troops south. At that time, not to mention the barbarians, even these puppet Han troops in Qingzhou will all be crushed into powder."
Although everyone here was dissatisfied, they could only let it go.
The so-called "Suolu" refers to the Tuoba Xianbei who lived outside the Northern Great Wall. These Tuoba Xianbei were not the Kuntou Xianbei who shaved off their hair, but both men and women had their hair braided into the shape of a city rope whip, hence the name "Suolu". Suolu".
"These Suolu loyal followers are also extremely fierce, and the Bingzhou Hulu have never benefited from their subordinates."
"What's more, the Hulu on the north bank of the Qinghe River are still staring at the puppet Han Liu Yu. I don't believe that he dares to be so rampant. Under the intimidation of the Hulu, he dares to attack Dongwu City again!"
Cui Yu's words did have an effect.
These Tobu heroes thought that the Qingzhou Army outside the city was probably really trying to scare people.
After all, no matter how small and fragile Tobu City is, it cannot be conquered overnight.
If Dongwu City was really so weak, how could those barbarians earlier be sent away with just some money, food, and luggage?
"Yes, no matter how strong the Qingzhou thieves are, they cannot break through the city wall. As long as we can hold on for a few days, the Qingzhou army will probably retreat on its own."
Someone immediately spoke out to support Cui Yu.
After hearing this, everyone felt that it made sense, so the originally panicked Dongwu people were willing to calm down.
However, despite the situation, Cui Yu refused to let down his guard.
He then began to assign tasks to each family. Some prepared rolling wood, bricks and stones and other equipment for defense, some were assigned to patrol the streets, and some were assigned to troops to guard the city walls.
By the time everything was prepared under Cui Yu's arrangement, and the Qingzhou thieves were just waiting for the Qingzhou thieves to crash headlong into the copper and iron walls of Dongwu City, half a day had passed before they knew it.
"Mr. Cui, it's not good!"
"Mr. Cui!"
Suddenly, a panicked voice came from outside, and then a man in military uniform came in.
"Why are you panicking!?"
Cui Yu asked with some dissatisfaction.
This panicked man was a powerful young commander who was guarding the city. He was considered a man with some martial courage. Ordinary things should not scare him like this.
"Mr. Cui, the Qingzhou Army outside the city has set up several tall wooden structures with long arms like scorpion tails. They have also searched and piled up a lot of earth and rocks. It looks like they are going to attack the city!"
All the Dongwu heroes in the hall were shocked when they heard this.
How long had it passed before the siege equipment could be set up?
What on earth is this device?
"Absurd! It has only been a few hours, how could the Qingzhou thieves set up siege equipment so quickly?"
Cui Yu said disapprovingly.
"What's more, even if it's set up, it's probably just to scare people. It's just a cover-up, just to scare us."
After hearing what Cui Yu said, the rest of the people also felt that it made sense.
After all, these powerful people in Tobu are not literati who don't know how to fight. The city of Tobu was also besieged by many rebels and barbarians, and they had to see many siege equipment at any time.
But there has never been any useful equipment that can be set up in a few hours.
At this time, the envoy on the mission reminded him carefully.
"Mr. Cui, when I was in the Qingzhou military camp, I saw them looking for houses and tearing down pillars outside the city. I think there must be some way to build siege equipment."
After hearing this, Cui Yu was dismissive.
"Children, what do you know!"
Just as he was about to open his mouth to continue scolding, two more panicked screams came from outside.
"It's not good, Mr. Cui!"
"Mr. Cui, Qingzhou soldiers have begun to attack the city!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two disgraced handsome men from Towu ran in from outside.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this.
Cui Yu didn't dare to ask for help at this time. He stood up and walked forward quickly.
"What happened!?"
A handsome man with a head full of dirt said in a trembling voice.
"Mr. Cui! The Qingzhou Army outside the city has set up a scorpion-armed instrument that can throw huge rocks as far as a hundred steps!"
"Hundred steps!?"
"How is it possible to take a hundred steps?!"
Not only Cui Yu, but other Dongwu heroes were also shocked after hearing this.
"It's really a hundred steps!" Seeing that everyone refused to believe it, the "rustic" handsome man raised his voice and shouted.
"The huge stone thrown weighed a hundred kilograms. After hitting the city wall, its sound was like thunder and its power was terrifying. No one could stop it, including the wood and stone on the wall!"
"With one blow, the walls were completely destroyed."
"Destroying the city wall is only a matter of ten!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone's panic could not be suppressed at all.
Cui Yu had a gloomy face, stood up and looked outside and said.
"Courageous people!"
"Let me go and see what the thief is!"
Soon, Cui Yu led a large group of Dongwu powerful men to the vicinity of the city wall.
As soon as I saw the city wall, I found that the place where the city wall should have been filled with soldiers guarding the city was already empty, with only some scattered flags still planted on the wall.
As for those soldiers, Cui Yu didn't see where they went, so naturally there was no way to enforce military law.
When Cui Yu and the others arrived on the city wall, they suddenly discovered that many of the archery platforms on the Dongwu City Wall had been hit by heavy objects.
"Mr. Cui, look, that's the Qingzhou Army's siege equipment!"
The Bu Qu raised his hand and pointed.
Everyone looked in the direction and saw that among the Qingzhou Army outside the city, there were indeed five or six huge one-armed utensils set up about a hundred steps outside the city.
"These tools look very simple. They are just made up of twenty or thirty beams. If they are erected in two or three hours, it is not difficult." Dongwu Haoqiang, who is familiar with siege equipment, said.
"But, can this device really throw a hundred kilograms of projectiles up to this point?!"
Cui Yu was also very skeptical about this question.
After all, a distance of a hundred steps would almost make it impossible for ordinary bows and arrows to fight back. How could it be possible to throw a huge stone projectile so far.
Suddenly, the Dongwu marshal who led the way shouted in panic.
"Everyone, be careful, the Qingzhou Army is going to throw stone bullets again!"
When Cui Yu and others heard this, they looked curiously into the distance without any fear at all.
But the handsome man who was shouting rolled and crawled back.
"ah?"
"ah!"
"ah!!"
As the voices of the people in Tobu changed from curiosity to surprise, and then from surprise to panic, a huge hard stone projectile, carrying the wind whistling, and a muffled "bang" sound, impartially It hit the wall of Tobu City next to it.
The flying lumps of rammed earth hit many people's faces like knives and axes.
"oops!!"
"Hmm~"
The two Dongwu tycoons next to Cui Yu were among them. Among the two people, one was hit in the leg and fell to the ground. The other was hit in the cheek, and blood spattered out. It even spread on Cui Yu's face.
Cui Yu was already frightened by this terrifying weapon in the Qingzhou army.
With such a powerful weapon, it seems that the capture of Tobu City is really "breakable".
At this time, more panicked shouts rang out from the rest of the Dongwu people.
Cui Yu turned around and saw that this time, more "one-armed scorpion crossbows" seemed to be launching again.
Cui Yu was shocked and pulled a servant next to him.
"Quick, get out of the city and tell the emperor from Qingzhou that Dongwu City is willing to surrender!"
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