Pei Qing didn't expect that there were people under Yuan Shu's command to prepare in advance, and he suddenly felt nervous. Although he was not worried about the power under Yuan Shu's command, once the other party was prepared, he would lose his troops, right? All the soldiers under his command were elite, and even if they died, they felt sorry for them.

However, since he has arrived here, Pei Qing naturally would not give up. He also knew that although Yuan Shu sent out an army of 80,000 and there was not much power in the territory, he did not take it lightly. The reason why he led 30,000 troops to come was that he had predicted the situation of someone defending.

So Pei Qing did not hesitate at all and directly led his army to launch a fierce attack. Moreover, the 30,000 people were all involved in the siege without any reservation.

In fact, some people questioned before the attack, so it was suggested that Pei Qing must deploy defenses so as to prevent Yuan Shu from attacking his side from behind when reinforcements arrive.

However, Pei Qing smiled and said, "I can guarantee that Yuan Shu will not send any reinforcements here. With Yuan Shu's selfish nature, since he knows that this place is difficult to save, he will definitely order all his troops to defend Shouchun to the death. How could he ignore Shouchun's safety and send troops to reinforce this place?"

Therefore, in this battle, Pei Qing's 30,000 troops launched an unprecedented fierce attack on Yinling City. The powerful generals under Pei Qing's command led the way and bravely ascended the first. Under this inspiration, the soldiers naturally attacked the city enthusiastically.

On the other hand, Yan Xiang was leading the people to defend the battle. He stood on the top of the city to supervise the battle. No matter whoever took a step back, he would be defeated immediately. With his prestige and strict military law, the soldiers could only fight hard.

However, first, the number of the other party is too large, and second, the generals of the other party are too brave. Most of them are newly recruited soldiers. Not to mention that they have never participated in a life-and-death battle in wars, they are afraid of seeing bloodshed. Even some soldiers are brave, because these soldiers are far from having enough experience when they first go to the battlefield. This fatal flaw has led to their inability to do even the most basic dodge. They were easily shot to death by the enemy's feather arrows as soon as they showed up.

This battle lasted for nearly an hour, and Yinling City was finally captured. Yan Xiang's army of 10,000 killed more than 4,000 people. The rest chose to surrender, and even one escaped could not do it.

Yan Xiang stood at the top of the city like a husband looking at his husband's stone, without taking a step back from beginning to end, but this could not rewrite the situation of the battle. When he saw the enemy soldiers coming like a tide, even from the beginning of the battle, Yan Xiang knew that he would never be able to defend today, but he did not regret at all. He allowed the soldiers under Pei Qing to capture him alive and then pushed him to Pei Qing.

After seeing Yan Xiang, Pei Qing patted the table and shouted: "Bold Yan Xiang, as the imperial official of my great Han Dynasty, you actually worked for the rebel Yuan Shu and resisted the heavenly soldiers. Are you guilty?"

But Yan Xiang said with a high opinion: "Yuan Shu usurped the title of emperor. Although he was against the will of heaven, you are not a loyal and upright minister. Can you guarantee that after you have worked hard to conquer such a large territory, you are willing to hand over all the power in your hands to the emperor? The reason why you respect the emperor and marry the princess is just for your own selfish interests. From this point of view, what is the difference between you and Yuan Shu? I, Yan Xiang, was in troubled times. This is my sorrow, but I can still have my own ethics. Since I have been loyal to my master before, I will naturally be ready to die this time and kill you if you want to kill. But if I surrender, it is absolutely impossible."

Pei Qing did not expect that the other party would block all the retreats at once. In fact, he was very impressed by these loyal and righteous men. For example, Qu Yi, a powerful general under Yuan Shao and Ju Su, who was imprisoned in Chang'an, have been several months since then. Neither of these two people surrendered, and even Ju Su tried to escape several times. In this case, almost no one could stand it, and he had already killed people. However, Pei Qing had had Pang De's example before, and was lucky enough to take them. He did not care about these things, but just instructed the guards to be careful and continue to treat them with delicious food and drink.

Pei Qing actually admired Yan Xiang, because this was almost the only counselor that Yuan Shu could do. Unfortunately, Yuan Shu could not reuse such a person, so he was sent to Yinling as a small county magistrate. However, even so, Yan Xiang did not complain. Instead, he fought hard to defend in Yinling. Although the result was still useless, he successfully blocked his own pace for a day.

However, what Pei Qing should persuade him. He ordered people to take Yan Xiang down first, and then enter the camp where Yan Xiang was imprisoned and said to him: "I admit that I have put in my best efforts to conquer such a territory and I am unwilling to grant it to anyone easily, including today. Your expectations are correct. You and I know that the Han Dynasty has long been in name only. When today, I have lost its reputation. Even if I am willing to hand over all the power of the military commander, the emperor will find it difficult to defend this power. Instead, it will cause the world to fall into pieces again. So I am not only for the power in my hands, but for the peace of the whole world and for the benefit of the people. The people of the world are eager to end this chaotic world and live a peaceful and stable life. They do not care who is the emperor.

All he cares about is which emperor can bring them a peaceful and stable life, which emperor can make them wear warm clothes and eat full. This is what Mencius said, the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the king is the least, but what about Yuan Shu? Let me talk about it, when did he have given such a life for the people over the years as an official? Especially after he usurped the emperor, in order to make a name for himself, he built palaces and gave various sacrifices in the folk, and spent billions of dollars, which also increased the burden on the people. He is living a life of living a life of wine and wine, but how did this come about? He peeled off the bone marrow of the world and separated the children of the world to worship me alone, and regarded it as of course. He said that this is the flower of my industry, but he is the great harm to the world, such a monarch with no virtue!"

"This..." Yan Xiang was speechless when he heard this. Although he didn't want to admit it, he did admit that after Yuan Shu became emperor, he was debauchery and sucked bones and marrow, which made the lives of the people even more miserable. Even himself, he brought endless disasters to the people because of the defence.

"Is it wrong that I have always insisted on? But as a subordinate, isn't loyalty the greatest morality? Is it wrong that I adhere to the most basic morality?" Yan Xiang ignored Pei Qing and thought silently.
Chapter completed!