Within the city of Ye.
All the Yuan army soldiers were almost in despair. Gazing at the vast waters in the trenches below the city walls, their hearts were pounding in their throats.
To speak of it…
Liu Bei was most adept at psychological warfare, but Cao Cao was exceptionally skilled at offensive psychological warfare. He knew that the primary reason the Ye garrison could hold out was their continued loyalty to the Yuan family.
Since that was the case, Cao Cao pushed this "psychological attack" to its absolute extreme!
He dispatched men to display the captured seals and official robes of Yuan Shang outside the city, and he rewarded the two surrendered generals under Yuan Shang, Ma Yan and Zhang Yi. The impact of these two examples was devastating, nearly causing the Ye garrison to completely collapse.
"Hoo..."
With a long sigh, Shen Pei, who was stationed in Ye, felt his mood to be even heavier than that of the garrison soldiers.
But as the commanding general, he could not show any outward emotion; even if the sky were to fall, he had to face it with equanimity.
"Your lord is already finished."
"Why are you still holding on?"
"For whom are you fighting? Surrender quickly, Cao's army treats prisoners well!"
Below the city walls, Cao Cao's heralds shouted continuously.
The faces of the Yuan army soldiers on the battlements were all grim.
Shen Pei's will was truly extraordinary. He took a deep breath and, facing all the garrison soldiers, rallied them with a loud voice.
"Cao's army is now utterly exhausted. The reinforcements sent by the second son, Yuan Xi, from You Province are already halfway here. We are not without a lord!"
"Hold on! Hold..."