The war in Xuzhou City is advancing very smoothly.
Because Mr. Zhu Lizhen is not very popular with the people.
Although it has not reached the point where the people have rebelled, the oppression of the Han people in the past sixty or seventy years has not diminished at all. Now there is a war in the city, and the doors of every household are closed, and no one comes out to help.
Without the obstruction of the people in the city, coupled with the huge disparity in numbers, it was basically a situation of pushing forward all the way.
To be precise, by the afternoon of the fight, the Qi people guarding Xuzhou City began to lose their will to fight and began to retreat, or escape.
At this time, Ling Su's West Route Army had controlled the three city gates of Xuzhou, leaving only one east city gate untouched. These Qi troops defending the city escaped from the east city gate one after another.
A total of two to three thousand people fled.
In other words, half of the Xuzhou garrison escaped from here.
There is no way to do this, because the terrain in the city is complex, and it is not realistic to try to catch them all.
In fact, Ling Su even deliberately opened a gap and drove them out.
When it was about to sunset, Shen Yi appeared on the tower of the east city gate and watched from a distance as the Qi army retreated in embarrassment.
The fact that he can stand here means that the siege of Xuzhou is basically over.
Ling Su stood behind Shen Yi, glanced into the distance, and said, "Mr. Shen, if you let us take the lead in blocking the west gate, we can wipe out all the Qi troops defending the city."
Shen Yi looked back at him and said with a smile: "The trapped beast still fights, which only increases casualties."
"Let them out, it won't affect the battle."
"Moreover."
Shen Yi looked to the east and said calmly: "They may not be able to escape."
Hearing this, Ling Su opened his mouth to say something, then lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen is wise."
Mr. Shen clasped his hands behind his back and said quietly: "After occupying the city, the next step is to defend the city. There are some rules, which I have to discuss in advance."
Ling Su quickly said: "You tell me."
Master Shen walked on the city tower, looked back at Xuzhou City, and then said quietly: "No one is allowed to disturb the people in the city."
"Furthermore, tonight, I will camp in an open area in the city, or find a place to make do for the night. Tomorrow, I will solve the accommodation problem for everyone."
Having said this, Shen Yi looked back at Ling Su and said calmly: "I know that some brothers in the army may not understand these regulations and feel that when we were suppressing Japanese invaders in the southeast, we did not disturb the people of Dachen. It should be deserved, but now that we have won the battle in Qi people’s territory, why can’t we be majestic and majestic?”
Mr. Shen looked at Ling Su quietly and said in a deep voice: "We have occupied Xuzhou City. This is the land of Da Chen. The people in the city will also be the people of Da Chen in the future."
"If the generals below don't understand, let them come to me directly."
Ling Su quickly lowered his head: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen, I will wait for you and you will definitely restrain your subordinates."
"Um."
Shen Yi nodded slowly: "There are still many things for you to do in the city, so don't stay with me here. The most important thing first is to treat the wounded soldiers."
"Go and send people to requisition all the doctors and medicine shops in the city to treat the wounded soldiers."
At this point, Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said softly: "If there is anyone who doesn't cooperate, don't be polite."
Ling Su breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and said, "General, I will obey your order!"
Shen Yi thought for a while and added: "There is one more thing."
"The Zhizhou Yamen warehouse in the city, as well as several warehouses where grain is stored, must be heavily guarded. In particular, no one can enter and burn these grain warehouses..."
Before he finished speaking, someone hurried over, knelt in front of the two people, and said in a panic: "Mr. Shen, General Ling!"
"There's a warehouse on fire in the city!"
When Shen Yi heard this, he exhaled a breath and looked at Ling Su.
"This is the disadvantage of lingering poison."
Ling Su's face looked a little unhappy, he lowered his head and said, "I will be negligent in my duty!"
"There are too many things going on, I can't blame you."
"Go and send people to put out the fire. Save as many as you can. After this, I don't want to see this happen again."
Ling Su clasped his fists and lowered his head, then hurriedly walked down the tower and rushed to the burning warehouse to deal with the matter.
After Mr. Shen stood on the city wall for a while, Lin Sheng, who had made great achievements, walked up to the city tower, clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Sizheng!"
Shen Yi was stunned, looked back at him, and said with a smile: "I thought you went back 'home', what are you doing with me?"
Lin Sheng lowered his head and said: "Sizheng, my subordinate told you before that it was inappropriate to open the city gates to let the people out of the city. I have thought about it carefully and found that there are still areas that can be improved."
Shen Yi nodded: "You say."
"If you open the city gate during the day, the people in the city may not dare to go out."
"After sunset, Sizheng can open the four gates of Xuzhou, and then have people shout in the city, telling the people of Xuzhou that anyone who voluntarily leaves the city can leave the city at night. Master Chen will just pretend that he has not seen it."
"Tonight, the Qi people will never come. If we close the city gate tomorrow morning, there will be no danger. In this way, the number of people in the city will be greatly reduced. Secondly, the people who have dissatisfaction with me, Chen, will definitely leave during the night. "
"Tomorrow morning, Sizheng, you will have a clean and refreshing Xuzhou City!"
Shen Yi touched his chin, thought for a while, then squinted his eyes and said, "Didn't all the Zhu Li masters in the city run away?"
Lin Sheng was stunned.
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly and said, "I have already thought of a way to solve the food problem. Yankang, you don't have to worry anymore."
When Lin Sheng heard this, he lowered his head silently: "Yes."
Shen Yi smiled at him and said: "Now, most of the Qi troops in the city have been driven out, and the remaining ones are big cats and kittens. Why don't you go home and take a look? Looking at the “madam” at home?”
Lin Sheng looked embarrassed and said with a wry smile: "Some don't know how to go back..."
Shen Yi smiled and did not persuade him anymore, but continued to look east.
Lin Sheng stood behind Shen Yi and followed Shen Yi's gaze. He saw calmness in the east. He was a little curious and asked, "What is Si looking at?"
"Looking at the Qi people fleeing eastward."
Mr. Shen chuckled softly and said, "I am also watching the Huai'an army coming from the east."
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The person in charge of the defense of Xuzhou City was a deputy general named Chen. To be precise, he was the deputy general of the Southern Conquest Army. He was temporarily assigned to Xuzhou by Zhou Shizhong to guard Xuzhou City.
At this moment, General Chen was surrounded by a group of people and fled Xuzhou in a panic, his mind in chaos.
Because it happened so suddenly.
While he was still arranging Xuzhou's defense, he suddenly received a report saying that someone was causing trouble at the Xicheng Gate, resulting in the death of Zhizhou Pan Mao at the Xicheng Gate.
As soon as he finished handling the matters at hand and rushed to the west gate, more than two thousand southern thieves rushed in and occupied the west gate.
At dawn, countless southern thieves rushed into Xuzhou. After that, he was forced to retreat and retreated from Xuzhou in embarrassment. All these changes happened so fast that he still feels like he is in a dream.
After running for more than ten miles, General Chen looked back, but did not find the pursuing Southern thieves. He was riding on his horse and suddenly shouted.
"You cowardly cowards!"
He roared angrily, turned his horse's head, drew out the sword from his waist, and raised it high to the sky.
"Mr. Chen doesn't care to be with you. If he wants to run away from you, just run away!"
"I will go back and fight with the southern bandits, and I will fight to the death to recapture Xuzhou City!"
General Chen's eyes were red and he was about to rush back to Xuzhou, but he was hugged by a group of generals and subordinates and could not move.
Everyone knew in their hearts that the reason why General Chen suddenly collapsed was not because of his bravery.
But because...
He was scared!
How big a sin is it to lose Xuzhou?
After losing Xuzhou and escaping, I'm afraid it's not something my family can handle. The whole family may be implicated by the imperial court!
Just because he thought about the consequences, Vice General Chen suddenly lost control of his emotions and screamed that he wanted to go back to Xuzhou.
After being stopped by everyone, General Chen fell off his horse, threw his sword aside, and sat on the ground with disheveled hair, still cursing to himself.
"Courageless beasts, you beasts!"
He was filled with resentment, and the more he cursed, the more fierce he became.
Some generals nearby lowered their heads after being scolded by him and did not dare to speak.
The braver ones swallowed their saliva and asked, "General Chen, where are we going now..."
"Fuck you mother!"
General Chen seemed to have found an outlet and cursed angrily: "Go to your mother! Go to your mother!"
"Go find a knife and wipe your neck!"
"Lest the court catch you and break your car apart!"
Everyone shrank their necks.
The atmosphere became extremely depressing.
I don't know how long it took, but a faint sound of footsteps broke the silent atmosphere.
Some people climbed up to a high place in a panic, and only glanced eastward, their faces turned earth-colored.
Under the setting sun in the west, countless Southern Dynasty troops from the east were striding toward them to surround them.
You could vaguely hear a tall man running towards the crowd at the lead.
A man with thousands of households was so frightened that he stuttered when he spoke: "General Chen, there are also southern thieves in the east, and they are surrounding us!"
They fled in a hurry and had no time to send out scouts. They were already approached by Shen Yi's Eastern Route Army.
General Chen heard this and was about to speak when he faintly heard a hearty laugh.
"Mr. Shen has a wonderful plan!"
He laughed loudly.
"Sure enough, there is a wild dog, and it's delivered to my mouth!"
