Zhaozhou has several counties under its jurisdiction, and a large city in Zhending Prefecture is naturally garrisoned by bandit troops. However, the number of the troops is unknown, but Chang Yu infers that there should be quite a few. When Jizhou was captured, reinforcements from the northwest arrived one night. As expected, it was Zhaozhou who came. Secondly, when Huang Degong captured Ningjin, there were a few bandits in the city who fled after hearing the news. They should have been in the city at this time.
To sum up, there are at least thousands of thieves in the city. Of course, they are definitely not the main force of Li Zicheng's direct lineage, but just some rogue bandits led by the Mountain King under other generals.
But Chang Yu knew that as the officers and soldiers advanced westward, Li Zicheng would mobilize regular troops to attack him. The passive response at this time was just to lure him deeper and use cannon fodder to consume his strength. Know a thing or two about its meaning.
At this time, he was in a den of thieves. Beating a few pipe bosses was just a fight, but if he started fighting with the thieves, it would be a big deal. When he first arrived at the place, he didn't want to be so high-profile, so he couldn't bear to say anything and silently dispersed with the crowd, sneaking away quietly. Arrive at the foot of Zhaozhou City.
The city below was like a sea of people, even more so than on the banks of the Mihe River. The refugees circled the city walls in circles, and the city gates were even more crowded. Dozens of thieves armed with riding whips beat those who tried to enter the city.
After Chang Yu stared at the city gate for a while, he slipped to the base of the city wall. After a while, more than ten people from Chen Wangting came over quietly.
"I want to enter the city," Chang Yu said in a low voice. Everyone frowned. It was not easy to get in with the momentum just now. Moreover, if you can't get out after going in, it would be a big deal!
Of course there is a way. Chang Yu waved his hand and everyone looked around. After listening to him whispering a few words, they nodded repeatedly. Since the little governor likes to play, let's just go with him. With the strength of the few of them, if they come out It was not difficult to rush out of the city suddenly, so after some discussion, they headed towards the city gate.
"Get out of the way, don't get in the way." A group of people came up to the city gate cursing, and from time to time they yelled at and even punched and kicked the refugees nearby. They were so vicious that the refugees stayed away for fear of getting into trouble.
This noise immediately attracted the attention of the guarding thieves. They raised their brows and were about to ask, when they saw the burly man at the head who originally had a fierce look. In the blink of an eye, he looked like a humble dog slave: "Hey, how are you, Master?"
"You're such a tall mother, who are you that is making such a fuss?" one of the guards scolded.
Wuzhong smiled with a smile on his face: "Master Jun, I am the leader of those mud-legged gang. We were ordered by General Li to investigate the spies. We just caught one and now we are sending it to General Li for interrogation." He pointed behind him Jiang Fa was tied up by everyone.
The defender frowned, hummed, and asked casually: "Which General Li?"
"That's General Li under General Wang, young..." Wu Zhong was talking nonsense, and the guard waved his hand impatiently: "No matter what you say, hurry in."
The rebel army has indeed recruited many supervisors among the refugees to work for them. Catching spies among the officers and soldiers is also one of their tasks. As for the generals in the rebel army, there are many Generals Li, General Wang, or other generals. These simple-minded kings are Everyone likes to call himself a general, and these refugee devils call everyone they see a general out of flattery.
In this way, Chang Yu and his party easily sneaked into the city. Even the money they prepared to pay bribes to their own surprise was not put to use. It seemed that the bandit army was really careless. Of course, their acting skills were also top-notch.
In fact, it cannot be said that the rebel army is careless. The main purpose of setting up the gate control is to prevent refugees from flooding in and causing congestion. As for preventing spies from entering the city, they just follow the trend. The rebel army is powerful here and is not afraid of a few spies entering the city. There is nothing they can do when they enter the city. What? This is not where the main force is, let alone a prefectural city. There is no valuable intelligence to collect. The spies of the officers and soldiers have all gone to Baoding Prefecture in the north. Of course, it is not ruled out that some people will stop by here to take a look, but there is nothing to be afraid of.
As soon as Chang Yu and others entered the city, they suddenly realized why the rebels had set up gates to prevent refugees from entering. This was because there were really many people inside. In addition to the local residents and some of the earliest refugees who poured into the city, plus the rebels, the city seemed crowded. Unbearable.
There are people everywhere in the city, the rioters and the bandits are noisy, the streets are full of garbage and excrement, and the smell is extremely bad. The place where the bandits are is really either a ruin or a hell.
It was already noon, and everyone was hungry and wanted to find a small shop to eat something. However, they walked around a few streets but couldn't find an open teahouse or tavern. Chang Yu secretly sighed as a good city was ruined like this.
Everyone walked around the city aimlessly and when they reached the southeast of the city, they suddenly heard the sound of a bell and followed the sound to see a Buddhist pagoda. It turned out that there was an ancient temple nearby covering an area of dozens of acres.
"Why don't we go to the temple to enjoy the autumn breeze? The great monks are all very rich," Wuzhong suggested. Everyone looked at the little eunuch and knew that he didn't like the monks.
"Oil? I'm afraid we won't even be able to lick the bottom of the pot." Chang Yu shook his head slightly, but did not lose interest and went to the temple. After walking for more than a hundred steps, he saw a big temple and wrote: Berlin Zen Temple
The gate of the temple is neither high nor majestic, but it is crowded with refugees everywhere. Everyone's expressions suddenly turned gloomy. The little eunuch guessed right. The temples are all local big families. They have lots of land and do not pay taxes. They have always been rich, so everyone In times of war and calamity, they are the first people to be robbed by both officers and soldiers.
This thousand-year-old temple built during the reign of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was not spared this time. The thieves raided it as soon as they entered the city, and then it became a refuge when refugees came.
Once you've come, make peace with it. If you don't have any trouble, go in and visit. After all, this is a thousand-year-old temple with many historical sites. Unexpectedly, Chang Yu ran away without even having a cup of tea as soon as he entered. The temple buildings were all used by refugees. Oops, there was feces, urine and feces everywhere. It was so disgusting that he wanted to vomit.
Sitting at the gate of the mountain for a while, Chang Yu leaned against the wall and pondered. When he entered the city, he originally wanted to find an opportunity to assassinate the leader of the bandits here, but now he couldn't even fill his stomach and had the strength to kill. He didn't think twice before coming from Ningjin and originally planned to take a walk. After returning home, all the dry food was placed in Gongziying. Only Chen Ruxin had some leftover and gave it to the woman.
I thought I could find something to eat when I entered the city, but now I guess there are no tree roots to chew on, so I can't steal it. Chang Yu sighed and tilted his head to look at the Wuzhong people hiding in the crowd nearby with a wry smile on their faces. He called a few people to come up with a solution, and put a hand on his shoulder: "Does this little brother read faces?"
Well, Chang Yu was stunned and turned around to look, and saw a huge head appearing in front of him. He spoke with such a heavy tone that he suddenly felt sick and quickly leaned back. He finally saw the full face of this man. He was in his forties or fifty years old, with a white face and a long face. Xu, he was actually a Taoist priest with an immortal Taoist appearance, but his eyes were very evil, and he didn’t look like a good person.
"Look at you, sir, get lost." Chang Yu was disgusted by his tone and flipped the hand on his shoulder away angrily.
"Hey, you little brother, I thought you were going to suffer a bloody disaster when your seal turned black. You meant to solve the problem with good intentions, but why did you hurt others with your words?" The old man raised his eyebrows and mistook his good intentions for donkey's liver and lungs, with a full face of resentment!
"You are talking nonsense. If I see you turning purple, you will be beaten in three breaths. If you don't want me to crack it for you, just give me some incense money." Chang Yu could see through this guy at a glance. He is just a charlatan, but he is also a weird one. A Taoist priest came to the monk's temple to cheat. But with the world in such chaos now, how can we distinguish between you and me between the two major brainwashing organizations?
"Hey, you are a sharp-tongued little brother. The Taoist master wants to..." The Taoist priest's eyes were filled with poison. When the Taoist priest saw that Chang Yu was young, even though he was covered in dirt, his energy and energy were completely different from those of the refugees. , he speculated that it was most likely that the young master of a wealthy family who had been injured by the war had escaped death and was living in the rivers and lakes. After all, the bandit army specialized in torturing and plundering those wealthy families wherever they went, forcing their families to die.
It is said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although this kind of rich kid is down and out, he is much better off than those innocent homeless people. He wanted to get some benefits, but was directly criticized by Chang Yu. He felt angry and wanted to teach this kid a lesson. Qingtou, who doesn't know the dangers of the world.
Unexpectedly, before he started to threaten, a casserole-sized fist fell on his shoulder and knocked him lightly. The Taoist was startled and looked up, and saw a man with an iron tower standing in front of him, sneering at him: " roll!"
"Go away." The Taoist priest shook his shoulders, causing Wuzhong's fist to miss. It turned out that he was still a martial artist. Wuzhong was startled and punched, and the wind of his fist hit the Taoist priest like a sword and lightning.
The Taoist priest turned his head to avoid it, turned around and kicked Wuzhong almost, forcing him to take a step back. He could counterattack when receiving a move in this flash of lightning. Why just practice Jiazi? He is a master!
