At dawn, the people in the city who had been in panic all night gradually relaxed. The officers and soldiers did not search for the thieves from house to house or harass them. The bold people began to go to the streets to inquire about the details of last night.
The homeless people staying in the streets all told eloquently what they had seen last night, adding more details and excitement than professional storytellers, and they all exclaimed in surprise.
However, soon after it got dark, the officers and soldiers began to take action. First, they announced the court's stability maintenance policy to the whole city, and then ordered non-local residents to leave the city immediately and disperse without staying. Violators were immediately beheaded. At the same time, residents of the city were told to stay at home and not to leave immediately. street.
The east gate opened wide, and the refugees who had been stranded in the city began to slowly disperse out of the city. Chang Yu watched these people wandering outside the city at the head of the city, his face extremely solemn.
Most of them had their families broken up and their families dead. If they followed the thieves and still had food to eat, and if they were scattered like this and had no one to rely on, they would end up either starving to death or becoming thieves. Fan Jiaqian whispered behind Chang Yu.
In fact, everyone understands this truth. Although these refugees have the intention to disperse or are semi-forced by the officers and soldiers to go to the liberated areas, how far can they go without clothing and food, and no food around them? If you don't want to starve to death, you must take a detour to the northwest to find the location of the bandit army.
Chang Yu finally gritted his teeth and released the food!
There was a lot of food and grass in the city that the thieves had looted. The officers and soldiers originally wanted to use it as military food, but now they had to bear the pain and cut the meat for the sake of the big plan. They distributed food to the refugees on a household basis and sent them back to their hometowns.
"Tens of thousands of refugees are not a small number. If the food and grass in the city are exhausted, each person's income will be very little. I'm afraid that if they take the food here, they may not return to their hometown honestly, and then turn around and join the thieves again." Huang Degong looked at the dense crowds outside the city. The refugees queuing up to receive food slowly shook their heads.
"Do your best to obey fate, and leave the rest to the butcher's knife!" Chang Yu said expressionlessly: "I have done what I should do, so that I will feel free to kill them again."
Grain warehouses were opened in the open space outside the city to attract the refugees, while officers and soldiers as far as the eye could see in the south were stationing in Zhaozhou City one after another. This was Huang Degong's main force. They were the first to come from Jizhou, and those who traveled faster arrived last night. Ningjin still had generals on the way, and then received military orders to directly enter Zhaozhou. The speed of the vanguard's advance surprised them.
Gao Jie's men went directly into Ningjin to wait for orders. However, they received his personal order in the early morning and immediately pushed west to attack Gaoyi County. Early in the morning, he led his cavalry to leave Zhaozhou and head southwest toward Gaoyi. Chang Yu only said one sentence: "You are allowed to kill, but you are not allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately. If you disobey the order, your whole family will be slaughtered!"
The rebels threw away their weapons just like the civilians. Chang Yu knew that there must be many rebels hidden among the refugees queuing up for food rations outside the city. However, he was too lazy to identify them one by one at this time. In fact, there was no need and he could just let them leave with the refugees. However, his target is the main force of the thieves in Baoding Prefecture, not these crooked melons and cracked dates.
As soon as Gao Jie's troops over there left, a small team of more than ten people came to report, but it was Li Chengdong who had just arrived from Ningjin. He was seconded by Chang Yu to suppress thieves, but Gao Jie did not equip him with troops because The little eunuch said that there was a ready-made team for him to lead.
Since Li Chengdong first met Chang Yu, he could feel that he had a deep murderous intention towards him. He was unexpectedly seconded. At first, he felt surprised and even suspicious, but in the end he convinced himself that everyone was vicious and vicious. People of the same type, who care about each other so much that they value each other, feel a little bit disappointed. It is not impossible to perform well and lead a single army in due course.
As expected, Chang Yu kept his promise and gave him a team of troops. There were more than a thousand prisoners captured in the city last night, and he was also equipped with a deputy, Yang Tianba, the former guard of the rebel army in Zhaozhou!
The little eunuch who has always been cruel and cruel did not kill the prisoners this time. It is surprising that he did not kill the prisoners. Could it be that he was showing mercy? It is obviously impossible. It is not that he did not want to kill, but the timing was wrong and the place was wrong. In the past, he was mostly in the corner of the film. When a small or isolated city is attacked and defended, prisoners will be killed to frighten Xiaoxiao. However, the environment is different now. Zhaozhou is on the edge of the den of thieves. There are towns everywhere within an inch, and there are dense concentrations of thieves and refugees everywhere. It can be said that it is within easy reach. If we kill prisoners on a large scale, it will only increase the number of powerful enemies and make it difficult to move forward.
Not killing prisoners does not mean that he is soft. Chang Yu gave Li Chengdong a very simple character, building momentum on the outside, such as monitoring the whereabouts of refugees, promoting the court's policy of reassuring the people in Zhaozhou, and shouldering the task of investigating and gathering intelligence, etc.
Of course, Chang Yu also gave him the power of life and death, and could even use force against the refugees when necessary. He also told him to kill Yang Tianba next to him at any time if he made any changes, and let the two of them fight.
Li Chengdong naturally obeys orders if he wants to achieve meritorious service, while Yang Tianba actively expresses himself if he wants to be punished and meritorious.
Seeing Li Chengdong gathering the prisoners outside the city for reprimand and brainwashing, Chang Yu, who was watching from the city, sneered, secretly thinking that it would be better if the prisoners were violent and killed him. Everything would be natural and flawless, and there was nothing on Gao Jie's side. There is something to be said.
But he also knew that with Li Chengdong's cruel and cautious temperament, it would not be so easy for these prisoners to have a chance of violence, and he must have means to control the situation.
At noon, most of the refugees outside the city dispersed, leaving only a few small ones lingering nearby. The officers and soldiers who went to inquire reported that these people did not want to leave without receiving food.
The food supplies have been distributed, and Chang Yu's compassion has a bottom line. He will not use military rations to relieve the people. He just ordered people to stay there for half an hour and kill without mercy. As expected, the outside was completely empty after a short while!
But when he turned back to the city, it started to get crowded again. As soon as Huang Degong's 20,000 horses entered the city, the water from the west was blocked. Zhaozhou City, which had just breathed a sigh of relief, became bloated again.
"The intruders will be shocked when Zhaozhou is lost. If the predictions are correct, there will be an army of thieves to attack tomorrow at the latest. In this case, we can't wait to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. We will send troops today to take advantage of the opportunity to capture the Zhending Mansion." Huang Degong, the leader of the North City, was full of pride. He raised his hand and pointed at the sky, his murderous aura like a rainbow.
Chang Yu beside him smiled and shook his head: "It's easy to pull the balls when you take a big step."
Huang Degong was puzzled.
"In two days, we have advanced more than a hundred miles and swept through several counties. This is the ultimate. At this time, we are exhausted and exhausted. How can we mobilize the troops and let others wait for work? What's more, there are refugees blocking us along the way. We are in danger every step of the way. I'm afraid we won't reach Zhendingfu City. I'm so tired and paralyzed!" Chang Yu's words made Huang Degong nod, but he was unwilling to do so. After all, he had encountered opponents all the way to the west, and the kills were not enough.
"Wait a minute, there may be a battle tomorrow, but it is by no means a tough battle. At least the tough battle won't be here." Chang Yu looked at the sky in the north and said calmly: "The real tough battle will be in Baoding Prefecture, because the intruders are about to come." Panic".
Huang Degong didn't know how the young eunuch could be so sure, but he believed it and was convinced: "Then let's just watch and stand still here?"
"It's not about standing still, it's about recharging your strength and getting ready to go." Chang Yu raised the corner of his mouth: "There are tough battles behind you, don't envy Gao Jie's little movement."
When Huang Degong was told what he was thinking, he chuckled slightly awkwardly: "As expected, I will reach Gaoyi City before dark and take advantage of the trend to go south, but here I am, motionless..."
"If he didn't go down to Gaoyi City, how could he panic when he went south to break into the thief without brandishing a sword?" Chang Yu took a long breath: "The governor is worried about what is going on with Zhou Yuji, and Li Yan..." Then he suddenly turned around and went to the city: "If the thieves come within three days, attack them, escape without pursuing them, and do not send troops northward without orders from the governor."
Huang Degong was startled, then hurriedly followed: "Master, you want to..."
Chang Yu stopped and looked back at him and smiled softly: "I am in charge of planning, you just have to kill the enemy. If everything goes well, we will capture that big thief Li Zicheng alive within five days!"
