The topography of Wucheng is high in the west and low in the east, mountainous in the west, with the highest altitude of more than 1,000 meters, and the eastern plain has a well-developed and extensive water system. Therefore, the city of Wucheng is built on the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Shen family chose this place to build the city, which is really quite smart.

As the attacker, the west is a mountain, unable to gain a foothold, the east is full of water, the force is inconvenient to deploy, can only besiege the city from the north and south, the connection and scheduling are prone to faults, and the choice of feint attack and main attack is also less than half, while the defender can concentrate forces, condescending, and occupy an advantageous position.

As for other siege methods, such as building dikes upstream, impounding water to irrigate the city is also not applicable, Wucheng is located on a high place, and the flood will not flow backwards, how to irrigate? Cutting off the water source is even more unrealistic, and before all the water flows are blocked, most of the Cuiyu army is already exhausted, not to mention that wells can be dug in the city, can the underground river be broken? Moreover, it is a long-term siege, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, Xu You wants to meet with An Xiulin in the direction of Jingkou, any delay is politically fatal, and it is estimated that it is also in line with Shen Zai's intentions, and the grain stored in the city is enough for two years.

As long as the Cuiyu Army is dragged to death in Wucheng, it will be a great achievement.

Therefore, from Shen Zai's point of view, Xu You seemed to have no choice but to attack the city with ants. He is confident that with a thousand elites, he can resist tens of thousands of troops, and Xu You's only 7,000 people, what is he afraid of?

Half a day later than Shen Zai's expected time, the Cuiyu army finally appeared within the distance that could be seen at the head of the city, and all the armies of this era are completely different from the uniforms, skillfully integrating the advantages and styles of the northern and southern dynasties, marching in an orderly queue, swords and guns reflecting the sun, the flag is fierce, the footsteps are booming, it looks extremely fierce and vigorous.

Shen Zai's expression was solemn, he had lived and eaten with his grandfather since he was a child, and he had seen all kinds of troops, but the farming army in front of him, who was only nominally a farmer, gave him unprecedented pressure - it had nothing to do with bravery, it was the impact of the spirit and spirit!

However, cowardice before fighting is a coward's doing, he has been a soldier for many years, and has cultivated a tenacious mind, and said in a deep voice: "Order, everyone is ready to ......"

Before the words fell, Shen Zai rushed forward, pressing the battlements with both hands, almost unable to believe his eyes: "Thunder ...... Thunder Cannon? ”

Yes, Thunder Cannon!

Xu You's head is pumped before he can take his life to stack the probability of breaking the city, and after a lot of hard work, he has trained the Cuiyu Army, which is the foundation and fire for him to dominate the world in the future, how can he be willing to waste it in Wucheng, a siege battle that has no strategic needs?

With the order of Zu Xiao, who served as the general of the Cuiyu Army as a young eunuch, the eight laid thunder cannons roared away, as if the scene of the sky falling apart in Qiantang that day reappeared, and only one round of the southern city wall squeaked and collapsed in the collision of boulders.

The sky was full of smoke and dust, and the Shen soldiers who had no time to dodge were killed and wounded more than 100, Shen Zai was escorted by the guards and left the city, looking back at the red flag fluttering with the word Xu in the distance through the ruined city wall, his eyes were full of unwillingness and helplessness, his lips were almost bleeding, he turned his head fiercely, and said, "Abandon the city, go!" ”

After gathering about 800 people, Shen Zai did not set fire to the grain depot and money depot, but threw gold and silver cloth and rice grain on the ground of the street and the north gate, and directly handed over Wucheng to him. This decisiveness made Xu You impressed, many times, it is more difficult to retreat than to advance, rather than facing the inevitable outcome of the beast fighting, it is better to stop the loss in time and retain the strength in order to plan for the future.

In a panic, I fled for more than 20 miles in the direction of Yuanxiang County, and there was a steep mountain road in front of me that was affected by the heavy rain some time ago, and several big trees fell in the middle to block the way. Seeing that no one was chasing after him, he must be robbing the money and food in the city, Shen Zai ordered everyone to rest for a while, and the auxiliary troops went to dredge the mountain road. As soon as he sat down, there was a terrible sound of a machine rattling from the depths of the dense forest on the hillside, and then crossbow arrows like locusts flew in.

Flutter, flutter!

It was as if countless stones had smashed into the water, and the splashed blood instantly merged into a river, and the five guards closest to Shen Zai threw themselves around him while hearing the bowstring, and all of them were killed by arrows. At least three arrows were pierced into each person's body, piercing through the iron armor alive and shooting a counterpart.

"Shieldman, raise the shield, raise the shield!"

"The enemy is on the left flank!"

"Team A follows me, Team B goes around from the right side, and Team C takes cover."

"Archers! Archers ready, shoot back to cover! ”

Most of the Shen clan's troops were veterans, and they didn't need Shen Zai's orders, so they had already performed their duties, dispersed the queue, and made arrangements for counterattacks.

Stop the rain of arrows!

Shen Zai was stunned for a moment by the range and power of the crossbow arrows, pushed away the corpse on his body, the sleeve armor was all dyed red, pulled out his waist knife, and shouted: "Don't scatter, array, array!" The shield player turned back and defended the right flank ......"

Whoosh!

Another wave of crossbow arrows, this time from the hillside on the right, and the soldiers who were staring intently on the left were suddenly suffered, and once again suffered heavy casualties. Then hearing the shouts in unison, Ye Min rushed down from the left flank with three hundred people, Wei Tabby and Dong Dahai appeared on the right flank with two hundred people, and the maple spears were like fire, ruthlessly breaking through the weak defense line of the Shen clan, and with only one face, they crushed their barely formed formation.

Shen Jingang is as his name suggests, tall, mighty, brave, he is the most powerful lord of Shen Zai's subordinates, whoa, dodged the tip of a maple spear, and slashed at the enemy's head. He could see the slightly immature green face of the spearman, and even the fear contained in the eyes that were close at hand, but what made him strange was that the young spearman did not retreat, not that it was too late, but that he did not make a backward and evasive movement at all, and still maintained the posture of charging down, and crashed straight into him.

The thoughts in Shen Jingang's mind just flashed, a cruel smile appeared on his face, ready to feel the pleasure of the blade breaking through the skull, the two maple spears staggered and set up the long knife, and in an instant, there was a sharp pain in his waist, and the two sharp knives passed through the gaps in the crotch armor one left and one right, and the traces of blood splashed were like the hair of the lowly servant girl he strangled with his own hands when he was seven years old.

What kind of wood is this? Can you even hold his knife?

Shen Jingang's last consciousness dissipated, and he didn't understand until he died, why were the guns that usually broke off at a split so hard this time?

The young spearman's shoulder slammed into Shen Jingang's chest, knocking his body out of the air, and without the slightest delay, the formation of three guns and two knives was not chaotic, and he rushed towards the next enemy.

Five people into a team, swords and guns in one!

This is the most basic combat unit of the Emerald Feather Army, and the arduous and scientific and effective training allows them to overcome fear with trust in each other when facing the enemy, and then achieve the final victory.

The Shen army was defeated again and again!

Xu You just cleaned up the situation in Wucheng, and more than ninety percent of the seizures were handed over, and a small number of them were swallowed by some bold soldiers. However, according to the Supervision Department, whoever violates military regulations will be severely punished, and no one will be able to get away with it.

Wucheng, as the county governor of Wuxing County, is also the seat of the county where the Shen family has been operating for a hundred years, even if it has been ravaged by Chiba once, but the profound heritage is not comparable to small cities such as Yuhang, Wukang and Linxi. Therefore, the capture of Wucheng is the first large-scale capture of the spoils of war by the Cuiyu army, and it is inevitable that some people will be consumed by the desire for profit and delusional to make a windfall, which has long been expected by Xu You, and the surrender rate can be ninety percent, which is far better than other armies of the same era.

After entering the city, the people must be pacified, and Cuiyu Junqiu did not commit any crimes, but only requisitioned a few old mansions of the Shen family to settle down and repair, and none of the people in the city were disturbed. And the Supervision Department formed more than a dozen propaganda teams to publicize the military discipline of the Cui Yu Army and the reason for this crusade in the streets and alleys where residents are concentrated, as well as in the downtown areas such as the salt market and the grain market.

At the same time, a number of officials transferred from Qiantang took over the administrative affairs of the Taishou Mansion, and various orders were issued in a stream, in order to stabilize the situation in the shortest possible time. Xu You, He Wei, and Qingming were led to a mansion in Cang, where the Shen clansmen who were captured after the city was broken, including slaves, there were about 600 people, mostly old and weak, women and children. Among them, there are more than 100 children surnamed Shen, and Shen Muzhi's younger brother Shen Yuzhi is the person with the highest rank and the most noble status.

Pushing the door in, everyone's eyes looked at them at the same time, they didn't recognize Xu You, their hands were tied behind their backs, and they were on the ground, next to them were guards with knives, all of them were fierce and vicious, and they didn't even have the courage to shout for mercy, they only dared to look at it secretly, guessing Xu You's origin and the fate they were about to face.

Shen Yuzhi sat in the front row, the little old man had a little bearing, and said with a calm face: "Who are you?" Ask Xu You to come and see me! ”

Cang squatted down with a cruel smile, slapped Shen Yuzhi's face, put the short blade in his hand against the corner of his eye, and said: "The main master doesn't recognize it in front of you, you have eyes and no beads, it's useless to keep it, why don't I take it?" ”

Shen Yuzhi was slapped and knocked out the confidence of the wealthy clan in Jiangdong, and finally had a little consciousness that people are swords and I am fish and meat, and his voice trembled, and said: "Soldiers can be killed, but they cannot be humiliated...... I, I have something to say to Xu You......"

Syllable! Another slap in the face, Cang said angrily: "The head of my family is a dignified general who conquers the north, how can you call him a name?" ”

Shen Yuzhi's faces were swollen on both sides, knowing that the hatred between Shen and Xu You was as deep as the sea, and he couldn't be kind no matter what, so he turned his heart sideways and scolded: "Dog barbarian, dog barbarian, Brother should have killed you a long time ago......

There is still another fight in Cangzhi, Xu You smiled and said: "Stand down, don't be rude to the old man!" ”

Cang Chu lightly gestured at Shen Yuzhi's neck with a knife, and bowed down to the side. Xu You stood in front of Shen Yuzhi, leaned over to look at his face, and said coldly: "Shen Muzhi knew that Wu Xing was not complete and took so many people away, why did he leave you in Wucheng?" Do you look down on you, or do you have a dislike for you? ”

"Phew!" Shen Yuzhi's old face turned red, Xu You's words poked his heart, he was lustful and talentless, he liked to play games, and he didn't know how to do general affairs, this time he stayed in Wucheng purely by relying on his old qualifications, and used Shen Zai as a paperweight, and said: "Don't talk about the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in Jinling, even if Shen Zai arrived in Yuanxiang County, it is not difficult to regroup and capture you, a dog barbarian!" ”

At this time, someone came to report: "Ye Min's troops annihilated Shen Zai's army, no one escaped, Shen Zai was captured and is being escorted into the city." ”

Shen Yuzhi's face turned white suddenly, and even his breath was not smooth, and when the people in the courtyard heard the bad news, they couldn't hold it anymore and cried one after another.

"Cangzhi, go and bring Shen Zai here and reunite their clans!"