The army pulled out the camp, the spies went first, Li Zicheng was surrounded and suppressed for more than ten years, and he was really cautious, at this time he was near Jiexiu, but the spies had already spread to Jiaocheng, I am afraid that there are more in Fenzhou Mansion at this time, and Chang Yu feels that it cannot be underestimated.

After a few miles, the city is in sight.

In ancient times, out of the defensive function, but where a city regardless of size has a city wall, the big one is dozens of miles in radius, the population is one million, such as Beijing, Nanjing, the small one is two or three miles in a radius, the population is more than 100 or thousands are normal, such as the city in front of you is a typical small city, the population is more than 2,000.

In addition, due to the sparse population in ancient times, the city was not only home to houses and streets, but also to cultivated farmland and even mountains and rivers, which was very different from later generations.

The city is too small, the wall is not high or thick, the guards are not more than 100, and it may be possible to deal with some bandits, but there are only two ways to meet the thieves, either flee or surrender.

Something is wrong, as it gets closer and closer, Chang Yu suddenly found that the figure in the north of Jiaocheng City was longing, which was incompatible with this snowy day. So they struck their horses and hurried north.

When I looked around, I found that it was the people in the city who dragged their families out of the city and went straight to the north.

There are many officers and soldiers at the city gate shouting to maintain order, Chang Yu made a color, Chunxiang will beat the horse over, and after a while, he will turn back, and inform that the defenders of the city have received Zhou Yuji's military order, so that they can immediately abandon the city with the people in the city and go north to avoid the military disaster.

Obviously, Zhou Yuji is planning to fight the thief army in Jiaocheng.

"Is there any Taiyuan soldiers and horses in the city at this time?" Chang Yu asked again, he knew that the situation was urgent, after Zhou Yuji held a military meeting yesterday, since he had already sent someone to notify him to clear the field, he must have also sent vanguard soldiers and horses.

"The men and horses have not yet arrived, only more than 100 guards in the city are clearing the field"

This answer made Chang Yu frown deeply, Jiaocheng is less than two hundred miles away from Taiyuan, if Zhou Yuji sent someone over yesterday, he should have arrived at this time.

I'm afraid that it will be too late to dispatch troops yesterday, but it will definitely come today, Chang Yu thought in his heart and led the team to enter Jiaocheng from the north gate.

The city is too small, the size of the streets is not more than ten longitudinal and horizontal, and there are few high-rise buildings in the eye, but it is a scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping, mixed with crying and scolding from time to time, but it is the soldiers who are forcing some people to leave the city.

Not everyone is willing to go, the lowest family is surrounded by four walls, and they are obedient wherever they go, and the rich families are worried about the family business, and if the thief enters, it will not be guaranteed, so they are also obediently packing their bags and pulling them out one by one, and the kind of well-off people are the most reluctant.

In front of him was a family, no matter how the soldiers persuaded and pulled, they clung to a dead tree in front of the door and wailed: "The old man will die in this city even if he dies, not to mention that he may not die if he stays, but he will go out of the city, how can he survive in this cold winter without food and clothing...... Kill me, kill me......"

"If the thief arrives, this place is comparable to hell" Chang Yu drove his horse forward, looked at the old man and said coldly: "Although the weather is cold, you will not lose your life if you go to Taiyuan, and you will not die of hunger if you open a porridge shed over there, but if you stay here, you will definitely die."

The old man looked at him, but he didn't know him, but there were so many cavalry behind him, the origin was by no means simple, and his face showed a little panic: "I have heard that King Chuang does not kill the people."

Hmph, Chang Yu sneered: "The thief just doesn't kill the people who resist, he doesn't kill the people who surrender, and if he surrenders, he is a thief, do you want to surrender and be a thief, if that's the case, then as you wish, you will be punished on the spot"

This...... The old man's face changed, and he couldn't help but shudder, bowing his head and saying nothing.

"Pass it on, if there is anyone who can't stay, kill it on the spot" Chang Yu looked at the soldiers and said coldly.

However, several soldiers only looked at each other suspiciously, but remained silent.

"Why don't you move the East Factory?" Jiang Quan looked at the soldiers and shouted, which immediately made them look frightened, it turned out to be someone from Dongchang: "Little leader."

"You guys scatter in all directions and help drive them away" There are too few soldiers in the city, and there is obviously not enough manpower, Chang Yu ordered.

Cheng Ming immediately took his fifty subordinates to take the order, leaving only Chunxiang and other twenty eunuchs to accompany Chang Yu.

Chang Yu traveled south along the street, he was about to climb the southern city wall to observe the terrain, and everywhere he passed, he only heard that chickens and dogs were restless, after all, how painful it was to leave his hometown.

Chang Yu's face was extremely ugly, and the forced expulsion naturally made the people dissatisfied, but in order to save them from the military disaster, they had to do it, and more importantly, the strong wall Qingye only wanted to set up a defense line in this place, and he had to resist the thieves.

"Let go of me, let go of me, help...... Woo woo woo ......" Suddenly a woman's cry came from a small alley on the side of the street, although it was not too loud, but it was miserable.

Chang Yu couldn't help frowning, and from entering the city all the way to the south, he heard no less than ten cries, but only this time made him frown, and immediately shook the reins and ran towards the small alley.

But I saw a few soldiers dragging a woman to a private house, with a lewd smile on her face, the woman was in rags, struggling hard, but she was pressed tightly, and her mouth was blocked by one person.

"Get out" A soldier kicked away the little boy who was crying and dragging him next to him, and then he was about to go to the house, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong, turned his head to look at the alley, but saw more than 20 black-clothed knights running murderously.

"Shhh......h

Seeing his face, several accomplices knew that something had happened, and immediately let go of the woman and walked towards the gate, and the woman ran towards the gate with a scream from her cloak: "Xiaobao, Xiaobao......" hugged the boy who had just been kicked on the ground and couldn't get up with a bloody face, hissed and cried, and then closed her mouth again, because she saw a group of cavalry coming to her in a gloomy manner, and immediately a young man with a blue face.

"You, who are you waiting for" The soldiers didn't feel Chang Yu's gloom, as well as the murderous aura that was about to burst out at any time, panicked in their hearts, and couldn't help but draw their knives, muttering in their hearts: Could it be that the thief army has entered the city.

"The superintendent of Dongchang is here, you dare to be rude" Chunxiang shouted, several soldiers were stunned, and then with a frightened face, they walked quickly to Chang Yuma and knelt down, the little one has seen it...... Yes!

Almost at the moment when they knelt, an arrow from the crossbow in Chang Yu's hand pierced the head of the person in advance, and the rest of the people were startled, and before they could react, they were shot and killed by the eunuch army.

Chang Yu turned over and dismounted, his face was still pale, and then he drew his knife, clicked a few times, and looked down at several heads, so startled that the woman next to him fainted.

"Jiang Quan, hang these dogs' heads at the city gate to show the public, lead people to patrol the whole city, but anyone who does evil will be beheaded immediately!"

Jiang Quan immediately took the order and left.

In troubled times, Chang Yu was not only ruthless to thieves, but also treated officers and soldiers equally, after all, in these years, most officers and soldiers are no different from thieves.

Simply pressed a few times in the woman, the woman woke up leisurely, saw the young man in front of her, and was immediately startled, just holding the boy in her arms: "Spare your life, spare your life......"

Chang Yu sighed, wiped the blood on the boy's face with the placket of his clothes, and threw some broken silver over: "Leave here quickly and go to Taiyuan with the crowd."

After saying that, he got up and got on his horse and walked towards the southern city.

The city wall is only five meters high, two meters wide, and the circumference is only two or three miles, such a small city is difficult to resist the thief army's iron cavalry, Chang Yu stood on the city wall blowing the wind and snow, looked at the reckless mountains in the west, the wilderness river in the east, although the south is barely a horse and a flat river, there is no danger to defend here.

But even so, he decided to go toe-to-toe with the thieves again.

Why? Because I am not convinced! Because I don't want to be so aggrieved.

Li Zicheng sent troops into Beijing, to be precise, he went out on an outing, walked all the way out of Xi'an, opened the door to welcome, sent food, drink and gave away, and was beaten by Zhou Yuji before arriving at Ningwu Pass.

This meal was actually very painful, and even made Li Zicheng, who didn't want to go to Beijing to play, have the idea of going home, but he met the hospitable Jiang Hao and opened the door: the guest officer went to Beijing to play, and then he had food and drink all the way to the capital.

An army of hundreds of thousands is placed at the door, but it is not as good as a watchdog!

"Shame! What a shame! Chang Yu smashed the battlements with his fist, looking into the distance viciously, he definitely couldn't let Li Zicheng be so comfortable all the way.

That's what he set up a line of defense here, to deal a blow to the thieves! Jiaocheng is small and empty, and the cost is small and low.

Of course, he also knew that there was no danger in Jiaocheng, and the small walls of the city could not stop the thieves, and he had no illusion of blocking them here, but he only needed to give the thieves a fierce punch, so that the thieves knew that it hurt, and the morale of the officers and soldiers could be increased, and their phobia of thieves could be cured!

Thinking of the thief army swaggering from Xi'an to this place, Chang Yu felt humiliated in his heart.

"Big brother, it's getting dark, and it's getting colder in this city" Chunxiang shrunk his neck beside him, snorting coldly.

Chang Yu exhaled a long breath: "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Chunxiang asked.

"Taiyuan"

Chang Yu and the others had just gotten off the city, and they met Jiang Quan and the others head-on, but they saw that his scabbard was bloodstained.

"Murdered?"

"Thirteen" Jiang Quandao.

"All soldiers?"

"There are also five ruffians who take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos."

"Kill well" Chang Yu didn't speak, rode north, and met Cheng Ming after walking a short distance, and everyone went straight out of the city.

When you go out of the city, you will see a mast, and there are more than ten bloody heads hanging on the pole, which makes people feel cold. The people who passed by, whispering, their eyes full of horror.

Although it was already dark, there was still a steady stream of people in the city, and there was no way, the officers and soldiers in the city forced them to leave the city, and they had to rush to Taiyuan at night to settle down early.

Jiaocheng is more than 100 miles away from Taiyuan, and according to his walking speed, even if he doesn't stop, it will take twelve hours, plus the wind and snow along the way, it is indeed hard enough.

Chang Yu and others rushed to the horse, taking advantage of the darkness to run all the way, running more than ten miles in one breath, and met a group of people and horses, estimated that there were more than 2,000.

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