At dawn, the people in the city who had been in a panic all night gradually breathed a sigh of relief, the officers and soldiers did not go door-to-door to search for the thieves and did not attack them, and the bold people began to go to the streets to inquire about the details of last night.

Those homeless people who stayed in the streets and alleys all recounted what they saw and heard last night, adding fuel and vinegar to the excitement of professional storytellers, and they all exclaimed in amazement.

However, soon as the sky was bright, the officers and soldiers began to move, first the whole city announced the stability maintenance policy of the imperial court, and then ordered the non-local residents to immediately go out of the city and disperse and not stay.

The east gate was wide open, and the displaced people who had been stranded in the city began to slowly disperse out of the city, and Chang Yu saw these people wandering outside the city at the head of the city, his face was extremely solemn.

Most of them are ruined, if they still have food to eat with the thieves, they will be scattered and have no support, and in the end they will either starve to death or be thieves, Fan Jiaqian whispered behind Chang Yu.

In fact, everyone understands this truth, although these displaced people also have the heart to disperse or go to the liberated areas under the semi-compulsion of officers and soldiers, how far can they go without clothing and food, and without food and food around them? If you don't want to starve to death, you must take a detour to the northwest to find where the thief army is.

Chang Yu finally gritted his teeth and put the grain!

There was a lot of grain and grass in the city that the thieves had plundered, and the officers and soldiers originally wanted to use it as military food, but at this time, they had to cut the meat painfully for the sake of the plan, and distributed food to these displaced people according to the household unit to send them back to their hometowns.

"Tens of thousands of displaced people are not a small number, and the grain and grass in the city are exhausted, and the income per person is only a little, I am afraid that if they take the grain here, they may not return to their hometowns honestly, and they will go to thieves again" Huang Degong looked at the dense queues of displaced people outside the city to receive food, and slowly shook his head.

"Do your best to obey the fate of heaven, and leave the rest to the butcher knife!" Chang Yu's face was expressionless: "I did what I had to do, so that when I kill them again, I will be worthy of my heart."

The open space outside the east of the city opened a warehouse to release grain to attract the displaced people, and the officers and soldiers who could not see the end at a glance in the south were stationed in Zhaozhou City one after another, this is Huang Degong's main force, the first to come from Jizhou and the fastest foot arrived in Ningjin last night, and then received a military order to enter Zhaozhou directly, and the speed of the vanguard advance made them feel stunned.

And Gao Jie's men and horses directly entered Ningjin to wait for orders, but in the early hours of the morning they also received his personal orders, immediately pushed west to attack Gaoyi County, he led the cavalry to leave Zhaozhou in the early morning and killed in the southwest direction to Gaoyi, before leaving Chang Yu only said one sentence: "You are allowed to kill, but you must not kill innocents indiscriminately, if you violate the order to slaughter your whole family!" ”

The thief army is no different from the people when they throw away their weapons, Chang Yu knows that there must be a lot of thieves hidden among the homeless people who are queuing up to receive rations outside the city, but he is too lazy to identify them one by one at this time, in fact, there is no need, just let him leave with the homeless, his goal is the main force of the thief army in Baoding Mansion, not these crooked melons and cracked dates.

As soon as Gao Jie's department left, there was a small group of more than ten people to report, but it was Li Chengdong, who had just come from Ningjin, who was seconded by Chang Yu to suppress the thieves, but Gao Jie did not equip him with men and horses because the little eunuch said that there was a ready-made team for him to bring.

Li Chengdong could feel that he had a deep murderous intent towards himself since he first saw Chang Yu, and he was unexpectedly seconded, at first he felt very surprised and even suspicious, but in the end he convinced himself that everyone was ruthless and vicious and the same kind of people, so they were valued by him, and he was a little fluttering in his heart.

Chang Yu really gave him a team of men and horses, and there were more than 1,000 prisoners captured by the thief army in the city last night, and he was also equipped with a deputy, Yang Tianba, the guard of the original thief army in Zhaozhou!

The little eunuch who has always been cruel and does not leave a living mouth is very surprising that he did not kill the prisoner this time, it is difficult to be merciful, obviously impossible, not that he does not want to kill, but the timing is not right, the location is not right, in the past, it was mostly in a small city or a lonely city in the corner of the corner to attack and defend, and the captives were killed to deter Xiaoxiao, but now the general environment is different, Zhaozhou is on the edge of the thief's den, there are towns everywhere, and there are thieves and homeless people everywhere, it can be said that it is close at hand, if it is a large-scale killing of prisoners, it will not increase the strength of the enemy, and it is difficult to take a step forward.

Not killing prisoners does not mean that he is soft, Chang Yu gives Li Chengdong a very simple character, building momentum on the periphery, such as supervising the whereabouts of the displaced people, publicizing the imperial court's policy of reassuring the people in Zhaozhou, and shouldering the task of reconnaissance and intelligence collection.

Of course, Chang Yu also gave him the power of life and death, and he could even use force against the homeless people if necessary, and even told Yang Tianba beside him to kill him at any time if there was any change, and let the two of them fight dog-eat-dog.

Li Chengdong wants to make meritorious service to the position, but he is obedient, and Yang Tianba wants to make meritorious service because he is also enthusiastic about himself.

Seeing that Li Chengdong gathered the captives outside the city to admonish and brainwash, Chang Yu, who was watching from the city, sneered, secretly thinking that if this thing was killed by those captives, everything would be natural and flawless, and Gao Jie had nothing to say.

But he also knew that with Li Chengdong's brutal and cautious nature, how could it be so easy to let these prisoners have a chance to revolt, and they would have the means to control the situation.

At noon, most of the displaced people outside the city dispersed, leaving only a few people to wander around, and the officers and soldiers who went to inquire reported that these people did not receive food and did not want to leave.

The food has been distributed, Chang Yu's mercy has a bottom line, he will not use military rations to help the people, but just let people give an order not to leave for half an hour, and there is no forgiveness for killing.

But when he turned his head to the city, it began to be crowded again, and as soon as Huang Degong's 20,000 horses entered the city, the west was impassable, and Zhaozhou City, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, became bloated again.

"Zhaozhou lost and the thieves must be surprised, if it is not bad, there will be a thief army to attack tomorrow at the latest, that is, I can't wait to take advantage of the victory to pursue today, I will send troops to take advantage of the situation to take the Zhending Mansion," Huang Degong in the north city was arrogant, raised his hand and pointed to the sky, murderous like a rainbow.

Chang Yu on the side smiled and shook his head: "It's easy to pull eggs when you take a big step."

Huang was puzzled.

"In two days, we have advanced more than 100 miles, and it is the ultimate to sweep several counties, how can we mobilize the army and let the family wait for work, not to mention that there are displaced people along the way, we are in crisis step by step, I am afraid that we will be tired and paralyzed before we reach the city of Zhendingfu!" Chang Yu's words made Huang Degong nod, but he was unwilling, after all, although he went all the way west, he had met an opponent, and he couldn't enjoy killing.

"Wait, there may be a battle tomorrow, but it will not be a hard battle, at least the hard battle will not be here" Chang Yu looked at the sky due north and said lightly: "The real hard battle should be in Baoding Mansion, because the thieves are about to panic."

Huang Degong didn't know how the little eunuch was so sure, but he believed it and was convinced: "Then let's just watch from the sidelines?" ”

"It's not about standing still, it's about recuperating and ready to go" The corners of Chang Yu's mouth rose: "There are tough battles in the back for you to gnaw, don't envy Gao Jie's movements."

Huang Degong was said to be the center, and he smiled with a slightly embarrassed smile: "If it is not bad, it will be Gaoyi City before dark, and I will go south, but I am in this motionless ......"

"If he doesn't go down to Gaoyi City, how can he panic if he doesn't wave his knife and go south to break into the thief" Chang Yu took a long breath: "What the governor is worried about is what happened to Zhou Yuji, and Li Yan ......" said and suddenly turned around and went down to the city: "Within three days, the thieves will attack, flee and not chase, and they must not send troops to the north without the order of the governor."

Huang Degong was stunned, and then hurriedly followed: "Overseer, you want to ...... again"

Chang Yu stopped and looked back at him and smiled lightly: "This governor is in charge of calculations, you just need to kill the enemy, if everything goes well, capture Li Zicheng, the big dog thief, alive within five days!" ”