The next day, at dawn, the landlords' armed forces outside the city no longer existed. A large flag with a Li character swayed in the breeze, and the officers and soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield. The dead bodies were gathered together, and the grain and grass were gathered.

A group of cavalry came to the city, and the leader said, "The official army has exterminated the thieves, please come out for a while!" "Cui Cheng in the city immediately sent someone to clear Cui Zifu. After a while, Cui Zifu appeared at the head of the city.

Cui Zifu stood at the head of the city and arched his hand and said, "I don't know the general's name, what is the matter with the old man?" "The head of the humanitarian" young general's surname is Li Kuangchou, who is now the son of the envoy of the festival, and now he led the army to exterminate the thieves, and now the thieves have been destroyed, so I am here to inform. In addition, please give our army some hot food, so that the wounded soldiers can enter the village to rest! ”

Cui Zifu nodded: "The general is hard!" I ordered someone to prepare hot soup, but many houses in the village have been demolished, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to arrange for the wounded soldiers to enter, and I hope the general will forgive me! ”

Li Kuangchou was helpless and said, "Then please ask Zhuang Shang to prepare hot food first!" Cui Zifu turned his head and arranged for someone to do it, and after a while, several large pokes of hot water fell from the city.

Cui Zifu arched his hand: "Please send someone to fetch it!" Li Kuangchou said: "Why don't you order someone to send it out of the village?" Cui Zifu said, "General, the people in the village have been frightened for days, and opening the door may cause panic among the people, so please forgive the general."

Li Kuang saw that he couldn't deceive the city gate, and immediately became angry, "You old man don't know anything, I waited for the army to suppress the thief, but I was treated like this, it's really annoying and hateful!" ”

Cui Zifu smiled and said, "General, please look at it!" In the future, the old man will definitely thank him when he goes to the house to pay a visit, but at present, the thieves are not over, and the old man still has to be careful! ”

Li Kuangchou knew that he had been recognized, and he was immediately annoyed and angry, "The old horseman, he actually treated me like this, and when I straighten out the soldiers and horses, I will definitely not leave the chickens and dogs behind when I attack the village!" ”

Cui Zifu sneered, "Why should the general be like this, my Cui family is just a Zhuang death." What does the general do to send troops! After that, he arched his hands, "General, please go slowly, the old man won't send it!" He turned around and hugged him away.

Li Kuangchou was furious, turned his horse and left, returned to the camp and immediately reorganized his troops and horses, and then sent a thousand people to kill Cuijiazhuang. Countless arrows were fired, and many fell to the ground. Some died without saying a word, others wailed and struggled, hoping that someone would come and save him.

The archers of the city also shot arrows into the wall, and from time to time someone was hit by an arrow and was taken down, dozens of ladders were erected on the wall, and the young men smashed the soldiers down with stones and wood. But there were too many people, and it was about to attack the city wall, Cui Jie, "Pour hot water!" ”

A bucket of freshly boiled hot water was poured down, and the soldiers below were all soaked, and they fell from their sticks one by one screaming, and some of them raised their steel knives in their hands in pain and slashed around, cutting the people around them to the ground. The ground was so muddy that the soldiers had to retreat, and the extreme cold made the soldiers who were covered in water almost freeze into popsicles.

Li Kuang was in a hurry, and ordered 3,000 people to kill again, and there was another burst of war drums, 3,000 people rushed up with ladders, arrows flew in the air, stones and wood fell, screams, angry scolding, and wailing sounded together, the two sides fought to the death, the official army gradually gained the upper hand, and from time to time a few soldiers attacked the city wall, and the Zhuang Ding were a little unable to withstand it. Cui Cheng saw that he was in a hurry, and transferred another team of Zhuang Ding, and the addition of the new force immediately changed the situation, and the soldiers were driven down again.

It was getting dark, and Li Kuangchou had no choice but to order a retreat. Cui Cheng arranged the guards, turned around and went down the city.

When I came to the inner house, I saw Cui Zifu and Zheng Min, and Cui Cheng said, "The head of the family, the city will be broken tomorrow, please prepare early!" ”

Cui Zifu nodded, "Pass the word, everyone gather in front of the ancestral hall, I have something to say!" "People came to the ancestral hall one after another, and everyone had despair written on their faces. The women were crying quietly, and the children clung to their parents' clothes, their eyes full of fear. Looking at the people in front of him, Cui Zifu, who was standing on the steps in front of the ancestral hall, suddenly changed his mind. "Kids under the age of ten stand up!"

Dozens of children stood up, Cui Zifu walked down, touched the children's heads, and said to Cui Cheng, "Take it away, go and prepare!" Cui Cheng led the children down, the children's parents had tears in their eyes, beckoned to the children, and many people also raised their hands to send the children, they are the future of Cuijiazhuang, they are the hope of Cuijiazhuang.

Cui Zifu stood on the steps and said, "The children will go to Bozhou, everyone can rest assured." In order for the children in the factory to survive, let's prepare! Everyone knelt down and kowtowed to Cui Zifu. Then get up and go. After a while, Cui Cheng came, "The head of the family has already hidden several sons and children, and there is a special person to protect them, and each of them has prepared half a month's food, gold and silver, and the rest depends on their creation." ”

Cui Zifu nodded: "Go ahead!" Cui Cheng knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Master, the little one is going first!" Then he turned around and went to town. Cui Zifu looked at Zheng Min: "You and I should be on the road." Zheng Min smiled: "You and I will go on the road together!" ”

At dawn, Li Kuangchou once again ordered 3,000 troops to kill Cuijiazhuang, Zhuang Ding and Qingzhuang all went to Ding City, arrows, stones, and wood, and you smashed them into the official army like rain, and the city also desperately shot arrows upward, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that he could not attack for a long time, Li Kuang sent 5,000 people to kill him again, and there were people everywhere under the city, and hundreds of ladders were also full of people. Seeing this, Cui Cheng knew that he couldn't hold it, and shouted, "Pour oil!" Countless jars were smashed down, and the soldiers were covered with oil on the ground, and the soldiers in front noticed that something was wrong and wanted to run back, but the soldiers behind blocked their way.

Countless torches were thrown down, and with a "boom" the wall became a sea of fire, and the soldiers struggled and screamed in the sea of fire, and a scorching smell soared into the sky. The soldiers behind were frightened and desperately tried to escape from this hell on earth, but the ice of the moat finally broke open under pressure, and countless soldiers fell into it. He sank without even a shadow.

Cui Cheng led people to scatter the city wall and block the way on the street. Li Kuangchou was about to go crazy, and when the fire was almost extinguished, he immediately sent 5,000 men to attack it. This time it was very successful to attack the city wall, as soon as the city gate was opened, Li Kuangchou led people to rush up, and the street was already a mess.

Countless civilians rushed forward and exchanged the lives of the soldiers. There were dead bodies everywhere, wounded everywhere, and blood flowed in the streets. The people and Zhuang Ding were all killed and wounded, Cui Cheng was covered in blood, looking at the soldiers who came up, Cui Cheng suddenly threw away the steel knife in his hand, opened his arms and shouted loudly, "See you in hell!" After saying that, he collapsed with a bang.

Cui Zifu and Zheng Min stood in front of the ancestral hall, watching Li Kuangchou lead the troops forward without waiting for Li Kuang and the others to speak, Cui Zifu smiled and said, "Don't work for the general to send him off, I will wait for the general in hell!" After speaking, the two turned around and entered the ancestral hall, and the door closed with a "bang". Li Kuangchou was about to send someone to smash the door, but he saw that the ancestral hall was full of fires, and at the same time, the houses on both sides of the street were also on fire, and the two fire dragons soon enveloped Cuijiazhuang.

Li Kuang fled after beating his horse, and the soldiers also scrambled for their lives. By the time he ran out of Zhuangzi, the fire was already burning more and more, and it could not be extinguished at all.

Li Kuangchou was so angry that he was thunderous, but he was helpless! The fire burned for a whole day and a night, and the fire gradually died out at dawn the next day. Li Kuangchou couldn't wait to rush in with his soldiers, braving the scorching heat to look around.

For a whole day and night, tens of thousands of people dug Cuijiazhuang three feet into the ground, but only found 100,000 taels of silver. The red-eyed soldiers scrambled with each other, and finally, one of the soldiers drew his knife and slashed at his companion's body. Cannibalism inevitably happened. The soldiers burst out with fire in their hearts. Li Kuangchou tried his best to stop it, but the result was that nearly 1,000 people were killed and wounded. After counting the attack on Cuijiazhuang, Li Kuangchou's men killed more than 5,000 people and injured more than 7,000 people, which was really a heavy loss.

But what Li Kuangchou didn't expect was that a bigger blow followed! Just after the reorganization of the army, a fast horse broke into the camp, and a soldier jumped off his horse, rushed into the big tent and handed a letter to Li Kuangchou.

Li Kuangchou opened it and was shocked, Li Quanzhong was dead, and he had only sent troops for five days, how could this be possible! Li Kuangchou stepped forward and grabbed Shishou and asked, "What the hell happened, I have only been out of the army for five days, how can this be!" The soldier replied, "General, I don't know the situation, the marshal told you to go back quickly!" ”

"Dashuai, that Dashuai!"

"Your brother has been promoted to the rank of marshal!"

Li Kuangchou was stunned for a moment, and then gave the order! The whole army assembled and rushed back to Youzhou.

Tens of thousands of people reluctantly opened Cuijiazhuang, and at night, a boulder in the backyard of the ancestral hall suddenly moved away, a man walked out, and the boulder returned to its original position. The man cautiously walked out of the courtyard, and when he saw that there was no one around, he began to search, but the whole village was empty.

The man cautiously walked out of the Zhuangzi and searched around, but found nothing. The entire Cuijiazhuang has become a dead city!

The boulder was removed, revealing a hole, and dozens of figures appeared in the courtyard. Except for a dozen strong men, all the rest are children.

Looking at the empty Zhuangzi, the children wept but did not dare to speak out. The group walked out of Zhuangzi, and suddenly a child turned around and fell to his knees, "Grandpa, grandson is gone!" Your grandson will definitely come back to see you! ”

Finally, some children couldn't help crying, and suddenly the children all cried, and the cry came far and wide, and some people were scared out of the disease after hearing it, and no one dared to approach Cuijiazhuang since then, and it became a well-known "ghost castle".

After the children finished crying, they kowtowed three times on the ground, and then dozens of people disappeared into the night.

Everything that happened to Lu Long, Jin Yiwei would send information to Li Jie every day, but what Li Jie was concerned about now was to develop the economy of Chengde and Weibo, so that the people could live with peace of mind. Lu Long, Li Jie doesn't want to move for the time being!