As far as the camp is concerned, Hao Shaoqi's farewell is undoubtedly another major earthquake after Gao Zhuo's departure. The loss of two generals and thousands of elite soldiers in succession made Li Zicheng, a generation of heroes, extremely depressed.

But Zhu Youzhen in Qinwangzhuang didn't know anything about it. Of course, even if he knew, he couldn't do anything, because although the two sides "changed horses", the camp did not lift the encirclement of Qinwangzhuang on all sides. On the one hand, after suffering such a big loss, Li Zicheng really couldn't save face, and he refused to withdraw from the siege for a while. On the other hand, the strength of the camp has been greatly damaged, and he also needs some time to think about the next course of action.

Since Li Zicheng did not leave, the Qin soldiers could only continue to defend the city. After the substitution was over, Zhu Youzhen immediately redeployed the city defense.

First of all, he gathered all the cavalry together and put them under the command of Qi Meifeng. The reason is also very simple, in last night's surprise attack, it was the cavalry that contributed the most to conquering the city gate and lost the greatest number of troops. The Qin soldiers originally only had 200 cavalry, but last night's battle suffered seventy or eighty casualties, accounting for almost half of the troops.

And this cavalry is not like other arms, which has the highest requirements for training. Even if they continue to recruit new soldiers, they will not be able to ride horses right away, let alone fight in battle. Now that Zhu Youzhen only has this hundred horses left, it would be too thin to divide it into four directions. That's why he let Qi Meifeng personally take charge of the cavalry, as the general reserve of the Qin soldiers, and it must not be used again unless it is absolutely necessary.

As for the eight hundred infantry and two thousand recruits, nearly fifty casualties were also paid. Since the formation of the Qin army, this battle was the heaviest casualty, but from the generals to the ordinary soldiers, no one complained about Zhu Youzhen. Because they also know very well that if it weren't for last night's desperate killing, they would not have been able to rescue the people who were driven to attack the city, let alone have today's change of horses.

After a day of exchange, there were no more ordinary people who had been coerced in the camp, and the Qin soldiers did not have the problem of throwing rat traps. Zhu Youzhen still ordered Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng, and Xie Yong to lead 200 infantry and 400 recruits to be responsible for the defense of the east, south, and west, while he himself blocked the north alone. This time he gave the order to die, suppress the fire when it should be suppressed, use grenades when it should be used, in short, show no mercy, and never allow thieves to attack the city wall.

After arranging the city defenses, it is time to arrange for these ordinary people who have been rescued. Last night, tens of thousands of people were captured in the first battle, and today more than 10,000 old and weak women and children were exchanged, and Qinwangzhuang increased by more than 20,000 people in one day. More than 20,000 people are more than 20,000 mouths, more than 20,000 ideas, more than 40,000 legs, and more than 40,000 hands. Once the control is not good, what chaos happens, the consequences are unimaginable.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen first sent the women and children into the inner city, on the one hand, to ensure their safety, and on the other hand, this move is also similar to Li Zicheng's approach. In case one of the remaining men in the prime of life wanted to make trouble, most of the rest would have to weigh it as well.

Zhu then asked all the men to assemble in a square and be closely monitored by heavily armed birds. Seeing that the venue was gradually quieting down, he personally lectured: "Everyone must also know that this king is Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qin in the Ming Dynasty, and this Qin Wangzhuang is the fief of this king!" Although you were coerced by thieves, after all, you participated in the siege of the city, and if you rebel, it is a serious crime to destroy the nine clans according to the law! ”

The people were already anxious, and when they heard him say this, they were even more frightened, and many people immediately knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Zhu Youzhen wanted this effect, and immediately soothed with a smile: "But this king is not an unreasonable person, and he knows that you are forced to do this because you are forced to do it." Therefore, this king did not hesitate to sacrifice hundreds of Qin soldiers to save everyone from the clutches of thieves. Today, everyone's dependents have also been replaced, and soon you will be reunited as a family! ”

Everyone cheered when they heard this, and many people were so moved that they wept, and slapped themselves hard while crying, regretting that they should not be bewitched by thieves and come to attack the city.

Zhu Youzhen changed his words again and said: "But the thieves have not yet withdrawn the siege, so this king has to let everyone stay in the city for a few more days." I also hope that everyone will obey the command and tide over the difficulties together. If anyone disobeys, the king will have to send him out of the city to see what the thieves will do! ”

His words were even coaxing and frightened, but they really frightened the people. The next thing was easy to do, Zhu Youzhen sent a special person, first divided these people into several groups, each group of one or two thousand people, and found a place in the city to sleep in the open. Luckily, it's the height of summer, and if it were the middle of winter, there wouldn't be enough houses in the city, and people would have to freeze to death if they slept on the streets.

As for the food and drink of the people, it is also the responsibility of the newly recruited recruits, and they are uniformly delivered to the designated places. Due to the shortage of manpower now, only two meals in the morning and evening are provided, and if you can't eat enough, you can only endure it. But the vast majority of the people felt that it was already very good to escape death, and they also provided two meals, and they were all grateful to King Qin Chitose.

After finally arranging the food and lodging of the people, Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately returned to the city to command the defense.

In order to make up for the loss of troops, he urgently called up another 500 recruits. This time, it was not only selected from the original residents of Qinwangzhuang, but also the more than 10,000 ordinary people. There is only one criterion for selection: to see who has the most strength! The selection method is also very simple, it is to see who can draw a Japanese longbow!

Soon, five hundred able-bodied lads were selected. Zhu Youzhen took them to the city, and took out all the ten longbows he had, and let these strong men take turns to release arrows at the camp in the distance. This move is not only training, but also equivalent to actual combat, which is really a double win.

Don't look at the fact that there are only ten longbows, and the threat should not be underestimated. The range of the bow and arrow was more than 200 paces, almost three times that of an ordinary short bow. At such a distance, the thieves could not see the defenders firing their arrows at all; When you see the arrows, it's basically too late to dodge.

Zhu Youzhen also felt that the other party was about to collapse, so he ordered the recruits not to spare arrows, and people kept firing arrows at the thieves. Although the actual casualties were not large, the terrifying momentum and the almost unbreakable ultra-long range still dealt a heavy blow to the psychology of the thieves.

When hundreds of long arrows were about to be shot, Li Zicheng finally pulled out the camp and slowly retreated into the distance. The dawn of victory is coming!

The Qin soldiers at the head of the city burst into cheers: "We have won!" His Royal Highness King Qin Chitose Chitose Chitose!! ”

Zhu Youzhen was also relieved, and just wanted to wave his hand, when something like "comrades have worked hard" or something like that came to the occasion, a junior colonel suddenly pointed to the northeast and said in horror: "Your Highness, what do you think it is?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked up hurriedly, but saw that in the clear blue sky in the northeast, a huge column of black smoke suddenly rose up, soaring into the sky!

"Wolf smoke! It's Jingyang County! ”