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"Taihang Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, easy to defend and difficult to attack, although it is an excellent place to hide soldiers, but it is poor in resources, at the beginning of this year because of lack of food tens of thousands of people starved to death, now ......"

Chu Yan didn't say anything, but Zhang Cheng was shocked and probably knew what this meant, to put it bluntly, Zhang Niujiao just wanted to let these people go to death, and after they died, he could save food.

Zhang Cheng had an indescribable sense of loneliness in his heart, although his experience in the past few days had already experienced the troubled times and human life was as cheap as grass, but he still didn't expect Zhang Niujiao to do this.

This can't help but remind Zhang Cheng of the population at the end of the Han Dynasty, when the Yellow Turban Uprising occurred, the Han Dynasty had 30 million people, but when it came to the Three Kingdoms, it added up to less than 4 million people, and there was no one in ten, which was the real one in ten.

For these, the price paid by the Han people is really too great, and there will be five Hu chaos in later generations, and those days when they were trampled on by the Hu people are the eternal pain in the hearts of the Han people.

Now there are still nearly 10 million people in the four states of Hebei, but the strong men are rapidly decreasing, Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Uprising, Zhang Niujiao's thieves, these two sides occupy nearly one million strong men, and the Han Dynasty has also begun to decline since then.

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng felt that his heart was a little desolate.

Originally, he was worried that these thieves would not be able to compete with the official army, but now it seems that this is purely redundant, feeding 500,000 people? It's a bit of a fantasy.

"Why didn't my uncle reduce his troops?" Zhang Cheng was a little strange.

"It's not what you need to know," Chu Yan seemed a little unhappy.

Zhang Cheng thought in his heart, he probably knew what was going on, these people were forced by the officials and soldiers to live, and if Zhang Niujiao refused, it would be unjust, then his reputation would be stinky, and who would work for him at that time?

So Zhang Niujiao can only choose this way, although it is cruel, but it is very useful.

Now thinking of Zhang Niujiao's rough and heroic face, Zhang Chengdu can't help but feel a little frightened, it seems that what Zang Ba said is not wrong, Zhang Niujiao is a hero, a more cold-blooded hero than Cao Cao.

The original good impression of Zhang Niujiao also came to naught.

"Since I'm Zhang Cheng here, I won't let someone like Zhang Niujiao live," Zhang Cheng secretly swore in his heart.

Of course, Chu Yan on the side would not know what Zhang Cheng thought in his heart.

"Brother, I'm going to help, and I'm going to ask my brother to lead the iron cavalry to sweep the battle here," Chu Yan said with a smile.

"Didn't Uncle say he didn't need it?" Zhang Cheng said a little strangely.

"My father-in-law doesn't know what you're capable of, but I know it, so I ask my brother to take care of me just in case.

"Okay" Zhang Cheng agreed, and then asked Zang Ba to lead people to closely monitor, while Zhang Cheng himself kept an eye on the battlefield.

Half a day has passed, and the corpses under the city have piled up, and the arrows shot down from the city have been like weeds, sticking into the city.

Slowly, the arrows of the officers and soldiers at the head of the city slowed down a lot, and the casualties of the soldiers under Zhang Niujiao's tent also reached a terrifying point, and the corpses on the ground filled the moat, and in some places it was even a large section higher, and those were piled up with corpses.

The blood flowed out, forming a small red puddle, and after being trampled, it turned into bloody mud, which looked shocking.

Zhang Cheng couldn't bear to look at it anymore, yes, there are no immortals in war, and Zhang Cheng also understands the truth of success and ten thousand bones, but Zhang Niujiao trampled on human life so much, which made a nameless fire rush up in Zhang Cheng's heart.

Zhang Cheng's hand was clenched tightly, and his nails had sunk into the flesh, and a trace of blood flowed out.

"Qu Shuai, what's wrong with you?" There is something strange about the feathers on the side.

A few pro-soldiers on the side stood on their horses, also puzzled, in their opinion, Zhang Niujiao's casualties were very large, and they were forced to do so, they all looked at Zhang Niujiao's subordinates with sympathy.

"It's okay, by the way, don't call me Qu Shuai in the future, after leaving the gold, I will no longer be Qu Shuai, you can call me big brother in the future, or call me boss"

"Boss?" Everyone obviously hadn't heard of this new word, but they probably knew that this boss was the meaning of the leader Qu Shuai.

"Yes, it's called that in the future" Zhang Cheng was very satisfied, and then looked towards the city wall again, many soldiers under Zhang Niujiao had already attacked the city wall.

This also made Zhang Cheng feel the horror of the people's war, use the number of people to consume your arrows, and use the number of people to fill up your moat, is there anything more speechless than this?

The soldiers of Taihang Mountain around the city wall are like ants, scrambling to climb the city wall, and the people who look at it are really dazzled.

However, Zhang Cheng knew that until now, there have not been many casualties among the officers and soldiers in the city, but once the short-handed soldiers are connected, the hundreds of thousands of Taihang Mountain soldiers under the city can drown him almost with a mouthful of spit.

"Prepare for battle" Zhang Cheng ordered.

"Qu Shuai? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with us, does it? Hua Yu said strangely.

"No, it must have a relationship, Guan Chun is a famous general in Jizhou, how can he sit still? They should rush out right away," Zhang Cheng was very sure.

When everyone heard this, they also felt that it made sense, and immediately began to order, and Zhang Cheng's nearly 1,000 iron horsemen immediately began to hold the spear in their hands.

At this time, Zhang Niujiao, who was on the central platform, showed a trace of excitement in his eyes, and he had already stepped off the platform and rushed towards the direction of the city gate with his personal guards.

In his opinion, now is the time to enjoy the fruits of victory, Yecheng, the capital of Jizhou, is already like a stripped beauty beckoning to him in his eyes.

"Quick, knock open the city gate for me," Zhang Niujiao said hurriedly.

"No"

The soldiers under the horned tent immediately increased their strength and slammed the city gate with the rushing car, but the collision car had not yet hit it, and the city gate opened by itself.

Zhang Niujiao raised his eyebrows, thinking that Guan Chun couldn't support it and came to surrender.

However, the next moment, his joy vanished, and then his complexion changed drastically.

Because after the city gate was opened, a team of cavalry rushed out, led by one person, majestic, holding a big knife in his hand, it was Guan Chun, the general of Jizhou!

"Rush for me" Guan Chun shouted.

A team of iron horsemen crushed towards the army of horns like a whirlwind of the wind.

Zhang Niujiao was less than twenty steps away from Guan Chun at the moment, and his face turned pale with fright.

"Quick, protect the big leader," the guards on the side suddenly shouted,

It's okay not to drink, this loud drink fell into Guan Chun's ears, it was like a natural sound, in fact, Guan Chun just wanted to run for his life, where would he have thought that he would encounter a big fish as soon as he rushed out?

It can't be said to be a big fish anymore, this is obviously a great credit, if you can kill Zhang Niujiao, worship the marquis, it's not a problem.