In a moment of thought, the rescued women and villagers came to Zhu Youcheng and thanked him for saving his life.

Zhu Youcheng was about to wave them away, but King Xin suddenly whispered: "These women have fallen into the hands of bandits, and their chastity has been lost, and I am afraid that they will not be able to tolerate them in the countryside when they go back." Brother Cheng had better find a way to settle these poor women. ”

Zhu Youcheng rolled his eyes, many of his road construction workers, road guards, and coal miners did not have a family. Although these women were humiliated, they were thin and beautiful, and they were promised to be rationed to the workers, which would be to break their heads.

Zhu Youcheng said with a pleasant face: "Fellow villagers, you are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming court has the obligation to protect your lives. You don't have to thank me, but if you want to thank you, long live today, it is he who sent me to save you. Now that your family is ruined, I don't know what to expect from here. ”

The male villagers naturally said that they would stay in the village and continue to work, while the female villagers were at a loss and did not know what to do.

"Those who are willing to stay where they are, let them stay, and each of them will have five silver coins as consolation money and settlement money. If you don't want to stay, stay in the barracks, and after the war, I will choose another good match for you and live the rest of your life well. ”

The women's eyes flashed with hope, and Zhu Youcheng knew that these women wanted to live in a different environment, so they asked Ke Qingqing to take the women away.

Next, Zhu Youcheng asked about the situation in Cangzhou City again. It's a pity that although these villagers live on the edge of Cangzhou City, they only care about their own one-third of an acre. I don't know much about the situation in Cangzhou.

However, from the fragmentary language of the villagers, Zhu Youcheng learned that the situation in Cangzhou was very strict. The city was besieged for more than half a month, the moat was filled in more than half, almost out of function, and the bandits climbed the city wall twice, although they were finally beaten down, but the city was in danger.

What's going on? How can there be so much energy without mud? Zhu Youcheng vaguely remembered that even in the early years of Chongzhen, when the displaced people revolted everywhere, most of the poison was in the township. He rarely attacked the fortified city until the later uprising army reached more than 100,000 people. Only 6 continued to capture the city, and more often used trickery, internal and external collusion, rather than storming the city.

Now there is a famine in Hebei. The people live in hardship, but they haven't reached the point where they can't survive, where can they find so many chaotic people who are willing to work for him without getting mud?

Suddenly, Zhu Youcheng had a flash of inspiration in his heart, a magnet, not sticking to the mud is a magnet, he pulled the flag in Cangzhou to rebel, just like a magnet, attracting the restless bandits in Beizhili, Shandong, and Henan. Together, they became a huge force.

With soldiers in hand, coupled with the capture of Nanpi County, the ambition not to get muddy is extremely inflated. His eyes were on Cangzhou City, which was high and deep. Although Cangzhou is a state under Hejian Province, it sits on the canal and has prosperous trade, and it is an extremely rich state in Hejian Province, with countless materials in it.

Although the ambition of not getting dirty is great, it is also a little self-aware. Between attacking Cangzhou and plundering the countryside around Cangzhou, the flag was raised. However, the bandit leader under his command was interested in his interests and actively encouraged him to attack Cangzhou City. Because they have seen money like flowing water, grain like a hill, and beauties like fairies in Cangzhou City. In order to keep the entire rebel group from disbanding, Bu Tan finally decided to listen to the opinion of the majority - to attack the city. And he also had the hope of what happened in his heart, hoping that the defenders of Cangzhou could flee without a fight, just like the defenders of Nanpi County, leaving the people all over the city to plunder them.

Xu Ruzhi, the prefect of Cangzhou, is a two-rank jinshi, although his administrative talent is mediocre, he refuses to abandon the city and flee, leading the army and people of the city to stick to the city, breaking the dream of not getting muddy. However, Cangzhou City has been peaceful for too long, and in March this year, it experienced another earthquake, the city defense was dilapidated, and the soldiers were not trained enough, so that the mud felt that Cangzhou City could be broken as long as it was more vigorous, so although many soldiers died, they refused to retreat without mud.

On the city of Cangzhou, the prefect Xu Ruzhi saw the sun rise and knew that it was time for the chaotic people to attack the city again, so he put on his official robe and stood on the city wall. The official robe is wide and inconvenient to move, but Xu Ruzhi understands that the people are watching him in the city, and he is standing on the city wall wearing the prefect's official robe, and the people have a sense of security in their hearts, knowing that the court has not abandoned them, and the city will be orderly and can hold on for a longer time.

Xu Ruzhi saw many soldiers rushing out of the enemy camp and coming towards the south gate of Cangzhou, which he was guarding. At the time of the Cangzhou earthquake, the city wall of the south gate collapsed, and the current city wall was repaired in a hurry, and it was five feet shorter than the other three walls, so it became a target for the rebels. He couldn't remember how many times the rebels had attacked the south gate, except that the soil under the south gate had turned red.

A bandit rushed over and shouted: "Dog officer surnamed Xu, surrender quickly and open the city gate, otherwise after the city is broken, you will die a miserable death, and the people in the city will be killed one by one!" ”

Xu Ruzhi laughed and said, "Aren't you tired of saying the same thing every day?" Trouble you want to surrender, and use your brains, okay? Let's put it in a new way. ”

The bandit who shouted was overjoyed and asked, "If we change the word, you will surrender?" ”

"Of course - no surrender. This official is a Ming official, how can he admit defeat to you rebellious ministers and thieves? The soldiers of Cangzhou City are well fed, and the reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive soon, and it should be you who should surrender. ”

After speaking, Xu Ruzhi said in a low voice: "Shoot!" ”

The archers who had been aiming for a long time let go, and the feathered arrows flew towards the mouthy bandit. In order for the people of the city to hear what he said, the bandit stood very close to the city, only 12o paces, within the range of the bow and arrow. The archers shot very accurately, and the arrows went through the mouths of the bandits and came out in the back of their heads. The bandit fell to the ground and died without even convulsing.

When the rebels saw that the shouting bandits were dead, a canopy of feathered arrows flew out from among them towards the city wall. Xu Ruzhi's personal soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly took their shields to block them. The "bang bang bang" arrow rained down on the shield, and the shield hand was pushed back by the force of the arrow. Xu Ruzhi noticed that an arrow had pierced through the shield, revealing an arrow that shone with cold light.

"There are soldiers among the rebels!" Xu Ruzhi exclaimed, "The accuracy and strength of this arrow are not something that ordinary rebels can shoot, there must be deserters joining their team." ”

The rebels charged at the walls while throwing arrows at the city and suppressing the archers on the walls.

This tactic seemed to work, and the soldiers on the walls hid and did not shoot a single arrow.

The chaotic people were happy in their hearts, but Xu Ruzhi was secretly smiling bitterly. Where is the tactics of the rebels effective, but there are no arrows in the city at all. Instead of standing on the wall and receiving arrows, it is better to hide. There is still gunpowder, but the gunpowder in Cangzhou City is an old-fashioned gun, first stuffed with gunpowder, and then put marbles, and there is no way to shoot downward. (To be continued)

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