Chapter 1260: Rats Crossing the Street
Today's time is almost a month since Zhao Cheng took Wucheng.
A month ago, the sky thundered and the earth fired, Wu City was broken, Wu Qi left five thousand elites in the city, either died or fled, however, there were not many of them, only hundreds, more, were burned, and then Zhao Cheng opened the city gate, intending to release these remnants out of the city to ensure the stability of Wu City.
In this era, burns are certainly very serious injuries, but in the period when they have just been injured, they will not lose too much combat effectiveness.
With the current strength of the Ying Heavenly Army, it is not that these people cannot be killed, but the price is too great, not that it can't, but that it is not worth it.
Therefore, when marching and fighting, there is often a saying that there is a lack of one in the encirclement, that is, to take the initiative to leave a glimmer of life for the enemy.
With the city gates wide open, these defeated armies naturally have no idea of a death match.
What's more, the previous thunder and fire had already completely crushed the fighting spirit of Wu Qi's army.
In this case, there was actually only the soldiers of Wu Qi's mansion who were fighting head-on with Ying Tianjun.
This is the power left by Wu Qi to protect the family, and there are about two hundred armor soldiers.
Two hundred against five thousand, the final result can be imagined.
The entire Yingtian army, taking Wucheng, only killed more than 10 people and injured more than 30 people in the end, in this era, such a record can be described as a complete victory.
Later, after seizing control of Wu City, Zhao Cheng did not take action against other forces in the city, but just raided Wu Qi's house and got a mountain of money and food.
This Wucheng is the pass out of the Southern Wilderness, the key to trade with the outside world, it can be said to be the economic center of this era, if the Southern Wilderness is unified, then this will smoothly become the political center.
In this case, the wealth of Wucheng can be imagined.
In addition, Wucheng is strong, and Wu Qi goes out to fight, but most of his family background is also placed in Wucheng.
In other words, anyone from Wu Qi's point of view will do this, if Wu City is not safe, I am afraid that there will be no safer place in the world.
And Zhao Cheng's Ying Tianjun is only 5,000 people, and with the money and food copied out, even if the number of Ying Tianjun is tenfold, it is enough to eat for nearly ten years.
Yes, in this case, Zhao Cheng first strictly restrained his soldiers, and those who dared to offend the people were killed!
Subsequently, the army was organized to patrol the city to prevent chaos in Wucheng.
The city has just been taken, and if the people are instigated by those who have a heart, it will be extremely troublesome.
In addition, Zhao Cheng even sent his subordinates to buy off beggars, storytellers, and other groups in the city, either through songs or stories, to tell the miracle of General Yingtian, so as to gain people's hearts.
People outside the mountain have a lot of contact and a lot of sight, so naturally they are not as easy to fool as the mountain people, but when the city was broken, there was a big explosion first, and then a fire rain meteor, and even now, that big gap is still clearly visible, in this world, what can be more convincing than what you have seen with your own eyes? !
It's not even just ordinary people who can't read.
Even some wealthy families in the city, people from scholarly families, although these people are well-informed and know that in history, many Taoists used similar words to pretend to be ghosts, but this time, they seem to have seen the truth.
And Zhao Cheng, in this case, also threw an olive branch to the rich and big families in the city, and invited the talents in their clan to hold important positions in Wu City, even if there was an in-law with Wu Qi, Zhao Cheng showed that he was not to blame in the past, so it made the minds of these big families a little calmer.
At the same time, taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Cheng began to recruit troops in the city, but instead of recruiting into the Yingtian army, he used it as a militia to maintain order in the city.
In this way, it makes people feel more at ease.
If Ying Tianjun wants anything, it will make people doubt the regularity of Ying Tianjun, and now this kind of recruitment method with a large threshold is not easy to join, but it makes some capable people in the city have ideas.
However, even if it is just a militia and belongs to the reserve of the regular army, Ying Tianjun does not want everyone, it is not a good family with an innocent background.
But Rao is so, because he first got Wu Cheng, he didn't have enough control over Wu Cheng, but there were also a few cases of indiscriminate filling, some gangsters deceived a militia skin, and they began to make a fortune in their own area, but soon, they were discovered by the Taoist officials, pulled out, and directly reported the whole army in public, and then killed in front of everyone, and after the head was cut off, it is still hanging on the shelf until now.
As for the Taoist official system founded by Zhao Cheng, it has now begun to show its edge.
Many soldiers are not afraid of heaven and earth, but they are only very respectful and convincing to Taoist officials.
The Taoist official's method of investigation is not to look at the pale scroll, but to the field, after dressing up, go to the local investigation, or ask the elderly and children nearby, pretend to be tourists, inadvertently inquire about the situation, if they hear that there are loyal and brave people in the place, they will go directly to lobby.
Although the number of Taoist officials is limited, nowadays, there are more than 100 people, more than 100 people, more than 100 people, visiting five places a day, that is 500, ten days, that is 5,000.
It is also to find out the black sheep, and use practical actions to give the people confidence, and the militia has also given enough money, and can directly choose cash or food.
Now that the new army has just been established, Zhao Cheng is very concerned about recruitment, and there is no such thing as deduction.
In this case, by the time of the capture of Wucheng for twenty days, Zhao Chengcheng had raised 5,000 soldiers, and by now for a full month, there were 10,000 militia in the city.
And Wucheng, as a big city and a heavy city, can be said to be the largest in the Southern Wilderness in terms of population, but the total population is actually only more than 500,000.
With 10,000 militiamen, plus 5,000 Yingtian troops, with such 15,000 people, Zhao Cheng's control over Wucheng is undoubtedly solid.
It was only at this time that Zhao Cheng was finally able to let go and sweep away the unstable factors in Wu City.
"In this Wu City, there are big surnames, Qian, Zhang, and Chu, these three families have in-laws with Wu Qi, I thought that I would not blame them in the past, and I would not investigate their involvement with Wu Qi, and still let their children come out, but they disappointed me."
In the study, Zhao Cheng stopped writing and raised his head.
"There are many talented people in the big surname, but none of these people are used by me, they just send some children who are not taken seriously out to fool around."
"If I don't move again, these people will think that I am weak and can be bullied."
"And the great Confucian Wang Qi, Zhu Xian, is also famous, my subordinates Lixian Corporal, invited them to come out, but they were scolded as rebellious ministers and thieves."
"There is no way in the sky, this kind of scholar, do not make a life for the people, but instead have a good field, collect Meiji, such a thief, even dare to call the great Confucian, talk about the world, the so-called knowledge, but Shilin touted, if it is the twelve states in the world, everyone is literate, how can there be such a position of thieves, but the rat on the street!"