It is almost a month since Zhao Cheng took Wucheng.
A month ago, Wu City was destroyed by thunder and fire. The five thousand elite Wu Qi left in the city either died or fled. However, not many of them died, only a few hundred, and more were burned.
Subsequently, Zhao Cheng even opened the city gates, intending to release these remaining soldiers out of the city to ensure the stability of Wucheng.
In this era, although burns are serious injuries, they will not lose much combat effectiveness during the period of time they were injured. If we continue to talk about this group of wounded soldiers trapped in the city and desperate, these people, on the contrary, will
He will fight to the death with Ying Tian's army.
With the current strength of the Ying Tian Army, it is not impossible to kill these people, but the cost is too high. It is not impossible, but not worth it.
Therefore, when marching and fighting, there is often a saying of surrounding three and missing one, which means taking the initiative to leave a glimmer of hope for the enemy.
With the city gates wide open, these defeated troops naturally had no intention of fighting to the death.
What's more, the previous thunder and fire had completely defeated the fighting spirit of Wu Qi's army.
In this case, the only ones who were fighting a head-on battle with Ying Tian's army were the soldiers from Wu Qi's mansion.
This force was left by Wu Qi to protect the young family. There were about two hundred soldiers.
Two hundred versus five thousand, the final result can be imagined.
In other words, anyone who stood in Wu Qi's perspective would do this. If Wucheng was not safe, there would be no safer place in the world.
The city has just been taken, and if the people are incited by someone with ulterior motives, it will be extremely troublesome.
Once again, they found out the bad apples and used practical actions to give the people confidence. The militiamen were also given sufficient salaries, and they could choose cash or food.
It was only at this time that Zhao Chengcai was finally able to let go and eliminate the unstable factors in Wucheng.
Under this situation, after twenty days of capturing Wucheng, Zhao Chenggong had raised five thousand soldiers. After one month, there were tens of thousands of militiamen in the city.
The Taoist official system founded by Zhao Cheng has now begun to show its strength.
Many soldiers fear neither heaven nor earth, but they only respect and trust Taoist officials.
"In Wucheng, there are three families named Da, Qian, Zhang, and Chu. These three families are all related to Wu Qi by marriage. I originally thought that by forgetting the past and not pursuing their involvement with Wu Qi, I would still let their children serve as officials, but they
But it disappointed me.”
Although the number of Taoist officials is limited, there are now more than a hundred of them. If more than a hundred people visit five places in one day, that's five hundred. In ten days, that's five thousand.
And the Taoist official's method of investigation is not to read pale books, but to do it on the spot. After dressing up, he goes to the local area to investigate, or asks the elderly and children nearby, pretends to be a tourist, and casually inquires about the situation. If he hears that there is a loyal person in the place,
Those who are knowledgeable will go directly to lobby.
In this way, it makes people feel more at ease.
Now that the new army has just been established, Zhao Cheng is very strict about recruiting soldiers, so there is no deduction.
But even so, because I first arrived in Wucheng, I didn't have enough control over Wucheng, so there were a few cases of cheating. A gangster defrauded a militiaman and started to dominate his own area. But
Soon, he was discovered by the Taoist officials, who pulled him out and informed the whole army directly. Then he killed him in front of everyone. After his head was chopped off, it is still hanging on the shelf to this day.
As for Wucheng, as a large city and an important city, it can be said to be the largest in the Southern Wilderness in terms of population, but the total population is actually only over 500,000.
Later, after seizing control of Wucheng, Zhao Cheng did not take action against other forces in the city. He only ransacked Wu Qi's home and obtained a mountain of money and food.
However, even if it is just a militia, which is part of the reserve force of the regular army, the Yingtian Army does not want just anyone, only the sons of good families with a clean background.
Therefore, in this case, Zhao Cheng first strictly restrained his soldiers. Anyone who dared to offend the people would be killed!
Subsequently, troops were organized to patrol the city to prevent chaos in Wucheng.
In addition, Zhao Cheng even sent his men to bribe beggars, storytellers, and other groups in the city to tell the story of General Yingtian's miracles through songs or stories.
Win people's hearts.
Ten thousand militiamen, plus five thousand Yingtian troops, so fifteen thousand people, Zhao Cheng's control of Wucheng has undoubtedly been stabilized.
This Wucheng is the pass out of the Southern Wilderness. It is 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 place will smoothly become the political center.
Under such circumstances, one can imagine the wealth of Wucheng.
And Zhao Cheng, in this case, also extended an olive branch to the rich and powerful households in the city, inviting talents from their clans to hold important positions in Wucheng. Even Zhao Cheng, who was related to Wu Qi by marriage,
It also showed that he was letting the past go, which made these big investors feel at ease.
In addition, Wucheng was strong, so Wu Qi went out to fight, but most of his family wealth was placed in Wucheng.
The entire Ying Tian army took Wucheng, but in the end only more than ten people died and more than thirty people were injured. In this era, such a record can be regarded as a complete victory.
If Ying Tianjun wanted anyone, it would make people doubt the regularity of Ying Tianjun. Nowadays, this kind of recruitment method with a large threshold is not easy to join. On the contrary, it has made some capable people in the city give birth to
idea.
Even some wealthy families in the city and people from scholarly families, although these people are well-informed and know that many Taoists in history used similar words to pretend to be gods and ghosts, but this time, they seemed to have seen it for real.
At the same time, taking this opportunity, Zhao Cheng began to recruit troops in the city. However, they were not recruited into the Yingtian Army, but as militiamen to maintain order in the city. Only the outstanding ones would have the opportunity to join the Yingtian Army.
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Zhao Cheng's Ying Tian Army only had 5,000 people. With the money and food they copied, even if the number of Ying Tian Army increased tenfold, it would still be enough to last for nearly ten years.
The people outside the mountain have many contacts and have seen a lot, so naturally they are not as easy to fool as the mountain people. However, when the city was broken, there was first a big explosion, then fire, rain and meteors. Even now, the big gap is still clearly visible.
Is there anything in this world that can be more convincing than seeing it with your own eyes?!
Even, it's not just ordinary people who are illiterate.
In the study, Zhao Cheng stopped writing and raised his head.
"There are many talented people among the great surnames, but none of them are used by me. I just send some unappreciated common people out to fool them."
"If I don't take any action, these people will probably think that I am weak and can be bullied."
"There are also the great Confucian kings Qi and Zhu Xian, who are also famous. My subordinates treat the virtuous and corporal officers well and invite them to serve in official positions. Instead, they are called rebellious officials and traitors."
"There is no way in the world. Instead of working for the livelihood of the people, these scholars are merging fertile fields and collecting beautiful concubines. Such thieves dare to pretend to be great Confucians and talk about the world. The so-called knowledge is nothing but the flattery of scholars. If there are ten thousand people in the world,
In Erzhou, everyone is literate, so there is no place for thieves like these, who are nothing more than rats crossing the street!"
This chapter has been completed!